利用噬菌体随机肽库筛选抗柯萨奇病毒B3多肽的研究

本实验将柯萨奇病毒B3型(CVB3)大量扩增,应用蔗糖密度梯度离心法纯化病毒。利用噬菌体随机9肽库进行筛选,3轮淘洗后,测定噬菌体克隆抗病毒复制能力。提取阳性克隆DNA并进行测序,推导外源多肽的氨基酸序列。结果表明:3个具有明显抗病毒复制能力的噬菌体阳性克隆被筛选出来,使TCID50由10-7.5SFU/mL分别降至10-5.25、10-6、10-5.5SFU/mL,由此证明可以应用噬菌体肽库来筛选具有抗病毒作用的多肽,本研究为抗病毒多肽制剂的研究奠定了基础。     

利用噬菌体随机肽库筛选可结合猪繁殖与呼吸综合症病毒的多肽序列

【目的】采用完整的猪繁殖与呼吸综合症病毒(Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus,PRRSV)颗粒筛选噬菌体肽库,以获得能高亲和力结合并能抑制该病毒复制的特异性多肽。【方法】用纯化的病毒粒子包被ELISA板,再用M13噬菌体随机12肽库进行筛选。经过3轮淘筛,ELISA鉴定噬菌体单克隆与PRRSV的亲和力,选取与PRRSV具有高亲和力的噬菌体单克隆进行DNA测序,据此推导多肽的氨基酸序列。通过TCID50检测其抗病毒复制能力,同时人工合成FITC标记的展示肽用于PRRSV的检测。【结果】经筛选和鉴定得到17个阳性噬菌体克隆能与PRRSV呈高亲和力结合,DNA测序发现各克隆之间有部分共有基序,其中2个克隆体外能明显抑制PRRSV的复制,使TCID50由10-7.3/0.1mL分别降至10-3.2、10-3.6/0.1mL,而FITC标记该展示肽能够在5mg/L工作浓度检测PRRSV。【结论】通过噬菌体肽库能够筛选到具有抗病毒作用的阳性噬菌体克隆,为进一步开发高效PRRSV的诊断和治疗试剂奠定基础。     

从随机噬菌体肽库中筛选抗草鱼出血病病毒多肽的研究

从随机噬菌体九肽表位库中筛选出抑制草鱼出血病病毒（ＧｒａｓＣａｒｐＨｅｍｏｒｈａｇｅＶｉｒｕｓ,ＧＣＨＶ８７３）感染的多肽分子。采用完整、生物素化的草鱼出血病病毒颗粒作为受体,与以融合蛋白形式在丝状噬菌体ｆＵＳＥ５的外壳蛋白Ⅲ的Ｎ端表达的随机九肽库作用。经三轮体外亲和筛选（Ｂｉｏｐａｎｎｉｎｇ）及ＥＬＩＳＡ法检测后,从肽库中筛选出１６个与病毒高亲和力结合的噬菌体克隆,其中六个阳性克隆能有效地抑制病毒在ＣＩＫ细胞中的复制,并使病毒的半数组织培养感染剂量（ＴＣＩＤ５０）下降五个数量级。表明噬菌体肽库技术完全能够应用于抗病毒研究,为研制抗病毒短肽制剂打基础。     

抗草鱼出血病病毒多肽的结构分析

将草鱼出血病病毒（ＧＣＨＶ８７３）颗粒与随机噬菌体九肽库在体外作用,三轮筛选后,从３００个转化的单菌落中获得１６个与病毒高亲和力的噬菌体克隆。接着经过抗病毒试验获得６个能强烈抑制病毒复制的阳性噬菌体克隆,能使病毒ＴＣＩＤ５０下降５个数量级。通过对阳性噬菌体克隆随机插入区域的核苷酸序列分析,推导出多肽的氨基酸序列。发现６个能强烈抑制病毒复制的阳性克隆中多肽的氨基酸序列完全一致（ＮＨ２ＬｅｕＴｒｐＶａｌＧｌｙＧｌｙＧｌｙＡｒｇＡｓｎＡｌａ）,该结果提示多肽的抗病毒能力与多肽特异性氨基酸组成及结构有关。因此,抑制ＧＣＨＶ８７３复制特异性多肽的氨基酸序列的确定及结构分析,不仅为人工合成抗草鱼出血病病毒的多肽奠定了基础,同时也为抗病毒多肽制剂的研制提供了依据。     

