新型重组糖蛋白表达载体--盘基网柄菌

近年来,盘基网柄菌作为异源重组糖蛋白表达载体的研究受到了学术界的重视,已经有多种具有生物活性的复杂糖蛋白成功地得到了表达。通过对表达产物的研究发现,盘基网柄菌具有各种翻译后加工机制,例如磷酸化、酰基化及形成GPI(糖基磷脂酰基醇)锚点等,具有类似于高等动物的糖基化修饰能力。与哺乳动物细胞表达载体相比较,盘基网柄菌具有培养成本低廉、细胞生长迅速及易于大规模培养的优势。盘基网柄菌有可能发展成为一种有重要应用前景的糖蛋白表达载体系统。     

聚氨酯泡沫半固定化培养盘基网柄菌

研究了聚氨酯泡沫应用于固定化盘基网柄菌的可行性,发现以简单处理过的聚氨酯泡沫为载体,能够高效实现盘基网柄菌的固定化培养。考察了载体粒径大小、载体量和摇床转速等对固定化培养的影响,在优化的培养条件和固定化条件下,盘基网柄菌的最大细胞密度是悬浮培养的2~4倍。     

盘基网柄菌早衰蛋白结构与功能生物信息学分析

早衰蛋白(presenilin, PS)是γ分泌酶的组成成分,其突变可造成阿尔兹海默病(Alzheimer disease,AD)的形成。因PS所造成AD的发病机理较复杂,因而我们想探究一下模式生物盘基网柄菌(Dictyostelium discoideum)是否能够作为研究早衰蛋白的模型。从NCBI网站中得到盘基网柄菌早衰蛋白DdPsenA和DdPsenB氨基酸序列,随后利用ProtScale、ProtParam理化性分析工具、保守结构域、TMHMM2跨膜区分析网站、进化树软件MEGA6.0、二级结构PredictProtein以及三级结构SWISS-Model服务器对上述蛋白进行生物信息学分析。DdPsenA的氨基酸长度为622,是亲水性蛋白,其相对分子质量为69 502.79,等电点为4.53。DdPsenB的氨基酸长度为473,属于疏水性蛋白,其相对分子质量为52 558.74,等电点为4.49,与DdPsenA同属于Peptidase_A22B超家族。跨膜分析出DdPsenA和DdPsenB均有8个跨膜区。DdPsenA与人类presenilin-2序列相似性为67%,Dd PsenB与人类presenilin-1序列相似性分别为60%。盘基网柄菌可以作为研究早衰蛋白功能和作用机制的模型。     

磷脂酰肌醇3激酶通过Akt和ERK抑制盘基网柄菌细胞的趋电性

目的 磷脂酰肌醇3激酶（PI3Ks）通过调控肌动蛋白在细胞定向运动中发挥重要作用。然而,PI3Ks的结构和功能很复杂,人们对PI3Ks在细胞趋电性运动中的作用并不完全清楚。因此,本文以模式生物盘基网柄菌细胞为实验材料,探究其中的PI3K1和PI3K2在细胞趋电性运动中的作用。方法 首先利用CRISPR/Cas9系统介导分别构建PI3K1编码基因pikA基因敲除突变株和PI3K2编码基因pikB基因敲除突变株;随后将2个突变株置于强度为12 V/cm的直流电场中,记录并分析两个突变株的趋电性。结果 数据分析显示,野生型细胞在直流电场中的方向指数为（0.86±0.03）,而pikA-和pikB-突变株在直流电场中的运动方向指数分别为（0.95±0.02）和（0.94±0.03）;此外,野生型细胞在电场中的平均轨迹速度（3.34±0.08）μm/min,而pikA-和pikB-突变株的平均轨迹速度分别为（4.85±0.20）μm/min和（5.48±0.15）μm/min,t检验表明突变株和野生型的方向性指数和运动速度都存在极显著的差异。蛋白质印迹实验结果显示,pikA-和pikB-突变株中...     

