乳糖诱导重组多价人精子表位肽在大肠杆菌中的表达

旨在研究用乳糖替代IPTG作为诱导剂进行重组多价人精子抗原表位肽的表达及诱导表达的优化条件.在摇瓶发酵条件下,通过改变培养基组成、诱导时机、诱导温度、诱导剂浓度、诱导时间和诱导方式等条件,利用SDS-PAGE电泳和AlphaEase凝胶电泳图像分析系统,研究以上条件改变对GST-重组多价人精子抗原表位肽融合蛋白表达量的影响,并与IPTG诱导结果相比较.结果显示,在摇瓶试验中,最优表达条件为选用TB培养基,在菌体对数生长的中期进行诱导,诱导温度37℃、乳糖诱导终浓度3 mmol/L、诱导时间6 h.GST-重组多价人精子抗原表位肽融合蛋白的表达量占菌体总蛋白的30.5％,且主要以可溶形式表达,与IPTG的诱导结果相同.分批流加乳糖和一次性加入乳糖诱导,效果一样.乳糖可以替代IPTG作为诱导剂诱导GST-重组多价人精子抗原表位肽融合蛋白的表达,优化条件下可获得与IPTG相同的诱导表达效果.     

HCMV pp65截短蛋白原核表达条件优化

为了提高HCMVpp65蛋白片段在大肠杆菌中表达量,研究了不同发酵条件对其表达的影响,包括培养基、接种量、温度、摇床转速、pH、诱导时间以及诱导剂IPTG使用浓度等。结果表明,以LB培养基为发酵液,按5%接种量,37℃培养3h后IPTG诱导5h,重组菌菌体生物量为0.6g/L,目的蛋白表达量达18mg/L。用3.7L发酵罐进行放大培养,菌体生物量达0.85g/L,最高目的蛋白表达量达到25mg/L。     

GABAA受体蛋白片段在大肠杆菌细胞表达条件研究

为了提高GABAA受体α1蛋白片段在大肠杆菌中表达量,研究了重组菌的发酵条件,包括培养基,接种量,温度,摇床转速,pH,诱导培养时间和诱导剂IPTG使用浓度等对GABAA受体蛋白片段表达的影响。结果表明重组菌以LB培养基为发酵基质,按3%接种量,37℃培养细胞3.5h后IPTG32℃诱导5h,菌体生物量为3.25g/L,目标蛋白表达量达95mg/L。用16L发酵罐进行放大培养,菌体生物量达4.95g/L,发酵周期5.5h。最高目标蛋白表达量达到136mg/L。     

GABAA受体蛋白片段在大肠杆菌细胞表达条件研究*

为了提高GABAA受体a1蛋白片段在大肠杆菌中表达量,研究了重组菌的发酵条件,包括培养基、接种量、温度、摇床转速、pH、诱导培养时间和诱导剂IPTG使用浓度等对GABAA受体蛋白片段表达的影响。结果表明重组菌以LB培养基为发酵基质,按3％接种量,37℃培养细胞3.5h后IPTG 32℃诱导5h,菌体生物量为3.25g/L,目标蛋白表达量达95mg/L。用16L发酵罐进行放大培养,菌体生物量达4.95g/L,发酵周期5.5h,最高目标蛋白表达量达到136mg/L.     

肝靶向肽-抗肿瘤肽CSP-MDA-7/IL-24融合基因原核表达条件优化

目的:优化肝靶向肽-抗肿瘤肽(CSP-MDA-7/IL-24)在大肠杆菌中诱导表达的相关条件。方法:通过考察CSP-MDA-7/IL-24重组菌生长曲线,选择合适的诱导时机,通过SDS-PAGE检测CSP-MDA-7/IL-24蛋白的表达量,单因素分析诱导时间、培养基p H值、诱导温度和诱导剂IPTG浓度,在此基础上各选取5个水平进行正交实验,摸索最佳诱导表达条件。结果:培养基p H7.0、IPTG浓度0.12 mmol/L、培养温度42℃、诱导表达4 h为重组蛋白的最佳表达条件。结论:为进一步制备重组蛋白CSP-MDA-7/IL-24及评价其生物活性奠定了基础。     

