利用噬菌体肽库筛选胰凝乳蛋白酶的底物

利用脱水胰凝乳蛋白酶 (保持天然酶的完整结合部位 ,但没有催化活性 )作为靶蛋白 ,在噬菌体肽库中钓取一些有结合活力噬菌体 ,再将得的噬菌体同固定化的天然酶一起保温 ,能够被天然酶水解的那部分噬菌体即为底物噬菌体 .利用 DNA测序技术测出筛得的短肽序列 ,分析序列保守性 ,发现 WR和 YF的组合具有很强的保守性 .合成相应的几个短肽 ,与天然酶作用 ,发现芳香族氨基酸与碱性氨基酸的组合较易被胰凝乳蛋白酶切割 .而且 ,当 P2 、P3 位置为侧链较小的氨基酸或碱性氨基酸时 ,更有利于水解的发生 .精氨酸无论处在任何位置 ,对水解往往都有促进作用     

胰凝乳蛋白酶原激活过程的分子动力学研究

本文报道了我们使用分子动力学方法模拟胰凝乳蛋白酶原激活过程的研究.使用我们所提出的虚拟势法,通过对不加虚拟势和加大小不等的虚拟势的几种情形的模拟和比较,对于激活过程可能具有的时间尺度以及过程中势垒的位置及性质都给出了一定的信息,这是只用普通(?)分子动力学方法不易达到的.     

胰凝乳蛋白酶在反胶束体系中热稳定性的研究

研究了AOT／正辛烷反胶束体系中,表面活性剂AOT,助溶剂甘油和体 压力对胰凝乳蛋白酶热稳定性的影响,结果表明;常压下,40度时,体系中的甘油浓度分别为20％,30％,50％,60％（V／V）时,酶的活力分别为原来的10％,22％,59％,48％,说明在体系中加入甘油作为助溶剂可减少胰凝乳蛋白酶的运动,增强其稳定性,同时,发现体系压力的增加也能增强酶的稳定性,实验测出,AOT正辛烷反胶束体系萃取胰凝乳蛋白酶的最佳条件：R＝10,甘油浓度为50％,体系压力为50MPa,酶的萃取率为97％。     

丙型肝炎病毒丝氨酸蛋白酶特异性结合肽的筛选和鉴定

丙型肝炎病毒丝氨酸蛋白酶在病毒复制和包装中的重要作用使其成为特异性抗病毒药物研究的首选靶标。根据丝氨酸蛋白酶晶体结构特点,用柔性连接子连接NS3丝氨酸蛋白酶结构域和NS4A的核心序列,构建成单链丝氨酸蛋白酶基因并且在大肠杆菌中获得高水平的可溶性表达,纯化后的目的蛋白能够切割重组蛋白底物NS5ab。随后,以单链丝氨酸蛋白酶为靶分子对噬菌体展示的随机十二肽库进行了三轮淘筛,挑选的44个克隆中有37个克隆能够特异性地结合丝氨酸蛋白酶,并且这种结合作用为竞争性ELISA试验结果所支持。对13个克隆进行序列测定,得到6种序列,它们在氨基酸组成上存在明显偏性,富含组氨酸和色氨酸,缺乏酸性氨基酸;6种序列存在一个共有序列。     

两种鲤鱼胰凝乳蛋白酶原基因的电子克隆及分析

为研究胰凝乳蛋白酶原在鱼类中的生理功能和作用机制,利用生物信息学的方法,成功获得了鲤鱼两种胰凝乳蛋白酶原的cDNA序列(ccCHTR1和ccCHTR2)并对其进行序列分析。结果显示,ccCHTR1 cDNA含有792 bp的开放阅读框,编码263个氨基酸;ccCHTR2 cDNA含有798 bp的开放阅读框,编码265个氨基酸。二者氨基端均含有18个氨基酸组成的信号肽,同时,在成熟肽的第15和16个氨基酸(R-I)之间存在一个切割位点。氨基酸比对结果显示,ccCHTR1和ccCHTR2具备胰凝乳蛋白酶原的保守结构特征,同时二者有72.8%的同源性,且都与斑马鱼有最高的同源性,分别是93.3%和73.5%。进化分析显示,二者分别与斑马鱼和鳕鱼亲缘关系最近,与哺乳动物的亲缘关系较远。     

