大肠杆菌K99菌毛fan操纵子的克隆、表达及活性

[目的]在体外克隆和表达猪产肠毒素大肠杆菌(ETEC) K99菌毛操纵子fan结构基因,并检测重组菌毛的相关生物学活性.[方法]以猪源分离的表达K99菌毛ETEC C83907株制取模板,成功PCR扩增出编码K99菌毛的fan操纵子,约5.7 kb.将fan操纵子克隆人表达质粒载体pBR322,筛选出含正确阳性质粒的重组菌.进一步将上述的重组质粒DNA转化至不含任何菌毛的大肠杆菌SE5000株,同时将空载体pBR322质粒转化入SE5000构建阴性对照菌株.[结果]该重组菌能与鼠抗K99菌毛单克隆抗体发生明显的凝集反应,与新生仔猪小肠上皮细胞刷状缘BBV分子有强烈凝集反应.电镜观察到上述重组菌表面大量表达K99菌毛,用热抽提法提纯其表达的K99菌毛,并经SDS-PAGE电泳和考马斯亮蓝染色,可以得到分子量约为18.5kDa的主要蛋白条带.纯化菌毛免疫小鼠后制备出高效价的鼠抗血清,能与携带K99菌毛的C83907、C83914、C83260野生株发生强烈的凝集反应,而与携带其他菌毛的ETEC不反应.玻板凝集试验和Western blot结果表明:体外表达的K99菌毛具有和野生K99菌毛相同的抗原性.用表达K99菌毛的重组菌进行HeLa细胞体外黏附试验和黏附抑制实验,结果表明:重组菌和野生菌株一样具有较强的粘附性,而且用重组菌毛制备的鼠抗血清能有效地抑制上述重组菌或野生菌株对细胞系的黏附结合.[讨论]本研究为进一步研究K99菌毛生物学作用建立了良好的实验平台.     

大肠杆菌F18菌毛操纵子全基因克隆、表达及生物学活性

利用PCR技术以猪产肠毒素大肠杆菌F18标准菌株107/86和2134P基因组DNA为模板成功地扩增出编码F18ab和F18ac完整菌毛操纵子fed基因。将它们分别克隆入表达质粒载体pET-22b( ),结合酶切和核苷酸序列分析证明了PCR预期扩增产物的正确性。然后将克隆的重组载体DNA转化至大肠杆菌BL21(DE3),构建和筛选出分别含F18ab和F18ac完整fed基因的重组菌,经过IPTG诱导表达,在电镜下观察到上述两种重组菌能分别大量表达F18ab和F18ac菌毛。用热抽提法提纯其诱导表达的F18ab和F18ac菌毛,经SDS-PAGE电泳和考马斯亮蓝染色发现提纯后菌毛获单一分子量约为15kDa蛋白条带,免疫家兔后制备出高效价的兔抗血清,玻板凝集试验和Western blot结果表明:体外诱导表达的F18ab和F18ac菌毛具有和野生F18菌毛相同的抗原性。用表达F18ab和F18ac菌毛的上述2株重组菌分别进行小肠上皮细胞体外吸附试验和吸附抑制试验,结果表明:2株重组菌和野生菌株一样具有较强的粘附易感仔猪小肠上皮细胞的能力,而用表达F18ab和F18ac重组菌提纯的菌毛制备出兔抗血清都能有效地抑制上述重组菌或野生菌株对易感仔猪小肠上皮细胞的吸附结合。     

克隆毒素源性大肠杆菌K88ac抗原基因

E.coli79-l454(08：K88ac K31：H^-)是北京生物制品检定所从上海郊区腹泻的仔猪分离到的野生型毒素源性大肠杆菌,该菌产生K88ac抗原,产生热敏感毒素(LT)和热稳定毒素(sT)。发酵棉子糖,抗四环素,含有50Md的大质粒。用碱变性法提取,以线性cscl-EB密度梯度离心法纯化大质粒,用HindⅢ酶消化,回收6.5Md的片段,与载体pBR322连接,转化到E.coliRRl,选出Ap¹Tc²的转化子,用玻片凝集,琼艚扩散。K88ac抗血清致敏的绵羊红细胞反向间接血凝,被动溶血,ELISA等方法检测K88ac抗原均为阳性的重组体,其中一株命名为E.coliRR1(pMM031),酶切图谱表明除含pBR322 DNA的片段外,还台有约为6．5Md的片段,此片段是HindⅢ酶消化大质粒DNA产生的第二条片段,含有为K88ac抗原基因编码的遗传决定子。用LT基因探针菌落原位杂交,Y—l肾细胞试验等方法检测结果表明重组体不产生LT;用乳鼠试验及STb基因探针杂交均是阴性,说明重组体不产生ST。由此可见重组体产生K88ac抗原,但无毒性,有可能用作疫苗栋,也可以与其他因子配伍构建成更好的活疫苗株。     

