传染性非典型肺炎病毒核蛋白的表达与活性检测

用PCR方法，人工合成传染性非典型肺炎病毒(SARS-CoV)核蛋白(N)全编码基因，并构建原核表达载体．在大肠杆菌中进行表达．结果重组N蛋白表达产量占菌体总蛋白的40％以上，主要以可溶形式存在．用SARS患者急性期血清进行蛋白印迹检测，表明可溶形式和包含体形式均有明显活性．包含体形式的重组蛋白经纯化后纯度可达90％以上，活性与纯化前相当，可作为SARS抗体诊断试剂盒的抗原原料．     

重组SARS冠状病毒S蛋白的原核表达研究

目的克隆表达SARS冠状病毒的主要结构蛋白(S蛋白)。方法合成SARS冠状病毒S蛋白特异性基因片断并克隆入pET32a原核表达载体,转化BL21菌,经IPTG诱导高效表达得到重组S蛋白,并通过W estern印迹对重组蛋白质进行鉴定。结果重组蛋白质经镍柱亲和层析得到了部分纯化,免疫动物后得到SARS病毒的多克隆抗体。结论经E lisa检测,表达的重组S蛋白基本具备检测病人血清中抗SARS病毒IgG和IgM的能力,可进一步用于S蛋白功能研究与SARS诊断试剂盒的研制。     

SARS病毒的S1蛋白基因的克隆、表达及其ELISA检测方法的建立

为了建立方便、敏感和特异的SARS病毒血清学诊断方法,利用PCR扩增,克隆了SARS冠状病毒S蛋白基因中从第68～918位碱基的基因序列(S1蛋白).并通过pGEX-4T1表达系统在大肠杆菌BL21中高效表达了SARS病毒S1蛋白,用超声波破碎菌体及用不同浓度的尿素洗涤包涵体,纯化了S1蛋白,纯度可达75%以上.以在E.coli高效表达的S1蛋白为抗原,以辣根过氧化物酶(HRP)标记的羊抗人IgG为二抗,建立了检测SARS抗体的间接ELISA方法.经检测,筛选出最佳反应条件为5μg/孔.用纯化的E.coli表达的抗原包被酶标板,用5 g/L的小牛血清进行封闭,以正常E.coli裂解上清液稀释待检血清.实验表明,应用表达的蛋白作为诊断SARS抗原具有特异性高、抗原易纯化和成本低等特点.     

SARS-CoV刺突蛋白受体结合区的表达及高潜在中和性人源抗体的制备

为表达SARS-CoV刺突蛋白S(Spike)受体结合区(RBD)并从中筛选高潜在中和性人源抗体,我们用原核表达并纯化的SARS-CoVSRBD进行抗体库的筛选。从多个曾患SARS的健康人血中获得淋巴细胞,PCR扩增全部抗体基因,插入Pcomb3x载体中,构建抗SARS病毒人源噬菌体抗体库。利用噬菌体表面呈现技术,从中筛选结合SARS-CoVSRBD的人源抗体并用ELISA及Westernblot鉴定阳性克隆,竞争ELISA检测人源抗体阻断SARS-CoVSRBD与其受体ACE2的结合情况。结果为构建了库容量6.2×107的免疫Fab噬菌体抗体库,重组率为75%,从中筛选获得9株特异抗SARS-CoVSRBD的人源Fab抗体,ELISA及Westernblot检测均为阳性。其中有一株能阻断SARS-CoVSRBD与其受体ACE2的结合。本实验结果表明:人源抗SARS-CoVSRBD基因工程抗体的获得,一方面将对SARS疾病的特异性预防,治疗和诊断提供新的途径,同时也提示SARS-CoV亚单位疫苗可以用于SARS疾病的预防。     

MCTD、SS和RA患者血清中SARS-CoV抗体阳性原因分析

为探讨严重急性呼吸综合征(SARS)冠状病毒(SARS-CoV)抗体在SARS病原学诊断中的特异性及其在干燥综合征(SS)、混合结缔组织病(MCTD)和类风湿性关节炎(RA)患者血清中的假阳性问题，应用酶联免疫吸附试验(ELISA)和间接免疫荧光法(IFA)检测了111例正常对照和46例SS、MCTD和RA患者血清中SARS-CoV抗体的阳性率。结果在正常对照和SS、MCTD和RA患者中，应用ELISA测定SARS-CoV抗体的阳性率分别为3．6％(4／111)和19．6％(9／46)，经IFA检测，上述SARS-CoV抗体阳性者均为阴性。提示IFA诊断SARS的特异性为100％，ELISA诊断SARS存在一定的假阳性。     

SARS冠状病毒核衣壳蛋白cDNA的克隆和原核表达载体的构建

目的克隆SARS冠状病毒核衣壳(N)蛋白.方法用RT-PCR技术克隆SARS冠状病毒N蛋白全长cDNA,cDNA经序列分析鉴定后,克隆到pET30a表达载体.结果实现了SARS冠状病毒N蛋白基因的克隆.结论可以对重组成功的pET30a-N进行进一步的应用.     

