以融合蛋白形式在大肠杆菌中表达人MCP—1

将编码人单核细胞趋化蛋白－１（ＭＣＰ－１）的基因亚克隆到大肠杆菌表达载体ｐＥＸ３１Ａ中,在大肠杆菌中表达出ＭＳ２／ＭＣＰ－１融合蛋白,该表达产物约占菌体总蛋白的１５％左右,Ｗｅｓｔｅｒｎ ｂｌｏｔ检测表明,表达产物可与ＭＣＰ－１抗体特异反应,采用琼脂糖平板法进行活性测定表明,表达产物具有明显的单核细胞趋化活性,说明Ｎ端融合一段细菌蛋白对ＭＣＰ－１有无趋化活性可能没有影响。     

人单核细胞趋化蛋白—1的研究进展

人单核细胞趋化蛋白－１为一由７６个氨基酸组成的单肽链,它既具有特异的单核细胞趋化活性,也具有激活单核细胞的活性,在机体防御,炎症恢复和抗肿瘤等方面起着重要作用。本就ＭＣＰ－１近几年来的研究进展作一综述。     

重组人MCAF／GM－CSF融合蛋白表达及其生物学活性研究

利用ＰＣＲ技术和ＤＮＡ体外重组方法,把作为导向效应细胞到靶部位的单核细胞趋化激活因子（ＭＣＡＦ）和粒细胞巨噬细胞集落刺激因子（ＧＭ－ＣＳＦ）进行基因融合,置于ｐＢＶ２２０载体的λＰＲＰＬ串联启动子下游,构建了ＳＤ序列与ＡＴＧ之间含有不同核苷酸组成的重组质粒ｐＭＧ０１、ｐＭＧ０２和ｐＭＧ０３。ｐＭＧ０１、ｐＭＧ０２和ｐＭＧ０３的翻译起始区都不存在稳定的二级结构,但ＤＨ５α（ｐＭＧ０２、ＤＨ５α（ｐＭＧ０３）的表达水平远远高于ＤＨ５α（ｐＭＧ０１）,ＤＨ５α（ＰＭＧ０１）几乎没有表达。表达产物经Ｗｅｓｔｅｒｎｂｌｏｔ检测表明,它能分别与ＭＣＡＦ和ＧＭ－ＣＳＦ抗体发生特异反应。生物学活性测定表明,表达产物具有明显的单核细胞趋化活性和维持ｈＧＭ－ＣＳＦ依赖的ＴＦ１细胞生长的特性,说明ＭＣＡＦ和ＧＭ－ＣＳＦ的生物学功能是相容的．     

高效融合表达中载体蛋白对hIGF－Ⅰ免疫原性结构形成的影响

利用人工全合成人胰岛素样生长因子工（ｈＩＧＦ－Ｉ）基因,构建了分别以β－半乳糖苷醇（β－ｇａｌ）的三种即含５９０、３１０、２８０个氨基酸序列片段和一种以ＰｒｏｔｅｉｎＡ的Ｂ、Ｃ结构域（ＰＡＢＣ）为载体蛋白的融合型表达质粒,并在大肠杆菌中高效表达了以上各种ｈＩＧＦ－Ｉ的融合蛋白产物。通过对羟胺裂解前后的ｈＩＧＦ－Ｉ产物进行放射免疫结合测定分析,结果显示以β－Ｇａｌ６９０、３１０、２８０为载体蛋白,均严重影响与其融合的ｈＩＧＦ－Ｉ的免疫原性结构形成,但在ＰＡＢＣ－ｈＩＧＦ－Ｉ融合蛋白中,载体蛋白ＰＡＢＣ无明显的影响作用。这表明在高融合表达低分子量蛋白或肽段中,需选择适宜的载体蛋白,以利于目的产物的功能性结构形成。     

