产肠毒素大肠埃希菌CfaB亚单位的免疫原性分析

目的表达并纯化产肠毒素大肠埃希菌（Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli,ETEC）CFA／I定居因子的CfaB亚单位,分析其免疫原性。方法将不含信号肽序列的cfaB基因克隆到pQE一30上,构建重组质粒pQE-30-cfaB并转化EcoliM15,表达融合蛋白6xHis—CfaB,将表达的蛋白纯化和复性后免疫BALB／c小鼠,制备抗CfaB的抗血清,用ELISA法检测抗血清效价。结果6×His—CfaB融合蛋白高效表达,相对分子质量为15．5kD,纯化复性后免疫小鼠所得抗血清效价为1：125000。结论成功构建了高效表达6×His-CfaB融合蛋白的重组质粒,表达的融合蛋白免疫小鼠后获得了高效价的抗血清,为进一步研制以双歧杆菌为表达系统的新型ETEC亚单位口服疫苗奠定了基础。     

幽门螺杆菌VacA重组蛋白表达、纯化及鉴定

目的研究幽门螺杆菌空泡毒素（VacA）编码基因在大肠埃希菌中的表达及纯化重组蛋白的抗原性。方法将PET32a-vacA-E.coli BE21（DE3）工程菌株常规培养,碱裂解法小量提取重组质粒DNA,琼脂糖凝胶电泳进行酶切鉴定,基因测序法进行插入基因序列分析。重组蛋白采用IPTG诱导表达,镍亲和层析原理提纯,ELISA法检测其抗原性。结果经酶切鉴定表明,插入的基因片段全长约2240bp,测序分析及与Genebank比较,可以肯定插入片段为vacA基因,ELISA法检测重组蛋白具有良好的抗原性。结论VacA重组蛋白在大肠埃希菌中成功表达,重组蛋白具有良好的抗原性。     

结核分枝杆菌19kD-ESAT6融合蛋白的克隆表达及纯化

运用聚合酶链反应( PCR) 技术从结核分枝杆菌标准株H37Rv 中扩增获得19kD 脂蛋白和esat-6 基因片段, 将目的片段分别克隆到pMD18-T 载体, 再亚克隆目的片段到同一表达载体pET-21a, 构建重组表达载体pET21a-19kD-ESAT6, 转化至大肠埃希菌BL21( DE3) , 表达纯化后用蛋白质印迹法( Western blot) 分析其抗原反应性。结果成功构建了重组质粒pET21a-19kD-ESAT6, 并在大肠埃希菌中获得高效表达。SDS-PAGE 结果显示, 在相对分子质量( Mr) 约29 ×103 处有表达条带。estern blot 结果表明, 重组蛋白19kD-ESAT6 与确诊的结核病患者血清发生特异性免疫反应, 具有特异的抗原性。本研究构建的结核分枝杆菌19kD-ESAT6 融合蛋白为结核病血清学诊断试剂的开发提供了依据。     

重组人胱抑素C的原核表达及鉴定

目的构建重组人胱抑素C（cystatinC,CysC）的原核高效表达质粒,诱导表达并纯化获得CysC重组蛋白。方法根据大肠埃希菌编码蛋白的特性设计CysC编码基因序列,人工合成目的基因克隆至pET-22b（＋）表达载体中,测序及酶切鉴定正确后诱导其在大肠埃希菌BL21中表达,所获得的包涵体蛋白经亲和层析纯化后采用SDS—PAGE及Western印迹鉴定。结果酶切结果证实构建的表达质粒结构正确;测序结果显示克隆的基因序列所编码的蛋白与GenBank中的CysC氨基酸序列相符;SDS-PAGE及Western印迹结果证实获得的重组CysC融合蛋白分子量约为16kD,经NP亲和层析纯化获得纯度大于90％的目的蛋白。结论建立了重组人CysC的原核高效表达系统并获得了CysC重组蛋白。     

