畜牧兽医学报 ›› 2014, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (5): 789-794.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2014.05.016

• 预防兽医 • 上一篇    下一篇

结核分枝杆菌ESAT6-CFP10蛋白的融合表达及其细胞免疫学特性

孟闯1,万婷1,徐正中1,单法1,解晓莉1,申峻松1,范峰2,陈祥1*,焦新安1*   

  1. (1.扬州大学 江苏省人兽共患病学重点实验室/江苏省动物重要疫病与人兽共患病防控协同创新中心,扬州 225009;2.无锡市动物疫病预防控制中心,无锡 214026)
  • 收稿日期:2013-11-06 出版日期:2014-05-23 发布日期:2014-05-23
  • 通讯作者: 焦新安,E-mail:jiao@yzu.edu.cn;陈祥,E-mail:chenxiang@yzu.edu.cn
  • 作者简介:孟闯(1985-),男,汉族,江苏徐州人,博士研究生,主要从事人兽共患病研究,E-mail:mengchuangyzu@163.com
  • 基金资助:

    国家“973”项目(2012CB518805);国家公益性行业科研专项(200903027);江苏省农业三新工程(SXGC (2012) 402);江苏高校优势学科建设工程资助项目

Fusion Expression of Mycobacterium tuberculosis ESAT6 and CFP10 Protein and Its Cellular Immunoproperties

MENG Chuang1, WAN Ting1, XU Zheng-zhong1, SHAN Fa1, XIE Xiao-li1, SHEN Jun-song1, FAN Feng2, CHEN Xiang1*, JIAO Xin-an1*   

  1. (1.Jiangsu Key Lab of Zoonosis/Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses,Yangzhou University,Yangzhou 225009, China; 2.Wuxi Center of Animal Disease Control and Prevention,Wuxi 214026, China)
  • Received:2013-11-06 Online:2014-05-23 Published:2014-05-23
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摘要:

本研究旨在原核表达结核分枝杆菌ESAT6-CFP10融合蛋白,分析其在小鼠模型中的细胞免疫应答特性,并评价其作为牛结核外周血IFN-γ释放试验特异性刺激原的能力。首先,通过构建pET30a(+)-esat6-linker-lhp重组质粒,BL21(DE3)中诱导表达ESAT6-CFP10融合蛋白并纯化,随后经细胞表面分子的FACS分析、ELISPOT试验等分析其在小鼠中的细胞免疫应答特性,同时作为刺激原用于奶牛IFN-γ释放试验,评价其用于牛结核病诊断的潜能。结果表明:SDS-PAGE显示目的蛋白成功表达,Western blotting证实其对ESAT6、CFP10单克隆抗体有良好免疫反应性。FACS结果显示其上调树突状细胞表面CD80和CD86分子以及小鼠脾CD4+和CD8+ T细胞表面CD69的表达,ELISPOT结果表明其诱导的特异性IFN-γ分泌细胞数显著高于IL-4分泌细胞数,显示其诱导产生Th1型免疫应答的能力。在479份奶牛外周血样本的γ-干扰素释放试验中,ESAT6-CFP10蛋白与PPD作为刺激原的阳性符合率为70.0%,阴性符合率为95.2%。本研究成功表达ESAT6-CFP10融合蛋白,其具备诱导Th1型免疫应答特性,在牛结核外周血γ-干扰素释放试验中可作为候选刺激抗原。

Abstract:

The aim of this study was to express the fusion protein ESAT6-CFP10 of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and evaluate its cellular immunoproperties in mice model as well as the detection potential for bovine tuberculosis.The fragment of esat6-linker-lhp was amplified using PCR and then constructed into the pET30a(+)-esat6-linker-lhp recombinant plasmid.Fusion protein of ESAT6-CFP10 was purified with His affinity chromatography column from strain of BL21(DE3)-pET30a(+)-esat6-linker-lhp after induced with IPTG.The purified fusion protein was then used to evaluate its cellular immunoproperties in mice model as well as the potential usage in IFN-γ assay for the detection of bovine tuberculosis.Results of SDS-PAGE and Western blotting implied that the fusion protein was expressed successfully and having good immunological reactivity.FACS analysis showed that there was a significant up-regulation of molecules both CD80 and CD86 expression on dendritic cells as well as CD69 on splenic CD4+ and CD8+ T cells,meanwhile,more IFN-γ specific secreting cell spots rather than those of IL-4 were detected by ELISPOT assay in C57BL/6 mice which injected with the fusion protein.IFN-γ test results of 479 cow blood samples showed that the fusion protein had the coincidence rates of 70.0% (positive) and 95.2% (negative) compared to IFN-γ test kit using PPD as stimulator.These data indicated the fact that this fusion protein had the capability of induce Th1 immune response in mice and provided a basis for the diagnosis of bovine tuberculosis.

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