旋毛虫肌幼虫ES抗原的基因克隆及高效表达

作者对编码旋毛虫肌幼虫ES抗原的部分结构基因进行了克隆、鉴定和表达。用RNA PCR技术直接从旋毛虫肌幼虫总RNA中反转录并扩增出0．7kh的靶DNA,酶切分析后将其克隆到融合表达载体pEx3lC中。SDS—PAGE电泳表明,含重组子的大肠杆菌能够表达出一分子量为37kDa的融合蛋白(P37),后者占菌体总蛋白的22%以上,并以包含体形式存在于菌体中。经对纯化后表达蛋白的ELlSA检测,证明它能被猪旋毛虫病阳性血清和抗旋毛虫单克隆抗体识别。研究结果揭示,重组蛋白P37对于研制旋毛虫病诊断抗原和免疫抗原具有潜在的应用价值。     

丙型肝炎病毒核心蛋白基因在大肠杆菌内的表达及应用

将从中国丙肝病人血清中扩增克隆的丙型肝炎病毒核心蛋白基因（４０８ｂｐ）酶切处理后插入表达载体ｐＪＬＡ５０２内,获得高表达核心蛋白的重组工程菌。将重组菌经４２℃热诱导５ｈ,ＳＤＳ－ＰＡＧＥ分析表明,表达的核心蛋白占菌体蛋白总量的２０％。经分子筛和吸附层析纯化后获得的核心蛋白,ＥＬＩＳＡ检测证实有较好的抗原性和特异性。用表达的核心抗原加用表达的ＮＳ＿３抗原（Ｃ＿３３）装配的抗－ＨＣＶ试剂盒,经用标准血清验证及与国外第二代抗－ＨＣＶ试剂盒比较,证实符合丙肝诊断试剂要求。     

猪细小病毒NS1抗原表位的真核表达及ELISA方法的建立

以猪细小病毒NS1抗原表位的真核表达及ELISA建立为目的,以猪细小病毒基因组DNA为模板,扩增获得PPVNS1主要抗原表位基因,将其插入到真核表达载体pPICZα-A中,获得重组质粒pPICZα-A-NS1。电转化后将重组毕赤酵母菌株诱导表达,SDS-PAGE检测证实重组蛋白获得了高效表达,Western blot实验表明表达产物具有良好的反应原性。将纯化后的重组蛋白包被酶标板,经棋盘法优化,初步建立了检测猪细小病毒特异性抗体的间接ELISA方法。结果表明,抗原最佳包被浓度为1.9μg/mL,血清最佳稀释度为1∶80,阳性判断标准定为OD待检血清>0.4且OD待检血清/OD标准阴性值>2.0。用该方法对猪血清样品进行检测,结果显示本方法与HI试验的符合率达91.2%,与国外同类试剂盒的符合率为92.1%,该间接ELISA方法特异性强、敏感性高,可用于猪细小病毒病感染抗体的检测。     

猪水泡病病毒VPl基因抗原区的原核表达

利用RT-PCR和nested PCR(nPCR)技术扩增出猪水泡病病毒VPl基因的抗原区,将其克隆到表达载体pProEX-HTb中,获得重组质粒,经PCR、酶切和序列分析鉴定表明,目的基因插入的位置、大小和读码框均正确。将重组质粒导入BL21(DE3),经IPTG诱导表达后SDS-PAGE检测表明,重组菌能表达猪水泡病病毒VPl抗原区蛋白;Western blot检测表明,诱导表达的抗原区蛋白能与猪水泡病阳性血清发生特异性反应。     

