天蚕素A-蜂毒素杂合肽用pBV220载体的表达、纯化和活性测定

为提高抗菌肽的表达,在抗菌肽的N端融合了1段酸性小肽以中和表达产物对宿主的毒性;并将融合肽基因同向串连成多拷贝,在大肠杆菌中获得了较高的表达。用化学合成法分别合成了编码天蚕素A(1-8)-蜂毒素(1-10)杂合肽和酸性小肽的DNA片段,首先将其拼接成融合肽的完整基因,然后通过前后接头将融合肽基因连接成两侧具有EcoRI和SalI酶切位点的同向串连的多拷贝基因。将5份拷贝的基因克隆至pBV220表达载体,转化E.coliDH5α,温度诱导得到表达量为35%的融合蛋白。表达产物主要以包涵体形式存在,将包涵体溶解,经Ni²⁺-NTA琼脂糖亲和层析获得纯化的融合蛋白。融合蛋白再经CNBr切割和阳离子交换层析,得到纯化的抗菌肽,经蛋白质N端测序确认序列正确。琼脂糖扩散法和液相测定法证明了纯化的抗菌肽具有抗菌活性。     

融合有酸性片段的抗菌肽串连重复基因的构建

为提高抗菌肽的表达,设计在抗菌肽基因的N端融合一段编码酸性肽的片段以及减轻表达产物对宿主的毒性,通过含有酶切位点的接头将该融合肽基因以同向串连的方式连接成多拷贝基因,克隆至pUC19载体。为此,分段设计合成了编码天蚕素A-蜂毒素杂合肽和酸性肽的DNA片段。首先将其连接成融合肽全基因,然后分别与含相同粘性末端的前后接头连接。通过控制基因和接头加入的量及次序,可得到两侧有EcoRI和SalI酶切位点的同向串连的多拷贝基因。选取合适拷贝数的基因,将其克隆至pUC19载体,PCR扩增和DNA测序证明多拷贝基因构建成功且基因方向相同。结果表明,该方法能简捷高效地获得所需的多拷贝基因,为提高表达产物的量打下基因。     

家蝇抗菌肽Defensin基因同向串联表达载体的构建和鉴定

目的:构建家蝇抗菌肽Defensin基因多拷贝串联体,并克隆到甲醇酵母分泌表达载体pPIC9K上。方法:PCR法扩增家蝇抗菌肽Defensin基因成熟肽片断,目的片断的上游5′端带有EcoRⅠ和NheⅠ位点,下游5′端带有NotⅠ和XbaⅠ位点,目的片断首先克隆入pMD18-T载体,利用pMD18-T载体的NdeⅠ位点和目的片断上的一对同尾酶(NheⅠ和XbaⅠ),多次酶切连接,串联成多拷贝的Defensin成熟肽基因,再用EcoRⅠ和NotⅠ双酶切,最后克隆入甲醇酵母分泌表达载体pPIC9K。结果:PCR鉴定、酶切鉴定和DNA测序证明多拷贝基因重组质粒构建成功。结论:该方法能方便高效地获得所需的多拷贝基因,为进一步进行高效表达打下基础。     

黄粉虫幼虫小分子量抗茵肽的分离纯化

昆虫抗菌肽具有良好的抑菌效果,有望开发成新一代抗生素。本文以金黄色葡萄球菌和大肠杆菌混合液作为诱导源,采用针刺法使黄粉虫TenebriomolitorL．幼虫感染微生物产生抗菌肽,并对抗菌肽进行了提取、色谱分离纯化及抑菌活性检测。结果显示,诱导组和对照组的三氟乙酸粗提物无抑菌活性;经SephadexG50、SuperdexPeptide凝胶色谱分离后,从诱导组和对照组均可获得对革兰氏阳性菌金黄色葡萄球菌、枯草芽孢杆菌有抑菌作用的组分,而且诱导组活性明显高于对照组;通过Resource15RPC反相色谱分离纯化,从诱导组获得一具有明显抑制革兰氏阳性菌的组分,质谱检测该组分为混合肽,主要由分子量为1876．21u、1904．21u的小肽组成,可能是一种比Thanatin分子量更低的昆虫抗菌肽。     

