HIV-1p24蛋白在大肠肝菌中的高效可溶性表达、一步纯化及抗原性分析

合成引物扩增HIV 1p2 4基因 ,并将其克隆到 pQE 30质粒中 ,使其在大肠杆菌E .coliM 15中以IPTG诱导高效表达 ,经SDS PAGE分析 ,该表达产物约占菌体总蛋白 2 0 % ,并且以可溶蛋白的形式存在于细菌裂解液上清之中。经镍离子柱亲和层析一步纯化 ,洗脱产物中 p2 4蛋白纯度达95 %。ELISA分析表明 ,该蛋白可与HIV感染者血清发生特异性免疫反应。以此蛋白交联Sepharose 4B ,亲和层析纯化HIV感染者血清中的抗体 ,用所得抗体与HIV确认试剂反应 ,发现该纯化抗体仅与确认试剂中的 p2 4蛋白反应。上述结果表明在大肠杆菌中已经高效表达了可溶性HIV 1p2 4蛋白 ,该蛋白具有良好的抗原性     

High expression of foot-and-mouth disease virus structural protein VP1 in tobacco chloroplasts

A tobacco chloroplast expression vector, pTRVP1, containing the foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) VP1 gene and the selective marker aadA gene, was constructed and transferred to tobacco by biolistic method. Three resistant lines were obtained through spectinomycin selection, and each transgenic line was subjected to a second round of spectinomycin selection. PCR and PCR southern blot analysis revealed that the VP1 gene had integrated into the chloroplast genome. Western blot and quantification ELISA assays indicated that the VP1 gene was expressed in tobacco chloroplasts and accounted for 2–3% of total soluble protein. This suggested that plant chloroplasts were an efficient expression system for the potential production of recombinant antigens in plants.     

High‐level expression of human immunodeficiency virus antigens from the tobacco and tomato plastid genomes

Transgene expression from the plant's plastid genome represents a promising strategy in molecular farming because of the plastid's potential to accumulate foreign proteins to high levels and the increased biosafety provided by the maternal mode of organelle inheritance. In this article, we explore the potential of transplastomic plants to produce human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antigens as potential components of an acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) vaccine. It is shown that the HIV antigens p24 (the major target of T‐cell‐mediated immune responses in HIV‐positive individuals) and Nef can be expressed to high levels in plastids of tobacco, a non‐food crop, and tomato, a food crop with an edible fruit. Optimized p24‐Nef fusion gene cassettes trigger antigen protein accumulation to up to approximately 40% of the plant's total protein, demonstrating the great potential of transgenic plastids to produce AIDS vaccine components at low cost and high yield.     

Expression of cholera toxin B subunit and the B chain of human insulin as a fusion protein in transgenic tobacco plants

A DNA construct containing the cholera toxin B subunit (CTB) gene genetically fused to a nucleotide sequence encoding three copies of tandemly repeated diabetes-associated autoantigen, the B chain of human insulin, was produced and transferred into low-nicotine tobaccos by Agrobacterium. Integration of the fusion gene into the plant genome was confirmed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The results of immunoblot analysis verified the synthesis and assembly of the fusion protein into pentamers in transgenic tobacco. GM1–ELISA showed that the plant-derived fusion protein retained GM1–ganglioside receptor binding specificity. The fusion protein accounted for 0.11% of the total leaf protein. The production of transgenic plants expressing CTB–InsB₃ offers a new opportunity to test plant-based oral antigen therapy against autoimmune diabetes by inducing oral tolerance.     

HIV-1 p24-immunoglobulin fusion molecule: a new strategy for plant-based protein production

We describe the engineering of a human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) p24-immunoglobulin A (IgA) antigen-antibody fusion molecule for therapeutic purposes and its enhancing effect on fused antigen expression in tobacco plants. Although many recombinant proteins have been expressed in transgenic plants as vaccine candidates, low levels of expression are a recurring problem. In this paper, using the HIV p24 core antigen as a model vaccine target, we describe a strategy for increasing the yield of a recombinant protein in plants. HIV p24 antigen was expressed as a genetic fusion with the alpha2 and alpha3 constant region sequences from human Ig alpha-chain and targeted to the endomembrane system. The expression of this fusion protein was detected at levels approximately 13-fold higher than HIV p24 expressed alone, and a difference in the behaviour of the two recombinant proteins during trafficking in the plant secretory pathway has been identified. Expressing the antigen within the context of alpha-chain Ig sequences resulted in the formation of homodimers and the antigen was correctly recognized by specific antibodies. Furthermore, the HIV p24 elicited T-cell and antibody responses in immunized mice. The use of Ig fusion partners is proposed as a generic platform technology for up-regulating the expression of antigens in plants, and may represent the first step in a strategy to design new vaccines with enhanced immunological properties.     

