脓毒症单核巨噬细胞特异性结合肽的筛选

利用噬菌体随机肽库展示技术,筛选出与脓毒症单核/巨噬细胞特异性结合的短肽,探索脓毒症治疗的新方法.分别以经过脂多糖(lipopolysaccharide, LPS)处理的人外周血单核细胞株(THP-1)细胞作为筛选的靶细胞,以未经LPS处理的THP-1细胞作为非特异性噬菌体吸附细胞,对噬菌体随机环七肽库进行4轮“差减"筛选,经过细胞ELISA验证阳性噬菌体克隆,对获得的阳性克隆进行DNA测序及生物信息学分析,并进一步利用免疫荧光实验,鉴定噬菌体克隆与LPS处理THP-1细胞的结合特异性.4轮筛选后,随机挑取的噬菌体克隆,测序后得到可与LPS处理的THP-1细胞特异性结合肽.对去冗余后的七肽进行Clustal W多序列比对分析和BlastP蛋白同源相似性分析,细胞免疫荧光检测确定获得的噬菌体展示七肽可与LPS处理的THP-1细胞特异性结合.噬菌体随机肽库技术为脓毒症单核/巨噬细胞表面靶位的筛选提供了高效、快捷的筛选体系,实验获得的多肽基序具有高度保守性和细胞特异性,这些多肽的生物活性将是下一步的研究内容.     

利用噬菌体肽库筛选与HIV-1p24抗原结合的多肽

通过噬菌体展示技术筛选出与HIV-1p24抗原结合的多肽,为用多肽辅助p24抗原检测提供实验基础.以重组p24抗原为靶蛋白,对噬菌体随机七肽库进行三轮筛选,用EUSA鉴定第三轮筛选到的噬菌体克隆与p24重组抗原的结合能力,再对噬菌体克隆进行测序分析,同时研究了ELISA中噬菌体加入量及多种封闭剂对噬菌体特异性结合能力的...     

紫癜性肾炎特异性结合肽的筛选与鉴定

目的:利用体内噬菌体展示技术筛选并鉴定紫癜性肾炎肾组织特异性结合肽。方法:构建大鼠紫癜性肾炎模型。尾静脉注射噬菌体展示环七肽库,筛选与紫癜性肾炎肾组织特异性结合的噬菌体,经过3轮体内筛选后,提取阳性单克隆噬菌体,并进行DNA测序。利用ELISA方法鉴定单克隆噬菌体对紫癜性肾炎的结合。通过化学合成的方法合成筛选获得的多肽,以流式细胞检测其与肾细胞的结合能力。同时,以合成的多肽体内封闭,检测噬菌体与合成多肽竞争结合紫癜性肾炎肾组织的能力。结果:成功筛选出于大鼠紫癜性肾炎肾组织结合的阳性噬菌体。在随机挑选的43个单克隆噬菌斑中,挑选了其中16个亲和力高的噬菌体,测序后获得了紫癜性肾炎的结合肽CQGPWKLTC。流式结果表明筛选的多肽能够与肾细胞特异性结合。获得的阳性噬菌体能够与紫癜性肾炎肾组织特异性结合,并且与体外合成的多肽具有竞争结合能力。结论:利用体内噬菌体展示技术筛选了与紫癜性肾炎肾组织特异性结合的肽CQGPWKLTC。     

采用噬菌体展示技术筛选肠致病性大肠埃希菌EspB蛋白结合短肽的实验研究

目的探讨是否能够通过噬菌体展示技术筛选与肠致病性大肠埃希菌(EPEC)关键蛋白EspB结合的短肽。方法采用体外大肠埃希菌中表达和纯化EspB蛋白情况,Western blot验证蛋白的表达;Ph.D.12-蛋氨酸噬菌体展示技术用来筛选EspB特异结合蛋白;ELISA方法用来鉴定这些特异性结合蛋白与EspB的亲和力。结果 Western blot验证从pET21b-EspB转染质粒中提取的EspB蛋白。噬菌体展示技术筛选出了噬菌体6、7、8、12候选蛋白,ELISA检测结果显示这些候选蛋白与EspB蛋白的亲和力高于对照蛋白。结论我们的数据提供了一种潜在的研究策略即通过靶向结合EspB蛋白可抑制EPEC对上皮细胞的粘附。     

脑膜炎大肠杆菌IbeA蛋白结合肽序列的亲和筛选

应用噬菌体展示肽库技术,以重组的脑膜炎大肠杆菌致病蛋白IbeA作为靶分子,经过吸附-洗脱-扩增-再吸附的亲和筛选,随机挑选亲和力强的噬菌体克隆,进行ELISA、竞争抑制实验和序列测定。结果显示,经3轮淘选后,间接ELISA鉴定得到高亲和性结合IbeA蛋白的15个阳性克隆。竞争抑制实验结果表明,游离IbeA蛋白能竞争抑制噬菌体结合肽克隆与固相包被的IbeA蛋白的结合,其抑制作用随游离IbeA蛋白浓度的降低而减弱。测序结果得到5种阳性噬菌体克隆展示肽序列。上述结果提示以脑膜炎大肠杆菌IbeA蛋白为靶筛选所获得的噬菌体12肽克隆,具有特异性,其结合肽序列呈现相对保守性。建立的从噬菌体随机肽库筛选IbeA蛋白结合肽的方法具有方便、灵活和高效可行的特点。     

