草鱼呼肠孤病毒RNA聚合酶基因的表达与产物纯化

草鱼呼肠孤病毒是引起草鱼出血病的主要病原,隶属于呼肠孤病毒科水生呼肠孤病毒属.序列分析表明,GCRV S2 片段长为3 877核苷酸,编码一个分子量为138kDa 的蛋白VP2,具有RNA聚合酶性质.为进一步了解该病毒 RNA聚合酶特性,本研究在对GCRV RNA聚合酶基因(GCRV-RdRp)保守区(约1.5kb)重组质粒pR/RRp高效表达的基础上,分别构建了编码GCRV RNA聚合酶保守区N端与C端部分基因的 pR/RRpN及pR/RRpC重组表达载体,并在原核细胞中获得成功表达.筛选的重组表达菌株经IPTG诱导培养,得到分子量分别为98kDa、103kDa的目的表达融合蛋白.Western blot分析表明,该表达产物与兔抗GCRV-VP2血清呈阳性反应.通过ProBond柱亲和层析,纯化了融合有6个组氨酸的重组表达产物,并获得约90%纯的目的蛋白.上述结果为GCRV RNA聚合酶特性分析提供了依据.     

草鱼呼肠孤病毒RNA聚合酶基因功能区在原核细胞中的表达

草鱼呼肠孤病毒(grass carp reovirus)为我国分离、鉴定的第一株水生动物病毒.1983年,我国首次报道引起爆发性草鱼出血病的病原为草鱼出血病病毒[1,2],其后相继进行了系统的病毒形态学、生物学、生物化学及分子生物学特性等研究[3-8].自1979年Meyers T R等报道从水生动物中分离出第一株呼肠孤样病毒,迄今国际上已分离鉴定40余种水生呼肠孤病毒(aquareovirus).在这些分离株中,大多数毒株不能引起寄主的病理反应或仅表现出较弱的致病性.然而研究认为,GCRV为水生呼肠孤病毒中致病力最强的毒株[9].可见,以GCRV为模型,研究水生呼肠孤病毒的复制与致病机理具有一定的理论及实际意义.我们在对GCRV反应核心及体外转录研究中,已证实GCRV RNA聚合酶在病毒粒子中的存在及其位置[5];GCRV序列测定及定位结果显示,GCRV-VP2多肽为该病毒RNA聚合酶(RNA dependent RNA polymerase RdRp)[6,7].为了探讨草鱼呼肠孤病毒的侵染与宿主的相关性及复制机制,我们首次进行了该病毒RNA聚合酶基因(GCRV-RdRp)功能区序列在原核细胞中的表达研究,并得到高效表达融合蛋白.这一结果将为该酶的活性及特性分析提供实验依据.下面报道本研究结果.     

两株水生呼肠孤病毒部分特性的比较

水生呼肠孤病毒为感染水生动物的一类病原体,隶属于呼肠孤病毒科新建水生呼肠孤病毒属。草鱼呼肠孤病毒(Grass carp reovirus,GCRV)是引起中国南方淡水养殖草鱼暴发性出血病病原,鲅鱼呼肠孤病毒(Threadfin reovirus,TFV)是引起海水养殖鲅鱼病毒病病原。本研究将GCRV与新加坡TFV分离株进行了部分特性比较研究。结果表明,GCRV与TFV均能感染CIK细胞,但对其它鱼类细胞系的敏感性有所差异。此外,凝胶电泳与逆转录聚合酶链式扩增显示,GCRV与TFV核酸属不同的基因型。在多肽特性上,证实了GCRV的5条主要结构多肽具有与。FTV及水生呼肠孤病毒相似的特性。Westem blot检测显示,草鱼呼肠孤病毒与TFV结构蛋白拥有部分相同的抗原决定簇。     

草鱼呼肠孤病毒VP7蛋白单克隆抗体的制备与应用

草鱼呼肠孤病毒(Grass carp reovirus, GCRV)是导致该病的主要病原, 研究将Ⅰ型草鱼呼肠孤病毒GCRV-873株的外衣壳蛋白VP7基因进行原核表达, 获得高度纯化VP7重组蛋白, 通过免疫BALB/c小鼠, 首次制备筛选得到高效价单克隆抗体。结果显示, GCRV-I vp7基因可在原核表达系统中高效表达, 主要以包涵体形式存在, 大小约为40 kD。免疫小鼠后筛选到了5株IgG类型阳性杂交瘤细胞株, 其中3株亚型为IgG1, 2株亚型为IgG2a。Western Blot实验和直接免疫荧光实验显示, 该抗体可特异识别GCRV-873, 并且ELISA检测原核重组蛋白的效价高达204800, 亲和常数为4.04×109。研究制备的VP7蛋白单克隆抗体, 为GCRV-I病毒诊断技术开发及病毒感染机制的深入研究提供实验基础。     