采用亲和层析结合制备凝胶电泳获得高纯度的重组抗原蛋白用于制备蛋白质芯片

为了得到制备抗原芯片所需的高纯度重组抗原蛋白,需要建立一套适合于多种重组抗原表达和纯化的技术路线．采用了亲和层析结合制备胶电泳的方法,对16种用于构建蛋白质芯片的食管癌相关抗原基因进行了克隆重组并在大肠杆菌中进行了表达．对高表达的重组蛋白首先制备包涵体,然后采用Ni-Sepharose亲和层析得到初步纯化的蛋白质,最后使用SDS-PAGE制备胶电泳作进一步纯化．经过透析复性后,用于制备蛋白质芯片．采用亲和层析纯化重组蛋白,得率为71% ,纯度约为70%;在SDS-PAGE制备胶进一步纯化后,得率为32%,纯度为95%,经过透析和复性后,最终得率为21%,纯度为95%．得到的重组蛋白RPS4在ELISA检测中可以和血清中识别RPS4 的自身抗体起反应,并且,采用精纯抗原制备的蛋白质芯片,在检测抗原与抗体这一对反应中也具有较高的敏感性和特异性,适合大规模血清抗体的检测．研究表明,采用亲和层析结合制备凝胶电泳纯化抗原蛋白,是一条简便快捷,适合需要量不大,但对纯度要求比较高的蛋白质芯片制备的技术路线．     

ASFV多表位融合基因MeP72基因的克隆、表达及其间接ELISA检测方法建立

[目的]建立以重组多表位融合蛋白re MeP72为包被抗原的ASFV间接ELISA检测方法。[方法]预测分析ASFV结构蛋白P72的优势抗原表位,串连优势抗原表位并优化稀有密码子以合成多表位融合抗原基因MeP72。在毕赤酵母表达系统中诱导表达,分析重组融合蛋白的反应原性。用re MeP72做包被抗原,建立ASFV的ELISA间接检测方法。[结果]成功构建了402 bp的MeP72基因片段。SDS-PAGE和Western Blotting分析该蛋白在14 k Da有条带,证明其反应原性良好。经ELISA反应条件优化,建立的ELISA方法与猪的其他病原的阳性血清不发生交叉反应,且可检测到稀释倍数为1∶512 ASFV阳性血清,证明其特异性和敏感性良好。[结论]建立了抗原包被浓度为15μg/mL,一抗、二抗稀释倍数分别为1∶200、1∶5 000倍的特异性和敏感性良好的re MeP72-ELISA检测方法。     

猪水泡病病毒VP1基因抗原区的原核表达

利用RTPCR和nested PCR(nPCR)技术扩增出猪水泡病病毒VP1基因的抗原区，将其克隆到表达载体pProEXHTb中，获得重组质粒，经PCR、酶切和序列分析鉴定表明，目的基因插入的位置、大小和读码框均正确。将重组质粒导入BL21（DE3），经IPTG诱导表达后SDSPAGE检测表明，重组菌能表达猪水泡病病毒VP1抗原区蛋白；Western blot检测表明，诱导表达的抗原区蛋白能与猪水泡病阳性血清发生特异性反应。     

HIV—1 P24截短体与gp41截短体的融合蛋白在大肠杆菌中的表达、纯化和鉴定

用基因重组技术将截短的HIV－1 p24基因和gp41基因连接成嵌合基因,插入质粒pGEX-4T3,构建成重组表达质粒pGEX-F。将pGEX-F转化大肠杆菌BL21。经IPTG诱导表达,pGEX-F在大肠杆菌BL21中获得了高效表达。融合蛋白P24－gp41经Glutathione-Sepharose4B亲和层析纯化后,用间接ELISA和免疫印迹检测HIV抗体阳性血清和正常人血清,P24－gp41只与HIV抗体阳性血清反应,证明获得的融合蛋白P24－gp41有很强的抗原特异性和免疫反应性,具有较高的应用价值。     

旋毛虫Ts87抗原的免疫学特性及保护性的初步研究

应用Western btot和ELISA方法对纯化的重组蛋白PET—28a( )／Ts87进行免疫学特性鉴定及保护性研究。Western blot和ELISA结果显示,Ts87抗原可被人工感染旋毛虫的兔血清、病猪血清、病人血清及抗Ts87的兔血清所识别。Ts87抗原免疫BABL/c小鼠,较对照组减虫率为29％,说明Ts87抗原可作为旋毛虫免疫诊断和疫苗的候选抗原。     