乳糖诱导的重组人血管内皮抑素(rhEndostatin)蛋白的表达

研究用乳糖替代IPTG作为诱导剂进行重组蛋白的表达,观察乳糖对乳糖操纵子调控的基因工程菌发酵及重组血管内皮抑素表达的影响,从而选取最佳诱导表达条件。以重组人血管内皮抑素表达工程菌pETrhEN/BL21(DE3)作为研究对象,分别用IPTG和乳糖作为诱导剂,在摇瓶中进行表达实验。并对重组蛋白质表达量进行分析。然后在5 L发酵罐中进行验证。在摇瓶培养条件下,乳糖浓度大于0.5 g/L即可以诱导目的蛋白的表达。乳糖浓度1 g/L时诱导目的蛋白表达量与1 mmol/L的IPTG相当,当乳糖浓度为10 g/L,目的蛋白表达量达到最大。在发酵罐培养条件下,补料4 h后葡萄糖浓度基本耗尽,此时开始加入乳糖。诱导后1 h,即有重组蛋白表达,在诱导后4 h达到高峰(占菌体可溶性蛋白的56%),与此同时,诱导后5 h菌体浓度也达到最高值。在以乳糖操纵子为调控手段的工程菌表达系统中,可以使用乳糖作为诱导剂,诱导应在葡萄糖消耗完后进行。     

革胡子鲶GH成熟肽在大肠杆菌中表达条件的优化

将携带革胡子鲶(Clarias lazera)生长激素(GH)成熟肽cDNA序列的重组表达载体pRSET-mGH转化入大肠杆菌Escherichia.coliBL21(DE3)pLysS中进行融合蛋白的表达。表达条件优化试验表明,表达菌株接种SOB培养基,培养2-3h后可用IPTG进行融合蛋白诱导表达;IPTG最佳诱导浓度为1.5 mmol/L,最佳诱导时间为4 h。本试验构建的原核表达体系为下一步革胡子鲶生长激素促生长制剂的研制奠定了基础。     

结核分枝杆菌H37Ra株HspX蛋白的表达条件优化、纯化和鉴定

以结核分枝杆菌H37Ra菌株基因组DNA为模板,利用PCR技术扩增获得HspX基因,通过DNA无缝克隆技术将其克隆至pET28a质粒中,构建重组表达质粒pET28a-HspX。将pET28a-HspX转化至大肠埃希菌表达菌株BL21(DE3),采用不同温度、IPTG浓度和时间诱导HspX蛋白表达。使用Ni-IDA亲和层析柱纯化目的HspX蛋白,透析去除咪唑,通过Western blot检测HspX抗原特异性。最终确定表达重组蛋白HspX的最佳诱导条件为：诱导温度37℃、IPTG浓度0.2 mmol/L、诱导时间8 h。结果表明,获得了高纯度和被特异性识别的可溶性Hsp X蛋白,为未来Hsp X蛋白用于结核病诊断试剂和疫苗奠定基础。     

抗肿瘤肽QX3-1融合蛋白在大肠埃希菌中表达条件的优化

优化抗肿瘤肽QX3-1融合蛋白在大肠埃希菌中的表达条件,提高表达量。从培养基、诱导温度、诱导剂浓度和诱导时间4个单因素实验入手,优化QX3-1融合蛋白的表达条件,通过聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳(SDSPAGE)和Band Scan凝胶分析软件分析QX3-1融合蛋白的表达量。p ED-QX 3-1/BL21重组菌在LB、大豆肉汤、TB和酪蛋白胨(自制) 4种培养基中,于酪蛋白胨培养基中的表达量最高;在20、25和37℃三种诱导温度下,于37℃环境中表达量最高;在1、5、10、15和20 mmol/L乳糖浓度的诱导下,于10 mmol/L乳糖诱导最佳;在30 h的诱导时间内,于第24小时,融合蛋白的表达量最高。从培养基、诱导温度、诱导剂浓度和诱导时间4个变量中筛选出适合QX3-1融合蛋白表达的最佳组合,使融合蛋白的表达量达到了31. 2%,相比未优化前提高了近一倍。     

