禽分枝杆菌副结核亚种重组蛋白r22-ag85B的表达及纯化

为表达并纯化禽分枝杆菌副结核亚种主要抗原基因的串联重组蛋白r22-ag85B,期望研制出一种新型副结核病疫苗,以禽分枝杆菌副结核亚种参考株P18的基因组DNA为模板,扩增了22KD基因和ag85B基因。采用重叠延伸剪接PCR技术（SOE-PCR）获得了融合基因22-agS5B,将基因连接于表达载体pET32a（＋）,构建了重组质粒pET22-ag85B。将其转化到大肠杆菌感受态细胞BL21（DE3）中,以IPTG（终浓度1mmol／L）诱导后对表达产物进行Western blot检测。检测结果显示,成功表达并纯化了重组蛋白r22-ag85B,其分子质量约为65ku。Western blot检测表明此蛋白具有良好的免疫学活性。禽分枝杆菌副结核亚种22-ag85B重组蛋白的成功表达及纯化为副结核病疫苗的研究工作奠定了基础。     

副结核分枝杆菌map0862基因的克隆及其在大肠杆菌中的表达

为探索MAP0862蛋白在分枝杆菌感染鉴别诊断中的作用,研究构建了MAP0862的原核表达map0862-pET32a(+)质粒,并对其进行了诱导表达。以副结核分枝杆菌P10基因组DNA为模板,经PCR方法扩增副结核分枝杆菌map0862基因片段,将其克隆到原核表达载体pET32a(+)中。将重组子转化到大肠杆菌BL21(DE3),在E.coli中诱导表达带组氨酸标签的map0862-pET32a(+)的融合蛋白。结果显示,经IPTG诱导表达出约55 kD的融合蛋白,用副结核阳性血清进行Western blot检测,证明MAP0862重组蛋白具有良好的免疫原性。     

Carboxyl terminus of the 34 kDa protein of Mycobacterium paratuberculosis shares homologous B-cell epitopes with Mycobacterium avium and Mycobacterium intracellulare

Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) against a recombinant carboxyl terminus of the 34 kDa protein of Mycobacterium paratuberculosis were produced in mice. Two of the mAbs cross-reacted with Mycobacterium avium and Mycobacterium intracellulare in both an elisa and immunoblot. The recombinant protein also reacted with polyclonal sera produced in rabbits against all three mycobacteria, indicating the presence of cross-reactive epitopes in the protein. To determine the reactivity of cattle sera against epitopes recognised by the mAbs, competition assays between bovine sera and the mAbs were carried out. Two mAbs were significantly inhibited by sera from cattle that were naturally infected with M paratuberculosis. The results indicate that epitopes on the carboxyl terminus of the 34 kDa protein common to M paratuberculosis, M avium and M intracellulare readily induce antibody production in naturally infected cattle. These epitopes reduce the diagnostic specificity of the carboxyl terminus of the 34 kDa protein, which was originally thought to contain only M paratuberculosis-specific epitopes.     

Cellular Immune Responses to 35 kDa Recombinant Antigen of Mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis

Mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis is the causative agent of Johne disease, a chronic ulcerative intestinal condition in ruminant animals. Owing to the predominance of cellular response in subclinical forms of the infection, identification of M. a. paratuberculosis antigens eliciting host cell-mediated immune (CMI) reaction is crucial for early control of the disease. A 35 kDa protein of M. a. paratuberculosis was studied for its ability to elicit CMI responses using a mouse model. Lymphoproliferation and IFN-γ response were used to measure the CMI response. Recombinant 35 kDa protein (P35) stimulated proliferation of mouse mononuclear splenocytes sensitized with M. a. paratuberculosis. The P35 elicited increased nitrite production from mononuclear splenocytes from M. a. paratuberculosis-sensitized mice. In addition, RT-PCR-based semiquantitative IFN-γ measurement showed that stimulation with P35 is associated with significant expression of IFN-γ mRNA in M. a. paratuberculosis-sensitized mouse splenocytes. The results indicate that the 35 kDa protein of M. a. paratuberculosis is associated with CMI response in the host.     

