肾癌特异性抗原G250/MN/CA Ⅸ的克隆及真核表达

目的:克隆人肾细胞癌特异性抗原G250基因,使其能够在真核细胞中表达并锚定修饰于细胞膜上。方法:提取人肾透明细胞癌细胞的总RNA,用RT-PCR扩增出G250基因,插入含有人Igκ链前导信号肽、IgG-Fc和GPI锚定信号肽基因序列的真核表达载体pCI-neo-GPI中;将构建的重组质粒pCI-neo-GPI-G250转染RenCa细胞,利用RT-PCR、Western印迹和免疫荧光检测G250在细胞中的表达。结果:构建的重组质粒pCI-neo-GPI-G250经测序正确;用各种方法对筛选得到的稳定转染细胞进行检测,均可以发现G250的表达,表达部位为细胞膜。结论:克隆出人肾细胞癌特异性抗原G250基因,且G250在RenCa细胞膜上可以正常表达,为进一步研究肾癌肿瘤疫苗的免疫原性提供了必要的前期准备。     

超抗原SEA的GPI锚定修饰和在CHO-dhfr~-细胞膜上的表达

将GPI锚定修饰的免疫分子直接转移到肿瘤细胞膜上,是研究治疗性肿瘤疫苗的一种有潜力的新策略。通过将从衰变加速因子(DAF)来源的GPI修饰性信号序列与SEA嵌合,获得了GPI修饰的SEA分子,构建的真核表达载体pCIGPI-SEA,用脂质体方法转染到CHOdhfr-细胞中,并用氨甲喋呤(MTX)进行筛选,细胞免疫荧光分析证实,SEA能够在细胞膜上表达。上述GPI锚定修饰的SEA,可用于进一步研究治疗性肿瘤疫苗。     

人骨髓基质细胞中糖基化磷脂酰肌醇特异性磷脂酶DcDNA的克隆

为探讨人糖基化磷脂酰肌醇特异性磷脂酶D(GPI PLD)cDNA的结构及功能 ,应用RT PCR从人骨髓基质细胞中克隆了长约 2 6kb的GPI PLDcDNA ,包含完整阅读框架 ,编码 2 3个氨基酸的信号肽及 817个氨基酸的成熟肽 .该cDNA与人胰腺GPI PLDcDNA几乎百分之百同源 ,与人肝脏GPI PLDcDNA同源性为 95 %,氨基酸同源性为 94 %,3者对应的结构基因只有 1个 ,位于人类第 6号染色体上 ,基因组序列长约 80kb ,包括 2 5个外显子 .构建克隆的GPI PLDcDNA的真核表达载体 ,通过脂质体转染能表达GPI锚定的胎盘型碱性磷酸酶 (PLAP)而无GPI PLD活性的G9细胞 ,同时设立对照组检测GPI PLDcDNA的功能 .结果显示 ,对照组细胞几乎检测不到GPI PLD活性 ,其表达的PLAP主要位于细胞膜上 ;而转染GPI PLDcDNA的G9细胞能检测到较高水平的GPI PLD活性 ,而且大部分酶活性存在于培养液中 ,其表达的PLAP也主要被释放入培养液 .结果证实 ,从人骨髓基质细胞中克隆的GPI PLDcDNA有生物学功能 ,它能释放细胞膜上GPI锚定蛋白质 .     

GPI-PLD调节CEA的释放对白血病HL-60细胞的增殖和凋亡的影响

糖基化磷脂酰肌醇特异性磷脂酶D(glycosyl phosphatidyl inositol specific phospholipase D,GPI-PLD)是人体内唯一可水解细胞膜表面GPI结构、调节GPI锚定蛋白释放的酶.将GPI-PLD转染入急性粒细胞白血病(AGL)的HL-60细胞株,采用实时荧光定量PCR法和Western blot法确定转染后HL-60细胞内GPI-PLD的表达水平;并检测GPI-PLD活性;噻唑蓝(MTT)检测HL-60细胞的增殖;流式细胞仪检测HL-60细胞的凋亡.ELISA检测GPI锚定癌胚抗原(CEA)的表达和释放情况.转染GPI-PLD后,HL-60细胞株中GPI-PLD表达量与活性增加;MTT检测显示,GPI-PLD过表达后HL-60细胞株增殖生长受到抑制;流式检测证实HL-60细胞凋亡增加;且GPI锚定的蛋白质CEA释放增加.该结果提示GPI-PLD基因有抗肿瘤的作用,过表达GPI-PLD后能抑制HL-60细胞增殖且促进其凋亡,所涉机制可能与GPI-PLD释放GPI锚定蛋白,增强白血病细胞对补体杀伤的敏感性有关.     

