表达ST1-LTB-α-β融合蛋白基因工程菌株的构建及其免疫原性分析

采用分子生物学技术构建了含有ST1-LTB-α-β融合基因的重组菌株BL21（DE3）（pETST3LTBαβ）,SDS-PAGE和Western blotting分析表明ST1-LTB-α-β融合基因在大肠杆菌中得到了高效表达,融合蛋白分子量约为110kD;20L发酵罐培养得到的最佳诱导条件为：重组菌株以1％接种量、5L／min通气量培养3h后加终浓度为0．03mol／L的乳糖诱导,通气量升至12．5L／min继续培养6h,表达量占菌体总蛋白的38．53％;表达的ST1-LTB-α-β融合蛋白无毒性但具有免疫原性。可以抵抗大肠杆菌和产气荚膜梭菌的感染;构建的重组菌株BL21（DE3）（pETST3LTBαβ）有望作为预防仔猪腹泻基因工程疫苗的候选生产菌株。     

毕赤酵母表达gp96-scFv抗体及生物活性测定

旨在利用毕赤酵母分泌表达gp96-scFv抗体,纯化后得到能特异性结合gp96抗原的小分子抗体片段(scFv)。根据gp96-scFv抗体基因序列,合成gp96-scFv抗体基因序列,将gp96-scFv抗体序列克隆到毕赤酵母表达质粒pPICZα-A,线性化的重组表达载体电转化到毕赤酵母X33,甲醇诱导目的蛋白表达,通过亲和层析法纯化目的蛋白,并以SDS-PAGE和Western blotting进行鉴定。通过Western blotting、Immunofluorescence、ELISA、FACS方法对gp96-scFv抗体的生物活性进行了检测。结果成功地构建了分泌表达抗gp96蛋白scFv抗体的毕赤酵母菌,每升毕赤酵母菌培养上清经纯化可获约50 mg gp96-scFv抗体,所获抗体其分子量大约为15 kDa,具有与gp96抗原特异性结合的活性。本研究通过毕赤酵母菌成功表达了gp96-scFv抗体,生物活性Western blotting、Immunofluorescence、ELISA、FACS分析表明该抗体能特异性结合gp96。     

Isoflavones from the roots and stems of Nicotiana Tabacum and their anti-tobacco mosaic virus activities

Two new isoflavones, 7-hydroxy-6,3′,4′,5′-tetramethoxy-isoflavone (1) and 6-hydroxy-7,3′,4′,5′-tetramethoxy-isoflavone (2), together with seven known isoflavones were isolated from the roots and stems of Nicotiana tabacum. Their structures were determined by means of HRESIMS, extensive 1D and 2D NMR spectroscopic studies and chemical evidences. The anti-tobacco mosaic virus (anti-TMV) activities of the isoflavones were also evaluated. The results reveal that compound 9 shows high anti-TMV activity, compound 2 shows moderate anti-TMV activity, and compounds 1, 3–8 show weak anti-TMV activities.     

MFG-E8 activates proliferation of vascular smooth muscle cells via integrin signaling

An accumulation of milk fat globule EGF-8 protein (MFG-E8) occurs within the context of arterial wall inflammatory remodeling during aging, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, or atherosclerosis. MFG-E8 induces VSMC invasion, but whether it affects VSMC proliferation, a salient feature of arterial inflammation, is unknown. Here, we show that in the rat arterial wall in vivo, PCNA and Ki67, markers of cell cycle activation, increase with age between 8 and 30 months. In fresh and early passage VSMC isolated from old aortae, an increase in CDK4 and PCNA, an increase in the acceleration of cell cycle S and G2 phases, decrease in the G1/G0 phase, and an increase in PDGF and its receptors confer elevated proliferative capacity, compared to young VSMC. Increased coexpression and physical interaction of MFG-E8 and integrin αvβ5 occur with aging in both the rat aortic wall in vivo and in VSMC in vitro. In young VSMC in vitro, MFG-E8 added exogenously, or overexpressed endogenously, triggers phosphorylation of ERK1/2, augmented levels of PCNA and CDK4, increased BrdU incorporation, and promotes proliferation, via αvβ5 integrins. MFG-E8 silencing, or its receptor inhibition, or the blockade of ERK1/2 phosphorylation in these cells reduces PCNA and CDK4 levels and decelerates the cell cycle S phase, conferring a reduction in proliferative capacity. Collectively, these results indicate that MFG-E8 in a dose-dependent manner coordinates the expression of cell cycle molecules and facilitates VSMC proliferation via integrin/ERK1/2 signaling. Thus, an increase in MFG-E8 signaling is a mechanism of the age-associated increase in aortic VSMC proliferation.     

