基于复杂生物体系的噬菌体随机肽库筛选

近年来,噬菌体肽库生物淘筛方法又取得了新的进展,出现了以活细胞、病毒及组织器官等复杂生物体系,代替纯化的抗原、抗体或受体分子等作为筛选靶标的方法,并取得了较好的应用效果. 其中,以肿瘤组织筛选噬菌体肽库获得的短肽能选择性富集于肿瘤组织,在肿瘤靶向性治疗中具有潜在的应用前景.     

噬菌体展示技术体内筛选的研究进展

噬菌体展示技术体内筛选是直接将噬菌体肽库注射到动物体内,筛选与活体内某些器官或组织有特异结合活性的小肽。噬菌体展示技术的体内筛选在血管靶向肽的筛选、肿瘤组织靶向肽的筛选、免疫反应的研究和相关疾病治疗、监测方面都有广泛的应用前景。     

体内筛选技术在靶向治疗中的新进展

用噬菌体展示技术进行体内筛选可以更好地模拟靶抗原的天然环境 ,以筛选到与活体内某些器官或组织有特异结合活性的肽或抗体。近年来利用该技术在动物体内的研究已取得了可喜的进展。综述了体内筛选技术在器官和组织血管靶向载体的筛选、基因治疗及绘制人类血管分子图谱方面的应用 ,并对其今后的研究发展方向进行了阐述。     

新生血管靶向肽NGR与肿瘤靶向治疗

NGR(Asn-Gly-Arg)是通过噬菌体展示技术筛选出来的能够和肿瘤新生血管特异结合的三肽模体,可以通过内皮细胞上的氨肽酶N(aminopeptidase N,亦称CD13)与新生血管发生特异性的结合。NGR多肽可以将多种药物分子和病毒载体靶向运输到肿瘤或者进行血管再生的组织中。NGR模体上的天冬酰胺脱酰胺后生成异天冬氨酸-甘氨酸-精氨酸异构体(isoDGR)。isoDGR是整联蛋白αvβ3的配体,可以作为一种新的肿瘤新生血管靶向肽用于肿瘤靶向治疗的研究。本文主要对NGR模体的结构和功能以及其在肿瘤靶向治疗中的应用作一综述。     

人转铁蛋白受体及其特异性抗体的制备

目的:从胎盘中提取转铁蛋白受体并获得抗转铁蛋白受体的抗体。方法:人新鲜胎盘组织被破碎后,用去污剂TritonX-100裂解细胞膜,释放膜蛋白。利用膜蛋白中的转铁蛋白受体能与铁-转铁蛋白复合物特异性结合的特性对其进行亲和纯化。对纯化得到的目的蛋白,经脱盐后进行ELISA及肽质量图谱分析,证明为所需的转铁蛋白受体后,以其包被免疫管,从全合成人源噬菌体抗体库中筛选抗体。结果:从人源噬菌体抗体库中筛选到5个能够与转铁蛋白受体特异性结合的噬菌体单链抗体。结论:以人源转铁蛋白受体为抗体,可从全人源噬菌体抗体库中筛选到其特异性的抗体。     

趋化因子及其受体转导途径与肿瘤的生长

肿瘤基质细胞及肿瘤细胞分泌的趋化因子,可通过肿瘤细胞表面受体,直接或间接途径促进肿瘤细胞的增殖、迁移、新生血管的形成,促进肿瘤的生长。一些外源趋化因子通过转基因抑制肿瘤的生长,为肿瘤治疗提供新的靶向。本主要综述趋化因子及其受体在肿瘤生长及信号转导方面的作用。     

血管内皮生长因子人单链抗体--基因克隆、高效表达、亲和力成熟及生物活性鉴定

利用抗体噬菌体展示技术, 克隆了血管内皮生长因子人基因工程单链抗体, 抗体表达量达菌体总蛋白的45%. 用层析柱复性技术同步完成抗体的纯化和复性. 生物活性实验表明, 该抗体不仅特异结合人VEGF165, 而且竞争抑制VEGF165与其受体的结合. 为了提高单链抗体的亲和力, 采用错配PCR法, 随机突变抗体重链可变区基因, 建立次级抗体突变库, 并从中筛选出高亲和力突变株. 研究了抗体突变株蛋白质三维结构特点及其与亲和力的关系, 这些结果不仅为肿瘤血管靶向治疗奠定了基础, 而且为抗体的高效表达及其亲和力体外成熟提供了参考模型.     

