HCV NS3/4A丝氨酸蛋白酶在大肠杆菌中表达、纯化

在大肠杆菌中HCV NS3/4A丝氨酸蛋白酶获得表达并进行纯化.根据NS3与NS4A两者形成异源二聚体的结构要求,并参照文献,通过基因拼接的方法设计了单链NS3/4A丝氨酸蛋白酶的基因.合成相应引物,利用反转录PCR从HCV患者血液中扩增出该蛋白酶的编码基因,克隆入原核表达载体pRSET-A,将重组表达质粒pRSET-A-ns3/4a转化BL211(DE3)大肠杆菌,并诱导表达与纯化.成功地构建了重组表达质粒pRSET-A-ns3/4a;重组质粒转化的BL21工程菌经IPTG诱导表达后,表达产物经SDS-PAGE和western-h1ot证实为NS3/4A丝氨酸蛋白酶,并用镍离子亲和层析方法获得纯化蛋白酶.获得的纯化NS3/4A丝氨酸蛋白酶为建立其酶活性测定系统奠定了基础.     

鞣花酸衍生物的合成及抑制HCV NS3蛋白酶活性

从中草药叶下珠中活性追踪、提取出具有体外抑制HCV NS3丝氨酸蛋白酶活性的先导化合物——鞣花酸,进而化学合成鞣花酸的衍生物并用NMR和MS确定结构;采用ELISA法测定了所合成鞣花酸衍生物体外抑制HCV-NS3丝氨酸蛋白酶的活性.     

丙型肝炎病毒NS5A分子及其干扰素敏感决定区的研究进展

丙型肝炎病毒(HCV)是慢性肚炎的主要病因之一，其基因组为单股正链RNA，NSA是划HCV编码的一种非结构蛋白。位于HCV NS5A区的干扰素敏感决定区(ISDR)，与肝细胞中RNA依赖性蛋白激酶(PKR)之间的相互作用，可能决定着HCV对干扰素（IFN-α）的敏感性。     

HCV非结构区NS3-5B蛋白的真核表达载体构建及其在BHK-21细胞中的表达

通过PCR方法扩增出HCV NS3-5b全长基因序列,克隆入真核表达载体pIRES2-EGFP中,构建重组质粒pIRES2-EGFP-NS3-5b。利用脂质体将该质粒转染至BHK-21细胞,通过荧光成像和Western Blot检测NS3-5b基因的表达。结果显示成功构建了真核表达质粒pIRES2-EGFP-NS3-5b,并且NS3/4A蛋白和NS5B蛋白得到特异性表达,为下一步建立HCV RdRp活性的细胞评价系统和动物模型评价系统奠定了实验和理论基础。     

流感病毒NS1蛋白在复制中的作用研究

流感病毒NS1基因敲除毒株(delNS1毒株)的获得可以使我们建立更有效的生物学关系,主要表现在流感病毒繁殖周期和致病的过程中,流感病毒NS1蛋白和双链RNA活性蛋白激酶(PKR)之间的生物学关系.实验结果表明,缺少功能性的PKR可以使delNS1毒株在其他非允许宿主中繁殖,这表明流感病毒NS1蛋白的主要功能是对抗或阻止PKR调解抗病毒效应.     

