利用噬菌体随机肽库筛选抗柯萨奇病毒B3多肽的研究

本实验将柯萨奇病毒B3型(CVB3)大量扩增,应用蔗糖密度梯度离心法纯化病毒。利用噬菌体随机9肽库进行筛选,3轮淘洗后,测定噬菌体克隆抗病毒复制能力。提取阳性克隆DNA并进行测序,推导外源多肽的氨基酸序列。结果表明:3个具有明显抗病毒复制能力的噬菌体阳性克隆被筛选出来,使TCID50由10-7.5SFU/mL分别降至10-5.25、10-6、10-5.5SFU/mL,由此证明可以应用噬菌体肽库来筛选具有抗病毒作用的多肽,本研究为抗病毒多肽制剂的研究奠定了基础。     

利用噬菌体随机肽库筛选抗柯萨奇病毒B3多肽的研究

本实验将柯萨奇病毒B3型(CVB3)大量扩增,应用蔗糖密度梯度离心法纯化病毒.利用噬菌体随机9肽库进行筛选,3轮淘洗后,测定噬菌体克隆抗病毒复制能力.提取阳性克隆DNA并进行测序,推导外源多肽的氨基酸序列.结果表明3个具有明显抗病毒复制能力的噬菌体阳性克隆被筛选出来,使TCID50由10-7.5SFU/mL分别降至10-5.25、10-6、10-5.5SFU/mL,由此证明可以应用噬菌体肽库来筛选具有抗病毒作用的多肽,本研究为抗病毒多肽制剂的研究奠定了基础.     

BLyS对噬菌体随机12肽库的筛选

用B淋巴细胞刺激因子（BLyS）对噬菌体随机12肽库进行亲和淘洗,3轮筛选后阳性噬菌体得到富集。用ELISA鉴定噬菌体克隆,多个阳性克隆测序后得到了同一个小肽序列(RHKIQLRQNIIT)。将该小肽与GST融合,在大肠杆菌中进行表达及纯化,ELISA实验进一步验证了其具有与BLyS特异结合的活性。该小肽有可能成为其天然受体的拮抗剂。      

7肽和12肽两种M13噬菌体展示库筛选肿瘤坏死因子alpha拮抗肽的比较

肿瘤坏死因子alpha的拮抗剂是治疗多种炎症性自身免疫疾病的首选,但抗体类拮抗物因副作用明显而使用受限,尤其是机体内抗抗体的产生,严重影响治疗效果和药物代谢。而肽类物除免疫原性低之外,和小分子相比也有更低的毒性和更强的靶标特异性。使用7肽和12肽两种M13噬菌体展示库筛选TNFα拮抗肽,以分析7肽和12肽分别作为TNFα拮抗肽的亲和性与功能性。经过3~4轮的筛选和验证,得到2条7肽序列和2条12肽序列。利用ELISA方法检测合成肽与TNFα结合的亲和性,编号632的7肽亲和性最强,Kd=138nmol/L;编号636的12肽亲和性稍差,Kd=8.59μmol/L。InsightⅡ软件分别分析632肽和636肽与TNFα二聚体结合,发现632肽与TNFα二聚体结合更加稳定,并且在细胞水平上632肽拮抗TNFα活性功能比636肽更强,有632肽存在的条件下TNFα诱导的L929细胞生存率上升了3倍,而636肽的作用只有2倍。7肽比12肽更适合作为TNFα拮抗肽。     

应用噬菌体随机肽库技术筛选戊型肝炎病毒中和表位模拟肽

以识别戊型肝炎病毒（HEV）构象依赖性中和表位的单克隆抗体8C11、8H3作为固相筛选分子,对噬菌体随机7肽库进行4轮筛选后,随机挑取单克隆噬菌体进行测序。合成优势7肽序列基因,将其插入HBcAg-AA78-83位置之中,进行原核表达,所获重组蛋白经蛋白印迹实验证实可与相应单抗结合,电镜下可见重组蛋白能形成与HBcAg相似的类病毒颗粒。化学合成单抗8H3筛选出的优势7肽,所获7肽经生物传感器结合实验证实与单抗8H3结合。这些结果提示用噬菌体7肽库可以筛选出部分模拟构象性表位的短肽,为亚单位疫苗的研制提供了新的思路。     

A Peptide Inhibitor of Angiotensin I Converting Enzyme in the Tryptic Hydrolysate of Casein

Protoplasts of Pyricularia oryzae P₂ formed a cell wall and eventually reverted to a normal mycelial form in liquid medium. The process of the formation of two main cell-wall components, glucan and chitin, was studied from the onset of regeneration. Analyses using radioactive sugars suggested that chitin synthesis started after a short lag but glucan formation was delayed. Chemical analysis of regenerating cell walls using gas-liquid chromatography indicated clearly that chitin formation precedes glucan formation.     

