Connexins Induce and Maintain Tight Junctions in Epithelial Cells

Connexins (Cx) are considered to play a crucial role in the differentiation of epithelial cells and to be associated with adherens and tight junctions. This review describes how connexins contribute to the induction and maintenance of tight junctions in epithelial cells, hepatic cells and airway epithelial cells. Endogenous Cx32 expression and mediated intercellular communication are associated with the expression of tight junction proteins of primary cultured rat hepatocytes. We introduced the human Cx32 gene into immortalized mouse hepatic cells derived from Cx32-deficient mice. Exogenous Cx32 expression and the mediated intercellular communication by transfection could induce the expression and function of tight junctions. Transfection also induced expression of MAGI-1, which localized at adherens and tight junction areas in a gap junctional intercellular communication (GJIC)–independent manner. Furthermore, expression of Cx32 was related to the formation of single epithelial cell polarity of the hepatic cells. On the other hand, Cx26 expression, but not mediated intercellular communication, contributed to the expression and function of tight junctions in human airway epithelial cells. We introduced the human Cx26 gene into the human airway epithelial cell line Calu-3 and used a model of tight junction disruption by the Na⁺/K⁺-ATPase inhibitor ouabain. Transfection with Cx26 prevented disruption of both tight junction functions, the fence and barrier, and the changes of tight junction proteins by treatment with ouabain in a GJIC–independent manner. These results suggest that connexins can induce and maintain tight junctions in both GJIC-dependent and –independent manners in epithelial cells.     

Redistribution and Phosphorylation of Occludin During Opening and Resealing of Tight Junctions in Cultured Epithelial Cells

We studied the expression, distribution, and phosphorylation of the tight junction (TJ) protein occludin in confluent MDCK cell monolayers following three procedures for opening and resealing of TJs. When Ca²⁺ is transiently removed from the culture medium, the TJs open and the cells separate from each other, but the occludin band around each cell is retained. When Ca²⁺ is reintroduced, the TJs reseal. When the monolayers are exposed to prolonged Ca²⁺ starvation the cells maintain contact, but occludin disappears from the cell borders and can be detected only in a cytoplasmic compartment. When Ca²⁺ is reintroduced, new TJs are assembled and the transepithelial electrical resistance (TER) is reestablished in about 20 hr. Monolayers treated with the phorbol ester 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) show a different pattern of TJ opening: the cell-cell contact is maintained but the TJ strand network, as seen in freeze-fracture replicas, becomes discontinuous. Occludin is still localized at the cell periphery, but in a pattern of distribution that matches the discontinuous TJ. These TJs do not reseal even 24 hr after removal of the TPA. Western blot analysis showed that the 62–65 kD double band of occludin did not change with these treatments. However, in vivo phosphorylation analysis showed that the TPA treatment reduced the phosphorylation levels of occludin, while the prolonged Ca²⁺ starvation completely dephosphorylated the two occludin bands. In addition, a highly phosphorylated 71 kD band that immunoprecipitates with occludin is not present when TJ is opened by the Ca²⁺ removal. Phosphoaminoacid analysis showed that the 62–65 kD occludin bands are phosphorylated on serine and threonine, while the 71 kD band was phosphorylated exclusively on serine. Our results provide further evidence that phosphorylation of occludin is an important step in regulating TJ formation and permeability. Received: 28 December 1998/Revised: 8 April 1999     