弓形虫GRA6蛋白和P30蛋白的融合表达、纯化及抗原性分析

利用基因工程技术制备抗原性好的弓形虫GRA6蛋白和P30蛋白的融合蛋白,并用作抗原检测弓形虫抗体。根据弓形虫GRA6蛋白和P30蛋白的氨基酸序列,通过计算机分析,筛选出其中较强的抗原决定簇。用PCR方法分别扩增含抗原决定簇的基因片段。将这两个基因片段克隆至同一质粒pET28a(+)内,表达一个融合蛋白。将重组质粒转化大肠杆菌BL21(DE3),筛选表达该融合蛋白的工程菌。纯化表达的融合蛋白,用已知的6份抗弓形虫IgM阳性血清和大量正常人血清,ELISA法检测纯化融合蛋白的抗原性和特异性。获得了高效表达含弓形虫GRA6蛋白和P30蛋白抗原表位的工程菌,表达的融合蛋白约占菌体蛋白总量的25%。纯化获得了表达的融合蛋白,该蛋白有较好的抗原性和特异性。表达的弓形虫GRA6和P30融合蛋白可用做抗原检测弓形虫抗体,用于临床及孕妇检测,对优生优育有较大意义。     

Analysis of antibody response to synthetic peptides derived from the fusion protein of measles virus

A computer program combining of hydrophilicity, flexibility, surface probability, secondary structure and antigenic index parameters of the amino acid sequence of measles virus (MV) fusion protein was used to select four possible epitopes. Rabbits were immunized with the synthesized peptides conjugated to purified protein derivative using the homobifunctional cross-linker bis-sulfosuccinimidyl suberate. Immune stimulating complexes were prepared with the peptides conjugated to the purified protein derivative carrier using a dialysis method. All antisera raised in rabbits against the peptide conjugates had a high titer to the homologous peptides and reacted well with denatured MV as tested by plate ELISA. None of the sera had neutralizing antibody. Human sera positive for MV antibody reacted strongly with the synthesized peptides indicating that the selected locations function as partial antigenic sites. Antisera against peptide conjugates reacted weakly in immunofluorescence and none of these antisera reacted with purified MV proteins in Western blot. The results obtained in this study indicated that although the computer program could not predict epitopes important for the neutralization of the MV, the predicted epitopes are useful for detecting antibodies against MV.     

Radioimmunoassay of the link proteins associated with bovine nasal cartilage proteoglycan.

Link proteins from bovine nasal cartilage have been purified by preparative polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis in sodium dodecyl sulfate (Baker, J.R., and Caterson, B. (1979) J. Biol. Chem. 254, 2387-2393) and used to raise antisera in rabbits. A sensitive radioimmunoassay procedure utilizing binding of 125I-labeled antigen . antibody complexes to Protein A of Staphylococcus aureus has served to demonstrate the specificity of the antisera for the link proteins. The lack of reactivity with proteoglycan fractions indicates that link proteins and proteoglycan do not share antigenic determinants. This result is in accord with published cyanogen bromide peptide cleavage data (Baker, J.R., and Caterson B. (1977) Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 77, 1-10) which showed proteoglycan and link protein to be structurally dissimilar. The radioimmunoassay procedure has been used to quantitate small amounts of link protein which remain associated with proteoglycan after purification by equilibrium density gradient centrifugation in 4 M guanidine HCl and by gel chromatography in sodium dodecyl sulfate.     

Cloning and expression of antigenic epitopes of the human 68-kDa (U1) ribonucleoprotein antigen in Escherichia coli.