糖基工程酵母表面呈现抗体库的构建及抗真菌β甘露糖型抗体的筛选

目的:通过构建糖基工程酵母表面呈现免疫抗体库,筛选与毕赤酵母表达的禽流感血凝素HA7结合的特异性抗体。方法:利用糖基工程毕赤酵母细胞膜锚定蛋白Sed将人Ig G的Fc段锚定在酵母表面,然后用毕赤酵母表达的HA7免疫小鼠,从小鼠脾脏细胞中扩增抗体轻重链可变区基因构建抗体转化锚定了Fc的糖基工程酵母,构建表面展示免疫抗体库,通过免疫磁珠法筛选与毕赤酵母表达的HA7特异性结合的抗体表达酵母,分析筛选该抗体的特异性结合靶点。结果:构建了多态性良好的抗体表达质粒库,转化糖基工程酵母后筛选得到特异性结合HA7的抗体呈现酵母,Western印迹分析发现该抗体只与糖基化的HA7结合而不与切除糖链后的HA7结合,说明抗体结合区域在HA7的糖链上,进一步实验发现该抗体不与α甘露糖型和哺乳动物复杂型糖型结合,通过β甘露糖苷酶切研究发现抗体结合靶点为酵母表达HA7糖链上的β甘露糖。结论:利用糖基工程酵母构建抗体库,筛选得获得了抗真菌β甘露糖的抗体,动物实验发现抗体具有中和活性。     

GPI锚固型Met-RANTES真核表达载体的构建和表达

目的：在仓鼠卵巢细胞（CHO细胞）中高效表达糖基磷脂酰肌醇（GPI） 锚定修饰的Met-RANTES融合蛋白,以研制新型免疫抑制分子GPI锚固型 Met-RANTES。方法：构建真核表达载体PEF/GPI-Met-RANTES,利用电转化法转染CHO-DHFRˉ细胞,氨甲喋呤（MTX）筛选抗性克隆。用流式细胞仪、细胞免疫荧光和免疫金标记电镜检测细胞膜上 GPI 锚固型Met-RANTES融合蛋白的表达情况。结果：构建了阅读框完整的 GPI 锚固型Met-RANTES 嵌合分子,经测序是正确的,并在CHO-DHFRˉ细胞膜上稳定表达。结论：在CHO 细胞表面高效表达GPI修饰的Met-RANTES融合蛋白,GPI 锚固型Met-RANTES分子有可能作为新型的免疫抑制剂用于器官移植中,抑制移植排斥反应。     

多靶点复合抗原抗肿瘤基因疫苗的构建及真核表达

目的：构建含有人存活蛋白（survivin）-2B主要T细胞表位区域、人和猴绒毛膜促性腺激素β链的核心片段CTP37区域融合基因的真核表达质粒,并在人胚肾293T细胞中进行表达。方法：通过基因合成和搭桥PCR技术构建含有Survivin2B主要T细胞表位区域、人和猴CTP37区域基因的融合基因2PAG,将其插入含有人IgK链前导信号肽（sig）、人IgG-Fc和糖基磷脂酰肌醇（GPI）锚定信号肽融合基因序列的细胞膜锚定修饰真核表达载体pCI—Fc—GPI中,继而又将酶切后的sig2PAG-FC-GPI融合基因导入含有细小病毒内部核糖体结合位点（IRES）基因且可以共表达人GM-CSF和B7．1融合基因的真核表达载体pVAX1-IRES-GM／B7中;将构建的重组质粒pVAX1-sig-2PAG-FC-GPI-GM／B7（简称pVAX1-2PFcGB）转染293T细胞,利用流式细胞仪和免疫荧光检测其表达情况。结果：2PAG融合基因经测序正确,PCR和酶切鉴定证明已成功连入真核表达载体pVAX-IRES-GM／B7中;流式细胞仪和免疫荧光的检测结果显示,重组质粒pVAX1-2PFcGB在293T细胞中得到很好的表达。结论：成功构建了重组质粒pVAX1-2PFcGB,且在293T细胞中可以有效表达,为对该基因疫苗的后续功能研究奠定了基础。     