Plastid transformation of high‐biomass tobacco variety Maryland Mammoth for production of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV‐1) p24 antigen

Chloroplast transformation of the high‐biomass tobacco variety Maryland Mammoth has been assessed as a production platform for the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV‐1) p24 antigen. Maryland Mammoth offers the prospect of higher yields of intact functional protein per unit floor area of contained glasshouse per unit time prior to flowering. Two different transformation constructs, pZSJH1p24 (for the insertion of a native p24 cDNA between the rbcL and accD genes) and pZF5 (for the insertion of a chloroplast‐codon‐optimized p24 gene between trnfM and trnG) were examined for the production of p24. Plants generated with construct pZSJH1p24 exhibited a normal green phenotype, but p24 protein accumulated only in the youngest leaves (up to approximately 350 µg/g fresh weight or ~2.5% total soluble protein) and was undetectable in mature leaves. In contrast, some of the plants generated with pZF5 exhibited a yellow phenotype (pZF5‐yellow) with detectable p24 accumulation (up to approximately 450 µg/g fresh weight or ~4.5% total soluble protein) in all leaves, regardless of age. Total protein in pZF5‐yellow leaves was reduced by ~40%. The pZF5‐yellow phenotype was associated with recombination between native and introduced direct repeat sequences of the rbcL 3′ untransformed region in the plastid genome. Chloroplast‐expressed p24 was recognized by a conformation‐dependent monoclonal antibody to p24, and p24 protein could be purified from pZF5‐yellow leaves using a simple procedure, involving ammonium sulphate precipitation and ion‐exchange chromatography, without the use of an affinity tag. The purified p24 was shown to be full length with no modifications, such as glycosylation or phosphorylation, using N‐terminal sequencing and mass spectrometry.     

HIV—1核蛋白p24在昆虫细胞中的表达

将完整的ＨＩＶ－１ ｐ２４基因克隆到杆状病毒转移质粒中,使用重组转移质粒与野生型杆状病毒ＤＮＡ共转染Ｓｆ９昆虫细胞,经筛选获得带有编码ｐ２４基因的重组杆状病毒。重组杆状病毒感染Ｓｆ９细胞后在细胞中表达了ＨＩＶ核蛋白ｐ２４。其重组蛋白的分子量为２４ｋＤ。此重组糖蛋白在免疫荧光,免疫印染和酶联免疫实验中都能被人ＨＩＶ－１阳性血清和单克隆抗体所识别。     

Transgenic haploid plants ofNicotiana rustica produced by bombardment-mediated transformation of pollen

Immature pollen fromNicotiana rustica was bombarded with gold particles coated with plasmid DNA encoding neomycin phosphotransferase II (NPTII) and -glucuronidase (GUS) genes which, respectively, are under the control of the cauliflower mosaic virus (CaMV) 35S promoter and nopaline synthase (NOS) terminator in the plasmid. Kanamycin-resistant pollen embryoids were selected from the bombarded pollen cells and two independent lines of transgenic plants were regenerated. Enzyme assays showed that one has both NPTII and GUS activities and the other only weak NPTII activity. Southern blot analyses indicated that the former has a DNA fragment corresponding to the intact expression cassettes for both genes in its genome; whereas the latter lacks intact expression cassettes for both genes and has only the intactnptII coding sequence in its genome. The transgenic plants of both lines have 24 chromosomes, confirming haploidy, and they are infertile. These results indicate that transgenic haploid plants can be produced directly by the bombardment-mediated transformation of immature pollen.     

铁皮石斛DoSMT2基因的功能分析

为了揭示铁皮石斛(Dendrobium officinale)甾醇C-24甲基转移酶2基因(DoSMT2)在甾醇代谢过程的功能,该研究通过根癌农杆菌介导法将来源于铁皮石斛的DoSMT2基因转化烟草(Nicotiana tabacum),并采用qRT-PCR技术检测DoSMT2基因在转基因烟草叶片中的表达,采用气相色谱质谱法分析菜油甾醇和谷甾醇的含量。结果显示:(1)成功获得DoSMT2基因的开放阅读框(1 119 bp),并成功构建正义植物表达载体质粒pCXSN-DoSMT2,经农杆菌介导的烟草叶盘转化法转化烟草并鉴定,获得4株阳性转基因烟草植株。(2)Southern blot结果表明,4株转基因烟草植株都有1条杂交信号带,而非转基因烟草植株没有,说明外源DoSMT2基因都以单拷贝整合到4株转基因烟草基因组中。(3)qRT-PCR检测显示,非转基因烟草未检测到外源DoSMT2基因的表达,4株转基因烟草都能检测到DoSMT2基因的表达,且表达水平差异极显著,各株系表达量高低依次为P3P1P2(P4)。(4)气相色谱质谱分析显示,转DoSMT2基因烟草叶片的菜油甾醇含量均极显著低于非转基因烟草叶片,而谷甾醇含量均极显著高于非转基因烟草叶片。研究表明,DoSMT2具有催化24-亚甲基胆甾烯醇转化形成24-亚乙基胆甾烯醇活性。     

