松材线虫全蛋白的提取及其双向电泳体系优化

目的:一种适用于双向电泳体系的松材线虫全蛋白提取方法的建立及其双向电泳体系的优化.方法:以松材线虫为实验材料,比较2种不同的蛋白提取方法,并对双向电泳中的IPG胶条长度、IPG胶条最适pH范围、上样量等3个方面的条件进行优化.结果:采用TCA-丙酮法提取的蛋白质浓度较高,达到2.18μg/μl.使用pH5 ～8、24cm的IPG干胶条,上样量为120μg,经双向电泳分离可得到背景清晰、分辨率较高的2 - DE图谱,能检测到2 000个左右清晰的蛋白点,含有相对丰富的蛋白信息量.结论:该实验所建立的松材线虫提取方法和优化体系可以为今后松材线虫蛋白质组学的研究奠定技术基础.     

桶形芋螺毒管蛋白质组双向电泳条件优化

目的：优化双向电泳的条件,建立适用于桶形芋螺毒管蛋白质组分析的双向电泳方法。方法：对毒管蛋白的提取、上样量及SDS-PAGE凝胶浓度等影响因素进行优化。结果：乙酸提取法适宜于毒管蛋白的提取,对于pH3～10、17cm的IPG胶条,当上样量为0.75mg,聚焦70000Vhr,SDS-PAGE凝胶浓度为15%时,可提高双向电泳的分离效果,所得蛋白点清晰、数目达到1003个。结论：采用优化的条件进行双向电泳,能得到分辨率高、重现性好、完整的双向电泳图谱,为后续桶形芋螺毒管蛋白质组学研究打下基础。     

小麦旗叶高纯度质膜的提取及蛋白质组学双向电泳体系的建立

以生长到Feekes 8.5时期小麦旗叶为试验材料,通过差速离心结合两相法提取 并纯化质膜蛋白,进而在裂解液选择、SDS-PAGE胶浓度及蛋白质上样量等方面对质膜蛋白质双向电泳体系进行了优化.结果表明,采用6.4% PEG 3 350/Dextran T-500 (W/W)两相体系可以获得纯度高达87.9%质膜微囊. 经TCA-丙酮法裂解蛋白,以12% SDS-PAGE分离胶对900 μg质膜蛋白进行双向电泳,在2-DE图谱上可分辨出173个蛋白点. 建立了一套用于小麦旗叶高纯度质膜的提取方法及其蛋白质组学双向电泳体系.     

箭毒木种子蛋白质样品制备及双向电泳改良方法

建立箭毒木（Antiaris toxicaria）种子总蛋白的提取方法,以及可以对其蛋白质组进行分析的双向电泳条件。通过各种条件的优化与组合,建立了以TCA-丙酮为基础的Tris—HCl提取法提取总蛋白,第1向电泳为固相pH梯度等电聚焦,第2向电泳为垂直平板SDS-PAGE的双向电泳体系。通过对样品制备、样品溶解、等电聚焦电泳、SDS-聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳以及染色方法等关键步骤进行分析,获得了满意的双向电泳图谱。在探索适合箭毒木种子蛋白质组学研究双向电泳方法中,比较了三氯乙酸-丙酮沉淀法、和Tris—HCl法,以及对双向电泳过程中的关键步骤的改良,认为Tris—HCl法为最适方法,所得图谱背景清晰,蛋白质信息量最大,为箭毒木属植物的差异蛋白质组学的后续研究打下了坚实的基础。     

砂藓总蛋白质提取方法的选取及双向电泳体系的建立

为进行砂藓(Racomitrium canescens)蛋白质组学的双向电泳工作,首要前提是获得质量较好的砂藓总蛋白质,并建立一套完整高效的适用于砂藓的双向电泳体系。本研究以砂藓为研究对象,比较了Tris-酚抽提法、TCA-丙酮法和试剂盒法3种蛋白质提取方法获得砂藓总蛋白质的浓度和完整性,并对砂藓中蛋白质双向电泳的运行条件进行了优化和比较。结果表明:在3种砂藓总蛋白质提取方法中,Tris-酚抽提法获得的砂藓总蛋白质浓度最高,SDS-PAGE电泳结果中条带清晰且较完整,双向电泳后获得的蛋白质点最多,是3种方法中提取砂藓蛋白质浓度最高完整性最好的方法;基于Tris-酚抽提法的基础上进一步对砂藓总蛋白质双向电泳体系进行优化,结果显示:利用pH值范围为pH 4～7的IPG胶条,蛋白质上样量为1 000μg的条件下,获得的砂藓蛋白质双向电泳图谱蛋白质点最多,图谱中可分辨的蛋白质点共(872±15)个,且低丰度蛋白质点清晰。本研究筛选出的方法获得了蛋白质点分布均匀、背景清晰、分辨率高、质量较高的双向电泳图像,建立了砂藓蛋白质组学研究体系的较好方法。本研究结果为砂藓蛋白质组学研究提供了良好基础。     

