梅毒螺旋体Tp0136活性肽段的可溶性表达、纯化及鉴定

目的 筛选梅毒螺旋体特异性抗原Tp0136的活性肽段,可溶性表达和纯化该肽段,并鉴定其免疫活性,探索Tp0136活性肽段在早期梅毒诊断中的价值.方法 通过生物信息学方法对Tp0136亲水性、B细胞表位和二级结构等进行分析,筛选出Tp0136活性肽段(Tp0136B)替代全蛋白.将Tp0136B基因插入到pET22b(+)上,在E.coli BL21中表达.镍离子亲和色谱纯化表达产物,Western blot检测其免疫反应性,免疫日本大耳白兔评价其免疫原性,免疫双扩检测其效价,以重组Tp0136B蛋白为包被抗原的间接ELISA检测早期梅毒血清抗体.结果 重组工程菌可溶性表达相对分子质量约为28×103的rTp0136B,表达率为21%,制备得到纯度大于98%的rTp0136B.纯化的rTp0136B能诱导大耳白兔产生特异性免疫应答,免疫双扩测得其效价为1:16.Western blot检测重组蛋白能与兔抗Tp0136多克隆抗体发生特异性反应.间接ELISA检测正常人血清均为阴性,而早期梅毒血清抗体的阳性率为85.5%.结论 重组表达的Tp0136活性肽段具有良好的免疫活性,预示其在早期梅毒血清学诊断中具有良好的前景.

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Objective To express and purify recombinant Tp0136 epitope fragment, and study the immunity activity. Methods The Tp0136 selective fragment(Tp0136B) gene was devised by the surface property analysis, solvent-accessible suface calculateions, secondary structure function region analysis, and was inserted between the sites of Nde Ⅰ and Not Ⅰ in pET22b ( + ) . The recombinant plasmid was expressed in E. coli BI21. After nickel ion metal affinity chromatography, the antigenic and immune reactivity of rTp0136B was confirmed. Then indirect ELISA with the rTp0136B as coating antigen was performed to detect the anti-Tp0136 antibody in sera from 100 normal human controls and 131 primary syphilis patients. Results The rTp0136B was soluble expressed with a molecular weight of about 28 000 and was obtained with a purity of ＞98% by chromatography. Western blot proved that the rTp0136B could specifically react with anti-Tp0136 polyclonal antibody. Specific humoral response was elicited by the recombinant protein in Japan negative. The positive detection rate in sera from primary syphilis patients was 85.5%. Conclusion This result suggested that the recombinant Tp0136 epitope fragments have a satisfactory immunocompetence,which may have applications in the serodiagnosis of primary syphilis.

Soluble expression, purification and characterization of recombinant Tp0136 selective fragment from Treponema pallidum

Objective To express and purify recombinant Tp0136 epitope fragment, and study the immunity activity. Methods The Tp0136 selective fragment(Tp0136B) gene was devised by the surface property analysis, solvent-accessible suface calculateions, secondary structure function region analysis, and was inserted between the sites of Nde Ⅰ and Not Ⅰ in pET22b ( + ) . The recombinant plasmid was expressed in E. coli BI21. After nickel ion metal affinity chromatography, the antigenic and immune reactivity of rTp0136B was confirmed. Then indirect ELISA with the rTp0136B as coating antigen was performed to detect the anti-Tp0136 antibody in sera from 100 normal human controls and 131 primary syphilis patients. Results The rTp0136B was soluble expressed with a molecular weight of about 28 000 and was obtained with a purity of ＞98% by chromatography. Western blot proved that the rTp0136B could specifically react with anti-Tp0136 polyclonal antibody. Specific humoral response was elicited by the recombinant protein in Japan negative. The positive detection rate in sera from primary syphilis patients was 85.5%. Conclusion This result suggested that the recombinant Tp0136 epitope fragments have a satisfactory immunocompetence,which may have applications in the serodiagnosis of primary syphilis.