猪轮状病毒vp4基因在大肠杆菌中的表达

以猪轮状病毒JL94株核酸为模板扩增该病毒vp4全基因,对扩增产物进行测序及序列比较;根据VP4的5'端(1bp～750bp)特异片段主要决定其活性的观点,再设计一对引物扩增该主要抗原位点基因,将此主要抗原位点基因同pGEX-6P-1载体连接并转化入E.coli.BL21(DE3)plays,经IPTG诱导表达出蛋白质;对表达的蛋白进行Westernblot分析、纯化和血清中和抗体试验.结果表明JL94株与国外分离株CRW-8株、BEN-307株vp4全基因片段氨基酸同源性分别为96.98%和98.05%,说明JL94株与CRW-8株、BEN-307株属于同一VP4血清型;经IPTG诱导VP4主要抗原位点基因获得了高效表达,表达量占菌体蛋白的26%;Westernblot结果和所表达的融合蛋白免疫小鼠产生的中和抗体能阻断JL94在MA104细胞上引起的细胞病变,说明所表达蛋白有良好的生物学活性.     

猪轮状病毒vp4基因的克隆及其在昆虫细胞中的表达

本研究扩增猪轮状病毒中国分离株JL94株VP4蛋白主要抗原编码区基因(1-756bp),将测序结果与国外分离株进行比较;将该基因片段同载体pMel BacA连接后,与杆状病毒DNA共转染入昆虫细胞Sf9,经蚀斑筛选纯化重组病毒并再感染Sf9细胞获得vp4基因的表达,对表达的VP4蛋白进行Western blot分析和血清中和抗体试验。结果表明：JL94株VP4主要抗原编码区基因与国外分离株CRW-8株、Gottfried株该基因片段氨基酸同源性分别为96．43％和67％,说明JL94株与CRW-8株属同一VP4血清型,而与Gottfried株属不同血清型。JL94株vP4主要抗原编码区氨基酸最大变异处位于aa81-aa207。vp4基因在昆虫细胞中表达量占细胞总蛋白的20％,Western Blot证实表达蛋白有良好的生物学活性。所表达的蛋白免疫小鼠产生中和抗体,阻断JL94在MA104细胞上引起的细胞病变。     

猪轮状病毒vp4基因的克隆及其在昆虫细胞中的表达

本研究扩增猪轮状病毒中国分离株JL94株VP4蛋白主要抗原编码区基因(1-756 bp),将测序结果与国外分离株进行比较;将该基因片段同载体pMel BacA连接后,与杆状病毒DNA共转染入昆虫细胞Sf9,经蚀斑筛选纯化重组病毒并再感染Sf9细胞获得vp4基因的表达,对表达的VP4蛋白进行Western blot分析和血清中和抗体试验.结果表明JL94株VP4主要抗原编码区基因与国外分离株CRW-8株、Gottfried株该基因片段氨基酸同源性分别为96.43%和67%,说明JL94株与CRW-8株属同一VP4血清型,而与Gottfried株属不同血清型.JL94株VP4主要抗原编码区氨基酸最大变异处位于aa81-aa207.vp4基因在昆虫细胞中表达量占细胞总蛋白的20%,Western Blot证实表达蛋白有良好的生物学活性.所表达的蛋白免疫小鼠产生中和抗体,阻断JL94在MA104细胞上引起的细胞病变.     

猪轮状病毒JL94株vp4全基因克隆及原核表达载体构建

根据GenBank已发表的猪轮状病毒vp4基因保守序列,设计一对引物扩增猪轮状病毒地方株JL94株vp4全基因;将扩增产物与载体pMD-18T连接进行序列测定并将测序结果同国外分离株进行序列比较。用限制性内切酶BamHI和SalI将vp4基因从pMD-18T-vp4切下;同样用BamHI和SalI双酶切表达载体pGEX-6P-1;将这2个双酶切产物连接并转化,通过酶切鉴定和PCR鉴定证明完成了vp4原核表达载体的构建。测序结果表明:vp4全基因长2362bp,JL94株同国外分离株BEN307株、Gottfried株vp4全基因片段核苷酸同源性分别为93.44%和69.43%;氨基酸同源性分别为96.06%和71.88%。说明JL94株同BEN-307株属同一VP4血清型,而同Gottfried株属于不同血清型。重组原核表达载体pGEX-6P1-vp4的构建为表达VP4蛋白,研制诊断性抗原和病毒重组活载体疫苗奠定了基础。     