酿酒酵母乙酸耐性分子机制的功能基因组进展

提高工业酿酒酵母对高浓度代谢产物及原料中的毒性底物等环境胁迫因素的耐受性,对提高工业生产效率具有重要的意义。乙酸是纤维素原料水解产生的主要毒性副产物之一,其对酵母细胞的生长和代谢都具有较强的抑制作用,因此,对酿酒酵母乙酸耐性分子机制的研究可为选育优良菌种提供理论依据。近年来,通过细胞全局基因表达分析和代谢组分析,以及对单基因敲除的所有突变体的表型组研究,对酿酒酵母乙酸耐性的分子机制有了更多新的认识,揭示了很多新的与乙酸毒性适应性反应和乙酸耐性提高相关的基因。综述了近年来酿酒酵母乙酸耐性的基因组规模的研究进展,以及在此基础上构建乙酸耐性提高的工业酵母菌的代谢工程操作。结合本课题组的研究,对金属离子锌在酿酒酵母乙酸耐性中的作用进行了深入分析。未来对酿酒酵母乙酸耐性分子机理的认识及改造将深入到翻译后修饰和合成生物学等新的水平,所获得的认知,将为选育可高效进行纤维素原料生物转化、高效生产生物燃料和生物基化学品的工业酿酒酵母的菌株奠定理论基础。     

大豆血红蛋白基因lba转化根瘤菌工程菌株的构建

以土著大豆根瘤菌接种大豆幼苗45 d后获得的根瘤为材料,提取其总RNA并反转录成cDNA,采用同源序列克隆法扩增大豆血红蛋白基因lba编码区序列。利用DNA重组技术,将lba基因连到lac启动子的下游,利用带有发光酶标记基因luxAB的质粒载体pTR102构建表达载体pTR-Plac-lba。采用三亲本杂交的方式,将表达载体pTR-Plac-lba及作为对照的空载体pTR102分别转化土著大豆根瘤菌,获得根瘤菌工程菌株SFH(pTR-Plac-lba)和SFH(pTR102)。盆栽试验发现,接种SFH(pTR-Plac-lba)的大豆植株各生理指标明显高于接种SFH(pTR102)、土著根瘤菌以及未接菌的大豆植株各生理指标。试验证明,导入大豆血红蛋白基因lba的根瘤菌工程菌株SFH(pTR-Plac-lba)对于提高大豆根瘤的固氮酶活性,增加大豆产量起到显著效果。     

Molecular survey and characterization of Theileria annulata and Ehrlichia ruminantium in cattle from Northwest China

Theileriosis and ehrlichiosis are two important tick-borne diseases affecting cattle farming in China. However, limited information is available regarding prevalence and molecular characterization of Theileria annulata and Ehrlichia ruminantium in cattle in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), northwestern China. In this study, a total of 176 blood samples of cattle from three rural areas of XUAR were collected in June 2017 and were tested by nested-PCR. A total of 34 (19.3%) samples were found to be infected with one or two pathogens. The overall prevalence rates of T. annulata and E. ruminantium were 18.2% and 1.7%, respectively. Phylogenetic analyses revealed that the E. ruminantium isolates from XUAR were located in the same clade but diverged from the isolates from African countries using pCS20 gene while T. annulata isolates from XUAR revealed differences in the genotypes using Tams1 sequences. To our knowledge, this is the first report of E. ruminantium infection in cattle in China. It also provides the first genetic characterization of T. annulata in cattle in XUAR. The current findings are important for understanding the distribution of agents of theileriosis and ehrlichiosis and in designing measures for the prevention and control of tick-borne diseases in cattle, other animals, and humans.