融合标签技术在膜蛋白结构研究中的应用

膜蛋白高级结构的研究包括不同的层次,即膜蛋白拓扑学结构的研究、利用核磁共振技术和蛋白质晶体衍射技术对三维结构的研究,以及膜蛋白复合体的研究。在研究过程中,如果能够基于膜蛋白的拓扑学结构预测,选择合适的蛋白质或多肽融合标签,利用基因融合技术在基因水平上对膜蛋白进行改造,可以产生含有融合标签的重组膜蛋自,不仅具有原有膜蛋白的功能活性,还具有融合标签所特有的生理生化特性,将会极大地促进膜蛋白结构和功能的研究。我们就目前膜蛋白结构研究中所涉及的融合标签技术及其应用策略和所取得的进展做一简述。     

EB病毒潜伏膜蛋白1的B细胞表位预测

目的 预测EB病毒潜伏膜蛋白1(Latent Membrane Protein 1,LMPl)的B细胞表位.方法 基于EB病毒基因组序列,采用DNAStar Lasergene软件包中的Protean软件,对LMP1的亲水性,表面可能性,抗原指数及其二级结构中的柔性区域进行分析,并结合吴玉章的抗原指数预测法预测其B细胞表位.结果 B细胞表位最有可能位于潜伏膜蛋白N端第356-358,2-19,249-314区段或其附近,而潜伏膜蛋白N端第185-223区段内或附近也可能存在B细胞表位.结论 用多参数预测EB病毒LMP1的B细胞表位,为鼻咽癌的筛查及抗肿瘤转移靶向治疗的分子免疫学研究奠定基础.     

表位疫苗及相关技术研究进展

表位疫苗是用抗原表位制备的疫苗,是近年来新兴的一种疫苗研制技术,也是今后最具开发前景的疫苗技术之一,在肿瘤、病毒等疾病的防治中有着自身独特的优势。本文详细阐述了T表位和B表位的筛选和鉴定方法、表位疫苗的载体研究及表位疫苗在肿瘤、病毒和微生物感染中的应用等,对表位疫苗的最新研究进展进行了综述。     

猴B病毒囊膜蛋白gB特异性抗原表位的筛选与表达鉴定

目的筛选和鉴定猴B病毒囊膜蛋白gB的特异性抗原表位,将其应用于B病毒的检测。方法利用蛋白序列比较和表位预测技术筛选猴B病毒囊膜蛋白gB的特异性抗原表位,经PCR扩增后原核表达,纯化,Western-blot鉴定融合蛋白,建立特异性表位的ELISA检测方法 ,并对其效果进行评估。结果琼脂糖凝胶电泳和测序结果显示出目的表位基因完全正确,并且重组蛋白经过SDS-PAGE、Western-blot鉴定,其相对分子质量约为27×10^3,与预期值相符。筛选出的gB-26肽表位检测结果与文献相符,特异性较好,敏感性稍低。结论建立了猴B病毒囊膜蛋白gB特异性抗原表位筛选和鉴定的实验方法 ,为进一步研制猴B病毒快速诊断试剂盒和猴B病毒亚单位疫苗奠定了基础。     

沙眼衣原体多形态膜蛋白D基因序列分析及其B细胞抗原表位预测

分析沙眼衣原体多形态膜蛋白D(PmpD)的基因序列并预测PmpD蛋白的B细胞抗原表位。在GenBank中检索沙眼衣原体不同血清型的PmpD基因序列,进行序列比对分析。以L2血清型PmpD基因序列为材料,采用Karplus-Schulz、Chou-Fasman和Gamier-Robson方案预测蛋白质的二级结构和柔性区;按Jamesonv-Wolf方案预测抗原指数,运用Kyte-Doolittle方案预测PmpD氨基酸的亲水性,利用Emini方案预测蛋白质的表面可及性。检索到20个沙眼衣原体不同菌株的PmpD基因序列,分析发现其核苷酸序列非常保守,一致性高达99.14%~100%;对预测结果综合分析,推测最有可能的B细胞表位位于PmpD N端的67~74、132~140、335~340、851~861、972~988及1091~1097。多参数方案综合预测PmpD蛋白的B细胞抗原表位,为进一步实验鉴定PmpD抗原表位及其多表位疫苗设计和研究奠定基础。     

表位疫苗研究进展

表位疫苗是用抗原表位制备的疫苗,是近年来新兴的一种疫苗研制技术,也是今后最具开发前景的疫苗技术之一,在肿瘤、病毒等疾病的防治中有着自身独特的优势.详细阐述了T表位和B表位的筛选和鉴定方法、表位疫苗的载体研究及表位疫苗在肿瘤、病毒和微生物感染中的应用等,对表位疫苗的最新研究进展进行了综述.     

噬菌体肽库技术及其在HCV抗原表位研究中的应用

噬菌体随机肽库技术是研究抗原表位及其配体受体相互作用位点的强有力的工具。本文对噬菌体肽库技术的原理及其在抗原表位研究尤其在HCV抗原表位研究中的应用作一综述。     

抗原表位的研究方法及口蹄疫病毒抗原表位的研究进展

本文综述了近几年来用于B细胞表位及T细胞表位研究的常用方法及其在口蹄疫病毒抗原表位研究中的应用,并介绍了口蹄疫病毒抗原表位的研究进展.     

