Cloning and expression of bovine and porcine interleukin-2 in baculovirus and analysis of species cross-reactivity

The cDNAs encoding bovine and porcine interleukin-2 (IL-2) have been expressed using the baculovirus Autographa californica nuclear polyhedrosis virus as a vector in insect cells. Insect cells infected with recombinant viruses secreted bovine and porcine IL-2 into the culture medium, with biological activities for maintaining the proliferation of homologous cells. When the activities of these two IL-2 proteins and commercially available human IL-2 were tested on heterologous cells differences were found. Recombinant bovine (rb)IL-2 only supported the growth of bovine lymphocytes and was not active on human, mouse or porcine lymphocytes. Recombinant porcine (rp)IL-2 and recombinant human (rh)IL-2 supported the proliferation of human, bovine, porcine and murine cells. However, the proliferative response of human lymphocytes to rpIL-2 was only 50% of that seen with rhIL-2. Sequence differences at the predicted p55 and p75 contact binding sites may explain this.     

High level expression and purification of bioactive bovine interleukin-18 using a baculovirus system

Bioactive recombinant bovine interleukin-18 (rboIL-18) was expressed using a baculovirus system. Normally, IL-18 is translated as a precursor form of a 24kDa polypeptide and processed by IL-1beta converting enzyme (ICE) to a mature bioactive form of 18kDa protein. Hence, to express active form IL-18, we constructed two recombinant baculoviruses containing boIL-18 and human ICE (hICE) genes, respectively, and superinfected these viruses into insect cells. Superinfection of both recombinant viruses into the cells resulted in the expression of a 24kDa precursor form and an 18kDa mature form detectable in the supernatant by immunoblotting using anti-porcine IL-18 antibody. Culture supernatant from the superinfected cells showed a synergistic effect with recombinant boIL-12 for production of interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) in bovine peripheral mononuclear cells. By addition of histidine hexamer at the C-terminal of boIL-18, the mature IL-18 was purified. Bioactivity remained after purification.     

Establishment of a large-scale purification procedure for purified recombinant bovine interferon-tau produced by a silkworm-baculovirus gene expression system

We developed a procedure for the large-scale purification of bovine interferon-tau (boIFN-tau) by means of a silkworm-baculovirus gene expression system. Recombinant boIFN-tau (rboIFN-tau) was efficiently produced in the silkworm infected with boIFN-tau cDNA recombinant baculovirus and accumulated in the haemolymph. To establish a purification method suitable for mass production, we tried three crude purification methods, namely, an acidification and neutralization treatment (ANT), silica gel column chromatography (SGCC), and Blue sepharose column chromatography (BSCC) with a combination of Q-sepharose (QSC) and chelating sepharose column chromatographies (CSCC). As a result, the acidification and neutralization treatment was found to be the most efficient and cost effective. With this combination, we obtained 91% pure products. To confirm the applicability of the procedure for mass production, we inoculated 100 silkworms with the recombinant virus, and recovered about 4.55 mg (1.26 x 10(8)U/mg) of 91% pure rboIFN-tau by means of a combination of the ANT, followed by QSC and CSCC.     

Cloning and Eukaryotic Expression Plasmid Construction of Porcine Interleukin-18 Gene

To obtain recombinant eukaryotic expression plasmid of porcine interleukin-18(IL-18), the whole gene of porcine IL-18 gene was amplified from porcine spleen, lung and lymph nodes by RT-PCR and cloned into eukaryotic expression vector pZJ-1. The recombinant expression plasmid pZJ-IL-18 were identified by enzyme digestion and sequencing analysis, and was transfected into 293T cells.The expression of IL-18 was detected by Real-time PCR and Western blotting in both gene and protein levels. The results showed that the eukaryotic expression plasmid of porcine IL-18 was constructed and could express transiently in 293T cells. Western blotting result confirmed that porcine IL-18 polyclonal antibody could react specifically with approximately 17 ku expression products,and indicated that IL-18 could express correctly and be responsive.This study constructed the eukaryotic expression plasmid of porcine IL-18 gene which could express transiently in 293T cells, and laid the foundation for studying function of IL-18.     