重组人骨形成蛋白-3羧基端肽在大肠杆菌中表达及其诱骨活性

以双顺反子表达载体,在大肠杆菌中经ＩＰＴＧ诱导表达了人骨形成蛋白－３羧基端肽段（ｈＢＭＰ－３Ｃ）,表达量占菌体总蛋白量的１８．５％．目的蛋白为２５ｋＤ、含ｈＢＭＰ－３Ｃ端２１５个氨基酸残基组成的肽段,包括ｈＢＭＰ－３成熟肽和一部分前肽．表达产物以包涵体的形式存在,用含ＴｒｉｔｏｎＸ－１００的洗涤液和５ｍｏｌ／Ｌ以下脲溶液连续洗涤,可获得较高纯度的重组人骨形成蛋白－３Ｃ端肽．经复性处理成可溶性蛋白,植入小鼠肌肉内,第１４ｄ组织切片显示有软骨细胞和软骨基质形成,第２１ｄ可见成骨细胞和骨基质形成．将ｒｈＢＭＰ－３Ｃ与脱矿去免疫原性异种骨粒复合后作小鼠肌肉植入试验,２１ｄ组织切片上可见硬质骨形成．结果表明：大肠杆菌表达的ｈＢＭＰ－３Ｃ经复性后具有诱骨活性,糖基化并非ＢＭＰ－３活性所必需．     

重组人GM－CSF／MCAF融合蛋白抗血清的制备与鉴定

重组人粒细胞巨噬细胞集落刺激因子（ＧＭ－ＣＳＦ）和人单核细胞趋化激活因子（ＭＣＡＦ）融合蛋白经ＳｅｐｈａｄｅｘＧ－７５和ＣＭ－ＳｅｐｈａｒｏｓｅＦＦ两步柱层析,获得了电泳纯的ＧＭ－ＣＳＦ／ＭＣＡＦ融合蛋白。为进一步研究其结构与功能,我们以纯化的该融合蛋白为抗原免疫家兔制备抗血清。ＤｏｔＥＬＩＳＡ和Ｗｅｓｔｅｒｎｂｌｏｔ试验表明,该抗血清效价高、特异性好,可分别与ＧＭ－ＣＳＦ／ＭＣＡＦ、ＧＭ－ＣＳＦ和ＭＣＡＦ发生反应。     

重组人GM－CSF／MCAF融合蛋白抗血清的制备与鉴定

重组人粒细胞巨噬细胞集落刺激因子（ＧＭ－ＣＳＦ）和人单核细胞趋化激活因子（ＭＣＡＦ）融合蛋白经ＳｅｐｈａｄｅｘＧ－７５和ＣＭ－ＳｅｐｈａｒｏｓｅＦＦ两步柱层析,获得了电泳纯的ＧＭ－ＣＳＦ／ＭＣＡＦ融合蛋白。为进一步研究其结构与功能,我们以纯化的该融合蛋白为抗原免疫家兔制备抗血清。ＤｏｔＥＬＩＳＡ和Ｗｅｓｔｅｒｎｂｌｏｔ试验表明,该抗血清效价高、特异性好,可分别与ＧＭ－ＣＳＦ／ＭＣＡＦ、ＧＭ－ＣＳＦ和ＭＣＡＦ发生反应。     

rhGM—CSF／LIF融合蛋白基因的克隆及表达

利用基因重组技术,人工构建了一个编码五肽Ｇ－Ｓ－Ｇ－Ｇ－Ｓ的基因接头,将ＧＭ－ＣＳＦ和ＬＩＦ的ｃＤＮＡ相连而构成融合基因,将融合基因载入原核表达载体ｐＢＶ２２０后转化大肠杆菌,经热诱导后进行Ｗｅｓｔｅｒｎ印迹反应鉴定证实获得ｒｈＧＭ－ＣＳＦ／ＬＩＦ融合蛋白（简称ｒｈｇＭ－ＬＩＦ）活性测定表明重组的融合蛋白具有两因子双重活性。     