Neuronatin对人视网膜色素上皮细胞增殖迁移的影响

目的:研究胚胎时期表达部位广泛、丰度高,而成年后分化表达的印记基因Neuronatin(Nnat)的两种剪接形式Nnatα和Nnatβ对人视网膜色素上皮细胞(RPE)增殖、迁移的影响。方法:构建Nnatα、β两种剪接形式的表达质粒,转染RPE获得表达该基因的稳定表达细胞株;CCK-8实验检测稳定表达细胞株的增殖能力,流式细胞仪分析细胞周期,细胞划痕实验检测其迁移能力。结果:成功构建了Nnatα和Nnatβ表达质粒,并获得了Nnatα和Nnatβ基因稳定表达PRE细胞株。CCK-8实验结果显示cNNATα组与对照组相比较,增值率为23.33%(P0.05),cNNATβ组相较于对照组无显著性差异,细胞周期分析cNNATα组和cNNATβ组细胞在G2-S期的百分率分别为18.60%、11.11%,对照组细胞的为9.94%;相较于对照组,cNNATα组的细胞迁移能力显著增强,cNNATβ组的细胞迁移能力微弱增强。结论:Nnatα对RPE有一定的增殖作用,其影响主要在S期;同时,Nnatα显著促进RPE细胞的迁移能力。     

The Carboxyl Tail of Connexin32 Regulates Gap Junction Assembly in Human Prostate and Pancreatic Cancer Cells

Connexins, the constituent proteins of gap junctions, are transmembrane proteins. A connexin (Cx) traverses the membrane four times and has one intracellular and two extracellular loops with the amino and carboxyl termini facing the cytoplasm. The transmembrane and the extracellular loop domains are highly conserved among different Cxs, whereas the carboxyl termini, often called the cytoplasmic tails, are highly divergent. We have explored the role of the cytoplasmic tail of Cx32, a Cx expressed in polarized and differentiated cells, in regulating gap junction assembly. Our results demonstrate that compared with the full-length Cx32, the cytoplasmic tail-deleted Cx32 is assembled into small gap junctions in human pancreatic and prostatic cancer cells. Our results further document that the expression of the full-length Cx32 in cells, which express the tail-deleted Cx32, increases the size of gap junctions, whereas the expression of the tail-deleted Cx32 in cells, which express the full-length Cx32, has the opposite effect. Moreover, we show that the tail is required for the clustering of cell-cell channels and that in cells expressing the tail-deleted Cx32, the expression of cell surface-targeted cytoplasmic tail alone is sufficient to enhance the size of gap junctions. Our live-cell imaging data further demonstrate that gap junctions formed of the tail-deleted Cx32 are highly mobile compared with those formed of full-length Cx32. Our results suggest that the cytoplasmic tail of Cx32 is not required to initiate the assembly of gap junctions but for their subsequent growth and stability. Our findings suggest that the cytoplasmic tail of Cx32 may be involved in regulating the permeability of gap junctions by regulating their size.     

Voltage Gating of Gap Junctions in Cochlear Supporting Cells: Evidence for Nonhomotypic Channels

The organ of Corti has been found to have multiple gap junction subunits, connexins, which are localized solely in nonsensory supporting cells. Connexin mutations can induce sensorineural deafness. However, the characteristics and functions of inner ear gap junctions are not well known. In the present study, the voltage-dependence of gap junctional conductance (G _j ) in cochlear supporting cells was examined by the double voltage clamp technique. Multiple types of asymmetric voltage dependencies were found for both nonjunctional membrane voltage (V _m ) and transjunctional (V _j ) voltage. Responses for each type of voltage dependence were categorized into four groups. The first two groups showed rectification that was polarity dependent. The third group exhibited rectification with either voltage polarity, i.e., these cells possessed a bell-shaped G _j -V _j or G _j -V _m function. The rectification due to V _j had fast and slow components. On the other hand, V _m -dependent gating was fast (<5 msec), but stable. Finally, a group was found that evidenced no voltage dependence, although the absence of V _j dependence did not preclude V _m dependence and vice versa. In fact, for all groups V _j sensitivity could be independent of V _m sensitivity. The data show that most gap junctional channels in the inner ear have asymmetric voltage gating, which is indicative of heterogeneous coupling and may result from heterotypic channels or possibly heteromeric configurations. This heterogeneous coupling implies that single connexin gene mutations may affect the normal physiological function of gap junctions that are not limited to homotypic configurations. Received: 17 September 1999/Revised: 12 January 2000     