猪白细胞介素18基因的克隆及真核表达重组质粒的构建

为获得表达猪白细胞介素18（interleukin-18,IL-18）的真核表达重组质粒,试验通过RT-PCR从猪脾脏、肺脏和淋巴结组织中扩增猪IL-18全基因并定向克隆到真核表达载体pZJ-1,测序分析和酶切鉴定正确后,转染至293T细胞中,并通过实时荧光定量PCR和Western blotting分别在基因和蛋白水平检测IL-18的表达。结果表明,试验成功构建了真核表达重组质粒pZJ-IL-18,且可以在293T细胞中表达IL-18基因。Western blotting试验证实,猪IL-18多克隆抗体能与约17 ku的表达产物发生特异性反应,表明IL-18能正确表达且具有反应原性。本试验构建了表达猪IL-18基因的真核表达质粒,并在293T细胞中瞬时表达,为进一步研究IL-18的功能奠定基础。     

Cloning and expression of goat interleukin-18 gene

We isolated and sequenced a 480 bp cDNA encoding mature goat interleukin-18 (gIL-18) from alveolar macrophages and splenocytes activated with LPS by RT-PCR. The gIL-18 gene was cloned into pET32a (+) vectors and sequenced. Nucleotide sequence of gIL-18 shares high homology with cattle. Fusional expression with pET32a (+) of gIL-18 of about 38kD was obtained by SDS-PAGE analysis after induction by IPTG in the E. Coli BL21 expression system. The recombinant protein can induce IFN-gamma production in PBMC. The IL-18 mRNA was constitutively detected in goat alveolar macrophages with or without LPS, While, enhanced expression was detected in splenocytes and liver cells if treated by LPS, and can be weakly detected in Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) treated by activators. Significant deference of IL-18 mRNA level may reflect the capacity to produce mature IL-18 in such tissues.     

苏芸金杆菌与核型多角体病毒对家蚕的联合致病作用

初步研究了苏芸金杆菌(Bacillusthuringiensis,B.t)和家蚕核型多角体病毒(Bombyxmorinuclearpolyhedrosisvirus,BmNPV)对家蚕的联合致病作用。结果表明,BmNPV可增强B.t的毒力,增效作用显著;3.6×104、1.2×105mL-1B.t可增强BmNPV的毒力;与单独感染相比,B.t与BmNPV联合感染可缩短LT500.1～2.1d,加速家蚕死亡。     

鸡IL-18酵母表达载体的构建及表达条件的优化

应用PCR技术从含有罗曼鸡白介素18全长基因质粒pMD18-T-ChIL-18中扩增出鸡IL-18成熟肽基因,亚克隆于毕赤酵母表达载体pPICZαA上,构建了重组质粒pPICZαA-ChIL-18。经酶切、PCR和测序鉴定正确后,电转化入毕赤酵母菌X-33,筛选多拷贝单克隆进行诱导表达,并进一步分析了培养液pH值、诱导剂浓度、诱导时间和诱导温度对重组菌表达水平的影响,从而获得最优化的表达条件。结果表明,重组毕赤酵母菌能够表达鸡IL-18,且在培养液pH6.0,甲醇诱导浓度1.5%,诱导温度26℃的条件下诱导96 h,目的蛋白的表达量最高,可占菌体总蛋白的60.2%。本文为鸡IL-18的规模化发酵生产奠定了基础。     

猪α干扰素在杆状病毒中表达及其对PRRSV的抑制作用

猪α干扰素具有抗病毒作用,临床上具有广阔的应用前景.为获得重组猪α干扰素,本研究应用Bac-to-Bac杆状病毒/昆虫细胞表达系统,将编码成熟猪α干扰素基因插入供体质粒pFastBac~(TM) Ⅰ多克隆位点,置于pH启动子控制下,在C端融合6个组氨酸标签以利于纯化.将重组转移栽体质粒转化DH10感受态细胞获得重组穿梭质粒rBacmid,转染对数生长期的Sf9昆虫细胞获得重组杆状病毒.重组蛋白通过间接免疫荧光、Western-blotting证明在重组杆状病毒感染的昆虫细胞中获得表达.镍亲和层析柱纯化的重组蛋白经SDS-PAGE电泳相对分子质量为19 000.通过在猪肾细胞(PK-15)上抑制猪水泡性口炎病毒(VSV)致病变作用检测其抗病毒活性为9.67×10~4 U/mL.昆虫培养上清及细胞裂解液经2~8稀释在Mare-145细胞上能够抑制猪蓝耳病病毒增殖.从而为进一步作为抗病毒药物应用于猪疫病的防治研究奠定了基础.     

