无标签鼠疫耶尔森菌Ⅴ抗原突变体在大肠杆菌中的表达、纯化及免疫原性分析

目的:在大肠杆菌中表达、纯化无标签鼠疫耶尔森菌低钙反应V抗原突变体,并对其免疫原性进行研究。方法:采用融合PCR方法将Ⅴ抗原基因中编码半胱氨酸的碱基缺失突变,将获得得Ⅴ抗原突变体基因克隆到原核表达载体pET32a(+)后转化大肠杆菌BL21(DE3),用IPTG诱导表达并进行柱层析纯化,纯化产物以Western印迹进行鉴定并免疫BALB/c小鼠,通过ELISA检测免疫血清效价。结果:目的蛋白在大肠杆菌中获得了可溶性高表达,经三步柱层析后纯度高于95%,经Western印迹检测可与野生型V抗原单克隆抗体特异性结合,免疫小鼠后获得高效价免疫血清。结论:获得了无标签的鼠疫耶尔森菌Ⅴ抗原突变体蛋白,并证实其具有免疫原性,将对V抗原结构和功能的研究提供帮助。     

毕赤酵母表达的重组乙肝表面抗原SS1的纯化及性质鉴定

对毕赤酵母（Ｐｉｃｈｉａ ｐａｓｔｏｒｉｓ）表达的重组乙肝表面抗原ＳＳ１的纯化以及蛋白质的理化性质及免疫原性进行了进一步的研究。采用单抗亲和层析的方法,一步纯化即可得到纯度为９５％的纯化蛋白质。ＥＬＩＳＡ和Ｗｅｓｔｅｒｎ印迹鉴定表明,纯化的ＳＳ１融合蛋白同时具有良好的Ｓ和ＰｒｃＳ１抗原性。ＣｓＣ１密度梯度离心和电镜检测的结果则表明,这一重组抗原可以形成与ＨＢＶ亚病毒颗粒类似的颗粒结构。在ＢＡＬＢ／     

马铃薯Y病毒普通系外壳蛋白基因在大肠杆菌中的表达

将马铃薯Ｙ病毒普通系（ＰＶＹ０）的外壳蛋白基因克隆到表达质粒ｐＭＡＬｃ２中,构建这一基因在大肠杆菌中的表达载体ｐＭＡＬｃ２ＰＶＹ０ＣＰ。ＳＤＳＰＡＧＥ及Ｗｅｓｔｅｒｎｂｌｏｔｉｎｇ检测结果表明,这一表达栽体在Ｅ．ｃｏｌｉＤＨ５α中经ＩＰＴＧ诱导可表达分子量为７１．８ｋＤａ的特异性融合蛋白。以ａｍｙｌｏｓｅｒｅｓｉｎ亲合柱层析纯化这一融合蛋白为抗原,免疫家兔制备了效价为１∶１０２４的特异性抗血清。用该抗血清可通过对流免疫电泳、免疫双扩散及Ｗｅｓｔｅｒｎｂｌｏｔｉｎｇ对ＰＶＹ进行检测     

p16抑癌基因定点突变及其在大肠杆菌中的表达与纯化

为了研究错义突变对ｐ１６功能的影响,应用ＰＣＲ体外定点突变方法对ｐ１６ｃＤＮＡ进行体外定点突变,并将野生型和突变型ｐ１６ｃＤＮＡ克隆于ｐＧＥＸ－５Ｔ载体,在大肠杆菌中经ＩＰＴＧ诱导表达,Ｗｅｓｔｅｒｎ印迹鉴定确证表达．而后用谷胱甘肽－Ｓｅｐｈａｒｏｓｅ４Ｂ亲和层析纯化野生型和突变型ｐ１６融合蛋白．得到了第４８位密码子ＣＣＧ（Ｐｒｏ）→ＣＴＧ（Ｌｅｕ）突变的ｐ１６－Ｐ４８突变体,并在大肠杆菌中表达了４２ｋＤ的ＧＳＴ－ｐ１６和ＧＳＴ－ｐ１６Ｐ４８Ｌ融合蛋白．最后经纯化得到了野生和Ｐ４８Ｌ突变的ｐ１６融合蛋白     

HIV—1gp41基因的高效表达及表达产物的纯化

为了获得高效表达的人类免疫缺陷病毒（ＨＩＶ１）ｇｐ４１蛋白,从而为ＨＩＶ１基因工程诊断抗原的国产化打下基础,用ＰＣＲ的方法从ＨＩＶ１全基因序列中扩增出编码ｇｐ４１Ｎ端的６９０ｂｐ片段。经酶切后,克隆到ｐＥＴ２８ａ载体中,再将重组质粒转化到表达宿主菌ＢＬ２１（ＤＥ３）中,经ＩＰＴＧ诱导,高效表达出ｇｐ４１蛋白。间接ＥＬＩＳＡ、Ｗｅｓｔｅｒｎｂｌｏｔ、ＳＤＳＰＡＧＥ电泳证实,该表达产物具有良好的抗原性和特异性,且表达量约占总菌体蛋白的４５％。重组蛋白经金属鏊合纯化,纯度达９９％。     