人趋化因子MIP-3α的原核可溶性表达及趋化活性分析

目的:克隆人趋化因子MIP3α,进行原核表达并初步鉴定其趋化活性。方法:从人扁桃体中提取总RNA,进行RTPCR,扩增MIP3α成熟蛋白基因,重组于pET32a(+)载体,转化大肠杆菌BL21TrxB(DE3),进行融合表达,Westernblot验证融合蛋白,金属离子亲和层析,肠激酶酶切,弱阳离子交换层析,得到纯化的MIP3α蛋白,趋化试验鉴定其趋化活性。结果:成功构建了MIP3α天然蛋白的硫氧还蛋白融合表达载体,表达并纯化出MIP3α蛋白,Westernblot证明融合蛋白能与羊抗人MIP3α抗体结合,纯化的MIP3α蛋白能趋化HEK293CCR6稳定转染细胞。结论:构建的天然MIP3α融合表达载体以可溶性蛋白的方式稳定表达MIP3α,初步纯化得到的MIP3α具有趋化HEK293CCR6稳定转染细胞的活性。     

绿色荧光蛋白与 HCV 核心蛋白的融合及在大肠杆菌中的高效表达

利用基因工程重组技术获得了绿色荧光蛋白（ｇｆｐ）基因与ＨＣＶ核心蛋白基因的嵌合体,并在大肠杆菌中高效表达了４８ｋＤａ的融合蛋白,经Ｄｏｔ－ＥＬＩＳＡ和Ｗｅｓｔｅｒｎ ｂｌｏｔ免疫活性分析证实,融合蛋白仍具有ｃｏｒｅ抗原的三个免疫活性部位,同时用荧光显微镜观察并用荧光光度计测定了大肠直菌表达的融合蛋白的荧光光谱,结果证实,我们在大肠杆菌中表达的ＧＦＰ－ｃｏｒｅ融合蛋白既能发射易于检测的绿色荧光,又具     

Expression of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 by nonenzymatically glycated albumin (Amadori adducts) in vascular smooth muscle cells

The biological effects of Amadori adducts that are early nonenzymatically glycated protein on vascular cells were poorly defined. We examined the effect of glycated serum albumin (GA) on the expression of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1(MCP-1) that is an important chemokine recruiting monocyte to blood vessel. GA increased MCP-1 mRNA expression with a peak after 3 h of stimulation. The induction of MCP-1 by GA was dose-dependent. The MCP-1 mRNA expression by GA was completely inhibited by PD98059 and genistein that inhibit mitogen activated protein (MAP) kinase kinase and tyrosine kinase, respectively. N-Acetylcysteine, a potent antioxidant, also suppressed the GA-induced MCP-1 expression. These results suggest that GA induces production of reactive oxygen species and activates tyrosine kinase and MAP kinase in VSMC. Activation of these signals results in MCP-1 expression. GA-induced MCP-1 expression may be one of the mechanisms by which the diabetic patients suffer from accelerated atherosclerosis.     

Interferon-gamma Stimulates Monocyte Chemotactic Protein-1 Expression by Monocytes

Monocyte chemotactic protein (MCP-1) is a specific monocyte chemoattractant and activating factor produced by both immune cells (mononuclear phagocytes and lymphocytes) and non-immune cells (parenchymal and stromal cells). In order to define the conditions under which human monocytes express MCP-1, monocytes were exposed to IFN-gamma, IL- lbeta, TNF-alpha, IL-4 or PHA under serum free conditions. There was no significant MCP-1 production by monocytes following exposure to IL-lbeta, TNF-alpha or IL-4. In contrast, stimulation with IFN-gamma resulted in a dose dependent increase in MCP-1 protein and mRNA expression. Simultaneous stimulation with IFN-gamma and IL-1beta or TNF-alpha resulted in no further increase in MCP-1 production. It is concluded that IFN-gamma, primarily a product of T(H)1 T lymphocytes, stimulates the expression of MCP-1 by monocytes.     