Production of biologically active, heterodimeric porcine interleukin-12 using a monocistronic baculoviral expression system

A baculoviral expression system for the production of biologically active, heterodimeric interleukin (IL)-12 was developed by utilizing foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) self-cleaving peptide, 2A. Recombinant porcine IL-12 (rpoIL-12) was produced by insect cells after infection with recombinant baculoviruses expressing the gene encoding a fusion protein of p35 and p40 subunits of IL-12 connected with 2A. By reducing and non-reducing SDS-PAGE analyses, it was demonstrated that rpoIL-12 had a heterodimeric structure which was resulted from 2A-dependent cleavage of the precursor fusion protein. In contrast, uncleaved, monomeric rpoIL-12 was produced by infection with baculoviruses expressing the gene lacking the 2A sequence. To assess the biological activities of these recombinants, we performed the proliferation assays of PHA-activated human PBMCs. The heterodimeric rpoIL-12 induced proliferation in a dose-dependent manner, whereas the uncleaved rpoIL-12 did not. Moreover, such biological activity was specifically inhibited by addition of anti-IL-12 antibodies or rpoIL-12 p40. These observations suggest that FMDV 2A can exert its self-cleaving activity even in a heterologous system, and that biologically active, heterodimeric rpoIL-12 can be generated by monocistronic expression of the p35/p40 fusion gene in combination with the 2A sequence.     

草原毛虫病原微生物的初步研究

在青海草地病原微生物的调查中，从草原毛虫罹病死亡的虫体上分到虫生真菌，苏云金杆菌，核型多角体病毒。回接试验表明，所分离的病原微生物对草原毛虫有一定感染致病能力。     

羊白细胞介素-18成熟蛋白的酵母表达和生物学活性研究

为了研究重组羊白细胞介素(gIL)-18在酵母系统中的高效表达,进一步阐明该重组蛋白的生物学活性,以含有gIL-18基因的重组质粒为模板进行PCR扩增,构建重组表达质粒pPICZ-gIL-18,转化于毕赤酵母GSll5,以甲醇诱导表达,经sDS-PAGE和western blot分析证实了重组蛋白的表达,分泌的重组gIL-18表达量为100 mg/L.经纯化后用MTT法和MDBK-VSV法检测表达的重组IL-18体外生物活性,利用免疫试验检测了重组蛋白对羊痘疫苗的免疫增强作用.实验结果表明,该蛋白具有诱导MDBK细胞分泌IFN-γ和刺激PBMC增殖的生物学活性,比活性为1.5×105 u/mg.体外具有增强羊痘疫苗的活性.毕赤酵母分泌表达的重组gIL-18具有良好的生物学活性,为gIL-18作为免疫佐剂和免疫治疗剂的大规模应用奠定了基础.     

杂交猪白细胞介素-18全基因的克隆与序列分析

通过RT-PCR方法直接从猪脾脏淋巴细胞中扩增出猪白细胞介素-18(IL-18)全基因的cDNA,其大小为579bp,编码192个氨基酸。与GenBank上已发表猪IL-18序列(ABO10003)进行比较,核苷酸同源性为99.8%,在第550位处(以ATG为1计)由A→G,存在有意义突变。与GenBank上的ABO10003、AF176949、AY262109、NM1997序列进行比较分析,氨基酸同源性分别为99%,98.5%,99.8%和99%。从系统进化树可以看出,河南良杂猪IL-18基因与ABO10003、AY262109亲缘关系最近。河南良杂猪IL-18基因和人及其他动物IL-18基因核苷酸序列进行比较分析,结果显示猪与人、猫、牛、鸡、鸭、海豚、山羊、马、家鼠、老鼠、绵羊的IL-18基因核苷酸同源性分别为83.1%、88.3%、90.7%、26.8%、31.4%、26.3%、90.0%、91.5%、67.7%、65.1%和90.8%。     

人体醛缩酶C cDNA的克隆及其在家蚕体内的表达(英文)

利用人体醛缩酶C cNDA的一对特异性引物A ld-5′(5′-ggatcccctcactcgtaccca-3′)和A ld-3′(5′g-gatcctcag-taggcatggtt-3′),从人脑cDNA文库中PCR扩增出人体醛缩酶C cDNA,并依次被克隆进克隆载体pCR2.1、转移载体pAcGP67B以及来源于AcNPV和BmNPV的杂交重组病毒HyNPV。通过对家蚕血液的SDS-PAGE电泳和酶活力测定,证明人体醛缩酶C cDNA在家蚕体内成功得到表达。     

