应用肠杆菌科四个属的诊断噬菌体快速诊断沙门氏菌

本文报告应用弗氏柠檬酸细萄噬菌体3组,大肠埃希氏菌噬菌体4组,阴沟肠杆菌噬菌体1组和沙门氏菌O-I噬菌体快速诊断沙门氏菌的结果。沙门氏菌0-I噬菌体可裂解沙门氏菌属地方株1393株中的1351株(97％)。柠檬酸细菌属噬菌体和共可裂解柠橡酸细菌属地方株381株中的362株(95％)。阴沟肠杆菌噬菌体Ent可裂解阴淘肠杆菌地方株l 50株中的133株(84．2％)。埃希氏菌属噬菌体E—1、E一2、E-3和E-4共可裂解埃希氏菌属地方株683株中的567株(83％)。由于E一1和E一2噬菌体的联合使用,可使o I噬菌体对埃希氏菌属地方株的误诊率从6．3％下降到0．6％。E一4噬菌体对沙门氏菌属地方株的误诊率可因与。一I噬菌体的联合使用而从0．36％下降到0．07％。     

超滤过结合密度梯度离心纯化鲍曼不动杆菌噬菌体方法的建立

目的 探讨获得低浓度内毒素和高滴度鲍曼不动杆菌噬菌体的方法,为制备安全的噬菌体生物制剂提供参考.方法 用可截留100 kD以上分子量的超滤离心管浓缩噬菌体裂解液并滤出分子量约为10 kD的内毒素,然后用蔗糖密度梯度离心纯化噬菌体浓缩液;分别测定超滤前、超滤后和纯化后的噬菌体滴度,采用鲎试验测定超滤前后内毒素的浓度,通过SDS-PAGE分析超滤前后和纯化后噬菌体蛋白的纯度.结果 经超滤离心法噬菌体滴度从3.9×1010 PFU/mL提高至1.68×1012PFU/mL,并可去除99.2％的内毒素;超滤过结合密度梯度离心后的SDS-PAGE可清晰呈现7种蛋白,分子量为29～100 kD.结论 超滤过结合密度梯度离心是一种简便、快速浓缩和纯化噬菌体的方法,并可有效地去除裂解液中的内毒素.     

噬菌体DNA的快速抽提

介绍一种噬菌体DNA的快速抽提方法.用聚乙二醇沉淀噬菌体颗粒,然后经DEAE纤维素纯化处理和酚抽提.与传统的噬菌体DNA纯化方法相比,改进后的方法方便、快速、经济,可获得高纯度的噬菌体DNA.     

利用金属离子(Fe3+)配体层析亲和筛选蛋白激酶识别的底物序列

将cAMP依赖的蛋白激酶(cAPK)识别的特征底物序列与噬菌体外膜蛋白g3p融合,展示于线状噬菌体fd的表面,构建了cAPK底物(PKS)噬菌体.噬菌体体外磷酸化标记结果表明,PKS噬菌体上分子量约为60ku的蛋白可被明显磷酸化标记,与PKS-g3p融合蛋白的分子量一致.利用金属离子(Fe³⁺)配体树脂亲和筛选经cAPK磷酸化标记的Phage display随机15肽库,4轮筛选后挑取单克隆进行DNA序列测定,确定展示于噬菌体表面的多肽序列.结果表明,在所挑选的14个克隆中有5个克隆具有典型的cAPK磷酸化序列特征(R)RXS/T.对这些噬菌体的体外磷酸化标记实验结果显示,其中有(R)RXS/T序列特征的噬菌体可在分子量约60ku处被特征性磷酸化标记,与PKS噬菌体的磷酸化标记特征一致;其他有一些不具备(R)RXS/T序列特征的噬菌体也可被特征性磷酸化.     