Primary Cultures of Embryonic Chick Lens Cells as a Model System to Study Lens Gap Junctions and Fiber Cell Differentiation

A major limitation in lens gap junction research has been the lack of experimentally tractable ex vivo systems to study the formation and regulation of fiber-type gap junctions. Although immortalized lens-derived cell lines are amenable to both gene transfection and siRNA-mediated knockdown, to our knowledge none are capable of undergoing appreciable epithelial-to-fiber differentiation. Lens central epithelial explants have the converse limitation. A key advance in the field was the development of a primary embryonic chick lens cell culture system by Drs. Sue Menko and Ross Johnson. Unlike central epithelial explants, these cultures also include cells from the peripheral (preequatorial and equatorial) epithelium, which is the most physiologically relevant population for the study of fiber-type gap junction formation. We have modified the Menko/Johnson system and refer to our cultures as dissociated cell-derived monolayer cultures (DCDMLs). We culture DCDMLs without serum to mimic the avascular lens environment and on laminin, the major matrix component of the lens capsule. Here, I review the features of the DCDML system and how we have used it to study lens gap junctions and fiber cell differentiation. Our results demonstrate the power of DCDMLs to generate new findings germane to the mammalian lens and how these cultures can be exploited to conduct experiments that would be impossible, prohibitively expensive and/or difficult to interpret using transgenic animals in vivo.     

树突状细胞C型凝集素DC-SIGN在人肾炎组织和肾小管上皮细胞表达

DC-SIGN(DC-specificICAM-grabbingnon-integrin,亦称CD209)属树突状细胞(DC)表面C型凝集素的膜蛋白。作为DC黏附及模式识别受体,其参与介导了DC的炎症组织迁移,识别捕获病原微生物,以及随后激活静息T细胞启动的免疫应答。为此观察了DC-SIGN及DC-SIGN DC在肾炎患者肾组织中表达和分布,以及DC-SIGN在炎性状态下培养人肾小管上皮细胞表达,探讨与肾小管间质炎症病变和损伤的关系。结果显示,DC-SIGN在正常肾组织基本不表达,而在肾炎早期即以肾小管上皮细胞为主表达上调,且随肾小管间质病变程度加重表达增强(P<0.01),与肾小管间质病变程度明显相关(P<0.01)。此外,DC-SIGN在经TNF-α刺激炎性状态下的人肾小管上皮细胞也明显表达。进一步发现,DC-SIGN DC在肾炎早期以肾间质为主分布聚集,也随肾小管间质病变程度加重明显增多(P<0.01),与肾小管间质病变程度显著相关(P<0.01),也与DC-SIGN表达相关联(P<0.01)。另外,DC-SIGN DC在肾小管间质分布数量与肾炎患者肾功能改变明显相关(P<0.05)。研究结果提示,DC-SIGN也是肾小管间质早期炎症的启动参与因素,其介导DC可能也参与了人肾炎肾小管间质的免疫损伤机制。     

Gap junctions modulate apoptosis and colony growth of human embryonic stem cells maintained in a serum-free system

We investigated the gap junctional properties of human embryonic stem cells (hESC) cultivated in a serum-free system using sphingosine-1-phosphate and platelet-derived growth factor (S1P/PDGF). We compared this condition to hESC grown on Matrigel in mouse embryonic fibroblast conditioned medium (MEF-CM) or unconditioned medium (UM). We show that in all culture systems, hESC express connexins 43 and 45. hESC maintained in S1P/PDGF conditions and hESC grown in presence of MEF-CM are coupled through gap junctions while hESC maintained on Matrigel in UM do not exhibit gap junctional intercellular communication. In this latter condition, coupling was retrieved by addition of noggin, suggesting that BMP-like activity in UM inhibits gap junctional communication. Last, our data indicate that the closure of gap junctions by the decoupling agent alpha-glycyrrhetinic acid increases cell apoptosis and inhibits hESC colony growth. Altogether, these results suggest that gap junctions play an important role in hESC maintenance.     

