兔出血症病毒结构多肽分析

粗提病毒经Ｓｅｐｈａｒｏｓｅ４Ｂ层析后,获得纯化的兔出血症病毒（ＲＨＤＶ）。提纯病毒经过ＳＤＳ－ＰＡＧＥ经考马斯亮蓝染色显示Ａ、Ｂ、Ｃ、Ｄ、Ｅ、Ｆ和Ｇ７条多肽,凝胶扫描显示Ａ为ＲＨＤＶ主要结构多肽。用多抗和单抗作免疫转印分析,证实Ａ、Ｂ、Ｃ、Ｄ、Ｅ、和Ｇ为结构多肽,此６条结构多肽间的抗原关系十分密切。     

兔出血症病毒遗传变异分析及RT—PCR检测方法的建立

目的获得兔出血症病毒（浙江分离株）近20年间遗传变异概况,建立兔出血症病毒的RT—PCR检测方法。方法对1989～2006年间的7株RHDV浙江分离株的衣壳蛋白基因（VP60）进行了克隆与测序,并与国内、外RHDV的基因组序列进行了遗传比对和分析;根据兔出血症病毒株的VP60设计引物,对20只人工感染兔的实质脏器、全血和350只实验兔全血样本进行了检测。结果7株RHDV的VP60基因均由1740个核苷酸组成,编码580个氨基酸。它们与参考序列之间的氨基酸同源性为94.0%～99.8%。系统发生树分析结果显示,RHDV可划分为2个大的基因群,浙江（中国）的RHDV分离株主要集中于C亚群。RT—PCR检测方法表明20只实验兔全部扩出预期条带,而350只实验兔全血检测中出现13只RHDV可疑样本。经血凝抑制试验检测,13例PCR阳性样品中有10个HAI阳性,3个阴性。检测敏感度达100%,特异性为99.12%,经统计检验,kappa=0.865,表明PCR检出RHDV的结果与HAI高度一致。结论RHDV基因群之间的遗传距离有逐渐加大的趋势。我们建立的RT—PCR法可用于RHDV浙江分离株的检测,用RT—PCR检测全血中RHDV方法的建立为活体检测RHDV打下了基础。     

用对流电泳提纯兔出血症病毒

兔出血症病毒（ＲＨＤＶ）在ｐＨ８．６的琼脂糖凝胶上电泳,在负极侧有一血凝峰,免疫电镜观察有大硅ＲＨＤＶ颗粒,证实ＲＨＤＶ病毒粒子带正电荷。利用这一特性可用对流电泳提纯病毒。将抗体与病毒颗粒形成的沉淀带切下,作ＳＤＳ－ＰＡＧＥ,经免疫转印出现６条区带,其中６０ｋＤ的ＶＰ_１为主要结构多肽。用免疫复合物提取核酸,以狄高辛标记制成探针,能与病毒核酸和克隆的ＲＨＤＶｃＤＮＡ２．２ｋｂ片段和４．８ｋｂ片段杂交,探针灵敏度达ｐｇ水平。能用病毒核酸作模板制备探针,证实ＲＨＤＶ的核酸为ＤＮＡ。     

抗草鱼出血病病毒多肽的结构分析

将草鱼出血病病毒（ＧＣＨＶ８７３）颗粒与随机噬菌体九肽库在体外作用,三轮筛选后,从３００个转化的单菌落中获得１６个与病毒高亲和力的噬菌体克隆。接着经过抗病毒试验获得６个能强烈抑制病毒复制的阳性噬菌体克隆,能使病毒ＴＣＩＤ５０下降５个数量级。通过对阳性噬菌体克隆随机插入区域的核苷酸序列分析,推导出多肽的氨基酸序列。发现６个能强烈抑制病毒复制的阳性克隆中多肽的氨基酸序列完全一致（ＮＨ２ＬｅｕＴｒｐＶａｌＧｌｙＧｌｙＧｌｙＡｒｇＡｓｎＡｌａ）,该结果提示多肽的抗病毒能力与多肽特异性氨基酸组成及结构有关。因此,抑制ＧＣＨＶ８７３复制特异性多肽的氨基酸序列的确定及结构分析,不仅为人工合成抗草鱼出血病病毒的多肽奠定了基础,同时也为抗病毒多肽制剂的研制提供了依据。     

