大鼠CRIP2蛋白的表达和分离纯化

目的:获得大鼠crip2基因片段,并在大肠杆菌中表达、纯化大鼠CRIP2(cysteine-rich intestinal protein 2)蛋白。方法:从大鼠主动脉组织中提取总DNA,RT-PCR扩增出相应大小的crip2 DNA片段,与pGEM-T-easy载体连接后测序;将测序正确的crip2按照BamHⅠ和HindⅢ酶切位点克隆入原核表达载体pRSET A,将连接产物转化大肠杆菌BL21,挑出阳性克隆,IPTG诱导表达重组的6×His融合蛋白,通过镍柱进行纯化。结果:PCR获得的crip2序列与GenBank报道的一致(为707 bp);重组融合蛋白在大肠杆菌BL21中以可溶形式高效表达,经SDS-PAGE和Western印迹分析,在相对分子质量为27×103处有特异的蛋白条带,经镍柱纯化后,得到了高纯度的CRIP2融合蛋白。结论:克隆了大鼠crip2基因片段,并在大肠杆菌BL21中高效表达,亲和层析纯化后获得高纯度的CRIP2融合蛋白。     

细菌脲酶蛋白复合物UreABC的表达与纯化

细菌脲酶能分解尿素为氨,在瘤胃尿素氮代谢中发挥重要作用。为了表达纯化并研究蛋白脲酶复合物UreABC,通过PCR扩增脲酶基因簇的结构基因ureA、ureB、ureC,将ureB构建在含有N端His标签的pet28a+载体,ureA、ureC基因共同构建在含有N端His标签的表达载体pETDuet-1,经酶切及测序鉴定得到正确的阳性克隆后,将两个质粒共同转化到大肠埃希菌BL21感受态细胞,利用IPTG诱导表达UreABC融合蛋白。采用SDS-PAGE凝胶电泳对蛋白表达进行鉴定,再通过蛋白纯化仪的镍柱、脱盐柱、分子筛纯化目的蛋白。结果显示,成功构建了两个原核表达载体pET28a-ureB、pET-ureCA,脲酶基因ureA、ureB、ureC片段大小分别为313、315、1 701 bp,以可溶性形式表达脲酶蛋白复合物,并通过纯化得到约240 kD的蛋白。通过脲酶活性测定试验发现,镍离子可以体外激活脲酶蛋白。通过原核表达系统成功表达和纯化了具有活性的脲酶蛋白,为研究蛋白结构以及其与辅助蛋白互作提供参考。     

GST-His-Heparinase I双标签融合蛋白的原核表达与纯化

以pETl5b-Hep I为模板,通过PCR技术扩增出上游合有6×His标签的HepI基因序列,克隆至表达载体pGEX-4T-1。测序鉴定后,将重组表达质粒pGEX．His．HepI转入E．coliBL21（DE3）感受态细菌,经IPTG诱导表达。表达产物可溶部分用GSTrapFF和HisTrapHP柱两步亲和纯化,所得产物经SDS—PAGE检测,在66kDa和43kDa处显示特异条带,分别与GST．His．HepI和His-HepI融合蛋白预期分子量相符;最终His—HepI融合蛋白的比酶活为86．45IU／mg,纯度高达99％,与仅一步亲和纯化得到的GST．His—Hep I融合蛋白相比,进一步提高了纯化后重组肝素酶的纯度。本研究为制备高纯度的HepI提供了一种方法,对制备高安全性的LMWH和解析HepI晶体结构具有重要意义。     

人肿瘤坏死因子α抑制肽-抗炎酸性尾巴融合蛋白的原核表达及纯化

目的:表达和纯化人肿瘤坏死因子α抑制肽-抗炎酸性尾巴融合蛋白。方法:利用PCR搭接方法及基因合成方法获得目的基因,插入带有6×His标签的原核高效可溶性表达载体pET32a中,构建重组表达质粒pET32a-T9-ac-9,将重组表达质粒转化大肠杆菌BL21(DE3),经IPTG诱导目的基因表达;对融合蛋白进行Ni2+金属螯合柱纯化。结果:构建的重组表达质粒经PCR、内切酶鉴定及基因序列测定证实;目的蛋白在大肠杆菌中获得表达,SDS-PAGE显示相对分子质量为22.917×103;对表达产物进行了亲和层析纯化,从上清中获得了纯度较高的人肿瘤坏死因子α抑制肽-抗炎酸性尾巴融合蛋白。结论:获得了可溶性的人肿瘤坏死因子α抑制肽-抗炎酸性尾巴融合蛋白,为其生物学功能研究奠定了基础。     

