Freezing mouse blastocysts

Summary

A good survival rate in culturing mouse blastocysts can be obtained in Ovum Culture Medium, enriched with 20 per cent inactivated Foetal Bovine Serum or Sheep Serum under air. The transfer of fresh blastocysts gives the best results if the recipients are on day 3 of the pseudo‐pregnancy, but with 20 hours’ cultured blastocysts it is better to use recipients on day 4.

Exposure to 1.5 M DMSO has no harmful effect, provided that the DMSO is added at 5° C in 6 steps and is removed, again in 6 steps, at 35° C. The crystallization of the medium containing the embryos at ‐5° C to ‐6° C doet not appear te have a harmful influence on culture results of the blastocysts.     

Isolation of new pregnancy-associated glycoproteins from water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) placenta by Vicia villosa affinity chromatography

The present study describes the isolation and characterization of new pregnancy-associated glycoprotein molecules (PAG) from midpregnancy and late-pregnancy placentas in the water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis). After extraction, the homogenates are subjected to acid and ammonium sulfate precipitations followed by DEAE chromatography. Subsequently, the water buffalo PAG (wbPAG) from these solutions are enriched by Vicia villosa agarose (VVA) affinity chromatography. As determined by western blotting with anti-PAG sera, the apparent molecular masses of the immunoreactive bands from the VVA peaks range from 59.5 to 75.8 kDa and from 57.8 to 73.3 kDa in the midpregnancy and late-pregnancy placentas, respectively. Amino-terminal microsequencing of the immunoreactive proteins has allowed the identification of three distinct wbPAG sequences, which have been deposited in the SwissProt database: RGSXLTIHPLRNIRDFFYVG (acc. no. P85048), RGSXLTILPLRNIID (acc. no. P85049), and RGSXLTHLPLRNI (acc. no. P85050). Their comparison to previously identified proteins has shown that two of them are new because they have not been described before. Our results confirm the suitability of VVA chromatography for the enrichment of the multiple PAG molecules expressed in buffalo placenta.     

传染性喉气管炎病毒WG株糖蛋白gJ基因的克隆与表达

根据GenBank中已发表的传染性喉气管炎病毒全基因组序列（NC006233）设计引物,以传染性喉气管炎病毒WG株基因组为模板,PCR扩增糖蛋白gJ基因,并对其进行序列分析。用DNAStar软件分析酣蛋白的抗原性,选择抗原性强的140aa-483aa片段,克隆并连接到原核表达载体pET-32a（＋）中,转化BL21（DE3）菌株。经IPTG诱导后,获得大小为65．2ku的重组蛋白,命名为卜出,表达量占菌体蛋白总量的60．8％;Westernblot分析表明r-gJ具有较强的抗原性。     

伪狂犬病毒囊膜糖蛋白gC的研究进展

伪狂犬病毒（pseudorabies virus,PRV）感染能够引起猪的大面积死亡,给养猪业造成巨大损失,减毒活疫苗和灭活疫苗被广泛使用于猪的伪狂犬病防治。PRV的囊膜糖蛋白gC基因（gC）是病毒增殖所非必需的基因,但是缺失gC基因的PRV不能有效地黏附靶细胞表面。通过综述PRV的囊膜糖蛋白gC的结构和功能,以及gC蛋白在疫苗研制中的应用,为伪狂犬病的防控提供依据。     

牛妊娠相关糖蛋白6快速检测试纸条的制备及应用

奶牛妊娠的早期诊断至关重要,妊娠相关糖蛋白6(PAG6)是母体胎盘组织分泌至外周循环中的特异蛋白质,因此,本研究致力于制备牛妊娠相关糖蛋白6快速检测试纸条。制备牛妊娠相关糖蛋白6多克隆抗体,将其稀释后加样至NC膜上,通过固定和封闭制备出一种可检测boPAG6的快速检测试纸条,在试纸条上加入待检血清进行孵育后洗涤,再加入二抗孵育后洗涤,最后加入显色液显色后进行快速检测。标准化快速检测试纸条是将抗体用PBS稀释成10μg/mL点样至NC膜上,在37℃温箱中固定抗体30 min,经5%的脱脂奶粉封闭后制成。待检血清滴加至试纸条后,在37℃温箱中孵育1 h后,进行洗涤和二抗孵育,最后在DAB显色试剂盒作用下显色3 min即可判定。临床检测的初步应用表明,在未孕与怀孕奶牛的混合血清中仍然可以判定是否怀孕,快速检测试纸条特异性强;血清在稀释3200倍的最低检测限时,快速检测试纸条的敏感性良好;而且该结果与ELISA的符合率在80%之上。试验重复性良好,并能在4℃和-20℃条件下保存2周。建立了一种奶牛早期妊娠诊断的快速检测试纸条并应用于初步的妊娠诊断。     

Development and validation of glycoprotein‐based native‐subunit vaccine for fish against Aeromonas hydrophila

Aeromonas hydrophila is known to be causative agent of an infection named as Bacterial haemorrhagic septicaemia or red pest in freshwater fish. The aim of this study was to develop and validate the glycoprotein‐based fish vaccine against Aeromonas hydrophila. For this aim, after identification and characterization of A. hydrophila isolates from fish farms, one A. hydrophila isolate was selected as vaccine strain. Antigenic glycoproteins of this vaccine strain were determined by Western blotting and glycan detection kit. The connection types of these glycoproteins were examined by glycoprotein differentiation kit. Two glycoproteins, molecular weights of 19 and 38 kDa, with SNA connection type were selected for use in vaccination trials. After their purification by SNA‐specific lectin and size‐exclusion chromatography, protection studies with purified proteins were performed. For challenge trials, four experimental fish groups were designated: Group I (with montanide), Group II (with montanide and ginseng), Group III [with Al(OH)₃] and Group IV [with Al(OH)₃ and ginseng]. The survival ratings of fish were determined, and protection was calculated as 21.56%, 29.41%, 69.83% and 78.88% in groups I, II, III and IV, respectively. In conclusion, A. hydrophila glycoproteins with Al(OH)3 and ginseng could be used as a safe and effective vaccine for fish.