肺炎链球菌荚膜多糖纯化及质量控制方法的研究现状

肺炎链球菌(简称肺炎球菌)荚膜多糖(capsular polysaccharide,CPS)位于肺炎球菌的最外层,是肺炎球菌主要的毒力因子之一,也是有效的保护性抗原.获得高质量的肺炎球菌CPS,是肺炎球菌多糖疫苗(pneumococcal pol-ysaccharide vaccine,PPV)和肺炎球菌结合疫苗(pn...     

合成肺炎链球菌荚膜多糖基因的研究进展

肺炎链球菌是导致婴幼儿和老年人罹患肺炎、脑膜炎、中耳炎等疾病的主要病原体之一,其致病力与位于细菌表面的荚膜多糖密切相关,而荚膜多糖层的薄厚和多糖结构是影响致病力的主要因素。在分子水平探索参与荚膜多糖合成的相关基因,不仅有助于进一步理解肺炎链球菌的致病机理,而且可从基因水平选育高表达荚膜多糖的肺炎链球菌菌株用于多糖疫苗的研发。鉴于此,现就合成肺炎链球菌荚膜多糖基因的作用机制和研究方法作一综述。     

不同剂量肺炎链球菌荚膜多糖与蛋白结合物的免疫原性比较

用肺炎链球菌19F型、23F型的荚膜多糖(C-PS)分别和破伤风类毒素(TT)蛋白结合,制备了两个型别的多糖-蛋白结合物(19F-TT,23F-TT)。为探讨结合物的最适免疫剂量,以10μg多糖和含1μg、3μg、9μg、27μg多糖的结合物经腹腔免疫NIH小鼠,ELISA方法检测小鼠血清中多糖和含不同多糖的结合物所产生的特异性IgG抗体。结果在不同的剂量免疫小鼠后,3μg剂量组在免疫三针后可诱生高浓度的抗体,但随着免疫剂量的增加,9μg与27μg诱生的抗体浓度较3μg诱生的抗体浓度之间并无显著性差异。含多糖3μg的19F型和23F型多糖蛋白结合物剂量组可诱生高浓度的特异性IgG抗体。     

硫酸-咔唑微孔板法检测肺炎链球菌荚膜多糖中糖醛酸含量

目的利用微孔板检测肺炎链球菌荚膜多糖中糖醛酸含量,并对该方法进行验证及初步应用。方法以微孔板为反应容器,对常规硫酸-咔唑法的咔唑质量浓度和加热时间进行优化;并对建立的方法进行线性范围、精密度以及准确度的验证及初步应用。结果最佳的咔唑质量浓度为0.10 mg/m L,加热时间为20 min。标准品D-葡萄糖醛酸在4~40μg/m L范围内,其质量浓度与校正后吸光值呈良好的线性关系,r2>0.99;批内及批间CV值分别为1.54%~3.02%及4.53%~7.75%;加入5μg/m L、10μg/m L、20μg/m LD-葡萄糖醛酸的8-160502、9V-160102、22F-160103荚膜多糖,D-葡萄糖醛酸的回收率为92.21%~110.47%。微孔板法校正前与常规方法在测定肺炎链球菌荚膜多糖中糖醛酸含量时差异无统计学意义(P>0.05),与校正后结果差异有统计学意义(P<0.05)。微孔板法测定分子质量分布与常规方法有较好的一致性。结论硫酸-咔唑微孔板法可有效检测肺炎球菌荚膜多糖中糖醛酸含量,操作简便快捷,精密度和准确度良好,可用于肺炎链球菌荚膜多糖疫苗的质量控制。     

肺炎链球菌糖代谢蛋白CcpA对荚膜多糖的调控作用

摘要:【目的】研究肺炎链球菌糖代谢蛋白CcpA对肺炎链球菌荚膜多糖(CPS)的调控作用。【方法】利用大肠杆菌(Escherichia coli)BL21(DE3)工程菌原核表达CcpA蛋白,使用Ni2+亲和层析的方法纯化蛋白。利用纯化后的CcpA蛋白免疫昆明小鼠并制备多克隆抗体;采用ELISA法测定抗CcpA抗体效价。随后,利用Westertn blot方法分析CcpA蛋白在肺炎链球菌中的保守性。另外,利用EMSA方法分析CcpA与cps基因座启动子区域片段的结合。最后,构建ccpA基因缺失株和ccpA基因回复株;利用ELISA法测定野生D39菌 株、ccpA基因缺失株和ccpA基因回复株的荚膜多糖含量。【结果】Western blot结果显示CcpA蛋白在多种血清型的肺炎链球菌均有表达,CcpA蛋白可与cps基因座启动子区域结合,且呈剂量依赖性;ccpA基因缺失时,细菌CPS含量升高,回复表达CcpA蛋白后,CPS含量显著降低。【结论】CcpA是肺炎链球菌中一种保守表达的蛋白,可通过调节cps基因座启动子负性调控肺炎链球菌荚膜多糖的表达。     