噬菌体ΦEc-SL25对大肠埃希菌临床分离株裂解作用的研究

目的分离鉴定大肠埃希菌噬菌体并分析其裂解特性,为噬菌体疗法应用于大肠埃希菌感染提供实验依据。方法采用双层琼脂噬斑法从污水中分离噬菌体,通过透射电镜观察噬菌体的形态学特征,利用限制性酶切图谱初步分析噬菌体的基因组,测定噬菌体对宿主菌的最佳感染复数和一步生长曲线,分析噬菌体对宿主菌的裂解谱,观察噬菌体在不同的pH及温度下对宿主菌的裂解特性,SDS-PAGE分析噬菌体的主要和次要蛋白。结果通过噬斑法从污水中分离出1株能裂解大肠埃希菌的噬菌体,命名为ΦEc-SL25;电镜显示,噬菌体ΦEc-SL25的形态特征符合有尾病毒目、管尾病毒科噬菌体;ΦEc-SL25的最佳感染复数为0.01;一步生长曲线表明,噬菌体ΦEc-SL25的潜伏期为5 min,爆发期为10 min;ΦEc-SL25对26株大肠埃希菌的裂解率可达30.8%;在温度70℃20min时以及在pH 4~10的范围内,噬菌体ΦEc-SL25仍保持其裂解活性;蛋白电泳可观察到2条主要蛋白带和至少3条次要蛋白。结论噬菌体ΦEc-SL25是一种潜伏期短、裂解较性强的毒性噬菌体,可用于开发针对大肠埃希菌感染的生物制剂。     

噬菌体表面呈现技术研究进展

噬菌体表面呈现技术是1985年建立的一种将外源基因表达呈现在噬菌体颗粒表面的方法,可用于建立随机多肽文库、抗体文库等。经特定配基的筛选,可获得与其特异结合的配体分子。通过改构,还可将cDNA产物表达于噬菌体颗粒的尾部构建cDNA文库。SIP技术通过将配体和配基分别与基因Ⅲ蛋白的C末端和N末端融合表达,基因Ⅲ的C-末端参与噬菌体颗粒的组装,配基与配体的结合能够重建基因Ⅲ蛋白的功能,才能形成有感染能力的噬菌体,这样就大大提高了筛选效率。     

肠道噬菌体组与人体健康

噬菌体作为肠道微生物群落的重要组成部分,自生命初期即定植于肠道,在不同生命时期均以较为稳定的状态存在于人体。目前已知的肠道噬菌体主要是DNA噬菌体,且大多以前噬菌体形式存在。肠道噬菌体可通过多种机制优化其宿主微生物群的结构和组成,并以多种方式直接或间接影响人体的生理状态,其结构变化与多种疾病相关。利用测序方法,能够直接获取噬菌体组信息。本文基于噬菌体组的相关研究,综述了肠道噬菌体组与人体健康相关的研究进展,并对该领域的研究方法和发展方向做出展望。     

宿主菌富集空肠弯曲菌噬菌体培养条件的优化

【背景】开发噬菌体产品是一种防控空肠弯曲菌有潜力的策略,但是面临噬菌体分离的挑战。【目的】运用响应面法对宿主菌富集空肠弯曲菌噬菌体的培养条件进行优化。【方法】通过单因素试验分析培养基、培养温度、培养转速、离子添加剂对噬菌体富集效果的影响,以噬菌体回收率为评价指标,采用响应面法优化了空肠弯曲菌噬菌体的富集培养条件。【结果】在37℃条件下进行静置培养时,噬菌体富集培养效果最佳,回收率为354.12%。分离噬菌体的过程包括采样并制备滤液、宿主菌与样品滤液共培养及噬菌体分离与鉴定等环节。应用此方法从鸡粪便中分离空肠弯曲菌噬菌体,与传统的单斑法相比,噬菌体分离率提高了269.23%。【结论】研究优化的宿主菌富集噬菌体培养方法可提高空肠弯曲菌噬菌体的分离效率,为噬菌体的研究提供思路。     

