二甲基亚砜作用下重组CHO细胞胞内乙型肝炎表面抗原的定位

在培养环境中添加二甲基亚砜 (DMSO) 能分别提高重组 CHO 细胞乙型肝炎表面抗原（HBsAg）的产量和比生产速率70%和3.2倍以上, 但同时发现胞内HBsAg 的积累量是对照组的7.2倍。为了分析胞内HBsAg 积累的区域,采用电镜技术分析后发现,经DMSO处理后的CHO细胞胞内出现了很多的扩张区域,这些扩张区域分布整个胞浆,有的扩张区域已经侵蚀到细胞核上,而对照组未发现明显的扩张区域。进一步利用免疫电镜技术分析后发现,经DMSO处理后的细胞胞内大量积累的HBsAg主要分布在这些扩张区域中,同时发现在细胞核膜上也有分布,这可能是由于扩张区域侵蚀细胞核造成的。以上工作有助于揭示在DMSO作用下重组CHO细胞胞内HBsAg大量积累的机制。     

DMSO对人胃腺癌MGC80-3细胞的诱导分化作用

用光镜、电镜和生化分析方法研究DMSO在体外对MGC 80-3细胞的作用,不同浓度DMSO对MGC 80-3细胞有不同的生长抑制作用。1.5%DMSO是本研究较适合的浓度。1.5%DMSO处理7天后细胞生长率、分裂指数、克隆形成率和Con-A凝集率分别下降35.15%、18‰,90%和55.8%。处理后,癌细胞膜的碱性磷酸酶(不存在于正常人胃粘膜)比活性下降了90%,接种裸鼠致瘤率亦下降75%。处理后细胞主要形态变化是细胞变大,铺展,长直的微绒毛变成短突状,胞质内有发育特别好的高尔基体和丰富的粗面内质网,这些资料提示DMSO能改变MGC 80-3的恶性表型,对MGC 80-3细胞是一种诱导分化剂。     

流式细胞术检测毕赤酵母发酵过程中胞内活性氧水平

以2′,7′-二氢二氯荧光黄双乙酸钠(DCFH-DA)和碘化丙锭(PI)为标记探针,通过DCFH-DA/PI双染色与PI单染色的对照,检测毕赤酵母胞内活性氧(reactive oxygen species,ROS)的水平及其影响。研究发现发酵过程细胞活性下降与胞内ROS积累相关。在甘油生长期,细胞几乎没有ROS积累,细胞活性接近100%。在甲醇诱导初期,部分细胞积累少量的ROS,细胞活性仍然很高,死亡细胞所占比例只有1.5%。在甲醇诱导后期,94.0%的细胞积累了大量的ROS,高含量的ROS造成细胞损伤,引起部分细胞丧失了活性,在总共29.1%的死亡细胞中,高ROS积累的死亡细胞占了25.4%。     

外源DMSO和ASA对微囊藻毒素胁迫下烟草细胞ROS生成和抗氧化系统的影响

采用2μg/mL微囊藻毒素-RR(MC-RR)、2μg/mL MC-RR 0.5%二甲基亚砜(DMSO)和2μg/mL MC-RR 2 mmol/L抗坏血酸(ASA)分别处理烟草悬浮细胞,研究上述各处理对烟草悬浮细胞活性氧(ROS)产生和抗氧化系统的影响。结果表明,与对照相比,MC-RR单独处理后烟草悬浮细胞中ROS、膜脂过氧化产物丙二醛(MDA)和细胞内源ASA的含量及超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)和过氧化物酶(POD)的活性明显升高,还原型谷胱甘肽(GSH)的含量有一个先降后升的变化过程。在分别加入外源抗氧化剂DMSO或ASA后,细胞内ROS和MDA含量下降,ASA、GSH含量和SOD、POD酶活性基本可恢复到对照水平。以上结果说明,微囊藻毒素单独处理细胞可造成氧化胁迫,其所诱导的ROS的大量积累很有可能是其产生细胞毒害的关键因子,外源抗氧化剂ASA和DMSO可缓解MC-RR对细胞的毒害作用,对细胞起一定保护作用。     