抗菌肽基因misgurin同向串连表达载体构建新策略

目的是将抗菌肽基因misgurin以同向串连方式连接成多拷贝基因,并克隆到甲醇酵母表达载体上。在设计和连接中采用新策略,运用常规分子克隆操作进行表达载体构建,结果表明,该策略能方便高效地进行基因多拷贝同向串连表达载体的构建。     

Isolation and purification of small antimicrobial peptide from larvae of mealworm, Tenebrio molitor

昆虫抗菌肽具有良好的抑菌效果,有望开发成新一代抗生素.本文以金黄色葡萄球菌和大肠杆菌混合液作为诱导源,采用针刺法使黄粉虫Tenebrio molitor L.幼虫感染微生物产生抗菌肽,并对抗菌肽进行了提取、色谱分离纯化及抑菌活性检测.结果显示,诱导组和对照组的三氟乙酸粗提物无抑菌活性;经SephadexG50、Superdex Peptide凝胶色谱分离后,从诱导组和对照组均可获得对革兰氏阳性菌金黄色葡萄球菌、枯草芽孢杆菌有抑菌作用的组分,而且诱导组活性明显高于对照组;通过Resource 15RPC反相色谱分离纯化,从诱导组获得一具有明显抑制革兰氏阳性菌的组分,质谱检测该组分为混合肽,主要由分子量为1 876.21u、1 904.21u的小肽组成,可能是一种比Thanatin分子量更低的昆虫抗菌肽.     

抗菌肽牛乳铁蛋白肽衍生肽在毕赤酵母中的表达及活性鉴定

利用巴斯德毕赤酵母系统表达抗菌肽牛乳铁蛋白肽衍生肽简称LfcinBD,获得的表达产物具有较强的抗菌活性.将人工设计的用化学合成法合成的以酵母偏爱密码子编码的LfcinBD基因片段克隆到巴斯德毕赤酵母分泌型表达载体pPIC9K中,获得的重组质粒pPIC9K-LfcinBD通过限制性内切酶Sac Ⅰ酶切线性化,电击法转化毕赤酵母GS115宿主菌,G418抗性筛选,得到高拷贝转化子.经PCR检测,LfcinBD基因与毕赤酵母染色体稳定整合.阳性克隆经甲醇诱导表达LfcinBD,诱导表达5 d,每24 h取上清1 mL,进行抑菌试验.结果表明,抗菌肽牛乳铁多肽衍生肽基因已整合到酵母细胞基因组中并获得表达,经0.5%甲醇在30℃诱导48 h可产生较强抗菌活性的抗菌肽,而且对氨苄青霉素抗性的大肠杆菌亦有较强的抑菌作用.     

双拷贝人α型心钠素基因的组建及大肠杆菌分泌型克隆与表达

将单拷贝人α心钠素基因3′端用Ban Ⅱ酶解除去包括终止密码在内的36个碱基对,代之以人工合成的含Glu-Lys-Phe-Glu连接片段与另一单拷贝人α心钠素基因的5′端串连成编码60肽的双拷贝心钠素基因,克隆于大肠杆菌分泌型表达载体pIN-Ⅲ-OmpA_2质粒中,表达生成60肽的双拷贝人α型心钠素衍生物,在信号肽的作用下分泌至胞膜间质并自动切割为60肽的外源基因产物。分子量约8K的表达产物用分子筛或超滤膜分离后再经HPLC纯化,表达产物具有明显的心钠素放免活性和舒张血管活性。     

利用融合蛋白EDDIE在大肠杆菌中高效表达抗菌肽Cecropin AD

本研究采用猪瘟病毒(Classical swine fever virus,CSFV)定点突变外壳蛋白(EDDIE)为融合蛋白,对抗菌肽Cecropin AD(CAD)基因进行了高效融合表达,获得了有抗菌活性的抗菌肽CAD。首先采用重叠PCR基因合成技术将编码抗菌肽的CAD基因与猪瘟病毒定点突变外壳蛋白EDDIE编码基因合成为e-cad融合基因,接着将融合基因e-cad采用定点同源重组的方法连接到载体pET30a上,构建成pETED表达载体,然后转化大肠杆菌BL21(DE3)表达,表达的融合蛋白在大肠杆菌中主要以包涵体形式存在,表达量占菌体总蛋白的40%以上。蛋白质在体外复性,融合蛋白中EDDIE自我剪切,产生抗菌肽CAD。抑菌试验表明抗菌肽CAD能有效地抑制大肠杆菌和藤黄八叠球菌的生长,并且对酵母菌的生长也有微弱地抑制作用。以EDDIE为融合蛋白是在大肠杆菌中高效表达抗菌肽的一种好方法。     