δ-睡眠肽与GFP融合蛋白的表达和纯化

构建δ-睡眠肽(DSIP)蛋白与GFP的融合基因表达载体,高效表达和纯化GFP-DSIP融合蛋白。通过SOE-PCR拼接DSIP全长编码基因,并使得DSIP上游具有肠激酶识别位点,经双酶切定向克隆至表达载体pET-28a,构建重组载体pET-28a-DSIP,通过PCR扩增GFP全长编码基因,经双酶切定向克隆至pET-28a-DSIP,构建原核重组表达载体pET-28a-GFP-DSIP,通过双酶切和测序鉴定后,导入E.coli BL21宿主菌中,IPTG诱导表达融合蛋白,采用镍亲和层析和分子筛凝胶层析获得高纯度蛋白,SDS-PAGE分析鉴定。经测序鉴定成功构建了原核重组表达载体pET-28a-GFP-DSIP,在IPTG诱导下获得可溶性的绿色荧光蛋白与睡眠肽的融合蛋白,经Ni-NTA亲和层析纯化成功获得高纯度的融合蛋白。成功构建了DSIP与GFP融合基因的重组表达载体,确定了GFP-DSIP融合蛋白诱导表达的最佳条件,获得了较高纯度的融合蛋白,为进一步研究DSIP蛋白的生物学功能奠定了基础。     

猪盖他病毒衣壳蛋白的原核表达、纯化和多克隆抗体的制备

原核表达猪盖他病毒(Getah virus)衣壳蛋白(Cap)并制备多克隆抗体。设计一对特异性引物,从含有Cap基因的pT-Cap质粒中扩增全长Cap基因,克隆至携带有His标签的原核表达载体pColdⅠ中,通过PCR、酶切鉴定和序列测定后,重组质粒pCold-Cap转化大肠杆菌Rosetta 2,IPTG诱导后SDS-PAGE和Western blot鉴定融合蛋白;蛋白经镍柱纯化后切胶免疫Balb/c小鼠,制备多克隆抗体。实验表明:经终浓度0.1mmol/L IPTG 15℃诱导24h后,Cap基因在Rosetta 2中获得高效表达,表达量占菌体蛋白的40.2%,SDS-PAGE显示融合蛋白相对分子质量为32.3kD。Western blot显示制备的鼠源抗血清可以与融合蛋白发生反应,有明显的特异性条带。猪盖他病毒衣壳蛋白原核表达成功,制备的多抗可以识别Cap蛋白。     

宫颈癌相关BLCAP基因的原核表达及条件优化

目的利用大肠埃希菌表达系统表达宫颈癌相关BLCAP基因,并优化表达条件。方法利用PCR技术从逆转录病毒重组载体pL（BLCAP）SN中扩增宫颈癌相关BLCAP基因,将其插入到原核表达载体pET-32（a）中,从而构建原核表达重组质粒pET-32（a）-BLCAP,随后将阳性重组质粒转化到表达宿主菌中,通过IPTG诱导表达并优化表达条件,所表达的带有His标签目的融合蛋白经Ni^2＋亲和层析纯化回收,并采用SDS—PAGE和Western印迹对目的蛋白进行分析和鉴定。结果构建的重组表达质粒经PCR、酶切和DNA测序鉴定与预期的结果一致,含有重组质粒的表达宿主菌经过IPTG诱导表达了分子量约为28ku的融合蛋白,并经优化确定了最佳的诱导表达条件。结论成功构建了pET-32（a）-BLCAP原核表达质粒,表达并经纯化得到了BLCAP目的蛋白,为研究该蛋白的性质及其制备针对该蛋白的抗体奠定了基础。     

人vasorin蛋白的基因克隆、表达及纯化

目的:克隆、表达人vasorin(VASN)蛋白。方法:利用PCR方法从HepG2细胞的cDNA中扩增获得目的基因,并插入带有6×His标签的原核高效可溶性表达载体pET28a中,构建重组表达质粒pET28a-VASN,将重组表达质粒转化大肠杆菌BL21(DE3),经IPTG诱导后目的基因获得表达,对融合目的蛋白进行Ni2+金属螯合柱纯化。结果:内切酶鉴定及基因序列测定证实重组表达质粒构建成功;对目的蛋白进行了原核表达,SDS-PAGE显示相对分子质量为61×103的特异表达条带;Western印迹证实目的蛋白为VASN,且主要以包涵体形式存在;对经尿素变性的表达产物进行了亲和层析纯化,有利于以后的变性、复性过程。结论:获得了人VASN融合蛋白,为其进一步的生物学功能研究奠定了基础。     

水牛MyD88cDNA的克隆与原核表达

采用RT-PCR方法从水牛外周血白细胞总RNA中扩增出髓样分化因子88 (mydoid differentiation factor 88,MyD88) cDNA序列,PCR产物分离纯化后,与pMD20-T载体连接,重组质粒经PCR、酶切鉴定后测序,并进行生物信息学分析;构建pET28a-MyD88表达载体,并将其转化至E.coli BL21 (DE3),经IPTG诱导表达后,进行SDS-PAGE、镍柱亲和层析纯化和Western blotting分析.结果显示,克隆到的水牛MyD88 cDNA全长为1 189 bp,含有1个891 bp的开放阅读框,编码296个氨基酸,理论等电点为5.65.经IPTG诱导表达后,得到一个带His·Tag的约39 kD的重组融合蛋白.用抗His单克隆抗体进行Western blotting,得到1条约39 kD特异性抗体结合带,表明水牛MyD88原核表达载体成功构建并表达.本研究为进一步开展水牛MyD88的结构功能分析奠定了基础.     