蛋白酶抑制剂对绿豆象幼虫中肠蛋白酶活性的影响

为明确蛋白酶抑制剂对绿豆象幼虫中肠蛋白酶活性的影响,采用室内人工接虫和生化测定的方法,研究了在离体条件和饲喂条件下4种蛋白酶抑制剂对绿豆象幼虫中肠蛋白酶的抑制作用,并测定了绿豆象幼虫取食不同含量的绿豆胰蛋白酶抑制剂(MBTI)的人工绿豆后,其中肠内总蛋白酶、类胰蛋白酶和类胰凝乳蛋白酶活性的变化.结果表明:在离体条件下,供试4种蛋白酶抑制剂对绿豆象幼虫总蛋白酶、类胰蛋白酶和类胰凝乳蛋白酶活性均有明显的抑制作用,且浓度越大,抑制效果越显著,其中以20μg·mL^-1的MBTI对3种酶活性的抑制效果最强,3种酶活性分别比对照降低了62.5%、41.2%和38.7%,而卵粘蛋白抑制剂(OI)抑制效果最弱.绿豆象幼虫取食含不同抑制剂的人工绿豆后,中肠内3种酶活性也均受到一定的抑制作用,取食后随龄期的延长,3种酶活性有所升高但仍显著低于对照,且以MBTI的抑制作用最强.当绿豆象幼虫取食不同含量MBTI的人工绿豆后,随MBTI含量的增加,对总蛋白酶活性和类胰蛋白酶活性的抑制作用均逐渐增强,但对类胰凝乳蛋白酶活性的抑制作用并不显著,只有当MBTI含量达20%时,对类胰凝乳蛋白酶活性才表现出明显的抑制作用.     

噬菌体短肽库的构建及其随机短肽的多样性

噬菌体短肽库是将随机合成的寡核苷酸序列通过与单链噬菌体外壳蛋白基因融合,从而将随机短短肽表达于噬菌体的表面,将体外随机化学合成的寡聚核苷酸序列重组到单价噬菌体表达载体,构建了噬菌体短肽库,证明其库容为２×１０＾７集落形成单位,重组率为９３％。     

Phage display combinatorial libraries of short peptides: ligand selection for protein purification

A library of heptapeptides displayed on the surface of filamentous phage M13 was evaluated as a potential source of affinity ligands for the purification of Rhizomucor miehei lipase. Two independent selection (biopanning) protocols were employed: the enzyme was either physically adsorbed on polystyrene or chemically immobilized on small magnetic beads. From screening with the polystyrene-adsorbed lipase it was found that there was a rapid enrichment of the library with “doublet” clones i.e. the phage species which carried two consecutive sequences of heptapeptides, whilst no such clones were observed from the screening using lipase attached to magnetic beads. The binding of the best clones to the enzyme was unambiguously confirmed by ELISA. However the synthetic heptapeptide of identical sequence to the best “monomeric” clone did not act as a satisfactory affinity ligand after immobilization on Sepharose. This indicated that the interaction with lipase was due to both the heptapeptide and the presence of a part of the phage coat protein. This conclusion was further verified by immobilizing the whole phage on the surface of magnetic beads and using the resulting conjugate as an affinity adsorbent. The scope of application of this methodology and the possibility of preparing phage-based affinity materials are briefly discussed.     

噬菌体随机肽库筛选抗志贺样毒素Ⅱ结合亚单位Stx2B的单抗的识别表位

目的利用噬菌体随机肽库技术筛选志贺样毒素Ⅱ结合亚单位Stx2B的单抗的识别表位。方法以抗志贺样毒素Ⅱ结合亚单位Stx2B的单克隆抗体筛选噬菌体随机12肽库,挑取阳性克隆测定DNA序列,推导其氨基酸序列并进行同源性分析。通过ELISA鉴定获得的噬菌体短肽与单抗之间的结合特性。结果从噬菌体随机12肽库中筛选出20株可与抗志贺样毒素Ⅱ结合亚单位Stx2B的单抗特异结合的噬菌体克隆,其中多数克隆呈现核心序列WTSRW（Q）,该序列与志贺样毒素Ⅱ结合亚单位Stx2B的一级序列具有一定的同源性。结论WTSRW（Q）序列是志贺样毒素Ⅱ结合亚单位Stx2B单抗的识别表位。     

A screening of phage displayed peptides for the recognition of fullerene (C60)

A novel approach to develop a peptide, that can recognize fullerene (C60) is described for affinity selection of phage displayed peptides from a combinatorial peptide library. Biopanning was performed using cyclic 7-mer peptide library against C60 films deposited on silicon (Si) substrate, and eluted phages with organic solvent. The phage, that recognized C60 films deposited on Si substrate, were obtained from biopanning. The nucleotides of the phage, coding a cyclic 7-mer peptide, were sequenced by standard method. Seventeen kinds of peptide displayed phages were obtained. One kind of peptide (peptide No. 4) displayed phage recognized the C60 films deposited on Si substrate. Peptide No. 4 displayed no affinity towards the Si substrate. The recognition event was monitored by a fluorescent immunoassay. Additionally, peptide No. 4 phage could recognize C60 in powder form, but not the graphite powder. This recognition event in powder form was also observed by a fluorescent immunoassay.     