利用噬菌体展示技术淘选草鱼呼肠孤病毒的单链抗体

草鱼呼肠孤病毒（GCRV）是引起我国大面积草鱼幼鱼出血病暴发的主要病原,其外衣壳蛋白VP5和VP7在病毒入侵宿主细胞过程中起着至关重要的作用。研究以原核表达的VP7、全长VP5、VP5的N端片段及C端片段为靶蛋白,利用已构建的噬菌体展示单链抗体文库进行淘选。经过3轮淘选后,共获得7个针对VP7、VP5、VP5N和VP5C的单链抗体。经过验证,识别原核表达的VP7的两个单链抗体能够成功识别天然GCRV病毒。此结果对于进一步研究GCRV与宿主细胞的相互作用机理奠定了基础。       

两株水生呼肠孤病毒部分特性的比较

水生呼肠孤病毒为感染水生动物的一类病原体,隶属于呼肠孤病毒科新建水生呼肠孤病毒属.草鱼呼肠孤病毒(Grass carp reovirus,GCRV)是引起中国南方淡水养殖草鱼暴发性出血病病原,鮁鱼呼肠孤病毒(Threadfin reovirus,TFV)是引起海水养殖鮁鱼病毒病病原.本研究将GCRV与新加坡TFV分离株进行了部分特性比较研究.结果表明,GCRV与TFV均能感染CIK细胞,但对其它鱼类细胞系的敏感性有所差异.此外,凝胶电泳与逆转录聚合酶链式扩增显示,GCRV与TFV核酸属不同的基因型.在多肽特性上,证实了GCRV的5条主要结构多肽具有与FTV及水生呼肠孤病毒相似的特性.Western blot 检测显示,草鱼呼肠孤病毒与TFV结构蛋白拥有部分相同的抗原决定簇.     

利用噬菌体展示技术筛选草鱼呼肠孤病毒VP39蛋白相互作用多肽

VP39是草鱼呼肠孤Ⅲ型病毒(GCRV GenotypeⅢ, GCRV-Ⅲ)S9基因编码的蛋白,为研究VP39蛋白在GCRV-Ⅲ感染草鱼细胞过程中行使的生物学功能,将克隆VP39基因序列并构建原核表达载体pET32a-VP39,通过原核表达得到VP39-HIS融合蛋白;利用VP39蛋白溶液免疫小鼠,制备鼠抗VP39多克隆抗体,通过Western Blot对抗体进行评估;利用制备的多克隆抗体探究GCRV-Ⅲ感染细胞过程中VP39蛋白表达动力学;利用噬菌体展示技术筛选与VP39蛋白特异性结合的多肽序列并进行分析。SDS-PAGE电泳结果显示, VP39-HIS融合蛋白可良好溶于PBS中,蛋白大小约为39 kD; Western Blot检测表明实验所制备的VP39多克隆抗体在1:10000稀释比例下,既能识别原核表达的VP39-HIS融合蛋白,也能识别GCRV-Ⅲ感染CIK细胞后表达的VP39蛋白,具有良好的效价与特异性;在病毒侵染过程中, VP39前期表达量较少,在中后期大量表达;噬菌体展示技术筛选出两条多肽与VP39蛋白有高度亲和性,经过在NCBI上比对后发现草鱼基因组中有7个基因与筛...     

