牛乳铁蛋白肽转基因小鼠的构建

目的:探讨牛乳铁蛋白肽在转基因鼠乳汁中的表达及其抑菌活性。方法:将实验室构建并保存的包含山羊β-酪蛋白基因启动子和牛乳铁蛋白肽基因的乳腺特异表达载体PI-bcp-LfcinB,用Xho I和Nru I双酶切,得到含有全部表达盒的显微注射DNA片段,采用常规显微注射技术获得转基因小鼠。并通过对泌乳期转基因雌鼠乳腺组织的RT-PCR检测,确定了牛乳铁蛋白肽在mRNA水平的表达,同时利用琼脂板扩散法检测了转基因鼠乳汁中表达产物的抑菌活性。结果:获得了牛乳铁蛋白肽转基因小鼠,且转基因小鼠乳汁中能够表达具有抑菌活性的牛乳铁蛋白肽。结论:通过转基因动物乳腺可以获得具有生物活性的牛乳铁蛋白肽,为进一步研究抗菌肽转基因牛、培育抗乳房炎奶牛新品种以及通过建立转基因动物生物反应器进行抗菌肽的大量生产奠定了基础。     

牛乳铁蛋白素(1-15)-蜂毒素(5-12)杂合肽基因的合成及在大肠杆菌中的表达

为了构建新型的杂合肽,设计了一种新型杂合抗菌肽牛乳铁蛋白素(1-15)-蜂毒素(5-12),由牛乳铁蛋白素(LfcinB)N端第1~15个氨基酸残基和蜂毒素(Melittin)N端第5~12个氨基酸残基组成。根据大肠杆菌密码子的偏爱性,设计合成了杂合肽LfcinB(1-15)-Melittin(5-12)的基因片段,插入到表达载体pET-32a的NcoI和SalI的酶切位点之间,构建重组表达质粒。重组表达质粒转化到Escherichia coli BL21(DE3)中,经异丙基-β-D-硫代半乳糖苷(IPTG)诱导表达,融合蛋白以可溶形式在Escherichia coli BL21(DE3)中获得成功表达,表达量占菌体总蛋白的35%以上,每升培养物可获得35mg融合蛋白。带His标签的融合蛋白经His-Bind纯化试剂盒纯化、肠激酶切割和抑菌实验表明,杂合肽具有明显的抑菌效果。这为利用基因工程方法生产抗菌肽奠定了理论基础。     

乳酸乳球菌表达重组牛乳铁蛋白肽的抑菌活性分析

牛乳铁蛋白肽是由牛乳铁蛋白经消化酶水解产生的一类具有广谱抑菌活性的短肽;乳酸乳球菌作为食品级微生物,既有天然的益生作用,又是理想的表达牛乳铁蛋白肽的载体。【目的】探究重组乳酸乳球菌pAMJ399-LFcinBA/MG1363表达牛乳铁蛋白肽的抑菌活性。【方法】利用牛乳铁蛋白肽标准品绘制定量标准曲线来确定重组牛乳铁蛋白肽的含量,利用牛津杯法及微量肉汤稀释法测定重组牛乳铁蛋白肽对大肠杆菌、金黄色葡萄球菌等35株细菌的抑菌活性及最小抑菌浓度,利用扫描电镜、透射电镜、荧光显微镜、凝胶阻滞试验、黏附试验来探究重组牛乳铁蛋白肽对菌体结构、细菌DNA及黏附力的影响,利用CCK-8检测其对RAW 264.7细胞的毒性作用,并对小鼠红细胞溶血率进行测定。【结果】重组乳酸乳球菌上清中牛乳铁蛋白肽的浓度为24.39μg/mL,重组牛乳铁蛋白肽对测试的25株致病菌均有不同程度的抑制作用,抑菌浓度范围在16–128μg/mL,但对9株乳酸菌以及粪肠球菌没有明显的抑制作用,对大肠杆菌、金黄色葡萄球菌、多杀性巴氏杆菌、鸡白痢沙门菌的菌体完整性具有不同程度的破坏作用,其主要作用靶点为细菌的细胞膜,可以与细菌DNA结合并抑制细菌对Caco-2、IPEC细胞的黏附作用,重组牛乳铁蛋白肽对小鼠红细胞及RAW 264.7细胞没有明显的细胞毒性。【结论】乳酸乳球菌表达重组牛乳铁蛋白肽的抑菌活性与牛乳铁蛋白肽标准品相一致,通过直接作用于细菌细胞膜、胞内核酸或抑制细菌对正常细胞的黏附作用等多方面实现抑制或杀死细菌,发挥广谱的抗菌活性,且对真核细胞没有明显的细胞毒性作用。     

