戊型肝炎病毒结构区ORF2蛋白在巴氏毕赤酵母中的胸内表达与纯化的初步研究

为寻求新型表达系统来研制戊型肝炎基因工程疫苗,利用甲醇营养型酵母pichia pastoris表达系统表达戊型肝炎病毒（HEV）结构区ORF2蛋白。采用PCR方法从HEV cDNA中扩增得到ORC2基因克隆到酵母表达载体pPIC3.5K上,构建成重组质粒pPIC3.5KORF2。该质粒转化酵母菌GS115,经G418筛选得到高拷贝转化子,转化菌株经Mut表型鉴定后,用含甲醇的培养基诱导表达,SDS－PAGE及ELISA筛选高表达活性菌株,放大培养后进行亲合层析纯化。在该系统中成功地表达了高生物活性的HEV ORF2蛋白,经亲和层析纯化后扫描分析重组蛋白分子量约为59kD,纯度可达96%。Wester blotting证实,它与HEV ORF2单克隆抗体有特异性反应。HEV结构区ORF2蛋白在甲醇营养型酵母中的成功表达,以及初步纯化得到的具有强免疫学活性的重组蛋白,为研究新型戊型肝炎基因工程苗奠定了基础。     

戊型肝炎病毒Ⅳ型ORF2蛋白在汉逊酵母中的表达

为了寻求新型表达系统来研制戊型肝炎基因工程疫苗,利用甲基营养型汉逊酵母(Hansenulapolymorpha)系统表达戊型肝炎病毒(HepatitisEvirus,HEV)Ⅳ型结构区ORF2编码蛋白第112-607氨基酸片段。为实现目的基因在汉逊酵母中的高效表达,根据汉逊酵母偏爱密码子优化设计目的基因,用搭桥PCR法合成优化后的基因序列,并克隆到多拷贝表达载体上,转化汉逊酵母营养缺陷宿主菌ATCC26012(Ura3-),在选择培养基上培养,运用PCR法筛选得到携带外源基因的重组菌株,然后用含甲醇的培养基诱导表达,对表达产物进行SDS-PAGE、ELISA和Westernblot检测和鉴定。SDS-PAGE实验结果表明目的蛋白分子量约为56kD,表达量占菌体总蛋白的12%;ELISA检测结果表明表达产物为具有免疫反应性的HEVORF2蛋白,ELISA效价最高可达1∶2048,目的蛋白表达量随着基因拷贝数的增加呈升高的趋势;Westernblot鉴别实验结果证实表达产物与HEV多抗有特异性抗原抗体结合反应。HEV结构区ORF2蛋白在汉逊酵母中的成功表达,为研制基因工程戊型肝炎疫苗奠定了基础。     

戊型肝炎病毒多拷贝重组质粒的构建及在毕赤酵母中的表达

目的体外构建戊型肝炎病毒(HEV)ORF2128-660多拷贝重组表达质粒,以提高HEVORF2128-660在毕赤酵母中的表达水平。方法采用PCR技术扩增目的基因ORF2128-660(E),然后将ORF2128-660(E)同义点突变为ORF2128-660,构建重组表达质粒ORF212 8-660/p AO815(单拷贝),Bam HⅠ和BglⅡ双酶切获得的目的基因表达盒(AOX-ORF2128-660)插入去磷酸化的质粒ORF2128-660/p AO815,得到2(AOX-ORF2128-660)/p AO815(2拷贝)质粒。重复上述方法依次构建3(AOX-ORF2128-660)/p AO815(3拷贝)、4(AOX-ORF2128-660)/p AO815(4拷贝)等多拷贝重组质粒。得到的多拷贝重组质粒电转化毕赤酵母菌GS115,甲醇诱导表达,SDS-PAGE分析比较不同拷贝数转化子的表达产量,ELISA检测表达产物的生物活性。结果构建了戊型肝炎病毒(HEV)ORF2128-660多拷贝重组表达质粒,表达的目的蛋白相对分子质量约为59 000,4拷贝重组质粒表达水平高于其他拷贝数重组质粒表达水平。结论成功构建了HEVORF2128-660多拷贝表达质粒,提高了其在毕赤酵母中的表达水平。     