产肠毒素性大肠杆菌K88菌毛装配

K88菌毛介导产肠毒索性大肠杆菌在小肠上皮细胞的粘附,是引起新生仔猪腹泻的主要致病因子之一.菌毛的合成与装配是由fae操纵子调控的,fae操纵子包含10个基,faeA-fae J,其中有些基因表达菌毛装配所需的各种结构蛋白、分子伴侣和调控因子.菌毛的装配过程是由fae操纵子调控,通过分子伴侣,锚定蛋白的相互协同作用完成,组装成结构蛋白的多聚体.继阐明K88菌毛装配调控机理之后,K88菌毛在非毒素源性大肠杆菌及其它原核生物中装配也取得成功,同时菌毛结构蛋白在真核生物中组装也取得了很大进展.     

毒素源性大肠杆菌K88ac抗原基因的次级克隆和重组质粒的限制图

从我国引起仔猪腹泻的野生株E. coli 79-1454克隆了K88ac抗原基因,获得了重组体E. coli RR1(pNZ8801),分子量为10 Md。为了得到分子量更小的重组体,用E．coRI消化重组质粒,除去中间约3.2 Md的片段,得到次级克隆株E. coli RR1(pNZ8802),质粒分子量为6.8 Md。测定其K 88ac抗原为阳性,而且其产生的K88at抗原量略高于初级克隆株。电镜照片表明重组体表面长有菌毛。萤光抗体染色和猪刷状缘细胞粘附试验亦表明有良好的粘附生物活性。此重组体可以与本人克隆的K99抗原基因构建成复合重组体。本文还作了重组体的限制性酶切图。     

大肠杆菌K88菌毛蛋白发酵工艺的初步研究

采用液体培养基包括牛肉膏蛋白胨培养基和强化营养肉汤培养基对大肠杆菌K88进行发酵培养,采用不同摇瓶培养时间和不同pH值的培养基观察发酵结果,研究菌体和菌毛生产量的相关性,并通过紫外分光光度计UV751于600nm处测量菌体OD值以对菌种发酵情况进行检测.热激分离菌体和菌毛蛋白,(NH4)2SO4盐析分离纯化K88菌毛蛋白并用分光光度计于280nm处测定其OD值.透析后经SDSP-AGE检测菌毛蛋白纯度.根据实验结果优化发酵培养条件,确定菌种的最佳发酵工艺,以收获最多的K88菌毛蛋白.经过实验研究,最终确定了大肠杆菌K88在pH值为6.5、转速为250r/min的条件下发酵18个h,菌体和菌毛生产量均达到高峰,同时得出菌毛蛋白和菌体成正相关.     

大肠杆菌tktA基因的克隆表达

tktA是芳香族氨基酸生物合成共同途径的关键酶基因之一,在大肠杆菌中,tktA编码转酮酶A,在磷酸戊糖途径生成4－磷酸赤藓糖中起主要作用。采用PCR方法从大肠杆菌K－12株中扩增到tktA,并实现了高效表达,tktA活性提高了3．9倍,并且使芳香族氨基酸生物合成共同途径中关键中间产物DAHP的产量有所提高。     

抗菌肽-X基因的克隆及在大肠杆菌中的表达

用PCR技术获得抗菌肽—X基因、TNFα基因,与温度诱导的表达载体pRC连接成为重组表达载体,导入大肠杆菌TG1,通过温度诱导表达重组蛋白。将重组质粒转入不同的表达菌中进行表达,经SDS—PAGE选出E.coil BL21(DE3)为最佳表达的宿主菌。培养后,离心得菌体,经超声破碎离心得包涵体,溶解后用CNBr切割并透析,最后经CM52纤维素柱分离纯化得到有活性高纯度的抗菌肽—X。     

