洋葱伯克霍尔德菌外膜蛋白双向电泳的建立与优化

目的:洋葱伯克霍尔德菌外膜蛋门的分离及双向电泳图谱的建立和优化.方法:用月桂酰基氯酸钠法提取外膜蛋白,以同相pH梯度为第一向和SDS-PAGE为第二向进行双向电泳,对裂解液成分,IPG胶条的pH和凝胶染色方法等进行优化.结果:获得外膜蛋白浓度为2.87μg/μl;最佳裂解液成分为:7mol/L尿素,2mol/L硫脲,4%Chaps,2%pharmalyte,65 mmol/L DTT,0.5%Triton X-100,10mmol/L Tris.结论:提取的外膜蛋白满足双向电泳条件;获得理想的外膜蛋白双向电泳图谱用于后续实验中.     

极端嗜酸热古菌Acidianus manzaensis膜蛋白提取方法的建立及应用

以万座嗜酸两面菌(Acidianus manzaensis)为研究对象,探索并优化其膜蛋白提取方法,以优化后的方法提取该菌分别以单质硫(S0)和亚铁(Fe2+)为能源底物进行生长时的膜蛋白质,并进行聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳(SDS-PAGE)研究膜蛋白在两种能源底物培养下的表达差异。首先通过80℃水浴60-70 min对A.manzaensis胞外黏附蛋白进行初步分离。其次比较了不同提取剂(Triton X-110,SDS和Triton X-114)对膜蛋白的提取效果,结果表明Triton X-114的提取效果较好,其最佳浓度为10%(w/v);比较了不同沉淀剂(三氯乙酸(TCA),丙酮,三氯乙酸/丙酮,甲醇和乙醇)对膜蛋白质沉淀的效果,结果表明TCA/丙酮的沉淀效果最不理想,会导致沉淀后低分子量蛋白发生缺失,而其他几种没有明显差别,综合比较选择较常用的丙酮作为膜蛋白提取的沉淀剂。最后基于优化后膜蛋白提取方法,分别对S0和Fe2+培养的A.manzaensis膜蛋白质进行提取及SDS-PAGE,结果发现分子量为35.6 k D和16.9 k D的蛋白只在A.manzaensis以S0生长时出现,表明这些蛋白质很可能在A.manzaensis硫氧化中发挥了重要作用;分子量为72 k D和26 k D的蛋白质在A.manzaensis以Fe2+生长时比其以S0生长时显著表达上调,表明此蛋白可能与A.manzaensis铁氧化相关。     

种子中Puroindoline蛋白的SDS-PAGE分析

Puroindolne蛋白是小麦中特殊的Triton X-114可溶性蛋白质,对小麦籽粒硬度有着决定性的影响.从二倍体、六倍体小麦材料及小麦近缘种粗山羊草成熟种子中提取Puroindoline蛋白,就对该蛋白的SDS-PAGE及染色条件进行了优化和讨论,建立了浓缩胶T(凝胶浓度)为4、C(交联度)为2.6、电泳电压为128 V;分离胶T为13.5、C为2.6、电泳电压240 V,分离胶电泳时间1.5 h的结果稳定且重复性好的优化的SDS-PAGE条件.同时为降低电泳染色的实验成本,简化实验步骤,用蓝染法代替常用的银染法,并获得了良好的效果,为小麦中Puroindoline蛋白质的进一步研究奠定了实验基础.     

蓝细菌Anacystis nidulans R-2藻胆体中43 Kd蛋白细胞定位的初步研究

高盐浓度条件下分离了蓝细菌Anacystis nidulans R-2的藻胆体,藻胆体中存在一种43kD的蛋白。Western blotting分析表明,该蛋白能与蓝细菌Fd：NADP氧还酶中FNRE占构域的抗体发生反应,解聚的藻胆体具有FNR黄递酶的活性,初步证明该43kD蛋白就是Fd：NADP氧还酶。Triton X-114分相实验表明,这种43kD的蛋白不能进入Triton X-114相。对藻胆体的部分解聚合实验表明,富含外周杆的组分中不存在43kD的蛋白。     

S/D灭活血浆内脂包膜病毒及病毒灭活血浆的研究

研究磷酸三丁酯(TNBP)／Triton X-100对血浆内脂包膜病毒的灭活效果。用VSV病毒和Sindbis病毒作指示病毒,加入血浆后再加磷酸三丁酯／Triton X-100,观察病毒的滴度变化及对血浆蛋白的影响。结果发现终浓度各为1％的磷酸三丁酯／Triton X-100在60min内可以灭活血浆内的两种指示病毒,而血浆蛋白的组成和功能变化很小。经层折、超滤后血浆内磷酸三丁酯和Triton X-100的残余量分别低于5μg/ml,表明S／D处理血浆的安全性和治疗作用都很好,其制剂冰冻血浆或冻干血浆可用于临床治疗凝血因子缺乏症,或用作血容量扩张剂。     