兔出血症病毒体外复制的研究

在几种动物细胞上,采用同步感染的方法研究了兔出血症病毒(RHDV)的复制特性。病毒感染细胞后(PI)48—72小时可观察到明显的细胞病变,血凝效价可增高5—10倍。病毒对细胞传代代数不同,敏感性也不同。在兔婴肾(RK)和兔婴肺(RL)细胞上以4—8代最为敏感。采用免疫荧光染色法,经病毒感染48—72小时的细胞中可观察到特异性荧光。细胞增殖的病毒经PEG-DS浓缩,Sepharose 4B柱层析提纯后,在电镜下可观察到完整的病毒粒子,将此病毒回接健康实验兔可致100％死亡。免疫双扩散和免疫电泳试验表明,细胞增殖的病毒抗原与来自病兔肝的RHDV抗血清之间产生明显的沉淀带。SDS-PAGE分析病毒获得四条多肽,其分子量大小与病兔肝组织提取的病毒蛋白多肽分子量相比略有差异。     

RHDV诱发兔DIC动物模型的建立

对兔出血症的凝血象和组织病理学动态研究以及肝素对兔出血症弥漫性血管内凝血（ＤＩＣ）影响的探讨,建立了兔出血症病毒（ＲＨＤＶ）诱发兔ＤＩＣ的动物模型。该模型与ＤＩＣ模型建立标准完全吻合,并具有以下特点：１有典型的皮下出血,精神沉郁,抽搐等临床症状。２凝血象有ＤＩＣ典型变化,并呈规律的动态发展过程,感染后６ｈ是高凝期,１８ｈ进入低凝期。３全身器官均可检到典型的微血栓,肺、肾最多。感染后１２ｈ为血栓检出高峰期,２４ｈ或死兔以出血为主,表现为纤溶亢进的特征性变化。４肝素处理的攻毒兔微血栓少见,发病轻微,死亡率低,表明肝索可以阻断兔出血症ＤＩＣ的发生。三批攻毒兔的凝血象呈一致变化,证明ＲＨＤＶ诱发的兔ＤＩＣ重复性高,稳定性好,是一个比较理想的病毒诱发ＤＩＣ的动物模型。兔出血症,兔出血症病毒,弥漫性血管内凝血,动物模型     

兔出血症病毒四个分离株的病毒多肽和血清学关系研究

使用PEG-DS两相系统和超离心提纯的兔出血症病毒(RHDV)四个分离株病毒,再经Sepharose 4B柱层析进一步提纯后,得到较纯的病毒粒子,回收率可达70％以上。应用常规双向免疫扩散试验,交叉血凝抑制试验和酶联免疫吸附试验(ELISA)对四个不同地区分离株间的血清学关系进行了比较研究。结果表明实验中的四个分离株病毒均属同一血清型。SDS-PAGE结果表明,这四个分离株病毒均含有四条多肽,分子量为28—64KD。各株病毒多肽的分子量和各多肽在病毒粒子总蛋白中所占比例略有差异。因此四个分离株的RHDV在蛋白结构上可能存在地区差异。     

兔出血症细小病毒血清学的研究

应用免疫双扩散和酶联免疫吸附分析(ELISA)对七个不同地区兔出血症病原分离物进行了血清学比较研究。本试验用免疫双扩散和ELISA,证明七个兔出血症病毒分离物之间存在着基本相同的血清学关系,其中A_2R—3和H.E.二株抗原之间存在较大差异.证实我国流行的兔出血症病毒属于一个血清型,但不同地区的分离株可能出现亚型。     

