猪瘟兔化弱毒株E2基因的原核表达及间接ELISA的初步建立

猪瘟病毒E2蛋白C端含有一段30多个疏水性氨基酸组成的跨膜区域(Transmembraneregion,TMR),用RTPCR和巢式PCR分别扩增了含不同长度TMR的猪瘟兔化弱毒E2基因,并克隆入pGEX4T1的MCS中,构建了原核表达载体pGEXTE2339(无TMR)、pGEXTE2355(1TMR)、pGEXTE2375(3TMR)。因E2基因含有大量大肠杆菌稀有密码子,选择了BL21CodonPlus(DE3)RP作为表达受体菌,结果表明pGEXTE2339、pGEXTE2355以包涵体的形式正确表达了目的蛋白,而pGEXTE2375没有明显表达。并利用pGEXTE2339、pGEXTE2355表达的融合蛋白初步建立了间接ELISA方法。     

猪瘟病毒E0蛋白的原核表达及其间接ELISA方法的建立

表达猪瘟病毒保护性抗原E0蛋白用以建立猪瘟抗体诊断方法,在标记疫苗(Marker vaccine)的研制和应用上具有重要的血清学鉴别功能,对于监测猪瘟病毒的流行情况和疫苗免疫情况及制定免疫程序具有重要作用.将猪瘟兔化弱毒株(HCLV)E0基因分别插入原核表达质粒pGEX4T,pET30,pMAL-p2X中,并分别以BL21和BL21-codonplus(DE3)-RP, BL21(DE3)和BL21-codonplus(DE3)-RP,TB1和BL21-codonplus(DE3)-RP为表达菌株.通过摸索IPTG诱导浓度,诱导温度,菌体收获时间,确定E0基因能在pGEX4T/ BL21-codonplus(DE3)-RP和pMAL-p2X/ BL21-codonplus(DE3)-RP中获得高效表达,表达产量分别占菌体总蛋白的15%和30%,表达的重组蛋白主要为包涵体形式.分别采用B-per试剂和超声波裂解配以曲通尿素对包涵体进行洗涤两种方法在pGEX表达系中取得了较好的效果.使用分步透析法对变性的包涵体进行复性,将复性蛋白过GST亲和层析柱得到纯化的GST-E0融合蛋白.以GST-E0融合蛋白为诊断抗原,通过摸索抗原包被浓度,抗体血清稀释倍数初步建立了用间接ELISA检测猪瘟血清E0抗体的方法,为进一步开发猪瘟抗体检测试剂盒奠定基础.     

猪瘟病毒E0蛋白的原核表达及其间接ELISA方法的建立

表达猪瘟病毒保护性抗原E0蛋白用以建立猪瘟抗体诊断方法,在标记疫苗(Marker vaccine)的研制和应用上具有重要的血清学鉴别功能,对于监测猪瘟病毒的流行情况和疫苗免疫情况及制定免疫程序具有重要作用.将猪瘟兔化弱毒株(HCLV)E0基因分别插入原核表达质粒pGEX4T,pET30,pMAL-p2X中,并分别以BL21和BL21-codonplus(DE3)-RP, BL21(DE3)和BL21-codonplus(DE3)-RP,TB1和BL21-codonplus(DE3)-RP为表达菌株.通过摸索IPTG诱导浓度,诱导温度,菌体收获时间,确定E0基因能在pGEX4T/ BL21-codonplus(DE3)-RP和pMAL-p2X/ BL21-codonplus(DE3)-RP中获得高效表达,表达产量分别占菌体总蛋白的15%和30%,表达的重组蛋白主要为包涵体形式.分别采用B-per试剂和超声波裂解配以曲通尿素对包涵体进行洗涤两种方法在pGEX表达系中取得了较好的效果.使用分步透析法对变性的包涵体进行复性,将复性蛋白过GST亲和层析柱得到纯化的GST-E0融合蛋白.以GST-E0融合蛋白为诊断抗原,通过摸索抗原包被浓度,抗体血清稀释倍数初步建立了用间接ELISA检测猪瘟血清E0抗体的方法,为进一步开发猪瘟抗体检测试剂盒奠定基础.     