硬基网柄菌Dictyostelium firmibasis生活史的研究

本文研究了网柄细胞状黏菌中国新记录种硬基网柄菌Dictyostelium firmibasis从孢子-黏变形体-细胞集群-假原质团-成熟孢堆果的无性生活循环过程。结果表明：该种细胞状黏菌孢子萌发至少需要8h,孢子萌发释放出具有不规则形状的黏变形体,黏变形体无色并进行不规则的高速运动;黏变形体细胞集群为典型的辐射状;孢堆果对光极为敏感,在成熟发育期微弱的光刺激便会导致子实体生长畸形或停止生长并死亡;从集群开始形成到孢堆果成熟持续约12-14h,完成一个完整的生活史循环约需36-38h。     

盘基网柄菌DdLIS1蛋白生物信息学分析

LIS1蛋白是一种与人类无脑回疾病以及细胞癌变相关的重要蛋白。对盘基网柄菌DdLIS1进行生物信息学分析,探究盘基网柄菌能否作为研究人类无脑回疾病及细胞癌变机制的模型。现从NCBI中的Genank找到盘基网柄菌DdLIS1的氨基酸序列,随后进行blastp找到模式生物中相似序列,利用理化性分析网站ProtScale、ProtParam分析DdLIS1的理化性质,通过NCBI中的保守结构域库(CDD)分析DdLIS1的保守结构域,使用MEGA6.0并选用邻位连接法构建系统进化树,分别使用PredictProtein、SWISS-MODEL网站预测Dd LIS1蛋白的二级结构、三维结构。结果得出DdLIS1蛋白全长为419,属于亲水性蛋白,有7个保守结构域,属于WD40家族,与人类和小鼠的氨基酸序列相似性为72%。二级结构中β折叠所占比例最高,为49.40%,α螺旋、随机卷曲分别占该蛋白7.16%、43.44%,与三级结构一致。以上结果说明DdLIS1与LIS1高度相似,有助于盘基网柄菌能够作为研究人类无脑回疾病以及细胞癌变机制的模型。     

盘基网柄菌——研究致病机制的宿主模型

盘基网柄菌作为致病菌宿主模型的研究主要有:筛选致病菌株及相应突变菌株毒性;鉴别对致病菌易感性和抗性的突变细胞宿主;宿主细胞的有效标记、已完成的基因组计划以及宿主细胞与致病菌间信号转导通路的相互作用;这些都表明盘基网柄菌是致病机制研究的理想宿主模型。     

盘基网柄菌DJ-1蛋白的原核表达及抗体制备

盘基网柄菌(Dictyostelium discoideum)是研究神经退行性病变的模式生物,可用以研究帕金森病相关基因DJ-1的作用和致病机理.本研究设计特异性引物扩增了人类DJ-1的盘基网柄菌同源基因片段DAM,并利用酶切位点BamH Ⅰ和Hind Ⅲ将DAM插入质粒载体pQE-30产生重组载体pPROF696,序...     

人重组Fas配体体外诱导细胞周期特异性凋亡模型的建立及其意义

以Molt-4、Jurkat细胞株和外周血淋巴细胞(peripheralbloodlymphocyte,PBL)为靶细胞,检测细胞膜上Fas的表达。人重组Fas配体(recombinanthumanFasligand,rhFasL)诱导细胞6～36h后用改良后的API等方法检测细胞凋亡及诱导凋亡过程中细胞周期蛋白的变化,探讨Fas介导的细胞凋亡与细胞周期的关系。结果显示:rhFasL诱导Molt-4、Jurkat细胞株和植物血凝素刺激进入细胞周期的PBL的凋亡具有细胞周期特异性并始动于G1期;而G0期PBL的细胞膜上虽然也有Fas的表达,但不能诱导细胞凋亡。研究还发现rhFasL诱导细胞凋亡时G1期的细胞周期蛋白D3明显升高,细胞周期蛋白E明显下降。以上结果表明rhFasL体外诱导的细胞凋亡发生在晚G1期,细胞凋亡的发生与细胞是否通过限制点进入细胞周期有关,细胞凋亡发生于晚G1期是G1期细胞周期蛋白E的下降和检测点的监督导致DNA受损的细胞不能通过G1/S交界的结果。     