利用质谱技术鉴定寨卡病毒非结构蛋白NS1的细胞内相互作用蛋白

寨卡病毒(Zika Virus)属于黄病毒科中的黄病毒属,虽然很早就已经被人类所发现,但是一直到2015年在南美巴西的大规模爆发,才引起了广泛的关注.寨卡病毒对人类的感染往往引起包括小头畸形和格林-巴利综合征在内的多种症状.寨卡病毒的基因组为单链正链RNA,其基因组可以编码翻译并剪切加工出3个结构蛋白,分别为膜蛋白,囊膜蛋白和核衣壳蛋白,以及7个非结构蛋白(NS1, NS2A, NS2B, NS3, NS4A, NS4B, NS5).相关研究已经证明,NS1蛋白与同属黄病毒属的登革病毒的发病有紧密的联系,而且根据其蛋白结构推测其可能与寨卡病毒穿越血脑屏障有关.因此鉴别NS1与细胞内的相互作用蛋白对于发现寨卡病毒在细胞内的转运,转录,以及装配都有重大的意义.在此,该课题构建并在HEK293细胞中表达包含Flag和Strep两种标签的NS1融合蛋白,通过免疫沉淀的方法将与NS1结合的蛋白利用标签蛋白进行分离,利用高分辨生物质谱技术,对蛋白进行分析鉴定.通过分别带有Flag与Strep标签的相互作用蛋白分析,发现了16个两种标签共同的结合蛋白,其进一步的通路分析证明这些蛋白于与病毒转录、病毒复制和免疫反应多个通路有关,相关的研究结果为今后进一步研究寨卡病毒的复制机制以及开发抗病毒药物提供了重要的参考价值.     

应用定点突变技术进行流感病毒NS1蛋白功能的研究

目的流感病毒NS1基因敲除毒株(delNS1毒株)的获得可以使我们建立更有效的生物学关系,主要表现在流感病毒繁殖周期和致病的过程中,流感病毒NS1蛋白和双链RNA活性蛋白激酶(PKR)之间的生物学关系.资料表明,缺少功能性的PKR可以使delNS1毒株在其他非允许宿主中繁殖,这表明流感病毒NS1蛋白的主要功能是对抗或阻止PKR调解抗病毒效应.因此,本实验为了证明流感病毒NS1蛋白对其复制和毒力的影响.方法应用定点突变技术进行流感病毒NS1基因的第38位和第41位氨基酸残基位点的定点突变;然后进行细胞转染包装成新的缺陷病毒;再对其进行转染后产量的测定,如TCID50和PFU.结果包装成的缺陷病毒与包装成的非缺陷病毒相比,缺陷病毒的TCID50和PFU明显下降.结论本实验证明了流感病毒NS1蛋白在流感病毒复制过程中,使其产量和毒力下降.     

HCV非结构基因NS5分子生物学研究进展

丙型肝炎病毒(HCV)非结构基因5(NSS)区是RNA依赖的RNA聚合酶(RDRP)及一种磷蛋白的编码区,与HCV的复制、致病及抗药性关系密切。就HCV NS5区有关的分子生物学研究进展进行了综述。     

H5N1亚型禽流感病毒NS1基因的克隆及原核表达

克隆、表达和纯化禽流感病毒H5N1 NS1基因序列,为筛选与NS1相互作用的宿主蛋白以及深入研究NS1蛋白的功能打下基础.根据GenBank中收录的H5N1亚型禽流感病毒NS1基因序列,设计并合成一对特异性引物,利用RT-PCR方法扩增AIV NS1基因,将酶切处理后的基因片段定向克隆到原核表达载体pET-28a载体上,经酶切分析及序列测定正确后,鉴定出NS1基因的阳性重组子.阳性质粒转化大肠杆菌BL21(DE3)感受态细胞,用1 mmol/L IPTG诱导表达,表达产物进行SDS-PAGE检测,获得预期蛋白的表达,通过Ni-NTA树脂蛋白纯化系统对NS1蛋白进行纯化.结果成功克隆H5N1亚型AIV的NSl基因,其核苷酸序列长度为678 bp,重组蛋白在大肠杆菌中可以高效表达,SDS-PAGE显示其相对分子质量与预计大小一致,表达产物在上清及包涵体中均有表达.经纯化,目的蛋白纯度高达90%,成功表达纯化出28KD的NS1融合蛋白并鉴定其免疫学活性.成功克隆和表达了禽流感病毒H5N1 NS1基因序列,为进一步研究NS1蛋白的生物学功能奠定了坚实基础.     