A metalloproteinase karilysin present in the majority of Tannerella forsythia isolates inhibits all pathways of the complement system

Tannerella forsythia is a poorly studied pathogen despite being one of the main causes of periodontitis, which is an inflammatory disease of the supporting structures of the teeth. We found that despite being recognized by all complement pathways, T. forsythia is resistant to killing by human complement, which is present at up to 70% of serum concentration in gingival crevicular fluid. Incubation of human serum with karilysin, a metalloproteinase of T. forsythia, resulted in a decrease in bactericidal activity of the serum. T. forsythia strains expressing karilysin at higher levels were more resistant than low-expressing strains. Furthermore, the low-expressing strain was significantly more opsonized with activated complement factor 3 and membrane attack complex from serum compared with the other strains. The high-expressing strain was more resistant to killing in human blood. The protective effect of karilysin against serum bactericidal activity was attributable to its ability to inhibit complement at several stages. The classical and lectin complement pathways were inhibited because of the efficient degradation of mannose-binding lectin, ficolin-2, ficolin-3, and C4 by karilysin, whereas inhibition of the terminal pathway was caused by degradation of C5. Interestingly, karilysin was able to release biologically active C5a peptide in human plasma and induce migration of neutrophils. Importantly, we detected the karilysin gene in >90% of gingival crevicular fluid samples containing T. forsythia obtained from patients with periodontitis. Taken together, the newly characterized karilysin appears to be an important virulence factor of T. forsythia and might have several important implications for immune evasion.     

噬菌体展示的豆蔻酰转移酶抑制肽序列结构和功能研究

对一个具有很强的抑制豆蔻酰转移酶活性的抑制肽噬菌体所展示的随机区１５肽序列ＴＷＰＶＶＨＧＡＣＲＡＨＧＨＣ进行关键氨基酸残基的单点,双点和缺失等一系列突变研究,以确定其功能区段。结果显示;Ｗ２Ａ,Ｈ６Ｎ和Ｈ６Ｒ突变抑制活性明显下降,Ｐ３Ａ,Ｖ４Ｖ５→Ｖ４Ａ５双点突变对活性也有一定的影响,而Ｖ４Ｖ５→Ｗ４Ｗ５,Ｈ１２Ｎ,Ｈ１４Ｎ,Ｃ９Ｓ,Ｃ１５Ｓ,ΔＣ１５,ΔＨ１４Ｃ１５和Δ９－Ｃ１５等突变对则基本上     

Profiling the Cross Reactivity of Ubiquitin with the Nedd8 Activating Enzyme by Phage Display

The C-terminal peptides of ubiquitin (UB) and UB-like proteins (UBLs) play a key role in their recognition by the specific activating enzymes (E1s) to launch their transfer through the respective enzymatic cascades thus modifying cellular proteins. UB and Nedd8, a UBL regulating the activity of cullin-RING UB ligases, only differ by one residue at their C-termini; yet each has its specific E1 for the activation reaction. It has been reported recently that UAE can cross react with Nedd8 to enable its passage through the UB transfer cascade for protein neddylation. To elucidate differences in UB recognition by UAE and NAE, we carried out phage selection of a UB library with randomized C-terminal sequences based on the catalytic formation of UB∼NAE thioester conjugates. Our results confirmed the previous finding that residue 72 of UB plays a “gate-keeping” role in E1 selectivity. We also found that diverse sequences flanking residue 72 at the UB C-terminus can be accommodated by NAE for activation. Furthermore heptameric peptides derived from the C-terminal sequences of UB variants selected for NAE activation can function as mimics of Nedd8 to form thioester conjugates with NAE and the downstream E2 enzyme Ubc12 in the Nedd8 transfer cascade. Once the peptides are charged onto the cascade enzymes, the full-length Nedd8 protein is effectively blocked from passing through the cascade for the critical modification of cullin. We have thus identified a new class of inhibitors of protein neddylation based on the profiles of the UB C-terminal sequences recognized by NAE.     