Neutrophil attractant/activation protein-1 and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 in rabbit. cDNA cloning and their expression in spleen cells

Rabbit neutrophil attractant/activation protein-1 (NAP-1) and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) were investigated. Rabbit spleen cells stimulated with 5 micrograms/ml of Con A produced both neutrophil and monocyte chemotactic activity. Physicochemical characteristics of those activities obtained by HPLC gel filtration and HPLC chromatofocusing were very similar to those of human NAP-1 and MCP-1, suggesting that rabbit spleen cells produce NAP-1 and MCP-1 after Con A stimulation. A cDNA library was constructed from mRNA purified from Con A-stimulated rabbit spleen cells and screened with oligonucleotide probes. By two rounds of screening, NAP-1 and MCP-1 cDNA were cloned. NAP-1 cDNA comprises 1500 bp with an open reading frame that encodes for a 101-amino acid protein highly similar to human NAP-1. MCP-1 cDNA comprises 607 bp with an open reading frame that encodes for a 124-amino acid protein highly similar to human MCP-1. Expression of NAP-1 and MCP-1 mRNA by rabbit spleen cells was studied. Both Con A- and LPS-stimulated spleen cells expressed NAP-1 and MCP-1 mRNA, but the kinetics of expression were different. Con A rapidly induced high NAP-1 and MCP-1 mRNA expression. LPS also rapidly induced NAP-1 mRNA expression, but high MCP-1 mRNA expression was not observed until 15 h after stimulation. Immunoprecipitation of metabolically labeled NAP-1 and MCP-1 with anti-human NAP-1 or MCP-1 polyclonal antibodies was attempted. Immunoprecipitated rabbit NAP-1 with a molecular mass of about 7 kDa was detected by SDS-PAGE and radioautography, but MCP-1 was not. Cloned rabbit NAP-1 and MCP-1 will give us opportunities to study the role of NAP-1 and MCP-1 in vivo.     

Role of chemokines and formyl peptides in pneumococcal pneumonia-induced monocyte/macrophage recruitment

Host-derived chemoattractant factors are suggested to play crucial roles in leukocyte recruitment elicited by inflammatory stimuli in vitro and in vivo. However, in the case of acute bacterial infections, pathogen-derived chemoattractant factors are also present, and it has not yet been clarified how cross-talk between chemoattractant receptors orchestrates diapedesis of leukocytes in this context of complex chemoattractant arrays. To investigate the role of chemokine (host-derived) and formyl peptide (pathogen-derived) chemoattractants in leukocyte extravasation in life-threatening infectious diseases, we used a mouse model of pneumococcal pneumonia. We found an increase in mRNA expression of eight chemokines (RANTES, macrophage-inflammatory protein (MIP)-1alpha, MIP-1beta, MIP-2, IP-10, monocyte chemoattractant protein (MCP)-1, T cell activation 3, and KC) within the lungs during the course of infection. KC and MIP-2 protein expression closely preceded pulmonary neutrophil recruitment, whereas MCP-1 protein production coincided more closely than MIP-1alpha with the kinetics of macrophage infiltration. In situ hybridization of MCP-1 mRNA suggested that MCP-1 expression started at peribronchovascular regions and expanded to alveoli-facing epithelial cells and infiltrated macrophages. Interestingly, administration of a neutralizing Ab against MCP-1, RANTES, or MIP-1alpha alone did not prevent macrophage infiltration into infected alveoli, whereas combination of the three Abs significantly reduced macrophage infiltration without affecting neutrophil recruitment. The use of an antagonist to N-formyl peptides, N-t-Boc-Phe-D-Leu-Phe-D-Leu-Phe, reduced both macrophages and neutrophils significantly. These data demonstrate that a complex chemokine network is activated in response to pulmonary pneumococcal infection, and also suggest an important role for fMLP receptor in monocyte/macrophage recruitment in that model.     