抗人红细胞单链抗体与猪瘟E2蛋白双功能融合蛋白的构建及生物学活性检测

为构建具有凝集性、免疫反应性的双功能融合蛋白,本研究采用重叠延伸PCR方法将2E8ScFv(抗人红细胞H抗原单链抗体基因)和mE2(猪瘟病毒E2蛋白主要抗原编码区基因)拼接成融合基因2E8mE2,并插入原核表达载体pET-DsbA,将重组表达质粒pET-DsbA-2E8mE2转化入大肠杆菌Escherichia coli BL21(DE3)PlysS中进行IPTG诱导表达,表达的融合蛋白经SDS-PAGE和Western blotting分析鉴定,结果表明:2E8mE2融合基因在大肠杆菌中获得了表达,表达产物以包涵体形式存在,分子量约为65kDa,与预期的大小一致。分别采用亲和层析法和谷胱甘肽再氧化法对融合蛋白进行纯化和复性,红细胞凝集试验证实:2E8mE2融合蛋白复性效果良好,既能够与人红细胞结合,又能够与猪瘟病毒抗体反应,具有双功能特性。     

G6PD通过细胞周期蛋白D1/D2调控人黑色素瘤细胞周期的进程

葡萄糖-6-磷酸脱氢酶(G6PD)在人皮肤黑色素瘤A375细胞中处于高表达与高活性状态, 但G6PD在黑色素瘤发生发展过程中的作用及其具体机制尚不明确.本文在前期运用 siRNA方法构建G6PD敲减的黑色素瘤A375稳转细胞(A375-G6PDΔ)基础上,构建表达载体pBabe-puro-G6PDWT在A375-G6PDΔ细胞中过表达野生型的G6PD基因,从而构建G6PD表达恢复的稳转细胞(A375-G6PDΔ-G6PDWT).3株细胞A375-WT、A375-G6PDΔ和 A375-G6PDΔ-G6PDWT经G6PD酶活性测定、MTT测定、克隆形成实验、流式细胞仪分析细胞周期和Western 印迹检测.结果显示,A375-G6PDΔ-G6PDWT细胞的G6PD蛋白表达量 (0.847 ± 0.080)及其活性(0.394 ± 0.029)分别是A375-G6PDΔ的3.28倍(P＜0.01) 和7.34倍(P＜0.01),分别是A375-WT细胞的91-57%和2.12倍(P＜0.05).与A375-WT细 胞相比,A375-G6PDΔ细胞G0/G1期细胞数增加,S期细胞数减少,增殖指数PI降低了25-70%（P＜0.05）,细胞周期蛋白D1/D2、细胞周期蛋白E表达分别下降37.4%、54.3% (P＜0.01)和17.3%;而A375-G6PDΔ-G6PDWT细胞呈现G1/S期阻滞解除,细胞周期蛋白D1/D2蛋白分别恢复到A375-WT细胞的89.5%和87.6%,细胞周期蛋白E表达未见 恢复,呈现生长增殖和克隆形成率的恢复并接近于A375-WT细胞. 结果提示,G6PD通 过细胞周期蛋白D1/D2调控人皮肤黑色素瘤A375细胞G1期向S期转换的进程,这为黑色 素瘤发病机制的研究提供了新的思路.     

