小鼠c-Myc基因的克隆表达及其纯化

目的:克隆小鼠c-Myc基因,构建原核表达载体并对其进行蛋白表达及纯化。方法:以TetO-FUW-OSKM质粒为模板经PCR扩增c-Myc基因,再通过基因重组技术与pET-3C载体相连转化大肠杆菌DH5α。经抗性筛选,PCR鉴定阳性重组子,测序正确后,重组质粒转化大肠杆菌Rosetta(DE3),IPTG诱导蛋白表达,SDS-PAGE对重组蛋白进行鉴定分析。结果:DNA电泳结果证实PCR扩增产物与预期大小一致,DNA测序结果显示与GenBank公布的c-Myc基因序列一致,IPTG诱导SDS-PAGE电泳后,在分子量64kDa左右出现诱导后蛋白新增条带,与预测的c-Myc分子量大小一致。结论:成功地构建了pET3C-Myc原核表达载体,表达并纯化出了c-Myc蛋白,为今后研究c-Myc蛋白及相关蛋白诱导体细胞成多能干细胞打下基础。     

鳗弧菌溶血毒素基因vah4的克隆及表达

目的：对鳗弧菌溶血毒素基因vah4进行克隆与原核表达,为进一步深入研究其免疫原性及VAH4的功能奠定基础。方法：PCR扩增vah4,将扩增的产物连接于测序载体pMD18—T上,经测序反应确定无误后,再将PCR产物与原核表达载体pET-32a构建表达VAH4的重组质粒（pET-32a-VAH4）,经PCR鉴定后,再转入表达宿主大肠杆菌BL21菌株内,对转化菌株进行诱导表达,SDS-PAGE电泳检测。结果：含重组质粒的菌株有表达蛋白,其表达的蛋白质相对分子质量为40kDa,并经Western blot鉴定结果证实该条带即VAH4-His融合蛋白。结论：vah4基因成功克隆至pET-32a质粒内并成功表达,为进一步研究其免疫原性、VAH4的毒性作用效果及作用机制奠定基础。     

西藏小型猪Leptin及其受体胞外区片段的克隆及原核表达

目的克隆及原核表达西藏小型猪瘦素（Leptin）成熟肽及瘦素受体胞外区片段。方法根据西藏小型猪瘦素序列（GenBank号：GQ240885.1）和猪瘦素受体基因胞外域序列（GenBank号：AF167719.1）分别设计并合成两对引物扩增瘦素、瘦素受体基因胞外域编码区1654-2319位片段,以西藏小型猪组织总RNA为模板,经反转录-聚合酶链反应（RT-PCR）方法获得了特异性片段。再以该两个特异性片段为模板,另外设计两对带有BanHⅠ和HidⅢ酶切位点的套式引物分别扩增瘦素64-504位（成熟肽编码区）和瘦素受体基因胞外域编码区1655-2314位的cDNA片段,将该两片段克隆入pMD18-T载体并转化感受态细菌E.coli DH5α测序并永久保存。此两片段经酶切后克隆到表达载体pRSET A的BamHⅠ和HindⅢ两酶切位点之间,构建重组质粒pR-OB和pR-OBR-a并在大肠杆菌E.coli BL21（DE3）中表达,SDS-PAGE电泳鉴定表达产物。结果在IPTG诱导下促使重组菌pR-OB表达了相对分子质量约18×103左右的融合蛋白;重组菌pR-OBR-a表达了相对分子质量约27×103左右的融合蛋白。结论说明重组质粒pR-OB、pR-OBR-a在大肠杆菌BL21（DE3）中分别可表达西藏小型猪瘦素成熟肽、瘦素受体片段蛋白,为进一步研究瘦素、瘦素受体功能和应用提供了基础。     