Selection and Characterization of a Peptide Specifically Targeting to Gastric Cancer Cell Line SGC-7901 Using Phage Display

Peptides selected from phage display have great potential to become probes for the imaging detection of the cancer. To develop the peptide probe for diagnosis of GC, a 12-mer phage display library was used to select peptides that bind specifically to the human GC cell line SGC-7901. After four rounds of in vitro selection, five phage clones that bound specifically to the SGC-7901 cells were selected. The phage clone GP-5 had a particularly high affinity and specificity for SGC-7901 cells. This clone was identified using a series of methods. The peptide GP-5 that was displayed on phage GP-5 exhibited high specificity to SGC-7901 cells and gastric tissues. Thus, the peptide GP-5 displays excellent potential for imaging detection of human gastric cancer.     

Detection of Tannerella forsythia and/or Prevotella intermedia might be useful for microbial predictive markers for the outcome of initial periodontal treatment in Koreans

A proportion of diseased sites in periodontal disease do not respond to the initial treatment, which might be due in part to the presence of specific microbial pathogens. The aim of this study was to clarify the value of microbial screening for predicting the outcome of periodontal treatment in Koreans using a polymerase chain reaction (PCR). This study enrolled 32 adults with periodontal disease. Microbial and clinical examinations were performed at the baseline and after the initial treatment (professional toothbrushing, scaling, and root planing). Subgingival plaque samples were taken from four sites in each subject (total 128 samples). PCR was used to detect the four putative pathogenic bacteria. There was an improvement in the average of each clinical measurement after the initial treatment. However, approximately half of the sites exhibiting bleeding upon probing (BOP) at the baseline still exhibited bleeding after treatment. There was a close association between the presence of BOP and the presence of Tannerella forsythia (formerly Bacteroides forsythus) and/or Prevotella intermedia. Furthermore, the sites harboring both T. forsythia and P. intermedia at the baseline had a poorer response to treatment than the sites where these two species were not detected. Therefore, microbial screening for T. forsythia and P. intermedia might be useful for predicting the treatment outcome in Koreans.     

Miropin,a Novel Bacterial Serpin from the Periodontopathogen Tannerella forsythia,Inhibits a Broad Range of Proteases by Using Different Peptide Bonds within the Reactive Center Loop

All prokaryotic genes encoding putative serpins identified to date are found in environmental and commensal microorganisms, and only very few prokaryotic serpins have been investigated from a mechanistic standpoint. Herein, we characterized a novel serpin (miropin) from the human pathogen Tannerella forsythia, a bacterium implicated in initiation and progression of human periodontitis. In contrast to other serpins, miropin efficiently inhibited a broad range of proteases (neutrophil and pancreatic elastases, cathepsin G, subtilisin, and trypsin) with a stoichiometry of inhibition of around 3 and second-order association rate constants that ranged from 2.7 × 10⁴ (cathepsin G) to 7.1 × 10⁵ m⁻¹s⁻¹ (subtilisin). Inhibition was associated with the formation of complexes that were stable during SDS-PAGE. The unusually broad specificity of miropin for target proteases is achieved through different active sites within the reactive center loop upstream of the P1-P1′ site, which was predicted from an alignment of the primary structure of miropin with those of well studied human and prokaryotic serpins. Thus, miropin is unique among inhibitory serpins, and it has apparently evolved the ability to inhibit a multitude of proteases at the expense of a high stoichiometry of inhibition and a low association rate constant. These characteristics suggest that miropin arose as an adaptation to the highly proteolytic environment of subgingival plaque, which is exposed continually to an array of host proteases in the inflammatory exudate. In such an environment, miropin may function as an important virulence factor by protecting bacterium from the destructive activity of neutrophil serine proteases. Alternatively, it may act as a housekeeping protein that regulates the activity of endogenous T. forsythia serine proteases.     

