牛支原体新疆分离株P48基因的克隆、原核表达及重组蛋白免疫原性研究

试验旨在确定牛支原体P48基因的免疫原性，为进一步筛选牛支原体免疫保护性基因奠定基础。本研究以牛支原体新疆分离株为研究对象，运用Overlap PCR方法扩增得到点突变后的牛支原体新疆分离株P48基因，构建原核表达载体pET-32a （+）-P48，转化大肠杆菌BL21（DE3）感受态细胞，在诱导剂ITPG的诱导下获得重组蛋白P48，纯化后的重组P48蛋白免疫BALB/c小鼠制备多克隆抗体，运用Western blotting和ELISA方法验证其反应原性和免疫原性。结果表明，试验成功构建原核表达载体pET-32a （+）-P48，重组蛋白P48大小约为66 ku，纯化后的牛支原体P48重组蛋白免疫小鼠后可产生良好的免疫反应，血清抗体滴度达到较高水平（D_{450 nm}值为1.126）。Western blotting结果显示，抗牛支原体P48重组蛋白的鼠血清与牛支原体P48重组蛋白及牛支原体全菌蛋白抗原均能产生明显的抗原抗体反应，表明P48重组蛋白具有良好的免疫原性与反应原性，可作为牛支原体新型疫苗的候选基因，且牛支原体新疆分离株P48基因与国内外5株牛支原体P48基因的同源性很高，亲缘关系较近。     

川西地区鸡滑液囊支原体分离株的部分生物学特性及其VlhA基因遗传进化分析

为了解鸡滑液囊支原体(MS)在川西地区的感染情况,本研究采集15个肉鸡场疑似MS感染的病鸡咽拭子、跗关节和胸部滑液囊样本共75份,对经PCR检测为阳性的样本进行MS分离,并对分离株的主要生物学特性进行研究,以及对分离株的VlhA基因进行遗传进化分析。结果显示,75份样本MS PCR阳性检出率为41.33%(31/75),11个鸡场感染该病,场阳性率为73.33%(11/15);但仅从其中3个鸡场分离到9株MS,分离株菌落与菌体形态与已知MS培养特性相符,各分离株培养浓度为10~4CCU/mL^10~6CCU/mL,分离株以5×10~5CCU接种7日龄SPF鸡胚,鸡胚于接种后7 d^9 d死亡,且分离回收到接种菌株;9株MS分离株VlhA基因的同源性为86.1%~99.9%,与参考株同源性为86.2%~95.4%,其中分离自同一鸡场的7株MS VlhA基因同源性为96.4%~99.9%;分离株VlhA基因遗传进化分析显示,其中分离自两个不同鸡场的两株MS与国内流行株的亲缘关系最近,而分离自另一鸡场的7株MS与中东地区分离的3株MS亲缘关系较近,表明MS在川西地区肉鸡场呈高感染率,MS VlhA基因变异较大。本研究为川西地区MS的进一步研究提供了基础材料和科学依据。     

新疆石河子地区牛支原体的分离鉴定及药物敏感性分析

【目的】确定引起新疆石河子地区集约化牛场常发性肺炎的主要病原同时进行病原的体外药物敏感性分析。【方法】采集有典型咳嗽、流涕症状的牛鼻拭子10份和病死牛肺脏组织1份,用牛支原体特异性引物进行PCR检测,将检测为阳性的样本进行病原培养纯化,对纯化后的分离株菌落进行形态学观察、Dienes染色、生化试验及16S rRNA测序和进化分析,通过测定颜色变化单位(CCU)测定分离株生长曲线,并对分离株进行药物敏感性试验。【结果】PCR结果显示,10份鼻拭子中检测出7份牛支原体阳性样本,1份病死牛肺脏组织也检测为阳性;在涂有肺脏组织研磨液培养液的PPLO固体培养基上长出针尖状的菌落,纯化后分离株菌落形态为典型的煎蛋状;Dienes染色可见明显的深蓝色中心脐;生化试验结果显示,分离株不水解明胶、精氨酸、七叶苷,不发酵乳糖、葡萄糖和甘露醇,不分解尿素,可还原氯化三苯基四氮唑;16S rRNA测序结果显示,分离株与牛支原体国际标准株PG45相似性为99.7%,与国内牛支原体地方流行株XBY01、Ningxia-1、NM2012、Tibet-10的相似性最高,均为99.9%;生长曲线测定结果显示,分离株在培养基中生长6 h后进入对数生长期,54 h时达到高峰进入稳定期,72 h后进入衰亡期;药物敏感性试验结果显示,分离株对呋喃妥因、四环素和多西环素、庆大霉素和卡那霉素敏感,对诺氟沙星和氧氟沙星中介,而对环丙沙星、洛美沙星及阿奇霉素和红霉素耐药。【结论】本研究成功从肺脏组织中分离鉴定出1株牛支原体,培养54 h是该分离株的最佳收获时间,与国内大多数牛支原体地方流行株差异较小,整体遗传进化相对稳定,有一定的耐药性,本研究结果可为当地对牛支原体的防控提供参考,也为牛支原体致病机制研究及疫苗研发奠定基础。     