Expression of human papillomavirus type 16 L1 protein in transgenic tobacco plants

To develop a plant expression system for the production of the human papillomavirus type 16 (HPV16) vaccine, we investigated whether the HPV16 L1 protein can be expressed in tobacco plants and whether it can be used as the cheapest form of edible vaccine. The HPV16 L1 coding sequence was amplified by PCR using specific primers from the plasmid pGEM-T-HPV16 containing the template sequence, and subcloned into the intermediate vector pUCmT and binary vector pBI121 consecutively to obtain the plant expression plasmid pBI-L1. The T-DNA regions of the pBI-L1 binary vector contained the constitutive Cauliflower mosaic virus (CaMV) 35S promoter and the neomycin phosphotransferase npt Ⅱ gene, which allowed the selection of transformed plants using kanamycin. The tobacco plants were transformed by cocultivating them, using the leaf disc method, with Agrobacterium tumefaciens LBA4404, which harbored the plant expression plasmid. The regenerated transgenic tobacco plants were selected using kanamycin, and confirmed by PCR. The results of the Southern blot assay also showed that the HPV16 L1 gene was integrated stably into the genome of the transformed tobacco plants. The Western blot analysis showed that the transformed tobacco leaves could express the HPV 16 L1 protein. Furthermore, it was demonstrated by ELISA assay that the expressed protein accounted for 0.034%-0.076% of the total soluble leaf protein, was able to form 55nm virus-like particles compatible with HPV virus-like particle (VLP), and induced mouse erythrocyte hemagglutination in vitro. The present results indicate that the HPV 16 L1 protein can be expressed in transgenic tobacco plants and the expressed protein possesses the natural features of the HPV16 L1 protein, implying that the HPV16 L1 transgenic plants can be potentially used as an edible vaccine.     

TransgenicLycium barbarum L. Established as HIV capsid protein expression system

A DNA fragment (MA₄-CA) encoding HIV CA viral like particles (VLPs) was transferred intoLycium barbarum L. byAgrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation. PCR amplification analysis of DNA from transgenic plants confirmed the presence of the fusion gene under the control of promoter p35S. CA protein was identified in transformed leaf extracts by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), indicating that a transgenicLycium barbarum L. expression system can produce immunogenic CA. Supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China, Nos. 30271215 and 30471621     

Expression of the native cholera toxin B subunit gene and assembly as functional oligomers in transgenic tobacco chloroplasts

The B subunits of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (LTB) and cholera toxin of Vibrio cholerae (CTB) are candidate vaccine antigens. Integration of an unmodified CTB-coding sequence into chloroplast genomes (up to 10,000 copies per cell), resulted in the accumulation of up to 4.1 % of total soluble tobacco leaf protein as functional oligomers (410-fold higher expression levels than that of the unmodified LTB gene expressed via the nuclear genome). However, expression levels reported are an underestimation of actual accumulation of CTB in transgenic chloroplasts, due to aggregation of the oligomeric forms in unboiled samples similar to the aggregation observed for purified bacterial antigen. PCR and Southern blot analyses confirmed stable integration of the CTB gene into the chloroplast genome. Western blot analysis showed that the chloroplast- synthesized CTB assembled into oligomers and were antigenically identical with purified native CTB. Also, binding assays confirmed that chloroplast-synthesized CTB binds to the intestinal membrane GM1-ganglioside receptor, indicating correct folding and disulfide bond formation of CTB pentamers within transgenic chloroplasts. In contrast to stunted nuclear transgenic plants, chloroplast transgenic plants were morphologically indistinguishable from untransformed plants, when CTB was constitutively expressed in chloroplasts. Introduced genes were inherited stably in subsequent generations, as confirmed by PCR and Southern blot analyses. Increased production of an efficient transmucosal carrier molecule and delivery system, like CTB, in transgenic chloroplasts makes plant-based oral vaccines and fusion proteins with CTB needing oral administration commercially feasible. Successful expression of foreign genes in transgenic chromoplasts and availability of marker-free chloroplast transformation techniques augurs well for development of vaccines in edible parts of transgenic plants. Furthermore, since the quaternary structure of many proteins is essential for their function, this investigation demonstrates the potential for other foreign multimeric proteins to be properly expressed and assembled in transgenic chloroplasts.     