鲍曼不动杆菌噬菌体生物学特性的研究

从污水中分离鉴定鲍曼不动杆菌噬菌体,并对其生物学特性进行分析,为开发针对细菌感染的噬茵体生物制剂提供前期工作.采用双层琼脂法分离可裂解鲍曼不动杆菌的噬菌体,通过负染法电镜观察噬茵体的大小和形态,将噬菌体和宿主菌以不同比例混合,测定噬菌体的最佳感染复数并观察一步生长曲线,提取噬菌体核酸进行酶切电泳分析,通过SDS-PAGE分析噬菌体的结构蛋白和非结构蛋白.成功分离3株可裂解鲍曼不动杆菌的噬菌体(分别命名为ΦAb-1、ΦAb-2和ΦAb-3),电镜显示噬菌体的头部呈二十面体,直径约50nm,有一短尾.噬菌体ΦAb-1的最佳感染复数为10-2,一步生长曲线表明噬菌体在裂解宿主菌时,潜伏期为20 min,爆发期为30 min,裂解量为190 PFU/cell.限制性酶切电泳显示噬菌体ΦAb-1的基因组大小约40 kb左右,为双股环状DNA.SDS-PAGE的噬菌体蛋白电泳包括7种蛋白,分子量在29 ～ 116 ku.噬菌体ΦAb-1、ΦAb-2和ΦAb-3对鲍曼不动杆菌具有很强的裂解毒性.根据其形态、结构和噬菌体分类法,鲍曼不动杆菌噬菌体属于有尾病毒目,足尾病毒科.     

噬菌体展示定位和噬菌体展示工程

噬菌体展示是指将外源基因克隆到丝状噬菌体ｆｄ染色体ＤＮＡ上,然后以融合白 形式展示了于噬菌体衣壳蛋白表面的技术。本文将概述丝状噬菌体展示技术的最新进展,特别是表位定位的原理及其应用,可包括以下三部分：１．比较几种不同噬菌体展示策略的技术原理;２．展示表位的重组噬菌体在诊断试剂上的开发价值;３．展示表位的重组噬菌体在疫备研究上的应用前景。     

Negative correlation between protozoal and bacterial levels in rumen samples and its relation to the determination of dietary effects on the rumen microbial population.

The bacterial protein content and protozoal protein content of unfractionated samples from the liquid-small particle phase of the rumen were determined on the basis of direct microscopic measurement of bacteria numbers and protozoa numbers and cell volumes. Standard values of 8.7 X 10(-11) mg of protein per bacterial cell and 5.9 X 10(-11) mg/micron 3 of protozoa cell volume, obtained from analysis of isolated cells, were used to convert the microscopic measurements to an estimate of the protein content of the rumen sample. When the correlation between bacterial and protozoal protein levels was examined within groups of animals, a highly significant negative correlation between these two parameters was found (P less than 0.001). The variation among animals for total (bacterial plus protozoal) microbial protein was smaller than the variation among animals for bacterial or protozoal protein alone. There was also a highly significant positive correlation (P less than 0.001) between protozoal protein level and total microbial protein level. The variation found among animals in total microbial protein level could be reduced by using a regression equation determined for bacterial versus protozoal protein to correct for the different population dynamics of the two groups.     

Exploiting the cell membrane for the production of heterologous proteins in Escherichia coli

The bacterial membrane serves both as a cell organelle and as a barrier for segregating the metabolically active cytoplasm from the extracellular milieu. Thus we can use plasmid vectors designed to produce a hybrid protein containing an efficient signal peptide coupled to the amino terminus of the cloned heterologous protein (secretion cloning vectors) for the production of proteins which are insoluble, proteolytically sensitive, or bacteriocidal when produced in the cytoplasm of Escherichia coli. We demonstrate that human granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor can be isolated as an active species only after transport into the bacterial periplasm. Production of the protein in the bacterial cytoplasm is bacteriocidal. We also demonstrate that biologically active human interleukin 4 appears only after transport of the protein into the bacterial growth medium. The protein forms membrane-associated aggregates in the cytoplasm, and demonstrates an active but nonnative conformation when expressed in the periplasm. This may correlate with the affinity of the interleukin 4 molecule for negatively charged macromolecules, including bacterial membrane components and bacterial lipopolysaccharides, which may alter the folding pathway inside the cell.     

