人血清白蛋白-C肽融合蛋白在毕赤酵母中的分泌表达

目的构建重组表达人血清白蛋白(HSA)-C肽(CP)融合蛋白的毕赤酵母表达菌株.方法根据表达系统的密码子偏好性优化CP基因,酶切连接pBlue-HSA质粒(HSA1 800bp)和CP(100bp)基因,将HSA-CP融合基因双酶切后插入分泌表达栽体pPIC9K中,重组质粒pPIC9K-HSA-CP经SalⅠ线性化后,电击转化毕赤酵母GS115,表型筛选Mut 转化子.PCR鉴定后,用甲醇诱导摇瓶分泌表达.结果融合基因约为1 900bp,序列测定正确.SDS-PAGE分析表明表达融合蛋白的相对分子量约为70kD,摇瓶培养表达量为140mg/L,Western blot鉴定显示表达的融合蛋白为HSA和CP的杂合分子.结论实现了HSA-CP融合蛋白在毕赤酵母中的分泌表达,细胞活性研究显示HSA-CP融合蛋白对人胚肾293细胞的生长具有一定的促进作用.     

不同猪胰岛素前体基因拷贝数Mut~+型毕赤酵母的摇瓶发酵研究

毕赤酵母是优秀的外源蛋白的表达系统之一。本文对Mut~+型的不同PIP基因拷贝数的毕赤酵母进行了摇瓶试验。研究了生长特性以及对外源蛋白表达量的影响等。发现了低拷贝和高拷贝的蛋白表达量、生长情况有差异。G12重组菌的PIP表达量最高为181.6mg/L,是单拷贝重组菌表达量的12.6倍。对于基因拷贝数低于12的菌株,PIP表达水平与PIP基因拷贝数成线性关系(r=0.996)。     

CALB脂肪酶在毕赤酵母中的组成型表达及纯化

根据南极假丝酵母脂肪酶calb的成熟多肽序列,人工合成了由毕赤酵母（Pichia  pastoris)偏爱密码子组成的calb基因序列（仅成熟肽）。将该基因克隆至穿梭质粒pGAPZαΑ中,获得的重组质粒pGAPZαA calb 经线性化后转入毕赤氏酵母GS115菌株,构建成组成型表达CALB的酵母工程菌株。酵母转化子在YPD 培养基上传代10 次后, 其外源基因未丢失。经摇瓶发酵4天后,CALB水解活力为14.5U/ml。经脱盐和阴离子交换两步纯化后,其纯度达到了95%以上,目的蛋白的含量达到了220mg/L。     

钙网蛋白-N58在毕赤酵母中的表达及活性分析

目的：利用毕赤酵母表达系统表达Calreticulin-N58蛋白。方法：利用重叠延伸PCR方法合成Calreticulin-N58基因,构建成分泌型的重组表达载体pPIC9K-CRT-N58。该重组表达载体经SacI线性化后,电激转化入毕赤酵母GSll5,经MD板和不同浓度G418筛选得到多拷贝重组菌株。经甲醇诱导表达目的蛋白,SDS-PAGE分析重组蛋白的表达情况,在鸡胚中进行活性分析。结果：重组质粒pPIC9K-CRT-N58在毕赤酵母中经甲醇诱导能分泌表达CRT-N58蛋白,摇瓶表达量大约为60mg／L,纯化的目的蛋白有显著的血管生成抑制作用。结论：实验成功地在毕赤酵母表达系统中实现了Calreticulin-N58的分泌表达。为Calreticulin-N58蛋白的进一步药用研究奠定了基础。     

毕赤酵母醇氧化酶1启动子突变体的分离与鉴定

目的：通过醇氧化酶1启动子突变,筛选毕赤酵母高水平表达菌株。方法：通过致错PCR构建醇氧化酶1启动子突变体,经酶切连接到改造过的质粒HSA-pPIC9上,转化毕赤酵母GS115感受态细胞,摇瓶培养表达筛选人血清白蛋白（HSA）高表达突变体菌株。结果：克隆测序结果表明,突变的醇氧化酶1启动子-910和-569位点处共2个碱基发生了T→C突变;获得一株高表达菌株,摇瓶中HSA的表达量由200mg／L提高到335mg／L。结论：通过醇氧化酶1启动子突变成功构建了HSA高表达菌株。     