脓毒症单核巨噬细胞特异性结合肽的筛选

利用噬菌体随机肽库展示技术,筛选出与脓毒症单核/巨噬细胞特异性结合的短肽,探索脓毒症治疗的新方法.分别以经过脂多糖(lipopolysaccharide, LPS)处理的人外周血单核细胞株(THP-1)细胞作为筛选的靶细胞,以未经LPS处理的THP-1细胞作为非特异性噬菌体吸附细胞,对噬菌体随机环七肽库进行4轮“差减"筛选,经过细胞ELISA验证阳性噬菌体克隆,对获得的阳性克隆进行DNA测序及生物信息学分析,并进一步利用免疫荧光实验,鉴定噬菌体克隆与LPS处理THP-1细胞的结合特异性.4轮筛选后,随机挑取的噬菌体克隆,测序后得到可与LPS处理的THP-1细胞特异性结合肽.对去冗余后的七肽进行Clustal W多序列比对分析和BlastP蛋白同源相似性分析,细胞免疫荧光检测确定获得的噬菌体展示七肽可与LPS处理的THP-1细胞特异性结合.噬菌体随机肽库技术为脓毒症单核/巨噬细胞表面靶位的筛选提供了高效、快捷的筛选体系,实验获得的多肽基序具有高度保守性和细胞特异性,这些多肽的生物活性将是下一步的研究内容.     

从噬菌体随机肽库中筛选流感病毒神经氨酸酶的抑制多肽

目的:从噬菌体呈现12肽库中筛选与流感病毒神经氨酸酶特异性结合的肽。方法:以甲三型流感病毒裂解疫苗原液为靶分子,经过3轮生物淘选,从噬菌体随机肽库中筛选与之结合的噬菌体。用ELISA方法鉴定噬菌体克隆与靶分子的结合力,用荧光方法测定噬菌体克隆对流感病毒A/Sydney/5/97(H3N2)神经氨酸酶的抑制活性。对筛选到的阳性克隆进行DNA序列测定并推导出相应的氨基酸序列。结果:经过3轮筛选后,42个噬菌体克隆与靶分子有高度亲和力,23个噬菌体克隆对流感病毒A/Sydney/5/97(H3N2)神经氨酸酶有抑制活性。对27个噬菌体克隆的测序结果表明,分别有10个和2个克隆的序列是一致的,其氨基酸序列分别为KSLSRHDHIHHH和WPRHHHSASVQT。结论:通过噬菌体肽库筛选到抑制流感病毒神经氨酸酶的12肽,为进一步研究对流感病毒神经氨酸酶有抑制活性的分子药物奠定了基础。     

体外抑制鸡传染性支气管炎病毒的多肽鉴定

使用纯化的鸡传染性支气管炎病毒(IBV), 从12肽噬菌体随机展示肽库中筛选特异性结合多肽. 经过四轮淘筛, 得到10个阳性噬菌体, 进一步进行测序、血凝抑制活性及病毒抑制特性鉴定. 所有阳性噬菌体均能特异性阻断IBV对HeLa细胞的感染, 并能抑制IBV对鸡红细胞的血凝活性. 人工合成其中一条病毒抑制效价最高的线性多肽“GSH HRH VHS PFV”, 其细胞抑制试验证实该多肽同样具有病毒抑制特性. 以上结果为研制抗病毒分子及鉴定病毒与细胞相互作用功能域等奠定了基础.     

表位九肽库的构建及人Ⅳ型胶原酶特异结合肽的筛选

将人工合成的编码九肽的随机序列DNA片段克隆进丝状噬菌体表达载体FUSE5,经多次电击转化和表达,获得肽段与噬菌体pⅢ蛋白融合并展示在噬菌体表面的随机序列九肽表位肽库。库容量达10 10个克隆。以Ⅳ型胶原酶为靶蛋白,采用亲和纯化筛选模式,从中筛选出Ⅳ型胶原酶结合肽。进一步ELISA检测筛选出与Ⅳ型胶原酶特异结合的20个阳性克隆。序列分析发现一组肽含有WDXXD的共同序列,一组含有WVGXXR的共同序列。其中WDXXD的序列与Ⅳ型胶原酶单链抗体可变区序列同源。结果表明,多肽库是筛选蛋白特异结合肽的有力工具,表位九肽库的构建和筛选方法的建立为进一步应用筛选具有高亲和力的特异结合肽奠定了基础。     

从噬菌体展示肽库中筛选脂质A的结合肽

以脂质A为靶标,筛选噬菌体展示十二肽库,三轮后随机挑取14个噬菌体克隆进行结合活性鉴定,并对5个克隆进行序列分析。结果表明,14个克隆全部是阳性克隆,测序结果显示4个阳性克隆的序列完全一样。说明筛选到了一个脂质A的结合多肽。     