盘基网柄菌细胞分化和凋亡的形态特征

本文用透射电镜和DAPI荧光染色法研究了盘基网柄菌(Dictyosteliumdiscoideum)细胞分化和柄细胞的凋亡特征,结果显示:细胞丘中绝大部分细胞的线粒体内出现一小空泡,随着发育进程,空泡逐渐增大,线粒体的嵴随之变少,直至线粒体完全空泡化,最后形成单层膜的空泡。据此我们推测前孢子细胞特有的空泡来源于线粒体,并且这种细胞器水平上的内自噬现象与前孢子细胞分化密切相关。在前柄细胞分化阶段,前柄细胞中出现数个自噬泡,最初吞噬的线粒体嵴结构完整;随着前柄细胞进一步分化,部分线粒体内出现类似于前孢子细胞中的内自噬现象,并且自噬泡只吞噬这种线粒体。在凋亡后期,细胞核内核仁消失,染色体固缩形成高电子密度斑块,自噬泡采用与细胞核膜融合的方式来完成核的清除,最后柄细胞完全空泡化且包被一层纤维素壁。作者认为前柄细胞凋亡过程实质上是一种分化过程,所以有其鲜明特点:细胞出现自噬泡,标志着凋亡开始,用自噬而不是凋亡小体来清除胞内各种细胞器,直到分化最后阶段才清除细胞核和形成纤维素壁。这些特点不仅是前柄细胞凋亡的形态学指标,也和细胞发育和分化相关。     

NaCS‐PDMDAAC immobilized cultivation of recombinant Dictyostelium discoideum for soluble human Fas ligand production

Dictyostelium discoideum is a promising eukaryotic host for the expression of heterologous proteins requiring post‐translational modifications. However, the dilute nature of D. discoideum cell culture limits applications for high value proteins production. D. discoideum cells, entrapped in sodium cellulose sulfate/poly‐dimethyl‐diallyl‐ammonium chloride (NaCS‐PDMDAAC) capsules were used for biosynthesis of the heterologous protein, soluble human Fas ligand (hFasL). Semi‐continuous cultivations with capsules recycling were carried out in shake flasks. Also, a scaled‐up cultivation of immobilized D. discoideum for hFasL production in a customized vitreous airlift bioreactor was conducted. The results show that NaCS‐PDMDAAC capsules have desirable biophysical properties including biocompatibility with the D. discoideum cells and good mechanical stability throughout the duration of cultivation. A maximum cell density of 2.02 × 10⁷ cells mL^?1 (equivalent to a maximum cell density of 2.22 × 10⁸ cells mL^?1 in capsules) and a hFasL concentration of 130.40 μg L^?1 (equivalent to a hFasL concentration of 1434.40 μg L^?1 in capsules) were obtained in shake flask cultivation with capsules recycling. Also, a maximum cell density of 1.72 × 10⁷cells mL^?1 (equivalent to a maximum cell density of 1.89 × 10⁸ cells mL^?1 in capsules) and a hFasL concentration of 106.10 μg L^?1 (equivalent to a hFasL concentration of 1167.10 μg L^?1 in capsules) were obtained after ～170 h cultivation in the airlift bioreactor (with a working volume of 200 mL in a 315 mL bioreactor). As the article presents a premier work in the application of NaCS‐PDMDAAC immobilized D. discoideum cells for the production of hFasL, more work is required to further optimize the system to generate higher cell densities and hFasL titers for large‐scale applications. © 2014 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Biotechnol. Prog., 31:424–430, 2015     

Staurosporine induces tyrosine phosphorylation in Dictyostelium discoideum proteins

The treatment of cells with staurosporine results in inhibition and less frequently activation of protein kinases, in a cell-type specific manner. In the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum, staurosporine induces marked changes in cell morphology affecting growth and development. Here we describe that incubation of D. discoideum growing or starved cells with staurosporine results in a rapid and unexpected tyrosine phosphorylation on two polypeptides of approximately 64 and approximately 62 kDa. These proteins emerge as novel substrates for tyrosine phosphorylation opening up new perspectives for the study of cell signalling in D. discoideum.     

PKA在盘基网柄菌(Dictyostelium discoideum)多细胞发育中的作用

在盘基网柄菌(Dictyosteliumdiscoideum)多细胞发育中,蛋白激酶A(proteinkinaseA,PKA)发挥多重作用.细胞聚集阶段,PKA调节腺苷酰环化酶的活性,中转cAMP,诱导dut、pdi等一些发育早期的基因表达;参与启动聚集后的细胞分化和形态构成,增强GBF活性,激活前孢子细胞特有基因的表达;它还精密调控前柄细胞特有基因ecmB的表达,准确启动拔顶发育,诱导孢柄和孢子的成熟.子实体形成后,PKA又是维持孢子休眠和保证孢子有效萌发的必需因子.在PKA调控下,盘基网柄菌有条不紊地完成整个发育过程.     