草鱼呼肠孤病毒HZ08株S4基因序列分析

草鱼呼肠孤病毒HZ08株是本实验室从患出血病草鱼体内分离到的一个新毒株,已完成部分基因序列的分析,其氨基酸序列的同源性和873株相比,仅为20%~30%之间.因序列差异较大,无法通过设计特异性引物来扩增和分析其基因序列,采用单引物扩增技术,对HZ08株S4基因进行序列分析表明:S4全长为2263 bp,最大的ORF编码717个氨基酸,推导出其表达的蛋白约为79 kDa.正如其他基因节段,基因末端也含有保守碱基序列5′(GUAAUUU…UUCAUC),3′.S4基因推导的氨基酸序列与同宿主的其他呼肠孤病毒的非结构蛋白NS1同源性最大,其次是和哺乳动物正呼肠孤病毒的非结构蛋白mu-NS以及禽呼肠孤病毒非结构蛋白NS1同源性较大,表明S4可能表达细胞骨架相关蛋白.基于S4推导出的氨基酸序列构建的系统进化树HZ08株单独作为一个分支,与同宿主的其他呼肠孤病毒亲缘关系比较近,而与其他呼肠孤病毒则相对较远.这提示HZ08株可能是多个毒株的遗传信息经长期的遗传进化而得,综合其它已知序列信息,推测HZ08株可能为呼肠孤病毒的一个新成员.     

草鱼Ⅲ型呼肠孤病毒NS66抗体制备及应用

[背景]草鱼Ⅲ型呼肠孤病毒(grass carp reovirus,GCRV genotypeⅢ) 104株可导致典型性草鱼出血病,对其编码片段的分析有望为临床免疫学检测提供依据。[目的]研究GCRV104株s6基因节段编码蛋白NS66的可能功能,制备良好的GCRV104株NS66蛋白多克隆抗体并分析其特异性。[方法]PCR方法扩增GCRV104株s6基因片段,并克隆至表达载体pGEX-4T-3,转化到大肠杆菌BL21后用IPTG诱导表达,其产物经SDS-PAGE鉴定分析后,通过纯化获得目的蛋白。然后用纯化的pGEX-4T-3-NS66重组蛋白免疫小鼠,获得Anti pGEX-4T-3-NS66多克隆抗体,Western blot测定抗体效价,Western blotting和间接免疫荧光试验(indirect immunofluorescence assay,IFA)鉴定抗体特异性。[结果]SDS-PAGE分析显示表达的重组蛋白约66 kD,大小与预期相符,主要存在于包涵体中;Western blotting测得制备的多克隆抗体效价大于1:50 000,Western blotting和IFA结果表明,制备的多克隆抗体能特异性识别GCRV104病毒。[结论]GCRV104病毒编码的非结构蛋白NS66可能参与了复制和组装过程,形成病毒包涵体,这为建立GCRV104免疫诊断方法及研究GCRV编码的NS66蛋白的功能奠定了前期基础。     

草鱼呼肠孤病毒的三维重构与衣壳蛋白特性

草鱼呼肠孤病毒(grass carp reovirus, GCRV)为呼肠孤病毒科水生呼肠孤病毒属一新成员. 最新的基因组序列分析发现, GCRV与哺乳动物呼肠孤病毒(mammalian reovirus, MRV)具有高度的同源性. 为了解GCRV致病机理, 进行了分辨率达到17 Å的三维重构与衣壳蛋白特性研究. 结果表明: GCRV颗粒呈多层排列, 包括RNA核心与内壳层、中间层及外壳层. 由200个按T = 13对称排列的三聚体组成外衣壳, 其典型特征是在5次轴上出现三聚体缺失凹陷区, 暴露出中间层三聚体亚单位. 内壳层由120个单体组成, 按T = 1排列, 结构特点与呼肠孤病毒科成员内衣壳特征相一致. 衣壳蛋白电泳显示, GCRV颗粒含有7种蛋白(VP1-VP7)组分, 与MRV衣壳蛋白特性相近, 两者在衣壳结构组成上的相似性与基因组序列的高度同源性相吻合. 此结果对进一步研究GCRV与宿主细胞相互作用机理具有指导意义.     

High Level Expression of Grass Carp Reovirus VP7 Protein in Prokaryotic Cells

Sequences analysis revealed Grass carp reovirus （GCRV） s10 was 909 nucleotides coding a 34 kDa protein denoted as VP7, which was determined to be a viral outer capsid protein （OCP）. To obtain expressed OCP in vitro, a full length VP7 gene was produced by RT-PCR amplification, and the amplified fragment was cloned into T7 promoted prokaryotic expression vector pRSET. The recombinant plasmid, which was named as pR/GCRV-VP7, was then transformed into E.coli BL21 host cells. The data indicated that the expressed recombinant was in frame with the N-terminal fusion peptide. The over-expressed fusion protein was produced by inducing with IPTG, and its molecular weight was about 37kDa, which was consistent with its predicted size. In addition, the fusion protein was produced in the form of the inclusion body with their yield remaining steady at more than 60% of total bacterial protein. Moreover, the expressed protein was able to bind immunologically to anti-his-tag monoclonal antibody （mouse） and anti-GCRV serum （rabbit）. This work provides a research basis for further structure and function studies of GCRV during entry into cells     