基于单个B细胞抗体基因扩增技术筛选马IgG1单克隆抗体*

在马的免疫学研究领域中,由于目前市场上缺乏商业化的马IgG单克隆抗体,使得对马的B细胞研究受到很大阻碍,IgG是B细胞受体(BCR)的重要构成成分,与B细胞分化成熟相关。为了获得马IgG特异性单克隆抗体,利用单个B细胞扩增技术进行抗体筛选。首先,将马IgG蛋白(EqIgG1-C)密码子优化后合成到真核表达载体pcDNA3.4上,纯化出抗原蛋白。随后,使用蛋白质免疫小鼠,分离脾细胞后利用流式细胞术分离特异性单个B细胞,扩增出抗体重链和轻链的可变区基因,用overlapping PCR方法扩增出线性化的完整抗体,并进行鉴定。结果从80个B细胞中获得了27株特异性重组单克隆抗体,并挑选出3株线性结合活性最强的抗体基因构建到表达载体上,共转染Expi293F^TM细胞后表达纯化,经过ELISA和Western blot验证,显示获得的抗体可以和EqIgG1-C蛋白有良好的结合作用。使用该方法可以省时高效的获得特异性抗体,为马的免疫学研究提供了重要研究工具,为鼠单克隆抗体筛选提供了技术拓展。     

人源抗滋养层细胞表面抗原?鄄2基因工程抗体Fab的制备及特性分析

应用噬菌体抗体库技术制备全人源抗滋养层细胞表面抗原-2(Trop-2)特异性Fab抗体片段．抗体库经细胞筛选和固相抗原筛选,获得特异性的阳性克隆．阳性载体经核酸序列分析后,构建工程菌,经IPTG诱导表达,SDS-PAGE和Western blot分析,呈现28 ku和32 ku大小的两条蛋白质条带．Fab分子经流式细胞术、细胞免疫荧光检测,结果表明,Fab能够与BxPc3细胞膜蛋白特异性结合,而与NIH3T3细胞不结合．免疫共沉淀与质谱分析结果表明,该Fab分子能够与Trop-2蛋白特异性结合．免疫组化显示,该抗体可结合胰腺癌细胞膜蛋白,在细胞培养液中加入Fab,能够抑制BxPc3细胞的生长．以上研究结果提示,该抗体有望成为胰腺癌临床影像诊断或治疗的候选分子．     

异种化人肾细胞癌特异性抗原G250真核表达载体的构建及表达

目的：构建含有人肾细胞癌特异性抗原G250（CAⅨ）主要T细胞表位区域、猴和鼠CAⅨ部分片段区域融合基因tG250的真核表达质粒,并在猴肾COS7细胞中表达。方法：通过基因合成和PCR技术构建人、猴和鼠G250区域融合基因tG250,将其插入含有人Igκ链前导信号肽（sig）、人IgG-Fc和糖基磷脂酰肌醇（GPI）锚定信号肽融合基因序列的细胞膜锚定修饰真核表达载体pCI-Fc-GPI中,继而又将酶切后的sig-tG250-Fc-GPI融合基因导入含有细小病毒内部核糖体结合位点（IRES）基因且可以共表达人GM-CSF和B7.1融合基因的真核表达载体pVAX1-IRES-GM/B7中;将构建的重组质粒pVAX1-sig-tG250-Fc-GPI-GM/B7转染COS7细胞,利用流式细胞仪和免疫荧光检测其表达。结果：测序结果表明tG250融合基因序列正确,PCR和酶切鉴定证明已将其连入真核表达载体pVAX1-IRES-GM/B7中;流式细胞仪和免疫荧光的检测结果显示,重组质粒pVAX1-sig-tG250-Fc-GPI-GM/B7在COS7细胞中得到很好的表达。结论：构建了重组质粒pVAX1-sig-t G250-Fc-GPI-GM/B7,且在COS7细胞中有效表达,为以G250为靶点的抗肾细胞癌基因疫苗的构建与功能研究奠定了基础。     

PIG-B,a membrane protein of the endoplasmic reticulum with a large lumenal domain,is involved in transferring the third mannose of the GPI anchor.

Many eukaryotic cell surface proteins are bound to the membrane via the glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchor that is covalently linked to their carboxy-terminus. The GPI anchor precursor is synthesized in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and post-translationally linked to protein. We cloned a human gene termed PIG-B (phosphatidylinositol glycan of complementation class B) that is involved in transferring the third mannose. PIG-B encodes a 554 amino acid, ER transmembrane protein with an amino-terminal portion of approximately 60 amino acids on the cytoplasmic side and a large carboxy-terminal portion of 470 amino acids within the ER lumen. A mutant PIG-B lacking the cytoplasmic portion remains active, indicating that the functional site of PIG-B resides on the lumenal side of the ER membrane. The PIG-B gene was localized to chromosome 15 at q21-q22. This autosomal location would explain why PIG-B is not involved in the defective GPI anchor synthesis in paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria, which is always caused by a somatic mutation of the X-linked PIG-A gene.     