宫颈癌相关BLCAP基因的原核表达及条件优化

目的利用大肠埃希菌表达系统表达宫颈癌相关BLCAP基因,并优化表达条件。方法利用PCR技术从逆转录病毒重组载体pL（BLCAP）SN中扩增宫颈癌相关BLCAP基因,将其插入到原核表达载体pET-32（a）中,从而构建原核表达重组质粒pET-32（a）-BLCAP,随后将阳性重组质粒转化到表达宿主菌中,通过IPTG诱导表达并优化表达条件,所表达的带有His标签目的融合蛋白经Ni^2＋亲和层析纯化回收,并采用SDS—PAGE和Western印迹对目的蛋白进行分析和鉴定。结果构建的重组表达质粒经PCR、酶切和DNA测序鉴定与预期的结果一致,含有重组质粒的表达宿主菌经过IPTG诱导表达了分子量约为28ku的融合蛋白,并经优化确定了最佳的诱导表达条件。结论成功构建了pET-32（a）-BLCAP原核表达质粒,表达并经纯化得到了BLCAP目的蛋白,为研究该蛋白的性质及其制备针对该蛋白的抗体奠定了基础。     

新生隐球菌漆酶的原核表达

目的构建含His-tag的新生隐球菌漆酶的原核表达载体并表达鉴定。方法利用PCR技术扩增LAC1基因的编码序列,将其正确插入pET-28a(+)载体中得到重组质粒,转化至大肠杆菌DH5α感受态细胞后进行PCR鉴定及基因测序。将正确重组质粒转化至大肠杆菌BL21(DE3)感受态细胞,通过不同条件进行诱导表达,用SDS-PAGE电泳及MALDITOF质谱检测并鉴定目的蛋白质。通过尿素对包涵体蛋白进行变性,并对变性后的蛋白进行SDS-PAGE电泳及MALDITOF质谱检测。结果成功构建含His-tag的新生隐球菌漆酶的原核表达载体,PCR鉴定呈阳性且基因测序结果与目的序列一致,SDS-PAGE显示在大肠杆菌BL21中成功诱导表达出相对分子质量(Mr)约为68 000的目的蛋白,经MALDITOF质谱鉴定目的蛋白在此表达系统中不可溶,可能以包涵体形式存在。结论成功构建含His-tag的新生隐球菌漆酶的原核表达载体,为进一步纯化并解析新生隐球菌漆酶的晶体结构奠定了基础。     

新型重组人内毒素结合肽突变体的构建及原核表达纯化

目的构建新型人内毒素结合肽（a new endotoxin binding peptide consisting of 25 amino acid residues,EBP25）及其突变体（mutant of EBP25,mEBP25）的原核表达重组质粒,并在大肠埃希菌中诱导表达。方法采用PCR法,扩增EBP25基因,构建pET-30-EBP25.融合表达载体并转化Ecoli DH5α扩增。重组质粒经酶切和测序鉴定后,应用快速定点突变法将EBP25第2位缬氨酸和第5位谷氨酰胺所对应碱基均替换成赖氨酸所对应的碱基,突变后重组质粒再经测序鉴定后,将二者转化至E．coli BL21（DE3）PlysS后经IPTG诱导表达,表达产物采用Western印迹进行鉴定后,用His—Tag亲和层析对融合蛋白进行纯化。结果两次测序结果显示人EBP25,和mEBP25重组序列和理论设计序列完全一致后,经IPTG诱导表达获得目的融合蛋白,通过SDS—PAGE电泳、Western印迹证实蛋白表达的特异性,并对蛋白进行纯化,获得EBP25和mEBP25融合蛋白。结论构建、表达纯化了EBP25和mEBP25融合蛋白,为进一步研究其中和内毒素／月旨多糖活性奠定了基础。     

大鼠D-双功能蛋白基因原核表达载体的构建及表达

利用原核表达系统构建大鼠D-双功能蛋白表达载体。设计基因拼接引物,通过RT-PCR合成DBP基因cDNA序列,将酶切、纯化的DBP基因与经相同处理的表达载体pET-28 a相连接,转化感受态大肠杆菌DH5α,筛选阳性重组子。将通过酶切及序列分析鉴定阳性的重组子质粒转入感受态大肠杆菌BL21-gold表达菌中,经IPTG诱导表达,通过SDS-PAGE分析目的蛋白表达情况。结果显示,成功获得了包含DBP基因的双链cDNA序列,酶切、序列分析及Western blotting证实成功构建了DBP基因的原核表达载体。通过原核表达系统,DBP蛋白以包涵体形式产生,复性后可获得高表达的目的蛋白。     

