Acta Veterinaria et Zootechnica Sinica ›› 2025, Vol. 56 ›› Issue (6): 2868-2878.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2025.06.030

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Prokaryotic Expression and Adhesion Characteristics of Molecular Chaperone Dnak of Mycoplasma bovis

ZHAO Yunhai1(), ZHANG Yangyang1, MA Haiyun1, WANG Qing1, HE Xiaoxiao1, LIU Kai1, ZHANG Yuting1, LIU Yudong1, YANG Yongning2, WU Xiaochun1, XING Xiaoyong1, QUAN Guomei1, ZHANG Zhixiong1, BAO Shijun1,*()   

  1. 1. College of Animal Medicine, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China
    2. Qinghai Agri-animal Husbandry Vocational College, Xining 812100, China
  • Received:2024-07-29 Online:2025-06-23 Published:2025-06-25
  • Contact: BAO Shijun E-mail:2717458795@qq.com;bsjdy@126.com

Abstract:

This study aimed to study the immunogenicity and adhesive properties of the Dnak protein of Mycoplasma bovis (Mb). Primers were designed according to the Dnak gene of Mycoplasma bovis HB0801 strain in GenBank. The Dnak gene of Mycoplasma bovis was amplified by overlap PCR and the recombinant plasmid pET-Dnak was constructed. After double enzyme digestion and sequencing, the recombinant plasmid was transformed into E. coli BL21 (DE3) and induced by Isopropyl-β-D-thiogalactopyranoside (IPTG) for expression. Western blot, ELISA, and indirect immunofluorescence assay were used to detect the immunogenicity of Dnak protein and the distribution of Dnak protein in Mycoplasma bovis. The complement-mediated bactericidal assay detected the activity of rDnak antiserum mediatedantiserum-mediated activation of mycoplasma. Adhesion and adhesion inhibition tests were used to analyze the adhesion function of Dnak protein to host cells. The results showed that the recombinant protein rDnak was successfully expressed in E. coli, the main soluble form was pure, the relative molecular size was about 70 ku, and the recombinant protein had good immunogenicity. Its multi-antiserum can effectively activate complement to kill mycoplasma; Dnak protein exists in both the membrane and cytoplasm of Mycoplasma bovis and is an adherence-related protein of Mycoplasma bovis, involved in adhesion to EBL cells. Dnak protein is an adhesion-related protein with good immunogenicity in Mycoplasma bovis, which lays a foundation for exploring the pathogenic mechanism of Mycoplasma bovis.

Key words: Mycoplasma bovis, Dnak protein, prokaryotic expression, adhesion, immunogenicity

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