Induction of a protective antibody response to FMDV in mice following oral immunization with transgenic <Emphasis Type="Italic">Stylosanthes</Emphasis> spp. as a feedstuff additive

The expression of antigens in transgenic plants has increasingly been used as an alternative to the classical methodologies for the development of experimental vaccines, and it remains one of the real challenges in this field to use transgenic plant-based vaccines effectively as feedstuff additives. We report herein the development of a new oral immunization system for foot and mouth disease with the structural protein VP1 of the foot and mouth disease virus (FMDV) produced in transgenic Stylosanthes guianensis cv. Reyan II. The transgenic plantlets were identified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR), Southern blotting, and northern blotting; and the production of VP1 protein in transgenic plants was confirmed and quantified by western blotting and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA). Six transformed lines were obtained, and the level of the expressed protein was 0.1–0.5% total soluble protein (TSP). Mice that were orally immunized using studded feedstuff mixed with desiccated powder of the transgenic plants developed a virus-specific immune response to the structural VP1 and intact FMDV particles. To our knowledge, this is the first report of transgenic plants expressing the antigen protein of FMDV as feedstuff additives that has demonstrated the induction of a protective systemic antibody response in animals. These results support the feasibility of producing edible vaccines from transgenic forage plants, and provide proof of the possibility of using plant-based vaccines as feedstuff additives.     

Seed-specific expression of a lysine rich protein sb401 gene significantly increases both lysine and total protein content in maize seeds

The sb401 gene from potato (Solanum berthaultii) encoding a pollen-specific protein with high lysine content was successfully integrated into the genome of maize plants and its expression was correlated with increased levels of lysine and total protein content in maize seeds. A plasmid vector containing the sb401 gene under the control of a maize seed-specific expression storage protein promoter (P19z) was constructed and introduced into maize calli using microprojectile bombardment. The integration of the sb401 gene into the maize genome was confirmed by Southern blot analysis and its expression was confirmed by Western blot analysis. Quantification of lysine and protein content in R1 maize seeds showed that, compared to the non-transgenic maize control, the lysine content increased by 16.1% to 54.8%, and total protein content increased by 11.6% to 39.0%. There was no visible morphological change in vegetative parts and seeds of the transgenic maize plants. Lysine and protein analysis of the transgenic maize grains showed that the levels of lysine and total protein remained high for six continuous generations, indicating that the elevated lysine and total protein levels were heritable. These results indicate that the sb401 gene could be successfully employed in breeding programmes aimed at improving the nutritional value of maize.     

Generation and immunogenicity of Japanese encephalitis virus envelope protein expressed in transgenic rice

Transgenic plants have become attractive as bioreactors to produce heterologous proteins that can be developed as edible vaccines. In the present study, transgenic rice expressing the envelope protein (E) of Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV), under the control of a dual cauliflower mosaic virus (CaMV 35S) promoter, was generated by Agrobacterium-mediated transformation. Southern blot, Northern blot, Western blot and ELISA analyses confirmed that the E gene was integrated into transgenic rice and was expressed in the leaves at levels of 1.1-1.9 μg/mg of total soluble protein. After intraperitoneal immunization of mice with crude protein extracts from transgenic rice plants, JEV-specific neutralizing antibody could be detected. Moreover, E-specific mucosal immune responses could be detected in mice after oral immunization with protein extracts from transgenic rice plants. These results show the potential of using a transgenic rice-based expression system as an alternative bioreactor for JEV subunit vaccine.     

猪心脏脂肪酸结合蛋白基因PCR-RFLP分子标记研究

利用PCR-RFLP分子标记技术,检测了杜洛克、长白、大白、内江、荣昌、汉江黑、汉白、八眉和野猪共计265头猪心脏脂肪酸结合蛋白基因5'上游区和第二内含子区的遗传变异。结果表明,在HinfI-RFLP位点上,上述猪种和野猪均存在多态性,等位基因H的频率分别为0.7500,0.7188,0.9167,0.3333,0.1250,0.6909,0.1167,0.8500和0.9375;除汉江黑猪(P<0.05)和野猪(P<0.01)外,其余的猪种基因频率和基因型频率都处于Hardy-Weinderg平衡状态(P>0.05);大白、八眉、汉江黑、汉白和野猪表现为低度多态(PIC<0.25),杜洛克、长白、内江和荣昌猪为中度多态性(0.25相似文献