罗曼鸡胚脾细胞白介素-18基因的克隆与序列分析

根据国外已发表的鸡白细胞介素 18(IL- 18) c DNA基因序列设计了 1对特异性引物 ,应用 RT- PCR技术 ,从鸡新城疫 系病毒接种 4 8h左右的罗曼鸡胚脾细胞中扩增出鸡 IL - 18全基因 ,并进行了序列测定。结果表明 ,扩增片段全长 5 94 bp,共编码 198个氨基酸的前体蛋白 ,其中含有表达完整功能蛋白所必需的起始密码子和终止密码子。该序列与国外报道的鸡 IL - 18全基因核苷酸序列及推导的氨基酸序列的同源性分别为 99.8%和 10 0 % ;序列中编码成熟蛋白的这段基因与国内报道的源自白来航鸡编码 IL- 18成熟蛋白的基因核苷酸序列及推导的氨基酸序列的同源性分别为 99.8%和 99.4 %。本研究为鸡 IL - 18的扩增及其他细胞因子的扩增提供了一种简便易行的新方法 ,为进一步研究IL- 18基因的结构、功能、表达及表达产物的应用奠定了良好基础     

Molecular cloning, chromosomal location, and biological activity of porcine interleukin-21

A pig interleukin-21 (IL-21) cDNA was successfully cloned and sequenced from porcine peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) stimulated with 10 microg/ml concanavalin A (ConA), 10 microg/ml phytohemagglutinin P (PHA), 50 ng/ml phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA), and 0.5 microg/ml anti-porcine CD3 antibody for 48 hr. The open reading frame of the porcine IL-21 cDNA is 459 base pairs in length and encodes 152 amino acids. The predicted amino acid sequence of the porcine IL-21 shows 86.2%, 77.7%, and 58.4% identity to the bovine, human, and murine IL-21, respectively. The porcine IL-21 gene was mapped to porcine chromosome 8 (8q22-->q23) by means of fluorescence in situ hybridization and radiation hybrid mapping, where the porcine IL-2 gene had been mapped nearby. The recombinant porcine mature IL-21 expressed by E. coli induced dose-dependent proliferation and IFN-gamma production from a human NK cell line, NK0. The porcine IL-21 identified in this study will be helpful for the enhancement of innate immune responses of pigs.     

Biological activity of recombinant bovine interferon tau using an Autographa californica nuclear polyhedrosis virus expression system

Bovine interferon (bIFN) tau, which plays a key role in maternal-fetal recognition of pregnancy, was expressed by an Autographa californica nuclear polyhedrosis virus expression system. cDNA coding bIFNtau was derived from cultured trophoblast cells. The recombinant (r) bIFNtau had high antiviral activity (1 x 10 (8) IU/mg) and the molecular weight of rbIFNtau was estimated to be 23 kDa by Western blotting analysis. We investigated the biological effect of rbIFNtau on prostaglandin (PG) F(2alpha) synthesis in cultured bovine endometrial epithelial cells in the presence or absence of oxytocin (OT, 100 nM). rbIFNtau suppressed basal and OT-induced PGF(2alpha) production in a dose-dependent manner (1-1,000 ng/ml). These results showed that biologically active rbIFNtau was produced in the baculovirus expression system, and that rbIFNtau had the ability to suppress the synthesis of PGF(2alpha) from bovine endometrial epithelial cells.     

Bioactivity and secretion of interleukin-18 (IL-18) generated by equine and feline IL-18 expression constructs

Interleukin 18 (IL-18) is a cytokine capable of induction of IFNgamma, granulocyte monocyte-colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF), TNFalpha and IL-1 in immunocompetent cells. Equine and feline plasmid vectors expressing pro-IL-18, mature IL-18 and IL-18 fused to a synthetic signal sequence from human IL-1beta receptor antagonist protein (ILRAP), ILRAP-IL-18, have been generated. In vitro protein expression of these constructs was compared by Western blot analysis. These data demonstrated that ILRAP-IL-18 protein was secreted readily from transfected chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells. A simple bioassay for human IL-18 was recently described using human myelomonocytic KG-1 cells, which produce human IFNgamma in response to human IL-18 in a dose dependent manner (Konishi et al., 1997). We demonstrated bioactivity of equine and feline IL-18 protein in transfection products of CHO cells using this assay. Bioactivity of ILRAP-IL-18 protein was demonstrated in the culture medium of transfected CHO cells. These data imply that the ILRAP-IL-18 construct shows potential for use in vivo, where cell secretion of protein is crucial.