细胞毒性T淋巴细胞表位预测

细胞毒性T淋巴细胞(cytotoxic T lymphocyte, CTL)表位预测是高效、准确筛选候选表位肽,进行表位疫苗设计的关键技术.随着免疫学和生物信息学的发展,一系列的算法和软件被开发并运用在 CTL表位的预测.本文综述了目前CTL表位预测的常用方法与研究进展.通过在 CTL表位预测原理和方法上的不断改进,候选表位肽的筛选效率将显著提高,表位疫苗的研制速度也将大大加快.     

A useful epitope tag derived from maltose binding protein

Maltose binding protein (MBP) is used in recombinant protein expression as an affinity and solubility tag. The monoclonal antibody B48 binds MBP tightly and has no cross‐reactivity to other proteins in an Escherichia coli lysate. This high level of specificity suggested that MBP contains an epitope that could prove useful as a purification and visualization tag for proteins expressed in E. coli. To discover the MBP epitope, a co‐crystal structure was determined for MBP bound to its antibody and four amino acids of MBP were identified as critical for the binding interaction. Fusions of various fragments of MBP to the glutathione S‐transferase protein were engineered in order to identify the smallest fragment still recognized by the α‐MBP antibody. Stabilization of the epitope via mutational engineering resulted in a minimized 14 amino‐acid tag.     

Design,generation, and testing of mammalian expression modules that tag membrane proteins

The expression of mammalian membrane proteins in laboratory cell lines allows their biological functions to be characterized and carefully dissected. However, it is often difficult to design and generate effective antibodies for membrane proteins in the desired studies. As a result, expressed membrane proteins cannot be detected or characterized via common biochemical approaches such as western blotting, immunoprecipitation, or immunohistochemical analysis, and their cellular behaviors cannot be sufficiently investigated. To circumvent such roadblocks, we designed and generated two sets of expression modules that consist of sequences encoding for three essential components: (1) a signal peptide from human receptor for advanced glycation end products that targets the intended protein to the endoplasmic reticulum for cell surface expression; (2) an antigenic epitope tag that elicits specific antibody recognition; and (3) a series of restriction sites that facilitate subcloning of the target membrane protein. The modules were designed with the flexibility to change the epitope tag to suit the specific tagging needs. The modules were subcloned into expression vectors, and were successfully tested with both Type I and Type III human membrane proteins: the receptor for advanced glycation end products, the Toll‐like receptor 4, and the angiotensin II receptor 1. These expressed membrane proteins are readily detected by western blotting, and are immunoprecipitated by antibodies to their relative epitope tags. Immunohistochemical and biochemical analyses also show that the expressed proteins are located at cell surface, and maintain their modifications and biological functions. Thus, the designed modules serve as an effective tool that facilitates biochemical studies of membrane proteins.     

Phos-tag技术在磷酸化蛋白质组学中的应用

Phos-tag是新研制出的一种对磷酸基团具有特殊亲和力的化合物。由于其对磷酸化蛋白质具有高特异性、高亲和力等特点使其迅速在磷酸化蛋白质的检测、分离和纯化等方面得到广泛的应用。本文综述了Phos-tag的化学性质、原理及其近年来在磷酸化蛋白质组学中的应用,并与传统的磷酸化蛋白质组学研究技术做了比较,对未来磷酸化蛋白质组学的研究技术作了展望。     

A heme fusion tag for protein affinity purification and quantification

We report a novel affinity‐based purification method for proteins expressed in Escherichia coli that uses the coordination of a heme tag to an L ‐histidine‐immobilized sepharose (HIS) resin. This approach provides an affinity purification tag visible to the eye, facilitating tracking of the protein. We show that azurin and maltose binding protein are readily purified from cell lysate using the heme tag and HIS resin. Mild conditions are used; heme‐tagged proteins are bound to the HIS resin in phosphate buffer, pH 7.0, and eluted by adding 200–500 mM imidazole or binding buffer at pH 5 or 8. The HIS resin exhibits a low level of nonspecific binding of untagged cellular proteins for the systems studied here. An additional advantage of the heme tag‐HIS method for purification is that the heme tag can be used for protein quantification by using the pyridine hemochrome absorbance method for heme concentration determination.     

A double epitope tag for quantification of recombinant protein using fluorescence resonance energy transfer

The expression of recombinant proteins is a well-accepted technology, but their detection and purification often require time-consuming and complicated processes. This paper describes the development of a novel double epitope tag (GEPGDDGPSGAEGPPGPQG) for rapid and accurate quantification of recombinant protein by a homogeneous immunoassay based on fluorescence resonance energy transfer. In our double epitope tagging system, recombinant proteins can be simply measured on a microtiter plate by addition of a pair of fluorophore-labeled monoclonal antibodies (their epitopes; GEPGDDGPS and GPPGPQG). The sensitivity of the immunoassay with an incubation time of only 5 min is almost equal to that of labor-intensive Western blotting. In addition, culture media and extracts of host cells generally used for protein expression have little effect on this immunoassay. To investigate the utility of our proposed tag for protein production, several different proteins containing this tag were practically expressed and purified. The data presented demonstrate that the double epitope tag is a reliable tool that can alleviate the laborious and troublesome processes of protein production.     