人粒细胞-巨噬细胞集落刺激因子的克隆及在毕赤酵母中的表达

采用加长引物5＇端的方法克隆了hGM-CSF的编码基因,克隆过程中对该基因的局部做了密码子优化。然后克隆进毕赤酵母分泌型表达载体pPIC9K,电击转化毕赤酵母。PCR、SDS-PAGE与Western blotting证实hGM-CSF已整合进酵母基因组,摇瓶水平粗蛋白表达量达389mg/L,动物实验证实蛋白产物活性正常,SDS-PAGE与N-糖苷酶F去糖基化分析发现hGM-CSF被糖基化。     

人LYC5溶菌酶基因在毕赤酵母中的重组表达

LYC5是一种c型人溶菌酶蛋白。根据毕赤酵母密码子的偏爱性,对LYC5的mRNA编码序列进行优化设计,将优化后的基因序列克隆至毕赤酵母分泌型表达载体pPIC9K中,构建重组酵母表达质粒pPIC9K- LYC5 。重组质粒经线性化处理后转化毕赤酵母GS115,应用G418抗性筛选出高拷贝转化子,并对其进行摇瓶诱导表达,产物经SDS-PAGE电泳检测,发现在约15 kDa的位置出现了一条特异蛋白条带,此条带经LTQ Orbitra pelite MS鉴定,证明此蛋白即LYC5溶菌酶蛋白,表达量约为20 mg/L。对表达上清液进行活性分析,发现表达上清对溶壁微球菌具有较好的溶菌活性,活性约为40 000 U/mg,最适酶活反应温度为45℃,最适pH为5.0。采用基因工程方法,首次表达出了有生物学活性的人源LYC5溶菌酶蛋白,为深入探讨人溶菌酶家族成员的抗菌谱及其应用前景的研究奠定了基础。     

植酸酶基因中稀有密码子的改造提高其在毕赤酵母中的表达量

对来源于黑曲霉N2 5(AspergillusnigerChinaStrain)的植酸酶基因phyA进行PCR介导的定点突变 ,不改变其所编码氨基酸 ,选用毕赤酵母偏爱的密码子对该基因保守序列中第 81位和第 85位的Arg密码子进行同义突变 .构建了含正确突变的克隆载体pUC18 phyAm 和酵母表达载体pPIC9k phyAm,电击转化毕赤酵母 ,经MM、MD平板筛选和产物的酶活性测定 ,筛选出突变与未突变高酶活酵母转化子各 2株 .这 4株转化子的Southern印迹结果表明 ,phyA基因以单交换方式单拷贝整合到酵母染色体DNA中 .表达产物的SDS PAGE分析表明 ,重组酵母中的植酸酶能有效分泌和表达 ,蛋白质分子大小为 70 15kD .转化子酶活测定结果表明 ,经密码子优化的突变重组酵母酶活力明显高于未进行优化的重组酵母转化子 .经密码子优化的突变重组酵母株PP NPm 8于麦芽汁培养基中诱导 36h后酶活力可达 4 76 0 0U/ml,其活力比未优化重组酵母株PP NP 2 (2 36 6 7U/ml)提高了约 1倍 ,且重组转化子遗传稳定性良好 .     

