猪氨基肽酶在昆虫细胞的分段表达及鉴定

为研究猪的氨基肽酶(Porcine aminopeptidase, pAPN)的特异性功能区域及作用机制,将除去信号肽的pAPN分为SPA,SPB和SPC三段,利用一对同尾酶Xhol I和Sal I将信号肽分别与SPA,SPB和SPC相连接后再构建到杆状病毒表达载体pFastBacTM1上,通过杆状病毒-昆虫细胞表达体系进行蛋白表达.结果表明,经SDS-PAGE分析可见获得的目的蛋白与预期大小相一致,即SPA约为42 ku,SPB和SPC相同,约为56 ku的分泌蛋白;经western-blot鉴定三段蛋白均可与天然的pAPN抗血清特异性结合,表明已经成功获得SPA,SPB和SPC三段蛋白,可为进一步研究pAPN特异性功能区域奠定基础.     

隆林黑猪氨肽酶N基因的生物信息学分析和原核表达

本研究旨在进行猪氨肽酶N（porcine aminopeptidase N,pAPN）基因扩增和生物信息学分析,并在大肠杆菌中进行表达。从三元杂商品猪和广西地方猪隆林黑猪中扩增出pAPN基因,通过ExPASy和Mega 6.0等软件对其进行生物信息学和系统进化分析;将pAPN克隆到原核表达载体pET-32a（+）,构建重组质粒pET-32a-pAPN,使其在大肠杆菌Rosetta（DE3）感受态细胞中表达。经IPTG诱导表达、纯化,产物用SDS-PAGE和Western blotting进行分析。结果显示,隆林黑猪和三元杂商品猪的pAPN基因长2 949 bp,开放性阅读框为2 892 bp,编码963个氨基酸,同源性为100%,与GenBank数据库中公布的标准序列（登录号：NM_214277）相比,隆林黑猪共有5处氨基酸突变,其中Phe82Asn、Leu107Phe、Leu108Ile和Ser330Pro 4处突变位于pAPN酶催化活性区域,Val621Ile突变位于APN病毒结合区域。pAPN为不稳定的亲水性蛋白,跨膜区位于第17~33位氨基酸,有12个N-糖基化位点,33个B细胞抗原表位预测位点,三级结构为同源二聚体。Val621Ile突变可能影响APN结合病毒的能力。试验成功构建重组质粒pET-32a-pAPN,SDS-PAGE鉴定以包涵体形式表达,纯化后的蛋白在123 ku处有明显条带,且具有良好的抗原性,为进一步获得多克隆抗体、研究该基因和TGEV、PEDV、PDCoV的关系奠定基础。     

Production of porcine aminopeptidase N (pAPN) site‐specific edited pigs

Porcine viral diarrhea is an acute and highly contagious enteric disease in pigs which causes huge economic losses in pig industry worldwide. Transmissible gastroenteritis virus (TGEV) is main pathogens responsible for piglets viral diarrhea. Knockout the host cellular surface receptor for TGEV may be an effective way to accelerate the breeding of resistant pigs. In this study, we applied site‐specific editing pAPN which is effective in swine testis (ST) cells. Site‐specific editing of pAPN reduced TGEV proliferation in ST cells by 96%–99% at different time periods post‐infection. Next, the site‐specific editing of pAPN porcine fetal fibroblasts were produced, and then the cell colonies were used as donor cells to generate the site‐specific editing of pAPN pigs. Our research findings will not only offer a more thorough understanding of the pathogenesis of piglet diarrhea and lay the foundation for breeding TGEV‐resistant piglets, but also understanding the molecular mechanisms involved in coronaviral infections.