乙型肝炎病毒前S2抗原决定簇（HBVPreS2epitope）与乙型肝炎病毒核心抗原（HBcAg）的基因融合与表达

乙肝前Ｓ２（ＨＢＶＰｒｅＳ２）肽段由５５个氨基酸组成,其Ｎ端肽段含Ｔｈ和Ｂ细胞抗原决定簇。我们将化学合成的ＰｒｅＳ２ｅｐｉｔｏｐｅ（１２０－１４５）基因与ＨＢｃＡｇ基因不同位点进行融合,融合基因在大肠杆菌中获得表达,并对融合蛋白进行了纯化。经ＥＬＩＳＡ和Ｗｅｓｔｅｒｎ－ｂｌｏｔ实验表明,融合蛋白具有ＰｒｅＳ２和ＨＢｃＡｇ两者的抗原性。此外,研究还表明,强启动子能使表达水平有一定提高。     

核酸免疫可特异地诱发小鼠对乙型肝炎病毒表面抗原S+PreS1免疫反应

运用改造后的乙型肝炎病毒表面抗原Ｓ＋ＰｒｅＳ１融合基因（将ＰｒｅＳ１区肝细胞受体结合位点（２１－４７ａａ）编码基因融合到Ｓ蛋白Ｃ端２２３位残基下游）,构建了一系列真核表达载体,并在ＣＨＯ细胞上有效表达了分泌型的、具有Ｓ＋ＰｒｅＳ１双重抗原性的融合蛋白颗粒。用上述质粒ＤＮＡ肌肉免疫Ｃ５７ＢＬ／６Ｊ小鼠,成功地检测到了抗－ＨＢｓ和抗－ＰｒｅＳ１抗体,加强免疫能显著改善免疫效果。本研究还建立了检测抗－ＰｒｅＳ１的竞争抑制法和羊抗人ＨＢｓＡｇ封闭法,两种方法符合率达９６％,但后者更为敏感。用羊抗人ＨＢｓＡｇ封闭法测得抗－ＰｒｅＳ１滴度最高可达１：１２８０以上。     

乙型肝炎病毒前S2抗原决定簇与乙型肝炎病毒核心抗原的基因融合与表达

乙肝前Ｓ２（ＨＢＶ ＰｒｅＳ２）肽段由５５个氨基酸组成,其Ｎ端肽段含Ｔｈ和Ｂ细胞抗原决定簇。我们将化学合成的ＰｒｅＳ２ ｅｐｉｔｏｐｅ（１２０－１４５）基因不同位点进行融合,融合基因在大肠杆菌中获得表达,并对融合蛋白进行了纯化。经ＥＬＩＳＡ和Ｗｅｓｔｅｒｎ－ｂｌｏｔ实验表明,融合蛋白具有ＰｒｅＳ２和ＨＢｃＡｇ两者的抗原性。此外,研究还表明,强启动子能使表达水平有一定的提高。     

核酸免疫可特异地诱发小鼠对乙型肝炎病毒表面抗原S＋PreS1的免疫反应

运用改造后的乙型肝炎病毒表面抗原Ｓ＋ＰｒｅＳ１融合基因（将ＰｒｅＳ１）区肝细胞受体结合位点（２１－４７ａａ）编码基因融合到Ｓ蛋白Ｃ端２２３位残基下游）,构建了一系列真核表达载体,并在ＣＨＯ细胞上有效表达了分泌型的,具有Ｓ＋ＰｒｅＳ１双重抗原性的融合蛋白颗粒,用上述质粒ＤＮＡ肌肉免疫Ｃ５７ＢＬ／６Ｊ小鼠,成功地检测到了抗一－ＨＢｓ和抗－ＰｒｅＳ１抗体,加强免疫能显著改善免疫效果,本研究还建立了检测抗     

牛α—S1—酪蛋白—乙肝病毒表面抗原融合基因在转基因羊中的表达

利用ＤＮＡ重组技术,将牛α－Ｓ１酪蛋白调控区基因（１６ｋｂ的片段）与乙肝表面抗原基因拼接,构建了融合基因表达构件：λ１０６。构件经转基因技术转入山羊受精卵。待受精卵发育至成熟个体并分娩、泌乳,ＥＬＩＳＡ检测其乳汁中的ＨＢｓＡｇ,证明所构建的牛α－Ｓ１酪蛋白基因表达构件是可以在羊乳腺中表达乙肝表面抗原基因,并将其表达产物分泌到乳汁中。     