Biotechnology techniques for the development of new tumor specific peptides

Peptides, proteins and antibodies are promising candidates as carriers for radionuclides in endoradiotherapy. This novel class of pharmaceuticals offers a great potential for the targeted therapy of cancer. The fact that some receptors are overexpressed in several tumor types and can be targeted by small peptides, proteins or antibodies conjugated to radionuclides has been used in the past for the development of peptide endoradiotherapeutic agents such as ⁹⁰Y-DOTATOC or radioimmunotherapy of lymphomas with Zevalin. These procedures have been shown to be powerful options for the treatment of cancer patients.Design of new peptide libraries and scaffolds combined with biopanning techniques like phage and ribosome display may lead to the discovery of new specific ligands for target structures overexpressed in malignant tumors. Display methods are high throughput systems which select for high affinity binders. These methods allow the screening of a vast amount of potential binding motifs which may be exposed to either cells overexpressing the target structures or in a cell-free system to the protein itself. Labelling these binders with radionuclides creates new potential tracers for application in diagnosis and endoradiotherapy. This review highlights the advantages and problems of phage and ribosome display for the identification and evaluation of new tumor specific peptides.     

Construction and exploitation in model experiments of functional selection of a landscape library expressed from a phagemid

Phage display has evolved during the past 15 years as a powerful technique to select, from libraries of peptides or proteins, binders for various targets or to evolve new functions in proteins. In recent years, the knowledge acquired in phage display technology was exploited to engineer phages as vehicles for receptor-mediated gene delivery. The first vectors generated provided the proof of the concept that development of gene delivery vehicles based on phages was feasible. Results obtained showed that the level of receptor ligand display was an essential factor that determines the efficiency of transduction and suggested that phagemids might be more appropriate than phages for gene delivery. However, due to the limitations of the existing display systems, vectors constructed up to now allowed only relatively low levels of ligand display. The transduction efficiency of these vectors was relatively poor. Here, we describe the construction and optimization of a new phagemid display system that was designed to allow the functional selection of peptides that promote gene delivery from phagemids in a high display format. Peptides are displayed on every copy of the major coat protein pVIII and are expressed from the phagemid itself. The phagemid is rescued as particles by a modified R408 helper phage, deficient in pVIII production. Besides an expression cassette for pVIII, the phagemid also contains the SV40 origin of replication, the GFP gene and the neomycin resistance marker. As a model we constructed a library of octapeptides and showed that the library is amenable to selection on cos-7 cells. Several selection approaches were investigated and a preliminary analysis of the peptides selected was carried out.     

A polystyrene binding target-unrelated peptide isolated in the screening of phage display library

Phage display is a powerful methodology for the identification of peptide ligands binding to any desired target. However, the selection of target-unrelated peptides (TUPs) appears as a huge problem in the screening of phage display libraries through biopanning. The phage-displayed peptide TLHPAAD has been isolated both in our laboratory and by another reserach group on completely different screening targets prompting us to hypothesize that it may be a potential TUP. In the current study, we analyzed the binding characteristics and propagation rate of phage clone displaying TLHPAAD peptide (SW-TUP clone). The results of ELISA experiment and phage recovery assay provided strong support for the notion that SW-TUP phage binds to polystyrene with a significantly higher affinity than control phage clones. Furthermore, this polystyrene binding was demonstrated to occur in a concentration- and pH-dependent mode. Characterization of the propagation profile of phage clones within a specified time course revealed no statistically significant difference between the amplification rate of SW-TUP and control phages. Our findings lead us to the conclusion that SW-TUP phage clone with the displayed peptide TLHPAAD is not a true target binder and its selection in biopanning experiments results from its bidning affinity to the polystyrene surface of the solid phase.     

噬菌体短肽库的构建及其随机短肽的多样性

噬菌体短肽库是将随机合成的寡核苷酸序列通过与单链噬菌体外壳蛋白基因融合,从而将随机短肽表达于噬菌体的表面。将体外随机化学合成的寡聚核苷酸序列重组到单价噬菌体表达载体,构建了噬菌体短肽库,证明其库容为２×１０￣７集落形成单位（ｃｆｕ）,重组率为９３％。同时将１１个随机克隆进行序列测定,证实其寡聚核苷酸序列和氨基酸的分布几乎是完全随机的,其多样性可以满足特异性短肽筛选的要求。