噬菌体展示禽流感病毒抗原变异性基因片段文库的构建

构建T7噬菌体展示禽流感病毒抗原变异性基因片段文库. 首先， 从Gene Bank中查找筛选禽流感病毒抗原变异性基因, 将其截短、 修饰、 简并后得到禽流感病毒抗原变异性基因微阵列. 其次， 将合成的禽流感病毒抗原变异性基因片段文库扩增、 酶切, 链接到双酶切后的T7噬菌体载体基因上, 构成重组噬菌体DNA. 最后， 重组噬菌体DNA经体外包装和扩增, 得到T7噬菌体展示文库, 并进行T7噬菌体展示文库滴度、 重组率和免疫活性测定. 实验结果表明, 从Gene Bank中查找、 筛选、 剪切和修饰共获得96 258条序列构建T7噬菌体展示文库, 原始文库滴度为3.6×107个菌落/mL, 重组率大于90%. 用禽流感病毒H5N1抗体进行捕获, 经聚合酶链式反应(PCR)鉴定, 得到理想目的条带, 证明噬菌体表面展示蛋白具有抗原活性, 可用于禽流感病毒感染患者的快速检测及抗原表位筛选.     

Sequence similarity analysis of non-self CTL epitopes and mouse proteins using sequence alignment

This research analyzed amino acid sequence similarity between non-self T cell epitopes recognized by mouse antibodies and mouse proteins. Using sequence alignment,we found that only 8 of 1 108 epitopes are highly similar to mouse protein sequences. The result shows that non-self T cell epitopes are not similar or have little similarity to mouse protein sequences. Furthermore,reviewing the related literature,we also found that the eight epitopes would trigger immune responses in some particular environment,which are ignored by T cells in normal condition. The result suggests that no or low-similarity peptide vaccines can reduce the chance of collateral cross-reactions and enhance the antigen-specific immune response to vaccine.     

Pathogenesis of Plasmodium falciparum malaria: the roles of parasite adhesion and antigenic variation

Malaria results in up to 2.5 million deaths annually, with young children and pregnant women at greatest risk. The great majority of severe disease is caused by Plasmodium falciparum. A characteristic feature of infection with P. falciparum is the accumulation or sequestration of parasite-infected red blood cells (RBCs) in various organs, such as the brain, lung and placenta, and together with other factors is important in the pathogenesis of severe forms of malaria. Sequestration results from adhesive interactions between parasite-derived proteins expressed on the surface of infected RBCs and a number of host molecules on the surface of endothelial cells, placental cells and uninfected RBCs. Some receptors for parasite adhesion have been implicated in particular malaria syndromes, such as intercellular adhesion molecule 1 in cerebral malaria and chondroitin sulfate A and hyaluronic acid in placental infection. The principal parasite ligand and antigen on the RBC surface, P. falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein 1 encoded by a multigene family termed var, is clonally variant, enabling evasion of specific immune responses. An understanding of these host-parasite interactions in the context of clinical disease and immunity may reveal potential targets to prevent or treat severe forms of malaria. Received 25 June 2001; received after revision 22 August 2001; accepted 24 August 2001     

小麦GLB1蛋白单克隆抗体的制备及鉴定

以小麦主要过敏原Glb-1蛋白为免疫原免疫BALB/c小鼠,取免疫小鼠脾细胞与小鼠骨髓瘤NS-1细胞融合。采用细胞融合和有限稀释法相结合的方法快速筛选获得稳定分泌的特异性杂交瘤细胞株,用杂交瘤细胞株诱生小鼠腹水并用蛋白A亲和层析法纯化抗体后检测。采用间接ELISA法鉴定该单克隆抗体的IgG亚型;通过间接ELISA鉴定该单克隆抗体的特性和交叉性。利用双单抗夹心ELISA法检测单抗的抗原表位特异性。结果表明:共获得4株可稳定分泌小鼠抗小麦主要过敏原Glb-1蛋白的单克隆抗体,分别命名为1C4、4H5、1A9、4F5,经检测其Ig亚型均为IgG1,且4株单抗效价均在10-9以上。ELISA结果分析表明该4株单抗均能特异性识别小麦主要过敏原Glb-1蛋白且和其他常见食物无交叉反应性。将4株单抗两两配对进行ELISA实验,结果发现1C4与4H5可能有不同的抗原表位,以此建立的双抗夹心ELISA系统可以检测小麦Glb1-G3蛋白。实验成功制备了鼠抗小麦主要过敏原Glb-1蛋白抗原的单克隆抗体,并且建立了双单抗夹心ELISA检测系统,为小麦主要过敏原蛋白的检测奠定了基础。     

HIV-1外膜蛋白原核表达载体的构建与表达

为原核表达免疫缺陷病毒(human immunodeficiency virus,HIV)外膜蛋白,对HIV-1外膜蛋白的基因进行了修饰,并利用PCR技术克隆env基因,将env基因克隆到原核表达载体中,利用大肠杆菌表达系统表达外膜蛋白,应用Western blotting检测其表达情况.结果表明:酶切鉴定证实正确地构建了pRSETB表达质粒,Western blotting和SDS-PAGE试验检测结果表明,构建后的env基因能在低温诱导的条件下表达.产物的相对分子质量为50000和33000,表达的env蛋白具有较好的免疫原性.     

加权贝叶斯线性B细胞表位特征提取方法

特征提取方法对线性B细胞表位预测起到非常重要的作用,但贝叶斯特征提取方法忽略了氨基酸之间的相互关系.为了更准确地描述表位序列的关系,提出一种基于氨基酸对量表加权的贝叶斯特征提取方法,该方法对单个氨基酸在序列分布的基础上充分考虑了氨基酸之间的关系,并使用支持向量机作为分类器进行分类.在El-Manzalawy,Saha数据集上的测试表明改进的贝叶斯特征提取方法.相比传统的贝叶斯特征提取方法,提取精度有一定的提升.     

Down-regulation of αGal epitopes by co-transfection of α1,3-galactosidase gene and α1,2–fucosyltransferase gene

The polycarbohydrate structure of Galα1- 3Ga1β1-4GluNAc-R （known as αGal epitopes of xenoantigen）, produced by α1-3-galactosyltransferase （α1,3-GT） in the course of animal development, is the major xenoantigen on the cell surface of porcine which causes hyperacute rejection in pig-to-human xenotransplantation. Alpha-1,3-galactosidase （AGL）, a hydrolytic enzyme, can remove the terminal α1,3-galactosyi from the Galα1-3Galβ1-4GluNAc-R structure resulting in cleaning αGai epitopes from the porcine cells. Aipha-1,2-fucosyitransferase （HT） can modify the surface carbohydrate phenotype of porcine cells, bringing about reduction of αGai epitopes expression. In this study, human AGL and HT gene were co-transfected to porcine fetal fibroblast （PFFb） in equimolar concentration to reduce the xenoantigen. Gene and protein of hAGL and HT were both detected to express at high level by RT-PCR and Western blot, respectively. There was an 84% reduction in αGai xenoantigen and an 82% increase in H antigen as assayed by flow cytometry in the AGL and HT gene co-transfected PFFb. The number and morphology of transgenic PFFb chromosome were normal. Findings indicate that Galα1-3Gal epitopes of PFFb could be down regulated by AGL and HT co-transfection without deleterious effects on the chromosomal profile of the transgenic ceil.