Alterations in both Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans and Mitogenic Activity of Fibroblast Growth Factor-2 Are Triggered by Inhibitors of Proliferation in Normal and Breast Cancer Epithelial Cells

Heparan sulfate proteoglycans (HSPG) are involved in the regulation of cellular proliferation, differentiation, and migration. We have studied the effect of three inhibitors of proliferation on³⁵S incorporation into HSPG of the breast cancer cell lines MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231 and the normal breast epithelial cells (NBEC). Transforming growth factor β-1 (TGFβ-1), which inhibits the proliferation of NBEC, but not of MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231, cells induced an increase in³⁵S incorporation of HSPG in NBEC, but had no effect on cancer cells. Sodium butyrate (NaB), which inhibits NBEC as well as cancer cell proliferation, induced an increase in³⁵S incorporation into HSPG in all cell types studied. In contrast, retinoic acid had no effect on HSPG of breast epithelial cells. Modification of HSPG induced by TGFβ-1 or NaB treatments in normal and breast cancer epithelial cells resulted in an increase in¹²⁵I-fibroblast growth factor-2 (FGF-2) binding on HSPG. More importantly, NaB pretreatment resulted in an inhibition of the MCF-7 cell responsiveness to FGF-2, even though these cells remained sensitive to growth stimulation induced by serum or epidermal growth factor. These results indicate that changes in HSPG production are a key process involved in the mechanism of breast epithelial cell growth regulation.     

维甲酸与星状孢子素联合分化诱导HL-60细胞过程中酪氨酸蛋白质磷酸化系统的变化

以人早幼粒白血病细胞株（HL-60）为材料,对维甲酸与星状孢子素联合诱导HL-60细胞过程中胞浆和膜部分的蛋白质酪氨酸磷酸化水平变化进行了研究．结果表明,诱导后2～24h范围内,TPK活力出现波动,随时间延长（24～27h）,胞浆部分TPK活力下降,膜溶脱部分TPK活力上升;PTPP活力明显升高且上升幅度比TPK大得多．利用抗P-tyr-BSA抗体分析底物含量变化的结果与相应时相的TPK和PTPP活力变化趋势一致．     

人羊膜上皮干细胞联合富血小板血浆对宫腔粘连大鼠纤维化因子、炎症因子的作用

摘要 目的：探究人羊膜上皮干细胞（hAECs）联合富血小板血浆（PRP）对宫腔粘连大鼠的治疗效果,为临床中优化宫腔粘连治疗方法理论基础。方法：选用SPF级雌性SD大鼠共40只,依照随机数字表法随机分为空白组（A组）、假手术组（B组）、hAECs组（C组）、PRP组（D组）、hAECs+PRP组（E组）,每组各8只。A组不做任何处理,B组仅做麻醉、开关腹腔处理,C组、D组、E组使用搔刮法制备宫腔粘连模型。随后C组进行hAECs治疗,D组注射等量生理盐水。D组进行PRP治疗,C组注射等量生理盐水。E组进行hAECs联合PRP治疗。观察比较两组大鼠子宫内膜组织基质金属蛋白酶-9（MMP-9）、盘状结构域受体2（DDR2）蛋白表达水平、PI3K/Akt/mTOR通路相关mRNA表达量、血清白细胞介素-6（IL-6）、白细胞介素-8（IL-8）水平以及各组大鼠妊娠孕囊数量比较。结果：与A组相比,B组的子宫内膜组织MMP-9、DDR2蛋白表达水平、p-mTOR mRNA、p-Akt mRNA水平以及血清IL-6、IL-8水平比较无差异（P＞0.05）;C组、D组、E组大鼠的子宫内膜组织MMP-9、DDR2蛋白表达水平明显下降,IL-6、IL-8水平、p-mTOR mRNA、p-Akt mRNA表达升高（P＜0.05）。其中,E组大鼠MMP-9、DDR2蛋白表达水平明显高于C组、D组,IL-6、IL-8水平及p-mTOR mRNA、p-Akt mRNA表达低于C组、D组（P＜0.05）。C组、D组大鼠MMP-9、DDR2蛋白表达水平、血清IL-6、IL-8水平及p-mTOR mRNA、p-Akt mRNA表达比较（P＞0.05）。妊娠孕囊数量方面,与A组比较,B组大鼠妊娠孕囊数量。结论：hAECs联合PRP治疗可能通过上调宫腔粘连大鼠子宫内膜组织MMP-9、DDR2蛋白表达水平并下调p-mTOR mRNA、p-Akt mRNA表达,同时降低炎性因子IL-6、IL-8水平,进而提高妊娠孕囊数量,起到治疗作用。     