Immunological Characterization of cdc2 and wee1 Proteins during the Growth and Differentiation of Dictyostelium discoideum

Two different antibody preparations, raised independently against the conserved EGVPSTAIREISLLKE sequence of the protein kinases encoded by the Schizosaccharomyces pombe cdc2 gene and its species homologs, immunoblotted a Dictyostelium protein of 32 kDa (p32). This polypeptide bound to p13^suc1-agarose beads, suggesting that it represents the Dictyostelium cdc2 and / or cdk2 products. The amounts of p32 detectable in cell free extracts and bound to p13^suc1-agarose were unaltered during the growth of cells synchronized for division. Although there was also essentially no change in the level of p32 during differentiation, the protein from the pseudoplasmodial stage of development did not bind to p13^suc1-agarose, implicating a developmentally regulated modification of the kinase. One of the EGVPSTAIREISLLKE antibodies also recognized a protein of 49 kDa (p49) that increased in amount dramatically during aggregation and then remained at elevated levels throughout the remainder of the differentiation process. This protein was present in low amounts throughout the growth of cells synchronized for division and was not absorbed by p13^suc1-agarose.
A 103 kDa protein (p103) was detected by Western blot analysis using antibodies raised against two different peptides corresponding to sequences in the S. pombe protein kinase p105^wee1, which is a putative upstream negative regulator of p34^cdc2 in fission yeast. The levels of p103 were constant during differentiation and during the growth of cells synchronized for division.     

RasG protein accumulation occurs just prior to amoebae emergence during spore germination in Dictyostelium discoideum

Abstract RasG protein levels in dormant and germinating spores of Dictyostelium discoideum strains JC1 and SG1 were estimated by Western blotting. Ras Glevels were very low in dormant spores and remained low during the lag period, regardless of whether spores were heat activated or treated with autoactivator during the early stages of spore germination. RasG levels increased late during spore swelling just prior to the emergence stage of germination. These data are consistent with a requirement for RasG during vegetative growth.     

Correlates of developmental cell death in Dictyostelium discoideum

We have studied the correlates of cell death during stalk cell differentiation in Dictyostelium discoideum. Our main findings are four. (i) There is a gradual increase in the number of cells with exposed phosphatidyl serine residues, an indicator of membrane asymmetry loss and increased permeability. Only presumptive stalk cells show this change in membrane asymmetry. Cells also show an increase in cell membrane permeability under conditions of calcium-induced stalk cell differentiation in cell monolayers. (ii) There is a gradual fall in mitochondrial membrane potential during development, again restricted to the presumptive stalk cells. (iii) The fraction of cells showing caspase-3 activity increases as development proceeds and then declines in the terminally differentiated fruiting body. (iv) There is no internucleosomal cleavage of DNA, or DNA fragmentation, in D. discoideum nor is there any calcium- and magnesium-dependent endonucleolytic activity in nuclear extracts from various developmental stages. However, nuclear condensation and peripheralization does occur in stalk cells. Thus, cell death in D. discoideum shows some, but not all, features of apoptotic cell death as recognized in other multicellular systems. These findings argue against the emergence of a single mechanism of 'programmed cell death (PCD)' before multicellularity arose during evolution.     

Protein synthesis in cell-free extracts of Dictyostelium discoideum

We have developed an in vitro translation system for the lower eukaryote Dictyostelium discoideum. Active extracts using endogenous mRNA support protein synthesis with optimal Mg²⁺ and K⁺ concentrations of 5 mM and 120 mM, respectively. [³⁵S]Methionine incorporation is linear for more than 2 h. Polypeptides synthesized from endogenous mRNA have sizes ranging from less than 20 to over 100 kDa. Heat-shock proteins are synthesized in vitro in extracts prepared from heat-shocked cells. Possible uses of this system for study of translational control during growth and differentiation are discussed.