小鼠卵ZP3蛋白的可溶性表达、纯化及免疫活性鉴定

Soluble expression, purification and immunoreactive identification of mouse zona pellucida 3 fusion protein

摘要:

哺乳动物卵透明带3(Zona pellucida 3, ZP3) 在诱导获能精子发生顶体反应中发挥着重要作用, 其在大肠杆菌中主要以包涵体形式表达。本研究在大肠杆菌中诱导表达可溶性的mZP3融合蛋白, 并鉴定该蛋白的免疫活性。 将小鼠卵透明带3克隆至pMAL-p2x质粒, 转化至大肠杆菌BL21表达菌中。用不同温度、不同IPTG浓度、不同诱导时间及不同浓度的添加剂诱导目的蛋白表达, 以筛选出mZP3融合蛋白可溶性表达的最佳条件。大量表达纯化后以Western blotting和ELISA检测蛋白的免疫活性。酶切鉴定及DNA测序表明mZP3已克隆入pMAL-p2x质粒。经优化诱导表达条件, 筛选出mZP3融合蛋白可溶性表达的最佳条件为: 当A600为0.6时添加0.02 mol/L葡萄糖, 以0.6 mmol/L IPTG于25oC条件下诱导表达4 h。ELISA及Western blotting检测结果表明诱导表达的蛋白具有免疫活性。在大肠杆菌中表达并纯化获得可溶性mZP3蛋白, 为mZP3免疫不育疫苗研制及其免疫效果检测提供了可溶性抗原。

Abstract:

Mammalian zona pellucida 3(ZP3) plays an important role in the induction of capacitating sperm acrosome reaction. In this study, we obtained the soluble mZP3 fusion protein and identified its immunoreactivity. mZP3 cDNA was cloned into plasmid pMAL-p2x, and the recombinant plasmid was transformed into Escherichia coli BL21. To get the soluble mZP3 fusion protein, we tried to optimize the expression conditions, including additives, IPTG concentrations, temperatures and induction duration. Then, Western blotting and ELISA were used to identify the immunoreactivity of the purified protein. Based on the optimization experiments, we concluded that the best soluble expression conditions for the mZP3 fusion protein involved incubation to an A600 of 0.6, addition of glucose to a final concentration of 0.02 mol/L, addition of IPTG to a final concentration of 0.6 mmol/L and then further incubation for 4 h at 25 °C. Western blotting and ELISA showed that the mZP3 fusion protein retained immunoreactivity. The fusion protein can be used as solubility antigens for developing the immunocontraception vaccines of mZP3 and detecting the immune effects of the vaccine.