不同防冻剂对兔胚胎干细胞慢速冷冻保存的影响

干细胞冷冻保存是干细胞研究和临床应用中的必需技术。为提高兔胚胎干细胞在慢速冻存过程中的保存效果,比较了二甲基亚砜(DMSO)和乙二醇(ethylene glycol,EG)对兔胚胎干细胞冷冻保护效果。对冷冻复苏后的细胞进行台盼蓝染色,并研究其胚胎干细胞分子特性,结果表明DMSO比EG具有更好的冷冻保护效果。再在以10%DMSO为基础的防冻液中添加膜稳定剂海藻糖(trehalose)或谷氨酰胺(glutamine),细胞冷冻复苏后结果显示,谷氨酰胺对兔胚胎干细胞有明显的冷冻保护作用,使细胞存活率从71%提高到83.7%。当谷氨酰胺浓度为0、5、10、20、40mmol/L分别加入防冻液中后,20mmol/L的谷氨酰胺具有最佳的冷冻保护效果。以上结果得出兔胚胎干细胞慢速冷冻的防冻液改进配方为:在胚胎干细胞培养液中添加10%DMSO 20mmol/L谷氨酰胺。     

CHO细胞基因组中稳定hot spot位点研究进展

近些年来,治疗性重组蛋白类药物是生物制药领域研究的热点。工业化生产中常用于重组蛋白表达的细胞系是中国仓鼠卵巢(Chinese hamster ovary,CHO)细胞。传统CHO细胞系的表达大多数基于随机整合的方式,这可能会使目标基因整合到异染色质区域或者不稳定的染色质区域,导致CHO细胞表达不稳定,需要多轮筛选才能获得理想的表达细胞系。最新研究表明,外源基因在CHO细胞预测/特定的基因组位点中进行特异性整合,可以使重组CHO细胞的表达保持长期一致性和稳定性。CHO细胞基因组中高效稳定的转录整合位点被称为热点(hot spot)。阐述CHO细胞基因组稳定的hot spot位点近几年的研究进展,其中包括热门的hot spot位点,以及如何研究新的hot spot位点的方法。总结如何将外源基因高效定位于预测的CHO细胞hot spot位点,实现高水平稳定的表达重组蛋白,为发现新的有效的hot spot位点,构建稳定表达CHO细胞系提供参考。     

Taxol诱导CHO细胞微核化的动态分析

本实验观察到10μM Taxol对CHO细胞的G_1→S→G_2→M期的进程不产生影响,但使CHO的有丝分裂中期大大延长,不能形成纺锤体,凝集的染色体散在于胞质中,不形成中期板。经Taxol处理的CHO细胞的TM要比正常CHO细胞TM长13倍,不能完成胞质分裂,形成带有3—15个微核的细胞,最小的微核只含有1个染色体的DNA含量,微核化细胞形成率可高达96%左右。微核化细胞可进入下一个细胞周期,形成更多微核的细胞。用1×10~(-4)M二硝基苯酚(DNP)不影响微核化细胞的形成,加进10微克/毫升环己亚胺后7小时使微核化细胞形成速率减慢。     

低浓度二甲基亚砜保护SSMC7721细胞冻存后活力

目的研究二甲基亚砜作为冻存保护剂对SSMC7721细胞冻存复苏后细胞生长相对活力和凋亡的影响。方法选择传代培养处于对数生长期SSMC7721细胞,体积分数2%、5%、10%和20%DMSO分别冻存10d、30d后复苏,采用倒置显微镜形态学观察、MTT法测定细胞相对活力、流式细胞仪检测细胞凋亡,综合分析不同浓度DMSO冻存不同时间复苏对SSMC7721的影响。结果各浓度DMSO冻存SSMC7721对细胞生长和凋亡均有影响。20%DMSO对SSMC7721细胞影响明显,细胞培养不易贴壁逐渐脱落,浓度低于5%时,细胞生长状态良好;10%和20%DMSO细胞相对活力急剧下降;随着DMSO浓度增加和冻存时间延长,细胞凋亡率明显上升,存活率明显下降,5%DMSO冻存的凋亡率10.24%,20%DMSO冻存的凋亡率93.49%。结论 2%~5%DMSO冻存肝癌SSMC7721细胞,复苏后培养有较好的细胞相对活力,能有效减少细胞凋亡,起到的冻存保护剂作用。     

温度、血清以及肝素等因素对TAT穿膜效应的影响

目的:探讨在不同实验条件下,二甲基亚砜(DMSO)预处理培养细胞对TAT穿膜效率的影响.方法:体外培养Caski、4549、HepG2及COS7细胞株在不同实验条件下与荧光标记多肽TAT或无意义肽NCO共孵育.荧光显微镜观察TAT-FTTC的穿膜效率及其胞内定位;荧光酶标仪定量测定细胞内荧光强度.结果:10%DMSO预处理37℃和4℃下各细胞株后,TAT-FITC均可高效穿膜入胞,且胞浆、胞核巾均匀分布,胞核浓度高于胞浆;相同条件下未见NCO-FITC穿膜进入细胞.无血清组(Caski:1881±66、HepG2:2112±74、A549:2126±59)血清组较有血清组(Caski:1312±90、HepG2:1308±11、A549:1370±22)细胞内荧光强度大,且有显著差异(P<0.05).抑制剂Heparin存在时,Caski细胞荧光强度则明显减弱(加肝素组:1208±29,加肝素组:895±56;P<0.05).结论:10%DMSO预处理不同培养细胞在37℃和4℃条件下均可提高TAT的穿膜效率,血清和Heparin可减弱DMSO的穿膜增强效应.     

