shRNA随机文库结合TK自杀基因筛选靶向HIV-1LTR相关宿主因子

构建shRNA随机文库与HIV-1 LTR启动胸苷激酶基因(TK基因)稳定表达的稳定细胞系HEK293/TK,将两者结合起来,筛选靶向HIV-1 LTR相关宿主因子.方法:通过化学合成含有19个随机脱氧核苷酸的发夹结构,将其退火补平后与合成的接头Linker连接进行PCR反应,将PCR产物酶切后置于慢病毒载体pLenti-U6启动子下游由此构建shRNA随机文库;利用重叠PCR将HIV-1 LTR片段和TK基因连接起来,连接产物经酶切后与pcDNA3.1载体连接;将连接正确的质粒转染HEK293细胞同时用G418加压筛选获得稳定细胞系HEK293/TK;将所获得的文库质粒包装成慢病毒后侵染所构建的HEK293/TK细胞系,通过加入药物GCV进行加压筛选获得存活细胞.结果:成功筛选到加药后存活下来的细胞,抽提细胞基因组,采用巢式PCR扩增目的干扰序列并用Western blot对干扰序列进行验证,鉴定获得一个克隆所表达的shRNA能对TK基因的表达起到抑制作用,通过测序分析获得其干扰序列,该序列很有可能针对HIV-1 LTR某宿主相关因子.结论:成功构建了一种筛选HIV-1 LTR相关宿主因子的方法,筛选所得序列可以定位到具体相关宿主因子,为靶向筛选抗HIV-1药物提供了重要手段.     

HIV-1跨膜蛋白gp41螺旋结构的原核表达及功能研究

HIV-1跨膜蛋白gp41是HIV-1包膜与靶细胞膜的融合过程中的关键蛋白,是理想的HIV-1融合抑制剂靶点。为开展以gp41为靶点的抑制剂筛选,以HIV-1 B亚型病毒基因为模板,通过PCR、酶切、连接等方法构建得到gp41 5-helix与6-helix重组质粒,转入大肠杆菌BL21（DE3）进行表达,经变性和复性后亲和层析纯化蛋白。经SDS-PAGE鉴定,纯化后蛋白纯度较高。本研究还通过非变性凝胶电泳证明gp41 5-helix与C-多肽衍生物T-20存在相互作用,为下一步药物筛选模型的建立奠定了基础。     

用于化学预防剂筛选的转基因细胞模型的建立

建立TK启动子以及抗氧化反应元件(ARE)增强子调控报告基因GFP在HepG2细胞中稳定表达的细胞模型。人工合成ARE增强子序列,经退火和磷酸化后插入pTK-GFP载体的TK启动子上游,构建pARE-TK-GFP重组质粒。PCR法扩增TK和ARE-TK目的片段克隆到pEGFP-N1上,构建TK启动子启动以及上游由ARE增强子调控的报告基因表达载体pTK-GFP/Neo和pARE-TK-GFP/Neo。脂质体转染法转染人HepG2肝癌细胞后加G418筛选出阳性克隆。经扩大培养的克隆细胞中加入化学预防剂PDTC和香菇多糖作用48h后检测细胞中GFP荧光强度,结果显示pARE-TK-GFP/Neo表达载体中的GFP基因受ARE增强子的调控,其表达水平高于对照载体且在一定范围内与化学预防剂的浓度呈剂量效应关系,从而表明所构建的细胞模型可用于各种天然或人工合成的化学预防剂的初步筛选。     

