Structure and synthesis of polyisoprenoids used in N-glycosylation across the three domains of life

N-linked protein glycosylation was originally thought to be specific to eukaryotes, but evidence of this post-translational modification has now been discovered across all domains of life: Eucarya, Bacteria, and Archaea. In all cases, the glycans are first assembled in a step-wise manner on a polyisoprenoid carrier lipid. At some stage of lipid-linked oligosaccharide synthesis, the glycan is flipped across a membrane. Subsequently, the completed glycan is transferred to specific asparagine residues on the protein of interest. Interestingly, though the N-glycosylation pathway seems to be conserved, the biosynthetic pathways of the polyisoprenoid carriers, the specific structures of the carriers, and the glycan residues added to the carriers vary widely. In this review we will elucidate how organisms in each basic domain of life synthesize the polyisoprenoids that they utilize for N-linked glycosylation and briefly discuss the subsequent modifications of the lipid to generate a lipid-linked oligosaccharide.     

抗菌肽Bactenecin7重组质粒构建及其在乳酸菌的分泌表达和活性鉴定

构建抗菌肽Bactenecin7分泌表达载体,鉴定表达产物及检测其生物活性。采用重叠延伸PCR方法拼接合成Bactenecin7基因及其相关调控元件,将目的基因克隆到穿梭载体 pMG36e中,经鉴定后电击转化乳酸菌。通过RT PCR,Western blot检测目的基因表达情况,采用琼脂扩散法对表达产物的生物活性进行初步检测。结果显示成功构建了携Bactenecin7基因的重组质粒,将重组质粒转化至乳酸菌后,该乳酸菌能有效分泌表达Bactenecin7,经体外抑菌实验证实表达产物Bactenecin7具有抑菌活性。实验表明携Bactenecin7基因的乳酸菌能有效分泌表达具有生物活性的抗菌肽Bactenecin7,为进一步研究口服重组乳酸菌进行肠道细菌感染的治疗奠定了基础。     

牛抗菌肽Bac7-Bac5融合基因在大肠杆菌中的过表达，纯化及抑菌活性

牛抗菌肽Bac7和Bac5是一种线性阳离子小分子多肽,在机体天然免疫和获得性免疫中都发挥着重要作用。本研究根据Gen bank中公布的牛抗菌肽bac7和bac5成熟肽基因序列,人工合成了融合基因Bac7-Bac5片段,克隆于原核表达载体pET32(a+)中构建了重组表达载体（pET-B7-B5）,将其转化于E coli BL21(DE3) 中实现了重组蛋白B7-B5（rB7-B5）的过表达,表达的rB7-B5以包涵体形式存在,rB7-B5表达量约占细菌总蛋白的36.6％,分子量大小为33kD,与预测大小相符。以经Ni亲和层析柱纯化和多步透析法复性的rB7-B5,对猪胸膜肺炎放线杆菌和耐药性大肠杆菌具有很好的抑菌活性,本研究为新型抗菌制剂的研制和开发奠定了基础。     

Effects of antimicrobial peptides of neutrophils on tumor and normal host cells in culture