多子房小麦蛋白质双向电泳体系的建立及优化

为建立适用于显性多子房小麦细胞质效应的蛋白质双向电泳体系,以显性多子房小麦材料DUOII与特异细胞质材料TeZhiI杂交的F1幼穗为材料,采用TCA-丙酮法提取蛋白质,并在IPG胶条长度和pH范围、SDS-PAGE凝胶浓度及蛋白质上样量等方面,对多子房小麦幼穗蛋白质双向电泳体系进行了探究与优化.结果表明,本文采用的蛋白质定量方法准确度高(R²=0.9999),确立了17 cm, pH4～7的IPG胶条, 12% SDS-PAGE分离胶,上样量为900 μg的双向电泳方法体系,获得了最适合本研究蛋白质组分析的双向电泳图谱. 经PDQuest 2DE 8.0.1软件分析,2-DE图谱上可分辨出1.444±14个清晰蛋白质点,且重复性较高(95%), 相关系数为0.960. 建立了一套适用于显性多子房小麦细胞质效应研究的蛋白质双向电泳体系.     

蒙古沙冬青叶蛋白质双向电泳体系的建立和优化

开展蒙古沙冬青叶组织的蛋白质组学研究,需要建立和优化叶的蛋白质组双向电泳体系。本研究以蒙古沙冬青(Ammopiptanthus mongolicus)叶片为材料,比较了不同总蛋白提取方法(TCA-丙酮法和Tris-饱和酚法)、不同染色方法(考马斯亮蓝染色和硝酸银染色)和不同蛋白质上样量对双向凝胶电泳蛋白质得率和等电聚焦效果的影响。结果显示,采用TCA-丙酮法提取蒙古沙冬青叶片总蛋白,蛋白质上样量500μg,以硝酸银染色SDS-PAGE胶,双向电泳的分辨率最高,图谱清晰。该方法的建立为开展蒙古沙冬青叶片蛋白质组定量和定性分析奠定了基础。     

小麦根蛋白提取与双向电泳方法的优化与应用

为了建立一套适合小麦根蛋白质组分析的双向电泳系统（2-DE）,得到更加清晰的电泳图谱,本研究以小麦幼苗根系为材料,对根蛋白的提取方法、上样量等进行了优化。研究发现,上样量为1200μg时,Trizol抽提法提取的蛋白能够获得图像清晰、分辨率高、重复性好的双向电泳图谱,基本满足小麦根系蛋白质组学的分析和研究。     

发菜蛋白质组双向电泳技术的建立及优化

为建立适用于发菜(Nostoc flagelliforme)蛋白质组研究的双向电泳技术,对发菜蛋白质的提取、裂解、上样量、IEF及SDS-PAGE电泳等关键步骤进行了优化,结果显示:发菜蛋白质主要分布在pH 4～7范围内,采用改良TCA法可提高提取液中蛋白质的含量和双向电泳图谱的分辨率,裂解液含60 mmol/L DTT,24 cm IPG胶条上样量1.5 mg时不仅提高了蛋白质的溶解性,而且改善了双向电泳的分离效果,得到近800个蛋白点,且蛋白点清晰,图谱分辨率较好.采用优化后的双向电泳体系提高了发菜蛋白质双向电泳的分辨率和重复性,建立起一套适用于发菜蛋白质组分析的双向电泳方法.     

荔枝果皮总蛋白质提取及双向电泳体系的建立

用TCA-丙酮、丙酮和酚3种方法提取荔枝(Litchi chinensis Sonn.)果皮的总蛋白质,比较了蛋白产量、单向SDS-PAGE和双向电泳等方面的差异,并对双向电泳体系进行探索.结果表明:酚抽提法最佳,提取的总蛋白得率最高,蛋白在单向SDS-PAGE中形成条带数目最多,最清晰;经双向电泳分离用银染显色,可检...     