表达Rta的杆状病毒载体和更昔洛韦联用治疗鼻咽癌的实验研究

目的 联合使用一种新的表达Epstein Barr病毒（EBV）裂解性复制极早期基因Rta的杆状病毒载体及抗病毒药物更昔洛韦,试验其对激活鼻咽癌细胞中潜伏性EBV的复制和杀伤肿瘤细胞的作用。方法 用携带EBV的复制起点OriP和CMV启动子表达Rta基因的重组杆状病毒处理EBV潜伏感染的鼻咽癌细胞Hone1-EBV,和由该细胞系建立的裸鼠肿瘤模型,同时联合使用更昔洛韦,研究细胞和肿瘤生长的情况。结果 重组杆状病毒和更昔洛韦联合处理肿瘤细胞后,细胞生长活性仅为对照的51%,裸鼠活体实验中肿瘤生长也受到明显的抑制,10 d后瘤体积仅为对照的20%,瘤重仅为对照的30%。组织化学分析证实大量肿瘤细胞坏死。结论 杆状病毒载体与更昔洛韦联合可以用于EBV相关的鼻咽癌的治疗。     

GIP受体激动剂类药物筛选模型的构建

目的:GIP受体激动剂类药物筛选模型的构建。方法:GIP受体激动剂能刺激胰岛素分泌,可作为治疗Ⅱ型糖尿病的潜在药物,因此,GIP受体激动剂的筛选模型十分重要。本研究采用PCR的方法扩增GIPR基因,将扩增产物酶切回收后与表达载体pCMV6-AC-GFP连接,构建pCMV6-AC-GIPR-GFP重组质粒,转化大肠杆菌DH5α经菌落扩增、质粒提取及序列测序重组质粒;利用脂质体lipofectamine2000转染重组质粒到RIN-m5F细胞中,通过抗生素G418筛选,挑单克隆得到稳定的RIN-m5F/GIPR-GFP细胞株。结果:结果表明PCR扩增获得长度为1 319 bp的GIPR基因,克隆至pCMV6-AC-GFP真核表达载体,经菌落PCR酶切鉴定及序列分析后,证实质粒pCMV6-AC-GIPR-GFP构建成功;通过荧光显微镜观察到细胞内荧光分布均匀,表明重组质粒成功转到RINm5F细胞中。该细胞株经阳性对照(D-Ala~2)GIP处理后,与对照组对比,具有荧光斑点聚集。结论:因此,GIP受体激动剂筛选模型RIN-m5F/GIPR-GFP成功构建,可用于筛选新的GIP受体激动剂,为糖尿病药物开发提供新的筛选模型。     

人sTNFR1基因的克隆以及在NIH3T3细胞中的稳定表达

以He1a细胞的总RNA为模板,用RT—PCR方法扩增sTNFR1全编码区基因片段,构建含有目的片段的T载体克隆及真核表达载体pcDNA3．1（-）重组质粒亚克隆,将重组质粒和脂质体共同转染NIH3T3细胞系,G418筛选稳定转染细胞株．经核苷酸序列测序和酶切鉴定,成功构建了pcDNA3．1（-）-sTNFR1真核表达质粒,脂质体法建立了高效表达sTNFRI的稳定转染细胞系,并经RT—PCR和Western Blotting鉴定．人sTNFR1基因能在NIH3T3细胞系中稳定表达,为今后的研究打下了基础．     

肝特异性表达HCV5＇NCR调控荧光素酶质粒的构建及表达

小鼠白蛋白是肝组织特异性表达的蛋白,这种特异性是由白蛋白启动子所介导的.以2235A-1质粒为模板,通过PCR扩增获得小鼠白蛋白启动子/增强子基因片段,用小鼠白蛋白启动子/增强子基因片段取代pHCV-neo4质粒(含HCV5＇NCR调控荧光素酶基因)的CMV启动子,构建了一种白蛋白启动子启动转录的HCV5＇NCR调控荧光素酶表达质粒(pA1b-HCV).该质粒能在小鼠肝癌细胞中表达且较小鼠其它癌细胞中表达水平明显增高,表明成功地构建了肝特异性表达的HCv5＇NCR调控荧光素酶表达质粒.该研究为建立肝特异性表达的HCV5＇NCR转基因小鼠模型奠定了基础,对评价HCV特异性反义药物及肝靶向性运载系统的作用具有重要的实际意义.     