High level expression of grass carp reovirus VP7 protein in prokaryotic cells

Sequences analysis revealed Grass carp reovirus (GCRV) s10 was 909 nucleotides coding a 34 kDa protein denoted as VP7, which was determined to be a viral outer capsid protein (OCP). To obtain expressed OCP in vitro, a full length VP7 gene was produced by RT-PCR amplification, and the amplified fragment was cloned into T7 promoted prokaryotic expression vector pRSET. The recombinant plasmid,which was named as pR/GCRV-VP7,was then transformed into E.coli BL21 host cells. The data indicated that the expressed recombinant was in frame with the N-terminal fusion peptide. The over-expressed fusion protein was produced by inducing with IPTG, and its molecular weight was about 37kDa, which was consistent with its predicted size. In addition, the fusion protein was produced in the form of the inclusion body with their yield remaining steady at more than 60% of total bacterial protein. Moreover,the expressed protein was able to bind immunologically to anti-his-tag monoclonal antibody (mouse) and anti-GCRV serum (rabbit). This work provides a research basis for further structure and function studies of GCRV during entry into cells.     

通过断裂内含肽介导的反式剪接合成大的蛋白

大肠杆菌难以表达大的蛋白,毒性蛋白以及膜蛋白,“Npu DnaE内含肽表达系统“使这些蛋白的表达成为可能。该系统的基本原理是：在特定位点处将目标基因（编码T7 RNA聚合酶的基因）断裂成两部分,然后分别与Npu DnaE内含肽的N端,C端片段融合,两种融合基因分别表达纯化,在体外将两种融合蛋白等摩尔比混合即可产生有功能的T7 RNA聚合酶。理论上,该体系也可用于合成其他大的蛋白,毒性蛋白或膜蛋白。     

Role of curved DNA in binding of Escherichia coli RNA polymerase to promoters.

The ability of curved DNA upstream of the -35 region to affect the interaction of Escherichia coli RNA polymerase and promoter DNA was examined through the use of hybrid promoters. These promoters were constructed by substituting the curved DNA from two Bacillus subtilis bacteriophage SP82 promoters for the comparable DNA of the bacteriophage lambda promoters lambda pR and lambda pL. The SP82 promoters possessed intrinsic DNA curvature upstream of their -35 regions, as characterized by runs of adenines in phase with the helical repeat. In vitro, the relative affinities of purified sigma 70-RNA polymerase for the promoters were determined in a competition binding assay. Hybrid promoters derived from lambda pR that contained curved DNA were bound by E. coli RNA polymerase more efficiently than was the original lambda pR. Binding of E. coli RNA polymerase to these hybrid promoters was favored on superhelical DNA templates according to gel retardation analysis. Both the supercoiled and relaxed forms of the hybrid lambda pL series were better competitors for E. coli RNA polymerase binding than was the original lambda pL. The results of DNase I footprinting analysis provided evidence for the wrapping of the upstream curved DNA of the hybrid lambda pR promoters around the E. coli RNA polymerase in a tight, nucleosomal-like fashion. The tight wrapping of the upstream DNA around the polymerase may facilitate the subsequent steps of DNA untwisting and strand separation.     

Expression of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) gag, pol, and env proteins from chimeric HIV-1-poliovirus minireplicons.