噬菌体抗体库的构建及抗乳腺癌细胞单链抗体的筛选

构建抗人乳腺癌细胞MCF 7的噬菌体单链抗体库 ,从中筛选MCF 7细胞特异性单链抗体。用MCF-7细胞免疫BALB C小鼠 ,取脾脏 ,提取总RNA ,用RT-PCR技术扩增小鼠抗体重链 (V_H)和轻链 (V_L)可变区基因 ,经重叠PCR(SOE-PCR) ,在体外将V_H和V_{L连接成单链抗体 (scFv)基因 ,并克隆到噬菌粒载体pCANTAB5E中 ,电转化至大肠杆菌TG1,经辅助噬菌体超感染 ,构建噬菌体单链抗体库。从该抗体库中筛选特异性识别MCF-7细胞的噬菌体单链抗体 ,将表面展示单链抗体的单克隆噬菌体转化大肠杆菌TOP10进行可溶性表达。成功地构建了库容为12×10⁶ 的抗MCF-7乳腺癌细胞的单链抗体库 ,初步筛选到了与MCF 7细胞特异性结合的scFv,Westernblot检测表明 ,在大肠杆菌TOP10中实现了单链抗体可溶性表达}     

Panning of a Phage Display Library against a Synthetic Capsule for Peptide Ligands That Bind to the Native Capsule of Bacillus anthracis

Bacillus anthracis is the causative agent of anthrax with the ability to not only produce a tripartite toxin, but also an enveloping capsule comprised primarily of γ-D-glutamic acid residues. The purpose of this study was to isolate peptide ligands capable of binding to the native capsule of B. anthracis from a commercial phage display peptide library using a synthetic form of the capsule consisting of 12 γ-D-glutamic acid residues. Following four rounds of selection, 80 clones were selected randomly and analysed by DNA sequencing. Four clones, each containing a unique consensus sequence, were identified by sequence alignment analysis. Phage particles were prepared and their derived 12-mer peptides were also chemically synthesized and conjugated to BSA. Both the phage particles and free peptide-BSA conjugates were evaluated by ELISA for binding to encapsulated cells of B. anthracis as well as a B. anthracis capsule extract. All the phage particles tested except one were able to bind to both the encapsulated cells and the capsule extract. However, the peptide-BSA conjugates could only bind to the encapsulated cells. One of the peptide-BSA conjugates, with the sequence DSSRIPMQWHPQ (termed G1), was fluorescently labelled and its binding to the encapsulated cells was further confirmed by confocal microscopy. The results demonstrated that the synthetic capsule was effective in isolating phage-displayed peptides with binding affinity for the native capsule of B. anthracis.     

Definition of an 18-mer Synthetic Peptide Derived from the GB virus C E1 Protein as a New HIV-1 Entry Inhibitor

Background: A slower progression of AIDS and increased survival in GBV-C positive individuals, compared with GBV-C negative individuals has been demonstrated; while the loss of GBV-C viremia was closely associated with a rise in mortality and increased progression of AIDS. Following on from the previous reported studies that support the thesis that GBV-C E2 interferes with HIV-1 entry, in this work we try to determine the role of the GBV-C E1 protein in HIV-1 inhibition.Methods: The present work involves the construction of several overlapping peptide libraries scanning the GBV-C E1 protein and the evaluation of their anti-HIV activity.Results: Specifically, an 18-mer synthetic peptide from the GBV-C E1 protein, E1(139-156), showed similar antiviral activity against HIVs from viruses from clades A, B, C, D and AE. Competitive ELISA using specific gp41-targeting mAbs, fluorescence resonance energy transfer as well as haemolysis assays demonstrated that this E1 peptide sequence interacts with the highly conserved N-terminal region of the HIV-1 gp41 (the fusion peptide) which is essential for viral entry.Conclusions: We have defined a novel peptide lead compound and described the inhibitory role of a highly conserved fragment of the E1 protein.General Significance: The results together allow us to consider the non-pathogenic E1 GBV-C protein as an attractive source of peptides for the development of novel anti-HIV therapies.     