致病性不同的两种流感病毒NS1蛋白对人源细胞IFN-β转录抑制的比较

A型流感病毒编码的NS1蛋白是病毒关键的致病因子,可以通过多种机制拮抗宿主抗病毒反应.病毒感染过程中,NS1通过抑制NF-κB和IRF3两种转录因子的活性,下调IFN-β转录水平以阻断其诱导的信号通路.实验选取病毒母本致病性不同的两种NS1蛋白(NS1-a,NS1-h),通过RT-PCR、报告基因和VSV病毒滴度等实验证明高致病性禽流感病毒NS1-a与普通人流感病毒NS1-h相比,表现出较强的抑制IFN-β转录能力,并有效帮助VSV病毒复制.此差异源于NS1-a更加有效抑制NF-κB活性以及IRF3激活后的入核行为,与IFN诱导的ISG转录无关.所得结果为阐释流感病毒致病性与NS1的密切关系提供线索.     

Searching for more effective HCV NS3 protease inhibitors via modification of corilagin

Corilagin was seperated from extract of Phyllanthus urinaria L. and used as the precursor of inhibitors of hepatitis C virus (HCV) NS3 serine protease. Six derivatives were obtained through the chemical modification of corilagin and their structures were elucidated by the spectra analysis. Bioassay of these compounds showed that two of them had improved inhibitory efficiency than the precursor, with IC₅₀ values of 2.28 μmol/L and 1.52 μmol/L, respectively. The binding mode of two active compounds with substrate binding site of HCV NS3 protease was also investigated by molecular docking method.     

Antiviral compounds and one new iridoid glycoside from Cornus officinalis

From Cornus officinalis Sieb. et Zucc., bioassay-guided fractionation led to the isolation of four active tannin compounds with high effectiveness of inhibiting Hepatitis C virus NS3 serine protease in vitro. The compounds are: 1,2,3,6-tetragalloyl-β-D-glucopyranose (1), 1,2,3,4,6- pentagalloyl-β-D-glucopyranose (2), Tellimagrandin Ⅰ (3) and Tellimagrandin Ⅱ (4). The four compounds could inhibit HCV NS3 protease in vitro with IC50 values of 6.98, 5.11, 7.0 and 4.8 μmol/L respectively. In addition, a new iridoid glycoside (5) was also isolated from Cornus officinalis Sieb. et Zucc., which was assigned to be 7-O-butyl morroniside by spectroscopic analysis.     

丙型肝炎病毒NS3基因真核质粒的构建及其在人肝细胞中的诱导表达

目的：进行丙型肝炎病毒非结构蛋白3基因真核表达载体的构建,并分析其在体外培养的人肝细胞中的表达。方法：从含有丙肝病毒全长基因的重组质粒pBRTM／HCV1-3011表达载体中PCR扩增出HCVNS3基因片段,将其与表达载体pcDNA3．1（-）重组,得到重组的真核表达载体pcDNA3．1（-）／NS3。然后采用阳离子多聚体将其转染人肝细胞QSG7701,以免疫组织化学SP法及Western Blotting检测HCVNS3蛋白的表达。结果：所得到的NS3片段正确,序列正确,所构建的真核质粒成功转染QSG7701细胞并表达蛋白,表达的NS3蛋白相对分子质量为70000。结论：成功构建了丙型肝炎病毒非结构蛋白3基因的真核表达载体pcDNA3．1（-）／NS3,并且该载体在体外培养的人肝细胞中能有效表达特异性HCVNS3蛋白。     

An NS3 protease inhibitor with antiviral effects in humans infected with hepatitis C virus

