牛分枝杆菌抗原MPB70、MPB83和ESAT-6的融合表达及重组蛋白的初步应用

应用PCR方法从牛分枝杆菌Vallee株基因组中扩增获得mpb70、mpb83和esat-6三个目的基因片段。采用重叠延伸剪接技术(splicing by overlap extension,SOE)获得融合基因mpb70-mpb83后,将mpb70-mpb83和esat-6串连于同一表达载体pET32a( )中得到重组质粒pET70-83-E6。转化BL21(DE3)大肠杆菌感受态后,经IPTG诱导以可溶的形式表达融合蛋白。用Ni2 亲合层析的方法纯化该融合蛋白。Western blot分析显示:该融合蛋白能与抗牛分枝杆菌阳性血清发生特异性反应,而与牛副结核病阳性血清不反应。用该纯化蛋白初步建立了间接ELISA方法,并检测了117份临床血清样本(其中67份为PPD阳性牛血清),阳性率为39.32%(46/117)份,与PPD皮试诊断的符合率为82.05%(96/117)。     

猪传染性胸膜肺炎重组亚单位疫苗诱导小鼠免疫保护效果的观察

重组表达猪传染性胸膜肺炎放线杆菌6种主要毒力因子基因:apxⅠ、apxⅡ、apxⅢ、apxⅣ、apfa和omp,以重组蛋白rApxⅠ、rApxⅡ、rApxⅢ和rOMP组合免疫小鼠作为试验I组,重组蛋白rApxⅠ、rApxⅡ、rApxⅢr、OMPr、ApxⅣ和rApfa组合免疫小鼠作为试验Ⅱ组,PBS为对照组,分3次免疫小鼠,采用背部皮下多点注射,每次间隔2周,免疫剂量为0.2 mL/只,3免后1周分别以APP1型菌Shope 4074株(5×109cfu)和APP2型菌S1536株(5×1010cfu)进行攻毒试验。通过小鼠保护率与抗体效价的相关性研究、肺部病理变化及肺脏细菌的分布情况等指标进行综合评价。结果显示,试验Ⅰ组4种重组蛋白特异性抗体水平显著高于其他两组(P<0.05),对APP1型菌攻毒的保护率(9/10)明显高于试验Ⅱ组(5/10)和对照组(0/8),小鼠的免疫保护率与抗体效价之间存在显著正相关;且该组对APP2型菌攻毒的保护作用(无肺脏损伤)也明显优于其它两组(典型肺部损伤)。间接免疫荧光试验表明试验Ⅰ组对肺脏细菌的清除效果也明显优于其他两组。本试验揭示试验Ⅰ组对不同血清型APP攻击能够提供很好的交叉保护作用,从而为猪传染性胸膜肺炎新型疫苗的研制提供参考。     

鲁西黄牛体细胞克隆保种技术的研究

以体外培养的鲁西黄牛耳皮肤成纤维细胞作核供体，研究利用体细胞克隆技术保存我国地方黄牛优良品种的技术方法。通过组织块培养法建立的鲁西黄牛（1♂，4♀）成纤维细胞系，作为核移植供体细胞，利用屠宰场母牛卵巢卵母细胞经体外培养成熟后作为核受体进行核移植，试验结果表明：重构胚的融合率为62．5％（242／387），分裂率为63．6％（154／242），体外培养第7天囊胚发育率为42．9％（66／154）。体外培养第7天的囊胚的内细胞团细胞（ICM）与滋养层细胞数平均为37和47，ICM占44．2％。体外发育到7d的囊胚新鲜胚胎的移植妊娠率（新鲜胚胎）移植受体10头，60d妊娠率为20％（2／10）。     

激素免疫法对家畜生殖内分泌的调节及其应用

激素免疫中和技术基于激素的内分泌机制,利用激素免疫动物,改变动物体内激素正常代谢水平,以达到提高动物生产性能的目的。目前该项技术已在动物繁育上显示出很大的潜力,它在提高动物繁殖和应用于免疫去势等方面显示出优势。作者主要综述了激素免疫的作用机理在畜牧生产的应用以及影响激素免疫效果的因素等研究内容。     

