人巨细胞病毒UL144基因序列分析及B细胞表位预测

目的了解引起新生儿晚期黄疸的人巨细胞病毒(HCMV)UL144基因多态性,预测UL144基因各型编码蛋白的B细胞优势表位。方法应用荧光定量PCR法检测晚期黄疸新生儿标本HCMV-DNA含量,采用巢式聚合酶链反应扩增阳性标本HCMV UL144基因开放读码框(ORF),结果进行双向DNA测序,绘制种系进化树对HCMV感染患儿UL144基因进行分型。结合亲水性参数、可及性参数、抗原性参数、柔韧性参数及二级结构方案对HCMV UL144基因编码各型蛋白的B细胞表位进行预测,参照已建立的预测方法综合评价B细胞优势表位。结果①30例晚期黄疸新生儿荧光定量PCR检测阳性,其中28例UL144基因扩增阳性。②28株UL144基因与Toledo株进行同源性比较,核苷酸水平为80.4%~99.2%,氨基酸水平为78.9%~98.8%。种系进化树分析显示感染患儿标本UL144基因可分为3个基因型,G1型7株(25%),G2型7株(25%),G3型14株(50%)。③HCMV UL144基因G1型和G2型B细胞表位均位于编码蛋白N段109-119位,G3型于氨基酸116位缺失一个谷氨酰胺,B细胞表位位于编码蛋白N段109-118位。结论①HCMV UL144基因的DNA序列呈高度多态性,但B细胞表位预测高度保守;②UL144 G3型氨基酸N段116位(Q)位点缺失可能改变该抗原表位的抗原性。

Study on B-cell Epitopes of Protein Expressed by Human Cytomegalovirus Gene UL144 Open Reading Frame

Objective To investigate the genetic variations of cytomegalovirus UL144 gene in clinical strains,and to predict the B cell epitopes of the protein by cytomegalovirus UL144 in late jaundice cases. Methods PCR was performed to amplify the entire HCMV-UL144 gene region of clinical strains,which had been proven containing detectable HCMV-DNA by FQ-PCR.The PCR products were sequenced and phylogenetic analysis was conducted using ClustalX.The indexes of hydrophilicity,accessibility,antigenicity and flexibility w...