植物生物反应器表达药用蛋白研究新进展

植物生物反应器被称为"分子农田",它具有无限生产重组蛋白的巨大潜力。利用转基因植物表达的重组蛋白具备原有的理化性质和生物活性,从而为人类提供了一种大量生产药用蛋白的安全可靠、经济、方便的新生产体系。目前已广泛运用于工业、农业尤其是生命科学以及医学制造领域。用植物生物反应器产重组疫苗、重组抗体和其他药用蛋白已成为国内外基因工程研究热点之一。然而,转基因植物产物的表达量、下游加工等问题却也成为利用植物生物反应器应用的限制因素。本文就其优势、近三年内国内外转基因植物生产药用蛋白的研究进展、存在问题及对策作一综述。     

转基因植物生产药用蛋白的研究进展

利用转基因植物作为生物反应器生产具有重要价值的多肽和蛋白质,包括抗体、疫苗、药用蛋白等较之其他生产系统具有很多优越性,已成为当前植物医药基因工程和药物生物技术领域中的研究热点,本文着重就这一领域近年采国内外的研究现状、发展趋势以及目前存在的问题及对策进行综述。     

转基因植物生产疫苗和药物的研发进展

与传统的生产方式相比,以转基因植物作为生物反应器生产药用蛋白和疫苗,被认为是成本低廉、安全便捷的技术途径。目前,若干以转基因植物生产的药用蛋白已通过行政审批准予上市,一批转基因植物表达的人用或畜禽用疫苗也进入临床试验。综述了转基因植物生产疫苗和药用蛋白的研发进展与代表性案例,讨论了目前面临的问题与挑战,展望了未来技术发展方向。     

植物生物反应器生产药用蛋白

以转基因植物作为生物反应器规模化生产药用蛋白已经成为国际上植物基因工程一个新的发展趋势。本文综述了这一领域的现状、优势、存在的问题及发展前景。     

转基因植物生产药用蛋白研究进展

转基因植物作为生物反应器能生产医学上有生物活性的药用蛋白,该文对转基因植物生产医药蛋白的种类、途径及优缺点、改进措施进行了阐述。     

利用转基因植物表达药用蛋白

随着药物生物技术和植物基因工程迅速发展 ,转基因植物被用作生物反应器生产具有医疗价值的多肽和蛋白质已成为生物医学研究的热点。研究表明转基因植物表达的蛋白质能够保持原有的结构和功能 ,这预示它将为药用蛋白的生产提供一条安全和廉价的新途径。主要概述了近年来国内外转基因植物生产诸如疫苗、抗体和其他药用蛋白或多肽等的研究进展 ,并着重探讨了存在的问题和解决策略。     

利用转基因植物生产生物药

传统的生物技术常利用哺乳动物细胞、细菌和真菌培养作为转基因系统 ,来生产生物药。鉴于今后对生物药例如治疗贫血的红细胞生成素和治疗糖尿病的胰岛素 ,以及通过基因组研究发现的新的药用蛋白的需求量均将大量增加 ,故有必要利用另一种转基因系统来生产价格既低廉 ,使用又安全的重组生物药。认为适合于上述目的者为高等植物。利用转基因植物来生产重组药用蛋白和肽有很多优点 ,例如 :(1)植物容易转化 ;(2 )使用安全 ,因植物不是人类病原体的宿主 ,故与动物细胞培养比较 ,利用重组植物生产的生物药不论提纯与否 ,都不大有可能污染人类病原…     

马铃薯叶特异性启动子驱动的人白细胞介素-12的遗传转化

利用植物生物反应器表达具有应用价值的药用蛋白是近年来生物技术研究的热点之一。本研究利用前期构建的Prbcs驱动的h IL12植物表达载体,导入根瘤农杆菌后侵染马铃薯,通过筛选、分化等过程,获得转基因马铃薯植株。结果显示,获得13个独立的转h IL12基因阳性马铃薯株系,GUS染色分析表明外源基因成功获得表达,且具有良好的遗传稳定性。本研究获得的Prbcs驱动的h IL12转基因马铃薯植株,为下一步利用马铃薯高效表达生产h IL-12蛋白打下了基础。     

叶绿体转基因植物--一种新型生物反应器

叶绿体转基因植物作为生物反应器,具有外源蛋白表达量高和环境安全性好等优点,近年来呈现出诱人的发展前景。本文综述了叶绿体基因工程的优越性,并重点介绍了叶绿体转基因植物作为生物反应器在生产疫苗、药用蛋白及生物可降解塑料等物质方面的最新研究进展。     

叶绿体转基因植物——一种新型生物反应器

叶绿体转基因植物作为生物反应器, 具有外源蛋白表达量高和环境安全性好等优点, 近年来呈现出诱人的发展前景。本文综述了叶绿体基因工程的优越性, 并重点介绍了叶绿体转基因植物作为生物反应器在生产疫苗、药用蛋白及生物可降解塑料等物质方面的最新研究进展。     

The plant oncogene rolC is responsible for the release of cytokinins from glucoside conjugates.