人内皮细胞抑制生长素在毕赤酵母中的高效表达

根据人胶原蛋白ⅩⅧNC结构域C末端编码内皮细胞抑制生长素 (Endostatin)的成熟多肽序列 ,人工合成了由毕赤酵母 (Pichiapastoris)中偏爱密码子组成的内皮细胞抑制生长素基因序列。该基因以N端融合的方式正确插入毕赤酵母诱导型表达载体pPICZαA中。通过电激将线性化的重组质粒转化到毕赤酵母SMD1 1 68细胞中 ,筛选获得表达具有生物活性的内皮细胞生长抑制素的高产菌株。在摇瓶发酵水平上 ,产量达到 80mg L。而利用生物反应器进行高密度发酵 ,Endostatin的产量可达 1 2 5mg L。纯化后的Endostatin具有抑制小鼠血管内皮细胞增殖的活性     

重组人巨细胞病毒嵌合肽基因在毕赤酵母中的克隆和表达

为了在毕赤酵母中表达带有组氨酸纯化标记的重组人巨细胞病毒嵌合肽(rHCMVp),根据 其基因序列,设计引物从pPIC9K2rHCMVp 上扩增得到目的基因片段,并导入毕赤酵母诱导型表达 载体pPICZαA 中。通过电击将线性化的重组质粒转化到毕赤酵母X33 细胞中,筛选获得表达量 较高的重组菌株,研究了该菌株生长的培养条件,包括不同诱导时间、甲醇浓度、pH 值对人巨细 胞病毒嵌合肽表达的影响。2L 发酵罐进行了高密度发酵,经1 %的甲醇、pH610 的条件下诱导 48h,最终菌体密度OD600达到180,每升发酵液中含目的蛋白7817mg,产量比摇瓶提高了418 倍。 rHCMVp 可通过高密度发酵大量获得。     

Expression and secretion of human bone morphogenetic protein-7 in pichia pastoris

The synonymous codons are used in a highly nonrandom manner in hosts of widely divergent species, which is termed ‘codon usage bias’. Several reports suggest that codon usage bias sometimes obstructs attempts to express high levels of exogenous genes. In this study, an attempt was made to express mature peptide of human bone morphogenetic protein-7 with optimized codons in P. pastoris expression system. Three low-usage ARG codons (CGG or CGA) in hBmp7 mature domain have been successfully transformed into P. pastoris-preferred ARG codons (AGA) with overlap extension PCR-based multiple-site-directed mutagenesis for a high level expression of hBMP7 mature peptide. The results of this study showed that the production level (25.45 mg/L) of a codon-optimized strain increased 4.6-fold in comparison with that (5.5 mg/L) of noncodon-optimized strain. A strain harboring multicopy of codon-optimized hbmp7 expression cassette showed an even higher expression level, which was about 2-fold compared with that of the single-copy one. These recombinant hBMP7 mature peptides were produced as 18-kD monomer proteins and were easily purified from culture supernatants using ion-exchange chromatography. Functional assay demonstrated that rhBMP7 could induce ectopic cartilage formation, although its inductive ability was much less active than that of CHO cell-derived hBMP7.     

Codon optimization, expression, and characterization of an internalizing anti-ErbB2 single-chain antibody in Pichia pastoris

Anti-ErbB2 antibodies are used as convenient tools in exploration of ErbB2 functional mechanisms and in treatment of ErbB2-overexpressing tumors. When we employed the yeast Pichia pastoris to express an anti-ErbB2 single-chain antibody (scFv) derived from the tumor-inhibitory monoclonal antibody A21, the yield did not exceed 1-2 mg/L in shake flask cultures. As we considered that the poor codon usage bias may be one limiting factor leading to the inefficient translation and scFv production, we designed and synthesized the full-length scFv gene by choosing the P. pastoris preferred codons while keeping the G+C content at relatively low level. Codon optimization increased the scFv expression level 3- to 5-fold and up to 6-10 mg/L. Northern blotting further confirmed that the increase of scFv expression was mainly due to the enhancement of translation efficiency. Investigation of culture conditions revealed that the maximal cell growth and scFv expression were achieved at pH 6.5-7.0 with 2% casamino acids after 72 h methanol induction. Secreted scFv was easily purified (>95% homogeneous product) from culture supernatants in one step by using Ni2+ chelating affinity chromatography. The yield was approximately 10-15 mg/L. Functional studies showed that the A21 scFv could be internalized with high efficiency after binding to the ErbB2-overexpressing cells, suggesting this regent may prove especially useful for ErbB2-targeted immunotherapy.     