The Surface Coat of Plant-Parasitic Nematodes: Chemical Composition,Origin, and Biological Role—A Review

Chemical composition, origin, and biological role of the surface coat (SC) of plant-parasitic nematodes are described and compared with those of animal-parasitic and free-living nematodes. The SC of the plant-parasitic nematodes is 5-30 nm thick and is characterized by a net negative charge. It consists, at least in part, of glycoproteins and proteins with various molecular weights, depending upon the nematode species. The lability of its components and the binding of human red blood cells to the surface of many tylenchid plant-parasitic nematodes, as well as the binding of several neoglycoproteins to the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne, suggest the presence of carbohydrate-recognition-domains for host plants and parasitic or predatory soil microorganisms (Pasteuria penetrans and Dactylaria spp., for example). These features may also assist in nematode adaptations to soil environments and to plant hosts with defense mechanisms that depend on reactions to nematode surfaces. Surface coat proteins can be species and race specific, a characteristic with promising diagnostic potential.     

Surface Coat of Meloidogyne incognita

The nematode surface coat is defined as an extracuticular component on the outermost layer of the nematode body wall, visualized only by electron microscopy. Surface coat proteins of Meloidogyne incognita race 3 infective juveniles were characterized by electrophoresis and Western blotting of extracts from radioiodine and biotin-labeled nematodes. Extraction of labeled nematodes with cetyltrimethylammonium bromide yielded a principal protein band larger than 250 kDa and, with water soluble biotin, several faint bands ranging from 31 kDa to 179 kDa. The pattern of labeling was similar for both labeling methods. Western blots of unlabeled proteins were probed with a panel of biotin-lectin conjugates, but only Concanavalin A bound to the principal band. Nematodes labeled with radioiodine and biotin released ¹²⁵I and biotin-labeled molecules into water after 20 hours incubation, indicating that surface coat proteins may be loosely attached to the nematode. Antiserum to the partially purified principal protein bound to the surface of live nematodes and to several proteins on Western blots. Differential patterns of antibody labeling were obtained on immuno-blots of extracts from M. incognita race 1, 2, and 3; Meloidogyne hapla race 2; and Meloidogyne arenaria cytological race B.     

A defective seed coat pattern (Net) is correlated with the post-transcriptional abundance of soluble proline-rich cell wall proteins

The pigmented seed coats of several soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) plant introductions and isolines have unusual defects that result in cracking of the mature seed coat exposing the endosperm and cotyledons. It has previously been shown that the T (tawny) locus that controls the color of trichomes on stems and leaves also has an effect on both the structure and pigmentation of the seed coat. Distribution of pigmentation on the seed coat is controlled by alleles of the I (inhibitor) locus. It was also found that total seed coat proteins were difficult to extract from pigmented seed coats with i T genotypes because they have procyanidins that exhibit tannin properties. We report that the inclusion of poly-L-proline in the extraction buffer out-competes proteins for binding to procyanidins. Once this problem was solved, we examined expression of the proline-rich cell wall proteins PRP1 and PRP2 in pigmented genotypes with the dominant T allele. We found that both homozygous i T and i t genotypes have reduced soluble PRP1 levels. The epistatic interaction of the double recessive genotype at both loci is necessary to produce the pigmented, defective seed coat phenotype characteristic of seed coats with the double recessive i and t alleles. This implies a novel effect of an enzyme in the flavonoid pathway on seed coat structure in addition to its effect on flavonoids, anthocyanidins, and proanthocyanidins. No soluble PRP1 polypeptides were detectable in pigmented seed coats (i T genotypes) of isolines that also display a net-like pattern of seed coat cracking, known as the Net defect. PRP2 was also absent in one of the these lines. However, both PRP1 and PRP2 cytoplasmic mRNAs were found in the Net-defective seed coats. Together with in vitro translation studies, these results suggest that the absence of soluble PRP polypeptides in the defective Net lines is post-translational and could be due to a more rapid or premature insolubilization of PRP polypeptides within the cell wall matrix.     