We carried out a study of the effects of two structurally different cationic antimicrobial peptides of cathelicidin family, porcine protegrin 1 (PG1) and caprine Bac5 on selected tumor and normal mammalian cells in vitro. Protegrins are amphiphilic β-hairpin molecules having broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity due to their marked membranolytic effects. Bac5 belongs to a group of proline-rich peptides, which adopt a polyproline type II extended helix and kill microorganisms rather by a nonlytic mechanism. We have shown that while PG1 exerted distinct and fast cytotoxic effects towards most of used tumor cells being in a lesser degree toxic for nontransformed host cells; the proline-rich peptide Bac5 possessed modest cytotoxic activity for all tested cells. The toxic effects of PG1 were partially declined in the presence of 10% fetal calf serum. It was revealed that PG1 was able to interact with proteins of serpin family (as was previously established for human defensins by Panyutich at al., 1995). Pre-incubation of PG1 with α1-antitrypsin caused the decrease of the cytotoxic activity of the peptide and, on the other hand, the antiprotease activity of α1-antitrypsin was reduced after the interaction of the serpin with PG1 (while Bac5 did not affect the antiprotease activity of α1-antitrypsin). We used BODIPY FL-tagged PG1 and Bac5 to study the internalization of the labeled peptides into target cells and their intracellular distribution by confocal microscopy. Bac5-BODIPY (at 5 μ M) was rapidly taken into the cells. PG1-BODIPY at non-toxic concentrations (1—3 μM) was also able to enter the cells without their damaging. By using flow cytometry we showed that lowering a temperature to 4°C caused a significant decrease in the uptake into K562 and U937 cells for both Bac5-BODIPY and PG1-BODIPY. A decline of target cells metabolism also diminished the process of both peptides internalization but for a lesser degree. In the presence of endocytosis inhibitors the penetration of Bac5-BODIPY and PG1-BODIPY into K562 cells was also reduced, but not completely abolished, suggesting that along with endocytosis process some direct penetration of the peptides across cell membranes takes place. The ability of the peptides to internalize into eukaryotic cells may contribute to the idea of participation of AMPs in varied intracellular events, occurring in normal or malignant host cells, for instance, in the modulation of intracellular serpins activity.     

用细菌/杆状病毒系统在昆虫细胞中表达GFP与HCV抗原融合蛋白

用细菌／杆状病毒（Ｂａｃ－ｔｏ－Ｂａｃ）系统在昆虫细胞中高效表达了绿色荧光蛋白（ＧＦＰ）与ＨＣＶ抗原的双功能融合蛋白,经ＥＬＩＳＡ测定和荧光显微镜观查证实,表达产物既能发射易于检测的绿色荧光,又具有ＨＣＶ的抗原活性,实现了用绿色荧光蛋白等分子标记抗原,为免疫诊断新方法的建立打下了理论基础．     

Lipoic acid modified antimicrobial peptide with enhanced antimicrobial properties

RIWVIWRR-NH₂ (Bac8c) is a natural antimicrobial peptide (AMP) exhibiting great antibacterial activity against Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria. In this work, lipoic acid was used as a fatty acid hydrophobic ligand to modify Bac8c (LA-Bac8c) to further improve its antimicrobial properties. Minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) and minimal bactericidal concentration (MBC) assays showed that LA-Bac8c exhibited lower MIC (MBC) values against Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) than Bac8c. Similar results were reflected in the antibiofilm activity towards S. aureus and MRSA, and LA-Bac8c showed better activity to the biofilm which has been formed or is being formed. In addition to this, the obvious interaction between bacteria/biofilm and LA-Bac8c was observed by microscopy. LA-Bac8c displayed strong membrane depolarization and outer membrane permeabilizing ability, and the cell membrane treated with LA-Bac8c was destroyed to the leakage of bacteria cellular components. All these data indicated LA-Bac8c could be used as a useful antimicrobial peptide with wide application prospect.     

用Bac-to-Bac杆状病毒系统表达人生长激素

利用Bac to Bac杆状病毒载体表达系统将人生长激素 (humangrowthhormone ,hGH)基因cDNA克隆至转移载体pFastBac1中 ,得到pFastBac hGH ,再将其转化进入含穿梭载体Bacmid的受体菌DH10Bac中 ,发生转座作用 ,得到含hGH基因的重组穿梭载体rBacmid hGH .纯化DNA ,直接转染培养的昆虫细胞Sf9,得到重组病毒rAcV Bac hGH .经酶切PCR及Southern杂交鉴定 ,hGH基因正确地插入病毒基因组的多角体蛋白基因启动子下 ,SDS PAGE测得产物蛋白分子量为 2 2kD左右 .用免疫化学发光法测得转染上清中hGH表达水平可达 18μg ml ,与用传统的BEVS表达hGH相比 ,转染上清中hGH表达水平提高 4 0 0倍以上     