乙肝前S2抗原决定簇串联体与核心抗原的基因融合与表达

乙肝前Ｓ２（ＨＢＶＰｒｅＳ２）肽段由５５个氨基酸组成,其Ｎ端肽段含Ｔｈ和Ｂ细胞抗原决定簇,为增强ＰｒｅＳ２的抗原性,本实验采用将化学合成的ＰｒｅＳ２ｅｐｉｔｏｐｅ（１２０－１４５）基因以串联方式与ＨＢｃＡｇ的基因进行了融合,融合基因在大肠杆菌中获得表达,并通过ＥＬＩＳＡ比较研究了融合蛋白中ＰｒｅＳ_２ｅｐｉｔｏｐｅ单体及串联体的抗原性差异。     

乙肝病毒表面抗原抗体可变区基因的克隆及人－鼠嵌合抗体重链基因的表达

本文采用反转录－聚合酶链反应（ＲＴ－ＰＣＲ）技术,从鼠抗乙肝病毒表面抗原（ＨＢｓＡｇ）单克隆细胞中克隆到了该抗体重、轻链可变区（Ⅴ区）基因,并分别将其与人的恒定区基因Ｃγ３,Ｃｋ相拼接,构建人－鼠嵌合抗体基因。ＳＤＳ－ＰＡＧＥ和Ｗｅｓｔｅｒｎ－Ｂｌｏｔ分析结果证实嵌合抗体重链基因在Ｅ．ｃｏｌｉ中得到了表达。间接ＥＬＩＳＡ法免疫测定的结果表明该表达产物具有与乙肝表面抗原结合的能力。     

乙肝前S2抗原决定簇串联体与核心抗原的基因融合与表达

乙肝前Ｓ２（ＨＢＶＰｅｒＳ２）肽段由５５个氨基酸组成,其Ｎ端肽段含Ｔｈ和Ｂ细胞抗原决定簇,为增强ＰｒｅＳ２的抗原性,本实验采用将化学合成的ＰｒｅＳ２ｅｐｉｔｏｐｅ（１２０－１４５）基因以串联方式与ＨＢｃＡｇ的基因进行了融合,融合基因在大肠杆菌中获得表达,并通过ＥＬＩＳＡ比较研究了融合蛋白中ＰｒｅＳ２ｅｐｉｔｏｐｅ单体及串联体的抗原性差异。     

乙肝病毒preS抗原决定簇与核心抗原的融合表达

将乙肝病毒表面抗原的ｐｒｅＳ抗原决定簇片段与核心抗原进行融合,分别构建了在核心抗原中间对应第７５～８３位氨基酸之间的融合及在核心抗原羧端对应第１５６位氨基酸处的融合,并在ｔａｃ启动子的控制下于大肠杆菌中表达。表达产物经ＥＬＩＳＡ检测和ＷｅｓｔｅｒｎＢｌｏｔｔｉｎｇ分析,表明融合蛋白均被表达,其单体分子量大小与推算值一致．电镜观察和ＣｓＣｌ密度梯度超离心测定都表明融合蛋白能形成颗粒,其密度略小于天然的ＨＢｃ颗粒。初步纯化的融合蛋白免疫Ｂａｌｂ／ｃ小鼠;能产生高滴度的抗－ｐｒｅＳ１抗体,表明ＰｒｅＳｌ（２１～４７）在核心抗原ｅｌｌｏｏｐ区的融合能大大提高其免疫原性．     

早老蛋白(Presenilins)功能研究进展

编码早老蛋白（Ｐｒｅｓｅｎｉｌｉｎｓ,ＰＳｓ）的基因ｐｓ－１、ｐｓ－２被认为是构成早发家族性老年痴呆（ｅａｒｌｙ－ｏｎｓｅｔ ｆａｍｉｌｉａｌ Ａｌｚｈｅｉｍｅｒ’ｓ ｄｉｓｅａｓｅ,ＦＡＤ）的主要致病基因。早老蛋白具有８个跨膜区的结构,在神经系统广泛表达。其功能尚未完全明确,最近几年的研究主要集中在早老蛋白与淀粉样沉淀前体蛋白（ａｍｙｌｏｉｄ ｐｒｅｃｕｒｓｏｒ ｐｒｏｔｅｉｎ,ＡＰＰ）的切割、     

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.