牛乳铁蛋白素及其衍生物的研究进展

牛乳铁蛋白素是牛乳铁蛋白经胃蛋白酶水解后释放出来的一段小肽,是牛乳铁蛋白的活性中心。通过对不同动物来源乳铁蛋白素活性的研究发现牛乳铁蛋白素的抗菌活性最强。进一步的丙氨酸突变实验研究表明,在牛乳铁蛋白素活性最强的15个氨基酸序列中,色氨酸在抗菌过程中起着重要作用。牛乳铁蛋白素正是因为含有两个色氨酸,其活性才会比只含有一个色氨酸的其它来源的乳铁蛋白素活性要高。很多实验室围绕着牛乳铁蛋白素中的色氨酸、碱性氨基酸和其他一些芳香族氨基酸展开了一系列的突变研究,本文综述了这些研究及在氨基酸改变后活性的变化,为以后研究及开发牛乳铁蛋白素提供理论基础。     

抗菌肽牛乳铁蛋白肽衍生肽在毕赤酵母中的表达及活性鉴定

利用巴斯德毕赤酵母系统表达抗菌肽牛乳铁蛋白肽衍生肽简称LfcinBD,获得的表达产物具有较强的抗菌活性.将人工设计的用化学合成法合成的以酵母偏爱密码子编码的LfcinBD基因片段克隆到巴斯德毕赤酵母分泌型表达载体pPIC9K中,获得的重组质粒pPIC9K-LfcinBD通过限制性内切酶Sac Ⅰ酶切线性化,电击法转化毕赤酵母GS115宿主菌,G418抗性筛选,得到高拷贝转化子.经PCR检测,LfcinBD基因与毕赤酵母染色体稳定整合.阳性克隆经甲醇诱导表达LfcinBD,诱导表达5 d,每24 h取上清1 mL,进行抑菌试验.结果表明,抗菌肽牛乳铁多肽衍生肽基因已整合到酵母细胞基因组中并获得表达,经0.5%甲醇在30℃诱导48 h可产生较强抗菌活性的抗菌肽,而且对氨苄青霉素抗性的大肠杆菌亦有较强的抑菌作用.     

杂合抗菌肽牛乳铁蛋白素-天蚕素在大肠杆菌中的高效表达及其活性鉴定

【目的】菌株耐药性问题日益突出,研制新型安全高效的抗菌药物成为目前的研究热点之一。抗菌肽具有多种优良特性,高活性抗菌肽的开发及其重组表达对解决菌株耐药性问题具有重要意义。【方法】根据牛乳铁蛋白素与天蚕素的结构,设计一种新型的杂合抗菌肽牛乳铁蛋白素-天蚕素(LfcinB-Cecropin),根据Escherichia coli密码子偏爱性合成其编码基因,利用同尾酶法构建含有不同LfcinB-Cecropin基因片段拷贝数的重组表达载体,转化到E.coli BL21(DE3)进行重组表达。【结果】经IPTG诱导,LfcinB-Cecropin融合蛋白成功获得表达。经超声破碎、包涵体纯化、甲酸裂解后,获得具有明显抑菌活性的杂合肽LfcinB-Cecropin。【结论】获得一种高活性的新型抗菌肽LfcinB-Cecropin,并实现了在E.coli中的高效重组表达。     

蚓激酶基因的人工合成及山羊乳腺表达

为了实现蚓激酶在真核细胞的高效稳定表达 ,人工合成了全长 849bp ,不含罕用密码子的蚓激酶F-Ⅲ-1cDNA序列 ,并以其为目的基因 ,构建以山羊β-酪蛋白启动子为上游调控序列的乳腺组织特异性表达载体pBLK和重组逆转录病毒表达载体pLN-bCP-LK。质粒pBLK 40 0 μg直接注入稳定泌乳期奶山羊乳腺 ,以纤维蛋白平板溶圈法 (FAPA)检测奶样纤溶活性。结果显示 ,注射后 3～ 60h ,奶样有明显纤溶活性 ,其中 6～ 9h活性最高。脂质体介导质粒pLN-bCP-LK转染PA317细胞系 ,5 0 0mg/LG418筛选后获得 4株高产毒细胞系 ,产毒滴度达 1× 1 0 ⁴～ 1× 1 0 ⁵CFU/ml水平。产毒细胞上清 1 0ml直接注入临产前两周的山羊乳腺 ,隔日以等量再注 1次 ,产羔后其奶样即有明显纤溶活性 ,注后第 45日纤溶活性仍无明显降低。     