Gene expression,nucleotide composition and codon usage bias of genes associated with human Y chromosome

Analysis of codon usage pattern is important to understand the genetic and evolutionary characteristics of genomes. We have used bioinformatic approaches to analyze the codon usage bias (CUB) of the genes located in human Y chromosome. Codon bias index (CBI) indicated that the overall extent of codon usage bias was low. The relative synonymous codon usage (RSCU) analysis suggested that approximately half of the codons out of 59 synonymous codons were most frequently used, and possessed a T or G at the third codon position. The codon usage pattern was different in different genes as revealed from correspondence analysis (COA). A significant correlation between effective number of codons (ENC) and various GC contents suggests that both mutation pressure and natural selection affect the codon usage pattern of genes located in human Y chromosome. In addition, Y-linked genes have significant difference in GC contents at the second and third codon positions, expression level, and codon usage pattern of some codons like the SPANX genes in X chromosome.     

Divergence in codon usage of Lactobacillus species.

We have analyzed codon usage patterns of 70 sequenced genes from different Lactobacillus species. Codon usage in lactobacilli is highly biased. Both inter-species and intra-species heterogeneity of codon usage bias was observed. Codon usage in L. acidophilus is similar to that in L. helveticus, but dissimilar to that in L. bulgaricus, L. casei, L. pentosus and L. plantarum. Codon usage in the latter three organisms is not significantly different, but is different from that in L. bulgaricus. Inter-species differences in codon usage can, at least in part, be explained by differences in mutational drift. L. bulgaricus shows GC drift, whereas all other species show AT drift. L. acidophilus and L. helveticus rarely use NNG in family-box (a set of synonymous) codons, in contrast to all other species. This result may be explained by assuming that L. acidophilus and L. helveticus, but not other species examined, use a single tRNA species for translation of family-box codons. Differences in expression level of genes are positively correlated with codon usage bias. Highly expressed genes show highly biased codon usage, whereas weakly expressed genes show much less biased codon usage. Codon usage patterns at the 5'-end of Lactobacillus genes is not significantly different from that of entire genes. The GC content of codons 2-6 is significantly reduced compared with that of the remainder of the gene. The possible implications of a reduced GC content for the control of translation efficiency are discussed.     

High-level expression of human beta-defensin-2 gene with rare codons in E. coli cell-free system

Human beta-defensin-2 (hBD2) is A small cationic peptide with A broad range of antimicrobial activity. An E. coli cell-free system was employed to express the hBD2 fusion protein by using the hBD2 gene with 14 rare codons. The results showed that the expression level of trxA-hBD2 fusion protein was 0.35 mg/ml, which is the same as that obtained with A synthetic codon-optimized gene. By using another fusion partner (GFP), similar high-level expression was also achieved in this cell-free system. This meant that human beta-defensin-2 gene could be directly used to express hBD2 fusion protein efficiently in an E. coli cell-free system without the optimization of codons. The expression level of hBD2 fused with thioredoxin could be further improved up to 2.0 mg/ml by adopting A continuous exchange cell-free system. A simple one-stage affinity purification procedure was also developed to recover this fusion protein efficiently.     

Analysis of codon usage pattern in the radioresistant bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans

The main factors shaping codon usage bias in the Deinococcus radiodurans genome were reported. Correspondence analysis (COA) was carried out to analyze synonymous codon usage bias. The results showed that the main trend was strongly correlated with gene expression level assessed by the "Codon Adaptation Index" (CAI) values, a result that was confirmed by the distribution of genes along the first axis. The results of correlation analysis, variance analysis and neutrality plot indicated that gene nucleotide composition was clearly contributed to codon bias. CDS length was also key factor in dictating codon usage variation. A general tendency of more biased codon usage of genes with longer CDS length to higher expression level was found. Further, the hydrophobicity of each protein also played a role in shaping codon usage in this organism, which could be confirmed by the significant correlation between the positions of genes placed on the first axis and the hydrophobicity values (r=-0.100, P<0.01). In summary, gene expression level played a crucial role, nucleotide mutational bias, CDS length and the hydrophobicity of each protein just in a minor way in shaping the codon usage pattern of D. radiodurans. Notably, 19 codons firstly defined as "optimal codons" may provide useful clues for molecular genetic engineering and evolutionary studying.     

