SARS病毒S2蛋白的原核表达与DNA疫苗的构建

目的 构建SARS冠状病毒(SARS-CoV)S2基因的原核和真核表达质粒,研究该真核表达重组质粒作为DNA疫苗的可行性.方法 采用RT-PCR技术从灭活的SARS冠状病毒RNA扩增得到SARS-CoV-S2基因片段,定向克隆入原核表达载体pET-28a和真核表达载体pCDNA3.1 中,构建pET-28a-SARS-CoV-S2和pCDNA3.1-SARS-CoV-S2质粒.用异丙基-β-D-硫代半乳糖苷(Isopropyl β-D-1-thiogalactopyranoside,IPTG)诱导重组质粒pET-28a-SARS-CoV-S2在大肠埃希菌BL21(DE3)plysS中表达融合蛋白;并将重组pCDNA3.1-SARS-CoV-S2质粒免疫BALB/c小鼠,采用ELISA、Western blot的方法检测被免疫小鼠的抗体应答情况.结果 应用RT-PCR技术,从灭活的SARS冠状病毒扩增得到大小约为998 bp SARS-CoV-S2基因片段后,构建了含SARS-CoV-S2基因片段的原核表达质粒pET-28a-SARS-CoV-S2和真核表达质粒pCDNA3.1-SARS-CoV-S2;通过IPTG诱导,重组pET-28a-SARS-CoV-S2质粒在表达菌BL21(DE3)plysS内表达S2融合蛋白;用纯化的重组真核表达质粒经基因枪免疫BALB/c小鼠后,获得了高效价的特异性抗体.结论 成功构建了可表达SARS-CoV-S2融合蛋白的原核表达质粒pET-28a-SARS-CoV-S2.重组pCDNA3.1-SARS-CoV-S2质粒可作为DNA疫苗使被免疫小鼠产生明显的免疫应答.为建立SARS特异性血清学诊断方法和研制SARS DNA疫苗奠定了一定的基础.

SARS-CoV-S2 Protein Expression and DNA Vaccine Development

Objective To construct recombinant prokaryotic and eukaryotic expression plasmids of SARS-CoV S2 gene.Methods The fragment of SARS-CoV-S2 was amplified by RT-PCR from inactivated SARS-CoV and cloned into the prokaryotic expression vector pET-28a and eukaryotic expression vector pCDNA-3.1,then the prokaryotic expression plasmid expressing recombinant SARS-CoV-S2 protein in E.coli BL21(DE3) plysS which was induced by IPTG.BALB/c mice were immunized with the purified eukaryotic expression plasmid as DNA vaccin...