CTB-FimA融合蛋白原核表达纯化及其免疫效果

[目的]构建牙龈卟啉单胞菌(Porphyromonas gingivalis,Pg)菌毛蛋白(FimA)与霍乱毒素B亚基(CTB)重组质粒pET-32a/CTB-FimA,表达纯化CTB-FimA融合蛋白并对其黏膜免疫效果进行研究。[方法]根据GenBank查找FimA基因和CTB基因,利用(Gly₄Ser)₃连接肽序列构建pET-32a/CTB-FimA原核表达质粒,转化至大肠杆菌BL21(DE3),确定IPTG诱导浓度及温度,SDS-PAGE分析目的蛋白的可溶性;采用亲和层析和凝胶过滤层析纯化目的蛋白CTB-FimA;用纯化的目的蛋白作为免疫原鼻腔滴注免疫BALB/c小鼠观察其黏膜免疫效果。[结果]经双酶切和测序鉴定pET-32a/CTB-FimA重组表达质粒构建成功;IPTG最适诱导浓度为0.5 mmol/L,最适诱导温度为23℃,重组蛋白CTB-FimA主要以可溶形式表达;Expasy软件ProtParam工具预测重组蛋白分子量约为72.08 kDa,亲水性总平均值为-0.313;每升发酵液表达CTB-FimA蛋白约100 mg;免疫...     

Expression of cholera toxin B subunit and assembly as functional oligomers in silkworm

The nontoxic B subunit of cholera toxin (CTB) can significantly increase the ability of proteins to induce immunological tolerance after oral administration, when it was conjugated to various proteins. Recombinant CTB offers great potential for treatment of autoimmune disease. Here we firstly investigated the feasibility of silkworm baculovirus expression vector system for the cost-effective production of CTB under the control of a strong polyhedrin promoter. Higher expression was achieved via introducing the partial non-coding and coding sequences (ATAAAT and ATGCCGAAT) of polyhedrin to the 5' end of the native CTB gene, with the maximal accumulation being approximately 54.4 mg/L of hemolymph. The silkworm bioreactor produced this protein vaccine as the glycoslated pentameric form, which retained the GM1-ganglioside binding affinity and the native antigenicity of CTB. Further studies revealed that mixing with silkworm-derived CTB increases the tolerogenic potential of insulin. In the nonconjugated form, an insulin : CTB ratio of 100 : 1 was optimal for the prominent reduction in pancreatic islet inflammation. The data presented here demonstrate that the silkworm bioreactor is an ideal production and delivery system for an oral protein vaccine designed to develop immunological tolerance against autoimmune diabetes and CTB functions as an effective mucosal adjuvant for oral tolerance induction.     