Rapid evaluation and optimization of recombinant protein production using GFP tagging

The isolation of recombinant proteins from bacterial or eukaryotic systems often requires a laborious optimization of expression and purification conditions. To greatly facilitate this procedure we included the green fluorescent protein (GFP) in bacterial expression vectors. This approach allowed us to sensitively detect the GFP hybrid proteins already in intact bacterial cells using a fluorescence microscope. To rapidly analyze a variety of conditions essential for protein expression, the GFP signal, indicative of expression levels, was directly quantitated in live bacterial suspensions using a fluorescence plate reader. Thus, GFP tagging not only allows one to directly monitor protein expression in general but also appears to increase protein stability or solubility.     

Separation of copurifying GroEL from glutathione-S-transferase fusion proteins

The purification of overexpressed fusion proteins using bacterial expression systems is a useful tool for the study of many proteins. One problem that can occur is the formation of stable interactions between the expressed fusion protein and certain endogenous bacterial proteins, such as the molecular chaperone GroEL. Such interactions may result in the copurification of contaminating bacterial proteins. Here we describe an efficient and inexpensive method for the removal of contaminating GroEL from a bacterially expressed GST fusion protein. In this method, denatured bacterial proteins are added to the bacterial lysates prior to the addition of glutathione Sepharose resin. The denatured proteins compete for GroEL binding, thereby releasing the GroEL contaminants from the expressed fusion protein.     

Ser/Thr/Tyr protein phosphorylation in bacteria - for long time neglected, now well established

The first clearly established example of Ser/Thr/Tyr phosphorylation of a bacterial protein was isocitrate dehydrogenase. In 1979, 25 years after the discovery of protein phosphorylation in eukaryotes, this enzyme was reported to become phosphorylated on a serine residue. In subsequent years, numerous other bacterial proteins phosphorylated on Ser, Thr or Tyr were discovered and the corresponding protein kinases and P-protein phosphatases were identified. These protein modifications regulate all kinds of physiological processes. Ser/Thr/Tyr phosphorylation in bacteria therefore seems to play a similar important role as in eukaryotes. Surprisingly, many bacterial protein kinases do not exhibit any similarity to eukaryotic protein kinases, but rather resemble nucleotide-binding proteins or kinases phosphorylating diverse low-molecular-weight substrates.     

Exploiting genomic patterns to discover new supramolecular protein assemblies

Bacterial microcompartments are supramolecular protein assemblies that function as bacterial organelles by compartmentalizing particular enzymes and metabolic intermediates. The outer shells of these microcompartments are assembled from multiple paralogous structural proteins. Because the paralogs are required to assemble together, their genes are often transcribed together from the same operon, giving rise to a distinctive genomic pattern: multiple, typically small, paralogous proteins encoded in close proximity on the bacterial chromosome. To investigate the generality of this pattern in supramolecular assemblies, we employed a comparative genomics approach to search for protein families that show the same kind of genomic pattern as that exhibited by bacterial microcompartments. The results indicate that a variety of large supramolecular assemblies fit the pattern, including bacterial gas vesicles, bacterial pili, and small heat‐shock protein complexes. The search also retrieved several widely distributed protein families of presently unknown function. The proteins from one of these families were characterized experimentally and found to show a behavior indicative of supramolecular assembly. We conclude that cotranscribed paralogs are a common feature of diverse supramolecular assemblies, and a useful genomic signature for discovering new kinds of large protein assemblies from genomic data.     

