Flavobacterium johnsoniae昆布多糖酶的分离纯化及其催化性质

约氏黄杆菌Flavobacterium johnsoniae具有分泌裂解酵母细胞壁酶系的能力,经初步分析发现其发酵液中具有葡聚糖酶、几丁质酶和蛋白酶等活性。通过离子交换层析、疏水层析和凝胶过滤层析,从该菌发酵液中分离纯化到一种昆布多糖酶。该酶分子量为35 kD左右,其最适反应温度为50°C,最适反应pH为5.0。以昆布多糖和昆布寡糖为底物的反应表明,该酶以内切酶作用模式进行催化水解。     

亚洲玉米螟血淋巴中酚氧化酶的研究

酚氧化酶(Phenoloxidase,简称PO)大量存在于亚洲玉米螟(Ostrinia furnacalis)幼虫的血浆中,血细胞中甚少.该酶的活力与幼虫的发育期相关,在蜕皮和化蛹前后活力达高峰.PO可以粘附在酵母菌细胞表面,但未发现具有调理作用.以Sephadex G-200层析,对PO进行了部分纯化,比活力可提高56倍.试虫感染酵母菌后,活体内血浆PO活力即刻下降;体外证明,感染血浆可抑制正常血浆PO活力,以胰蛋白酶和昆布多糖测试以及行耐温实验,表明该抑制物为蛋白质性质.对PO的防卫作用进行了简要的讨论.     

根虫瘟霉不同菌株对小菜蛾幼虫血淋巴酚氧化酶原的激活作用

在对小菜蛾Plutella xylostella幼虫血淋巴酚氧化酶原的存在部位及免疫激活作用特点研究的基础上,比较了根虫瘟霉Zoophthora radicans不同菌株对酚氧化酶原激活系统的免疫激化及防御作用的差异。研究发现, 酚氧化酶原主要位于小菜蛾幼虫血细胞膜及血细胞裂解液中,极少存在于血浆中。在免疫激活剂昆布多糖存在下,分别测得小菜蛾幼虫血细胞碎片、血细胞裂解液和血浆的酚氧化酶活性为26.80 U,16.68 U和2.53 U。酚氧化酶原显著地受血浆和昆布多糖同时存在的激活,但两者单独存在时对酚氧化酶原的激活作用较弱。根虫瘟霉菌丝裂解液对酚氧化酶原有不同程度的激活作用,其激活作用在有血浆存在时显著增强,其酚氧化酶活性可提高2.9～3.4倍。各菌株间对酚氧化酶原的激活作用则以ARSEF1342菌株最强,ARSEF2699和F99101菌株次之,ARSEF1100菌株最弱。被激活的酚氧化酶可粘附于根虫瘟霉菌丝上并能产生黑化反应,各菌株间酚氧化酶粘附于ARSEF1342菌株的能力最强,粘附于ARSEF2699和F99101菌株的次之,粘附于ARSEF1100菌株的最弱。但酚氧化酶粘附于昆布多糖的能力显著强于各虫霉菌株,表明各菌株在一定程度上能逃避寄主的免疫识别;各菌株激活酚氧化酶原及酚氧化酶粘附于菌株强弱,与对小菜蛾毒力呈负相关性,表明高毒力菌株具有易逃避寄主免疫识别的趋向。     

一种热稳定的人胎盘源促细胞生长因子

胎盘细胞中含有丰富的生物学活性物质.通过在 90℃温度下酸性介质抽提、乙醇沉淀、DE-52阴离子交换层析、高效液相色谱层析,从人胎盘组织中分离纯化得到一种热稳定的小分子量促细胞生长因子.该物质对人羊膜细胞、小鼠成纤维细胞、小鼠骨髓瘤细胞等多种细胞有较高的刺激生长活性.这种物质被称为人胎盘源促细胞生长因子Ⅰ(Human Placental Growth Factor-I,简称HPGF-1),它是一种分子量为1900的肽类物质,是由一条含有10个氨基酸残基的肽链和非肽部分组成的化合物.肽链部分的分子量为1195,其氨基酸组成已被测定,N-末端残基为 Phe.非肽部分的分子量为692. 该因子的等电点为6.8.     