Requirement of PIG-F and PIG-O for transferring phosphoethanolamine to the third mannose in glycosylphosphatidylinositol

Many eukaryotic proteins are anchored by glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) to the cell surface membrane. The GPI anchor is linked to proteins by an amide bond formed between the carboxyl terminus and phosphoethanolamine attached to the third mannose. Here, we report the roles of two mammalian genes involved in transfer of phosphoethanolamine to the third mannose in GPI. We cloned a mouse gene termed Pig-o that encodes a 1101-amino acid PIG-O protein bearing regions conserved in various phosphodiesterases. Pig-o knockout F9 embryonal carcinoma cells expressed very little GPI-anchored proteins and accumulated the same major GPI intermediate as the mouse class F mutant cell, which is defective in transferring phosphoethanolamine to the third mannose due to mutant Pig-f gene. PIG-O and PIG-F proteins associate with each other, and the stability of PIG-O was dependent upon PIG-F. However, the class F cell is completely deficient in the surface expression of GPI-anchored proteins. A minor GPI intermediate seen in Pig-o knockout but not class F cells had more than three mannoses with phosphoethanolamines on the first and third mannoses, suggesting that this GPI may account for the low expression of GPI-anchored proteins. Therefore, mammalian cells have redundant activities in transferring phosphoethanolamine to the third mannose, both of which require PIG-F.     

Production of monoclonal antibodies against the purified glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchor of the variant surface glycoprotein from Trypanosoma brucei brucei.

The glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchor (GPI) from the membrane form variant surface glycoprotein (mfVSG) of Trypanosoma brucei brucei was isolated and identified after radioactive labeling with [3H]myristic acid, by immunostaining on HPTLC with a polyclonal antibody directed against mfVSG and by negative ion laser desorption and fast atom bombardment mass spectrometry of the GPI anchor before and after peracetylation. For the production of monoclonal antibodies the purified GPI molecule was incorporated into liposomes and injected intrasplenically in BALB/c mice. After fusion with the myeloma cell line X63-Ag 8.653 hybridoma cells were cloned by single cell cloning. The secreted antibodies were characterized by ELISA, Ouchterlony immunodiffusion, and Western blot and used in first immunofluorescent studies.     

Modulation of turkey myogenic satellite cell differentiation through the shedding of glypican-1

Glypican-1 is a cell membrane heparan sulfate proteoglycan. It is composed of a core protein with covalently attached glycosaminoglycan, and N-linked glycosylated (N-glycosylated) chains, and is attached to the cell membrane by a glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) linkage. Glypican-1 plays a key role in the growth and development of muscle by regulating fibroblast growth factor 2 (FGF2). The GPI anchor of glypican-1 can be cleaved, resulting in glypican-1 being secreted or shed into the extracellular matrix environment. The objective of the current study was to investigate the role of glypican-1 shedding and the glycosaminoglycan and N-glycosylated chains in regulating the differentiation of turkey myogenic satellite cells. A glypican-1 construct without the GPI anchor was cloned into the mammalian expression vector pCMS-EGFP, and glypican-1 without the GPI anchor and glycosaminoglycan and N-glycosylated chains were also cloned. These constructs were co-transfected into turkey myogenic satellite cells with a small interference RNA targeting the GPI anchor of endogenous glypican-1. The soluble glypican-1 mutants were not detected in the satellite cells but in the cell medium, suggesting the secretion of the soluble glypican-1 mutants. Soluble glypican-1 increased satellite cell differentiation and enhanced myotube formation in the presence of exogenous FGF2. The increase in differentiation was supported by the elevated expression of myogenin. In conclusion, the shedding of glypican-1 from the satellite cell surface acts as a positive regulator of satellite cell differentiation and sequesters FGF2, permitting further differentiation.     

