用于重组蛋白生产的哺乳动物细胞表达新技术

近年来,用于重组蛋白生产的哺乳动物细胞表达领域涌现出一系列革命性的新技术。优化的工程细胞为表达重组蛋白提供了优良的宿主;基于荧光的筛选方法可以快捷地得到高表达细胞株;高通量的培养工艺能够预测适合外源蛋白表达的细胞培养条件;可抛弃式生物反应器为大规模细胞培养提供了更多的选择;大规模瞬时表达技术节省了重组蛋白的生产时间。这些新技术提高了重组蛋白的研发和生产效率,加快了蛋白药物的工业化进程。     

大肠杆菌rpoH基因的克隆,表达及其产物的纯化

本文用ＰＣＲ方法获得大肠杆菌热休克蛋白转录因子σ３２的编码基因ｒｐｏＨ,并克隆在含有ｔａｃ启动子的表达载体ｐＵＨＥ中,经ＩＰＴＧ诱导,在大肠杆菌中表达了Ｃ端融合有６个寡聚组氨酸的σ３２。表达产物经金属螯合层析一步纯化,达到ＳＤＳ－ＰＡＧＥ银染一条带纯度,氨基酸组成分析及Ｎ端序列分析结果与文献报道一致。３５Ｓ细胞内参入实验表明：即使在较低的温度下,表达产物σ３２（Ｈｉｓ）６也能导致热休克蛋白如ＧｒｏＥｌ、ＤｎａＫ、Ｈｔｐ的大量合成．     

Isolation,Purification, and Resolution of the Extracellular Proteinase Complex of Aspergillus ochraceus513 with Fibrinolytic and Anticoagulant Activities

The extracellular proteinase complex of the microscopic fungus Aspergillus ochraceus513 was isolated, purified, and resolved by affinity chromatography on bacillichin-silochrom and subsequent column chromatography on DEAE-Toyopearl 650M. The extracellular enzyme of the protein C activator type had a molecular mass of 36.5 kDa and activity close to that of the Agkistrodonsnake venom protein C activator. The fibrinolytic and anticoagulant activities of the enzyme were investigated.     

Cell culture media supplementation of infrequently used sugars for the targeted shifting of protein glycosylation profiles

Mammalian cells in culture rely on sources of carbohydrates to supply the energy requirements for proliferation. In addition, carbohydrates provide a large source of the carbon supply for supporting various other metabolic activities, including the intermediates involved in the protein glycosylation pathway. Glucose and galactose, in particular, are commonly used sugars in culture media for these purposes. However, there exists a very large repertoire of other sugars in nature, and many that have been chemically synthesized. These sugars are particularly interesting because they can be utilized by cells in culture in distinct ways. In the present work it has been found that many infrequently used sugars, and the corresponding cellular response towards them as substrates, led to differences in the protein N‐glycosylation profile of a recombinant glycoprotein. The selective media supplementation of raffinose, trehalose, turanose, palatinose, melezitose, psicose, lactose, lactulose, and mannose were found to be capable of redirecting N‐glycan oligosaccharide profiles. Despite this shifting of protein glycosylation, there were no other adverse changes in culture performance, including both cell growth and cellular productivity over a wide range of supplemented sugar concentrations. The approach presented highlights a potential means towards both the targeted shifting of protein glycosylation profiles and ensuring recombinant protein comparability, which up to this point in time has remained under‐appreciated for these under‐utilized compounds. © 2017 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Biotechnol. Prog., 33:511–522, 2017     

Purification,crystallization, and preliminary crystallographic analysis of 3-deoxy-D-arabino-heptulosonate-7-phosphate synthase from Escherichia coli

The phenylalanine-regulated isozyme of 3-deoxy-D-arabino-heptulosonate-7-phosphate- synthase (DAHPS) from Escherichia coli, its binary complexes with either substrate, phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP), or feedback inhibitor, Phe, and its ternary complexes with either PEP or Phe plus metal cofactor (either Mn²⁺, Cd²⁺, or Pb²⁺) were crystallized from polyethylglycol (PEG) solutions. All crystals of the DAHPS without Phe belong to space group C2, with cell parameters a = 213.5 Å, b = 54.3 Å, c = 149.0 Å, β = 116.6°. All crystals of the enzyme with Phe also belong to space group C2, but with cell parameters a = 297.1 Å, b = 91.4 Å, c = 256.5 Å, and β = 148.2°.     