EB病毒LMP1在鼻咽癌细胞中通过NFκB促进Igκ表达

利用已建立的受四环素调控ＬＭＰ１表达的鼻咽癌细胞系,用受ＣＭＶ启动子调控的ＮＦκＢ报道基因质粒ｐＮＦκＢ－ｌｕｃ的荧光素酶表达分析ＮＦκＢ的活性,并以核蛋白的Ｗｅｓｔｅｒｎ印迹方法观察ＬＭＰ１表达前后核内ＮＦκＢ组分ｐ６５量的改变,用全蛋白Ｗｅｓｔｅｒｎ印迹分析Ｉｇκ蛋白质的表达等方法,探讨在鼻咽癌中,ＥＢ病毒ＬＭＰ１蛋白是否通过核转录因子ＮＦκＢ促进免疫球蛋白κ轻链（Ｉｇκ）基因的表达。结果显示     

乙型肝炎病毒前S2抗原决定簇与乙型肝炎病毒核心抗原的基因融合与表达

乙肝前Ｓ２（ＨＢＶ ＰｒｅＳ２）肽段由５５个氨基酸组成,其Ｎ端肽段含Ｔｈ和Ｂ细胞抗原决定簇。我们将化学合成的ＰｒｅＳ２ ｅｐｉｔｏｐｅ（１２０－１４５）基因不同位点进行融合,融合基因在大肠杆菌中获得表达,并对融合蛋白进行了纯化。经ＥＬＩＳＡ和Ｗｅｓｔｅｒｎ－ｂｌｏｔ实验表明,融合蛋白具有ＰｒｅＳ２和ＨＢｃＡｇ两者的抗原性。此外,研究还表明,强启动子能使表达水平有一定的提高。     

EB病毒DNA聚合酶基因的表达与纯化鼻咽癌病人诊断中的应用

以Ｅｐｓｔｅｉｎ－Ｂａｒｒ病毒（ＥＢＶ）ＤＮＡ聚合酶为抗原,建立了简便、快速、敏感和特异的鼻咽癌诊断方法。构建原表达载体ｐＲＳＥＴ－ＤＮＡ聚合酶及其亚克隆ＰＲＳＥＴ－Ａ１和ＢＬ２１（ＤＥ３）中表达的产物,经Ｗｅｓｔｅｒｎ－ｂｌｏｔ检测其抗原性并用于检测鼻咽癌（ｎａｓｏｐｈａｒｙｎｇｅａｌ ｃａｒｃｉｎｏｍａ,ＮＰＣ）病人血清中的抗体。在ＤＰＣ病人血清中存在抗ＥＢ病毒ＤＮＡ聚合酶的ＩｇＧ抗体,并证明     

含有Epstein-Barr病毒膜抗原的重组表达质粒及其基因免疫

将Ｅｐｓｔｅｉｎ－Ｂａｒ（ＥＢ）病毒主要的膜抗原（ＭＡ）ＢＬＬＦ１基因片段插入ｐＨＤ１０１－３质粒的ＣＭＶ启动子下游,构建了真核表达质粒ｐＨＤ－ｇｐ３５０,并转染２９３细胞进行瞬间表达。用免疫荧光法从细胞膜检测到表达的抗原能与其单克隆抗体发生特异性结合,Ｗｅｓｔｅｒｎ－ｂｌｏｔ法证实,表达的抗原分子量为３５０ｋＤ．用能在真核细胞表达的重组质粒ｐＨＤ－ｇｐ３５０的ＤＮＡ,经Ｓｅｐｈａｒｏｓｅ２Ｂ柱纯化后,注射经普鲁卡因预处理的Ｂａｌｂ／Ｃ小鼠的四头肌,观察到ＥＢＶ－ＩｇＡ／ＭＡ抗体水平比ＥＢＶ－ＩｇＧ／ＭＡ低,而ＥＢＶ－ＩｇＡ／ＭＡ的持续时间比ＥＢＶ－ＩｇＧ／ＭＡ长。采用表达ＥＢＶＭＡ的质粒ＤＮＡ与ＣＨＯ细胞表达的ＭＡ蛋白免疫小鼠,均获得抗ＥＢＶＭＡ的抗体。     

HIV-1型核衣壳蛋白P24截短体在大肠杆菌中的表达,纯化和鉴定

用聚合酶链式反应（ＰＣＲ）从ＨＩＶ １ｇａｇ基因中扩增出衣壳蛋白Ｐ２４截短体（ｔＰ２４）基因,插入质粒ｐＧＥＸ ４Ｔ３中构成重组表达质粒ｐＧＥＸ ｔｐ２４,将ｐＧＥＸ ｔｐ２４转化大肠杆菌ＢＬ２１后获得了高效表达,表达量占菌体总蛋白量的３４３８％。经Ｇｌｕｔａｔｈｉｏｎｅ－Ｓｅｐｈａｒｏｓｅ４Ｂ亲和层析纯化的截短体Ｐ２４纯度为９２７７％。纯化的截短体Ｐ２４在间接ＥＬＩＳＡ和免疫印迹检测ＨＩＶ抗体阳性血清和正常人血清中,具有很高的抗原特异性和免疫反应性。     