肺炎链球菌荚膜多糖特异性IgG抗体定量ELISA检测及质量控制要求

检测肺炎链球菌荚膜多糖(PPS)特异性抗体的酶联免疫吸附试验多年来经历了两次主要改进。介绍了WHO推荐的人血清抗肺炎链球菌(Streptococcus pneumoniae)荚膜多糖抗体IgG定量ELISA(Pn PS ELISA)检测方法、关键试剂、局限性以及方法验证等内容。ELISA定量检测法,为预防肺炎链球菌的婴幼儿侵袭性疾病提供准确的抗体水平,并对肺炎链球菌疫苗的临床评价提供血清学证据。人血清中肺炎链球菌荚膜多糖抗体IgG是判断肺炎链球菌疫苗效力的重要指标。     

肺炎链球菌疫苗的研究进展

肺炎链球菌是引起全球所有年龄组高发病率和病死率的主要病原菌。目前投入使用的有23价荚膜多糖疫苗和7价多糖蛋白结合疫苗。荚膜多糖疫苗有许多局限性,蛋白结合疫苗是对其改进,但也不能完全取代它。两者都具有一定效力和良好的安全性,其中蛋白结合疫苗具有更好的免疫原性。此外,其他多价结合疫苗也已进入临床试验阶段。蛋白疫苗、DNA疫苗、联合疫苗、活疫苗也在研制和开发中。     

6群肺炎链球菌荚膜多糖合成相关基因的分子生物学研究

目的利用分子生物学方法,对25株6群肺炎链球菌荚膜多糖合成相关基因(cps loci)进行研究。方法采用多位点序列分型(multilocus sequence typing,MLST)技术,对25株6群肺炎链球菌进行分型;依据Gen Bank中收录的6群肺炎链球菌cps loci设计合成引物,以25株肺炎链球菌基因组DNA作为模板进行PCR扩增,并对扩增产物进行基因测定及分析;采用相邻合并分析(neighbour-joining analysis),根据MLST的7个管家基因和wciP、wzy、wzx这三个cps loci的代表基因分别绘制出系统发育树。结果根据MLST技术分析发现7株新的ST型菌株。25株6群肺炎链球菌cps loci的G+C含量为35.4%~35.5%,均属于I类;所有6C型wzy基因均有6个碱基的缺失。根据MLST的7个管家基因绘制的系统发育树,并根据cps loci的3个代表基因wciP、wzy和wzx绘制的系统发育树,差异很大。3个代表基因绘制的系统发育树,6C型为进化距离比较远的分枝,6A型和6B型的分枝进化距离相对较近;6D型与6B型在同一分枝内。结论获得了25株6群肺炎链球菌ST型和全长cps loci,完善了6群肺炎链球菌的菌种档案。     

肺炎链球菌相关毒力因子及其作用的研究进展

肺炎链球菌(Streptococcus pneumonia,S.pn)是导致黏膜疾病(如中耳炎、肺炎)和系统性疾病(包括败血症和脑膜炎)等严重疾病的主要病原体之一。肺炎链球菌毒力因子分为荚膜多糖、S.pn相关蛋白、细胞壁及细胞壁多糖三大类,其中荚膜多糖为最主要的毒力因子,也是疫苗中最有效的成分。毒力因子在S.pn入侵机体及引发疾病的过程中起着重要的作用。因此,毒力因子及作用的研究,不仅对预防和治疗肺炎链球菌的感染有着重要的意义,并为研发安全、有效的多糖疫苗提供一定的技术支持。现就肺炎链球菌毒力因子及其作用作一综述。     

肺炎链球菌5型发酵工艺的优化

目的:采用正交试验设计方法进行肺炎链球菌5型发酵工艺的研究。方法:根据正交试验设计表L9(34)设计的试验条件组合进行了9次肺炎链球菌5型的发酵,采用70升发酵罐进行发酵工艺的摸索,提取了肺炎链球菌5型荚膜多糖粗糖。结果:最佳的发酵培养条件组合为温度37℃、葡萄糖20克/升、大豆胨15克/升、pH值7.3,最佳的纯化条件组合为冷酚抽提三次、沉核酸乙醇浓度23%、超滤膜孔径50kD、最终沉糖乙醇浓度60%,在此筛选得到的最佳条件下,连续进行了5个批次肺炎链球菌5型的发酵与荚膜多糖提取,荚膜多糖粗糖的平均收率为808.6mg/L,相对标准偏差为3.84%。结论:上述发酵培养条件组合适合用于肺炎多糖疫苗的研究和生产。     