BMP9诱导人脐带间充质干细胞体内外成骨分化的作用研究

目的:探讨人骨形态发生蛋白9(bone morphogenetic proteins 9,BMP9)在体内外诱导人脐带间充质干细胞(human umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cells,hUC-MSCs)成骨分化的作用研究。方法:设立Ad-BMP9处理组和Ad-GFP对照组感染hUC-MSCs,两组细胞分别于3天、5天、7天进行ALP活性检测,14天后采用免疫组织化学染色检测骨钙素(Osteocalcin,OCN)、骨桥蛋白(Osteopotin,OPN)的表达情况,21天后茜素红染色检测矿化结节的形成;然后收集不同分组hUC-MSC用于裸鼠皮下注射成骨模型的建立,4周后取出离体骨进行Micro-CT扫描和分析,并进行H&E、Masson Trichrome、Alcain Blue染色。结果:BMP9处理组的ALP活性和矿化结节形成明显高于对照组,免疫组化染色结果显示BMP9诱导组的OCN、OPG的阳性表达明显高于对照组;裸鼠皮下注射成骨模型的观察结果显示,空白对照组没有形成肉眼可见的皮下包块,仅感染Ad-BMP9的hUC-MSCs能生成异位骨,且形成的异位骨骨量明显,骨密度平均值为396.05±0.60;H&E染色结果显示BMP9诱导生成的异位骨中形成部分成熟的骨基质和骨小梁,Masson Trichrome染色结果显示BMP9明显诱导hUC-MSCs的基质矿化作用,Alcain Blue染色结果显示BMP9明显诱导hUC-MSCs的软骨内成骨作用。结论:BMP9成功诱导人脐带间充质干细胞的体内外成骨作用,为临床骨组织工程的细胞疗法提供了明确的可行性。     

Monitoring the Differentiation and Migration Patterns of Neural Cells Derived from Human Embryonic Stem Cells Using a Microfluidic Culture System

Microfluidics can provide unique experimental tools to visualize the development of neural structures within a microscale device, which is followed by guidance of neurite growth in the axonal isolation compartment. We utilized microfluidics technology to monitor the differentiation and migration of neural cells derived from human embryonic stem cells (hESCs). We co-cultured hESCs with PA6 stromal cells, and isolated neural rosette-like structures, which subsequently formed neurospheres in suspension culture. Tuj1-positive neural cells, but not nestin-positive neural precursor cells (NPCs), were able to enter the microfluidics grooves (microchannels), suggesting that neural cell-migratory capacity was dependent upon neuronal differentiation stage. We also showed that bundles of axons formed and extended into the microchannels. Taken together, these results demonstrated that microfluidics technology can provide useful tools to study neurite outgrowth and axon guidance of neural cells, which are derived from human embryonic stem cells.     