TNFalph 和 IL-1bet 靶点抗炎药物筛选细胞模型的构建

目的:构建两个高表达人TNFα和IL-1β细胞系,建立抗炎药物筛选细胞模型。方法:运用PCR的方法从载体pCMVSport-TNFα和p CMVSport-IL1β上扩增目的基因,以亚克隆方法将目的基因分别插入真核表达载体pcDNA3.1和pFLAG-CMV中,用单酶切、PCR扩增和基因测序的方法鉴定重组效果,然后将重组成功的质粒转入HEK293细胞系内,挑选能够稳定表达并遗传的单克隆细胞株,用蛋白免疫印迹(Western blot)法分析其表达效果。结果:三种鉴定方法均显示重组质粒构建成功。Western blot结果显示,细胞株T3、T4均能较高表达炎症因子TNF-α;细胞株I2、I3、I5均能较高表达炎症因子IL-1β。结论:成功构建了TNFα和IL-1β靶标的药物筛选细胞模型,为筛选具有抗炎作用的中药提供了一个新平台。     

用于筛选抑制丙型肝炎病毒内部核糖体进入位点活性药物的整合型细胞药物筛选模型的构建和评价

目的：构建一个能用于筛选抑制丙型肝炎病毒内部核糖体进入位点（HCV—IRES）活性药物的整合型细胞药筛模型。方法：构建携带HCV 5＇-UTR调控报告基因分泌型碱性磷酸酶（SEAP）基因的质粒pHCV5’-SEAP和用作筛选标记的pNeo^R,线性化后共转染于Huh-7细胞中,经G418筛选后得到抗性细胞克隆,进行SEAP定量检测筛选后,得到能用于筛选抑制HCV-IRES活性药物的整合型细胞药筛模型;连续培养24代,用MTT法测细胞相对活力评价该药筛模型的生长稳定性,用SEAP定量检测法评价该药筛模型的SEAP表达稳定性,用反义寡聚核苷酸抑制试验评价模型的药筛灵敏度。结果：G418筛选后得到26个抗性细胞克隆;对其中5个抗性细胞克隆进行SEAP定量检测筛选后,得到3个能表达SEAP的阳性细胞克隆;连续培养24代过程中,该药筛模型的生长稳定性大干80％,SEAP表达稳定性达95％。结论：构建的细胞模型具有良好的稳定性和药筛灵敏度,符合作为药物筛选模型的要求。     

表达人尿激酶原突变体的重组山羊乳腺特异性表达慢病毒载体的构建

目的：构建山羊乳腺特异性表达尿激酶原突变体的重组慢病毒载体,证明其表达的有效性。方法：将劳氏肉瘤病毒增强子／启动子、复制缺陷型人免疫缺陷病毒（HIV-1）的5′端长重复序列（LTR）、HIV-1ψ包装信号、HIVRev反应元件、山羊β-酪蛋白调控序列、尿激酶原M13cDNA、AU3／3′LTR、牛生长激素（BGH）基因poly（A）依次连接,构建乳腺特异性表达的慢病毒载体,通过体外转染人乳腺癌细胞系MCF-7、中国仓鼠卵巢细胞及泌乳山羊乳腺注射证明其表达有效性。结果：酶切鉴定证实山羊乳腺特异性表达载体构建正确;将该载体转染细胞,采用溶圈法和Western印迹检测证实了其表达的有效性;慢病毒载体注射到泌乳山羊的乳腺,在乳汁中也检测到了尿激酶原的表达。结论：为在转基因动物乳腺中表达尿激酶原突变体奠定了基础。     