猪轮状病毒JL94中国分离株衣壳蛋白基因的分析

根据GenBank发表的猪轮状病毒衣壳蛋白vp4基因、vp6基因和vp7基因保守序列,设计合成3对引物,分别扩增猪轮状病毒中国分离株JL94株的此3段基因并进行序列分析。结果表明,JL94株vp4基因与国外分离株CRW-8株、OSU株、Gottfried株、4F株和4S株的VP4氨基酸同源性分别为97.16％、95％、71.88％、73.45％和70.88％;JL94株vp6与CRW-8株、OSU株、Gottfried株、4F株和4S株的VP6氨基酸同源性分别为96.98％、97.48％、93.20％、97.48％和93％;JL94株vp7基因与CRW-8株、OSU株、Gottfried株、4F株和4S株的VP7氨基酸同源性分别为98％、99.90％、75.40％、84.66％和80％。可见JL94株同CRW-8株、OSU株同源性更高些;vp4和vp7基因在同型间高度保守而不同型间差距较大,vp6基因在同群和非同群间差别不是很明显。同时可以判定JL94属于A群Ⅰ亚群G5P7血清型PRV。研究猪轮状病毒中国分离株JL94株衣壳蛋白基因的特征,为研制高效抗病毒疫苗奠定基础。     

A组轮状病毒多个结构蛋白抗原表位的串联表达及其免疫原性的检测

从北京腹泻婴儿粪便提取的轮状病毒(rotavirus,RV)(T114株)的RNA中,克隆到轮状病毒结构蛋白基因vp4,vp6和vp7的全长cDNA,对它们编码的蛋白质序列和可能的抗原表位肽进行了预测,选择了RV主要抗原蛋白VP7、VP6和VP4的4个抗原表位肽,通过人工合成DNA的方式将这些抗原表位肽基因串联融合成一个阅读框RME(rotavirus multipleepitopes,RME)并构建原核表达载体.大肠杆菌表达的RME在ELISA反应中可被RV多克隆抗体识别,纯化的RME蛋白注射免疫小鼠可诱导特异性免疫应答,产生高滴度的同源氨基酸序列特异抗体和人RV抗体,其中针对RME的IgG抗体滴度达到l∶40 000,针对单个抗原表位EV7、EV6和EV4的IgG抗体滴度达l∶10 000～l∶20 000,针对RV Wa株的IgG抗体滴度较低为l∶2 500,但能特异地中和该病毒对MAC145细胞的侵染.上述结果为新型RV基因工程疫苗的研发提供了论据和基础.     

人类心脏和肌肉组织特异表达基因Smyd1的表达与抗体制备

Smydl基因是人类心脏和肌肉特异表达基因．制备该基因的多克隆抗体可以为进一步深入研究Smydl在心脏发育过程中与其他因子相互作用提供检测工具．通过PCR方法扩增smydl基因的编码区片段．并将其克隆至PGEX-4T-1上,转化到大肠杆菌BL21（DE3）中,再通过5052法和IVrG法分别诱导表达GST-Smydl融合蛋白．经比较,5052法诱导的蛋白表达量明显高于IPTG法．采用5052法大量诱导表达,通过割胶回收纯化融合蛋白,免疫新西兰大白兔制备多克隆抗体,Westernblot检测抗体活性．结果表明。实验获得了高质量的多克隆抗体．     

人A组轮状病毒北京地方株VP4血清型特异片段编码基因的序列分析

轮状病毒是引起婴幼儿严重腹泻的重要病原,其第四基因编码主要中和抗原VP4,而VP4可裂解为VP8和VP5两个片段。VP8为抗原型特异性片段。克隆并测定了具有代表性的三个轮状病毒北京株VP4编码基因5′端（VPS＋VPS一部分）887个核苷酸序列并据此推导出其氨基酸序列。结果表明,相同血清型的地方株和标准株之间具有高度同源性（92％～966％）,不同血清型间则变异较大（70．5％～71％）。氨基酸最大变异处位于aa84～172,并对胰酶作用位点在致病性中的可能性进行了讨论。     