Lpp34, a novel putative lipoprotein from Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis

A Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis expression library in lambda ZAP was screened with immunized mice sera. One clone was selected, sequenced and further characterized. The sequence analysis of the hypothetical open-reading frame (ORF) predicts a protein of 20.8 kDa with a probable signal sequence compatible with Cys-acylation at Cys24, characteristic of lipoproteins. In consequence, the protein was termed Lpp34. Recombinant expression of Lpp34 was achieved by cloning the lpp34 gene into the histidine-tag expression vector pRSET-A. Western blot analysis showed a protein band with a molecular weight of 34 kDa. The native protein was localized in the membrane fraction of M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis and extracted in the detergent phase of Triton X-114. Southern blot and polymerase chain reaction showed that the gene is absent from all the non-M. avium complex mycobacterial genomes tested. Humoral reactivity using bovine sera demonstrated that this protein is widely recognized by both the infected and non-infected animals. This could partly be due to the conserved sequence in close-related environmental bacteria such as M. avium subsp. avium and to the presence of a conserved epitope in other bacteria such as Escherichia coli. In conclusion, these findings show that Lpp34 is a membrane protein and a putative lipoprotein present in M. avium complex mycobacteria and absent in the M. tuberculosis complex.     

Development of ELISA to detect antibodies specific to Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis with truncated 34 kDa proteins

To develop ELISA to detect antibodies specific to Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (M. paratuberculosis), the carboxyl termini of the 34 kDa proteins of M. paratuberculosis and Mycobacterium avium subsp. avium (M. avium) were expressed in Escherichia coli expression system. Antibodies specific to M. paratuberculosis were detected with the truncated 34 kDa protein of M. paratuberculosis in ELISA after pre-absorption of serum samples with the truncated 34 kDa protein of M. avium. All the serum samples from cattle confirmed to be infected with M. paratuberculosis were positive and those from healthy cattle were negative in the present ELISA system. These results indicate that the established ELISA detects antibodies specific to M. paratuberculosis with high specificity and sensitivity and is an useful tool for the screening of Johne's disease.     

HspX is present within Mycobacterium paratuberculosis-infected macrophages and is recognized by sera from some infected cattle

A portion of the gene encoding HspX has been previously identified as a sequence specific to Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (hereafter referred to as M. paratuberculosis) based on DNA hybridization experiments. In this study, rabbit antisera were raised against a recombinant protein of HspX fused to the Escherichia coli maltose binding protein (MBP/HspX). Immunoblots of lysates of M. paratuberculosis-infected macrophages probed with the rabbit antisera showed that HspX was present within infected macrophages of bovine and murine origin. This observation was confirmed by immunofluorescence microscopy of infected macrophages. Lysates of E. coli expressing HspX without the MBP fusion partner were loaded onto preparative SDS-PAGE gels and used to determine whether infected cattle generated a humoral immune response to the antigen. Sera from four of 24 paratuberculous cows (17%) detected HspX. No reactivity was present in sera from control cows. While HspX may be immunogenic during infection in some cows, the protein is not secreted and it does not stimulate cell-mediated immunity. Collectively, these data give a preliminary characterization of the first described M. paratuberculosis protein identified within infected macrophages.     

The specificity of antibody response in experimental and natural bovine paratuberculosis studied by crossed immunoelectrophoresis with intermediate gel

The sonicate antigen (MPS) of a local strain (IVRI) of Mycobacterium paratuberculosis and a commercial lysate of Strain 18 were analysed using hyperimmune rabbit and calf antisera to MPS in crossed immunoelectrophoresis with intermediate gel (CIE-ig) and sodium dodecyl sulphate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE). The rabbit antiserum was more potent than the calf antiserum and it precipitated 35 and 15 antigens, respectively, among MPS and lysate antigens. SDS-PAGE resolved 50 and 32 peptides among these antigens respectively, of which, 35 and 15 were precipitated by rabbit antiserum. A CIE-ig reference system, with 30 MPS antigens, was standardized and used to analyse antibody specificities among sera derived from animals experimentally and naturally infected with bovine paratuberculosis. Fourteen antigens of MPS were found to be reactive with these sera and among these, Antigens 2 and 5 were found to be serodominant; sonicate antigens of M. bovis BCG and M. avium did not contain these antigens. Both were high molecular weight (greater than 60 kDa) antigens which may be of serodiagnostic value.     