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a serious cause of chronic liver disease worldwide with more than 170 million infected individuals at risk of developing significant morbidity and mortality. Current interferon-based therapies are suboptimal especially in patients infected with HCV genotype 1, and they are poorly tolerated, highlighting the unmet medical need for new therapeutics. The HCV-encoded NS3 protease is essential for viral replication and has long been considered an attractive target for therapeutic intervention in HCV-infected patients. Here we identify a class of specific and potent NS3 protease inhibitors and report the evaluation of BILN 2061, a small molecule inhibitor biologically available through oral ingestion and the first of its class in human trials. Administration of BILN 2061 to patients infected with HCV genotype 1 for 2 days resulted in an impressive reduction of HCV RNA plasma levels, and established proof-of-concept in humans for an HCV NS3 protease inhibitor. Our results further illustrate the potential of the viral-enzyme-targeted drug discovery approach for the development of new HCV therapeutics.     

Structure of the catalytic domain of the hepatitis C virus NS2-3 protease

Hepatitis C virus is a major global health problem affecting an estimated 170 million people worldwide. Chronic infection is common and can lead to cirrhosis and liver cancer. There is no vaccine available and current therapies have met with limited success. The viral RNA genome encodes a polyprotein that includes two proteases essential for virus replication. The NS2-3 protease mediates a single cleavage at the NS2/NS3 junction, whereas the NS3-4A protease cleaves at four downstream sites in the polyprotein. NS3-4A is characterized as a serine protease with a chymotrypsin-like fold, but the enzymatic mechanism of the NS2-3 protease remains unresolved. Here we report the crystal structure of the catalytic domain of the NS2-3 protease at 2.3 A resolution. The structure reveals a dimeric cysteine protease with two composite active sites. For each active site, the catalytic histidine and glutamate residues are contributed by one monomer, and the nucleophilic cysteine by the other. The carboxy-terminal residues remain coordinated in the two active sites, predicting an inactive post-cleavage form. Proteolysis through formation of a composite active site occurs in the context of the viral polyprotein expressed in mammalian cells. These features offer unexpected insights into polyprotein processing by hepatitis C virus and new opportunities for antiviral drug design.     

HCV全长cDNA细胞培养适应性突变体的构建及其体外转录制备感染性RNA的研究

运用重叠延伸PCR方法对HCV全长基因组cDNANS3和NS5A上的E1202G、T1280I和S2197P进行细胞培养适应性突变,构建含有细胞培养适应性突变的HCV全长基因组cDNA,体外转录制备RNA,脂质体法转染人肝癌细胞Huh-7,以RT-PCR检测HCV正、负链RNA,间接免疫荧光法和Western blot检测细胞内HCVNS3蛋白的表达。结果证明,转染后细胞内可间断检测到HCV正、负链RNA及HCVNS3蛋白的表达,且突变体RNA与未突变的HCVRNA相比,明显具有更高的复制效率和蛋白表达。该研究为后续HCV体外培养体系的研究提供了可在细胞内高效自主复制的HCV病毒模板。     

Structure of the zinc-binding domain of an essential component of the hepatitis C virus replicase

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a human pathogen affecting nearly 3% of the world's population. Chronic infections can lead to cirrhosis and liver cancer. The RNA replication machine of HCV is a multi-subunit membrane-associated complex. The non-structural protein NS5A is an active component of HCV replicase, as well as a pivotal regulator of replication and a modulator of cellular processes ranging from innate immunity to dysregulated cell growth. NS5A is a large phosphoprotein (56-58 kDa) with an amphipathic alpha-helix at its amino terminus that promotes membrane association. After this helix region, NS5A is organized into three domains. The N-terminal domain (domain I) coordinates a single zinc atom per protein molecule. Mutations disrupting either the membrane anchor or zinc binding of NS5A are lethal for RNA replication. However, probing the role of NS5A in replication has been hampered by a lack of structural information about this multifunctional protein. Here we report the structure of NS5A domain I at 2.5-A resolution, which contains a novel fold, a new zinc-coordination motif and a disulphide bond. We use molecular surface analysis to suggest the location of protein-, RNA- and membrane-interaction sites.