转化生长因β1基因真核表达质粒的构建及其在小鼠骨髓间充质干细胞中的表达

目的：构建转化生长因β1（TGF-β1）表达载体,在骨髓间充质干细胞（BMSC）中表达。方法：以小鼠肺组织cDNA为模板,PCR扩增TGF-β1基因,并将其插入pCDH1-MCS1-EF1-copGFP载体质粒,转化感受态大肠杆菌DH5α,抽提质粒,经PCR和测序鉴定后转染BMSC,利用激光共聚焦显微镜和Western印迹对其表达进行检测。结果：经PCR及测序鉴定,构建入载体质粒的基因为TGF-β1基因,pCDH1-TGFβ1-EF1-copGFP重组质粒能在BMSC中表达。结论：构建了pCDH1-TGFβ1-EF1-copGFP重组质粒,且能表达于BMSC,为进一步研究TGF-β1影响间充质干细胞的生理功能奠定了基础。     

手掌参γ-硫素的原核表达及纯化

目的：在原核系统中高效表达手掌参γ-硫素,并对其进行纯化。方法：通过筛选手掌参cDNA文库获得γ-硫素基因（gcthionin）,分别对其全长及信号肽编码序列缺失的cDNA片段进行PCR扩增,克隆入原核表达载体pET-32（a）,构建重组质粒pET-32（a）/gcthionin和pET-32（a）/Δgcthionin;测序鉴定后,转化大肠杆菌BL21（DE3）,经IPTG诱导表达融合蛋白;SDS-PAGE分析后,采用Ni-NTA亲和层析柱及凝胶柱对可溶性蛋白进行纯化,Western blotting鉴定。结果：gcthionin基因开放式阅读框全长225nt,编码一个由74个氨基酸残基组成的蛋白;带有信号肽的重组质粒在大肠杆菌BL21（DE3）中以包涵体形式表达;信号肽缺失可以极大地提高外源蛋白的可溶性,该可溶性产物经Ni-NTA柱及凝胶过滤后可获得纯度较高的蛋白,经Western blotting分析,相对分子质量约21.9×10^3处有明显的蛋白条带,与预期蛋白分子大小一致。结论：信号肽编码序列缺失的Δgcthionin可在大肠杆菌中可溶、高效表达。     

人Leptin的基因克隆及其在大肠杆菌中的表达

用 RT- PCR自脂肪细胞 RNA扩增人瘦素 (leptin)基因的 c DNA片段 (约 50 0 bp)并克隆至克隆载体 p SK(+) ,获得重组质粒 p SK- OB,DNA序列分析显示获得的 Leptin基因和文献报道一致 .用限制酶 Eco R 和 Bam H 从 p SK- OB切下并插入原核表达载体 p BV2 2 0的相应限制酶位点 ,转化大肠杆菌 DH5α.转化菌株经 42℃诱导 ,SDS- PAGE检测和 Western印迹鉴定 ,获得高水平重组人瘦素的表达菌株 ,其表达量达菌体总蛋白的 30 %以上 .     

Recent advances in the study of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus replication and pathogenesis

It has now been over twenty years since a novel herpesviral genome was identified in Kaposi's sarcoma biopsies. Since then, the cumulative research effort by molecular biologists, virologists, clinicians, and epidemiologists alike has led to the extensive characterization of this tumor virus, Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus(KSHV; also known as human herpesvirus 8(HHV-8)), and its associated diseases. Here we review the current knowledge of KSHV biology and pathogenesis, with a particular emphasis on new and exciting advances in the field of epigenetics. We also discuss the development and practicality of various cell culture and animal model systems to study KSHV replication and pathogenesis.     