Antigenic profiles of recombinant proteins from Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in sheep with Johne's disease

Methods to improve the ELISA test to detect Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis have been explored over several years. Previously, selected recombinant proteins of M. avium subspecies paratuberculosis were found to be immunogenic in cattle with Johne's disease. In the present study, antibody responses of infected and healthy sheep were evaluated using 18 purified recombinant proteins in an ELISA-based format for the serodiagnosis of ovine paratuberculosis. These selected recombinant proteins represent heat shock proteins, hypothetical proteins and cell surface proteins of M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis. Whereas, Map0862 (a gene uniquely present in M. avium subspecies paratuberculosis) and Map3786 encoded protein solicited the strongest antibody response in infected sheep. The protein encoded by Map2116c showed the weakest antibody response among the animals tested. Although none of the recombinant proteins detected all 11 infected sheep singly, antibodies to Map0862 were detected in 9 of 11 (81%) infected sheep. Furthermore, ovine responses to these selected antigens were assessed temporally over the course of 1 year during which we found a spiking effect rather than an incremental increase of antibody reactivity. This study evaluated multiple M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis recombinant proteins in an ELISA-based format for sheep.     

Cloning and expression of a 30 kDa surface antigen of Pasteurella haemolytica

Pasteurella haemolytica biotype A serotype 1 is the principal etiologic agent of bovine pneumonic pasteurellosis. A clear understanding of the pathogenesis of this disease and the mechanisms of resistance to it has been limited by a lack of information on the important antigens of the organisms. Using recombinant DNA techniques we have cloned a segment of DNA from P. haemolytica A1 that encodes three proteins of 28, 30, and 32 kDa. Two of these proteins, 30 and 28 kDa, react strongly on a Western blot with a bovine serum raised against live cells of P. haemolytica A1. The gene for the 30 kDa protein was localized to a 3.1 kbp EcoRI fragment, and expression of the 30 kDa protein was found to be independent of an E. coli promoter. The 30 kDa protein comigrated with a 30 kDa P. haemolytica protein that was susceptible to radioiodination and presumably exposed on the bacterial cell surface. The other principal radiolabeled P. haemolytica proteins were 100, 45, and 15 kDa. Antibodies against the 30 kDa protein, isolated from E. coli carrying the recombinant plasmid, recognized 30 kDa and 15 kDa proteins in P. haemolytica serotypes 1-15 and caused agglutination of whole P. haemolytica A1 cells. Cattle vaccinated with live P. haemolytica, P. haemolytica outer membrane proteins, or the cloned 30 kDa protein developed antibodies to the cloned 30 kDa protein as detected by Western blotting and densitometry. Sera were obtained from cattle vaccinated with live or killed P. haemolytica or saline and challenged with P. haemolytica. Those sera were evaluated for antibody responses to the cloned 30 kDa protein. High antibody responses to the 30 kDa protein significantly correlated (P less than 0.01) with resistance to challenge. From these studies it is concluded that the 30 kDa protein represents a surface antigen of P. haemolytica A1 that may be important in inducing immunity to P. haemolytica.     