含CSFV E2基因A/D区原核表达载体的构建、表达及其抗原性研究

应用RT PCR方法扩增了编码猪瘟病毒石门株 (CSFVshimenstrain)囊膜糖蛋白E2全基因 ,然后将其克隆到pMD 1 8T质粒中 ,获得重组质粒pMD E2。再以pMD E2为模板 ,另行设计两对引物 ,同时扩增其中一段适于在E .coli中表达且抗原反应性较好的基因片段 (E2蛋白A D抗原区基因序列 ) ,将扩增的两片段串联插入原核表达载体pET 32a中构建成重组质粒pET 2e。用酶切和序列分析鉴定插入目的基因的正确性。SDS PAGE和Western blot分析表明 ,经pET 2e转化、IPTG诱导的受体菌可表达目的蛋白 ,克隆在硫氧还蛋白 (thioredoxinprotein ,TrxA)基因下游的E2蛋白基因与TrxA基因获得了高效融合表达 ,并且具有免疫学反应活性 ,这为猪瘟的血清学诊断方法的建立打下了基础 。     

猪瘟病毒E2蛋白A/D抗原区基因在酵母中的分泌表达与鉴定

基于猪瘟病毒主要保护性抗原E2囊膜糖蛋白有两个相对独立的抗原结构单位-B/C抗原区和A/D抗原区,设计一对特异性的引物扩增猪瘟病毒E2蛋白的A/D抗原区基因,并将PCR产物克隆入含有强启动子PAox1和α-MF信号肽序列的巴斯德毕赤酵母表达载体pPICZαC中,构建成重组质粒pPICZα-AD,酶切线性化后电穿孔导入巴斯德毕赤酵母X33菌中,经ZeocinTM筛选得到5株高拷贝转化子,甲醇诱导表达.SDS-PAGE和Westernblot试验表明酵母培养上清液中含有具有良好反应原性的E2蛋白,蛋白表达量达175.8μg/mL.N-糖基化分析显示该表达蛋白在分泌过程中发生糖基化.该研究为研制防治猪瘟的亚单位疫苗与诊断试剂盒奠定基础.     

甘薯细胞色素P450单加氧酶基因IbCYP714E1和IbCYP714E2的鉴定及表达分析

CYP714基因在植物赤霉素合成与代谢过程中发挥着重要作用。该研究从甘薯基因组中鉴定出2个CYP714基因,对基因的结构和编码蛋白质的理化性质等进行了生物信息学分析,并利用荧光定量PCR(qRT-PCR)技术分析基因在不同组织和非生物胁迫条件下的表达特征,为解析甘薯CYP714基因的生物学功能提供帮助。结果表明:(1)2个基因为分别编码518个和521个氨基酸的碱性亲水蛋白,被亚细胞定位于细胞质中;(2)2个蛋白质均含有CYP714蛋白亚家族的3个特征结构域,与毛白杨的PtCYP714E2、PtCYP714E4和PtCYP714E5蛋白聚为一类,分别定名为IbCYP714E1和IbCYP714E2;(3)荧光定量PCR分析显示,IbCYP714E1和IbCYP714E2基因的表达部位存在一定差异,IbCYP714E1在柴根、初生根和叶片中表达量较高,而IbCYP714E2基因只在柴根和花上表达量较高,在盐和干旱胁迫下,IbCYP714E1基因表达量均增加,而IbCYP714E2基因只在盐胁迫条件下表达量增加。IbCYP714E1和IbCYP714E2基因可能参与赤霉素的降解和对非生物胁迫的应答。     

猪瘟病毒E2蛋白A3BCD主要抗原结构域的原核表达

目的：对猪瘟病毒E2蛋白A3BCD进行原核表达,以期获得具有抗原活性的表达产物。方法：利用反转录PCR（RT-PCR）和套式PCR（nPCR）技术从河南省近期流行猪瘟病毒野毒株中扩增得到E2基因,并将其克隆至pUCm-T载体,构建克隆载体pUCm-TE2;利用PCR方法扩增E2基因的主要抗原域A3BCD,克隆至pET-32a（＋）载体,构建表达载体pET-32aE2-2,转化到大肠杆菌Rosetta（DE3）中,用IPTG进行诱导表达,对诱导产物进行SDS-PAGE和Western-blotting分析。结果：SDS-PAGE结果显示在相对分子质量约35000处出现预期条带,表达产物主要以包涵体形式存在;Western-blotting检测表明,表达产物能与猪瘟病毒阳性血清发生特异性反应,出现单一反应带;用8mol／L尿素（pH8.0）溶解包涵体,经Ni-NTA亲和层析法纯化,获得纯度较高的目的蛋白,ELISA检测表明能与猪瘟抗体阳性血清发生特异性反应。结论：重组质粒pET-32aE2-2转化大肠杆菌Rosetta（DE3）,解除了由于稀有密码子造成的表达限制,表达量得到提高;表达产物为硫氧还蛋白和E2-2的融合蛋白,易于纯化,且具有活性,为研制猪瘟抗体ELISA检测试剂盒奠定了基础。     