Parabiosis model does not show presence of circulating osteoprogenitor cells

The goal of this study was to determine the presence of osteoprogenitor cells in the peripheral blood. Experiments were conducted with a parabiosis model in which osteoblast specific transgenic mice (Col2.3GFP or hOC‐GFP) were surgically joined with a transgenic mouse where herpes virus thymidine kinase gene is under the control of the collagen α1 promoter (Col2.3ΔTK). This method permits conditional ablation of osteoblasts by ganciclovir (GCV) treatment. In parabionts treated with GCV for 15 days or 1.5–2 months, GFP (hOC‐GFP or Col2.3GFP) expression was not detected in histological preparations or in marrow stromal cell cultures from the Col2.3ΔTK parabiont. Finally, Col2.3GFP/Col2.3ΔTK pairs were treated with GCV for 15 days and allowed to recover from GCV for 3 months. Again there was a failure to detect Col2.3GFP expressing cells in the Col2.3ΔTK parabiont. These observations, at least within the limits of this model system, allow the conclusion that osteoprogenitor cells do not readily circulate. genesis 48:171–182, 2010. © 2010 wiley‐Liss, Inc.     

Epstein-Barr virus nuclear antigen 2 transactivates the long terminal repeat of human immunodeficiency virus type 1.

Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)-infected subjects show a high incidence of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection. This suggests that EBV may function as a cofactor that affects HIV-1 activation and may play a major role in the progression of AIDS. To test this hypothesis, we generated two EBV-negative human B-cell lines that stably express the EBNA2 gene of EBV. These EBNA2-positive cell lines were transiently transfected with plasmids that carry either the wild type or deletion mutants of the HIV-1 long terminal repeat (LTR) fused to the chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT) gene. There was a consistently higher HIV-1 LTR activation in EBNA2-expressing cells than in control cells, which suggested that EBNA2 proteins could activate the HIV-1 promoter, possibly by inducing nuclear factors binding to HIV-1 cis-regulatory sequences. To test this possibility, we used CAT-based plasmids carrying deletions of the NF-kappa B (pNFA-CAT), Sp1 (pSpA-CAT), or TAR (pTAR-CAT) region of the HIV-1 LTR and retardation assays in which nuclear proteins from EBNA2-expressing cells were challenged with oligonucleotides encompassing the NF-kappa B or Sp1 region of the HIV-1 LTR. We found that both the NF-kappa B and the Sp1 sites of the HIV-1 LTR are necessary for EBNA2 transactivation and that increased expression resulted from the induction of NF-kappa B-like factors. Moreover, experiments with the TAR-deleted pTAR-CAT and with the tat-expressing pAR-TAT plasmids indicated that endogenous Tat-like proteins could participate in EBNA2-mediated activation of the HIV-1 LTR and that EBNA2 proteins can synergize with the viral tat transactivator. Transfection experiments with plasmids expressing the EBNA1, EBNA3, and EBNALP genes did not cause a significant HIV-1 LTR activation. Thus, it appears that among the latent EBV genes tested, EBNA2 was the only EBV gene active on the HIV-1 LTR. The transactivation function of EBNA2 was also observed in the HeLa epithelial cell line, which suggests that EBV and HIV-1 infection of non-B cells may result in HIV-1 promoter activation. Therefore, a specific gene product of EBV, EBNA2, can transactivate HIV-1 and possibly contribute to the clinical progression of AIDS.     

Histonedeacetylase inhibitor Oxamflatin increase HIV-1 transcription by inducing histone modification in latently infected cells

HIV-1 latency represents a major problem in the eradication of HIV-1 in infected individuals treated with highly active anti-retroviral therapy. Histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibits HIV-1 gene expression and virus production and may contribute to quiescence of HIV-1 within resting CD4+ T cells. Here, we evaluated the effect of Oxamflatin, a class I HDAC inhibitor, on the epigenetic change at HIV-1 long terminal repeat (LTR) and the induction of the latent viruses in the latency Jurkat T cell line. Flow cytometry assay showed that Oxamflatin activate HIV-1 gene expression in these latently infected cells by 2-17 fold than background levels. Chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) assays further revealed that Oxamflatin increase the acetylation level of histone H3 and histone H4 at the nucleosome 1(nuc-1) site of the HIV-1 LTR compared to mock treatment. We also found that Oxamflatin had a synergization with prostratin, or 5-azacytidine or tumor necrosis factor-α to activate the HIV-1 promoter. Taken together, our results suggest that the histone acetylation plays an important role in regulating HIV-1 LTR gene expression, and Oxamflatin has potential as drug candidates as antilatency therapies.     