福氏志贺菌多重耐药调节蛋白MarA的原核表达

为获得福氏志贺菌多种耐药调节蛋白MarA,将扩增出的marA基因亚克隆到原核表达载体pET-30a(+)中,经PCR和双酶切鉴定以及序列测定,重组质粒构建成功。将重组质粒转化到大肠杆菌BL21(DE3)中进行表达,表达的蛋白再经Ni-NTA亲和层析纯化,结果显示,MarA蛋白的表达量占菌体总蛋白的30.2%,经Western-bloting检测,表达的蛋白能被福氏志贺菌阳性血清特异识别,说明表达蛋白具有良好的免疫反应性。     

Apa antigen of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis as a target for species-specific immunodetection of the bacteria in infected tissues of cattle with paratuberculosis

Comparative genomics of Mycobacterium spp. have revealed conservative genes and respective proteins differently expressed in mycobacteria that could be used as targets for the species-specific immunodiagnostics. The alanine and proline-rich antigen Apa is a mycobacterial protein that present significant variability in primary sequence length and composition between members of M. avium and M. tuberculosis complexes. In this study, the recombinant Apa protein encoded by the MAP1569/ModD gene of M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis (Map) was used to generate a panel of monoclonal antibodies which were shown to recognize the most important veterinary pathogens of the M. avium complex, specifically Map and M. avium subsp. hominissuis, and which did not cross-react with M. bovis or M. tuberculosis. The produced antibodies were demonstrated to be a useful tool for the species-specific immunofluorescence or immunohistochemical detection of Map in experimentally infected cell cultures or intestinal tissues from cattle with bovine paratuberculosis and, additionally, they may be employed for the discrimination of pathogenic M. avium subspecies via Western blotting.     

禽白血病劳斯肉瘤病毒衣壳蛋白P27基因的克隆、原核表达及多克隆抗体的制备

从人工感染禽白血病劳斯肉瘤病毒的SPF鸡胚成纤维细胞(CEF)培养物中提取RNA,通过RT-PCR方法扩增出720bp的gag P27基因片段,克隆至pMD18-T载体,酶切鉴定后进行序列测定和分析,表明该片段编码序列与国外RSV分离株(JO2342)的同源性达97.3%.将该片段亚克隆至pGEX-6 P-1原核表达载体,转化受体菌BL-21,经IPTG诱导表达,12%SDS-PAGE凝胶电泳,考马斯亮蓝染色,证明目的基因得到高效表达,所表达蛋白是大小为56kD的融合蛋白,占菌体总蛋白的23%.表达产物经Glutathion Spharose4 B树脂亲和层析法纯化后,每100 mL菌液最终可获得5 mg重组t27蛋白,蛋白纯度在90%以上.用兔抗自然P27蛋白阳性血清进行Western blot检测,表明重组P27蛋白有抗原反应活性.用纯化的重组P27蛋白免疫兔子制备多克隆抗体,产生的抗体与禽白血病全病毒抗原可以发生特异性反应.所制备的重组P27蛋白和多克隆抗体将为禽白血病的诊断及ELISA试剂盒的研制奠定基础.     

刚地弓形虫Rop18基因的原核表达及鉴定

利用PCR技术从弓形虫RH株基因组中扩增出Rop18基因片段,克隆入pET-30a载体,将重组质粒转化入大肠杆菌Top10中,经酶切鉴定获得阳性重组质粒并对其进行测序。测序结果与参考序列(登录号:JX045329.1)比对发现,核苷酸同源性为99.6%。将阳性重组质粒转化入大肠杆菌BL21中,表达产物经SDS-PAGE检测结果显示,Rop18基因在大肠杆菌中成功表达;融合蛋白的分子质量在66.2 ku左右,Western blotting显示其能被兔抗弓形虫免疫血清识别。结果表明,弓形虫RH株Rop18基因可以在原核表达系统中高效表达,该重组蛋白具有免疫原性,有望作为弓形虫疫苗候选抗原。     

基于重组猪囊虫18 ku抗原的间接ELISA方法的建立

利用反转录聚合酶链式反应(RT-PCR)从猪囊尾蚴中克隆到18 ku蛋白基因,将扩增产物与pGEM-T Easy载体连接后测序分析.将目的基因亚克隆至表达载体,构建重组质粒pGEX-CE18,经转化大肠杆菌BL21 (DE3)后诱导表达,用SDS-PAGE和Western-blot分析表达产物.表达的目的蛋白纯化后作抗原建立检测猪囊虫抗体的重组蛋白间接ELISA方法.结果表明,18 ku蛋白基因在大肠杆菌中成功表达,表达产物约为35 ku的融合蛋白,并能被猪囊虫感染血清识别.经薄层扫描分析,表达量占菌体蛋白总量的28%.与商品化ELISA试剂盒平行检测178份阳性血清样品,二者的符合率为98.83%,说明建立的重组蛋白ELISA方法可用于猪囊虫病的诊断.     