轮状病毒VP4抗原表位在VP6载体蛋白同一位点表达比较研究

目的:评价轮状病毒(RV)VP4两个抗原表位插入VP6载体蛋白同一位点所表达的重组嵌合蛋白免疫学性质及在研制嵌合蛋白疫苗中的意义。方法:采用分子克隆和基因重组技术将RV VP4的两个抗原表位插入到VP6载体蛋白同一位点上,构建重组抗原表达质粒,表达携带不同抗原表位的重组嵌合蛋白,用Western blot和中和试验分析重组嵌合蛋白的抗原反应性和免疫原性。结果:成功构建了两个嵌合蛋白表达质粒,并在大肠杆菌中高效表达;表达的嵌合蛋白可与相应抗体特异性反应;可诱导豚鼠产生特异性血清抗体;抗嵌合蛋白血清抗体可特异性识别载体蛋白VP6F,Wa株病毒的VP6和VP4蛋白,可中和Wa株病毒在MA104细胞上的感染性;结果表明,所构建和表达的两个以VP6为载体的VP4抗原表位嵌合蛋白具有较高抗原反应性和免疫原性;嵌合蛋白携带的VP4抗原表位具有增强载体蛋白免疫原性作用;为研制新型RV重组蛋白疫苗的奠定了较好的基础。     

轮状病毒vp8基因在原核系统中的初步表达

通过RT—PCR反应获得轮状病毒Wa株vp8基因的cDNA片段,将其克隆入pGEX—5X—1表达载体中,构建重组质粒pGEX—VP8,转化大肠杆菌JM109,筛选阳性克隆子并对插入片段vp8进行序列测定,诱导后通过SDS—PAGE检测重组蛋白,并观察表达量随时间变化的特征。结果显示,测序结果与vp8序列一致,VP8蛋白的表达量在诱导后6—8h达到高峰。     

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.     

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     

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.     

Entwicklungsgeschichte und Ultrastruktur von Pollenkitt und Exine bei nahe verwandten entomophilen und anemophilen Angiospermensippen derAlismataceae,Liliaceae, Juncaceae,Cyperaceae, Poaceae undAraceae

Some closely related members of the monocotyledonous familiesAlismataceae, Liliaceae, Juncaceae, Cyperaceae, Poaceae andAraceae with variable modes of pollination (insect- and wind-pollination) were studied in relation to the ultrastructure of pollenkitt and exine (amount, consistency and distribution of pollenkitt on the surface of pollen grains). The character syndromes of pollen cementing in entomophilous, anemophilous and intermediate (ambophilous or amphiphilous) monocotyledons are the same in principal as in dicotyledons. Comparing present with former results one can summarize: 1) The pollenkitt is always produced in the same manner by the anther tapetum in all angiosperm sub-classes. 2) The variable stickiness of entomophilous and anemophilous pollen always depends on the particular distribution and consistency of the pollenkitt, but not its amount on the pollen surface. 3) The mostly dry and powdery pollen of anemophilous plants always contains a variable amount of inactive pollenkitt in its exine cavities. 4) A step-by step change of the pollen cementing syndrome can be observed from entomophily towards anemophily. 5) From the omnipresence of pollenkitt in all wind-pollinated angiosperms studied one can conclude that the ancestors of anemophilous angiosperms probably have been zoophilous (i.e. entomophilous) throughout.

     

Identification and Characterization of the First Equine Parainfluenza Virus 5

正Dear Editor,Parainfluenza virus 5 (PIV5), known as canine parainfluenza virus in the veterinary field, is a negative-sense,nonsegmented, single-stranded RNA virus belonging to the Paramyxoviridae family (Chen 2018). The virus was first reported in primary monkey kidney cells in 1954 (Hsiung1972), then it has been frequently discovered in various