粘虫中肠总蛋白质双向电泳体系的优化方法

为了今后更好的利用双向电泳技术研究不同处理后粘虫Mythimna separata中肠蛋白表达差异,本研究比较了不同的蛋白提取方法、IPG胶条、二硫苏糖醇(DTT)浓度和等电聚焦条件,建立了适用于粘虫中肠总蛋白质的双向电泳体系。结果表明:采用Tris-饱和酚法提取蛋白质,选取p H为5-8的线性IPG胶条进行第一向等电点分离,按照DTT浓度I和等电聚焦程序II进行双向电泳分离,获得了蛋白质点数多、背景清晰、分辨率高的蛋白质双向电泳图谱。     

不同上样方式对蛋白质组双向电泳图谱质量的影响比较

蛋白质组技术难点之一是如何获取尽可能多的细胞或组织的蛋白信息.双向电泳蛋白斑点数目直接反映了实验蛋白质组信息的完整性.除样品制备外,蛋白上样方式对双向电泳图谱的质量和完整性有直接的影响.实验论文从以下3个方面考察不同的蛋白上样方式对双向电泳图谱的影响;即：水化上样与杯上样;一次上样与重复上样;以及酸性端加样与碱性端上样.实验结果发现;蛋白上样量较大时,杯上样方式的图谱斑点数目较水化上样方式明显增多;样品蛋白浓度较高时,稀释多次上样明显优于一次性浓缩蛋白上样;蛋白裂解液(MCF7乳腺癌细胞)在酸性端加样对偏碱性蛋白的分离未发现明显优势.相反,在等电聚焦伏小时(Vh) 足够的前提下,碱性端加样对偏碱性端蛋白反而有利,表现为斑点数目较多,而且等电点方向拖尾减轻.实验结果对提高双向电泳的质量以及相关蛋白质组信息的完整性提供了有益的技术参考.     

鼠伤寒杆菌外膜蛋白作为保护性疫苗的初步实验研究

本文采用超声波破碎和Triton X-100处理、超速离心的方法,提取了鼠伤寒杆菌的外膜蛋白(OMP)。用提取的OMP免疫家兔和小鼠,经用ELISA方法测定小鼠、家兔及鼠伤寒意染患者血清中抗-OMP抗体含量,并用小鼠作足垫肿胀实验及主动和血清被动保护试验。结果免疫动物及患者血清中都含有较高滴度抗体,免疫小鼠足垫出现明显地DTH反应。50ug OMP免疫小鼠可保护500 LD50毒株的攻击,0.2ml免疫血清亦能够被动保护以上同样的毒株攻击。这些结果表明,提取的OMP有较强的免疫原性和明显的免疫保护作用,应用Western blot分析免疫血清均能识别36KD蛋白带,36KD蛋白带可能是鼠伤寒杆菌的主要免疫原。     

“观察DNA和RNA在细胞中的分布”实验的改进

"观察DNA和RNA在细胞中的分布"在实际教学中实验效果不理想。通过探究实验发现Triton X-100可以作为代替盐酸解离作用的透膜剂,避免盐酸解离过度影响甲基绿对DNA的染色,取得了非常好的实验结果。Triton X-100在本实验中最适使用浓度为0.1%～1%,最适透膜时间为5 min。系统地总结了前人对"观察DNA和RNA在细胞中的分布"实验的改进,提出一套稳定且行之有效的实验操作方案。     

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.     

Differential effects of yfgL mutation on Escherichia coli outer membrane proteins and lipopolysaccharide

YfgL together with NlpB, YfiO, and YaeT form a protein complex to facilitate the insertion of proteins into the outer membrane of Escherichia coli. Without YfgL, the levels of OmpA, OmpF, and LamB are significantly reduced, while OmpC levels are slightly reduced. In contrast, the level of TolC significantly increases in a yfgL mutant. When cells are depleted of YaeT or YfiO, levels of all outer membrane proteins examined, including OmpC and TolC, are severely reduced. Thus, while the assembly pathways of various nonlipoprotein outer membrane proteins may vary through the step involving YfgL, all assembly pathways in Escherichia coli converge at the step involving the YaeT/YfiO complex. The negative effect of yfgL mutation on outer membrane proteins may in part be due to elevated sigma E activity, which has been shown to downregulate the synthesis of various outer membrane proteins while upregulating the synthesis of periplasmic chaperones, foldases, and lipopolysaccharide. The data presented here suggest that the yfgL effect on outer membrane proteins also stems from a defective assembly apparatus, leading to aberrant outer membrane protein assembly, except for TolC, which assembles independent of YfgL. Consistent with this view, the simultaneous absence of YfgL and the major periplasmic protease DegP confers a synthetic lethal phenotype, presumably due to the toxic accumulation of unfolded outer membrane proteins. The results support the hypothesis that TolC and major outer membrane proteins compete for the YaeT/YfiO complex, since mutations that adversely affect synthesis or assembly of major outer membrane proteins lead to elevated TolC levels.     