Autoantibodies directed against the 68-kDa (U1) ribonucleoprotein antigen are mainly found in sera of patients with mixed connective tissue disease. The corresponding cDNA was fragmented into four regions coding for the major antigenic epitopes A', B', C' and D'. All the epitopes were subcloned and expressed as fusion proteins with the glutathione S-transferase in Escherichia coli using the novel expression system pGEX that allows very high yields of recombinant proteins after a single-step purification. The sera of patients with the autoimmune disease were analyzed for the expressed recombinant proteins by an immunoblotting technique. All positive sera showed a patient-specific behavior and could be divided into four groups regarding recognition of the four antigenic epitopes of the 68-kDa (U1) ribonucleoprotein antigen. The epitope B' was reactive to all patient sera positively tested and classified as the marker antigenic epitope for the mixed connective tissue disease.     

Antigenic homology between rat sperm tail polypeptides and Sertoli cell secretory proteins

A high performance liquid chromatographic procedure has been used for the purification of rat Sertoli cell secretory protein S70 and S45-S35 heterodimeric protein to determine their role during spermatogenesis. These two proteins display binding affinity for each other and appear antigenically related. We have observed that: 1. S70 and S45-S35 heterodimeric protein coelute during purification, 2. polyclonal antiserum raised against protein S70 recognizes common antigenic determinants in polypeptides S45 and S35, the disulfide-linked components of the heterodimeric protein, and 3. a monoclonal antibody that recognizes polypeptide S35 but does not crossreact with either protein S70 or polypeptide S45, immunoprecipitates the S70/S45-S35 heterodimeric protein complex. In immunofluorescent experiments, antisera raised against protein S70 and polypeptide components of S45-S35 heterodimeric protein immunoreact with two major sperm intracellular structures: the acrosome and periaxonemal outer dense fibers of sperm tail. Immunoreactivity was not detected on the sperm plasma membrane surface of unfixed, living sperm. Outer dense fibers extracted from sperm tails by a combined treatment with cetylthrimethylammonium bromide and 2-mercaptoethanol, yielded a characteristic polypeptide pattern. In immunoblotting experiments sperm tail polypeptides were recognized by polyclonal antisera raised against Sertoli cell secretory proteins. We conclude that Sertoli cell secretory proteins S70 and S45-S35 heterodimeric protein are antigenically related to each other and to keratin-like polypeptides from sperm tail.     

Purification of human kidney angiotensin I converting enzyme using reverse-immunoadsorption chromatography

A rapid and highly efficient procedure for purification of angiotensin I converting enzyme from human kidney has been developed. Following tryptic solubilization, the enzyme was partially purified by DEAE-cellulose and hydroxylapatite chromatography. The final step consisted of “reverse immunoadsorption” on a column prepared by coupling antisera raised against contaminating proteins to CNBr-activated Sepharose CL-6B. Starting with 600 g kidney tissue, 6.1 mg of enzyme was obtained with a specific activity of 108 U/mg using Hip-His-Leu as substrate, a 3400-fold purification with an overall yield of 26%. The preparation gave a single band on 7.5% SDS-urea gels and a single arc against antisera to impure enzyme in crossed immunoelectrophoresis. A single N-terminal amino acid (leucine) was detected by dansylation. This procedure has allowed the initiation of structural studies with the human enzyme. “Reverse immunoadsorption” may be a generally useful method for protein purification.     

Cloning, Auto-induction Expression, and Purification of rSpaA Swine Erysipelas Antigen

This work reports the cloning, expression, and purification of a 42-kDa fragment of the SpaA protein from Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae, the main antigenic candidate for a subunit vaccine against swine erysipelas. The use of an auto-induction protocol to improve heterologous protein expression in recombinant Escherichia coli cultures was also investigated. The cellular growth pattern and metabolite formation were evaluated under different induction conditions. The His-tagged protein was over-expressed as inclusion bodies, and was purified by a single chromatography step under denaturing conditions. Auto-induction conditions were shown to be an excellent process strategy, leading to a high level of rSpaA expression (about 25?% of total cellular protein content) in a short period of time.