Use of epitope tags for routine analysis of transgene expression

Peptide and RNA epitope tags as tools for routine analysis of transgene expression and protein accumulation in transformed plant cell cultures was evaluated using three genes that encode very structurally and functionally different proteins. A T7 peptide was introduced at the amino- and carboxyl-termini of phosphinothricin-N-acetyl transferase and avidin and at the carboxyl-terminus of galactose oxidase. An RNA sequence that forms a higher order structure that is recognized by antibodies raised against the FLAG peptide was separately introduced into the 3 nontranslated region of these genes. Constructs were introduced into maize cell cultures using particle bombardment and transgene expression, protein accumulation, protein function and presence of the tags in RNA and/or protein as appropriate were evaluated in up to approximately 25 culture lines per construct. Results indicate that, while there will likely always be a need for some empirical evaluation of any tag-protein combination, introduction of the peptide tag at the amino-terminus was generally more successful than was incorporation at the carboxyl-terminus. RNA tags show promise for this purpose, but routine application will require development of a very sensitive immunoassay.Both of these authors contributed equally to this work and should be recognized as first authors.     

蛋白质结构研究

生物大分子的功能主要取决于它们的三维结构、运动及相互作用。对蛋白质结构的解析可以从根本上阐明蛋白质功能的分子机制和基础,同时也是研究蛋白质功能的一个重途径。本文简述了当前蛋白质结构研究的主要手段,如X射线晶体学、核磁共振波谱学和三维电镜重构方法学等及其优缺点和适用性,总结了目前蛋白质结构研究进展并对将来的发展方向进行了一些探讨。尽管上述三种主要的研究方法已经比较成熟,而且在适用对象和实验方法上有很好的相互补充,但还是有相当多的生物学问题在结构水平上得不到解释和支持。因此,本文对目前蛋白质结构研究的热点和难点——膜蛋白和蛋白质复合物的研究现状和方法做了简要的概述,希望能够引起广大同行的关注。     

Functional reconstruction and synthetic mimicry of a conformational epitope using CLIPS technology

This paper describes immunization studies with CLIPS-constrained peptides covering only the major part (beta3-loop) of a structurally complex antigenic site on human Follicle Stimulating Hormone beta-subunit (FSH-beta). In cases where linear and SS-constrained peptides fail, the CLIPS-constrained peptides generate polyclonal antibodies with high neutralizing activity for hFSH. The sera were shown to be specific for hFSH over human Luteinizing Hormone (hLH) and human Chorionic Gonadotropin (hCG). ELISA-competition studies and circular dichroism (CD)-measurements illustrate clearly that activity of the peptides in antibody binding and generation relates directly to precise and appropriate fixation of the peptide conformation. Design of the CLIPS-peptides was entirely based on epitope mapping studies with two neutralizing anti-hFSH mAbs. Both mAbs were shown to bind to a conformational epitope located at the top of the beta1-beta3-loop covering the amino acid sequences Y58-P77 (beta3-loop). The results described in this paper show that CLIPS-constrained peptides covering the Y58-P77 sequence provide the minimally required structural entity necessary to generate reproducibly sera with high hFSH-neutralizing activity.     

荧光蛋白标签对gD囊膜蛋白在BHK-21细胞亚细胞定位的影响

【目的】探究荧光蛋白标签对马疱疹病毒I型(Equine herpes virus type 1,EHV-1)gD囊膜蛋白亚细胞定位的影响。【方法】以EHV-1基因组为模板利用PCR扩增gD全基因,分别克隆至pAcGFP1-C1和p Ds Red2-N1质粒,构建p Ac-GFP-gD(GFP-gD)和p Ds-gD-Red(gD-Red)重组质粒;将GFP基因插入gD基因信号肽序列之后并克隆至PVAX-1质粒,构建PVAX-S-GFP-gD’(S-GFP-gD’)重组质粒;将Flag标签序列与gD囊膜蛋白N端序列融合后并克隆至p VAX-1表达载体,构建p VAX-Flag-gD(Flag-gD)重组质粒。将4种不同重组真核表达质粒分别转染BHK-21细胞,通过激光共聚焦显微镜对不同融合蛋白gD进行亚细胞定位。【结果】成功构建4种不同的融合蛋白gD真核表达载体;在BHK-21细胞单独表达时,不同融合蛋白gD绝大部分都定位于高尔基体,极少量定位于细胞核内。【结论】不同插入位点的荧光蛋白标签对gD囊膜蛋白亚细胞定位无明显影响,这对今后研究其它蛋白亚细胞定位提供参考。