兔防御素（MCP—1）cDNA的克隆与序列分析

从兔脾脏细胞中分离提取总ＲＮＡ,经反转录ＰＣＲ（ＲＴ－ＰＣＲ）扩增出兔巨嗜细胞阳离子多肽（ＭＣＰ－１）ｃＤＮＡ,插入经ＥｃｏＲ Ｉ和Ｘｂａ Ｉ双酶切的ｐＵＣＤ１９中,构建了党生质粒ｐＵＣＤＥＦ,进行了限制性酶切鉴定和序列分析,结果在扩增出的ｃＤＮＡ２８８个碱基中,在前片段中有一个碱基与发表的兔ＭＣＰ－１ ｃＤＮＡ序列不同,即第１５７位碱基由Ｇ变为Ａ,导致编码的氨基酸由丙氨酸变为苏氨酸。该ｃＤＮＡ全     

兔出血症病毒信使RNA的分离纯化及其生物活性的鉴定

用液相免疫沉法从感染兔出血症病毒（Ｒａｂｂｉｔ Ｈａｅｍｏｒｒｈａｇｉｃ Ｄｉｓｅａｓｅ Ｖｉｒｕｓ,ＲＨＤＶ）８小时后的兔肝组织的多聚核糖体中,分离出ＲＨＤＶ特异性的多聚核糖体,并由此获得全核酸,经Ｏｌｉｇｏ（ｄＴ）－ｃｅｌｌｕｌｏｓｅ亲和层板,得到３．４Ａ２６０的ＲＨＤＶｐｏｌｙ（Ａ）＾＋ＲＮＡ占全核酸的３．５％。此Ｐｏｌｙ（Ａ）＾＋ＲＮＡ经甲醛变性琼脂糖电泳,得到６条单一的带,其大小分别为０     

Regulation of Phosphorylation of Wheat Mitochondrial Proteins by Divalent Cations

Mitochondria isolated from 4-day-old dark-grown wheat seedlings were purified by self-generating Percoll gradient. Phosphorylation reaction was carried out in vitro with the addition of [ c-³²P]ATP and polypeptides resolved by 50S-PAGE were subjected to autoradiography. Amongst endogenous polypeptides phosphorylated, four polypeptides of 120, 66, 43 and 21 kD were prominent. Addition of Mg²⁺ (5 mM) caused dephosphorylation of 120 and 66 kO polypeptides but, simultaneously, induced/enhanced the phosphorylation of some polypeptides, with the effect being more pronounced on a 67 kD species. The phosphorylation of 120 kD species and a few other polypeptides was also down-regulated and that of a 18 kD polypeptide was up-regulated by Ca²⁺. The present study provides evidence that phosphorylation status of mitochondrial proteins is regulated by Mg²⁺ and/or Ca²⁺-dependent phosphatase(s) and protein kinase(s).     

Purification and Characterization of Lectin from Lathyrus sativus

Lectin has been isolated and purified from Lathyrus sativus using ammonium sulphate precipitation followed by affinity chromatography. The molecular weight as determined by HPLC was found to be 42kD. The lectin is a tetramer, consisting of two types of subunits of which the heavier subunit consists of 2 polypeptides of mol wt of about 21 kD and 16 kD while the smaller subunits consists of two polypeptides of about 5kD as revealed by SDS-PAGE. The most potent sugar inhibitor of the Lathyrus lectin was found to be α-methyl D-mannoside. The N-terminal amino acid sequence was similar to that of pea lectin sequence.     

Identification and characterization of the major components of the Oncorhynchus mykiss egg chorion.

The extracellular coat surrounding the fish egg, commonly called the chorion, is a primary envelope that confers biochemical and morphological identity typical of the species. Purified chorions can be easily isolated from either oocytes or ovulated eggs. The aim of this work was to analyze the macromolecular composition of the various chorion components in Oncorhynchus mykiss (Salmonids). SDS-PAGE analysis of purified chorion showed a reproducible pattern of four major components (129, 62, 54, and 47 kD), representing about 80% of total chorion proteins. The 129 and 47 kD polypeptides were periodic-acid Schiff (PAS) and concanavalin A positive. After chemical and enzymatic deglycosylation treatments only the 129 and 47 kD components proved to be glycosylated and to belong to the "asparagine-linked" glycoprotein family. Furthermore, peptide mapping performed on isolated polypeptides showed comigrating fragments on SDS-PAGE. These results suggest that the four main chorion polypeptides might share common structural features.     