Borrelia burgdorferi-induced monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 production in vivo and in vitro

Matrix metalloproteinase 9 (MMP-9) is selectively upregulated in erythema migrans (EM) lesions with acute Lyme disease. This study explored whether upregulation of MMP-9 was associated with monocyte chemoattractant protein 1 (MCP-1) production, and Borrelia burgdorferi (B. burgdorferi) could induce MCP-1 production in vivo and in vitro. The results indicated that expression of MCP-1 was significantly increased in U937 cells by B. burgdorferi. The activity of MMP-9 could be elevated by recombinant MCP-1 (rMCP-1) in U937 cells. MMP-9 was not upregulated by B. burgdorferi in fibroblasts. However, the expression of MCP-1 was significantly increased in the presence of B. burgdorferi in fibroblasts. The level of MCP-1 in EM lesions and in serum of patients with acute Lyme disease was also significantly elevated compared to that for healthy controls. The secreted MCP-1 may affect the production of MMP-9 in fibroblasts and/or macrophages.     

Role of 12/15-lipoxygenase in the expression of MCP-1 in mouse macrophages

Monocyte chemoattractant protein (MCP)-1 plays a key role in atherosclerosis and inflammation associated with visceral adiposity by inducing mononuclear cell migration. Evidence shows that mouse peritoneal macrophages (MPM) express a 12-lipoxygenase (12/15-LO) that has been clearly linked to accelerated atherosclerosis in mouse models and increased monocyte endothelial interactions in both rodent and human cells. However, the role of 12/15-LO products in regulating MCP-1 expression in macrophages has not been clarified. In this study, we tested the role of 12/15-LO products using MPM and the mouse macrophage cell line, J774A.1 cells. We found that 12(S)-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid [12(S)-HETE] increased MCP-1 mRNA and protein expression in J774A.1 cells and MPM. In contrast, 12(R)-HETE, a lipid not derived from 12/15-LO, did not affect MCP-1 expression. 15(S)-HETE also increased MCP-1 mRNA expression, but the effect was less compared with 12(S)-HETE. MCP-1 mRNA expression was upregulated in a macrophage cell line stably overexpressing 12/15-LO (Plox-86 cells) and in MPM isolated from a 12/15-LO transgenic mouse. In addition, the expression of MCP-1 was downregulated in MPM isolated from 12/15-LO knockout mice. 12(S)-HETE-induced MCP-1 mRNA expression was attenuated by specific inhibitors of protein kinase C (PKC) and p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (p38). 12(S)-HETE also directly activated NADPH oxidase activity. Two NADPH oxidase inhibitors, apocynin and diphenyleneiodonium chloride, blocked 12(S)-HETE-induced MCP-1 mRNA. Apocynin attenuated 12(S)-HETE-induced MCP-1 protein secretion. These data show that 12(S)-HETE increases MCP-1 expression by inducing PKC, p38, and NADPH oxidase activity. These results suggest a potentially important mechanism linking 12/15-LO activation to MCP-1 expression that induces inflammatory cell infiltration.     

Homocysteine induces monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 expression by activating NF-kappaB in THP-1 macrophages

Homocysteinemia is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disorders. The recruitment of monocytes is an important event in atherogenesis. Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) is a potent chemokine that stimulates monocyte migration into the intima of arterial walls. The objective of the present study was to investigate the effect of homocysteine on MCP-1 expression in macrophages and the underlying mechanism of such effect. Human monocytic cell (THP-1)-derived macrophages were incubated with homocysteine. By nuclease protection assay and ELISA, homocysteine (0.05-0.2 mM) was shown to significantly enhance the expression of MCP-1 mRNA (up to 2.6-fold) and protein (up to 4.8-fold) in these cells. Homocysteine-induced MCP-1 expression resulted in increased monocyte chemotaxis. The increase in MCP-1 expression was associated with activation of nuclear factor (NF)-kappaB due to increased phosphorylation of the inhibitory protein (IkappaB-alpha) as well as reduced expression of IkappaB-alpha mRNA in homocysteine-treated cells. In conclusion, our results demonstrate that homocysteine, at pathological concentration, stimulates MCP-1 expression in THP-1 macrophages via NF-kappaB activation.