Race and Racism in America and in Anthropology

Race in North America: Origin and Evolution of a Worldview . Audrey Smedley
Anthropology and Race . Eugenia Shanklin     

Degradation and conversion of somatostatin in normal and diabetic rats in vivo and in vitro

Plasma somatostatin-like immunoreactivity in the portal and jugular veins of streptozotocin diabetic rats was compared with that in normal control rats. In the diabetic group, somatostatin levels in the portal (p less than 0.05) and jugular (p less than 0.01) veins were both elevated compared with those in the control group. Moreover, the degree of elevation was greater in the jugular vein than in the portal vein. To further investigate the role of the liver in the clearance of somatostatin-28 in vivo, 2 micrograms of somatostatin-28 was administered as a bolus into the external jugular vein of intact and functionally hepatectomized rats. The mean half-time of somatostatin-28 was significantly longer in intact diabetic rats than in controls (p less than 0.05). The functional hepatectomy did not cause a significant difference in the half-time in diabetic rats but made it longer in control rats. These results suggest that the longer half-time of somatostatin-28 in diabetic rats in vivo is due to its slower hepatic clearance. The hepatic clearance of somatostatin-28 and somatostatin-14 was further studied in vitro using a recirculating liver perfusion method. The hepatic clearance of 1.2 nM of either somatostatin-28 or somatostatin-14 was significantly lower in diabetic rats than in controls (p less than 0.01). This indicates that elevated plasma somatostatin levels in diabetic rats are caused at least in part by decreased hepatic clearance of somatostatin.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)     

MPD and DNA Bending in Crystals and in Solution

Bending of 15 to 24° is observed within crystal structures ofB-DNA duplexes, is strongly sequence-dependent, and exhibits no correlation with the concentration of MPD (2-methyl-2,4-pentanediol) in the crystallizing solution. Two types of bends are observed: facultative bends or flexible hinges at junctions between regions of G·C and A·T base-pairs, and a persistent and almost obligatory bend at the center of the sequence R-G-C-Y. Only A-tracts are characteristically straight and unbent in every crystal structure examined to date. A detailed examination of normal vector plots for individual strands of a double helix provides an explanation, in terms of the stacking properties of guanine and adenine bases. The effect of high MPD concentrations, in both solution and crystal, is to decrease local bending somewhat without removing it altogether. MPD gel retardation experiments provide no basis for choosing among the three models that seek to explain macroscopic curvature of DNA by means of microscopic bending: junction bending, bent A-tracts, or bent general- sequence DNA. Crystallographic data on the straightness of A-tracts, the bendability of non-A sequences, and the identity of inclination angles in A-tract and non-A-tractB-DNA support only the general-sequence bending model. The pre-melting transition observed in A-tract DNA probably represents a relaxation of stiff adenine stacks to a flexible conformation more typical of general-sequence DNA.     

Update in research and methods in proteomics and bioinformatics

The 3rd International Conference on Proteomics & Bioinformatics (Proteomics 2013)

Philadelphia, PA, USA, 15–17 July 2013

The Third International Conference on Proteomics & Bioinformatics (Proteomics 2013) was sponsored by the OMICS group and was organized in order to strengthen the future of proteomics science by bringing together professionals, researchers and scholars from leading universities across the globe. The main topics of this conference included the integration of novel platforms in data analysis, the use of a systems biology approach, different novel mass spectrometry platforms and biomarker discovery methods. The conference was divided into proteomic methods and research interests. Among these two categories, interactions between methods in proteomics and bioinformatics, as well as other research methodologies, were discussed. Exceptional topics from the keynote forum, oral presentations and the poster session have been highlighted. The topics range from new techniques for analyzing proteomics data, to new models designed to help better understand genetic variations to the differences in the salivary proteomes of HIV-infected patients.     

Parasitism and epibiosis in native and non-native gammarids in freshwater in Ireland

The introduced amphipod crustaceans Gammarus pulex and G. tigrinus are displacing the native G. ducheni celticus in a number of freshwater sites in Northern Ireland. We investigated parasite and epibiont infection in populations in the Rivet Lagan and Lough Neagh where both native and invading species occur. Prevalence of the four parasites and epibionts observed was higher in the native G. d. celticus than in the invading amphipods at both field sites. In Lough Neagh. G. d. celticus individuals suffered higher burdens of the rotifer Embata parasitica and the protozoan Epistylis in comparison with the invading species. These patterns may reflect host specificity by the parasites or may result from different susceptibilities of the native and invading host species. We consider the influence of parasitism on host invasions and resulting species distributions.