β-内啡肽和强啡肽参与可乐宁和去甲肾上腺素的中枢降压效应

大鼠侧脑室注射(icv)可乐宁和去甲肾上腺素(NE)引起血压降低和心率减慢。此效应可被α受体阻断剂酚妥拉明对抗。icvβ-内啡肽抗体、强啡肽抗体或大剂量阿片受体阻断剂纳洛酮也可防止可乐宁和 NE 降压效应的出现;而甲啡肽抗体、亮啡肽抗体或小剂量纳洛酮均无拮抗作用。以上结果表明,内源性β-内啡肽和强啡肽参与可乐宁和 NE 脑室注射所引起的降压效应。     

经NGR肽段遗传修饰的携带三种报告基因的腺病毒载体的构建及其实验研究

NGR(Asn-Gly-Arg)是通过噬菌体展示技术筛选出来的能够和肿瘤新生血管特异结合的三肽模体,可以将多种药物分子和病毒载体靶向运输到肿瘤或者进行血管再生的组织中。为此构建了腺病毒衣壳蛋白knob的HI环(HI-loop)经NGR肽段修饰的并同时表达三种报告基因的腺病毒载体Ad5/E1-mCherry/E3-luciferase-2A-eGFP/knob-NGR。体内、外实验研究表明,该病毒载体可成功表达三种报告基因;经NGR肽段修饰的腺病毒载体对人乳腺癌细胞系MDA-MB-231的感染效率高于未经修饰的对照腺病毒Ad5CMVeGFP。该载体的成功构建为进一步研究经NGR肽段修饰的腺病毒在肿瘤动物模型体内的靶向性及经NGR肽段修饰的并携带治疗基因的实验治疗研究奠定了基础。     

B细胞表位作图研究进展

抗原-抗体的特异性结合是由抗体表面的抗原决定簇与抗原表面的表位基序间的特异性互补识别决定的。B细胞表位作图既包括B细胞抗原表位基序的鉴定(即确定抗原分子上被B细胞表面受体或抗体特异性识别并结合的氨基酸基序),也包括绘制抗原蛋白的全部或接近全部的B细胞表位基序在其一级或高级结构上的分布图谱的过程。B细胞表位作图是研发表位疫苗、治疗性表位抗体药物和建立疾病免疫诊断方法的重要前提。目前,已经建立了多种B细胞表位鉴定或绘制抗原蛋白B细胞表位图谱的实验方法。基于抗原-单抗复合物晶体结构的X-射线晶体学分析的B细胞表位作图和基于抗原蛋白或抗原片段的突变体库筛选技术的B细胞表位作图可以在氨基酸水平,甚至原子水平上揭示抗原分子上与单抗特异性结合的关键基序;其它B细胞表位作图方法(如基于ELISA的肽库筛选技术)常常只能获得包含B细胞表位的抗原性肽段,因而,很少用于最小表位基序的鉴定;而改良的生物合成肽法多用于B细胞表位的最小基序鉴定和精细作图。鉴于每种B细胞作图方法都存在各自的优势与不足,B细胞表位作图往往需要多种作图方法的有机结合。本文对目前常用的B细胞表位作图的实验方法及其在动物疫病防控中的应用进行综述,以期为研究者设计最佳的表位作图方案提供参考。     

Recent advances in the study of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus replication and pathogenesis

It has now been over twenty years since a novel herpesviral genome was identified in Kaposi's sarcoma biopsies. Since then, the cumulative research effort by molecular biologists, virologists, clinicians, and epidemiologists alike has led to the extensive characterization of this tumor virus, Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus(KSHV; also known as human herpesvirus 8(HHV-8)), and its associated diseases. Here we review the current knowledge of KSHV biology and pathogenesis, with a particular emphasis on new and exciting advances in the field of epigenetics. We also discuss the development and practicality of various cell culture and animal model systems to study KSHV replication and pathogenesis.     