牛分枝杆菌重组蛋白TB27.4的表达、纯化及活性鉴定

为探索TB27.4蛋白在牛结核病鉴别诊断中的作用,本试验以牛分枝杆菌Vallee Ⅲ株基因组DNA为模板,PCR扩增tb27.4全长基因片段,将其定向克隆到原核表达载体pET-32a(+)中,构建重组质粒pET-TB27.4,优化原核表达条件,并用AKTA Purifier对蛋白的纯化条件进行优化。SDS-PAGE结果显示重组蛋白为可溶性表达,且大小与理论值相符,用牛分枝杆菌阳性血清进行Western blotting检测有特异性条带,且可特异性地刺激牛分枝杆菌感染牛外周血淋巴细胞释放大量IFN-γ。结果表明,重组蛋白TB27.4具有良好的B细胞活性和T细胞刺激活性,为进一步研究其在牛结核病诊断中的作用奠定了基础。     

Binding of bovine growth hormone to. Mycobacterium avium ss paratuberculosis

Mycobacterium avium ss paratuberculosis causes a chronic progressive enteritis in cattle and other ruminants referred to as Johne's disease. It also has been suggested by some as possibly being associated with Crohn's disease in humans. In a previous study we observed that incubation of bovine monocytes with recombinant bovine growth hormone (bGH) altered the ingestion and intracellular growth of M. avium ss paratuberculosis in vitro. This led us to investigate whether bGH also has a direct effect on M. avium ss paratuberculosis. We observed that addition of bGH (5 microg/ml) had a direct inhibitory effect on the growth of M. avium ss paratuberculosis in Middlebrook 7H9 broth. In contrast, the growth of Mycobacterium smegmatis was unaffected, even at a bGH concentration of 50 microg/ml. Using 125I-bGH we observed high affinity binding (Kd = 1.32 nM) of bGH to M. avium ss paratuberculosis, with an estimated 204 binding sites per bacillus. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of a mammalian hormone binding to this important enteric pathogen.     

The GroES antigens of Mycobacterium avium and Mycobacterium paratuberculosis.

The GroES antigen provokes a strong immune response in human beings with tuberculosis or leprosy. We cloned and sequenced the Mycobacterium avium and Mycobacterium paratuberculosis GroES genes. M. avium and M. paratuberculosis have identical GroES sequences which differ from other mycobacterial species. This supports the current formal designation of M. paratuberculosis as M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis. Immunodominant epitopes from Mycobacterium tuberculosis GroES are conserved in M. avium, but some Mycobacterium leprae epitopes are distinct. GroES is unlikely to be specific as a serologic or skin test reagent, but may be an appropriate component of a broad mycobacterial vaccine.     

美洲型与欧洲型PRRSV特异N蛋白抗原表位基因表达及其产物的纯化

对原核中以包涵体形式高效表达的美洲型与欧洲型PRRSV特异N蛋白抗原表位区段进行了变性、复性与纯化研究。将美洲型PRRSV重组质粒pGEX-6P-1-N转化入E.coliBL21(DE3)细胞中,成功表达了重组蛋白GST-N,超声裂解复性后目的蛋白经GSTrap FF纯化试剂盒纯化后,纯度可达90%以上。将欧洲型PRRSV重组质粒PQE30-N转化入E.coliM15细胞中表达了重组蛋白His-N。超声裂解后目的蛋白经HisTrapHP蛋白纯化试剂盒纯化后,纯度可达95%以上。Western blot结果表明,两种蛋白分别被美洲型和欧洲型PRRSV阳性血清识别。纯化出的大量美洲型与欧洲型PRRSV特异N蛋白抗原表位区段,为PRRSV的鉴别诊断提供了抗原基础。