青蒿鲨烯合酶基因的克隆、结构分析与大肠杆菌表达

用RT-PCR方法从青蒿(Artemisia annua L.)中克隆了一个1539bp全长鲨烯合酶cDNA。青蒿鲨烯合酶氨基酸序列与拟南芥、烟草、人类、酵母鲨烯合酶的一致性分别为70％、77％、44％和39％。青蒿鲨烯合酶基因组DNA结构很复杂,包括14个外显子和13个内含子。全长的或C末端截短的鲨烯合酶cDNA被克隆进原核表达载体pET30a并在大肠杆菌(Escherichia coli)BL21(DE3)中诱导表达。但在含有全长的鲨烯合酶cDNA的大肠杆菌中并没有观察到预期大小的鲨烯合酶表达,而C末端截短疏水区30个氨基酸的鲨烯合酶可在大肠杆菌中过量表达。     

猪肠毒素源性大肠杆菌K88ac粘附抗原的核苷酸序列分析

 本文对国内流行的猪肠毒素源性大肠杆菌K88ac抗原的结构基因的核苷酸序列进行了测定。该基因由849对核苷酸组成,编码了283个氨基酸的蛋白亚单位及21个氨基酸的信号肽。与国外报道的K88ac序列的不同是我们发现一个碱基的点突变,导致在抗原决定簇内一个氨基酸的改变。从核苷酸序列推导出的氨基酸序列与另两种亚型进行了比较。     

Evidence for linkage between K88ab, K88ac intestinal receptors to Escherichia coli and transferrin loci in pigs

Segregation at the loci coding for the K88ab and K88ac small intestinal receptors to E. coli adhesins (K88abR, K88acR) and at the transferrin (TF) locus was studied in 38 pig families including 273 piglets. The TF locus showed a segregation deviation towards the B variant while each of the K88 receptors behaved as a single autosomal dominant gene. Recombinants between K88abR and K88acR provide evidence that they are under the control of two different loci. Thirty-two triple backcross families were selected to test linkage and estimate recombination rates (θ). Our results demonstrate that the two K88 receptor loci are closely linked (θ= 0.02) with a maximum lod score value (Z_m) of 46.0. In addition, they are linked to the TF locus, θ= 0.14, Z_m= 19.6 for the K88abR locus and θ= 0.16, Z_m= 17.9 for the K88acR locus. The estimated recombination rates, smaller in males than in females, are consistent with the order TF-K88abR-K88acR. This linkage thus localizes the K88 loci, as the TF locus, on chromosome 13.     

人白细胞介素26的基因克隆及其在大肠杆菌中的表达

克隆人白细胞介素-26(human interleukin-26,hIL-26)基因,构建高效稳定的大肠杆菌表达菌株。对GenBank上报道的hIL-26基因进行序列分析后设计合成引物,利用RT-PCR技术从人外周血单个核细胞(PBMC)总RNA中反转录并扩增得到人成熟肽IL-26基因。将得到的基因克隆到pMD18-T载体中,菌落PCR筛选、酶切鉴定并进行DNA序列分析。用BamHI和EcoRⅠ将目的片段切下,插入表达载体pBV220相应的位点。42℃热诱导表达目的蛋白,SDS-PAGE分析显示表达蛋白约占菌体总蛋白的20%,Western印迹法证实重组蛋白为特异性蛋白,分子筛纯化后纯度达90%以上。表达的重组蛋白经谷胱甘肽复性缓冲液复性,用RT-PCR检测复性的重组蛋白能促进PBMC合成IFN-γ。     

表达大肠杆菌K88ac-ST1-LTB融合蛋白基因工程菌株的构建

利用PCR技术,从大肠杆菌C83902质粒中扩增出K88ac基因、ST1突变基因和LTB基因,通过分离、纯化、内切酶酶切、连接和转化,构建了含K88ac-ST1-LTB融合基因表达载体的重组菌株BL21（DE3）（pXKST3LT5)。经酶切鉴定和DNA序列分析证实,构建的重组质粒pXKST3LT5中含有K88ac-ST1-LTB融合基因,且基因序列和阅读框架均正确。经ELISA检测,重组菌株表达的K88ac-ST1-LTB融合蛋白能够被ST1单抗、LTB和K88ac抗体识别。经乳鼠灌胃试验证实,表达的融合蛋白已丧失天然ST1肠毒素的活性。免疫实验结果表明,K88ac-ST1-LTB融合蛋白能够诱发小白鼠产生抗体,该抗体具有中和天然ST1肠毒素的毒性作用,表明构建的重组菌株可以作为预防仔猪黄、白痢基因工程菌苗的候选菌株。     

Characterization and purification of porcine small intestinal mucus receptor for Escherichia coli K88ac fimbrial adhesin

