Schistosoma mansoni: antigenic characterization of malate dehydrogenase isoenzymes and use in the defined antigen substrate spheres (DASS) system.

Immunoelectrophoresis of Schistosoma mansoni homogenates against mouse antisera resulted in only one precipitation line, which showed malate dehydrogenase activity. Immunoprecipitins against schistosomal malate dehydrogenase were also demonstrated in sera from individuals with schistosomiasis. Analysis by the double-diffusion method showed that malate dehydrogenase antigens in S. mansoni, S. haematobium, and S. bovis are immunologically indistinguishable. Immunoelectrophoresis of isolated mitochondrial and cytoplasmic malate dehydrogenase, showed that only the mitochondrial enzyme is able to form a malate dehydrogenase active precipitation line. Rabbit antisera directed against purified mitochondrial malate dehydrogenase showed a reaction with the enzyme as judge by immunoelectrophoresis. A purified mitochondrial malate dehydrogenase preparation, coupled to Sepharose 4B, was used in the defined antigen substrate spheres (DASS) test. Sera from experimentally infected mice contained considerably higher levels of antibodies against the mitochondrial malate dehydrogenase preparation than sera from infected individuals.     

鸡传染性支气管炎病毒E蛋白基因的表达

鸡传染性支气管炎(Infectious Bronchitis,IB)是由传染性支气管炎病毒(Infectious Bronchitis Virus,IBV)引起的鸡的一种急性、高度接触性传染病.该病是危害全球养禽业的重要传染病之一[1,2].其感染的主要特征是气管啰音、咳嗽和打喷嚏.此外,该病还可以引起蛋鸡产蛋量下降和蛋品质下降.雏鸡可由于呼吸道或肾脏的感染而死亡.虽然疫苗的使用对IB的流行起到了一定的预防和控制作用,但由于IBV血清型众多,不同血清型毒株之间具有较小的交叉保护性甚至无交叉保护性.因此,IB目前仍在免疫鸡群和非免疫鸡群发生和传播,给养禽业造成了严重的经济损失.     

The complement C5b-9 complexes induced injury of glomerular mesangial cells in rats with Thy-1 nephritis by increasing nitric oxide synthesis

Thy-1 nephritis (Thy-1 N), namely, anti-Thy-1 or anti-thymocyte serum (ATS) induced nephritis (ATSN), is a typical model of human mesangioproliferative glomerulonephritis. The pathologic changes of glomerular mesangial cells (GMCs) in Thy-1 N are complement-dependent, especially C5b-9 complexes, but the role of C5b-9 in the mechanism of Thy-1 N has not been defined. Because previous studies have demonstrated that sublytic C5b-9 can increase production of several inflammatory mediators from resident glomerular cells, we utilized the isolated human membrane-bound C5b-9 complexes to stimulate the cultured rat GMCs and examined whether the GMCs can also induce the synthesis of nitric oxide (NO) in vitro. Simultaneously, the effects of antiserum against rat C5b-9 and NG-monomethyl-L-arginine (L-NMMA, NO inhibitor), including interfering with the formation of C5b-9, reducing NO production and GMCs injury were observed. The results showed that sublytic C5b-9 can increase synthesis of inducible NO from the stimulated GMCs, and that the anti-C5b-9 antiserum can obviously inhibit the pathologic changes in Thy-1 N, while L-NMMA can decrease the GMCs damage although the effect is not so significant as that of the anti-C5b-9 antiserum. These findings indicate that the synthesis of NO by GMCs can be promoted by sublytic C5b-9, and that lesions of GMCs in rats with Thy-1 N are prevented by either inhibiting C5b-9 formation or NO elevation in advance. The pathologic changes of GMCs in Thy-1 N are indeed complement C5b-9-dependent, and the glomerular injury can be mediated in part through elevation of NO from the GMCs after the sublytic C5b-9 stimulation.     

侵染节瓜的小西葫芦黄花叶病毒CP基因的克隆、表达及其抗血清的制备

通过鉴别寄主反应、病毒部分序列测定确定了采自广州白云区表现花叶、斑驳症状的节瓜上的病毒为ZYMV。采用RT PCR方法扩增和克隆了该病毒的外壳蛋白基因 ,连接到原核表达载体pET 2 2b( )上。获得的重组子pET ZCP转化大肠杆菌BL2 1(DE3)后 ,用IPTG进行诱导表达。SDS PAGE和Westernblot分析表明 ,CP基因在大肠杆菌中获得了高效表达 ,融合蛋白分子量约为 33 0kD。将融合蛋白纯化后免疫兔子 ,获得了特异性较高的抗血清。ELISA测定其效价为 1 4 0 96     