水稻cDNA c73片段在大肠杆菌中的表达及其产物的纯化

曾以水稻蜡质基因５’调控区内一段３１ ｂｐ 片段为探针,用酵母单杂交法从水稻ｃＤＮＡ 文库中筛选出若干个其编码的蛋白可能与此３１ ｂｐ 片段结合的ｃＤＮＡ克隆,现将其中的ｐＣ７３ 克隆中的插入片段ｃ７３ 连接到含Ｈｉｓ６ 的表达载体ｐＥＴ２８ｃ（ ＋ ） 上,在大肠杆菌ＢＬ２１（ＤＥ３） 中进行诱导表达,并用ＮｉＮＴＡ 树脂纯化得到预期的融合表达产物。在合适的诱导表达条件下,融合表达产物主要以可溶形式存在于大肠杆菌细胞内;表达量占到大肠杆菌总蛋白的１０ ％ 左右;经ＮｉＮＴＡ 树脂亲和层析纯化得到的产物纯度达９５ ％ ,可供进一步研究之用。     

重组鼠干细胞因子的原核表达、纯化及生物活性初步分析

目的：研制重组鼠干细胞因子（rmSCF）,并检测其体外生物学活性。方法：提取BALB/c孕龄鼠总RNA,通过RT-PCR扩增mSCF的编码基因,将其克隆至原核表达载体pBV220,转化大肠杆菌DH5α,将重组菌株接种至氨苄青霉素抗性的LB培养基中,扩大培养至5L发酵罐中,42℃诱导表达,经包涵体复性、DEAE-SepharoseFF和Phenyle-SepharoseHP层析纯化,制备rmSCF。结果：构建了pBV220-mSCF原核表达载体,在大肠杆菌中表达了rmSCF,纯化后的rmSCF对类原巨核细胞白血病细胞系的UT-7细胞有明显的刺激作用,比活为1.0×106U/mg。结论：获得了纯度大于95%的rmSCF,将进一步展开其在小鼠体内的药效学研究。     

Expression and Purification of the Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator Protein in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

The cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) is a chloride channel, that when mutated, can give rise to cystic fibrosis in humans.There is therefore considerable interest in this protein, but efforts to study its structure and activity have been hampered by the difficulty of expressing and purifying sufficient amounts of the protein^1-3. Like many ''difficult'' eukaryotic membrane proteins, expression in a fast-growing organism is desirable, but challenging, and in the yeast S. cerevisiae, so far low amounts were obtained and rapid degradation of the recombinant protein was observed ^4-9. Proteins involved in the processing of recombinant CFTR in yeast have been described^6-9 .In this report we describe a methodology for expression of CFTR in yeast and its purification in significant amounts. The protocol describes how the earlier proteolysis problems can be overcome and how expression levels of CFTR can be greatly improved by modifying the cell growth conditions and by controlling the induction conditions, in particular the time period prior to cell harvesting. The reagants associated with this protocol (murine CFTR-expressing yeast cells or yeast plasmids) will be distributed via the US Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, which has sponsored the research. An article describing the design and synthesis of the CFTR construct employed in this report will be published separately (Urbatsch, I.; Thibodeau, P. et al., unpublished). In this article we will explain our method beginning with the transformation of the yeast cells with the CFTR construct - containing yeast plasmid (Fig. 1). The construct has a green fluorescent protein (GFP) sequence fused to CFTR at its C-terminus and follows the system developed by Drew et al. (2008)¹⁰. The GFP allows the expression and purification of CFTR to be followed relatively easily. The JoVE visualized protocol finishes after the preparation of microsomes from the yeast cells, although we include some suggestions for purification of the protein from the microsomes. Readers may wish to add their own modifications to the microsome purification procedure, dependent on the final experiments to be carried out with the protein and the local equipment available to them. The yeast-expressed CFTR protein can be partially purified using metal ion affinity chromatography, using an intrinsic polyhistidine purification tag. Subsequent size-exclusion chromatography yields a protein that appears to be >90% pure, as judged by SDS-PAGE and Coomassie-staining of the gel.     

甲型流感病毒核蛋白在大肠杆菌中的可溶性高效表达与纯化

为了在大肠杆菌中高效表达甲型流感病毒A/京科/30/95(H3N2)核蛋白NP,以便对原核表达的NP蛋白进行免疫原性研究,本研究通过密码子优化及全基因合成等方法,将3种形式的NP基因:与6×His标签融合的NP基因NP(His)、非融合的野生型NP基因NPwt及非融合的按大肠杆菌优势密码子改造的基因NP(O)分别插入原核表达载体pET-30a,构建了表达3种形式NP基因的3种原核表达质粒并研究不同质粒中NP蛋白的表达形式、条件、纯化工艺及抗原性。限制性酶切反应与测序表明,三种形式的NP基因均正确插入原核表达质粒pET-30a;SDS-PAGE凝胶电泳显示,三种形式的NP基因均能在大肠杆菌中表达,NP(O)基因的表达量最高;在不同温度诱导条件下,NP蛋白呈现可溶性表达,NP(O)基因可溶性高效表达的条件为:T=25℃,t=10 h;经阴离子交换和凝胶过滤层析两步纯化,可溶性表达的NP蛋白纯度可达90%;Western blot检测显示,纯化的NP能与流感病毒A/PR/8/34(H1N1)株感染小鼠的血清发生特异性结合。这些结果表明,非融合表达的密码子优化甲型流感病毒NP蛋白能在大肠杆菌中高效表达和纯化,同时保持良好的免疫反应活性。     