重组猪乳铁蛋白N端的高效表达及抑菌活性检测

为获得表达猪乳铁蛋白基因的重组菌株,并检测其表达的重组猪乳铁蛋白抑菌活性,应用RT-PCR方法从泌乳3d后母猪乳腺组织中扩增了猪乳铁蛋白N端1077bp的PLF-N基因片段,与GenBank上发表的4株猪乳铁蛋白基因序列相比,核苷酸同源性均达到99%以上。为了得到高表达量的PLF-N基因,以扩增的PLF-N片段为参考模板,经过密码子优化,全基因合成了编码猪乳铁蛋白N端的基因PLF-NS。将其定向插入到原核表达载体pET-30b中,转化大肠杆菌BL21,获得了表达PLF-NS的重组菌pET-PLF-NS/BL21;经IPTG诱导,并对表达条件进行优化,以及通过SDS-PAGE和Western blotting分析均表明猪乳铁蛋白得到了正确表达,其产物分子量约为42kDa,最优表达条件下蛋白表达量占菌体总蛋白的32%,表达产物以包涵体形式存在。包涵体经裂解、纯化、复性处理后纯度达到98%。用琼脂孔穴扩散抑菌法检测表明重组猪乳铁蛋白具有明显的抑菌作用。表明通过基因优化对表达量低的基因进行改造使之高效表达,是一种提高表达效率的有效手段。     

猪乳铁蛋白在4种重组乳杆菌中的表达及抑菌活性比较

为了获得优化的猪乳铁蛋白乳杆菌表达系统,并比较重组猪乳铁蛋白的抑菌活性,根据乳杆菌使用密码子的偏嗜性优化合成猪乳铁蛋白成熟肽编码序列,将其克隆到乳杆菌表达载体pPG612.1的XhoⅠ/BamHⅠ位点,获得了plf乳杆菌表达载体质粒pPG612.1-plf。将获得的重组质粒分别电转化入干酪乳杆菌ATCC393、戊糖乳杆菌KLDS1.0413、植物乳杆菌KLDS1.0344和副干酪乳杆菌KLDS1.0652细胞内,获得4种表达猪乳铁蛋白的重组乳杆菌。经木糖诱导,通过Western blotting和激光共聚焦检测重组猪乳铁蛋白的表达,用ELISA方法检测和比较4种重组菌上清中表达猪乳铁蛋白的量,并用琼脂孔穴扩散抑菌法检测4种重组乳杆菌表达乳铁蛋白的抑菌活性。结果表明,乳铁蛋白在4种重组乳杆菌中均得到正确表达,其产物分子量约73 kDa,重组干酪乳杆菌、重组戊糖乳杆菌、重组植物乳杆菌和重组副干酪乳杆菌的重组猪乳铁蛋白表达量分别为9.6μg/mL、10.8μg/mL、12.5μg/mL、9.9μg/mL。重组猪乳铁蛋白对大肠杆菌、金黄色葡萄球菌、鼠伤寒沙门氏菌、巴氏杆菌和李氏杆菌均有一定的抑菌作用,对金黄色葡萄球菌的抑菌作用最强,且4种重组乳杆菌中重组植物乳杆菌表达产物的抑菌效果优于其他重组菌的表达产物。结果表明在4种乳杆菌中重组猪乳铁蛋白的最佳表达系统为植物乳杆菌,该结果为猪乳铁蛋白的乳杆菌表达系统进一步开发与应用奠定了基础。     

山羊β-casein位点打靶载体在乳腺上皮细胞中的表达研究

以本地山羊基因组DNA为模板,通过长链PCR扩增出山羊β-casein上游包括启动子,外显子1及部分外显子2的6.1kb的调控序列及下游3.3kb的序列,将来自质粒pCDNA3的neo基因以及来自质粒pNEOZTK-2的tk基因,经克隆重组后构建了本地山羊乳腺特异性定点打靶载体,并在其中克隆人乳铁蛋白mini基因,采用脂质体法转染小鼠乳腺上皮癌化细胞系C127,以进行打靶载体的表达功能检测,双夹心ELISA测得诱导液中乳铁蛋白表达量为0.2μg/mL,Western-blot显示重组蛋白分子量比标准品略小,约为76kD,结果说明本载体能够指导外源基因在动物乳腺细胞内正确表达。     

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.     