SARS-CoV棘突蛋白片段在E.coli中的表达及免疫活性分析

SARS-冠状病毒(SARS-CoV)棘突蛋白(Spike,S)是构成病毒包膜突起的主要成分,属于型膜糖蛋白,全长1255aa,在病毒入侵宿主细胞中起重要作用.本文利用生物信息学技术,界定冠状病毒SARS-CoVS蛋白的抗原决定区域,通过PCR扩增相应片段,克隆至原核表达载体pET-H,得到四个重组质粒pET-HS1、pET-HS3、pET-HS4、pET-HS5.经序列测定证实后,转化大肠杆菌BL21(DE3),IPTG诱导获得表达,产物经紫外薄层扫描显示目的蛋白占菌体细胞总蛋白量的20%~30%.经Westernblot检测,表达蛋白与恢复期SARS病人血清呈高反应原性.纯化相应蛋白免疫小鼠,所获抗血清效价达1∶3×103.与SARS诊断试剂反应呈阳性,这一工作将为进一步研究S蛋白的定位、功能及SARS诊断提供帮助.     

E-cadherin前体蛋白抗体的制备与鉴定

E-cadherin是一种重要的肿瘤转移抑制因子,它的功能异常能够导致肿瘤细胞的转移.细胞内成熟的E-cadherin由其前体蛋白剪切而成,目前还没有针对该前体蛋白的特异性抗体.为了得到能用于检测内源性E-cadherin前体蛋白(E-cadherin pre)的抗体,对E-cadherin基因用限制性内切酶PstⅠ和PvuⅡ进行双酶切,获取E-cadherin基因的N-端片段,将其重组入原核表达载体pGEX-4T-2中,在大肠杆菌BL21(DE3)菌株中表达重组蛋白,经谷胱甘肽-琼脂糖珠子纯化后,得到较高纯度的E-cadherin前体抗原.用该抗原免疫新西兰兔,获得抗血清,进一步纯化血清得到抗E-cadherinpre的多克隆抗体.用Western blot检测了外源性和内源性E-cadherin pre,发现该抗体效价高且特异性强;免疫荧光实验表明该抗体可以用于细胞染色,为深入研究E-cadherin pre在细胞内的功能奠定了基础.     

GST-UCP2-N和GST-UCP2-C原核表达载体的构建表达及多克隆抗体的制备

以pMD18-T-hucp2为模板,用设计的两对特异性的引物PCR得到hucp2cDNA N端和C端的两断基因片段,然后将其插入到pGEX-5X-1表达载体上,重组质粒在PCR、双酶切、测序鉴定后,经IPTG诱导,在大肠杆菌BL21表达大量融合蛋白GST-UCP2-N(C),经GST亲和层析纯化蛋白.以该蛋白为抗原免疫ucp2基因敲除小鼠,western blot鉴定血清中抗体的反应性.实验证明成功构建了构建pGEX-5X-1-UCP-N(C)重组质粒,表达出了融合蛋白.并获得了抗血清.为进一步获得灵敏性更高,特异性更强的UCP2的抗体打下了基础.     

Myostatin基因原核表达载体的构建及蛋白表达、纯化与鉴定

应用基因工程技术,将合成Myostatin C-末端区(330bp)的基因序列,克隆至原核表达载体pQE30,以构建人的Myostatin基因原核表达载体.构建的重组质粒pQE-Ms转染大肠杆菌宿主菌DH5α后,IPTG诱导表达重组蛋白.应用SDS-PAGE电泳和Western Blot分析和鉴定了重组蛋白的特异性,并用镍离子亲和色谱柱层析进行目的蛋白的纯化与鉴定.结果表明:重组质粒pQE-Ms酶切和测序结果与预期相符,SDS-PAGE电泳和Western Blot证实表达蛋白为目的蛋白,蛋白表达形式为包涵体,经镍离子螯合亲和层析柱纯化及鉴定,确定实验获得了高纯度的目的蛋白,为人体血清中Myostatin蛋白表达的检测及特异性抗体制备等研究提供了实验依据.     

Dissection of SARS Coronavirus Spike Protein into Discrete Folded Fragments

Introduction Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV), which is the causative agent of the atypical pneumonia, was first identified in the fall of 2002 to be a previously unknown member of the family of coronaviruses[1]. The rapid transmis…     

A DNA vaccine induces SARS coronavirus neutralization and protective immunity in mice

Public health measures have successfully identified and contained outbreaks of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) coronavirus (SARS-CoV), but concerns remain over the possibility of future recurrences. Finding a vaccine for this virus therefore remains a high priority. Here, we show that a DNA vaccine encoding the spike (S) glycoprotein of the SARS-CoV induces T cell and neutralizing antibody responses, as well as protective immunity, in a mouse model. Alternative forms of S were analysed by DNA immunization. These expression vectors induced robust immune responses mediated by CD4 and CD8 cells, as well as significant antibody titres, measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Moreover, antibody responses in mice vaccinated with an expression vector encoding a form of S that includes its transmembrane domain elicited neutralizing antibodies. Viral replication was reduced by more than six orders of magnitude in the lungs of mice vaccinated with these S plasmid DNA expression vectors, and protection was mediated by a humoral but not a T-cell-dependent immune mechanism. Gene-based vaccination for the SARS-CoV elicits effective immune responses that generate protective immunity in an animal model.     