Inhibition of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 replication by a Tat-activated, transduced interferon gene: targeted expression to human immunodeficiency virus type 1-infected cells.

We have examined the feasibility of using interferon (IFN) gene transfer as a novel approach to anti-human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) therapy in this study. To limit expression of a transduced HIV-1 long terminal repeat (LTR)-IFNA2 (the new approved nomenclature for IFN genes is used throughout this article) hybrid gene to the HIV-1-infected cells, HIV-1 LTR was modified. Deletion of the NF-kappa B elements of the HIV-1 LTR significantly inhibited Tat-mediated transactivation in T-cell lines, as well as in a monocyte line, U937. Replacement of the NF-kappa B elements in the HIV-1 LTR by a DNA fragment derived from the 5'-flanking region of IFN-stimulated gene 15 (ISG15), containing the IFN-stimulated response element, partially restored Tat-mediated activation of LTR in T cells as well as in monocytes. Insertion of this chimeric promoter (ISG15 LTR) upstream of the human IFNA2 gene directed high levels of IFN synthesis in Tat-expressing cells, while this promoter was not responsive to tumor necrosis factor alpha-mediated activation. ISG15-LTR-IFN hybrid gene inserted into the retrovirus vector was transduced into Jurkat and U937 cells. Selected transfected clones produced low levels of IFN A (IFNA) constitutively, and their abilities to express interleukin-2 and interleukin-2 receptor upon stimulation with phytohemagglutinin and phorbol myristate acetate were retained. Enhancement of IFNA synthesis observed upon HIV-1 infection resulted in significant inhibition of HIV-1 replication for a period of at least 30 days. Virus isolated from IFNA-producing cells was able to replicate in the U937 cells but did not replicate efficiently in U937 cells transduced with the IFNA gene. These results suggest that targeting IFN synthesis to HIV-1-infected cells is an attainable goal and that autocrine IFN synthesis results in a long-lasting and permanent suppression of HIV-1 replication.     

Differential ganciclovir-mediated cell killing by glutamine 125 mutants of herpes simplex virus type 1 thymidine kinase

The therapeutic combination of the herpesvirus simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) thymidine kinase (TK) gene and the prodrug, ganciclovir (GCV), has found great utility for the treatment of many types of cancer. After initial phosphorylation of GCV by HSV-1 TK, cellular kinases generate the toxic GCV-triphosphate metabolite that is incorporated into DNA and eventually leads to tumor cell death. The cellular and pharmacological mechanisms by which metabolites of GCV lead to cell death are still poorly defined. To begin to address these mechanisms, different mutated forms of HSV-1 TK at residue Gln-125 that have distinct substrate properties were expressed in mammalian cell lines. It was found that expression of the Asn-125 HSV-1 TK mutant in two cell lines, NIH3T3 and HCT-116, was equally effective as wild-type HSV-1 TK for metabolism and sensitivity to GCV, bystander effect killing and induction of apoptosis. The major difference between the two enzymes was the lack of deoxypyrimidine metabolism in the Asn-125 TK-expressing cells. In HCT-116 cells expressing the Glu-125 TK mutant, GCV metabolism was greatly attenuated, yet at higher GCV concentrations, cell sensitivity to the drug and bystander effect killing were diminished but still effective. Cell cycle analysis, 4', 6'-diamidine-2'-phenylindoledihydrochloride staining, and caspase 3 activation assays indicated different cell death responses in the Glu-125 TK-expressing cells as compared with the wild-type HSV-1 TK or Asn-125 TK-expressing cells. A mechanistic hypothesis to explain these results based on the differences in GCV-triphosphate metabolite levels is presented.