Effects of Essential Amino Acid Deficiency on General Control Nonderepressible 2/Eukaryotic Initiation Factor 2 Signaling and Proteomic Changes in Primary Bovine Mammary Epithelial Cells

We hypothesized that the general control nonderepressible 2 (GCN2)/eukaryotic initiation factor 2 (eIF2) signaling pathway and intracellular protein synthesis (PS) are regulated to maintain milk PS in primary bovine mammary epithelial cells (MECs) under essential amino acid (EAA) starvation conditions. We cultured MECs with 0%, 2% (depletion), and 100% (control) EAA for two exposure times (8 and 24 h), followed by three refeeding (RF) times with 100% EAA (0, 8, and 24 h). Subsequently, we measured cell viability, total protein concentration, and proliferation. Western blotting was used to quantify the levels of casein and the expression of total GCN2 and eIF2, as well as phosphorylated GCN2 (GCN2P) and eIF2 (eIF2P). The ISOQuant method was used to assess MEC proteomes, and the resultant data were analyzed using the Kruskal–Wallis test, nonpaired Wilcoxon rank post-hoc test, and ANOVA–Tukey test, as well as principal component analyses and multiple regressions models. Differences in cell viability were observed between the control versus the depleted and repleted MECs, respectively, where 97.2–99.8% viability indicated low cell death rates. Proliferation (range, 1.02–1.55 arbitrary units (AU)) was affected by starvation for 12 and 24 h and repletion for 24 h, but it was not increased compared with the control. Total protein expression was unaffected by both depletion and repletion treatments (median 3158 µg/mL). eIF2P expression was significantly increased (p < 0.05) after treatment with 2% EAA for 8 and 24 h compared with 2% EAA with 8 h + 24 h RF and 2% EAA with 24 h + 8 h RF. GCN2P also showed significantly increased expression (p < 0.05) after treatment with 2% EAA for 24 h compared with the control and 2% EAA with 24 h + 8 h RF. Intracellular casein/α-tubulin expression was unaffected by 2% EAA compared with control (0.073 ± 0.01 AU versus 0.086 ± 0.02 AU, respectively). We studied 30 of the detected 1180 proteins, 16 of which were differentially expressed in starved and refed MECs. Cells faced with EAA deficiency activated the GCN2P/eIF2P pathway, and the lack of change in the levels of casein and other milk proteins suggested that the EAA deficit was mitigated by metabolic flexibility to maintain homeostasis.     

Establishing a Liquid-covered Culture of Polarized Human Airway Epithelial Calu-3 Cells to Study Host Cell Response to Respiratory Pathogens In vitro

The apical and basolateral surfaces of airway epithelial cells demonstrate directional responses to pathogen exposure in vivo. Thus, ideal in vitro models for examining cellular responses to respiratory pathogens polarize, forming apical and basolateral surfaces. One such model is differentiated normal human bronchial epithelial cells (NHBE). However, this system requires lung tissue samples, expertise isolating and culturing epithelial cells from tissue, and time to generate an air-liquid interface culture.Calu-3 cells, derived from a human bronchial adenocarcinoma, are an alternative model for examining the response of proximal airway epithelial cells to respiratory insult¹, pharmacological compounds^2-6, and bacterial^7-9 and viral pathogens, including influenza virus, rhinovirus and severe acute respiratory syndrome - associated coronavirus^10-14. Recently, we demonstrated that Calu-3 cells are susceptible to respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection in a manner consistent with NHBE^15,16 . Here, we detail the establishment of a polarized, liquid-covered culture (LCC) of Calu-3 cells, focusing on the technical details of growing and culturing Calu-3 cells, maintaining cells that have been cultured into LCC, and we present the method for performing respiratory virus infection of polarized Calu-3 cells.To consistently obtain polarized Calu-3 LCC, Calu-3 cells must be carefully subcultured before culturing in Transwell inserts. Calu-3 monolayer cultures should remain below 90% confluence, should be subcultured fewer than 10 times from frozen stock, and should regularly be supplied with fresh medium. Once cultured in Transwells, Calu-3 LCC must be handled with care. Irregular media changes and mechanical or physical disruption of the cell layers or plates negatively impact polarization for several hours or days. Polarization is monitored by evaluating trans-epithelial electrical resistance (TEER) and is verified by evaluating the passive equilibration of sodium fluorescein between the apical and basolateral compartments^17,18 . Once TEER plateaus at or above 1,000 Ω×cm², Calu-3 LCC are ready to use to examine cellular responses to respiratory pathogens.     