Monoclonal antibodies with specificities for Streptococcus pneumoniae group 9 capsular polysaccharides

Streptococcus pneumoniae group 9 includes four capsular polysaccharide types: 9A, 9L, 9N and 9V. We have generated four mouse monoclonal antibodies against group 9 polysaccharide using heat-treated S. pneumoniae strains of different capsular polysaccharides types as immunogens. The specificities of the monoclonal antibodies were determined by ELISA using capsular polysaccharide directly coated to the wells as antigens and by dot blotting with heat-treated bacteria. Two groups of monoclonal antibodies were found. The first group included two monoclonal antibodies which were found to be capsular type specific. The second group was monoclonal antibodies that bound to epitopes shared by two or three pneumococcal group 9 types. The monoclonal antibody 204,A-4 (IgM) was found to be specific for S. pneumoniae type 9N. The binding of the type 9V specific monoclonal antibody 206,F-5 (IgG1) was found to be dependent upon O-acetyl groups. Monoclonal antibody 205,F-3 (IgM) reacted also with type 9V, but was found to cross-react with types 9A and 9L. The binding of this monoclonal antibody to polysaccharide 9V was not dependent upon O-acetyl moieties. The fourth monoclonal antibody (214,G-5, isotype IgM) did not show any correlation between reactivity with isolated polysaccharides and dot blotting with relevant bacteria. The monoclonal antibody reacted with polysaccharides 9A and 9L in ELISA, but not with the homologous bacteria.     

The influence of the O-antigen and the capsular polysaccharide on the establishment of PlCmts lysogeny in Klebsiella pneumoniae

The O-antigen of the lipopolysaccharide in Klebsiella pneumoniae caused a significant reduction in the frequency of establishment of PlCmts lysogeny, while the capsular polysaccharide showed no effect on this frequency. The bacterial receptor for PlCmts are the lipopolysaccharide-core oligosaccharides, the results suggest that K. pneumoniae strains with an O-antigen in their lipopolysaccharide have a poorly accessible lipopolysaccharide-core (the PlCmts bacterial receptor), while K. pneumoniae strains lacking the O-antigen have a highly accessible lipopolysaccharide-core. The accessibility of the receptor is independent of the K antigen (capsular polysaccharide).     

Biosynthesis and assembly of Group 1 capsular polysaccharides in Escherichia coli and related extracellular polysaccharides in other bacteria

Extracellular and capsular polysaccharides (EPSs and CPSs) are produced by a wide range of bacteria, including important pathogens of humans, livestock, and plants. These polymers are major surface antigens and serve a variety of roles in virulence, depending on the biology of the producing organism. In addition to their importance in disease, some EPSs also have industrial applications as gelling and emulsifying agents. An understanding of the processes involved in the synthesis and regulation of CPSs and EPSs therefore potentially contributes to an understanding of the disease state, surface expression of protective antigens, and modulation of polymer structure to give defined physical properties. Escherichia coli has provided important model systems for EPS and CPS biosynthesis. Here we describe current knowledge concerning assembly of the Group 1 CPSs of E. coli and the conservation of similar mechanisms in other bacteria.     

Structural analysis and chemical depolymerization of the capsular polysaccharide of Streptococcus pneumoniae type 1

NMR spectroscopy can be used to characterize bacterial polysaccharides such as that of Streptococcus pneumoniae type 1 which is a component of the 23-valent pneumococcal vaccine in clinical use. This particular polysaccharide gives NMR spectra with wide lines apparently due to restricted molecular mobility and chain flexibility which leads to rapid dipolar T(2) relaxation limiting the possibility of detailed spectral analysis. Removal of O-acetyl groups found on approximately two thirds of the repeating subunits of pneumococcal type 1 capsule leads to narrower NMR lines facilitating a complete assignment of the 1H and 13C NMR spectra. Degradation of the polysaccharide by periodate oxidation followed by base treatment leads to an oligosaccharide fragment of approximately three repeating trisaccharide units. This oligosaccharide has narrow NMR lines and 1H and 13C assignments very similar to those of the O-deacetylated polysaccharide. In the native polysaccharide, O-acetyl groups are located on the 2- and 3-positions of the 4-linked galacturonic acid residue providing protection against periodate oxidation. Analysis of NOESY spectra combined with molecular modeling of the oligosaccharide shows that flexibility occurs in certain of the saccharide linkages.     