双向凝胶电泳比较三种常用蛋白质提取方法

组织(或细胞)的蛋白质提取效率直接影响蛋白质双向凝胶电泳(2-DE)的分辨率.为探索建立适用于人乳腺癌细胞株MCF-7蛋白质提取的最佳条件,比较目前在双向凝胶电泳中常用的3种蛋白质提取方法对MCF-7细胞总蛋白的提取效率.MCF-7细胞经培养后,分别采用M-PER试剂、标准裂解液或含硫脲裂解液提取其总蛋白质,然后进行双向凝胶电泳,并根据凝胶上蛋白质斑点的丰度和分布特点判断所得双向电泳图谱的质量,以确定MCF-7细胞蛋白质提取的相对最佳方法.结果显示,M-PER试剂法得到的图谱分辨率较低,蛋白质主要集中分布在分子量15~70kD,pH4.7~6.3的范围内;标准裂解液法得到的图谱分辨率有所提高,蛋白质分布比M-PER试剂法得到的图谱广;硫脲裂解液法得到的图谱是三者中分辨率最高的,尤其是高丰度蛋白和高分子量蛋白分离效果比前两者好.结果表明,在3种常用的蛋白质提取方法中,硫脲裂解液对细胞蛋白质的溶解性最佳,相对更适合于提取MCF-7细胞的蛋白质,并与双向凝胶电泳条件更兼容.     

多元光学蛋白质芯片研究取得重要进展

蛋白质芯片技术是一种新型蛋白质分析技术,具有集成、并行、快速和自动化分析的优势。多元光学蛋白质芯片传感器,仅需微量生理或生物采样,即可以同时检测、识别和纯化不同的生物分子和研究分子间的相互作用。无需标记,可以直接测量像血浆、细胞裂解液等生理样品。     

粘虫 Pseudaletia separata 幼虫期血细胞的相差显微镜观察

本文以粘虫为对象将各龄幼虫分为白头期、进食期和蜕皮前期,对其血细胞以相差显微镜进行了系统观察。粘虫幼虫血细胞的基本类型可区别为:原始血细胞、浆细胞、小球细胞、颗粒细胞、类球形细胞、伪足细胞及类绛色细胞七类。类绛色细胞及小球细胞在发育过程中有明显的形态转变现象,其中仅浆细胞有吞噬作用。上述各种血细胞的发生动态是与幼虫的生长发育密切联系的。     

文蛤糖肽MGP0501的分离纯化及性质鉴定

文蛤粗提液经超滤、层析等纯化得到分子量为15.878×103、纯度为96.42%、糖和蛋白质含量各占约55.18%和44.82%的糖肽MGP0501。MTT法和流式细胞术检测证实MGP0501对A549细胞具有体外抗肿瘤活性,对小鼠移植瘤S180的体内抗肿瘤实验检测亦证实其对小鼠移植瘤S180具有体内抑制作用,表明MGP0501是一种具有抗肿瘤作用的糖肽。     

球形芽孢杆菌Ts-l毒蛋白的分离纯化

球形芽孢杆菌Ts-1对蚊虫幼虫有高效杀灭能力,其有毒成份为一种蛋白质。纯芽孢一晶体复合物经超声波处理后,以0．05 mol／L的NaoH抽提毒素,经sephadex G-2 00葡聚糖凝胶柱层析纯化,用SDS—PAGE检验柱层析得到的杀虫活性部分,Ts—1的芽孢-晶体复合物中主要为4zkD和43KD的两种蛋白质。经聚丙烯酰胺凝股制备电泳分离纯化,生物活性测定表明这两种蛋白质都有杀蚊毒效,经DEAE纤维素柱层析进一步纯化,获得了分子量为42kD的毒蛋白。     