脑膜炎大肠杆菌IbeA蛋白结合肽序列的亲和筛选

应用噬菌体展示肽库技术,以重组的脑膜炎大肠杆菌致病蛋白IbeA作为靶分子,经过吸附-洗脱-扩增-再吸附的亲和筛选,随机挑选亲和力强的噬菌体克隆,进行ELISA、竞争抑制实验和序列测定。结果显示,经3轮淘选后,间接ELISA鉴定得到高亲和性结合IbeA蛋白的15个阳性克隆。竞争抑制实验结果表明,游离IbeA蛋白能竞争抑制噬菌体结合肽克隆与固相包被的IbeA蛋白的结合,其抑制作用随游离IbeA蛋白浓度的降低而减弱。测序结果得到5种阳性噬菌体克隆展示肽序列。上述结果提示以脑膜炎大肠杆菌IbeA蛋白为靶筛选所获得的噬菌体12肽克隆,具有特异性,其结合肽序列呈现相对保守性。建立的从噬菌体随机肽库筛选IbeA蛋白结合肽的方法具有方便、灵活和高效可行的特点。     

Recent advances in the study of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus replication and pathogenesis

It has now been over twenty years since a novel herpesviral genome was identified in Kaposi's sarcoma biopsies. Since then, the cumulative research effort by molecular biologists, virologists, clinicians, and epidemiologists alike has led to the extensive characterization of this tumor virus, Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus(KSHV; also known as human herpesvirus 8(HHV-8)), and its associated diseases. Here we review the current knowledge of KSHV biology and pathogenesis, with a particular emphasis on new and exciting advances in the field of epigenetics. We also discuss the development and practicality of various cell culture and animal model systems to study KSHV replication and pathogenesis.     

A Unique Protease Cleavage Site Predicted in the Spike Protein of the Novel Pneumonia Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Potentially Related to Viral Transmissibility

正Dear Editor,In December 2019, a novel human coronavirus caused an epidemic of severe pneumonia(Coronavirus Disease 2019,COVID-19) in Wuhan, Hubei, China(Wu et al. 2020; Zhu et al. 2020). So far, this virus has spread to all areas of China and even to other countries. The epidemic has caused 67,102 confirmed infections with 1526 fatal cases     

Curcuminoids as inhibitors of thioredoxin reductase: A receptor based pharmacophore study with distance mapping of the active site

Curcumin is the yellow pigment of turmeric that interacts irreversibly forming an adduct with thioredoxin reductase (TrxR), an enzyme responsible for redox control of cell and defence against oxidative stress. Docking at both the active sites of TrxR was performed to compare the potency of three naturally occurring curcuminoids, namely curcumin, demethoxy curcumin and bis-demethoxy curcumin. Results show that active sites of TrxR occur at the junction of E and F chains. Volume and area of both cavities is predicted. It has been concluded by distance mapping of the most active conformations that Se atom of catalytic residue SeCYS498, is at a distance of 3.56 from C13 of demethoxy curcumin at the E chain active site, whereas C13 carbon atom forms adduct with Se atom of SeCys 498. We report that at least one methoxy group in curcuminoids is necessary for interation with catalytic residues of thioredoxin. Pharmacophore of both active sites of the TrxR receptor for curcumin and demethoxy curcumin molecules has been drawn and proposed for design and synthesis of most probable potent antiproliferative synthetic drugs.     

The structure, reproduction and taxonomy of Vidalia and Osmundaria (Rhodophyta, Rhodomelaceae)

Comprises species occurring mostly in subtidal habitats in tropical, subtropical and warm-temperate areas of the world. An analysis of the type species, V. spiralis (Sonder) Lamouroux ex J. Agardh, a species from Australia, establishes basic characters for distinguishing species in the genus. These characters are (1) branching patterns of thalli, (2) flat blades that may be spiralled on their axis, (3) width of the blade, (4) primary or secondary derivation of sterile and fertile branchlets and (5) position of sterile and fertile branchlets on the thalli. Application of the latter two characters provides an important basic method for separation of species into three major groups. Osmundaria , a genus known only in southern Australia, was studied in relation to Vidalia , and its separation from the Vidalia assemblage is not accepted. Species of Vidalia therefore are transferred to the older genus name, Osmundaria. Two new species, Osmundaria papenfussii and Osmundaria oliveae are described from Natal. Confusion in the usage of the epithet, Vidalia fimbriala Brown ex Turner has been clarified, and Vidalia gregaria Falkenberg, described as an epiphyte on Osmundaria pro/ifera Lamouroux, is revealed to be young branches of the host, Osmundaria prolifera.     

New or rare chromosome counts in Artemisia L. (Asteraceae, Anthemideae) and related genera from Kazakhstan

Fifteen chromosome counts of six Artemisia taxa and one species of each of the genera Brachanthemum, Hippolytia, Kaschgaria, Lepidolopsis and Turaniphytum are reported from Kazakhstan. Three of them are new reports, two are not consistent with previous counts and the remainder are confirmations of very scarce (one to four) earlier records. All the populations studied have the same basic chromosome number, x = 9, with ploidy levels ranging from 2x to 6x. Some correlations between ploidy level, morphological characters and distribution are noted.