针对猪瘟病毒E2蛋白的嵌合猪源化单克隆抗体的表达及抗病毒活性鉴定

猪瘟(Classical swine fever,CSF)是严重危害养猪业的一种烈性传染病,常造成巨大的经济损失,是世界动物卫生组织要求必须申报的动物疫病之一。猪瘟的病原是猪瘟病毒(Classical swine fever virus,CSFV),CSFV的结构蛋白由衣壳蛋白(C)和囊膜糖蛋白(E~(rns)、E1、E2)构成。E2蛋白是CSFV主要的保护性抗原,可以诱导机体产生中和抗体,从而抵抗CSFV的感染。此前,本团队制备了一株针对CSFV E2蛋白的鼠源单克隆抗体HQ06。文中将HQ06抗体重链和轻链可变区基因与猪源恒定区基因嵌合后克隆至真核表达载体,利用中国仓鼠卵巢(CHO)细胞制备一株针对CSFV E2蛋白的嵌合猪源化单克隆抗体c HQ06。应用ELISA、Western blotting试验证实了c HQ06与CSFV E2蛋白具有良好的反应性;中和试验结果表明c HQ06可以中和CSFV。综上所述,本研究应用CHO细胞稳定表达了具有良好反应性和中和活性的针对CSFV E2蛋白的嵌合猪源化单克隆抗体c HQ06,为研究CSFV E2蛋白结构、功能以及开发新型的CSFV诊断和治疗制剂奠定基础。     

Relationships of the Col plasmids E2, E3, E4, E5, E6, and E7: Restriction mapping and colicin gene fusions

Thirteen ColE plasmids representing the E2-E7 types have been compared by restriction mapping. Over 80% of their restriction sites were found to be similarly positioned, indicating that these plasmids share a common structure. Three variants are ColE2-CA42 and ColE7-K317, both of which contain 1.8-kb DNA segments in place of a 2.5-kb segment common to the other plasmids, and ColE6-CT14, which has an additional 5.0-kb DNA segment compared to the other plasmids. The colicin (col), immunity (imm), and colicin release (hic) genes of these plasmids have been localized to regions corresponding to those known for ColE3-CA38 and ColE2-P9, with the imm and hic genes adjacent to the 3' end of the col gene. Active colicin is produced from hybrid col genes containing 5' and 3' ends from different E-type plasmids. The 3'-termini of the fused col genes specify the colicin type.     

Negative regulation of the bovine papillomavirus E5, E6, and E7 oncogenes by the viral E1 and E2 genes.

Papillomaviruses induce benign squamous epithelial lesions that infrequently are associated with uncontrolled growth or malignant conversion. The virus-encoded oncogenes are clearly under negative regulation since papillomaviruses can latently infect cells and since different levels of viral oncogene expression are seen within the layers of differentiating infected epitheliomas. We used bovine papillomavirus type 1 (BPV-1) to investigate the mechanisms involved in the negative regulation of transformation. We found that the following two distinct and interacting mechanisms negatively regulate BPV-1 transformation effected by virally encoded trans-acting factors: (i) E2 repressors suppress transformation by the E6 and E7 oncogenes, and (ii) E1 and the E2 transactivator suppress transformation by the E6, E7, and E5 oncogenes. These systems interact in that the E2 repressors function to relieve the transformation suppression effected by the E1 and E2 transactivator genes. A BPV-1 mutant that lacked E2 repressors and E1 had greatly augmented transformation capacity. Analysis of this mutant revealed that the enhanced transformation was due to expression of the E6 and E7 genes in the absence of E5, revealing a previously unappreciated potency and synergy for the BPV-1 E6 and E7 oncogenes.     