Changes in the Gene Expression of C-myc and CD38 in HL-60 Cells during Differentiation Induced by Nicotinic Acid-Related Compounds

Changes in gene expression levels of c-myc and CD38 were examined during the differentiation of HL-60 cells to granulocytes due to three nicotinic acid-related compounds. CD38 expression was increased by isonicotinic acid and all-trans-retinoic acid (ATRA). Nicotinamide and nicotinamide N-oxide drastically decreased c-myc expression, but isonicotinic acid had no effect, suggesting that these compounds differentiate HL-60 to granulocytes through different pathways. These results should provide useful information as to the mechanisms of cell differentiation.     

人血小板生成素(hTPO)全长 cDNA 克隆及在 CHO 细胞中的表达

以人胎肝ｍＲＮＡ为模板,采用ＲＴ-ＰＣＲ扩增了人ＴＰＯ编码区全长ｃＤＮＡ,全序列测定结果表明与国外报道序列一致;进而构建了ｐｃＤＮＡ３-ＴＰＯ永久表达载体,转染ＣＨＯ细胞后经Ｇ４１８加压筛选、ＴＰＯ表达稳定性等项指标测试,获得了稳定分泌ＴＰＯ的工程细胞株。     

重组hIL—12病毒在Sf9细胞传代中遗传稳定性的研究

将含重组白细胞介素12(hIL—12)的杆状病毒(Ac—hIL12)经空斑纯化后,在草地贪夜蛾Sf9细胞中进行连续无稀释传代到P55代,收集被P15、P25、P35、P45、P55代重组病毒感染的细胞,抽提胞内病毒(ICV)DNA。根据重组病毒构建的原理,在P35cDNA和P40 cDNA的3′末段设计一对引物进行PCR,扩增出了包括P35cDNA、Polyhedrin启动子、P10启动子和P40 cDNA序列在内的全长约2．0kb片段,克隆至T Vector进行序列测定后发现,在第PmP25和P35代所扩增出的序列没有发生任何突变。但在P45代,P35 cDNA中就有3个碱基发生了点突变(461T→C,517A→G以及630C→T),Polyhedrin启动子的 1位后插入了一个碱基T,P40 cDNA与P10启动子区(230bp)没有变化;而第P55代除了以上碱基突变以外,P10启动子区—168位的G替换突变为T,—136与—135位之间插入一个碱基T,以及—122位缺失一个碱基T。以上结果表明杆状病毒在体外细胞连续传代过程中可导致外源基因本身的突变。     

重组hIL-12病毒在Sf9细胞传代中遗传稳定性的研究

将含重组白细胞介素12(hIL-12)的杆状病毒(Ac-hIL12)经空斑纯化后,在草地贪夜蛾Sf9细胞中进行连续无稀释传代到P55代,收集被P15、P25、P35、P45、P55代重组病毒感染的细胞,抽提胞内病毒(ICV)DNA.根据重组病毒构建的原理,在P35 cDNA和P40 cDNA的3′末段设计一对引物进行PCR,扩增出了包括P35 cDNA、Polyhedrin启动子、P10启动子和P40 cDNA序列在内的全长约2.0kb片段,克隆至T Vector进行序列测定后发现,在第P15、P25和P35代所扩增出的序列没有发生任何突变.但在P45代,P35cDNA中就有3个碱基发生了点突变(461T→C,517A→G以及630C→T),Polyhedrin启动子的+1位后插入了一个碱基T,P40 cDNA与P10启动子区(230bp)没有变化;而第P55代除了以上碱基突变以外,P10启动子区-168位的G替换突变为T, -136与-135位之间插入一个碱基T,以及-122位缺失一个碱基T.以上结果表明杆状病毒在体外细胞连续传代过程中可导致外源基因本身的突变.