戊型肝炎病毒开放读框2的克隆及表达载体的构建

戊型肝炎病毒（HEV）为单股正链RNA病毒,整个基因组有3个开放性阅读框架（ORF）,ORF2（全长约1.98kb）是主要结构基因编码区。将经过PCR获得的ORF2基因插入非分泌型酵母穿梭质粒pPIC3,构成受醇氧化酶（AOX2）的启动子与转录终止区控制的酵母表达质粒,重组质粒经酶切线性化后转化酵母细胞GS115,经过鉴定可挑取与酵母染色体发生交换的重组体,用于进一步的真核表达。     

戊型肝炎病毒样颗粒在重组汉逊酵母中的发酵表达、纯化及其免疫原性分析

为了研制戊型肝炎新型基因工程疫苗,利用汉逊酵母表达系统表达重组戊型肝炎病毒样颗粒,成功构建了重组戊型肝炎疫苗工程菌株HP/HEV2.3,对该菌株的发酵条件和纯化工艺进行了研究。先将工作种子批进行发酵培养,收集发酵后的细胞培养物;对其先后进行细胞破碎、澄清和超滤、硅胶吸附和解吸附、超滤浓缩换液、色谱纯化及除菌过滤,制得重组汉逊酵母戊型肝炎病毒样颗粒,纯化收率为33%,纯度达99%;电镜观察显示该重组汉逊酵母戊型肝炎病毒样颗粒与天然戊型肝炎病毒颗粒理论大小一致,为32 nm;基因序列与理论一致;SDS-PAGE分析结果表明其表达的外源蛋白质分子量与预期的目的蛋白质分子量大小一致,均为56 k Da,表达量占细胞总蛋白的26%,表达水平为1.0 g/L发酵液;Western blotting、ELISA活性检测及小鼠免疫接种效力试验ED_(50)结果表明,此重组汉逊酵母戊型肝炎病毒样颗粒具有良好的抗原性和免疫原性,可用于制造戊型肝炎新型基因工程疫苗。     

人胸腺素α1基因在毕赤酵母中的分泌表达

根据质粒pPIC9K中信号肽基因和质粒pPIC3.5K/hTα1-RP,构建表达质粒pPIC9K/S-hTα1-RP,通过电激法转化到毕赤酵母GS115菌株中。甲醇诱导表达融合蛋白,SDS-PAGE和Western blot结果证明,重组基因hTα1-RP在酵母中得到了表达。     

α-2b干扰素重组质粒的建立及在毕赤酵母中的表达

目的:采用基因工程手段构建基因工程菌表达α-2b干扰素。方法:根据毕赤酵母密码子嗜好性原理设计并合成α-2b干扰素基因序列,将其插入到毕赤酵母Pichia pastoris的分泌型表达质粒pPIC9K中,得到重组分泌表达质粒pPIC9K-IFNα-2b,并用电转化法转化P.pastoris GS115。筛选出整合型His Muts菌株,进一步用G418筛选获得高拷贝转化子,经5d诱导表达后SDS-PAGE检测。结果:菌落PCR和序列测定结果显示重组表达质粒已成功构建,SDS-PAGE结果显示目的蛋白已成功表达。结论:在毕赤酵母中成功表达α-2b干扰素。     

钙网蛋白-N58在毕赤酵母中的表达及活性分析

目的：利用毕赤酵母表达系统表达Calreticulin-N58蛋白。方法：利用重叠延伸PCR方法合成Calreticulin-N58基因,构建成分泌型的重组表达载体pPIC9K-CRT-N58。该重组表达载体经SacI线性化后,电激转化入毕赤酵母GSll5,经MD板和不同浓度G418筛选得到多拷贝重组菌株。经甲醇诱导表达目的蛋白,SDS-PAGE分析重组蛋白的表达情况,在鸡胚中进行活性分析。结果：重组质粒pPIC9K-CRT-N58在毕赤酵母中经甲醇诱导能分泌表达CRT-N58蛋白,摇瓶表达量大约为60mg／L,纯化的目的蛋白有显著的血管生成抑制作用。结论：实验成功地在毕赤酵母表达系统中实现了Calreticulin-N58的分泌表达。为Calreticulin-N58蛋白的进一步药用研究奠定了基础。     