携带苏云金芽胞杆菌cry1Ac10基因重组杆状病毒的构建及其杀虫活性

用Bac-to-Bac系统,构建了包含极晚期基因ph启动子驱动的带有全长苏云金芽胞杆菌cryIAc10基因和完整多角体基因的重组质粒pFCP, 用该重组质粒感染昆虫Sf9细胞,得到了带有多角体和能够表达cry1Ac10基因的重组杆状病毒vFcph,并在昆虫细胞中表达了Cry1Ac10蛋白.同时构建了含cry1Ac10的穿梭载体pHTC,并分别转化大肠杆菌、枯草杆菌和苏云金杆菌晶体缺陷型菌株,结果表明此三种工程菌均表达了分子量为133.3kDa的原毒素蛋白,其中在苏云金芽胞杆菌中的表达量最高.生物测定表明重组杆状病毒vFcph的表达产物具有杀虫活性,能增加杆状病毒力,加快杆状病毒杀虫速度,说明利用杆状病毒极晚期基因启动子驱动苏云金芽胞杆菌杀虫晶体蛋白表达,从而改善杆状病毒的杀虫特性是可行的.     

杆状病毒用于哺乳动物细胞快速高效表达外源基因的研究

现已发现杆状病毒可进入某些培养的哺乳动物细胞,这提示可将杆状病毒作为一种对哺乳动物细胞的新型基因转移载体。对杆状病毒转移载体的改造及对哺乳动物细胞的基因转移方式进行了进一步的研究。以绿色荧光蛋白基因为报告基因,利用Bac-to-Bac系统构建了分别含有正向和反向CMV启动子表达盒的两种重组杆状病毒。可观察到CMV启动子在Sf9细胞中可启动报告基因的表达,但表达效率较低。用重组杆状病毒感染后Sf9细胞的培养上清直接与HepG2细胞作用,以流式细胞术检测基因转移效率及荧光表达强度,发现这两种病毒在相同的感染复数下对HepG2细胞具有相似的基因转移及表达效率。同时,利用流式细胞术进一步研究了直接使用重组杆状病毒感染4d后Sf9细胞的培养上清对哺乳动物细胞进行基因转移的方法。通过对HepG2细胞的实验结果显示,将带毒Sf9细胞培养上清(1.2×10⁷PFU/mL)用哺乳动物细胞培养基1倍稀释后,37℃下孵育靶细胞12h(moi=50),可达到较高的基因转移及表达效率,同时不会对细胞造成明显损伤。将重组杆状病毒与脂质体和逆转录病毒这两种系统对HepG2及CV1细胞的基因转移效率进行了比较,结果发现在同样未经浓缩等特殊处理的条件下重组杆状病毒对这两种细胞的基因转移效率是最高的。因此可以认为,经过适当改造后的Bac-to-Bac重组杆状病毒系统可作为一种对哺乳动物细胞简便高效的基因转移表达载体。     

piggyBac转座子介导的转基因叉尾斗鱼的构建

为探讨piggyBac转座子在鱼类动物中应用的可能性,以包含家蚕(Bombyx mori)肌动蛋白3启动子驱动的增强型绿色荧光蛋白(enhance green fluorescent protein,EGFP)基因的piggyBac质粒为载体,以及一个包含piggyBac转座酶的辅助质粒,采用显微注射的方法将其导入叉尾斗鱼(Macropodusopercularis)受精卵中,利用PCR技术证实了piggyBac转座子能够介导EGFP基因进入叉尾斗鱼基因组,并能够稳定遗传到下一代,符合孟德尔遗传规律。EGFP基因遗传到G1代的阳性鱼占交配鱼比率,即外源基因整合率为12.30%。实验证明,piggyBac质粒有可能成为水产动物转基因实验的新型载体。