Effect of Supplementing Alfalfa Powder to Diet on Growth Performance and Meat Quality of Goose

The experiment was aimed to investigate the effects of dietary alfalfa powder on the growth performance,body size,slaughter performance,organ index and meat quality of Siji geese.A total of 256 15-day-old geese (half male and half female) with similar body weight were randomly divided into four groups with 4 replicates of 16 geese each.The geese in control group were fed with corn-soybean meal-based diet (control diet),and geese in the experimental groups were fed the basal diet replaced with 10%,20% and 30% alfalfa powder,respectively.The results showed that,compared with the control group,dietary alfalfa powder supplementation had no significant effect on the average daily intake,average daily gain,feed conversion ratio,body oblique length,keel length,shin circumference,semi diving length,chest width and shin length (P>0.05),and also had no effect on the carcass ratio,half-eviscerated carcass ratio and pectoral muscle ratio (P>0.05).However,dietary 20% and 30% alfalfa powder supplementation significantly increased the chest depth (P<0.05),dietary 30% alfalfa powder significantly decreased the full-eviscerated carcass ratio (P<0.05),and dietary 10% alfalfa powder significantly increased the leg muscle ratio (P<0.05) of geese.In addition,dietary alfalfa powder significantly decreased the abdominal fat ratio (P<0.05),raised the growth index of liver,jejunum,ileum,and cecum (P<0.05),and increased the water loss rate of pectoral muscle and leg muscle (P<0.05) compared with the control group.Dietary 10% and 30% alfalfa powder significantly increased duodenal growth index (P<0.05) of geese.In conclusion,dietary alfalfa powder supplementation might improve the slaughter performance (increase chest depth and leg muscle ratio,reduce abdominal fat rate) and organ growth index (increase the growth index of liver,duodenum,jejunum,ileum and cecum).However,dietary alfalfa powder increased water loss rates in pectoral muscle and leg muscle,and 30% alfalfa powder reduced the full-eviscerated carcass ratio of geese.The appropriate supplementation level of alfalfa powder was recommended at 10% in the present study.     

胸膜肺炎放线杆菌ApxⅡ毒素结构基因的原核表达以及重组蛋白的免疫原性分析

猪传染性胸膜肺炎（Porcine infectious pleuropneumonia）是由胸膜肺炎放线杆菌（Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae，APP）引起的猪的一种呼吸道疾病。本实验以APP血清7型的一株现地分离株L25—4株为研究对象，对其分泌的ApxⅡ毒素的结构基因apxⅡA进行了全基因克隆和测序，并利用原核表达载体pGEX-6P-1在E．coli中进行了原核表达。表达产物以包涵体形式存在，包涵体蛋白经过洗涤后作为抗原用于Western—blotting免疫印迹实验，结果表明重组的ApxⅡA蛋白具有良好的免疫原性。     

牛分枝杆菌特异性PCR检测方法的建立及初步应用

根据已发表的牛分枝杆菌的pncA的基因序列，设计和合成了一对可扩增294bp目的片段的引物，建立了特异性检测牛分枝杆菌的PCR方法。对牛分枝杆菌国际参考株和国内分离株成功扩增出294bp的特异性基因片段；对人结核分枝杆菌、副结核分枝杆菌、鸟胞内分枝杆菌和草分枝杆菌DNA的PCR扩增结果均为阴性。本PCR方法检测的敏感度可达到50pg。对10份牛分枝杆菌培养阳性和10份阴性样品的DNA分别进行了PCR检测，结果10份阳性样品中有9份样品为PCR扩增阳性，阳性符合率为90％（9／10）；而10份阴性样品则PCR扩增全部为阴性，阴性符合率为100％（10／10）。本方法可做为牛分枝杆菌的快速检测和流行病学调查的工具。     