小麦细胞分裂素氧化酶基因TaCKX1原核表达载体的构建及表达

目的:构建小麦细胞分裂素氧化酶基因TaCKXI原核表达载体并进行表达,以期得到大量的His标签融合蛋白.方法:根据GenBank中的TaCKXI序列以及pET-24a载体中的多克隆位点设计引物,以含有TaCKXl编码基因的批pMD-QRCKXI重组质粒为模板,经PCR扩增得到TaCKXI基因的DNA片段.将所得的片段与pET-24a载体连接,转化DH5α大肠杆菌,筛选阳性克隆,其测序结果与原序列一致,表明原核表达载体pET-TaCKXI已构建成功.提取per-TaCKXI质粒转化到BL21(DE3)pLysS表达菌株中,经IPTG诱导后收集菌体进行SDS-PAGE电泳鉴定,并优化其表达条件.结果:在大肠杆菌中获得TaCKXI基因融合表达,主要以包涵体形式存在;融合蛋白的分子量为58.91kD;IPTG终浓度为0.5、1.0、1.5.2.0mmol/L时,诱导融合蛋白产量相差不大.选用0.5mmol/L诱导15h获得大量的融合蛋白.经用原核表达蛋白纯化试剂盒纯化,得到了单一的融合蛋白.结论:小麦TaCKXI基因在大肠杆菌中获得了高效表达,为今后TaCKXI蛋白多克隆抗体的制备奠定了基础.     

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     

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.     

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.     

Enterovirus 71 3C proteolytically processes the histone H3 N-terminal tail during infection

Highlights
1. The N-terminal tail of histone H3 is specifically cleaved during EV71 infection.
2. Viral protease 3C is identified as a protease responsible for proteolytically processing the N-terminal H3 tail.
3. Our finding reveals a new epigenetic regulatory mechanism for Enterovirus 71 in virus-host interactions.     

Detection of EBV and HHV6 in the Brain Tissue of Patients with Rasmussen’s Encephalitis

Rasmussen’s encephalitis (RE) is a rare pediatric neurological disorder, and the exact etiology is not clear. Viral infection may be involved in the pathogenesis of RE, but conflicting results have reported. In this study, we evaluated the expression of both Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and human herpes virus (HHV) 6 antigens in brain sections from 30 patients with RE and 16 control individuals by immunohistochemistry. In the RE group, EBV and HHV6 antigens were detected in 56.7% (17/30) and 50% (15/30) of individuals, respectively. In contrast, no detectable EBV and HHV6 antigen expression was found in brain tissues of the control group. The co-expression of EBV and HHV6 was detected in 20.0% (6/30) of individuals. In particular, a 4-year-old boy had a typical clinical course, including a medical history of viral encephalitis, intractable epilepsy, and hemispheric atrophy. The co-expression of EBV and HHV6 was detected in neurons and astrocytes in the brain tissue, accompanied by a high frequency of CD8⁺ T cells. Our results suggest that EBV and HHV6 infection and the activation of CD8⁺ T cells are involved in the pathogenesis of RE.     

Perinatal Vertical Transmission of Chikungunya Virus in Ruili,a Town on the Border between China and Myanmar

正Dear Editor,Chikungunya virus (CHIKV), an arbovirus in the family of Togaviridae, genus Alphavirus, is transmitted by the A.aegyptii or A. albopictus mosquito, and causes disease in humans characterized by fever, rash, and arthralgia (Silva and Dermody 2017; Suhrbier 2019). It was first reported in 1953 in Tanzania, and caused only a few outbreaks and sporadic cases in Africa and Asia in last century. However, in the epidemic in 2004, CHIKV acquired mutations that conferred enhanced transmission by the A. albopictus mosquito(Schuffenecker et al. 2006). Since then, it has successively caused outbreaks in Africa, the Indian Ocean, South East Asia, the South America, and Europe (Zeller et al. 2016).     

Development of a Novel Reverse Transcription Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Method for Rapid Detection of SARS-CoV-2

In conclusion, the novel visual RT-LAMP assay is a simple, rapid, and sensitive approach for detection of SARS-CoV-2, and it is ready for application in primary care and community hospitals or health care centers, and even patients' own houses in response to the current SARS-CoV-2 epidemic because the assay does not require sophisticated equipment and skilled personnel. Furthermore, it is also ready to be used in fields for screening samples from wild animals and environments to facilitate the identification of potential intermediate hosts that mediate the cross-species transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from bats to humans.