淋巴囊肿病病毒主要衣壳蛋白1.3 kb基因片段的原核表达

取淋巴囊肿病病毒感染牙鲆组织,蛋白酶K裂解,PCR法成功获得了淋巴囊肿病病毒主要衣壳蛋白1.3 kb基因片段.构建其原核表达载体,IPTG诱导表达.结果表明,该融合蛋白分子量约70 kD,可与抗LCDV多克隆血清特异反应.为LCDV基因工程疫苗的研制奠定了实验基础.     

多肽的表面展示与结构库

表面展示是一种新的基因操作技术,它使表达的多肽以融合蛋白形式展现在噬菌体或细胞表面,保持相对独立的空间结构和生物活性。该技术可用于研究多肽(蛋白质)的性质、相互识别和作用,并据此从巨大展示库中选择特定靶功能的多肽结构。常用丝状噬菌体、T₄噬菌体、λ噬菌体以及细胞构建表面展示系统。表面展示库包括重组噬菌体抗体库、随机短肽库、多肽构象库、cDNA展示库和基因突变体展示库。表面展示技术可用于人工抗体和疫苗的制备、抗原决定簇的定位、蛋白质相互作用位点的确定、特异调节分子的分离、细胞表面工程的研究、多肽药物的研制,以及生物分子实验定向进化等研究。     

Reovirus, isolated from SARS patients

Beijing has been severely affected by SARS, and SARS-associated coronavirus has been confirmed as its cause. However, clinical and experimental evidence implicates the possibility of co-infection. In this report, reovirus was isolated from throat swabs of SARS patients, including the first case in Beijing and her mother. Identification with the electron microscopy revealed the characteristic features of reovirus. 24 of 38 samples from other SARS cases were found to have serologic responses to the reovirus. Primers designed for reovirus have amplified several fragments of DNA, one of which was sequenced (S2 gene fragment), which indicates it as a unique reovirus (orthoreovirus). Preliminary animal experiment showed that inoculation of the reovirus in mice caused death with atypical pneumonia. Nevertheless, the association of reovirus with SARS outbreak requires to be further investigated.     

Genome sequence variation analysis of two SARS coronavirus isolates after passage in Vero cell culture

SARS coronavirus is an RNA virus whose replication is error-prone, which provides possibility for escape of host defenses, and even leads to evolution of new viral strains during the passage or the transmission. Lots of variations have been detected among different SARS-CoV strains. And a study on these variations is helpful for development of efficient vaccine. Moreover, the test of nucleic acid characterization and genetic stability of SARS-CoV is important in the research of inactivated vaccine. The whole genome sequences of two SARS coronavirus strains after passage in Vero cell culture were determined and were compared with those of early passages, respectively. Results showed that both SAPS coronavirus strains have high genetic stability, although nearly 10 generations were passed. Four nucleotide variations were observed between the second passage and the llth passage of Sinol strain for identification of SARS inactivated vaccine. Moreover, only one nucleotide was different between the third passage and the 10th passage of Sino3 strain for SARS inactivated vaccine. Therefore, this study suggested it was possible to develop inactivated vaccine against SARS-CoV in the future.     

Protein Subcellular Localization Prediction and Genomic Polymorphism Analysis of the SARS Coronavirus

Introduction In March 2003, a novel coronavirus (CoV) was dis-covered in association with the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)[1-3]. The complete genome sequence of several SARS-CoV isolates was soon determined and characterized[4,5]. Comparison of variant SARS-CoV genome sequences has identified certain genetic signatures that can be used to trace sources of infection[6]. Vaccines are now being devel-oped and molecular modeling has suggested that modi-fied rhinovir…     

Cloning and expression in E. coli of the malarial sporozoite surface antigen gene from Plasmodium knowlesi

The malarial sporozoite, the infective stage found in the salivary gland of the insect vector, bears highly immunogenic surface antigen(s). Repeated exposure to irradiated sporozoites induces protection against malaria in several host species, including man. Further, monoclonal antibodies that confer passive immunity react with the immunogenic surface determinants of different sporozoite species. One approach to prevent malaria, therefore, would be to produce a vaccine that induces high titres of circulating antibodies against the sporozoite surface determinant(s). However, production of such a vaccine has not been possible since sporozoites cannot be cultivated in vitro and, therefore, only limited amounts of surface antigen may be obtained. To overcome this problem, we have prepared mRNA from Plasmodium knowlesi-infected mosquitoes to construct a cDNA library. From this library we have isolated a clone that expresses the sporozoite surface antigen as a beta-lactamase fusion protein in the plasmid pBR322. This is the first potentially protective malarial antigen to be cloned by recombinant DNA technology.