Changes in Phosphorylation Status of Wheat Plastid Polypeptides as Influenced by Light, Calcium and Cyclic AMP

The polypeptides of etioplast and chloroplast fractions, purified on Percoll discontinuous gradient, were phosphorylated in vitro using (γ-³²P)ATP, resolved by SDS-PAGE and autoradiographed. In general, about 15-18 phosphopolypeptides in the range of 14-150 kD were distinctly visible in autoradiograms of both organelle fractions with varying degree of radiolabel incorporation. Although short-term irradiation with red or far-red light did not have any significant effect on phosphorylation status of etioplast polypeptides, in vivo irradiation with 1 h white light, followed by in vitro phosphorylation, decreased phosphorylation of a 116 kD polypeptide and increased the phosphorylation of polypeptides of 38 kD and a doublet around 20 kD. Strikingly, the phosphorylation status of 116 kD etioplast polypeptide was adversely affected by Ca²⁺ as well, and this phosphopolypeptlde was not distinctly visible in the autoradiogram of the chloroplast fraction proteins. However, in vitro phosphorylation of 98, 57 and 50 kD polypeptides of both etioplast and chloroplast fractions was found to be Ca²⁺ dependent. Unlike Ca²⁺, 3′,5′-cyclic AMP down-regulated the phosphorylation of several polypeptides of both etioplasts and chloroplasts, including 98 and 50 kD, and up-regulated the phosphorylation of 32 and 57 kD polypeptides. The significance of these observations on changes in phosphoprotein profile of etioplasts and chloroplasts, as influenced by light, Ca²⁺ and cyclic nucleotides, has been discussed.     

Purification and characterization of extracellular beta-galactosidase secreted by supension cultured rice (Oryza sativa L.) cells

A beta-galactosidase was purified 1300-fold by lactosyl-Sepharose 4B and Sephacryl S-200 column chromatographies from the cultured medium of a rice-cell suspension. The purified enzyme appeared as 47 kD and 40 kD polypeptides on SDS-PAGE and had a specific activity of 65.1 units/mg. Optimum activity was observed at pH 3.5 and 60 degrees C. The enzyme released galactose from galactoxyloglucan and pectic galactans.     

Quantities of ubiquinone bound to proteins in beef heart mitochondria

Ubiquinone-binding proteins were isolated and purified from heavy beef heart mitochondria. 35% of the total ubiquinone in the mitochondria was associated with the purified proteins. About 83% of the associated ubiquinone could be released from the proteins by proteolytic treatment showing that at least 29% (0.87 nmol/mg) of the total ubiquinone (3.0 nmol ubiquinone/mg) in the mitochondria is in the bound form. The purified ubiquinone-binding proteins were resolved into 5 polypeptides with the molecular weights of 17.4, 12.9, 12.6, 9.8 and 8.6 kD on sodium dodecyl sulfate-gel electrophoresis.     

Purification of a cortical complex containing two unconventional actins from Acanthamoeba by affinity chromatography on profilin-agarose

We identified four polypeptides of 47, 44, 40, and 35 kD that bind to profilin-Sepharose and elute with high salt. When purified by conventional chromatography using an antibody to the 47-kD polypeptide, these four polypeptides copurified as a stoichiometric complex together with three additional polypeptides of 19, 18, and 13 kD that varied in their proportions to the other polypeptides. Partial protein sequences showed that the 47-kD polypeptide is a homologue of S. pombe act2 and the 44-kD polypeptide is a homologue of S. cerevisiae ACT2, both unconventional actins. The 40-kD polypeptide contains a sequence similar to the WD40 motif of the G beta subunit of a trimeric G-protein from Dictyostelium discoideum. From partial sequences, the 35-, 19-, and 18-kD polypeptides appear to be novel proteins. On gel filtration the complex of purified polypeptides cochromatograph with a Stokes' radius of 4.8 nm, a value consistent with a globular particle of 220 kD containing one copy of each polypeptide. Cell extracts also contain components of the complex that do not bind the profilin column. Affinity purified antibodies localize 47- and 18/19-kD polypeptides in the cortex and filopodia of Acanthamoeba. Antibodies to the 47-kD unconventional actin cross-react on immunoblots with polypeptides of similar size in Dictyostelium, rabbit muscle, and conventional preparations of rabbit muscle actin but do not react with actin.     