Purification of Bacillus subtilis Spore Coat Protein by Electrophoretic Elution Procedure and Determination of NH2-Terminal Amino Acid Sequences

Spore coat protein of Bacillus subtilis was purified by electrophoretic elution procedure. Solubilized coat protein components were separated on SDS-PAGE and the desired protein was recovered from the gel pieces under the optimal condition examined. Two purified polypeptides with molecular weights of about 40 kDa were obtained; each of them was in very closed size on SDS-PAGE, both retaining antigenic activity against anti-spore coat protein serum on immunoblot analysis. The N-terminal 23 and 30 amino acid sequences of them were determined, and they were not identical to each other and also not homologous in the sequences of coat proteins previously reported.     

Oviducal pars recta-induced degradation of vitelline coat proteins in relation to acquisition of fertilizability of toad eggs

In the toad Bufo bufo japonicus the vitelline coat (VC) of the uterine egg (UEVC) is more readily lysed by the sperm lysin than the VC of coelomic egg (CEVC). Fluorometric determinations of released proteins after incubation of the VC with the sperm lysin in vitro revealed that the CEVC is not completely refractory to the lysin but increases in susceptibility after treatment with a pars recta extract (PRE). Experiments employing isolated pars recta granules showed that both this increase of VC susceptibility and the acquisition of egg fertilizability are ascribable to the contents of the granules. SDS-PAGE analyses of VC proteins revealed that in comparison with CEVC, UEVC lacks 40–52K proteins concomitant with the increased stainability of 39K protein and the appearance of 36K protein. These changes in SDS-PAGE profiles were observed either in oviducal eggs after passage through the pars recta or in coelomic eggs treated with PRE but were inhibited when coelomic eggs were treated with PRE containing soybean trypsin inhibitor (SBTI) and leupeptin. Likewise, the acquisition of fertilizability by treatment of coelomic egg with PRE was inhibited by SBTI. Dejellied uterine eggs were successfully fertilized when pretreated with trypsin inhibitors before insemination but were not fertilized when pre-treated with concanavalin A. We propose that the hydrolytic degradation of certain VC proteins due to the tryptic activity of pars recta granules renders the VC susceptible to the sperm lysin, so that the eggs are made receptive to a fertilizing sperm.     

Crystal structure of the coat protein from the GA bacteriophage: model of the unassembled dimer.

There are four groups of RNA bacteriophages with distinct antigenic and physicochemical properties due to differences in surface residues of the viral coat proteins. Coat proteins also play a role as translational repressor during the viral life cycle, binding an RNA hairpin within the genome. In this study, the first crystal structure of the coat protein from a Group II phage GA is reported and compared to the Group I MS2 coat protein. The structure of the GA dimer was determined at 2.8 A resolution (R-factor = 0.20). The overall folding pattern of the coat protein is similar to the Group I MS2 coat protein in the intact virus (Golmohammadi R, Valegård K, Fridborg K, Liljas L. 1993, J Mol Biol 234:620-639) or as an unassembled dimer (Ni Cz, Syed R, Kodandapani R. Wickersham J, Peabody DS, Ely KR, 1995, Structure 3:255-263). The structures differ in the FG loops and in the first turn of the alpha A helix. GA and MS2 coat proteins differ in sequence at 49 of 129 amino acid residues. Sequence differences that contribute to distinct immunological and physical properties of the proteins are found at the surface of the intact virus in the AB and FG loops. There are six differences in potential RNA contact residues within the RNA-binding site located in an antiparallel beta-sheet across the dimer interface. Three differences involve residues in the center of this concave site: Lys/Arg 83, Ser/Asn 87, and Asp/Glu 89. Residue 87 was shown by molecular genetics to define RNA-binding specificity by GA or MS2 coat protein (Lim F. Spingola M, Peabody DS, 1994, J Biol Chem 269:9006-9010). This sequence difference reflects recognition of the nucleotide at position -5 in the unpaired loop of the translational operators bound by these coat proteins. In GA, the nucleotide at this position is a purine whereas in MS2, it is a pyrimidine.     