A Unique Protease Cleavage Site Predicted in the Spike Protein of the Novel Pneumonia Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Potentially Related to Viral Transmissibility

正Dear Editor,In December 2019, a novel human coronavirus caused an epidemic of severe pneumonia(Coronavirus Disease 2019,COVID-19) in Wuhan, Hubei, China(Wu et al. 2020; Zhu et al. 2020). So far, this virus has spread to all areas of China and even to other countries. The epidemic has caused 67,102 confirmed infections with 1526 fatal cases     

Curcuminoids as inhibitors of thioredoxin reductase: A receptor based pharmacophore study with distance mapping of the active site

Curcumin is the yellow pigment of turmeric that interacts irreversibly forming an adduct with thioredoxin reductase (TrxR), an enzyme responsible for redox control of cell and defence against oxidative stress. Docking at both the active sites of TrxR was performed to compare the potency of three naturally occurring curcuminoids, namely curcumin, demethoxy curcumin and bis-demethoxy curcumin. Results show that active sites of TrxR occur at the junction of E and F chains. Volume and area of both cavities is predicted. It has been concluded by distance mapping of the most active conformations that Se atom of catalytic residue SeCYS498, is at a distance of 3.56 from C13 of demethoxy curcumin at the E chain active site, whereas C13 carbon atom forms adduct with Se atom of SeCys 498. We report that at least one methoxy group in curcuminoids is necessary for interation with catalytic residues of thioredoxin. Pharmacophore of both active sites of the TrxR receptor for curcumin and demethoxy curcumin molecules has been drawn and proposed for design and synthesis of most probable potent antiproliferative synthetic drugs.     

Synthesis and antimicrobial studies of hydrazone derivatives of 4-[3-(2,4-difluorophenyl)-4-formyl-1H-pyrazol-1-yl]benzoic acid and 4-[3-(3,4-difluorophenyl)-4-formyl-1H-pyrazol-1-yl]benzoic acid

Microbial resistance to antibiotics is an unresolved global concern, which needs urgent and coordinated action. One of the guidelines of the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions (CDC) to combat antibiotic resistance is the development of new antibiotics to treat drug-resistant bacteria. In our effort to find new antibiotics, we report the synthesis and antimicrobial studies of 30 new pyrazole derivatives. These novel molecules have been synthesized by using readily available starting materials and benign reaction conditions. Some of these molecules have shown activity with MIC values as low as 0.78?µg/mL against four bacterial strains; Staphylococcus aureus, methicillin-resistant S. aureus, Bacillus subtilis, and Acinetobacter baumannii. Furthermore, active molecules are non-toxic to mammalian cell line.

     

Comparative morphology of the carpel in the Liliaceae: Hewardieae, Petrosavieae, and Tricyrteae

The young pistils in the melanthioid tribes, Hewardieae, Petrosavieae and Tricyrteae, are uniformly tricarpellate and syncarpous. They lack raphide idioblasts. All are multiovulate, with bitegmic ovules. The Petrosavieae are marked by the presence of septal glands and incomplete syncarpy. Tepals and stamens adhere to the ovary in the Hewardieae and the Petrosavieae but not in the Tricyrteae. Two vascular bundles occur in the stamens of the Hewartlieae and Tricyrtis latifolia. Ventral bundles in the upper part of the ovary of the Hewardieae are continuous with compound septal bundles and placental bundles in the lower part. Putative ventral bundles occur in the alternate position in the Tricyrteae and putative placental bundles in the opposite. position in the Petrosavieae. The dichtomously branched stigma in each carpel of the Tricyrteae is supplied by a bifurcated dorsal bundle.     

Novel compounds with potent CDK9 inhibitory activity for the treatment of myeloma

Cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs) and Polo-like kinases (PLKs) play key role in the regulation of the cell cycle. The aim of our study was originally the further development of our recently discovered polo-like kinase 1 (PLK1) inhibitors. A series of new 2,4-disubstituted pyrimidine derivatives were synthesized around the original hit, but their PLK1 inhibitory activity was very poor. However the novel compounds showed nanomolar CDK9 inhibitory activity and very good antiproliferative effect on multiple myeloma cell lines (RPMI-8226).