小鼠IL-35基因毕赤酵母表达载体的构建及表达

目的构建真核酵母表达载体pPIC9K与小鼠IL-35基因的重组质粒pPIC9K-mIL-35-His,在毕赤酵母GS115菌株中诱导表达,并对其进行鉴定。方法以pET-30a-mIL-35为模板,用PCR扩增出IL-35去信号肽基因全序列,并在3'端引入His标签,构建重组质粒pPIC9K-mIL-35-His,经SalⅠ线性化重组质粒后,用电穿孔方法将该基因转染毕赤酵母细胞内。经G418梯度筛选高拷贝转化子,筛选Mut+表型后经PCR进一步鉴定IL-35基因与酵母染色体是否整合。小量诱导表达筛选出高表达菌株,大量甲醇诱导表达,以SDS-PAGE及免疫印迹(Western blot)鉴定蛋白表达。结果小鼠IL-35基因真核酵母表达载体pPIC9K-mIL-35-His构建成功,并且在GS115中通过甲醇诱导表达,经SDS-PAGE及Western blot分析,可见相对分子质量约为65 000的目的蛋白。结论实验所构建的重组质粒pPIC9K-mIL-35-His可在毕赤酵母GS115中正确的表达小鼠IL-35基因。     

HBcAg基因在甲醇型酵母中的表达、产物纯化及其性质的初步研究

为研究乙肝核心抗原蛋白(HBcAg)在甲醇型酵母(PichiaPastoris)中的表达和性质,用PCR方法将HBcAg基因(L)克隆到P.Pastoris胞内表达载体pPIC3k中,并利用电击和同源重组法,将重组质粒pPIC3kL转化感受态的甲醇型GS115酵母菌株。经过筛选得到阳性P.Pastoris重组子。重组菌株经甲醇诱导培养,表达产物的Western印迹结果表明,HBcAg蛋白能在甲醇型酵母(PichiaPastoris)中诱导表达,产物为一215kDa的蛋白。经蔗糖密度梯度超离心和CsCl密度梯度超离心纯化后,ELISA和密度测定结果表明重组HBcAg蛋白主要分布在密度为12576gml和13013gml的2个峰值处。电镜观察表明,该重组HBcAg蛋白能自主装配成大小不同的2种颗粒(即核心颗粒),大颗粒直径约34nm左右,小颗粒直径约30nm左右。同时,我们还观察到,该核心蛋白颗粒在体外可发生集聚现象。     

CD63在戊型肝炎病毒感染中的作用机制

本研究旨在寻找戊型肝炎病毒(hepatitis E virus,HEV)衣壳蛋白ORF2的相互作用蛋白,探讨其在HEV感染中的作用。采用酵母双杂交方法从人肝细胞文库中筛选与HEV ORF2相互作用的蛋白,结果显示CD63与HEV ORF2相互作用。Pull-down实验提示原核表达的ORF2与CD63结合较弱,而免疫共沉淀实验提示真核表达的ORF2能与CD63结合。流式细胞术检测结果显示,HEV易感细胞PLC/PRF/5细胞膜表面的CD63表达水平普遍低于HEV非易感细胞。过表达CD63抑制PLC/PRF/5细胞的HEV感染,而小干扰RNA(small interfering RNA,siRNA)干扰CD63表达则促进HEV感染。结果提示,CD63能与HEV ORF2相互作用,可能抑制HEV感染肝细胞。     

Identification by phage display and characterization of two neutralizing chimpanzee monoclonal antibodies to the hepatitis E virus capsid protein