Diversity of the Antibody Response to Tetanus Toxoid: Comparison of Hybridoma Library to Phage Display Library

Monoclonal antibodies are important tools in research and since the 1990s have been an important therapeutic class targeting a wide variety of diseases. Earlier methods of mAb production relied exclusively on the lengthy process of making hybridomas. The advent of phage display technology introduced an alternative approach for mAb production. A potential concern with this approach is its complete dependence on an in vitro selection process, which may result in selection of V_H-V_L pairs normally eliminated during the in vivo selection process. The diversity of V_H-V_L pairs selected from phage display libraries relative to an endogenous response is unknown. To address these questions, we constructed a panel of hybridomas and a phage display library using the spleen of a single tetanus toxoid-immunized mouse and compared the diversity of the immune response generated using each technique. Surprisingly, the tetanus toxoid-specific antibodies produced by the hybridoma library exhibited a higher degree of V_H-V_L genetic diversity than their phage display-derived counterparts. Furthermore, the overlap among the V-genes from each library was very limited. Consistent with the notion that accumulation of many small DNA changes lead to increased antigen specificity and affinity, the phage clones displayed substantial micro-heterogeneity. Contrary to previous reports, we found that antigen specificity against tetanus toxoid is encoded by both Vκ and V_H genes. Finally, the phage-derived tetanus-specific clones had a lower binding affinity than the hybridomas, a phenomenon thought to be the result of random pairing of the V-genes.     

Evaluation of an Allosteric BACE Inhibitor Peptide to Identify Mimetics that Can Interact with the Loop F Region of the Enzyme and Prevent APP Cleavage

The aspartyl protease BACE1 (BACE) has emerged as an appealing target for reduction of amyloid-β in Alzheimer's disease. The clinical fate of active-site BACE inhibitors may depend on potential side effects related to enzyme and substrate selectivity. One strategy to reduce this risk is through development of allosteric inhibitors that interact with and modulate the Loop F region unique to BACE1. Previously, a BACE-inhibiting antibody (Ab) was shown by co-crystallization to bind and induce conformational changes of Loop F, resulting in backbone perturbations at the distal S6 and S7 subsites, preventing proper binding of a long APP-like substrate to BACE and inhibiting its cleavage. In an effort to discover small Loop F-interacting molecules that mimic the Ab inhibition, we evaluated a peptide series with a YPYF(I/L)P(L/Y) motif that was reported to bind a BACE exosite. Our studies show that the most potent inhibitor from this series, peptide 65007, has a similar substrate cleavage profile to the Ab and reduces sAPPβ levels in cell models and primary neurons. As our modeling indicates, it interacts with the Loop F region causing a conformational shift of the BACE protein backbone near the distal subsites. The peptide-bound enzyme adopts a conformation that closely overlays with the crystal structure (PDB: 3R1G) from Ab binding. Importantly, peptide 65007 appears to be BACE substrate and enzyme selective, showing little inhibition of NRG1, PSGL1, CHL1, or Cat D. Thus, peptide 65007 is a promising lead for discovery of Loop F-interacting small-molecule mimetics as allosteric inhibitors of BACE.     

Clostripain Linker Deletion Variants Yield Active Enzyme in Escherichia coli: A Possible Function of the Linker Peptide as Intramolecular Inhibitor of Clostripain Automaturation

The clostripain core protein is composed of the light and heavy chain subunits linked by a nonapeptide into a single polypeptide chain [Mol. Gen. Genet. 240: 140, 1993]. Linker removal is due to autocatalytic processing yielding active heterodimeric enzyme. We have expressed mutationally altered core protein variants in the heterologous host Escherichia coli to gain further insight into the process of clostripain automaturation. In a mutationally created Cys²³¹→ Ser variant, heterodimer formation was largely impaired, providing molecular evidence that the capacity for automaturation is attributed to the active site cysteine, Cys²³¹, of the native enzyme. Artificially generated deletions of the linker peptide did not prevent the formation of active enzyme. One variant gave rise to a single-chain molecule devoid of the authentic processing sites while retaining enzymatic activity. Experiments performed with linker substitution variants suggested that the efficacy of automaturation depends on a proper configuration of the linker region. According to computerized predictions, the formation of a turn-structured protein loop or hinge with hydrophilic characteristics in the linker region is probably a prerequisite for the interaction of the active site cysteine with the processing sites, Arg¹⁸¹ and Arg¹⁹⁰. We propose that the clostripain linker nonapeptide serves as an important transient intramolecular inhibitor in the cellular self-defense program evolved by the natural host Clostridium histolyticum. Received: 23 January 1996 / Accepted: 22 April 1996