A Unique Protease Cleavage Site Predicted in the Spike Protein of the Novel Pneumonia Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Potentially Related to Viral Transmissibility

正Dear Editor,In December 2019, a novel human coronavirus caused an epidemic of severe pneumonia(Coronavirus Disease 2019,COVID-19) in Wuhan, Hubei, China(Wu et al. 2020; Zhu et al. 2020). So far, this virus has spread to all areas of China and even to other countries. The epidemic has caused 67,102 confirmed infections with 1526 fatal cases     

Curcuminoids as inhibitors of thioredoxin reductase: A receptor based pharmacophore study with distance mapping of the active site

Curcumin is the yellow pigment of turmeric that interacts irreversibly forming an adduct with thioredoxin reductase (TrxR), an enzyme responsible for redox control of cell and defence against oxidative stress. Docking at both the active sites of TrxR was performed to compare the potency of three naturally occurring curcuminoids, namely curcumin, demethoxy curcumin and bis-demethoxy curcumin. Results show that active sites of TrxR occur at the junction of E and F chains. Volume and area of both cavities is predicted. It has been concluded by distance mapping of the most active conformations that Se atom of catalytic residue SeCYS498, is at a distance of 3.56 from C13 of demethoxy curcumin at the E chain active site, whereas C13 carbon atom forms adduct with Se atom of SeCys 498. We report that at least one methoxy group in curcuminoids is necessary for interation with catalytic residues of thioredoxin. Pharmacophore of both active sites of the TrxR receptor for curcumin and demethoxy curcumin molecules has been drawn and proposed for design and synthesis of most probable potent antiproliferative synthetic drugs.     

The structure, reproduction and taxonomy of Vidalia and Osmundaria (Rhodophyta, Rhodomelaceae)

Comprises species occurring mostly in subtidal habitats in tropical, subtropical and warm-temperate areas of the world. An analysis of the type species, V. spiralis (Sonder) Lamouroux ex J. Agardh, a species from Australia, establishes basic characters for distinguishing species in the genus. These characters are (1) branching patterns of thalli, (2) flat blades that may be spiralled on their axis, (3) width of the blade, (4) primary or secondary derivation of sterile and fertile branchlets and (5) position of sterile and fertile branchlets on the thalli. Application of the latter two characters provides an important basic method for separation of species into three major groups. Osmundaria , a genus known only in southern Australia, was studied in relation to Vidalia , and its separation from the Vidalia assemblage is not accepted. Species of Vidalia therefore are transferred to the older genus name, Osmundaria. Two new species, Osmundaria papenfussii and Osmundaria oliveae are described from Natal. Confusion in the usage of the epithet, Vidalia fimbriala Brown ex Turner has been clarified, and Vidalia gregaria Falkenberg, described as an epiphyte on Osmundaria pro/ifera Lamouroux, is revealed to be young branches of the host, Osmundaria prolifera.     

New or rare chromosome counts in Artemisia L. (Asteraceae, Anthemideae) and related genera from Kazakhstan

Fifteen chromosome counts of six Artemisia taxa and one species of each of the genera Brachanthemum, Hippolytia, Kaschgaria, Lepidolopsis and Turaniphytum are reported from Kazakhstan. Three of them are new reports, two are not consistent with previous counts and the remainder are confirmations of very scarce (one to four) earlier records. All the populations studied have the same basic chromosome number, x = 9, with ploidy levels ranging from 2x to 6x. Some correlations between ploidy level, morphological characters and distribution are noted.