仙台病毒F基因的克隆及原核表达

目的利用原核表达系统表达仙台病毒(Sendai Virus)F蛋白主要抗原片段FP(S),并对表达产物进行免疫学初步研究。方法根据GenBank公布的仙台病毒F蛋白(gi:9627219)的基因序列设计特异性引物,通过RT-PCR扩增出F基因的主要抗原片段FP(S),插入pMD-18-T载体中,鉴定正确后克隆入pQE31原核表达载体中,将鉴定正确的pQE31-FP(S)转化大肠埃希菌M15,IPTG诱导表达,对大肠埃希菌裂解物进行SDS-PAGE和Western-blot验证。结果大肠埃希菌表达的FP(S)相对分子质量约26×103,与预期相符;能与SeV阳性血清发生特异性反应,出现单一条带。结论原核表达的FP(S)蛋白有良好的抗原性,为检测仙台病毒抗体的ELISA检测方法的研究奠定了基础。     

阴道毛滴虫黏附蛋白65-3基因原核表达质粒的构建及表达

质粒 pMD-18T-ap65-3 经 Xho I 和 BamH I 双酶切, 1.0% 凝胶电泳后纯化回收阴道毛滴虫黏附蛋白 65-3 基因,定向克隆至原核表达载体 pET-32a( ), 构建原核表达质粒 pET32a-ap65-3. 重组质粒转化大肠埃希菌 JM109 感受态细胞中, 筛选阳性克隆, 进行PCR﹑酶切及测序鉴定正确后, 将重组质粒 pET32a-ap65-3 转化于大肠埃希菌 BL21 中,异丙基-β-D硫代半乳糖苷 (IPTG) 诱导重组蛋白表达后利用十二烷基磺酸钠一聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳 (SDS-PAGE) 和免疫印迹 (Western blot) 对重组蛋白进行分析鉴定. 本实验为研究阴道毛滴虫病的致病机制及蛋白生物学功能奠定了基础.     

金黄色葡萄球菌isdb基因的克隆表达及其小鼠免疫试验

为了研究金黄色葡萄球菌表面Isdb蛋白的免疫原性,应用PCR方法扩增出金黄色葡萄球菌Wood46株的isdb 基因并进行序列分析,再将isdb 基因插入到pET32-a(+) 载体上,构建了pET32-a(+)-isdb重组质粒,将重组质粒转化到宿主菌大肠埃希菌BL21中并诱导表达和纯化Isdb蛋白。用纯化的Isdb蛋白免疫小鼠,检测小鼠血清中抗体水平;在二次免疫之后的第2周,用金黄色葡萄球菌Wood46、HLJ23-1株对小鼠攻毒,每组8只小鼠。研究结果发现：isdb基因在不同菌株中高度保守;Isdb蛋     

沙门菌毒力基因spvB的原核表达及其多克隆抗体的制备

目的:构建沙门菌毒力基因spvB的原核表达载体,诱导表达纯化SpvB蛋白并以其为抗原免疫小鼠,制备多克隆抗体。方法:利用生物信息学软件对SpvB进行分析,选取抗原性较高、易表达的氨基酸序列作为克隆序列,以携带spvB基因的鼠伤寒沙门菌为模板,PCR扩增目的片段后与原核表达载体pET28a(+)连接;将质粒pET28a-SpvB转化大肠埃希菌BL21(DE3)后诱导表达并纯化。目的蛋白免疫小鼠,制备抗SpvB多克隆抗体,Western blot检测抗体特异性。结果:成功构建spvB原核表达载体,经IPTG诱导结果显示,重组蛋白表达且主要存在于包涵体中,将纯化后的蛋白免疫小鼠Western blot检测血清中抗体与SpvB特异性结合。结论:获得具有免疫原性的SpvB蛋白及其多克隆抗体,为进一步研究该基因的功能奠定基础。     

幽门螺杆菌重组vacA-CtxB蛋白的原核表达及免疫学研究

目的原核表达幽门螺杆菌pQE-vctB(含H.pylori细胞空泡毒素毒性片段与霍乱毒素B亚单位的融合基因)在E.coil DH5α中诱导表达,以获得重组蛋白,鉴定其抗原性和免疫原性,为制备防治H.pylori感染的口服疫苗奠定基础。方法 (1)pQE-vctB转化E.coli DH5α,IPTG诱导表达重组蛋白VCTB,Western blot分析抗原性,镍离子柱纯化。(2)重组蛋白VCTB口服免疫小鼠,ELISA检测小鼠血清特异性IgG、小肠冲洗液IgA,以鉴定其免疫原性。结果重组蛋白VCTB经SDS-PAGE分析相对分子量(Mr)约为40kD,亲和层析后可获得纯度为92%以上的蛋白。Western blot分析显示能与VacA抗血清反应。ELISA检测显示,免疫小鼠的血清特异性抗体IgG,肠粘液IgA显著高于VacA对照组(P0.01)。结论 vacA和ctxB融合基因原核表达质粒转化E.coli DH5α表达菌获得了重组蛋白VCTB,表达量较高,纯度较高,有良好的抗原性和免疫原性,口服免疫小鼠可明显提高其免疫效果,产生较高水平的IgA,可用于制备防治H.pylori感染的口服疫苗。     

