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弓形虫胚层发育相关蛋白的原核表达及免疫原性研究

田维鹏12,张念章2,高琦23,鲁力2,朱兴全2,宋铭忻1   

  1. 1.东北农业大学动物医学学院,黑龙江哈尔滨 150030;2.中国农业科学院兰州兽医研究所,家畜疫病病原生物学国家重点实验室,甘肃省动物寄生虫病重点实验室,甘肃兰州 730046;3.华南农业大学兽医学院,广东广州 510642)
  • 收稿日期:2013-10-14 出版日期:2014-04-20 发布日期:2014-05-27
  • 通讯作者: 宋铭忻(1968—),男,黑龙江人,博士生导师,从事兽医寄生虫学与寄生虫病学研究。E-mail:songmx@neau.edu.cn
  • 作者简介:田维鹏(1988—),男,山东人,硕士生,研究方向:兽医寄生虫病学及分子生物学。
  • 基金资助:

    国家自然科学基金(31230073、31172316);甘肃省创新研究群体计划项目(1210RJIA006)。

Study on Prokaryotic Expression and Immunogenicity of Toxoplasma gondii Embryogenesis-related Protein

TIAN Wei-peng1, 2, ZHANG Nian-zhang2, GAO Qi2, 3, LU Li2, ZHU Xing-quan2, SONG Ming-xin1   

  1. 1. College of Veterinary Medicine, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China; 2. Key Laboratory of Veterinary Parasitology of Gansu Province, State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Lanzhou 730046, China; 3. College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China)
  • Received:2013-10-14 Online:2014-04-20 Published:2014-05-27

摘要: 试验旨在研究弓形虫胚层发育相关蛋白(TgERP)的免疫原性,以弓形虫RH株的基因组DNA为模板,扩增TgERP基因,将其连接于表达载体pET-30a(+)后,转化至Escherichia coli BL21(DE3)感受态细胞进行IPTG诱导表达,应用Western blotting对重组蛋白的反应原性进行分析,并用纯化后的TgERP蛋白免疫新西兰大白兔,制备多克隆抗体。结果显示,在37 ℃条件下用1.0 mmol/L IPTG诱导6 h表达可溶性TgERP蛋白的量最大。SDS-PAGE结果显示,目的蛋白分子质量为16.7 ku,以可溶形式表达,纯化后蛋白条带单一。经Western blotting分析,TgERP蛋白有较好的反应原性;制备的多克隆抗体效价较高,可达1∶51200,表明该蛋白具有较好免疫原性。提示,TgERP蛋白可作为血清学诊断方法的候选抗原和弓形虫病疫苗的候选分子,为建立弓形虫新型诊断方法和研制新型弓形虫疫苗奠定了基础。

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Abstract: In order to analyze the immunogenicity of Toxoplasma gondii embryogenesis-related protein (TgERP), the TgERP gene was amplified from genomic DNA of T.gondii RH strain by PCR and then cloned into prokaryotic expression plasmid pET-30a (+). The recombinant plasmid pET-30-ERP was transformed into Escherichia coli BL21 (DE3) and induced by IPTG. The expressed product was purified by Ni-NTA His Bind Resin affinity chromatography and analyzed by Western blotting. The polyclonal antibody against the recombinant protein was prepared by immunizing New Zealand White rabbits with the purified protein. PCR amplification and restriction analysis proved that the restriction prokaryotic expression plasmid pET-30a (+) was constructed correctly and sequencing results showed that the cloned TgERP gene was identified to be the corresponding sequence reported on the website (http: //toxodb.org). The TgERP protein was expressed under 1.0 mmol/L IPTG at 37 ℃, shaking for 6 h. SDS-PAGE analysis showed the protein product was successfully purified with a molecular weight of about 16.7 ku. Western blotting and ELISA analyses indicated that the TgERP protein reacted with sera from vaccinated rabbit. In conclusion, it could be a potential candidate antigen for developing new detection methods or new sub-unit vaccine against toxoplasmosis.

Key words: Toxoplasma gondii; Toxoplasma gondii embryogenesis-related protein gene; prokaryotic expression; immunogenicity