Two monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) against the ORF2 protein of the SAR-55 strain of hepatitis E virus (HEV) were isolated by phage display from a cDNA library of chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) gamma1/kappa antibody genes. Both MAbs, HEV#4 and HEV#31, bound to reduced, denatured open reading frame 2 (ORF2) protein in a Western blot, suggesting that they recognize linear epitopes. The affinities (equilibrium dissociation constants, K(d)) for the SAR-55 ORF2 protein were 1.7 nM for HEV#4 and 5.4 nM for HEV#31. The two MAbs also reacted in an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay with recombinant ORF2 protein from a heterologous HEV, the Meng strain. Each MAb blocked the subsequent binding of the other MAb to homologous ORF2 protein in indirect competition assays, suggesting that they recognize the same or overlapping epitopes. Radioimmunoprecipitation assays suggested that at least part of the linear epitope(s) recognized by the two MAbs is located between amino acids 578 and 607. MAbs were mixed with homologous HEV in vitro and then inoculated into rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) to determine their neutralizing ability. Whereas all control animals developed hepatitis (elevated liver enzyme levels in serum) and seroconverted to HEV, those receiving an inoculum incubated with either HEV#4 or HEV#31 were not infected. Therefore, each MAb neutralized the SAR-55 strain of HEV in vitro.     

Purification and diagnostic utility of a recombinant hepatitis E virus capsid protein expressed in insect larvae

We report here the expression and purification of a truncated form of the hepatitis E virus ORF2 protein (ORF2delta111/deltaTM), from the fat bodies of Spodoptera litura larvae infected with a recombinant baculovirus. The purified protein migrated as a doublet of approximately 56 kDa on SDS-PAGE and was found to be glycosylated by staining with concanavalin A-linked horseradish peroxidase. The protein was used in a sensitive and specific enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for the detection of antibodies to HEV. The results showed complete concordance with those obtained using a commercial kit for the detection of anti-HEV antibodies. Antigen expression in the insect larvae system presents a rapid and low-cost method that obviates the need for expensive tissue culture scale-ups or special equipment.     

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。     

Spatial configuration of hepatitis E virus antigenic domain

Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a human pathogen that causes acute hepatitis. When an HEV capsid protein containing a 52-amino-acid deletion at the C terminus and a 111-amino-acid deletion at the N terminus is expressed in insect cells, the recombinant HEV capsid protein can self-assemble into a T=1 virus-like particle (VLP) that retains the antigenicity of the native HEV virion. In this study, we used cryoelectron microscopy and image reconstruction to show that anti-HEV monoclonal antibodies bind to the protruding domain of the capsid protein at the lateral side of the spikes. Molecular docking of the HEV VLP crystal structure revealed that Fab224 covered three surface loops of the recombinant truncated second open reading frame (ORF2) protein (PORF2) at the top part of the spike. We also determined the structure of a chimeric HEV VLP and located the inserted B-cell tag, an epitope of 11 amino acids coupled to the C-terminal end of the recombinant ORF2 protein. The binding site of Fab224 appeared to be distinct from the location of the inserted B-cell tag, suggesting that the chimeric VLP could elicit immunity against both HEV and an inserted foreign epitope. Therefore, the T=1 HEV VLP is a novel delivery system for displaying foreign epitopes at the VLP surface in order to induce antibodies against both HEV and the inserted epitope.     

Artificial mosaic protein containing antigenic epitopes of hepatitis E virus.

A synthetic gene encoding an artificial polypeptide composed of antigenic epitopes of the hepatitis E virus (HEV) proteins was constructed from short oligodeoxyribonucleotides by using PCR. The polypeptide comprises a mosaic of three antigenically active dominant regions from the protein encoded by open reading frame 2 (ORF2), one antigenically active region from the protein encoded by ORF3 of the Burmese HEV strain, and one antigenically active region from the protein encoded by ORF3 of the Mexican HEV strain. The mosaic protein was expressed in Escherichia coli as a chimera with glutathione S-transferase or beta-galactosidase. Guinea pig sera containing antibodies to the corresponding HEV synthetic peptides were used to demonstrate by Western immunoblot analysis and enzyme immunoassay the presence and accessibility of all HEV-specific antigenic epitopes introduced into the mosaic protein. Both the glutathione S-transferase and beta-galactosidase hybrid proteins were analyzed by using a panel of human anti-HEV-positive and -negative sera. The data obtained strongly indicate a diagnostic potential for the mosaic protein.