重组CHO细胞HBsAg 纯化工艺的优化

目的：优化重组CHO细胞HBsAg纯化工艺。方法：由乙肝病毒S基因转化的中国仓鼠卵巢(CHO)细胞培养收液,经初步提纯、密度梯度离心、凝胶过滤层析可得到HBsAg纯品。结果：通过凝胶过滤层析收取HBsAg活性峰,控制HBsAg活性峰的收量,并把HBsAg活性峰的下降段再收集起来重新层析,改进后可使HBsAg的总回收率达到60％以上,而且牛血清蛋白残余量达到10mg/ml以下,HBsAg纯度97％以上。结论：重组CHO细胞HBsAg纯化工艺改进后,使HBsAg在产量及质量上均有明显提高。     

Enhanced intracellular accumulation of recombinant HBsAg in CHO cells by dimethyl sulfoxide

The intracellular hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) content per cell was significantly increased by 7.2-fold in the culture of recombinant CHO cells with 1.5% dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), while the HBsAg production and specific productivity were only improved by 70% and 3.2-fold, respectively. The significant accumulation of HBsAg within rCHO cells by DMSO stimulation was testified with flow cytometry measurements. Electron microscopy was applied to show that the dilated areas scattered over whole cytoplasm within rCHO cells in response to DMSO, and further revealed that intracellular HBsAg was localized to these areas with immunogold labeling. The failure of intracellular HBsAg virus-like particle assembly was revealed to be closely associated with the HBsAg accumulation within DMSO-stimulated rCHO cells on the basis of sucrose gradient analysis of cell extract. This work provided the details to further understand the HBsAg accumulation within rCHO cells in response to DMSO.     

Effect of PDI overexpression on recombinant protein secretion in CHO cells

In eukaryotic cells, protein disulfide isomerase (PDI) found in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) catalyzes disulfide bond exchange and assists in protein folding of newly synthesized proteins. PDI also functions as a molecular chaperone and has been found associated with proteins in the ER. In addition, PDI functions as a subunit of two more complex enzyme systems: the prolyl-4-hydroxylase and the triacylglycerol transfer proteins. Increasing PDI activity in bacterial, yeast, and insect cell expression systems can lead to increased secretion of heterologous proteins containing disulfide bridges. Since Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells are widely used for the expression of recombinant proteins, we expressed recombinant human PDI (rhu PDI) in CHO cells to increase cellular PDI levels and examined its effect on the secretion of two different recombinant proteins: interleukin 15 (IL-15) and a tumor necrosis factor receptor:Fc fusion protein (TNFR:Fc). Secretion of TNFR:Fc (a disulfide-rich protein) is decreased in cells overexpressing PDI; the TNFR:Fc protein is retained inside these cells and colocalizes with the overexpressed rhu PDI protein in the endoplasmic reticulum. PDI overexpression did not result in intracellular retention of IL15. The nature of the interaction between PDI and TNFR:Fc was further investigated by expressing a disulfide isomerase mutant PDI in CHO cells to determine if the functional activity of PDI is involved in the cellular retention of TNFR:Fc protein.     

Effect of increased expression of protein disulfide isomerase and heavy chain binding protein on antibody secretion in a recombinant CHO cell line

Previous work has shown that a human-antibody-producing recombinant CHO cell line did not increase its intracellular content of protein disulfide isomerase (PDI) and heavy chain binding protein (BIP) according to the increasing expression of antibody. It was also found that the intracellular assembly of light and heavy chain is a major limiting factor for overall cell specific productivity, as secretion rates improve with higher light chain expression levels and heavy chain accumulates intracellularly when too little light chain is present. As these CHO cells had a significantly lower intracellular PDI content compared to that of hybridoma cells, these results have led us to try to overcome the limitation in the posttranslational assembly in the endoplasmatic reticulum. Recombinant CHO cells were transfected with PDI or BIP alone or in combination, and the effect on intracellular light and heavy chain content and specific production rate was determined. Overexpression of BIP, both alone and in combination with PDI, reduced the specific secretion rate, whereas PDI, when overexpressed alone, caused an increase of product secretion rate.     

Hepatitis B surface antigen assembles in a post-ER, pre-Golgi compartment.