The rolC gene of Agrobacterium rhizogenes, which drastically affects growth and development of transgenic plants, codes for a cytokinin-beta-glucosidase. Indeed, rolC protein expressed in Escherichia coli as a fusion protein hydrolyses cytokinin glucosides, thus liberating free cytokinins. Furthermore, beta-glucosidase activity present in E. coli extracts expressing the rolC protein was inhibited by affinity-purified antibodies specific for the rolC protein. Finally, rolC proteins expressed in transgenic plants were shown to be responsible for cytokinin-beta-glucosidase activity. Morphological and phytohormonal analysis, performed on transgenic plants that are somatic mosaics for the expression of the rolC gene, extend and confirm our interpretation that the developmental, physiological and morphological alterations caused by rolC expression in transgenic plants are primarily due to a modification of the cytokinin balance. These observations shed new light on the control of growth and differentiation in plants by growth factors.     

Cholera toxin B protein in transgenic tomato fruit induces systemic immune response in mice

Cholera toxin B (CTB) subunit is a well-characterized antigen against cholera. Transgenic plants can offer an inexpensive and safe source of edible CTB vaccine and may be one of the best candidates for the production of plant vaccines. The present study aimed to develop transgenic tomato expressing CTB protein, especially in the ripening tomato fruit under the control of the tomato fruit-specific E8 promoter by using Agrobacterium-mediated transformation. Transgenic plants were selected using PCR and Southern blot analysis. Exogenous protein extracted from leaf, stem, and fruit tissues of transgenic plants was detected by ELISA and Western blot analysis, showing specific expression in the ripening fruit, with the highest amount of CTB protein being 0.081% of total soluble protein. Gavage of mice with ripe transgenic tomato fruits induced both serum and mucosal CTB specific antibodies. These results demonstrate the immunogenicity of the CTB protein in transgenic tomato and provide a considerable basis for exploring the utilization of CTB in the development of tomato-based edible vaccine against cholera. The rCTB antigen resulted in much lower antibody titers than an equal amount of exgenous CTB in trangenic fruits, suggesting the protective effect of the fibrous tissue of the fruit to the exogenous CTB protein against the degradation of protease in the digestive tracts of mice. Xiao-Ling Jiang and Zhu-Mei He contributed equally to this work.     

Generation and immunogenicity of Japanese encephalitis virus envelope protein expressed in transgenic rice

Transgenic plants have become attractive as bioreactors to produce heterologous proteins that can be developed as edible vaccines. In the present study, transgenic rice expressing the envelope protein (E) of Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV), under the control of a dual cauliflower mosaic virus (CaMV 35S) promoter, was generated by Agrobacterium-mediated transformation. Southern blot, Northern blot, Western blot and ELISA analyses confirmed that the E gene was integrated into transgenic rice and was expressed in the leaves at levels of 1.1-1.9 μg/mg of total soluble protein. After intraperitoneal immunization of mice with crude protein extracts from transgenic rice plants, JEV-specific neutralizing antibody could be detected. Moreover, E-specific mucosal immune responses could be detected in mice after oral immunization with protein extracts from transgenic rice plants. These results show the potential of using a transgenic rice-based expression system as an alternative bioreactor for JEV subunit vaccine.     