亚洲璃眼蜱差异表达新基因P18的克隆和鉴定

为了进行抗蜱和蜱传病疫苗的研究,本实验对亚洲璃眼蜱雌蜱吸血前后唾液腺消减文库中获取的一个全长编码基因P18进行了研究。该基因全长519bp,共编码170个氨基酸,分子量为18.36Ku,等电点为4.28。BLAST分析表明,该基因预测的氨基酸与肩突硬蜱、篦子硬蜱唾液腺的抗凝血小肽有30%～40%低度同源性。将该基因亚克隆到pET-32a( )表达载体,转化BL21(DE3)宿主菌,经IPTG诱导,重组融合蛋白以可溶性形式高效表达。将可溶性重组蛋白免疫小鼠后获得的抗血清。经免疫印迹分析表明,该重组蛋白抗体可特异性的识别半饱雌蜱唾液腺中的天然蛋白抗原,而未吸血雌蜱唾液腺中则不显现特异条带。RT-PCR结果进一步证实,该基因在蜱吸血后的唾液腺中差异表达。     

Effect of nitric oxide on urotensin-Ⅱ expression in pulmonary arterioles of rats chronically exposed to hypoxia-hypercapnia

AIM: To investigate the roles of nitric oxide/L-arginine (NO/L-Arg) pathway and urotensin-Ⅱ (UⅡ) in the development of pulmonary hypertension induced by chronic hypoxia-hypercapnia in rats.METHODS: Forty male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into four groups (n=10): normal control group (A), hypoxia-hypercapnia+saline group (B), hypoxia-hypercapnia+L-Arg liposome group (C) and hypoxia-hypercapnia+N-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME) group (D).Contents of UⅡ, UⅡ mRNA and receptor of UⅡ (UT) mRNA in pulmonary arterioles were measured with immunohistochemistry analysis and in situ hybridization, respectively.Change of small pulmonary vascular microstructure was also investigated.RESULTS: (1) The mean pulmonary artery pressure (mPAP) and the weight ratio of right ventricle to left ventricle plus septum ［RV/(LV+S)］ in B and D groups were all higher than those in A group (respectively, P<0.05), with C group significantly lower than those in B group (respectively, P<0.01).(2) Light microscopy showed that the ratio of vessel wall area to total area (WA/TA) and the media thickness of pulmonary arterioles (PAMT) in B group were higher than those in A group (P<0.05), with C group significantly lower than those in B group.(3) The contents of UⅡ, UⅡ mRNA and UT mRNA in pulmonary arterioles in B and D groups were all higher than those in A group (respectively, P<0.01), while the expression of UⅡ and UⅡ mRNA in C group were lower than those in B group (P<0.01).CONCLUSION: The pathological process of pulmonary hypertension induced by chronic hypoxia-hypercapnia might be related to upregulation of UⅡ located in pulmonary arterioles, which might be partially inhibited by exogenous NO in rats.     

Effects of hypothalamic supraoptic ADH neurons at different times after hypophysectomy in Wistar rats

AIM:To observe the effects of supraoptic ADH neurons and central diabetes insipidus (CDI) in Wistar rats at different times after hypophysectomy.METHODS:Hypophysectomy was undergone by stereotaxic instrument.Water intake,urine output and urine specific gravity (SG) were observed each day.The survival rate of supraoptic ADH neurons was determined by immunofluorescence after hypophysectomy at different times.RESULTS:The rats manifested triphasic CDI after hypophysectomy.The average water intake in experiment group was 73.9 mL vs 30.9 mL in control group (P<0.01).Urine output was 59.7 mL vs 14.7 mL (P<0.01) and SG was 1.015 vs 1.036 (P<0.01).There was minor decrease in ADH neurons at the 3rd day after hypophysectomy (survival 94%,P>0.05),but the cellular body hypertrophy appeared.The survival rate at 10th day was 72％(P<0.01),31% at 20th day and 29% at 30th day.There was no difference between the 20th and 30th day (P>0.05),but they were all less than the 10th day (P<0.01).The ADH immunoreactivity enhanced in median eminence (ME) at the 20th day.CONCLUSION:The triphasic CDI appeard and supraoptic ADH neurons degenerated but the function of those survival neurons had compensatory enhancement after hypophysectomy.