Dihaploids of Elymus from the interspecific crosses E. dolichatherus x E. tibeticus and E. brevipes x E. panormitanus

Summary Dihaploids (n=2x=14, SY) of two Elymus species, i.e., E. dolichatherus (Keng) Löve (2n=4x=28, SSYY) and E. brevipes (Keng) Löve (2n=4x=28, SSYY), were obtained from the interspecific hybrid combinations E. dolichatherus () x E. tibeticus (Meld.) G. Singh () and E. brevipes () x E. panormitanus (Parl.) Tzvelev (). The dihaploids were probably formed through selective elimination of male parental chromosomes in early embryo development. Meiotic chromosome behavior was studied in E. dolichatherus, E. brevipes, and their dihaploids. The two parental Elymus species had regular meioses with predominantly ring bivalent formation. A low frequency of homoeologous chromosome pairing was observed, with an average of 0.81 bivalents and 0.03 trivalents in the dihaploid of E. dolichatherus, and 0.26 bivalents in the dihaploid of E. brevipes. Up to two chromatid bridges accompanied by small fragments were present at anaphase I of the E. dolichatherus dihaploid. It is concluded from this study that: (i) both E. dolichatherus and E. brevipes are allotetraploid species; (ii) a low affinity exists between the S and Y genomes of the two Elymus species.     

In Vitro and In Vivo Biology of Recombinant Adenovirus Vectors with E1, E1/E2A,or E1/E4 Deleted