抗菌肽克隆基因的表达和转基因研究现状

抗菌活性肽具有抗细菌、真菌、病毒、原虫,还有杀精子活性和抑癌活性,具有潜在的应用价值。本文介绍国内外克隆抗菌肽基因的表达研究状况以及抗菌肽在基因植物、动物方面的应用成果存在的问题。     

Expression of antimicrobial peptides thanatin(S) in transgenic Arabidopsis enhanced resistance to phytopathogenic fungi and bacteria

Thanatin(S) is an analog of thanatin, an insect antimicrobial peptide possessing strong and broad spectrum of antimicrobial activity. In order to investigate if the thanatin could be used in engineering transgenic plants for increased resistance against phytopathogens, the synthetic thanatin(S) was introduced into Arabidopsis thaliana plants. To increase the expression level of thanatin(S) in plants, the coding sequence was optimized by plant-preference codon. To avoid cellular protease degradation, signal peptide of rice Cht1 was fused to N terminal of thanatin(S) for secreting the expressed thanatin(S) into intercellular spaces. To evaluate the application value of thanatin(S) in plant disease control, the synthesized coding sequence of Cht1 signal peptide (Cht1SP)-thanatin(S) was ligated to plant gateway destination binary vectors pGWB11 (with FLAG tag). Meanwhile, in order to observe the subcellular localization of Cht1SP-thanatin(S)-GFP and thanatin(S)-GFP, the sequences of Cht1SP-thanatin(S) and thanatin(S) were respectively linked to pGWB5 (with GFP tag). The constructs were transformed into Arabidopsis ecotype Col-0 and mutant pad4-1 via Agrobacterium-mediated transformation. The transformants with Cht1SP-thanatin(S)-FLAG fusion gene were analyzed by genomic PCR, real-time PCR, and western blots and the transgenic Arabidopsis plants introduced respectively Cht1SP-thanatin(S)-GFP and thanatin(S)-GFP were observed by confocal microscopy. Transgenic plants expressing Cht1SP-thanatin(S)-FLAG fusion protein showed antifungal activity against Botrytis cinerea and powdery mildew, as well as antibacterial activity against Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato. And the results from confocal observation showed that the GFP signal from Cht1SP-thanatin(S)-GFP transgenic Arabidopsis plants occurred mainly in intercellular space, while that from thanatin(S)-GFP transgenic plants was mainly detected in the cytoplasm and that from empty vector transgenic plants was distributed uniformly throughout the cell, demonstrating that Cht1 signal peptide functioned. In addition, thanatin(S) and thanatin(S)-FLAG chemically synthesized have both in vitro antimicrobial activities against P. syringae pv. tomato and B. cinerea. So, thanatin(S) is an ideal candidate AMPs for the construction of transgenic crops endowed with a broad-spectrum resistance to phytopathogens and the strategy is feasible to link a signal peptide to the target gene.     

死亡素与泛素在大肠杆菌中的高效融合表达

死亡素是由21个氨基酸残基组成的广谱抗菌肽。为了高效表达可溶性的死亡素,本研究利用递归式PCR（recursive PCR, rPCR）扩增了死亡素基因thanatin,并将其和家蝇Musca domestica泛素基因ubiquitin构成嵌合基因,克隆到表达载体pET-32a,再与硫氧还蛋白融合后构建表达载体pET-TRX-UBI-THA。将酶切和测序鉴定正确的质粒转化表达宿主菌BL21,经0.6 mmol/L IPTG诱导,TRX-UBI-THA融合蛋白得到了高效可溶性表达。SDS-PAGE和Western blot检测结果表明融合蛋白的分子量为28.9 kD,与预期的结果一致,表达量占菌体总蛋白的46％。Western blot分析结果显示融合蛋白能与Ni-NTA鏊合物特异性的结合,表明在融合蛋白的N-端带有6×His标签。利用C-端带有6×His标签的泛素C-端水解酶对融合蛋白进行切割,切割产物经Ni²⁺-NTA亲和柱和HPLC纯化（纯化量为5.4 mg/L）,Tricince-SDS-PAGE电泳得到单一的泛素蛋白条带。电喷雾质谱(ESI-MS)分析表明,纯化的泛素分子量为2.57 kD,与通过氨基酸预测的分子量完全一致。利用琼脂孔穴扩散法对泛素活性进行检测,结果显示纯化的泛素对大肠杆菌K12D31和金黄色葡萄球菌Staphylococcus aureus具有较强的活性抑制。本研究表明,利用泛素融合技术可以高效表达可溶性的死亡素。     