血清中不同甘露(聚)糖结合凝集素浓度的绵羊感染绵羊肺炎支原体后免疫因子表达的变化

为研究中国美利奴羊不同甘露(聚)糖结合凝集素(MBL)浓度感染绵羊肺炎支原体(MO)的免疫因子水平变化,本研究选择血清中MBL高、低浓度的绵羊各6只(感染组和对照组各3只),感染组人工感染MO,分别在人工感染前和感染后不同时间,采用荧光定量PCR法检测血液中血清因子及补体表达水平。结果显示,不同MBL浓度的绵羊人工感染后MBL m RNA水平呈下降趋势,MBL高浓度促炎因子IL-2和IFN-γ的m RNA表达水平较高,抗炎因子IL-4的m RNA表达水平在感染后1 d升高,此后开始下降,而IL-4的m RNA水平在14 d后有所升高;MBL低浓度羊感染后其TNF-α的m RNA水平显著升高,随炎症的缓解,逐渐降低;补体C1和C3的m RNA在感染后表现出不同的变化,MO感染可以激活补体途径。本研究结果表明,低血清MBL浓度与绵羊支原体肺炎具有一定的相关性,MBL不同浓度组之间其IL-2、IL-4、TNF-α、IFN-γ、补体C1、C3水平存在差异,低浓度MBL的绵羊更易发生比较严重的炎症反应。     

Pathogen Analysis of Bovine Respiratory Disease Complex

To investigate the pathogen of bovine respiratory disease complex (BRDC) of a dairy farm in Guangxi, a strain of Mycoplasma and a strain of gram-negative pathogenic bacterium were isolated and identified by the means of field surveys, clinic observation, pathological examination, isolation studies and so on.Treatments were taken according to drug sensitivity test results.The Mycoplasma strain, growing on PPLO medium, formed typical "fried egg" colonies.A 448 bp of oppF fragment was amplified by PCR from the strain and had 98.4% nucleotide identity with Mycoplasma bovis reference isolate PG5 of USA.The biochemical features of the gram-negative bacterial isolate were same with Serratia marcescens.The PCR amplified 16S rDNA of the gram-negative pathogenic bacterium strain was 1 400 bp.It shared 99.0% nucleotide identity with other Serratia marcescens reference strains obtained from GenBank.Animal experiment showed that the gram-negative pathogenic bacterium isolate could cause the mice to die.The drug sensitivity tests showed all isolates were sensitive to spectinomycin, azithromycin, amikacin, gentamicin and neomycin.It was effective to treat with dexamethasone and spectinomycin.Pathogen analysis and drug treatment showed that the BRDC was caused by Mycoplasma bovis and Serratia marcescens.     

Effects of Jiedu-Qingfei mixture on NF-κB and p38 MAPK pathways in lung tissues of rats with Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection

AIM: To observe the therapeutic effect of Jiedu-Qingfei mixture on Mycoplasma pneumoniae (MP)-infected rat lung tissues and to explore its mechanism. METHODS: SD rats (n=40) were randomly divided into 4 groups:blank control group, model group, Jiedu-Qingfei group and positive control group, with 10 rats in each group. The rats in experimental groups were slowly dripped with 1×10⁹ CFU/L MP solution into their nostrils for 4 d. One rat in each group was sacrificed for MP nucleic acid detection at the second day after inoculation, and the other rats were given gavage therapy. The rats in blank control group and model group were intragastrically given the same volume of normal saline, the rats in Jiedu-Qingfei group were given 8 mL/kg Jiedu-Qingfei mixture daily for 4 weeks, and the rats in psoitive control group were given dexmethasone sodium phosphate (0.5 mg·kg^-1·d^-1). After the experiment, the rats were killed. The serum and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) were collected for detecting the levels of interleukin-12 (IL-12), IL-13 and TNF-α by ELISA. The right lung tissues were used for pathological observation and HE staining, while the left lung tissues were used to detect the expression of NF-κB p50, I-κBα and p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (p38 MAPK) at mRNA and protein levels. RESULTS: The results of MP nucleic acid detection showed that all the rats except blank control group were MP nucleic acid positive, indicating that the rat model of MP infection was successfully established. On the 1st day of the treatment, the pathological scores of the lung tissues in model group and Jiedu-Qingfei group were significantly higher than those in blank control group (P<0.05). After treatment, the pathological scores of the lung tissues in mo-del group were significantly higher than those in blank control group and Jiedu-Qingfei group. The levels of IL-12 in the serum and BALF in model group were significantly lower than those in blank control group after MP infection (P<0.05), while those after treatment with Jiedu-Qingfei mixture were significantly higher than those in model group (P<0.05). The levels of IL-13 and TNF-α in the serum and BALF of MP-infected rats were increased significantly, while those after treatment with Jiedu-Qingfei mixture were significantly lower than those in model group (P<0.05). The mRNA expression levels of NF-κB p50 and p38 MAPK in model group were increased significantly (P<0.01). After treatment, the mRNA expression levels of NF-κB p50 and p38 MAPK were decreased significantly compared with model group (P<0.01). The mRNA expression level of I-κBα in model group was significantly lower than that in control group. After treatment, the mRNA expression of I-κBα in Jiedu-Qingfei group was significantly higher than that in model group (P<0.05). The protein levels of NF-κB p50 and p38 MAPK in the lung tissues of model group were significantly higher than those of blank control group. After treatment, the protein expression of NF-κB p50 and p38 MAPK was decreased significantly. The protein level of I-κBα in model group was significantly lower than that in blank control group, and after treatment with Jiedu-Qingfei mixture, the protein expression level of I-κBα was increased significantly (P<0.05). CONCLUSION: Jiedu-Qingfei mixture may attenuate lung tissue inflammation caused by MP through NF-κB and p38 MAPK pathways.     

Mycoplasma pneumoniae induces IL-1β production through activating NLRP3 inflammasome by ROS in RAW264.7 cells

AIM: To investigate whether Mycoplasma pneumoniae (Mp)-induced interleukin-1β (IL-1β) production in RAW264.7 cells is through the activation of NLRP3 inflammasome via reactive oxygen species (ROS). ME-THODS: RAW264.7 cells were randomly divided into 3 groups. In normal group, RAW264.7 cells were treated without Mp. In model group, RAW264.7 cells were treated with 1∶ 10 multiplicity of infection (MOI) of Mp. In NAC group, RAW264.7 cells were pretreated with N- acetylcysteine (NAC) at a concentration of 5 mmol/L for 30 min before infection with Mp. The RAW264.7cells were infected with Mp (1∶ 10 MOI) for 4, 8, 16 and 24 h in model group and NAC group, respectively. The intracellular ROS level was analyzed by flow cytometry. The mRNA expressions of NLRP3, ASC and caspase-1 were detected by real-time PCR. The protein levels of NLRP3, ASC and caspase-1 p20 were determined by Western blot. The levels of pro-inflammatory cytokine IL-1β in the supernatant were measured by ELISA. RESULTS: Compared with normal group, the production of ROS were significantly increased at 4, 8, 16 and 24 h after infection, the mRNA expression of NLRP3, ASC and caspase-1 were increased at 8, 16 and 24 h after infection, the protein levels of NLRP3, ASC and caspase-1 p20 were increased at 16 and 24 h after infection, and the releases of IL-1β were increased at 24 h after infection in model group (P<0.01). Compared with the model group, the level of ROS in NAC group decreased, so as the expression of NLRP3, ASC and caspase-1 at mRNA and protein levels and the releases of IL-1β in the supernatant at the corresponding time points. CONCLUSION: Mp may stimulate the ROS production to activate NLRP3 inflammasome in RAW264.7 cells.     

序贯疗法治疗圈养黑猩猩支原体肺炎一例

肺炎支原体对于灵长类幼年黑猩猩的感染,与人类幼儿的临床表现和发病规律相似。该病例幼年黑猩猩早期症状偶见咳嗽,听诊肺部有湿性罗音,体温38.3℃。初步诊断为肺炎,用抗病毒药和抗生素头孢克洛治疗无效。随着病程发展,体温进一步升高到39℃以上,几乎无食欲。拍X光片和采血做支原体抗体检测,结果显示支原体感染强阳性。最终使用阿奇霉素采取＂停4喂3＂的序贯疗法治疗,即阿奇霉素输液3d——口服5d——停药4d——口服3d——停药4d——口服3d,其他则对症治疗。动物在治疗第7天时除偶见咳嗽,症状基本消除;治疗20d后,动物恢复健康。需要注意的是,治疗过程中一定要按照序贯疗法坚持用药治疗,防止疾病复发和减小用药的副作用。