Expression of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg), the major envelope protein of the virus, in the absence of other viral proteins leads to its secretion as oligomers in the form of disk-like or tubular lipoprotein particles. The observation that these lipoprotein particles are heavily disulphide crosslinked is paradoxical since HBsAg assembly is classically believed to occur in the ER, and hence in the presence of high levels of protein disulphide isomerase (PDI) which should resolve these higher intermolecular crosslinks. Indeed, incubation of mature, highly disulphide crosslinked HBsAg with recombinant PDI causes the disassembly of HBsAg to dimers. We have used antibodies against resident ER proteins in double immunofluorescence studies to study the stages of the conversion of the HBsAg from individual protein subunits to the secreted, crosslinked, oligomer. We show that HBsAg is rapidly sorted to a post-ER, pre-Golgi compartment which excludes PDI and other major soluble resident ER proteins although it overlaps with the distribution of rab2, an established marker of an intermediate compartment. Kinetic studies showed that disulphide-linked HBsAg dimers began to form during a short (2 min) pulse, increased in concentration to peak at 60 min, and then decreased as the dimers were crosslinked to form higher oligomers. These higher oligomers are the latest identifiable intracellular form of HBsAg before its secretion (t 1/2 = 2 h). Brefeldin A treatment does not alter the localization of HBsAg in this PDI excluding compartment, however, it blocks the formation of new oligomers causing the accumulation of dimeric HBsAg. Hence this oligomerization must occur in a pre-Golgi compartment. These data support a model in which rapid dimer formation, catalyzed by PDI, occurs in the ER, and is followed by transport of dimers to a pre-Golgi compartment where the absence of PDI and a different lumenal environment allow the assembly process to be completed.     

共表达HAC1和分子伴侣基因对甘露聚糖酶在毕赤酵母中表达的影响

为了提高甘露聚糖酶ManA在毕赤酵母中分泌表达的酶活,选择毕赤酵母内质网未折叠蛋白反应(Unfolded protein response,UPR)激活调控因子HAC1与5种毕赤酵母蛋白折叠相关的分子伴侣ERO1、PDI、PDI1、CPR5、BiP,通过构建pPICZA-HAC1等6种胞内表达重组质粒,分别电转化至分泌表达ManA的毕赤酵母重组菌中胞内共表达,并分析其重组菌摇瓶发酵时ManA表达的影响。结果发现在摇瓶发酵水平,胞内共表达HAC1、ERO1、PDI的重组菌发酵上清液中的ManA酶活力分别提高了26%、15%、20%,其重组菌发酵上清液的酶活力分别达到1 014 U/mL、925 U/mL、965 U/mL。通过对各重组菌上清液酶活力、胞内滞留酶活力、上清液蛋白浓度数据进行分析,进一步选择将HAC1、ERO1、PDI进行两基因或三基因组合,并分别在分泌表达ManA的重组菌胞内共表达,但各共表达重组菌发酵上清液的酶活力都没有进一步的提升。单独共表达HAC1或者分子伴侣ERO1、PDI可以辅助ManA的正确折叠,提高其蛋白表达。     

微囊化重组CHO细胞制备和培养条件的优化

微囊化重组基因细胞移植治疗肿瘤是一种新兴的肿瘤基因治疗方法,然而由于目前微囊化细胞规模化制备和培养技术还不成熟,阻碍了其在临床治疗中的推广与应用。以重组CHO细胞为模型,考察了不同的微囊制备和培养条件对微囊化细胞生长和内皮抑素表达的影响。实验表明,种子细胞所处的生长阶段和细胞接种密度对微囊化细胞生长和内皮抑素表达的影响较大,对数生长期的细胞进行包囊并且细胞接种密度为1×106~2×106cells/mL微囊时微囊内细胞生长良好、内皮抑素表达量高。微囊制备时间对细胞活性和内皮抑素表达也有较大的影响,制备时间延长对细胞的损伤增大,因此制备时间应控制在5h以内。生物微胶囊在制备过程中会造成细胞损伤,而体外培养是恢复细胞活性的良好方法,在培养过程中微囊接种量为5%时对细胞生长和内皮抑素表达有利。     

疏水层析用于大规模纯化重组HBsAg的工艺研究

应用疏水层析法从CHO细胞培养液中纯化HBsAg,每根制备柱每次可处理细胞收液350L,在适宜的上样流速和层析温度条件下,层析后可去除96％的杂蛋白,再经超速离心和凝胶过滤层析,可获HBsAg纯品。经检定,HPLC纯度高于95％,其余各项检定指标均符合《中国生物制品规程》要求。结果表明,此方法纯化效率高、处理样品量大、成本低,适于大规模生产。