鸡Zong凝集素的分离纯化与性质研究

鸡Ｚｏｎｇ菌丝体浸取液依次经硫酸铵分级沉淀,ＤＥＡＥ－Ｓｅｐｈａｒｏｓｅ ＣＬ－６Ｂ离子交换层析和Ｓｅｐｈａｄｅｘ Ｇ－１００分子筛层析３个主要步骤纯化得到一种凝集素（ＴＡＬ）。纯化的ＴＡＬ在聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳上显示一条蛋白质着色带。ＴＡＬ的分子量为８９．４ｋＤ,亚基分子量为３８ｋＤ和５１ｋＤ,提示ＴＡＬ分子由两个不同亚基组成。ＴＡＬ具有供血动物种属专一性,使Ｗｉｓｔａｒ大鼠红细胞凝集所需ＴＡＬ最     

Isolation and purification of a cell adhesion factor from crayfish blood cells

Isolated granular haemocytes (blood cells) from the crayfish Pacifastacus leniusculus attached and spread in vitro on coverslips coated with a lysate of crayfish haemocytes. No cell adhesion activity was detected in crayfish plasma. The cell adhesion activity was only present in haemocyte lysates in which the prophenoloxidase (proPO) activating system (Soderhall and Smith, 1986a, b) had been activated; either by lipopolysaccharide (LPS), the beta-1,3-glucan laminarin, or by preparing the lysate in 5 mM Ca2+. Both lysates of granular or of semigranular haemocytes could mediate adhesion. After A23187-induced exocytosis of the granular cells, cell adhesion activity could be generated in the secreted material if it was incubated with laminarin. The factor responsible for cell adhesion was isolated from an active haemocyte lysate and purified by ammonium sulfate precipitation, cation exchange chromatography and Con A-Sepharose; it had a molecular mass of approximately 76 kD on an SDS-polyacrylamide gel. An antibody to this 76-kD band inhibited cell adhesion. Ca2+ was necessary in the medium for the cells to adhere to the adhesion factor. With cyanide or azide, the cells attached but failed to spread. It is suggested that in vivo the cell adhesion factor is stored in the secretory granules of the semigranular and the granular cells in a putative inactive pro-form, which can be released during exocytosis and, in the presence of beta- 1,3-glucans or LPS, be activated outside the cells to mediate cell attachment and spreading, processes of essential importance in arthropod host defense.     

Human platelet lysate contains growth factor activities for established cell lines derived from various tissues of several species

Summary Factors have been studied from human platelets that promote the growth of a hormone-responsive rat mammary adenocarcinoma cell line MTW9/PL, the BALB/c 3T3 mouse embryo fibroblasts, and numerous other established cell lines. A wide variety of the commonly employed cell lines, including lines of human, mouse, monkey, chicken, rat, Chinese hamster, and Syrian hamster origin, were tested for their growth response to a standard concentration of 200 μg/ml human platelet lysate, and the lysate was found to contain mitogenic activity for 24 of the 29 different lines assayed. A comparison was made between the platelet growth activity for the MTW9/PL cells and the well characterized platelet mitogen for the BALB/c 3T3 cells, platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF). When the platelet lysate was subjected to digestion by highly purified trypsin, the mitogenic activity for the MTW9/PL cells was not affected whereas that for the BALB/c 3T3 cells was essentially destroyed. Crude PDGF was prepared by heating the human platelet lysates at 100°C for 2 min followed by clarification, dialysis, lyophilization, and reconstitution. This PDGF material had no apparent growth activity for MTW9/PL cells, although chromatography of this material on Biogel P-100 revealed a high molecular weight (approximately 40,000 daltons) activity for the BALB/c 3T3 cells (presumably PDGF) and two growth activities for the MTW9/PL cells, one high molecular weight activity and a second activity of molecular weight less than 10,000. These studies demonstrated a form of epithelial tumor cell growth activity separable from the 3T3 type PDGF in crude heated extracts. This work was supported by American Cancer Society Grant BC-255B and NIH Grant CA 26617.     