Isogenic, E3-deleted adenovirus vectors defective in E1, E1 and E2A, or E1 and E4 were generated in complementation cell lines expressing E1, E1 and E2A, or E1 and E4 and characterized in vitro and in vivo. In the absence of complementation, deletion of both E1 and E2A completely abolished expression of early and late viral genes, while deletion of E1 and E4 impaired expression of viral genes, although at a lower level than the E1/E2A deletion. The in vivo persistence of these three types of vectors was monitored in selected strains of mice with viral genomes devoid of transgenes to exclude any interference by immunogenic transgene-encoded products. Our studies showed no significant differences among the vectors in the short-term maintenance and long-term (4-month) persistence of viral DNA in liver and lung cells of immunocompetent and immunodeficient mice. Furthermore, all vectors induced similar antibody responses and comparable levels of adenovirus-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes. These results suggest that in the absence of transgenes, the progressive deletion of the adenovirus genome does not extend the in vivo persistence of the transduced cells and does not reduce the antivirus immune response. In addition, our data confirm that, in the absence of transgene expression, mouse cellular immunity to viral antigens plays a minor role in the progressive elimination of the virus genome.Replication-deficient human adenoviruses (Ad) have been widely investigated as ex vivo and in vivo gene delivery systems for human gene therapy. The ability of these vectors to mediate the efficient expression of candidate therapeutic or vaccine genes in a variety of cell types, including postmitotic cells, is considered an advantage over other gene transfer vectors (3, 28, 49). However, the successful application of currently available E1-defective Ad vectors in human gene therapy has been hampered by the fact that transgene expression is only transient in vivo (2, 15, 16, 33, 36, 46). This short-lived in vivo expression of the transgene has been explained, at least in part, by the induction in vivo of cytotoxic immune responses to cells infected with the Ad vector. Studies with rodent systems have suggested that cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) directed against virus antigens synthesized de novo in the transduced tissues play a major role in eliminating cells containing the E1-deleted viral genome (56–58, 61). Consistent with the concept of cellular antiviral immunity, expression of transgenes is significantly extended in experimental rodent systems that are deficient in various components of the cellular immune system or that have been rendered immunocompromised by administration of pharmacological agents (2, 33, 37, 48, 60, 64).Based on the assumption that further reduction of viral antigen expression may lower the immune response and thus extend persistence of transgene expression, previous studies have investigated the consequences of deleting both E1 and an additional viral regulatory region, such as E2A or E4. The E2A region encodes a DNA binding protein (DBP) with specific affinity for single-stranded Ad DNA. The DNA binding function is essential for the initiation and elongation of viral DNA synthesis during the early phase of Ad infection. During the late phase of infection, DBP plays a central role in the activation of the major late promoter (MLP) (for a recent review, see reference 44). The E4 region, located at the right end of the viral genome, encodes several regulatory proteins with pleiotropic functions which are involved in the accumulation, splicing, and transport of early and late viral mRNAs, in DNA replication, and in virus particle assembly (reviewed in reference 44). The simultaneous deletion of E1 and E2A or of E1 and E4 should therefore further reduce the replication of the virus genome and the expression of early and late viral genes. Such multidefective vectors have been generated and tested in vitro and in vivo (9, 12, 17, 19–21, 23, 24, 26, 34, 40, 52, 53, 59, 62, 63). Recombinant vectors with E1 deleted and carrying an E2A temperature-sensitive mutation (E2Ats) have been shown in vitro to express much smaller amounts of virus proteins, leading to extended transgene expression in cotton rats and mice (19, 20, 24, 59). To eliminate the risks of reversion of the E2Ats point mutation to a wild-type phenotype, improved vectors with both E1 and E2A deleted were subsequently generated in complementation cell lines coexpressing E1 and E2A genes (26, 40, 63). In vitro analysis of human cells infected by these viruses demonstrated that the double deletion completely abolished viral DNA replication and late protein synthesis (26). Similarly, E1/E4-deleted vectors have been generated in various in vitro complementation systems and tested in vitro and in vivo (9, 17, 23, 45, 52, 53, 62). These studies showed that deletion of both E1 and E4 did indeed reduce significantly the expression of early and late virus proteins (17, 23), leading to a decreased anti-Ad host immune response (23), reduced hepatotoxicity (17, 23, 52), and improved in vivo persistence of the transduced liver cells (17, 23, 52).Interpretation of these results is difficult, however, since all tested E1- and E1/E4-deleted vectors encoded the bacterial β-galactosidase (βgal) marker, whose strong immunogenicity is known to influence the in vivo persistence of Ad-transduced cells (32, 37). Moreover, the results described above are not consistent with the conclusions from other studies showing, in various immunocompetent mouse models, that cellular immunity to Ad antigens has no detectable impact on the persistence of the transduced cells (37, 40, 50, 51). Furthermore, in contrast to results of earlier studies (19, 20, 59), Fang et al. (21) demonstrated that injection of E1-deleted/E2Ats vectors into immunocompetent mice and hemophilia B dogs did not lead to an improvement of the persistence of transgene expression compared to that with isogenic E1-deleted vectors. Similarly, Morral et al. (40) did not observe any difference in persistence of transgene expression in mice injected with either vectors deleted in E1 only or vectors deleted in both E1 and E2A. Finally, the demonstration that some E4-encoded products can modulate transgene expression (1, 17, 36a) makes the evaluation of E1- and E1/E4-deleted vectors even more complex when persistence of transgene expression is used for direct comparison of the in vivo persistence of cells transduced by the two types of vectors.The precise influence of the host immune response to viral antigens on the in vivo persistence of the transduced cells, and hence the impact of further deletions in the virus genome, therefore still remains unclear. To investigate these questions, we generated a set of isogenic vectors with single deletions (AdE1°) and double deletions (AdE1°E2A° and AdE1°E4°) and their corresponding complementation cell lines and compared the biologies and immunogenicities of these vectors in vitro and in vivo. To eliminate any possible influence of transgene-encoded products on the interpretation of the in vivo results, we used E1-, E1/E2A-, and E1/E4-deleted vectors with no transgenes.