幽门螺杆菌重组vacA-ctxB蛋白的基因克隆与表达

目的构建幽门螺杆菌(H.pylori)vacA毒性片段与霍乱毒素B亚单位(ctxB)基因的原核表达载体,并诱导表达VCTB重组蛋白,为制备防治H.pylori感染的口服疫苗奠定基础。方法以H.pylori基因组DNA为模板,PCR扩增vacA毒性片段基因,克隆至质粒pQE30中,获得重组质粒pQE30-vacA。再以pET32(a) -ctxB质粒为模板PCR扩增ctxB目的基因并插入pQE30-vacA中,构建含双基因的表达质粒pQE-vctB。克隆至大肠埃希菌Top10,并在DH5α中诱导表达。SDS-PAGE分析表达结果,Ni-NTA柱纯化后Western blot鉴定其抗原性,免疫家兔后ELISA法检测血清中VacA和CtxB抗体鉴定其免疫原性。结果vacA的DNA片段为723 bp左右。ctxB基因的DNA片段为372 bp左右,与预计长度相符合。测序结果vctB融合基因由1092 bp组成,编码364个氨基酸残基的多肽,与基因文库相符。表达蛋白VCTB经SDS-PAGE分析,相对分子量为40 000,与预期的一致;表达量约占菌体总蛋白的20%,提纯后SDS-PAGE分析可见单一条带,纯度可达92%以上。Western blot鉴定能与抗VacA人血清发生特异性反应,ELISA测定能与抗ctxB兔血清发生特异性反应。结论含vctA和ctxB融合基因的表达载体构建成功,并在大肠埃希菌DH5α中表达了重组蛋白质VCTB,表达蛋白具有良好的抗原性和免疫原性,可用于制备口服疫苗。     

Fimbrial Subunit Protein FaeG Expressed in Transgenic Tobacco Inhibits the Binding of F4ac Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli to Porcine Enterocytes

Plants offer a promising alternative for the production of foreign proteins for pharmaceutical purposes in tissues that are consumed as food and/or feed. Our long-term strategy is to develop edible vaccines against piglet diarrhoea caused by enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (F4 ETEC) in feed plants. In this work, we isolated a gene, faeG, encoding for a major F4ac fimbrial subunit protein. Our goal was to test whether the FaeG protein, when isolated from its fimbrial background and produced in a plant cell, would retain the key properties of an oral vaccine, that is, stability in gastrointestinal conditions, binding to intestinal receptors and inhibition of the F4 ETEC attachment. For this purpose, tobacco was first transformed with a faeG construct that included a transit peptide encoding sequence to target the FaeG protein to the chloroplast. The best transgenic lines produced FaeG protein in amounts of 1% total soluble protein. The stability of the plant-produced FaeG was tested in fluids simulating piglet gastric (SGF) and intestinal (SIF) conditions. Plant-produced FaeG proved to be stable up to 2 h under these conditions. The binding and inhibition properties were tested with isolated piglet villi. These results showed that the plant-produced FaeG could bind to the receptors on the villi and subsequently inhibit F4 ETEC binding in a dose-dependent manner. Thus, the first two prerequisites for the development of an oral vaccine have been met.     

Expression of Escherichia coli heat-labile enterotoxin B subunit (LTB) in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Heat-labile enterotoxin B subunit (LTB) of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) is both a strong mucosal adjuvant and immunogen. It is a subunit vaccine candidate to be used against ETEC-induced diarrhea. It has already been expressed in several bacterial and plant systems. In order to construct yeast expressing vector for the LTB protein, the eltB gene encoding LTB was amplified from a human origin enterotoxigenic E. coli DNA by PCR. The expression plasmid pLTB83 was constructed by inserting the eltB gene into the pYES2 shuttle vector immediately downstream of the GAL1 promoter. The recombinant vector was transformed into S. cerevisiae and was then induced by galactose. The LTB protein was detected in the total soluble protein of the yeast by SDS-PAGE analysis. Quantitative ELISA showed that the maximum amount of LTB protein expressed in the yeast was approximately 1.9% of the total soluble protein. Immunoblotting analysis showed the yeast-derived LTB protein was antigenically indistinguishable from bacterial LTB protein. Since the whole-recombinant yeast has been introduced as a new vaccine formulation the expression of LTB in S. cerevisiae can offer an inexpensive yet effective strategy to protect against ETEC, especially in developing countries where it is needed most.     