幽门螺杆菌多价表位疫苗CWAE的表达及其免疫学性质的研究 *

目的 利用生物信息学软件评价幽门螺杆菌(Helicobacter pylori)多价表位疫苗CWAE的抗原结构,经原核表达获得高纯度CWAE蛋白,进而鉴定多价表位疫苗CWAE的免疫学性质。方法 通过生物信息学软件分析H. pylori多价表位疫苗CWAE的抗原结构;用人工合成的H. pylori多价表位肽融合基因WAE替换重组质粒pET28a-CUE中的UE基因,构建重组质粒pET28a-CWAE。然后,将pET28a-CWAE转入大肠杆菌BL21(DE3)中,经IPTG诱导表达,并通过Ni-NTP镍离子亲和层析纯化抗原蛋白CWAE;利用GM1-ELISA鉴定CWAE中CTB组分的黏膜免疫佐剂活性。最后,通过ELISA和小鼠脾脏淋巴细胞增殖实验检测CWAE激发BALB/c小鼠产生抗H. pylori抗体体液免疫和淋巴细胞免疫应答的能力。结果 通过生物信息学软件证实H. pylori多价表位疫苗CWAE具有科学合理的结构;重组表达质粒pET28a-CWAE经PCR、双酶切和基因测序鉴定,融合基因CWAE与设计序列完全一致;重组基因工程菌株pET28a-CWAE/BL21(DE3)经IPTG诱导表达,抗原蛋白CWAE主要以包涵体形式存在,经Ni-NTP镍离子亲和层析纯化,纯度约达93.2%;GM1-ELISA实验证实,CWAE中CTB组分依旧保持有较好的黏膜佐剂活性;ELISA结果证实CWAE能够激发BALB/c小鼠产生H. pylori特异性抗体,而小鼠脾脏淋巴细胞增殖实验进一步证实CWAE能够激发针对H. pylori多种致病因子的淋巴细胞免疫反应。结论 H. pylori多价表位疫苗CWAE具有科学合理的抗原结构,经原核表达可获得高纯度抗原蛋白,能够激发BALB/c小鼠产生H. pylori特异性抗体体液免疫和淋巴细胞免疫应答。为研发防治H. pylori感染的多价表位疫苗奠定实验基础。     

Cholera toxin B protein in transgenic tomato fruit induces systemic immune response in mice

Cholera toxin B (CTB) subunit is a well-characterized antigen against cholera. Transgenic plants can offer an inexpensive and safe source of edible CTB vaccine and may be one of the best candidates for the production of plant vaccines. The present study aimed to develop transgenic tomato expressing CTB protein, especially in the ripening tomato fruit under the control of the tomato fruit-specific E8 promoter by using Agrobacterium-mediated transformation. Transgenic plants were selected using PCR and Southern blot analysis. Exogenous protein extracted from leaf, stem, and fruit tissues of transgenic plants was detected by ELISA and Western blot analysis, showing specific expression in the ripening fruit, with the highest amount of CTB protein being 0.081% of total soluble protein. Gavage of mice with ripe transgenic tomato fruits induced both serum and mucosal CTB specific antibodies. These results demonstrate the immunogenicity of the CTB protein in transgenic tomato and provide a considerable basis for exploring the utilization of CTB in the development of tomato-based edible vaccine against cholera. The rCTB antigen resulted in much lower antibody titers than an equal amount of exgenous CTB in trangenic fruits, suggesting the protective effect of the fibrous tissue of the fruit to the exogenous CTB protein against the degradation of protease in the digestive tracts of mice. Xiao-Ling Jiang and Zhu-Mei He contributed equally to this work.     

Synthesis and assembly of dengue virus envelope protein fused to cholera toxin B subunit into biologically active oligomers in transgenic tomato (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Solanum lycopersicum</Emphasis>)

Dengue is the fastest growing mosquito-borne disease worldwide, causing nearly 400 million infections annually. A universally applicable dengue virus vaccine is required to arrest its spread. Here, we generated an edible dengue vaccine by expressing the dengue fusion protein in tomatoes, which is a desirable expression system owing to the inherent adjuvanticity of alpha tomatine and immunogenicity of the tomato lectin/microbial antigen complex. The B subunit of Vibrio cholera toxin (CTB) was genetically fused to dengue envelope antigen for improved delivery to antigen-presenting cells and enhanced immunogenicity, while avoiding immunological tolerance. We utilized domain III of the dengue envelope protein (EDIII), as it has been shown to induce serotype-specific neutralizing antibodies. The CTB–EDIII fusion gene construct containing an endoplasmic reticulum target sequence was introduced into tomato plants by Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated gene transformation, and the expression of CTB–EDIII in transgenic plants was confirmed by DNA, RNA and protein analyses. Accumulated fusion protein accounted for up to 0.015 % of total soluble protein, and it assembled into fully functional pentamers as demonstrated by binding to GM1 ganglioside. Future work will involve testing of transgenic tomatoes for immunogenicity in mice following oral delivery.     

