Immunogenicity Analysis of Prokaryotic Expression Products of Kaposi＇s Sarcoma Associated Herpesvirus orf65

To purify the protein encoding the small capsid protein (SCP) of KSHV and analyze its immunogenicity, the carboxyl terminus of orf65 of Kaposi's sarcoma associated-herpesvirus (KSHV) was expressed in a prokaryotic expression system. The expression of recombinant E. coli containing pQE-80L-orf65 was induced by isopropyl-β-D-thiogalactopyranoside (IPTG) and the fusion protein was purified by chromatography. The expressed protein and its purified product were identified by sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) and showed that 9 kDa was the expected size of the purified orf65 protein. The antiserum was produced in rabbit which was immunized by purified orf65 protein. An ELISA assay was established to analyze the immunogenicity of the purified orf65 protein. The ELISA analysis demonstrated that orf65 protein has strong immune activity, and the immune activity of polyclonal antibody against orf65 was more than 4 fold higher than that in the serum of the non-immunized rabbit. These results demonstrate that purified orf65 protein has very strong immunogenicity and can be used in screening KSHV infection in the general population using ELISA.     

巨噬细胞极化在单纯疱疹病毒1型感染中的作用研究进展

巨噬细胞具有功能可塑性，使其能够根据微环境线索不同极化为不同表型，主要分为两种类型，即促炎M1型巨噬细胞和抗炎M2型巨噬细胞，它们在单纯疱疹病毒1型（Herpes simplex virus-1, HSV-1）感染的疾病发展中行使不同的功能。当巨噬细胞出现极化失衡时，可以通过多种因素对其失衡状态进行调节，靶向调节巨噬细胞的极化状态对于治疗HSV-1感染具有重要意义。本文对巨噬细胞极化及其在HSV-1感染中的作用研究进展进行总结，以期为HSV-1感染的进一步研究及治疗提供参考依据。     

单纯疱疹病毒1型单链结合蛋白ICP8研究进展

在单纯疱疹病毒1型（Herpes simplex virus 1,HSV-1）中，感染细胞蛋白8(Infected cell protein 8,ICP8)是由UL29基因编码的一种单链DNA结合蛋白（Single strand DNA-binding protein,SSBP），该蛋白在病毒复制中必不可缺，具有维持单链DNA的稳定性，并与其他病毒蛋白相互结合，促进病毒复制室的形成，介导晚期基因的表达。除此之外，ICP8还具有促进UL9编码的起源结合蛋白（Origin binding protein,OBP）和UL5/UL8/UL52蛋白的酶活性，与UL12蛋白共同介导链交换等功能。本文就上述目前国内外对HSV-1 ICP8的研究进展作一综述，以期为后续研究ICP8的作用机制提供参考。     

一种新型疱疹病毒：卡波济肉瘤相关性疱疹病毒或人类疱疹病毒8型

１９９４年从艾滋病相关的卡波济肉瘤（ＫＳ）病灶中发现了特异的疱疹病毒样ＤＮＡ序列，与γ疱疹病毒亚科核壳和包膜蛋白编码基因有相当程度的同源性。随后建立了检测该基因的多聚酶链反应（ＰＣＲ）和Ｓｏｕｔｈｅｒｎ杂交法，从各种类型的ＫＳ组织中检荻该基因，故认为是ＫＳ致病的相关因子。但从无ＫＳ的艾滋病、非艾滋病的免疫缺陷病人的Ｂ细胞淋巴瘤、淋巴结及外周血单个核细胞中也检测到该病毒基因的存在，因此称之为人类疱疹