Turnover of cell surface-bound capsular polysaccharide in Staphylococcus aureus

The capsular polysaccharide (CPS) of Staphylococcus aureus strain Smith was labelled by growth of bacteria in the presence of radioactive N-acetylglucosamine and was separated from labelled cell wall components by affinity chromatography on wheat germ agglutinin following dissolution of the cells by lysostaphin. The products were partially characterised chemically and immunochemically. Similar labelled components were found in the culture fluid during growth. In a pulse-chase experiment, cell-bound CPS was released continuously into the culture fluid at the same rate as cell wall turnover and there was no evidence of direct excretion of CPS.     

肺炎链球菌体内诱导基因的筛选及初步鉴定

为筛选鉴定肺炎链球菌宿主体内诱导的基因,寻找潜在的抗生素作用靶点和疫苗候选者,应用体内表达技术,以肺炎链球菌荚膜合成的关键基因galU作为体内报告基因,利用其缺陷体不能合成荚膜多糖,从而不能在宿主体内存活的特点,筛选鉴定肺炎链球菌体内诱导基因。首先,把肺炎链球菌基因组DNA的随机酶切片段(200~500bp)克隆到含有体内、体外双重报告基因(galU-lacZ)的报告载体pEVP3-galU的BglⅡ位点,将获得的质粒库转化肺炎链球菌galU缺陷菌株,得到肺炎链球菌体内启动子诱捕文库,将此文库去感染BALB/c小鼠,经过两轮体内筛选,在涂布有X-gal的TSA血清平板上得到了165个白色菌落,对插入的随机片段进行测序及生物信息学分析,共证实15个不同的体内诱导基因片段,8个为单独的ORF,7个为含有多个ORFs的操纵子结构,它们分别参与细菌在宿主体内的定植与粘附、能量代谢、物质转运、转录调节、DNA复制与重组、细胞壁合成等,另外还包括功能不明的假想蛋白。其中部分ORFs可能与细菌毒力相关,可以作为候选疫苗和药物的靶标。     

影响链球菌属肺炎球菌基因组密码子使用的因素分析

链球菌属肺炎球菌（Steptococcus pneumoniae)的完整基因组序列已经测定完毕并于近期发表,对肺炎球菌基因组序列进行了详细分析,研究了基因组密码子的使用模式和影响密码子使用的因素,高水平高达基因的密码子第三位碱基使用胞嘧啶（C）的频率比表达水平低的基因使用C有显著的提高,表达水平较低的基因在密码子的第三位碱基更趋向使用嘌呤）,基因的表达水平与对应分析的第一条向量轴呈显著相关（R＝0．86）,比较表达水平高,低的两组基因的密码子使用模式发现,基因的表达水平对于密码子使用有显著的影响,基因碱基G＋C的组成与基因的表达水平（R＝0．44）,对应分析的第一条向量轴（R＝0．5）有显著的相关,对基因的表达水平,密码子的使用有显著的影响,通过GC－skew,蛋白质的疏水性,基因的长度分析,发现不同长度的基因表达水平,GC含量,GC3s有差异,结果表明,在表达水平上的自然选择以及基因的碱基组成是影响肺炎球菌基因密码子使用的主要因素,基因的长度对密码子的使用有一定影响。     

肺炎克雷伯氏菌荚膜多糖表达量评价指标的建立及发酵条件优化

建立了特异性强的肺炎克雷伯氏菌荚膜多糖全菌ELISA检测方法,检测结果与多糖表达量相关性好;以全菌ELISA值结合菌数为评价指标,对影响荚膜多糖表达的培养基组成及发酵条件进行了优化,优化后的摇瓶培养条件下发酵液活性和生物量分别比优化前提高72.7和33倍,并经7L罐放大实验,绘制发酵动力学曲线,为肺炎克雷伯氏菌荚膜多糖进一步开发打下基础。     

Structure of the Escherichia coli 0104 polysaccharide and its identity with the capsular K9 polysaccharide

Spontaneous mutants of Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar viciae strain C1204b were selected for their ability to tolerate 0.2 M NaCl, a growth-inhibiting level of salt for the parental strain. Transposon-mediated salt-sensitive mutants of strain C1204b were screened for their inability to grow in 0.08 M NaCl. Quantitation of the free-amino acid pools in the mutants grown in NaCl revealed a dramatic increase in glutamine, serine, glutamate and proline, and to a lesser extent alanine and glycine in the salt-tolerant mutants in comparison with the parental strain exposed to NaCl; but only glutamate and proline increased in the salt-sensitive mutants under NaCl stress. Extracellular polysaccharide levels were quantitated for the salt-tolerant mutants and determined to be approximately two-fold higher than for the parental strain. Although the mutations that occurred in the NaCl-tolerant and NaCl-sensitive strains did not interfere with nodule formation, no nitrogenase activity could be observed in the NaCl tolerant mutants as evaluated by acetylene reduction.