Flavinylation of the precursor of mitochondrial dimethylglycine dehydrogenase by intact and solubilised mitochondria

Tobacco plants were engineered to express SMAP-29, a mammalian antimicrobial peptide of innate immunity, as fusion protein with modified vacuolar membrane ATPase intein. The peptide was purified taking advantage of the intein-mediated self-cleaving mechanism. SMAP-29 was immunologically detected in the chromatographic eluate and appeared tightly bound to copurified plant proteins. Electrophoretic separation under disaggregating conditions indicated that the recombinant peptide was cleaved off by intein at the expected site and an overlay gel assay demonstrated that the peptide retained antimicrobial activity. These results indicate that a modified intein expression system can be used to produce pharmaceutical peptides in transgenic plants.     

抗菌肽CM4与人可溶性B淋巴细胞因子hsBAFF在大肠杆菌中的融合表达

为进一步探讨抗菌肽CM4的原核表达及其生物学功能,本实验研究了抗菌肽CM4与人可溶性B淋巴细胞刺激因子hsBAFF的融合表达及抗菌肽CM4的生物学活性。运用PCR把B淋巴细胞因子hsBAFF和家蚕抗菌肽CM4进行基因融合,构建了融合表达载体pET28a (+)/CM4-hsBAFF,并在大肠杆菌中获得高可溶性表达的融合靶蛋白,且存在于超声破碎后的上清,经分子筛Sephadex G-75纯化后的重组融合蛋白用SDS-PAGE和Western blot分析鉴定.SDS-PAGE分析表明：可以通过分子筛一步纯化得到融合蛋白,该重组融合蛋白的分子量约22.0 KDa。Western blot结果显示该重组蛋白能与鼠抗人hsBAFF的抗体发生特异性反应.运用基因工程的方法获得CM4-hsBAFF重组融合蛋白,并具有很好的抑菌生物学活性。     

Expressing an antibacterial protein in bacteria for raising antibodies

Magainins are small peptides with broad-spectrum activity against a range of plant and animal microbial pathogens. To detect magainin peptides in applications such as Western blot analysis and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays, specific antibodies that recognize magainin peptides are required. The production of antibodies against small peptides injected into host animals poses problems with respect to eliciting an adequate immunogenic response due to the small size of the molecules. To increase the immunogenicity of a target peptide, it may be expressed as part of a larger fusion protein. However, expression of an antimicrobial peptide in bacteria may be cytotoxic to the host or subjected to degradation by host-derived peptidases. To overcome these potential problems, we fused the DNA coding sequence of a magainin gene analogue within the sequence of a bacterial thioredoxin gene. The subsequent gene fusion comprising a bacterial thioredoxin gene with a magainin coding sequence ligated at the active site of thioredoxin was successfully translated in a bacterial expression system. The fusion protein was non-toxic to the host bacteria. This represents a novel strategy to express antimicrobial peptides in a bacterial expression system. The fusion protein, purified by molecular size separation, was recovered in a soluble form following electroelution from polyacrylamide gels. Sufficient fusion protein was obtained for injection into rabbits and antibodies were obtained from rabbit sera that selectively recognized magainin peptides in Western blot analysis.     