Recent studies have demonstrated that genomes of poliovirus with deletions in the P1 (capsid) region contain the necessary viral information for RNA replication. To test the effects of the substitution of foreign genes on RNA replication and protein expression, chimeric human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)-poliovirus genomes were constructed in which regions of the gag, pol, or env gene of HIV-1 were substituted for regions of the P1 gene in the infectious cDNA clone of type 1 Mahoney poliovirus. The HIV-1 genes were inserted between nucleotides 1174 and 2956 of the poliovirus cDNA so that the translational reading frame was maintained between the HIV-1 genes and the remaining poliovirus genes. The chimeric genomes were positioned downstream from a T7 RNA polymerase promoter and transcribed in vitro by using T7 RNA polymerase, and the RNA was transfected into HeLa cells. A Northern (RNA blot) analysis of the RNA from transfected cells demonstrated the appropriate-size RNA, corresponding to the full-length chimeric genomes, which increased over time. Immunoprecipitation with antibodies specific for poliovirus RNA polymerase or sera from AIDS patients demonstrated the expression of the poliovirus RNA polymerase and HIV-1 proteins as fusions with the poliovirus P1 protein. The expression of the HIV-1-poliovirus P1 fusion protein was dependent upon an intact RNA polymerase gene, indicating that RNA replication was required for efficient expression. A pulse-chase analysis of the protein expression from the chimeric genomes demonstrated the initial rapid proteolytic processing of the polyprotein from the chimeric genomes to give HIV-1-poliovirus P1 fusion protein in transfected cells; the HIV-1 gag-P1 and HIV-1 pol-P1 fusion proteins exhibited a greater intracellular stability than the HIV-1 env-P1 fusion protein. Finally, superinfection with wild-type poliovirus of HeLa cells which had been transfected with the chimeric genomes did not significantly affect the expression of chimeric fusion protein. The results are discussed in the context of poliovirus RNA replication and demonstrate the feasibility of using poliovirus genomes (minireplicons) as novel vectors for expression of foreign proteins.     

甜菜坏死黄脉病毒RNA4 cDNA克隆、序列分析及其编码蛋白基因在大肠杆菌中的表达

以甜菜坏死黄脉病毒(Beet Necrotic Yellow Vein Virus,简称BNYVV)内蒙分离物(NM)RNA为模板,通过反转录和PCR扩增得到了BNYVV RNA4基因组的cDNA克隆pGBF6。序列分析结果表明,pGBF6含有全长RNA4 cDNA插入片段,大小为1465个核苷酸,含有一个849个核苷酸的开放阅读框架,编码产生由282个氨基酸组成的分子量为31kDa的蛋白。与法国F2分离物RNA4相比,其核苷酸序列和由此推导的氨基酸序列同源性分别为97.1％和96.4％,并在5'端非编码区比F2分离物缺失了3个核苷酸。将RNA4编码区cDNA克隆到原核表达载体pFLAG·MAC上,获得融合蛋白表达质粒pFMBF87。所构建的融合蛋白由载体序列编码的14个氨基酸和31kDa蛋白C端的233个氨基酸组成。经IPTG诱导,Westem blotting分析表明,该融合蛋白在大肠杆菌中得到高效表达。本文还对内蒙分离物的株系划分进行了讨论。     

A modified method for the purification of active large enzymes using the glutathione S-transferase expression system

The glutathione S-transferase (GST) fusion protein system is widely used for high-level expression and efficient purification of recombinant proteins from bacteria. However many GST-tagged proteins are insoluble, and the existing procedures, which employ a mixture of detergents to solubilize the molecules, frequently compromise their functional activity. A further limitation is that large proteins (>80 kDa) are poorly isolated by the current methods and are contaminated by truncated forms. To overcome these problems, we provide here an improved method for efficient purification of active large GST-tagged enzymes such as the 180-kDa GST-fused mitochondrial RNA polymerase.     

Expression and identification of inclusion forming-related domain of NS80 nonstructural protein of grass carp reovirus

Grass carp reovirus (GCRV), a double stranded RNA virus that infects aquatic animals, often with disastrous effects, belongs to the genus Aquareovirus and family Reoviridea. Similar to other reoviruses, genome replication of GCRV in infected cells occurs in cytoplasmic inclusion bodies, also called viral factories. Sequences analysis revealed the nonstructural protein NS80, encoded by GCRV segment 4, has a high similarity with uNS in MRV(Mammalian orthoreoviruses), which may be associated with viral factory formation. To understand the function of the uNS80 protein in virus replication, the initial expression and identification of the immunogenicity of the GCRV NS80 protein inclusion forming-related region (335.742) was investigated in this study. It is shown that the over-expressed fusion protein was produced by inducing with IPTG at 28oC. In addition, serum specific rabbit antibody was obtained by using super purified recombinant NS80(335.742) protein as antigen. Moreover, the expressed protein was able to bind to anti-his-tag monoclonal antibody (mouse) and NS80(335-742) specific rabbit antibody. Further western blot analysis indicates that the antiserum could detect NS80 or NS80C protein expression in GCRV infected cells. This data provides a foundation for further investigation of the role of NS80 in viral inclusion formation and virion assembly.