稻曲病菌毒素的活性测定、抗体制备与细胞定位

稻曲病菌在PD 液体培养基中生长良好,并能产生对植物细胞具有高度生物抑制活性的毒素。生物学活性测定袁明,用100%的甲醇能提取稻曲病菌液体培养物中的粗毒素。粗毒素对小麦胚根胚芽的生长有强烈的抑制作用。把毒素主要成分Ustiloxin A 和BSA 偶联后,制备了抗血清,ELISA 检测表明用两种偶联剂偶联所制备的抗体效价分别为1∶20000和1∶6000。进一步的免疫胶体金标记分析表明,所制备的抗体能与茼丝中分泌的毒素特异性结合,说明所获得的抗体是特异性的。     

大蒜E病毒外壳蛋白基因的原核表达及抗血清制备

设计特异性引物PCR扩增了余杭大蒜病样中的大蒜E病毒 (GarV E)的全长CP基因 ,构建原核表达载体并在大肠杆菌中过量表达 ,纯化表达产物后免疫家兔制备抗血清。Westernblot检测结果表明 ,抗血清与GarV E的CP起强的特异性反应。 7个大蒜样品中 ,内蒙古赤峰市、宁夏银川和甘肃天水等 4个样品受到GarV E的侵染。试验也证明了田间GarV E编码的CP分子量为 35kD ,不同于已报道的其他葱X病毒属成员的 2 8kD外壳蛋白     

马铃薯Y病毒普通系外壳蛋白基因在大肠杆菌中的表达

将马铃薯Ｙ病毒普通系（ＰＶＹ０）的外壳蛋白基因克隆到表达质粒ｐＭＡＬｃ２中,构建这一基因在大肠杆菌中的表达载体ｐＭＡＬｃ２ＰＶＹ０ＣＰ。ＳＤＳＰＡＧＥ及Ｗｅｓｔｅｒｎｂｌｏｔｉｎｇ检测结果表明,这一表达栽体在Ｅ．ｃｏｌｉＤＨ５α中经ＩＰＴＧ诱导可表达分子量为７１．８ｋＤａ的特异性融合蛋白。以ａｍｙｌｏｓｅｒｅｓｉｎ亲合柱层析纯化这一融合蛋白为抗原,免疫家兔制备了效价为１∶１０２４的特异性抗血清。用该抗血清可通过对流免疫电泳、免疫双扩散及Ｗｅｓｔｅｒｎｂｌｏｔｉｎｇ对ＰＶＹ进行检测     

小麦黄花叶病毒RNA228kDa蛋白基因的表达及表达产物抗血清的制备

根据小麦黄花叶病毒（ Ｗ Ｙ Ｍ Ｖ） 核苷酸序列测定结果,将 Ｗ Ｙ Ｍ Ｖ Ｒ Ｎ Ａ２ 上的２８ ｋ Ｄａ 蛋白基因克隆到ｐ Ｅ Ｔ１１ａ 上,构建了原核表达载体ｐ Ｅ２８３９ 。 Ｓ Ｄ Ｓ Ｐ Ａ Ｇ Ｅ 分析表明,经 Ｉ Ｐ Ｔ Ｇ 诱导,２８ ｋ Ｄａ蛋白基因在大肠杆菌 Ｂ Ｌ２１（ Ｄ Ｅ３）ｐ Ｌｙｓ Ｓ 中得到高效表达。以含表达产物的凝胶为抗原,免疫家兔,首次制备了小麦黄花叶病毒 Ｒ Ｎ Ａ２ 蛋白特异性抗血清。     

Immunochemical analysis of Micrococcus lysodeikticus (luteus) F1-ATPase and its subunits

The F₁-ATPase from Micrococcus lysodeikticus has been purified to 95% protein homogeneity in this laboratory and as all other bacterial F₁s, possesses five distinct subunits with molecular weights ranging from 60 000 to 10 000 (Huberman, M. and Salton, M.R.J. (1979) Biochim. Biophys. Acta 547, 230–240). In this communication, we demonstrate the immunochemical reactivities of antibodies to native and SDS-dissociated subunits with the native and dissociated F₁-ATPase and show that: (1) the antibodies generated to the native or SDS-dissociated subunits react with the native molecule; (2) all of the subunits comprising the F₁ are antigenically unique as determined by crossed immunoelectrophoresis and the Ouchterlony double-diffusion techniques; (3) antibodies to the SDS-denatured individual δ- and ?-subunits can be used to destabilize the interaction of these specific subunits with the rest of the native F₁; and (4) all subunit antibodies as well as anti-native F₁ were found to inhibit ATPase activity to varying degrees, the strongest inhibition being seen with antibodies to the total F₁ and anti-α- and anti-β-subunit antibodies. The interaction of specific subunit antibodies may provide a new and novel way to study further and characterize the catalytic portions of F₁-ATPases and in general may offer an additional method for the examination of multimeric proteins.