Improved expression of porcine epidemic diarrhea antigen by fusion with cholera toxin B subunit and chloroplast transformation in Nicotiana tabacum

The porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) belongs to the coronavirus family, which causes acute diarrhea in pigs with higher mortality in piglets less than 2 weeks old. The PEDV is one of the major concerns of the pig industry around the world, including Asian countries and Noth America since first identified in Europe. Currently, there is no PEDV licensed vaccine to effectively prevent this disease. This study was performed for the development of a mucosal PEDV vaccine and B subunit of cholera toxin (CTB) as a carrier was employed to surpass the tolerogenic nature of GALT and induce potent immune responses against the target antigen fused to CTB. An epitope (S1D) alone or conjugated with CTB was constructed into the tobacco chloroplasts expression vector which is controlled under the chloroplast rRNA operon promoter with T7g10 5′ UTR and the psbA 3′UTR as a terminator. The homoplastomic lines were obtained by third round screening via organogenesis from the leaf tissues which were verified by PCR with antigen and chloroplast specific primers and then confirmed by Southern blot analysis. While the expression level of the S1D alone as detected by Western blotting was approximately 0.07% of total soluble protein, the CTB-S1D fusion protein was expressed up to 1.4%. The fusion protein showed binding to the intestinal membrane GM1-ganglioside receptor, demonstrating its functionality. The result shows that the highest expression of S1D could be achieved by fusion with a stable CTB protein and chloroplast transformation. Furthermore, the CTB-S1D expressed in chloroplasts of Nicotiana tabacum cv. Maryland could be assembled to pentameric form which increases the possibility to develop a mucosal vaccine against PEDV.

     

Thermal Stability of an Oral Killed-Cholera-Whole-Cell Vaccine Containing Recombinant B-Subunit of Cholera Toxin

An oral killed cholera vaccine containing 1×10¹¹ cells of Vibrio cholerae O1 (heat- or formalin-killed) representing the Ogawa and Inaba biotypes and containing 1 mg of B-subunit of cholera toxin (CTB) produced by recombinant DNA technology (the WC/rCTB vaccine) was subjected to temperatures of 4 C, 30 C or 42 C for up to 6 months time. Lipopolysaccharide antigen (LPS) and CTB content of the vaccine samples determined at various times remained unchanged during the study except for the CTB component which decreased by about 50% after 6 months of storage at 42 C. Immunogenicity determined by immunization of rabbits with the vaccine in Freund's complete adjuvant and measuring anti-LPS and anti-CTB antibody titers in the serum by an ELISA was also found to be unaltered. Lyophilization of the vaccine and storage at room temperature for 7 days also did not have any adverse effect on antigen content or immunogenicity as tested above. There was up to one log reduction in serum antibody titers after immunization without using any adjuvant or using Freund's incomplete adjuvant, and up to two logs following oral immunization. Immunization by oral feeding of the vaccine followed by RITARD challenge with a virulent V. cholerae O1 strain showed evidence of protection against severe or lethal diarrhea. The results suggest that the vaccine retains its antigen content and ability to induce antibodies unchanged when maintained at elevated temperatures for relatively long periods of time.     