Preferential codons enhancing the expression level of human beta-defensin-2 in recombinant Escherichia coli

Human beta-defensin-2 (hBD2) is a small antimicrobial peptide with potential as a therapeutic agent. The effect of codon usage on the expression of hBD2 in Escherichia coli was studied. Two coding sequences encoding the same hBD2 precursor were both expressed as fusion protein with thioredoxin in E. coli BL21 (DE3). One is the wild-type human cDNA and the other is a gene synthesized by a PCR-based method in which rare codons were altered to those frequently used in E. coli. The expression level of recombinant hBD2 was over 50% of the total cellular protein when the synthetic gene with preferential codons was employed which was a 9-fold enhancement over the wild-type cDNA. The result shows the codon bias of the host was a major barrier in high-level expression of recombinant hBD2 and suggests a similar approach may be used in the expression of other defensins in E. coli.     

Synonymous codon usage in Thermosynechococcus elongatus (cyanobacteria) identifies the factors shaping codon usage variation

Analysis of synonymous codon usage pattern in the genome of a thermophilic cyanobacterium, Thermosynechococcus elongatus BP-1 using multivariate statistical analysis revealed a single major explanatory axis accounting for codon usage variation in the organism. This axis is correlated with the GC content at third base of synonymous codons (GC3s) in correspondence analysis taking T. elongatus genes. A negative correlation was observed between effective number of codons i.e. Nc and GC3s. Results suggested a mutational bias as the major factor in shaping codon usage in this cyanobacterium. In comparison to the lowly expressed genes, highly expressed genes of this organism possess significantly higher proportion of pyrimidine-ending codons suggesting that besides, mutational bias, translational selection also influenced codon usage variation in T. elongatus. Correspondence analysis of relative synonymous codon usage (RSCU) with A, T, G, C at third positions (A3s, T3s, G3s, C3s, respectively) also supported this fact and expression levels of genes and gene length also influenced codon usage. A role of translational accuracy was identified in dictating the codon usage variation of this genome. Results indicated that although mutational bias is the major factor in shaping codon usage in T. elongatus, factors like translational selection, translational accuracy and gene expression level also influenced codon usage variation.     

Rabies virus (RV) glycoprotein expression levels are not critical for pathogenicity of RV

Previous comparisons of different rabies virus (RV) strains suggested an inverse relationship between pathogenicity and the amount of glycoprotein produced in infected cells. In order to provide more insight into this relationship, we pursued an experimental approach that allowed us to alter the glycoprotein expression level without altering the glycoprotein sequence, thereby eliminating the contribution of amino acid changes to differences in viral virulence. To this end, we constructed an infectious clone of the highly pathogenic rabies virus strain CVS-N2c and replaced its cognate glycoprotein gene with synthetic versions in which silent mutations were introduced to replace wild-type codons with the most or least frequently used synonymous codons. A recombinant N2c variant containing the fully codon-optimized G gene and three variants carrying a partially codon-deoptimized G gene were recovered on mouse neuroblastoma cells and shown to express 2- to 3-fold more and less glycoprotein, respectively, than wild-type N2c. Pathogenicity studies in mice revealed the WT-N2c virus to be the most pathogenic strain. Variants containing partially codon-deoptimized glycoprotein genes or the codon-optimized gene were less pathogenic than WT-N2c but still caused significant mortality. We conclude that the expression level of the glycoprotein gene does have an impact on pathogenicity but is not a dominant factor that determines pathogenicity. Thus, strategies such as changes in codon usage that aim solely at altering the expression level of the glycoprotein gene do not suffice to render a pathogenic rabies virus apathogenic and are not a viable and safe approach for attenuation of a pathogenic strain.