重叠延伸PCR法合成EV71 VP1-LTB融合基因及其原核表达

目的用重叠延伸PCR（overlap extension PCR）法获得人肠道病毒71型vp1与大肠埃希菌不耐热肠毒素B亚单位（ltb）的融合基因,构建EV71 VP1-LTB融合表达质粒并在原核系统表达。方法设计14对引物通过重叠延伸PCR技术合成vp1基因,以ETEC（44815）质粒DNA为模板,PCR扩增ltb基因,将vp1基因与ltb基因连接并测序,连接产物插入原核表达质粒pBEX,构建重组质粒pBEX-VP1-LTB,转化E.coliB1221（DE3）进行表达,SDS-PAGE及W estern blotting分析其表达。电转法将重组质粒转入双歧杆菌。结果合成的vp1基因全长891 bp,测序结果与预期相符,重组表达质粒pBEX-VP1-LTB经PCR及双酶切鉴定,表明构建正确;目的蛋白在E.coliBL21（DE3）中获得了表达,Western bloting分析结果表明该蛋白具有与EV71 VP1抗体的反应原性;电转法成功将重组质粒转入双歧杆菌。结论应用重叠延伸PCR技术成功构建了EV71 VP1-LTB融合表达质粒,并在E.coliBL21（DE3）中获得有生物学功能的VP1表达产物,重组质粒双歧杆菌转化及VP1-LTB融合蛋白的表达研究,为研制EV71分子内佐剂疫苗打下了基础。     

Characterization of an F18+ enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli strain from post weaning diarrhoea of swine, and of its conjugative virulence plasmid pTC

The enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) strain Ec2173, causing post weaning diarrhoea in swine, harbours six plasmids ranging from 13 to 200 kb in size. The heat stable toxin genes sta, stb and a tetracycline resistance gene were located on a self conjugative 120-kb plasmid, called pTC. In the cloned ColE1 type origin of replication of pTC a deletion was detected compared to other ColE1 replicons affecting the replication modulator gene rom. Epidemiological studies on ETEC isolates showed that pTC-like plasmids are widely distributed among porcine ETEC strains; thus representing an example of co-evolution of antibacterial resistance and virulence in pathogenic E. coli.     

Genotypic and Phenotypic Profiles of Enterotoxigenic <Emphasis Type="Italic">Escherichia coli</Emphasis> Associated with Acute Diarrhea in Tunis,Tunisia

No past studies of acute diarrhea in Tunisia have examined the phenotypic and genotypic profiles of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) isolates. We determined 65 ETEC isolates derived from a total of 327 E. coli isolates collected from a previous study (acute diarrheal and healthy persons, children and adults n = 214) and 32 E. coli isolates derived from an acute diarrheal outbreak in Kabaria-Ennour city, Tunis. All E. coli isolates were screened by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for ETEC virulence genes: sta (heat-stable toxin gene) and elt (heat-labile toxin gene). Seventy-two percent (47 of 65) of ETEC strains expressed the sta gene only, 21.5% (14 of 65) expressed the elt gene and 6.1% (4 of 65) expressed both genes. For the outbreak isolates, the elt gene was predominant (10 isolates out of 14). Ganylioside GM1 enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (GM1-ELISA) was used to validate the PCR results and this was confirmed by dot blot assay. The same results were obtained. The most common colonization factors (CFs) were CFA/I (44.6%) and coli surface antigen 6 (CS6) (11%), and 44.6% of the isolates showed no association with either CFAs. Resistance of ETEC isolates to tetracycline (38.5%), streptomycin (26%), and beta-lactam agents (ticarcillin 26%, amoxicillin 24.6%, cephalotin 21.5%) was common. Regarding serotypes, the majority of ETEC isolates serotyped as O86:H(-) (n = 16), O128:H2 (n = 11), and O127:H21 (n = 10). Other serotypes found were O111:H(-) (n = 6) and O126: H(-) (n = 5). DNA macrorestriction fragment analysis by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) using the XbaI enzyme was conducted to investigate the epidemiological clonal relationship among ETEC isolates. Major patterns were identified among which some of outbreak ETEC isolates belonged. These data suggest that a proportion of acute diarrhea in Tunis represents the confluence of small epidemics by clonality-related ETEC isolates that are transiently introduced or that persist in our community.     