Comparative morphology of the carpel in the Liliaceae: Hewardieae, Petrosavieae, and Tricyrteae

The young pistils in the melanthioid tribes, Hewardieae, Petrosavieae and Tricyrteae, are uniformly tricarpellate and syncarpous. They lack raphide idioblasts. All are multiovulate, with bitegmic ovules. The Petrosavieae are marked by the presence of septal glands and incomplete syncarpy. Tepals and stamens adhere to the ovary in the Hewardieae and the Petrosavieae but not in the Tricyrteae. Two vascular bundles occur in the stamens of the Hewartlieae and Tricyrtis latifolia. Ventral bundles in the upper part of the ovary of the Hewardieae are continuous with compound septal bundles and placental bundles in the lower part. Putative ventral bundles occur in the alternate position in the Tricyrteae and putative placental bundles in the opposite. position in the Petrosavieae. The dichtomously branched stigma in each carpel of the Tricyrteae is supplied by a bifurcated dorsal bundle.     

Enterovirus 71 3C proteolytically processes the histone H3 N-terminal tail during infection

Highlights
1. The N-terminal tail of histone H3 is specifically cleaved during EV71 infection.
2. Viral protease 3C is identified as a protease responsible for proteolytically processing the N-terminal H3 tail.
3. Our finding reveals a new epigenetic regulatory mechanism for Enterovirus 71 in virus-host interactions.     

Detection of EBV and HHV6 in the Brain Tissue of Patients with Rasmussen’s Encephalitis

Rasmussen’s encephalitis (RE) is a rare pediatric neurological disorder, and the exact etiology is not clear. Viral infection may be involved in the pathogenesis of RE, but conflicting results have reported. In this study, we evaluated the expression of both Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and human herpes virus (HHV) 6 antigens in brain sections from 30 patients with RE and 16 control individuals by immunohistochemistry. In the RE group, EBV and HHV6 antigens were detected in 56.7% (17/30) and 50% (15/30) of individuals, respectively. In contrast, no detectable EBV and HHV6 antigen expression was found in brain tissues of the control group. The co-expression of EBV and HHV6 was detected in 20.0% (6/30) of individuals. In particular, a 4-year-old boy had a typical clinical course, including a medical history of viral encephalitis, intractable epilepsy, and hemispheric atrophy. The co-expression of EBV and HHV6 was detected in neurons and astrocytes in the brain tissue, accompanied by a high frequency of CD8⁺ T cells. Our results suggest that EBV and HHV6 infection and the activation of CD8⁺ T cells are involved in the pathogenesis of RE.     

Perinatal Vertical Transmission of Chikungunya Virus in Ruili,a Town on the Border between China and Myanmar

正Dear Editor,Chikungunya virus (CHIKV), an arbovirus in the family of Togaviridae, genus Alphavirus, is transmitted by the A.aegyptii or A. albopictus mosquito, and causes disease in humans characterized by fever, rash, and arthralgia (Silva and Dermody 2017; Suhrbier 2019). It was first reported in 1953 in Tanzania, and caused only a few outbreaks and sporadic cases in Africa and Asia in last century. However, in the epidemic in 2004, CHIKV acquired mutations that conferred enhanced transmission by the A. albopictus mosquito(Schuffenecker et al. 2006). Since then, it has successively caused outbreaks in Africa, the Indian Ocean, South East Asia, the South America, and Europe (Zeller et al. 2016).     

Development of a Novel Reverse Transcription Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Method for Rapid Detection of SARS-CoV-2

In conclusion, the novel visual RT-LAMP assay is a simple, rapid, and sensitive approach for detection of SARS-CoV-2, and it is ready for application in primary care and community hospitals or health care centers, and even patients' own houses in response to the current SARS-CoV-2 epidemic because the assay does not require sophisticated equipment and skilled personnel. Furthermore, it is also ready to be used in fields for screening samples from wild animals and environments to facilitate the identification of potential intermediate hosts that mediate the cross-species transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from bats to humans.