拟南芥FT基因原核表达载体的构建、表达和蛋白纯化

FT基因是植物成花素,在植物的开花调控中起着重要作用。构建了用于原核表达的FT-eGFP表达载体,并在大肠杆菌BL21中进行重组蛋白的诱导表达。从IPTG诱导浓度、诱导时间和诱导温度等方面进行了细致的分析,最终建立了FT-eGFP融合蛋白诱导表达的优化体系:当菌液OD600=0.6-1.0时,采用IPTG1.0mol/L,在28℃诱导表达6h。摸索和建立了利用HisTrapKit标签,经过镍柱纯化,纯化目的蛋白的技术体系,为进一步研究FT基因在植物开花调控中的应用奠定了基础。     

Oral immunisation of mice with transgenic rice calli expressing cholera toxin B subunit fused to consensus dengue cEDIII antigen induces antibodies to all four dengue serotypes

Dengue virus (DENV) infection is an emerging global health threat. DENV consists of four distinct serotypes, necessitating a tetravalent vaccine. In this study, expression of consensus envelope protein domain III (cEDIII) fused to cholera toxin B subunit (CTB) in transgenic rice calli was improved using the luminal binding protein BiP at the N-terminus and the SEKDEL signal sequences at the C-terminus, targeting the recombinant protein to endoplasmic reticulum (ER). We found that the fusion protein showed higher levels of expression when compared to the fusion proteins using rice amylase 3D (RAmy3D) or CTB native signal sequence only. The CTB-cEDIII fusion protein was evaluated as an oral dengue vaccine candidate in mice. Serotype specific systemic IgG antibodies and specific IgA response in feces were detected and furthermore, T cell proliferation and high frequency antibody-secreting B cells were detected in the spleen. These results suggest the possible use of plant-based dengue tetravalent vaccine targeted to the mucosal immune system for induction of systemic and mucosal immune responses to DENV infection.     

Oral administration of a cholera toxin B subunit-insulin fusion protein produced in silkworm protects against autoimmune diabetes

The oral administration of disease-specific autoantigens can induce oral immune tolerance and prevent or delay the onset of autoimmune disease symptoms. Here, we describe the construction of an edible vaccine consisting of a fusion protein composed of cholera toxin B subunit (CTB) and insulin that is produced in silkworm larvae at levels of up to 0.3 mg/ml of hemolymph. The silkworm bioreactor produced this fusion protein vaccine as the pentameric CTB-insulin form, which retained the GM1-ganglioside binding affinity and the native antigenicity of CTB and insulin. Non-obese diabetic mice fed hemolymph containing microgram quantities of the CTB-insulin fusion protein showed a prominent reduction in pancreatic islet inflammation and a delay in the development of symptoms of clinical diabetes. These results demonstrate that the silkworm bioreactor is a feasible production and delivery system for an oral protein vaccine designed to develop immunological tolerance against T-cell-mediated autoimmune diabetes by regulatory T-cell induction.     

High-yield expression of a viral peptide animal vaccine in transgenic tobacco chloroplasts

The 2L21 peptide, which confers protection to dogs against challenge with virulent canine parvovirus (CPV), was expressed in tobacco chloroplasts as a C-terminal translational fusion with the cholera toxin B subunit (CTB) or the green fluorescent protein (GFP). Expression of recombinant proteins was dependent on plant age. A very high-yield production was achieved in mature plants at the time of full flowering (310 mg CTB-2L21 protein per plant). Both young and senescent plants accumulated lower amounts of recombinant proteins than mature plants. This shows the importance of the time of harvest when scaling up the process. The maximum level of CTB-2L21 was 7.49 mg/g fresh weight (equivalent to 31.1% of total soluble protein, TSP) and that of GFP-2L21 was 5.96 mg/g fresh weight (equivalent to 22.6% of TSP). The 2L21 inserted epitope could be detected with a CPV-neutralizing monoclonal antibody, indicating that the epitope is correctly presented at the C-terminus of the fusion proteins. The resulting chimera CTB-2L21 protein retained pentamerization and G(M1)-ganglioside binding characteristics of the native CTB and induced antibodies able to recognize VP2 protein from CPV. To our knowledge, this is the first report of an animal vaccine epitope expression in transgenic chloroplasts. The high expression of antigens in chloroplasts would reduce the amount of plant material required for vaccination (approximately 100 mg for a dose of 500 microg antigen) and would permit encapsulation of freeze-dried material or pill formation.