核受体PPARγ结合小肽的筛选及其功能

为筛选与核受体过氧化物酶体增殖物激活受体γ(PPARγ)结合的功能短肽,在大肠杆菌BL21(DE3)中表达PPARγ配体结合域(LBD)的融合蛋白,并利用Ni2+-NTA离子交换树脂对表达蛋白进行纯化.以此纯化蛋白为靶,采用固体包被法对噬菌体展示随机十二肽库及环七肽库进行亲和筛选.经ELISA法鉴定特异结合的高亲和力阳性噬菌体单克隆并测序.同时利用PPARγ的配体rosiglitazone与噬菌体小肽进行竞争性结合抑制实验.最终获得与PPARγ-LBD高亲和力的十二肽3个,环七肽5个,分别含LXXLL和DXXRW(其中X为非特异氨基酸残基)保守序列.Rosiglitazone不影响噬菌体小肽与靶蛋白的结合,说明获得与配体rosiglitazone结合位点不同的目的肽.     

P-糖蛋白的表达及其结合肽的筛选

为获得P 糖蛋白胞外段 ,构建了高效表达载体pGEX Pgp ,转化大肠杆菌DH5α ,进行表达、鉴定及纯化 ,以获得的融合蛋白为靶蛋白 ,筛选噬菌体随机 12肽库 ,免疫细胞化学方法进行鉴定 .SDS PAGE分析 ,表达出约 30kD大小的蛋白 ;从噬菌体随机肽库中筛选获得了与P 糖蛋白特异性结合的噬菌体阳性克隆 ,测序获得了其特异性结合肽序列 :NDGLLFTWQPSP .免疫细胞化学结果显示 :筛选得到的噬菌体阳性克隆可与耐药细胞BIU 87 ADM结合 ,而与敏感细胞BIU 87不结合 .结果表明 ,筛选获得的结合肽可与耐药的肿瘤细胞结合 ,表现出一定的肿瘤特异性 .P 糖蛋白结合肽的筛选 ,为进行人膀胱癌多药耐药的靶向治疗等工作奠定了基础 .     

噬菌体展示技术筛选bFGF模拟短肽

目的：通过噬菌体展示技术筛选得到与FGFR结合的bFGF模拟短肽,为bFGF肽类抑制剂的研发提供实验基础。方法：以Balb/c 3T3细胞为靶标,以COS-7细胞作消减,对噬菌体随机七肽库进行4轮生物淘洗,再采用ELISA检测单克隆噬菌体对Balb/c 3T3亲和性和特异性,选取阳性克隆进行DNA测序分析。结果：从富集的噬菌体中获得12个阳性克隆,获得一组疏水性七肽及共同基序PR。结论：利用肽类新药开发的重要工具--噬菌体展示技术,得到2段bFGF的受体结合模拟肽,可望作为bFGF抑制剂的先导肽。     

趋化因子受体 CCR5 亲合短肽的筛选

趋化因子受体 5 (CCR5) 是 HIV-1 与宿主细胞结合的辅助因子之一,其功能缺失或被 CCR5 拮抗剂封闭则会阻止 HIV-1 感染细胞 . 为得到与 CCR5 特异结合的肽类拮抗剂,采用噬菌体展示技术,以稳定表达 CCR5 的 CHO 细胞 (CHO/CCR5) 作为靶标,通过噬菌体随机 12 肽库筛选与 CCR5 特异结合的多肽;经过四轮筛选后,挑选 20 个阳性噬菌体克隆进行测序,从中得到 11 个含有 AFDWTFVPSLIL 序列的小分子肽 . 含该序列的噬菌体能与抗人 CCR5 单抗 (2D7) 竞争性结合 CCR5 ,且合成肽 AFDWTFVPSLIL 对趋化因子 RANTES 与 CHO/CCR5 的结合具有明显的抑制作用,初步证明该小肽与 CCR5 具有特异性结合作用 .     

抗人白细胞介素15中和抗体识别抗原表位的噬菌体肽库筛选与鉴定

目的:用噬菌体呈现随机七肽库筛选能与抗人白细胞介素15(h IL-15)中和抗体特异性结合的模拟抗原表位肽,并初步鉴定其免疫原性。方法:以抗h IL-15中和抗体为靶分子,用生物淘洗法从噬菌体呈现线性七肽库中筛选与之结合的噬菌体克隆,用噬菌体ELISA和竞争抑制ELISA鉴定阳性噬菌体克隆;化学合成筛选得到的多肽,并与匙孔血蓝蛋白(KLH)偶联免疫BALB/c小鼠,检测其免疫原性。结果:经过3轮体外筛选后随机挑取50个阳性噬菌体克隆,ELISA检测结果显示其中15个克隆与抗h IL-15抗体有较强的结合能力,DNA测序结果得到的结构相似群为MTPFWQK、MSPFNQK、MIPYWQK和MIPFHQK;竞争性ELISA结果显示4个序列均能与IL-15竞争性地结合抗IL-15单抗;小鼠免疫实验结果显示4组多肽均能诱导IL-15特异性免疫反应。结论:筛选得到能与抗h IL-15中和抗体特异性结合,且具有免疫原性的模拟抗原7肽序列,为进一步开发h IL-15相关的多肽疫苗提供了依据。     

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