Cell culture media supplementation of uncommonly used sugars sucrose and tagatose for the targeted shifting of protein glycosylation profiles of recombinant protein therapeutics

Protein glycosylation is an important post‐translational modification toward the structure and function of recombinant therapeutics. The addition of oligosaccharides to recombinant proteins has been shown to greatly influence the overall physiochemical attributes of many proteins. It is for this reason that protein glycosylation is monitored by the developer of a recombinant protein therapeutic, and why protein glycosylation is typically considered a critical quality attribute. In this work, we highlight a systematic study toward the supplementation of sucrose and tagatose into cell culture media for the targeted modulation of protein glycosylation profiles on recombinant proteins. Both sugars were found to affect oligosaccharide maturation resulting in an increase in the percentage of high mannose N‐glycan species, as well as a concomitant reduction in fucosylation. The latter effect was demonstrated to increase antibody‐dependent cell‐mediated cytotoxicity for a recombinant antibody. These aforementioned results were found to be reproducible at different scales, and across different Chinese hamster ovary cell lines. Through the selective supplementation of these described sugars, the targeted modulation of protein glycosylation profiles is demonstrated, as well as yet another tool in the cell culture toolbox for ensuring product comparability. © 2014 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Biotechnol. Prog., 30:1419–1431, 2014     

Expression and purification of Huwentoxin-I in baculovirus system

Huwentoxin-I (HWTX-I) is a novel neurotoxin isolated from the venom of Orinithoctonus huwena. Based on its biological activity, HWTX-I could be developed as a pain-killer for clinical purpose. Production of HWTX-I by the bacterium or yeast expression systems resulted in poor yields and the purified protein was proved to have lower biological activity than that of native one. So, for the first time, we introduced a new method to express HWTX-I gene in Sf9 cells using baculovirus expression system. Recombinant HWTX-I was recognized by Western blotting and then purified by nickel-chelating affinity chromatography under native conditions. Recombinant HWTX-I showed identical amino acid sequence as native form and exhibited similar effect on muscular transmission with that of native form. These results indicate that the baculovirus expression system and native purification strategy are viable ways to produce active HWTX-I.     

Determination of Mammalian Cell Counts,Cell Size and Cell Health Using the Moxi Z Mini Automated Cell Counter