Pig-n, a mammalian homologue of yeast Mcd4p, is involved in transferring phosphoethanolamine to the first mannose of the glycosylphosphatidylinositol

Many cell surface proteins are anchored to the membrane via a glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) moiety, which is attached to the C terminus of the proteins. The core of the GPI anchor is conserved in all eukaryotes but is modified by various side chains. We cloned a mouse phosphatidylinositol glycan-class N (Pig-n) gene that encodes a 931amino acid protein expressed in the endoplasmic reticulum, which is homologous to yeast Mcd4p. We disrupted the gene in F9 embryonal carcinoma cells. In the Pig-n knockout cells, the first mannose in the GPI precursors was not modified by phosphoethanolamine. Nevertheless, further biosynthetic steps continued with the addition of the third mannose and the terminal phosphoethanolamine. The surface expression of Thy-1 was only partially affected, indicating that modification of the first mannose by phosphoethanolamine is not essential for attachment of GPI anchors in mammalian cells. An inhibitor of GPI biosynthesis, YW3548/BE49385A, inhibited transfer of phosphoethanolamine to the first mannose in mammalian cells but only slightly affected the surface expression of GPI-anchored proteins. Biosynthesis of GPI in the Pig-n knockout cells was not affected by YW3548/BE49385A, and yeast overexpressing MCD4 was highly resistant to YW3548/BE49385A, suggesting that Pig-n and Mcd4p are targets of this drug.     

Specific inhibition of GPI-anchored protein function by homing and self-association of specific GPI anchors

The functional specificity conferred by glycophosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchors on certain membrane proteins may arise from their occupancy of specific membrane microdomains. We show that membrane proteins with noninteractive external domains attached to the same carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) GPI anchor, but not to unrelated neural cell adhesion molecule GPI anchors, colocalize on the cell surface, confirming that the GPI anchor mediates association with specific membrane domains and providing a mechanism for specific signaling. This directed targeting was exploited by coexpressing an external domain-defective protein with a functional protein, both with the CEA GPI anchor. The result was a complete loss of signaling capabilities (through integrin-ECM interaction) and cellular effect (differentiation blockage) of the active protein, which involved an alteration of the size of the microdomains occupied by the active protein. This work clarifies how the GPI anchor can determine protein function, while offering a novel method for its modulation.     

糖基化磷脂酰肌醇锚定型EGFP真核表达质粒的构建及表达

构建与增强型绿色荧光蛋白基因相连的糖基化磷脂酰肌醇(glycosyl phosphatidylinositol,GPI)序列的真核表达质粒,并检测其在A549细胞中的表达.分离人外周血淋巴细胞,提取总RNA,以RT-PCR法扩增CD24基因的243 bp GPI锚定序列,双酶切后定向克隆入pEGFP-C1质粒中,构建并鉴定pEGFP-C1-GPI质粒.经脂质体介导转染A549细胞后,在荧光显微镜下观察目的蛋白在真核细胞内的表达情况.经酶切和测序鉴定证实,所克隆的CD24 GPI序列正确,荧光显微镜观察pEGFP-C1-GPI质粒转染A549细胞可见围绕细胞膜的强绿色荧光,而对照pEGFP-C1质粒转染A549细胞仅见胞内均匀荧光.成功构建与EGFP相连的GPI真核表达质粒,且能在A549细胞膜上锚定表达EGFP-GPI融合蛋白,为构建锚定表达型肿瘤疫苗奠定基础.     

C-terminal hydrophobic region in human bone marrow stromal cell antigen 2 (BST-2)/tetherin protein functions as second transmembrane motif

BST-2/CD317/HM1.24/tetherin is a host factor that inhibits the release of HIV-1 and other enveloped viruses. Structurally, tetherin consists of an N-terminal transmembrane (TM) region, a central coiled coil motif, and a putative C-terminal glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchor motif. A current working model proposes that BST-2 inhibits virus release by physically tethering viral particles to the cell surface via its TM motif and GPI anchor. Here we analyzed the functional importance of the C-terminal GPI anchor motif in BST-2. We replaced the GPI anchor motif in BST-2 with the TM regions of several surface markers and found that the TM motifs of CD40 and transferrin receptor, but not that of CD45, could functionally substitute for a GPI anchor in BST-2. Conversely, replacing the TM region of CD4 by the putative GPI anchor signal of human BST-2 resulted in proper membrane targeting and surface expression of the chimeric protein, indicating that the BST-2 GPI anchor signal can function as a bona fide TM region. In fact, attempts to demonstrate GPI anchor modification of human BST-2 by biochemical methods failed. Our results demonstrate that the putative C-terminal GPI anchor motif in human BST-2 fulfills the requirements of a bona fide TM motif, leading us to propose that human BST-2 may in fact contain a second TM segment rather than a GPI anchor.