STRUCTURE IN THE PRECORE REGION OF HEPATITIS B CORE GENE AFFECTING ITS EXPRESSION IN E.coil

Restriction fragments of HBV-DNA, cleaved by endonuclease HhaI,containing HBcAg gene were trimmed by BAL-31 exonuclease to remove different lengths of the precore sequence.They were inserted into plasmid pUR222 at EcoRI site through synthetic linker ligation. Transformants in E.coli BMH7118 showing different levels of HBcAg gene expression were screened and analyzed for their nucleotide sequences in the junction region both by Maxam and Gilbert's chemical degradation method and by M13 chain termination method. Results of sequence analysis of different transformants revealed a partial palindromic (loop and stem) structure, at -7 to -35 nucleotide with regard to ATG of the HBcAg gene as position +1, which has dramatic effect on the level of expression of the inserted gene using the same promoter,SD sequence and identical N-terminus.The amount of HBcAg synthesized differed from 9% in the high expressing plasmid to less than 0.01% of the total cell proteins in the low expressing transformants.The findings w     

表达K_(99)和F_(41)双价保护性抗原工程菌株的构建及免疫效果研究

本文应用基因重组技术,将引起犊牛、羔羊大肠菌腹泻的主要致病因子的保护性抗原基因K_(99)和F_(41)从野生株先分别克隆,然后组构成同时表达两种抗原的工程菌疫苗候选株。研究了该工程菌表达的两种抗原的性质,影响表达的条件。同时经过免疫怀孕母羊然后进行人工攻毒及田间大面积免疫羊群,证明该工程疫苗候选株能有效诱发机体的免疫应答,对羔羊有显著地保护作用。     

人尿激酶原在CHO细胞中的基因扩增与高效表达

本文通过基因共转染和基因共扩增方法,在SV40病毒晚期启动子控制下成功地在中国仓鼠卵巢细胞二氢叶酸还原酶缺陷株(CHO-DHFR~-)中高效表达了人尿激酶原,其表达水平在5×10~(-6) mol/L氨甲喋呤存在下可达2—3μg/10~6细胞/24 h。采用PMA诱导可将表达水平提高至3.5—4μg/10~6细胞/24 h。相应的Pro-UKcDNA在细胞基因组上整合的拷贝数为200—300拷贝/细胞。Western blot分析表明,表达出来的重组Pro-UK与天然Pro-UK具有相似的分子量:S_(2444)测活法证明重组Pro-UK具有体外酰胺水解活性。     

Gene Amplification and High-Level Expression of Human Pro-Urokinase cDNA in Chinese Hamster Ovary Cells

Human Pro-Urokinase (Pro-UK) is expressed in CHO-DHFR- cells at high efficiency by co-transfecting the mouse dhfr gene and Pro-UK cDNA under the control of the SV40 late promoter. After gene co-amplification, the product level could reach 2-3 μg/106 cells/24 h in the presence of 5×10-6 mol/ L MTX, and the levels can be further raised to 3. 5-4 μg/106 cells/24 h by PMA superinduction. The copy number of Pro-UK cDNA in the genomes of host cells is about 200-300 copies/cell. The Western blot analysis shows that the recombinant Pro-UK has similar molecular weight to its natural counterpart, and also the amidolytic activity of the product is determined by S-2444 assay.     

霍乱弧菌无毒肠毒素A~-B~+基因在大肠杆菌的表达

应用DNA体外重组技术,成功地将霍乱弧菌毒素(CT)基因,在大肠杆菌中改建成CTA~-B~+基因克隆。组构的pMM-CTB重组质粒,在大肠杆菌中能高表达CTB亚单位,并能分泌到细胞外。     

人组织型纤溶酶原激活剂表达调控及高效表达的研究——Ⅰ.t-PA mRNA 3′-UTR对其表达的调控

运用分子剪切技术构建了含不同长度3′端非翻译区(3′-UTR)的t-PAcDNA克隆,体外转录的mRNA在兔网织红细胞裂解物中翻译和COS-7细胞中表达的结果表明t-PA mRNA 3′-UTR序列对其表达有明显抑制作用,3′-UTR缺失使t-PA表达水平提高3—8倍。进一步研究表明,t-PA mRNA 3′-UTR对其表达的抑制是由3′末端长约200nt的富含AU序列所致。RNA稳定性试验证实这段富含AU的序列使t-PA mRNA稳定性下降3倍以上;将该序列插入荧光素酶(Luc)基因3′-UTR,使Luc的表达水平明显降低。分析了该序列调节t-PA表达的可能机理,提出了调控的模式。     

预防伤寒及霍乱二价口服疫苗的构建

将含有产生无毒的霍乱毒素B亚单位基因之重组质粒pMM-CTB,转移至口服安全、有效的伤寒疫苗林Ty21a中。获得的Ty21a(pMM-CTB)这个菌株,能稳定地产生CT-B亚单位,分泌至胞外,具有与霍乱弧菌产生的CT-B亚单位有相同的抗原性,且它仍保持了伤寒疫苗株Ty21a的抗原性,对半乳糖的敏感性及在体内存留时间的生物特性。应用它与杀死的霍乱弧菌全细胞构建成二价疫苗,具有对伤寒和霍乱很好的免疫原性。     

THE EXPRESSION OF ENTEROTOXIN A~-B~+ GENE OF V. cholerae IN E. coli

The cloning in E. coli of a cholerae toxin gene that is A~-B~+ has been successfully constructed by using DNA recombinant techniques. E. coli cells carrying the recombinant plasmid pMM-CTB have been shown to produce a large amount of CTB subunits which are secreted as extracellular proteins.     

RECOMBINANT BIVALENT LIVK VACCINES AGAINST NEONATAL COLIBACILLOSIS IN PIGLETS

The genes of colonization factor K88 and avirulent heat-labile enterotoxin LT A-B+ of enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC) have been ligated, and a vaccine strain containing recombinant plasmid that efficiently expresses two antigens has been obtained. Using the activity of β-galactosidase as a selection marker instead of drug resistance, another bivalent vaceire strain with the same expression level has also been constructed. The vaccinestrains have no toxicity and do not cause any adverse reactions. In chellenge study and field trials, a high degree of protection from colibacillosis was afforded to piglets when their dams were immunized orally or parenterally. Practice of bivalent live vaccines including colonization factor and enterotoxin antigens and without antibiotic resistance gene shows effective.