Protective immune response of bacterially-derived recombinant FaeG in piglets

FaeG is the key factor in the infection process of K88ad enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli(ETEC) fimbrial adhesin. In an attempt to determine the possibility of expressing recombinant FaeG with immunogenicity for a new safe and high-production vaccine in E. coli, we constructed the recombinant strain, BL21 (DE3+K88), which harbors an expression vector with a DNA fragment of faeG, without a signal peptide. Results of 15% SDS-polyacrylamide slab gel analysis showed that FaeG can be stably over-expressed in BL21 (DE3+K88) as inclusion bodies without FaeE. Immunoglobulin G (IgG) and M (IgM) responses in pregnant pigs, with boost injections of the purified recombinant FaeG, were detected 4 weeks later in the sera and colostrum. An in vitro villius-adhesion assay verified that the elicited antibodies in the sera of vaccinated pigs were capable of preventing the adhesion of K88ad ETEC to porcine intestinal receptors. The protective effect on the mortality rates of suckling piglets born to vaccinated mothers was also observed one week after oral challenge with the virulent ETEC strain, C83907 (K88ad, CT+, ST+). The results of this study proved that the adhesin of proteinaceous bacterial fimbriae or pili could be overexpressed in engineered E. coli strains, with protective immune responses to the pathogen.     

Acquisition and maintenance of enterotoxin plasmids in wild-type strains of Escherichia coli

Enterotoxigenic strains of Escherichia coli (ETEC) may produce a heat-labile enterotoxin (LT), a heat-stable enterotoxin (ST) or both enterotoxins. Certain serogroups are represented more frequently than others in ETEC isolated from humans. The transfer of three plasmids encoding enterotoxin production (Ent) to 22 non-toxigenic E. coli strains of many different O:H serotypes was studied. The Ent plasmids encoded ST (TP276), or LT (TP277), or ST + LT (TP214), and all carried antibiotic-resistance determinants. Twenty-one recipient strains acquired TP214, 18 acquired TP277 and 14 acquired TP276. Strains of those serotypes to which ETEC in diarrhoeal studies commonly belong neither acquired nor maintained Ent plasmids with a higher frequency than strains of those serotypes to which ETEC rarely belong. The recipient strains, with one exception, all expressed ST, or LT, or ST and LT, when they had acquired the appropriate plasmid; a non-motile strain belonging to O serogroup 88 expressed LT but failed to express ST when it acquired TP214 or TP277.     

肠毒素大肠杆菌定居因子CFA/Ⅰ和CS6在减毒福氏志贺氏菌中的共表达

定居因子CFA/I和CS6是肠毒素大肠杆菌 (ETEC)中重要的两种优势抗原 ,是ETEC疫苗研制的首选组分。采用基因重组技术将二者构建在以asd基因为选择标记的重组质粒上 ,与asd基因缺失突变型减毒福氏志贺氏菌FWL0 1构成宿主 载体平衡致死系统。实验结果表明 ,重组疫苗候选株能够稳定表达CFA/I和CS6抗原 ,并可在菌体表面形成相应菌毛。重组菌口服免疫BALB/c小鼠后 ,可诱生相应的抗CFA/I和CS6的特异性血清抗体IgG和分泌型抗体sIgA ,说明以志贺氏菌为载体 ,可以构建同时表达多个定居因子抗原的ETEC多价菌苗     

表达大肠杆菌LT-B/ST融合抗原的减毒鼠伤寒沙门氏菌株的构建

编码LT-B/ST融合抗原的基因插入pYA248载体中,构建了重组质粒pXZL66。该重组质粒转入无毒鼠伤寒沙门氏菌SR-11,ΔCya,Δcrp,Δasd菌株X4072。此无抗药性的杂合菌株X4072(pXZL66)表达的LT-B/ST融合抗原具有LT和ST抗原性而没有生物毒性,可望成为预防ETEC腹泻和相应的沙门氏菌病双价口服活疫苗候选株。