The objectives of this study were to investigate the nature of, and to purify K88ac fimbrial adhesin-specific receptors in the mucus from the small intestine of piglet. Adhesion was studied by incubating (3)H-labeled Escherichia coli with mucus that were treated with or without pronase, proteinase, trypsin or sodium metaperiodate. The results indicated that treatment with either proteolytic enzymes or sodium metaperiodate (to oxidize sugars) significantly reduced E. coli K88ac or K88+MB adhesion to the mucus, suggesting that the K88ac and K88+MB specific receptors in this preparation were, at least in part, glycoprotein in nature. The K88+MB fimbriae specific receptor was purified using affinity chromatography. Sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of the purified K88+MB specific receptor together with the above data suggested that the receptor from the mucus of the small intestine of the pig was a 80-kDa glycoprotein.     

Isolation of K88 Antigen Variants (ab,ac, ad) from Porcine Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Belonging to Different Serotypes

Fimbriae isolation by means of thermal shock was applied to fifteen K88-positive (three K88ab, nine K88ac and three K88ad) Escherichia coli reference strains belonging to serotypes O8:K87, O32, O45, O138:K81, O141:K85, O147:K89, O149:K91, and O157, as well as to ten K88-positive enterotoxigenic strains isolated from porcine diarrhea in Spain, all of them belonging to the O149 serogroup. Fimbriae were removed from the bacterial cells by thermal shock at 60 C and then precipitated using ammonium sulfate. The final amount of K88 antigen and the purification degree were not related to the serogroup of the bacteria or to the antigen variant but were related to the buffer used for isolation. Phosphate buffer containing urea was shown to be more effective than Tris-HCl for isolation of K88 antigen. The molecular weights by SDS-PAGE for K88ab, K88ac, and K88ad were 28.5, 29.2, and 31.0 kDa, respectively. All enterotoxigenic E. coli strains isolated in Spain showed the K88ac variant.     

Cloning of the Genes That Control Formation of the Fimbrial Colonization Factor Antigen III (CFA/III) from an Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli

Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli strain 260-1 produces colonization factor antigen III and heat-labile enterotoxin. A 55-kb plasmid controlling the expression of the colonization factor antigen was isolated from this strain after it was labeled with ampicillin resistance transposon, Tn3. When this plasmid was introduced into E. coli K-12 strains, it induced the formation of pili that were morphologically and immunologically identical to those on the surface of 260-1 cells, as examined by electron microscopic observation and with the specific antiserum. The physical map of the plasmid was constructed, and the 17.4-kb region was found to be responsible for the expression of the pili.     

The porcine intestinal receptor for Escherichia coli K88ab,K88ac: regional localization on chromosome 13 and influence of IgG response to the K88 antigen

The loci encoding the porcine intestinal receptors for Escherichia coli K88ab and K88ac (K88abR and K88acR) were firmly assigned to chromosome 13 by linkage analysis using a three-generation pedigree. The linear order of these loci and seven other markers on chromosome 13 was determined by multipoint analyses. The K88abR and K88acR loci were tightly linked with the K88abR locus localized 7·4 cM (sex average) proximal to the transferrin locus. The results, together with previous reports from two other groups, provide an unequivocal assignment of the K88 receptor loci to chromosome 13, and reject a previous assignment to chromosome 4. Pigs possessing the receptor had a slightly higher specific IgG response to the K88 antigen after an intramuscular immunization with an E. coli vaccine.     

Cloning and Expression of Genes Encoding F107-C and K88-1NT Fimbrial Proteins of Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli from Piglets

We cloned two genes coding F107-C and K88-1NT fimbrial subunits from strains E. coli C and 1NT isolated from Thua Thien Hue province, Vietnam. The mature peptide of faeG gene from strain E. coli 1NT (called faeG-1NT) is 100 % similarity with faeG gene, while the CDS of fedA gene from strain C (called fedA-C) has a similarity of 97 % with the fedA gene. Expression of the faeG-1NT and fedA-C genes in E. coli BL21 Star™ (DE3) produced proteins of ~31 and 22 kDa, respectively. The effect of IPTG concentration on the K88-1NT and F107-C fimbriae production was investigated. The results showed that 0.5 mM IPTG is suitable for higher expression of K88-1NT subunit, while 0.75 mM IPTG strongly stimulated expression of F107-C subunit. The optimal induction time for expression was also examined. Generally, highest expression of K88-1NT subunit occurred after 6 h of induction, while that of F107-C subunit is after 14 h.