Seed coat composition in black and white soybean seeds with differential water permeability

• The seed coat composition of white (JS 335) and black (Bhatt) soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr) having different water permeability was studied.
• Phenols, tannins and proteins were measured, as well as trace elements and metabolites in the seed coats.
• The seed coat of Bhatt was impermeable and imposed dormancy, while that of JS 335 was permeable and seeds exhibited imbibitional injury. Bhatt seed coats contained comparatively higher concentrations of phenols, tannins, proteins, Fe and Cu than those of JS 335. Metabolites of seed coats of both genotypes contained 164 compounds, among which only 14 were common to both cultivars, while the remaining 79 and 71 compounds were unique to JS 331 and Bhatt, respectively.
• Phenols are the main compounds responsible for seed coat impermeability and accumulate in palisade cells of Bhatt, providing impermeability and strength to the seed coat. JS 335 had more cracked seed coats, mainly due to their lower tannin content. Alkanes, esters, carboxylic acids and alcohols were common to both genotypes, while cyclic thiocarbamate (1.07%), monoterpene alcohols (1.07%), nitric esters (1.07%), phenoxazine (1.07%) and sulphoxide (1.07%) compounds were unique to the JS 335 seed coat, while aldehydes (2.35%), amides (1.17%), azoles (1.17%) and sugar moieties (1.17%) were unique to Bhatt seed coats. This study provides a platform for isolation and understanding of each identified compound for its function in seed coat permeability.

     

The Cell Surface of Trypanosoma musculi Bloodstream Forms. I. Fine Structure and Cytochemistry*†

SYNOPSIS. An extracellular surface coat was observed at the fine-structural level on the outer lamina of the pellicular and flagellar membranes of intact Trypanosoma musculi bloodstream forms. The surface coat had a mean width of 9.2 nm, and was composed of a somewhat electron dense, uneven, fibrillar-like matrix. Brief trypsin treatment of living blood forms completely removed the cell surface coat. Several cytochemical methods applicable to electron microscopy were used to detect the presence and distribution of carbohydrates in the trypanosome's surface coat and pellicular membrane. The polycationic dye compounds employed were: ruthenium red, ruthenium violet, Alcian blue chloride, and lanthanum nitrate. Electron-dense stain reaction products, indicative of polysaccharides, were evident in the surface coat of cells treated with these dyes, which also agglutinated both living and glutaraldehyde fixed cells. Like the surface coat, the pellicular membrane of trypsinized cells gave strong positive staining reactions with the several dyes, indicating the presence of membrane bounded carbohydrates, and living and glutaraldehyde-fixed trypsinized cells were agglutinated with the polycationic stains. Bloodstream forms were treated with the enzymes, α-amylase, dextranase, and neuraminidase. No obvious morphologic difference, however, was apparent between the surface coat of untreated cells and those subjected to treatment with any of the various glycoside hydrolase enzymes. Further, these enzymes had no apparent gross effect on the staining affinity of the surface coat for the several polycationic dyes. Cationized ferritin was used to visualize the negative cell surface charge of T. musculi bloodstream forms. Large quantities of cationized ferritin were bound in the surface coat matrix. Glycoside hydrolase enzyme treatments had no apparent effect on the amount of ferritin bound in the surface coat. Cationized ferritin was bound also to the outer lamina of the pellicular membrane in trypsinized cells, which had quantitatively less ferritin bound per surface unit area than bloodstream forms untreated by the enzyme. Living and glutaraldehyde-fixed cells were agglutinated with cationized ferritin. The results obtained in the various experiments indicated that polyanionic polysaccharides were constituent terminal ligands of the surface coat matrix and pellicular membrane in T. musculi bloodstream forms.     

Studies on the surface coat (glycocalyx) of the dauer larva of Anguina agrostis

Imprints of the surface coat (glycocalyx) from the cuticles of living second stage dauer larvae (DL2) of Anguina agrostis (syn. A. funesta) have been examined using incident light fluorescence microscopy and scanning electron microscopy. These surface coats contain residues of N-acetyl-D-glucosamine which were detected by treatment with wheat germ agglutinin labelled with either fluorescein or rhodamine. They also contain protein which was demonstrated by treatment with either pepsin or trypsin. These enzymes inhibited the attachment of the coryneform bacterium Clavibacter sp. to the surface coat, indicating that proteins play a crucial role in the adhesion of these bacteria to the nematode. This inhibition of attachment was reversed within 18 h after removal of the DL2 from the enzymes, indicating that the nematode was capable of renewing its surface proteins.