Complementation of bacterial SecE by a chloroplastic homologue

The SecE protein is an essential component of the SecAYE-translocase, which mediates protein translocation across the cytoplasmic membrane in bacteria. In the thylakoid membranes of chloroplasts, a protein homologous to SecE, chloroplastic (cp) SecE, has been identified. However, the functional role of cpSecE has not been established experimentally. In this report we show that cpSecE in cells depleted for bacterial SecE (i) supports growth, (ii) stabilizes, just like bacterial SecE, the Sec-translocase core component SecY, and (iii) supports Sec-dependent protein translocation. This indicates that cpSecE can functionally replace bacterial SecE in vivo, and strongly suggests that the thylakoid membrane contains a SecAYE-like translocase with functional and structural similarities to the bacterial complex. This study further underscores the evolutionary link between chloroplasts and bacteria.     

Mechanism of polarization of Listeria monocytogenes surface protein ActA

The polar distribution of the ActA protein on the surface of the Gram-positive intracellular bacterial pathogen, Listeria monocytogenes, is required for bacterial actin-based motility and successful infection. ActA spans both the bacterial membrane and the peptidoglycan cell wall. We have directly examined the de novo ActA polarization process in vitro by using an ActA-RFP (red fluorescent protein) fusion. After induction of expression, ActA initially appeared at distinct sites along the sides of bacteria and was then redistributed over the entire cylindrical cell body through helical cell wall growth. The accumulation of ActA at the bacterial poles displayed slower kinetics, occurring over several bacterial generations. ActA accumulated more efficiently at younger, less inert poles, and proper polarization required an optimal balance between protein secretion and bacterial growth rates. Within infected host cells, younger generations of L. monocytogenes initiated motility more quickly than older ones, consistent with our in vitro observations of de novo ActA polarization. We propose a model in which the polarization of ActA, and possibly other Gram-positive cell wall-associated proteins, may be a direct consequence of the differential cell wall growth rates along the bacterium and dependent on the relative rates of protein secretion, protein degradation and bacterial growth.     

Cell division genes and proteins in bacterial cells

In this review, genes and proteins involved in cytokinesis and cell proliferation of cell-wall bacteria and mycoplasms are considered. We hope that this comparative analysis of genes and proteins of phylogenetically distant bacteria, including the minimal cells of mycoplasmas, can be useful for understanding the basic principles of prokaryotic cell division. The ftsZ gene was found among representatives of all bacterial groups. The recent data indicate that FtsZ protein plays the central role in the process of bacterial cell division. FtsZ protein was revealed in all Eubacterial groups (including mycoplasmas), in Archaebacteria and chloroplasts, All FtsZ proteins are able to form protofilaments as a result of polymerization in vitro and demonstrate GTF-ase activity. On the base of these properties and some similarities in amino acid sequences with tubulins, it has been suggested that FtsZ protein is an evolutionary ancestor of Eukaryotic tubulins. On the earliest stage of bacterial cytokinesis FtsZ protein assembles into a submembranous Z-ring which encircles bacterial cell in the predivisional site. Some other bacterial proteins take part in stabilization and contraction of the Z-ring, which is considered as a cytoskeleton-like bacterial structure.     

Novel tetrapeptide inhibitors of bacterial protein synthesis produced by a Streptomyces sp

In the course of a microbial product screening aimed at the discovery of novel antibiotics acting on bacterial protein synthesis, a complex of three structurally related tetrapeptides, namely, GE81112 factors A, B, and B1, was isolated from a Streptomyces sp. The screening was based on a cell-free assay of bacterial protein synthesis driven by a model mRNA containing natural initiation signals. In this study we report the production, isolation, and structure determination of these novel, potent and selective inhibitors of cell-free bacterial protein synthesis, which stably bind the 30S ribosomal subunit and inhibit the formation of fMet-puromycin. They did not inhibit translation by yeast ribosomes in vitro. Spectroscopic analyses revealed that they are tetrapeptides constituted by uncommon amino acids. While GE81112 factors A, B, and B1 were effective in inhibiting bacterial protein synthesis in vitro, they were less active against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacterial cells. Cells grown in minimal medium were more susceptible to the compounds than those grown in rich medium, and this is most likely due to competition or regulation by medium components during peptide uptake. The novelty of the chemical structure and of the specific mode of action on the initiation phase of bacterial protein synthesis makes GE81112 a unique scaffold for designing new drugs.