Rapid isolation of endogenous inhibitor of factor B

An inhibitor of mouse factor B was purified from lysate of L cells by a human factor B-affinity column. The purified inhibitor was found to be homogeneous with a molecular weight of about 25,000 and identical to the 25K protein isolated from L cell-lysate by the coprecipitation method with anti mouse factor B. Hemolytic titration of the activity and PAGE-analysis of the inhibitor-factor B complex showed that 1 mol of inhibitor reacted with 1 mol of mouse factor B and inactivated its hemolytic activity.     

Purification of human C4b-binding protein and formation of its complex with vitamin K-dependent protein S.

C4b-binding protein was purified from human plasma in high yield by a simple procedure involving barium citrate adsorption and two subsequent chromatographic steps. Approx. 80% of plasma C4b-binding protein was adsorbed on the barium citrate, presumably because of its complex-formation with vitamin K-dependent protein S. The purified C4b-binding protein had a molecular weight of 570 000, as determined by ultracentrifugation, and was composed of about eight subunits (Mr approx. 70 000). Uncomplexed plasma C4b-binding protein was purified from the supernatant after barium citrate adsorption. On sodium dodecyl sulphate/polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis in non-reducing conditions and on agarose-gel electrophoresis it appeared as a doublet, indicating two forms differing slightly from each other in molecular weight and net charge. The protein band with the higher molecular weight in the doublet corresponded to the C4b-binding protein purified from the barium citrate eluate. Complex-formation between protein S and C4b-binding protein was studied in plasma, and in a system with purified components, by an agarose-gel electrophoresis technique. Protein S was found to form a 1:1 complex with the higher-molecular-weight form of C4b-binding protein, whereas the lower-molecular-weight form of C4b-binding protein did not bind protein S. The KD for the C4b-binding protein-protein S interaction in a system with purified components was approx. 0.9 X 10(-7) M. Rates of association and dissociation at 37 degrees C were low, namely about 1 X 10(3) M-1 . S-1 and 1.8 X 10(-4)-4.5 X 10(-4) S-1 respectively. In human plasma free protein S and free higher-molecular-weight C4b-binding protein were in equilibrium with the C4b-binding protein-protein S complex. Approx. 40% of both proteins existed as free proteins. From equilibrium data in plasma a KD of about 0.7 X 10(-7) M was calculated for the C4b-binding protein-protein S interaction.     

Purification and properties of the clotting enzyme from limulus lysate

The clotting enzyme from Limulus lysate which is involved in the gelation reaction of lysate with endotoxin has been purified and some of its properties determined. It was isolated from endotoxin-treated lysate and purified by gel filtration, ion exchange chromatography, and disc gel electrophoresis. Reaction of clotting enzyme with lysate clottable protein produces a clot or gel such as occurs with the gelation of lysate by endotoxin. Purified clotting enzyme has an approximate molecular weight of 84,000 (subunit MW 43,000), is isoelectric at pH ca. 5.5, trypsin-like, heat labile and pH sensitive.     

A clottable protein (coagulogen) from amoebocyte lysate of Japanese horseshoe crab (Tachypleus tridentatus). Its isolation and biochemical properties.

A clottable protein, named coagulogen, was highly purified from the amoebocyte lysate of Japanese horseshoe crab (Tachypleus tridentatus) by a method similar to that used for the lysate of Limulus polyphemus amoebocytes. The isolated material gave a single protein band on analytical gel electrophoresis at pH 3.2, gel electrofocusing, and sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) gel electrophoresis with or without 2-mercaptoethanol. It was 90 percent coagulable, and the total yield from 10 ml of the amoebocyte lysate was about 40 mg. The sedimentation coefficient of purified coagulogen was 2.6 S and its molecular weight was estimated to be about 15,300 by sedimentation equilibrium analysis. The molecular weight estimated by SDS-gel electrophoretic analysis was 19,500 +/- 1,000. This discrepancy was apparently due to abnormal mobility arising from the basic nature of this protein on electrophoresis. The protein had a high isoelectric point of pH 10.0 +/- 0.2, as measured by the isoelectric focusing technique. It consisted of a total of 132 to 135 amino acid residues and contained high levels of basic amino acids, which accounted for more than 16 per cent of the total amino acid residues. No methionine was detected. High contents of valine, half-cystine, glutamic acid (glutamine), and phenylalanine were found. The N-terminal sequence of the first three residues of the coagulogen was Ala-Asx-Thr, and its C-terminal residues was identified as phenylalanine, indicating that it consists of a single polypeptide chain. It is of interest that the first three N-terminal residues are homologous with those of the Aalpha-chain of non-human primate fibrinogen.     