串联抗菌肽Cecropin B基因在莱茵衣藻中的表达及其抗菌活性分析

为了应对各种抗生素在水产养殖业所带来的副作用,我们在本文中尝试利用微藻对一种抗菌肽进行表达的可行性研究．根据莱茵衣藻核基因组偏爱密码子对抗菌肽Cecropin B基因进行改造,并将4个经改造的Cecropin B基因依次串联起来,中间加上莱茵衣藻的自剪切连接肽序列LWMRFA,人工合成总长度为522 bp的串联Cecropin B基因．将串联Cecropin B基因克隆到含hsp70-RBCS2启动子和RBCS2终止子的pH105载体上,再与携带ble筛选基因的表达框架连接,构建重组表达载体pCB124．采用玻璃珠转化法将载体pCB124导入莱茵衣藻cc-849中,筛选得到能表达抗菌肽Cecropin B的转基因衣藻．经过6个月的保持培养后,进一步对转基因藻细胞提取液进行抗菌活性分析,发现转基因藻具有明显的抑制革兰氏阴性菌(大肠杆菌)和革兰氏阳性菌(枯草芽孢杆菌和溶壁微球菌)生长的特征．这一结果为具有抗菌活性的饵料藻的生产和应用提供了新的途径．     

A C-terminal glycine suppresses production of pleurocidin as a fusion peptide in Escherichia coli

The winter flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus) antimicrobial peptide pleurocidin was produced in Escherichia coli using a synthetic gene constructed by PCR. The gene expresses pleurocidin from pET21a fused to the C-terminus of an insoluble carrier peptide. Once expressed, the fusion peptide formed inclusion bodies in the cytoplasm that were collected, solubilized in guanidine-HCl, and chemically cleaved using hydroxylamine at a unique asparaginyl-glycyl dipeptide. This released recombinant pleurocidin (r-pleurocidin), which was purified using ultrafiltration followed by reverse phase chromatography. The r-pleurocidin peptide resolved as a single band (2.7 kDa) when analyzed by Tris-Tricine buffered SDS-PAGE, and its amino acid sequence was confirmed using tandem mass spectrometry. Extending the pleurocidin sequence with a C-terminal glycine (r-pleurocidin-G) suppressed production of the fusion peptide 15-fold. When pleurocidin was extended further to include aspartate (r-pleurocidin-GD), the same effect was observed, and when pleurocidin was extended with aspartate alone, no effect was observed. Expression of fusion peptide containing either r-pleurocidin-G or r-pleurocidin-GD with low concentrations of inductant caused E. coli to enter stationary phase prematurely, but did not affect overall growth rates. A partial production recovery of r-pleurocidin-G was achieved by inducing expression in stationary phase cells. We observed r-pleurocidin-G to have enhanced antimicrobial activity compared with r-pleurocidin, and we propose that this activity interferes with E. coli metabolism during expression. This antimicrobial effect is probably facilitated by residual solubility of the fusion peptide and by a C-terminal cap structure, which stabilizes the r-pleurocidin-G alpha-helix that is thought to be important for activity.     

Modifications of the E.coli Lac repressor for expression in eukaryotic cells: effects of nuclear signal sequences on protein activity and nuclear accumulation.

Eukaryotic expression vectors designed to produce E. coli Lac repressor protein targeted to the nucleus of mammalian cells were constructed. These constructions carry the lac repressor gene (lacI) fused at different positions to a nuclear localization sequence (NLS) from either the SV40 large T antigen or the adenovirus E1a. When the NLS's were fused to the lacI gene at the 5' end, the protein produced exhibited tighter repression of beta-galactosidase expression than the unmodified LacI protein. Localization sequences at the extreme 3' end of the gene generally diminished induction by IPTG, while introduction of the SV40 NLS nine base pairs upstream of the 3' end eliminated repressor activity. When either NLS was placed at the 3' end behind a random nine base pair linker, the activity of the LacI protein depended on the sequence of the linker, and in 9 of 10 linkers tested, activity of the protein was adversely affected. The one exception was the fusion protein from p3'ss, which had the NLS at the 3' end of lacI behind the nine base pair linker, AGC AGC CTG (ser-ser-leu). This protein exhibited efficient nuclear accumulation, strong repressor activity and greater sensitivity to IPTG induction. The functional linker from the p3'ss fusion protein extends the leucine zipper heptad repeat located at the C-terminus of the protein. These data support the role of the leucine zipper in tetramer formation and predict that extension of this zipper will further stabilize the protein. This modified lacI gene should be valuable for improved adaptation of the prokaryotic regulatory system to eukaryotic cells.