Quantification of vitellogenesis and its control by 20-hydroxyecdysone in the ixodid tick,Amblyomma hebraeum

Ovaries of the ixodid tick, Amblyomma hebraeum Koch, grew rapidly after engorgment as a result of yolk uptake. At 26 °C, oviposition began by day 10 post-engorgement, plateaued on days 16-18, and ended by day 38. Vitellin (Vt) was partially purified from ovaries of day 10 engorged ticks by gel filtration and ion exchange chromatography. This Vt comprises seven major and several minor polypeptides. Two polypeptides (211 and 148 kD) from haemolymph of engorged female ticks corresponded to minor polypeptides of similar molecular weight in the ovary. The haemolymph titre of the 211 and 148 kD polypeptides increased up to the onset of oviposition. These polypeptides were absent in males and non-vitellogenic females (day 0 engorged or day 10 partially-fed females), and were thus designated as vitellogenin (Vg). Antibodies raised against haemolymph Vg211 and 148 recognized these polypeptides in partially purified Vt, as well as six of the seven major polypeptides. Using these antibodies we developed an indirect, competitive ELISA to quantify Vg. Rise in haemolymph Vg-concentration lagged slightly behind the rise in haemolymph ecdysteroid (ES)-concentration, and Vg-synthesis was stimulated by injections of 20E into non-vitellogenic females. These observations indicate that an ES is the vitellogenic hormone in A. hebraeum.     

Synthesis and Posttranslational Activation of Sulfhydryl-Endopeptidase in Cotyledons of Germinating Vigna mungo Seeds

A sulfhydryl-endopeptidase was purified as a 33 kilodalton (kD) mass polypeptide from cotyledons of Vigna mungo seedlings. Immunoblot analysis with antiserum made against the purified enzyme showed that the sulfhydryl-endopeptidase was synthesized only in the cotyledons during germination and that the amount of the enzyme increased until 4 days after imbibition and decreased thereafter. Next, an RNA fraction was prepared from cotyledons of 3 day old seedlings and translated in a wheat germ system. The synthesis of a 45 kD polypeptide was shown by the analysis of its translation products by immunoprecipitation with the antiserum to the endopeptidase and gel electrophoresis. When the RNA fraction was translated in the presence of canine microsomal membranes, a smaller polypeptide, having a 43 kD molecular mass, was detected as the translation product. When membrane-bound polysomes, but not free polysomes, prepared from cotyledons were used for translation in the wheat germ system, both the 43 and 45 kD polypeptides were synthesized. By incubation of a crude enzyme extract from cotyledons at 5 ± 1°C at neutral pH, the 43 kD polypeptide was sequentially cleaved to the 33 kD polypeptide via 39 and 36 kD intermediate polypeptides. The endopeptidase was activated simultaneously with the processing. Two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis showed that the 33 kD polypeptide was the fully activated form of the enzyme, whereas little or no activity was detected in other forms. From the present results, we postulate that the sulfhydryl-endopeptidase is first synthesized as the 45 kD precursor with a 2 kD signal peptide being cleaved, and that the 43 kD polypeptide is further cleaved to give the 33kD mature enzyme.     

Ureaplasma urealyticum urease genes; use of a UGA tryptophan codon

Nucleotide sequence analysis of a Ureaplasma urealyticum DNA fragment, homologous to cloned urease genes of other prokaryotes, revealed three consecutive open reading frames. The molecular weights of the three deduced polypeptides are 11.2 kD, 13.6 kD and 66.6 kD. These values are consistent with the size of the three subunits previously reported for purified native urease. A significant sequence homology was found between the three polypeptides of the ureaplasmal urease and the single polypeptide of jack bean (Canavalia ensiformis) urease. Codon usage indicates that UGA is a tryptophan codon in this mollicute. Use of polymerase chain reactions has disclosed the existence of genetic polymorphism among the urease genes of different serotypes of U. urealyticum.