Synthesis and assembly of the membrane proteins in E. coli.

Kinetics of integration of membrane proteins were studied in E. coli to discover how membrane proteins find their final location in the functional membrane. The experiments make use of a simple and convenient method developed for isolating inner and outer membranes from a number of small-scale cultures with high recovery. Among the proteins that constitute the cell surface structures, inner membrane proteins are integrated most rapidly after synthesis, whereas outer membrane proteins delay somewhat, and periplasmic proteins delay further in reaching their destinations. Protein I, a major outer membrane protein with molecular weight of about 37,000 daltons, exhibits significantly slower rates of integration than other outer membrane proteins. The decreased fluidity of membrane lipids by temperature shiftdown of an unsaturated fatty acid auxotroph grown on elaidate results in abnormally slow assembly of the outer membrane proteins and also in an anomalous assembly of the inner membrane proteins, suggesting that the fluid state of the lipids is required for normal operation of these processes. The possible relevance of these findings to the mechanism of membrane formation is discussed.     

Insertion of newly synthesized proteins into the outer membrane of Escherichia coli.

The insertion of newly synthesized proteins into the outer membrane of Escherichia coli has been examined. The results show that there is no precurser pool of outer membrane proteins in the cytoplasmic membrane because first, the incorporation of a [35S]methionine pulse into outer membrane proteins completely parallels its incorporation into cytoplasmic membrane proteins, and second, under optimal isolation conditions, no outer membrane proteins are found in the cytoplasmic membrane, even when the membranes are analysed after being labeled for only 15 s. The [35S]methionine present in the outer membrane after a pulse of 15 s was found in protein fragments of varying sizes rather than in specific outer membrane proteins. This label could however be chased into specific proteins within 30--120 s, depending on the size of the protein, indicating that although unfinished protein fragments were present in the outer membrane, they were completed by subsequent chain elongation. Thus, outer membrane proteins are inserted into the outer membrane while still attached to ribosomes. Since ribosomes which are linked to the cell envelope by nascent polypeptide chains are stationary, the mRNA which is being translated by these ribosomes moves along the inner cell surface.     

Insertion of newly synthesized proteins into the outer membrane of Escherichia coli

The insertion of newly synthesized proteins into the outer membrane of Escherichia coli has been examined. The results show that there is no precursor pool of outer membrane proteins in the cytoplasmic membrane because first, the incorporation of a [³⁵S]methionine pulse into outer membrane proteins completely parallels its incorporation into cytoplasmic membrane proteins, and second, under optimal isolation conditions, no outer membrane proteins are found in the cytoplasmic membrane, even when the membranes are analysed after being labeled for only 15 s.The [³⁵S]methionine present in the outer membrane after a pulse of 15 s was found in protein fragments of varying sizes rather than in specific outer membrane proteins. This label could however be chased into specific proteins within 30–120 s, depending on the size of the protein, indicating that although unfinished protein fragments were present in the outer membrane, they were completed by subsequent chain elongation.Thus, outer membrane proteins are inserted into the outer membrane while still attached to ribosomes. Since ribosomes which are linked to the cell envelope by nascent polypeptide chains are stationary, the mRNA which is being translated by these ribosomes moves along the inner cell surface.     

The mitochondrial import protein Mim1 promotes biogenesis of multispanning outer membrane proteins

The mitochondrial outer membrane contains translocase complexes for the import of precursor proteins. The translocase of the outer membrane complex functions as a general preprotein entry gate, whereas the sorting and assembly machinery complex mediates membrane insertion of β-barrel proteins of the outer membrane. Several α-helical outer membrane proteins are known to carry multiple transmembrane segments; however, only limited information is available on the biogenesis of these proteins. We report that mitochondria lacking the mitochondrial import protein 1 (Mim1) are impaired in the biogenesis of multispanning outer membrane proteins, whereas overexpression of Mim1 stimulates their import. The Mim1 complex cooperates with the receptor Tom70 in binding of precursor proteins and promotes their insertion and assembly into the outer membrane. We conclude that the Mim1 complex plays a central role in the import of α-helical outer membrane proteins with multiple transmembrane segments.     