Particle and cell counting is used for a variety of applications including routine cell culture, hematological analysis, and industrial controls^1-5. A critical breakthrough in cell/particle counting technologies was the development of the Coulter technique by Wallace Coulter over 50 years ago. The technique involves the application of an electric field across a micron-sized aperture and hydrodynamically focusing single particles through the aperture. The resulting occlusion of the aperture by the particles yields a measurable change in electric impedance that can be directly and precisely correlated to cell size/volume. The recognition of the approach as the benchmark in cell/particle counting stems from the extraordinary precision and accuracy of its particle sizing and counts, particularly as compared to manual and imaging based technologies (accuracies on the order of 98% for Coulter counters versus 75-80% for manual and vision-based systems). This can be attributed to the fact that, unlike imaging-based approaches to cell counting, the Coulter Technique makes a true three-dimensional (3-D) measurement of cells/particles which dramatically reduces count interference from debris and clustering by calculating precise volumetric information about the cells/particles. Overall this provides a means for enumerating and sizing cells in a more accurate, less tedious, less time-consuming, and less subjective means than other counting techniques⁶.Despite the prominence of the Coulter technique in cell counting, its widespread use in routine biological studies has been prohibitive due to the cost and size of traditional instruments. Although a less expensive Coulter-based instrument has been produced, it has limitations as compared to its more expensive counterparts in the correction for "coincidence events" in which two or more cells pass through the aperture and are measured simultaneously. Another limitation with existing Coulter technologies is the lack of metrics on the overall health of cell samples. Consequently, additional techniques must often be used in conjunction with Coulter counting to assess cell viability. This extends experimental setup time and cost since the traditional methods of viability assessment require cell staining and/or use of expensive and cumbersome equipment such as a flow cytometer.The Moxi Z mini automated cell counter, described here, is an ultra-small benchtop instrument that combines the accuracy of the Coulter Principle with a thin-film sensor technology to enable precise sizing and counting of particles ranging from 3-25 microns, depending on the cell counting cassette used. The M type cassette can be used to count particles from with average diameters of 4 - 25 microns (dynamic range 2 - 34 microns), and the Type S cassette can be used to count particles with and average diameter of 3 - 20 microns (dynamic range 2 - 26 microns). Since the system uses a volumetric measurement method, the 4-25 microns corresponds to a cell volume range of 34 - 8,180 fL and the 3 - 20 microns corresponds to a cell volume range of 14 - 4200 fL, which is relevant when non-spherical particles are being measured. To perform mammalian cell counts using the Moxi Z, the cells to be counted are first diluted with ORFLO or similar diluent. A cell counting cassette is inserted into the instrument, and the sample is loaded into the port of the cassette. Thousands of cells are pulled, single-file through a "Cell Sensing Zone" (CSZ) in the thin-film membrane over 8-15 seconds. Following the run, the instrument uses proprietary curve-fitting in conjunction with a proprietary software algorithm to provide coincidence event correction along with an assessment of overall culture health by determining the ratio of the number of cells in the population of interest to the total number of particles. The total particle counts include shrunken and broken down dead cells, as well as other debris and contaminants. The results are presented in histogram format with an automatic curve fit, with gates that can be adjusted manually as needed.Ultimately, the Moxi Z enables counting with a precision and accuracy comparable to a Coulter Z2, the current gold standard, while providing additional culture health information. Furthermore it achieves these results in less time, with a smaller footprint, with significantly easier operation and maintenance, and at a fraction of the cost of comparable technologies.     

稳定表达人Eps8基因的胶质瘤U251细胞系的建立

应用亚克隆方法构建pEGFP-C3／Eps8真核表达载体,经测序鉴定后,用脂质体进行胶质瘤U251细胞的转染,应用G418筛选出稳定表达pEGFP-C3／Eps8和pEGFP—C3的细胞系,最后通过Western blot和荧光定位证明印娼在U251细胞中过量表达。本实验成功建立了稳定转染Eps8的U251细胞系,为进一步研究Eps8基因在胶质瘤中的功能奠定了良好的实验基础。     

Expression of recombinant chinese bovine enterokinase catalytic subunit in P. pastoris and its purification and characterization

EK (enterokinase) is a serine proteinase which consistsof a heavy chain and a light chain linked by a disulfidebond. The light chain of EK contains a chymotrypsin-likeserine proteinase domain sufficient for the normal recog-nition and cleavage of EK subst…     

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采用脱氨再生几丁质凝胶亲和层析从萝卜叶中获得了ＰＡＧＥ圆盘电泳均一的溶菌酶,并通过微量蒸发扩散法获得其结晶。用ｐＨ动力学研究方法和化学修饰法对该酶的活性中心进行了初步研究,实验结果表明：－ＣＯＯＨ（Ｇｌｕ／Ａｓｐ）基团、Ｔｒｐ及Ｈｉｓ残基可能为酶活性所必需。采用对Ｔｙｒ、Ｃｙｓ、Ａｒｇ、Ｓｅｒ／Ｔｈｒ残基专一的修饰剂对酶作用后,酶活性基本上不受影响。同时,酶活性受到组胺和ＧｌｃＮＡｃ抑制。讨论了萝卜溶菌酶与鸡蛋清溶菌酶和木瓜溶菌酶的活性中心的相互差异。     

Memo蛋白的融合表达和纯化

目的:一些临床预后较差的恶性肿瘤一般具有很高的转移性和侵袭性,近来的研究表明,Memo蛋白与恶性肿瘤的这些特性有十分密切的关系。本研究拟克隆、融合表达和纯化Memo蛋白。方法:用PCR方法从乳腺文库中扩增Memo蛋白编码序列,并将其以正确相位与pGST载体中的GST编码序列融合,构建成重组质粒pGST-Memo。将此重组质粒转化大肠杆菌DH5α后,用谷胱甘肽-Sepharose4B纯化融合蛋白,并用Western印迹检测融合蛋白的表达。结果:构建了Memo蛋白的融合表达载体,并在大肠杆菌DH5α中得到表达,经谷胱甘肽-Sepharose4B亲和层析获得了纯化的GST-Memo融合蛋白。Western印迹检测表明,此蛋白可与GST抗体反应。结论:Memo蛋白的克隆、融合表达和纯化,为进一步研究恶性肿瘤的转移性、侵袭性及其相关机理提供了有用的材料。