杆状病毒p35基因诱导烟草产生广谱抗病机理分析

来源于昆虫病毒和动物的抗细胞凋亡基因能够诱导植物对生物或者非生物胁迫产生抗性.但其抗性机理有不同甚至相反的报道.本研究将来源于苜蓿银纹夜蛾核多角体病毒的p35基因转化烟草,T1代转化烟草Western blotting检测P35蛋白的表达,转化烟草接种烟草花叶病毒(Tobacco mosaic virus,TMV)抗病效果增强.进一步的抗病机理研究表明,转化和野生型烟草感染TMV后诱导过氧化氢积累无明显区别,野生型烟草感染24 h后出现DNA Laddering而转化烟草则没有;Western blotting结果显示PR-1蛋白表达没有显著差异.但接种另外一种病原真菌核盘茵(Sclerotiniasclerotiorum)后的RT-PCR分析结果表明,表达P35蛋白的烟草可增强感染核盘菌后PR-1基因的转录.而且表达时间提前.以上结果说明p35基因介导的广谱抗病反应的机理与接种的不同病原有关,对不同病原物的抗病机理存在差异,除抑制细胞凋亡外,还可能通过激活PR基因的表达提高对病原物的抗病能力.     

pFGC5941的改造及拟南芥NAC1和SIP1双基因反义表达载体的构建和遗传转化

拟南芥中的SIP1基因编码的蛋白与拟南芥盐胁迫应答中的关键蛋白SOS2存在互作关系,而NACl为拟南芥中介导生长素信号促进其侧根发生的蛋白。本研究中我们将SIPl基因和NAC1正义基因以及SIP1基因和NAC1反义基因分别整合到一个经改造的具有2个35S启动子的可用于双基因表达的载体pF—GC5941S中,构建了两个双基因表达载体pFGC5941S-SIP1-NAC1-sense和pFGC5941S-SIP1-NACl-anti。并将这两个载体通过农杆菌介导的方法转化到野生型拟南芥中,共获得15株转基因植株。对这些转基因植株进行盐胁迫实验发现,在含75mnlol·L-1 NaCl的MS培养基上,相比于野生型,pFGC5941S-SIP1-NAC1-sense转基因植株主根增长,侧根数量明显增多,而pFGC5941S-SIP1-NAC1-anti转基因植株长势与野生型苗相似。由此我们推测可能只有当SIP1和NAC1同时过表达时,才会促进盐胁迫下拟南芥侧根的发育。     

pFGC5941的改造及拟南芥NAC1和SIP1双基因反义表达载体的构建和遗传转化

拟南芥中的SIP1基因编码的蛋白与拟南芥盐胁迫应答中的关键蛋白SOS2存在互作关系,而NAC1为拟南芥中介导生长素信号促进其侧根发生的蛋白。本研究中我们将SIP1基因和NAC1正义基因以及SIP1基因和NAC1反义基因分别整合到一个经改造的具有2个35S启动子的可用于双基因表达的载体pFGC5941S中,构建了两个双基因表达载体pFGC5941S SIP1 NAC1 sense和pFGC5941S SIP1 NAC1 anti。并将这两个载体通过农杆菌介导的方法转化到野生型拟南芥中,共获得15株转基因植株。对这些转基因植株进行盐胁迫实验发现,在含75mmol·L-1 NaCl的MS培养基上,相比于野生型,pFGC5941S SIP1 NAC1 sense转基因植株主根增长,侧根数量明显增多,而pFGC5941S SIP1 NAC1 anti转基因植株长势与野生型苗相似。由此我们推测可能只有当SIP1和NAC1同时过表达时,才会促进盐胁迫下拟南芥侧根的发育。     

Induction of a protective antibody response to FMDV in mice following oral immunization with transgenic <Emphasis Type="Italic">Stylosanthes</Emphasis> spp. as a feedstuff additive

The expression of antigens in transgenic plants has increasingly been used as an alternative to the classical methodologies for the development of experimental vaccines, and it remains one of the real challenges in this field to use transgenic plant-based vaccines effectively as feedstuff additives. We report herein the development of a new oral immunization system for foot and mouth disease with the structural protein VP1 of the foot and mouth disease virus (FMDV) produced in transgenic Stylosanthes guianensis cv. Reyan II. The transgenic plantlets were identified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR), Southern blotting, and northern blotting; and the production of VP1 protein in transgenic plants was confirmed and quantified by western blotting and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA). Six transformed lines were obtained, and the level of the expressed protein was 0.1–0.5% total soluble protein (TSP). Mice that were orally immunized using studded feedstuff mixed with desiccated powder of the transgenic plants developed a virus-specific immune response to the structural VP1 and intact FMDV particles. To our knowledge, this is the first report of transgenic plants expressing the antigen protein of FMDV as feedstuff additives that has demonstrated the induction of a protective systemic antibody response in animals. These results support the feasibility of producing edible vaccines from transgenic forage plants, and provide proof of the possibility of using plant-based vaccines as feedstuff additives.