Outer membrane proteins of Pseudomonas

In this review, we describe the outer membrane proteins of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and related strains from the Pseudomonas fluorescens rRNA homology group of the Pseudomonadaceae, with emphasis on the physiological function and biochemical characteristics of these proteins. The use of opr (for outer membrane protein) is proposed as the genetic designation for the P. aeruginosa outer membrane proteins and letters are assigned, in conjunction with this designation, to known outer membrane proteins. Proteins whose primary functions involve pore formation, transport of specific substrates, cell structure determination and membrane stabilization are discussed. The conservation of selected proteins in the above Pseudomonas species is also examined.     

Multiple lines of evidence localize signaling, morphology, and lipid biosynthesis machinery to the mitochondrial outer membrane of Arabidopsis

The composition of the mitochondrial outer membrane is notoriously difficult to deduce by orthology to other organisms, and biochemical enrichments are inevitably contaminated with the closely associated inner mitochondrial membrane and endoplasmic reticulum. In order to identify novel proteins of the outer mitochondrial membrane in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana), we integrated a quantitative mass spectrometry analysis of highly enriched and prefractionated samples with a number of confirmatory biochemical and cell biology approaches. This approach identified 42 proteins, 27 of which were novel, more than doubling the number of confirmed outer membrane proteins in plant mitochondria and suggesting novel functions for the plant outer mitochondrial membrane. The novel components identified included proteins that affected mitochondrial morphology and/or segregation, a protein that suggests the presence of bacterial type lipid A in the outer membrane, highly stress-inducible proteins, as well as proteins necessary for embryo development and several of unknown function. Additionally, proteins previously inferred via orthology to be present in other compartments, such as an NADH:cytochrome B5 reductase required for hydroxyl fatty acid accumulation in developing seeds, were shown to be located in the outer membrane. These results also revealed novel proteins, which may have evolved to fulfill plant-specific requirements of the mitochondrial outer membrane, and provide a basis for the future functional characterization of these proteins in the context of mitochondrial intracellular interaction.     

New Escherichia coli outer membrane proteins identified through prediction and experimental verification

Many new Escherichia coli outer membrane proteins have recently been identified by proteomics techniques. However, poorly expressed proteins and proteins expressed only under certain conditions may escape detection when wild-type cells are grown under standard conditions. Here, we have taken a complementary approach where candidate outer membrane proteins have been identified by bioinformatics prediction, cloned and overexpressed, and finally localized by cell fractionation experiments. Out of eight predicted outer membrane proteins, we have confirmed the outer membrane localization for five-YftM, YaiO, YfaZ, CsgF, and YliI--and also provide preliminary data indicating that a sixth--YfaL--may be an outer membrane autotransporter.     

Outer membrane permeability and porin proteins of Yersinia enterocolitica

In intact cells of Yersinia enterocolitica, loss of the YompF protein reduced the outer membrane permeability parameters for two beta-lactam compounds, cephaloridine and nitrocefin. Additional loss of the outer membrane YompC protein resulted in further reductions in the permeability parameters. We conclude that the outer membrane proteins YompC and YompF of Y. enterocolitica are porin proteins.     

Detection of IgG and IgM to meningococcal outer membrane proteins in relation to carriage of Neisseria meningitidis or Neisseria lactamica

Carriage of non-serogroupable Neisseria meningitidis or Neisseria lactamica induces antibodies protective against meningococcal disease. Antibodies directed against outer membrane proteins are bactericidal and the serotype and subtype outer membrane protein antigens are being examined for their value as vaccine candidates for serogroup B disease. The aim of this study was to examine the effect of carriage of these two Neisseria species among children and young adults on induction of antibodies to outer membrane components from strains causing disease in Greece. Among 53 patients with meningococcal disease, IgG or IgM antibodies were detected by ELISA in 9 of 13 (69%) from whom the bacteria were isolated and 27 of 40 (67%) who were culture-negative. For military recruits (n = 604), the proportion of carriers of meningococci with IgM or IgG to outer membrane proteins was higher than non-carriers, P < 0.05 and P = 0.000000, respectively. Among school children (n = 319), the proportion with IgM or IgG to outer membrane proteins for carriers of meningococci was higher compared with non-carriers, P = 0.000000 and P = 0000043, respectively. Carriage of N. lactamica was not associated with the presence of either IgM or IgG to the outer membrane proteins in the children. The higher proportion of children (50%) with IgM to outer membrane proteins compared with recruits (10%) might reflect more recent exposure and primary immune responses to the bacteria. The lack of association between antibodies to outer membrane proteins and carriage of N. lactamica could reflect observations that the majority of N. lactamica isolates from Greece and other countries do not react with monoclonal typing reagents. Bactericidal antibodies to meningococci associated with high levels of IgG to N. lactamica were found in a previous study; these are thought to be directed to antigens other than outer membrane proteins or capsules and imply antigens such as lipo-oligosaccharide are involved in induction of antibodies cross-reactive with meningococci.