Intracellular proclotting enzyme in limulus (Tachypleus tridentatus) hemocytes: its purification and properties

A proclotting enzyme associated with the hemolymph coagulation system of limulus (Tachypleus tridentatus) was highly purified from the hemocyte lysate. The first step of purification was performed by chromatography of the lysate on a pyrogen-free dextran sulfate-Sepharose CL-6B column, which was essential for separation of the proclotting enzyme from its activator, named factor B. The following steps consisted of column chromatographies on DEAE-Sepharose CL-6B, Sephadex G-150, benzamidine-CH-Sepharose and Sephacryl S-300. Through these procedures, 1.4 mg of the purified material was obtained from 630 ml of the lysate and approximately 300-fold purification was achieved. The preparation gave a single band on sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) in the presence and absence of 2-mercaptoethanol. The single-chain proclotting enzyme was a glycoprotein with an apparent molecular weight of 54,000, and no gamma-carboxyglutamic acid was detected. The proclotting enzyme was converted to its active form by purified factor B or by trypsin. The resulting clotting enzyme had a molecular weight of 54,000, consisting of a heavy chain of Mr = 31,000 and a light chain of Mr = 25,000. The serine active site of the clotting enzyme was found in the heavy chain. The chemical analyses of the isolated heavy and light chains indicated that the activation of the proclotting enzyme to its active form by factor B or trypsin is induced by a limited proteolysis, yielding two chains bridged by a disulfide linkage(s).     

The activation of factor X by hepatocyte plasma membranes

Synthesis and secretion of blood coagulation factor X was studied during incubations of hepatocytes prepared by perfusion of rat livers with collagenase. The apparent molecular weight of factor X isolated from the incubation medium was about 14,000 less than factor X isolated from rat plasma. The extracellular form of factor X was a two-chain polypeptide and the observed difference in molecular weight was reflected in the heavy chain. Since these properties were more characteristic of factor Xa than factor X, experiments were designed to determine if factor X activation occurred during the incubations. Clotting factor assays indicated that factor X secreted by hepatocytes was present as factor Xa. Also, when purified plasma factor X was added to incubations of hepatocytes the added factor X was converted to factor Xa. Plasma membranes prepared from isolated hepatocytes or from liver homogenates contained an enzyme that converted factor X to factor Xa in a calcium-dependent reaction. The results suggest that the activity is due to the presence of thromboplastin (tissue factor) and factor VII in the membrane preparations.     

Existence of lipid vesicles containing platelet-activating factor in endothelial cell lysate

Platelet aggregation activity due to platelet-activating factor (PAF) was detected at high molecular weight (HMW) and low molecular weight fractions after gel-filtration chromatography of cell lysate of endothelial cells. [³H]PAF added to the cell lysate was similarly distributed after chromatography. The radioactivity associated with HMW fraction was not reduced by digesting the lysate with trypsin, suggesting that PAF was not making complexes with proteins but was included in lipid vesicles in cell lysate. Further evidence showed that an unknown specific factor(s) was needed to form these PAF-containing lipid vesicles. Radioactivity was not found in HMW fraction when [³H]PAF was mixed with cell lysate of vascular smooth muscle cells. When monomeric PAF was added to endothelial cell lysate, the specific activity of aggregation decreased to the level exerted by endogenous PAF-containing lipid vesicles due to incorporation into lipid vesicles. PAF in the form of lipid vesicles was more stable in plasma than monomeric form.