为了研究胶质细胞源性神经营养因子(GDNF)在中枢神经系统疾病中的治疗应用,运用基因突变、蛋白质融合表达和蛋白质纯化技术获得分子质量较小的GDNF(△N39)活性片段.将HIV-1 Tat蛋白转导区(protein transduction domain,PTD)的9个碱性氨基酸^49RKKRRQRRR^57模拟物9个精氨酸(R9)与GDNF(△N39)活性片段融合表达,获得纯度达95%以上的GDNF(△N39)-R9融合蛋白.将GDNF、GDNF(△N39)、GDNF(△N39)-R9分别加入原代培养的中脑多巴胺能神经元和转染GDNF受体GFRα1和Ret的PC12细胞中,观察它们的神经营养活性和毒性.运用脑微血管内皮细胞株B-Endo3,观察GDNF(△N39)-R9蛋白穿越血管内皮细胞膜的功能:运用脑血管内皮细胞和Matrigel铺板模拟血脑屏障,Transwell法检测Tat-GDNF(△N39)蛋白穿越脑血管内皮细胞和外周胶质膜的能力.结果显示:GDNF(△N39)-R9蛋白具有类似GDNF的神经营养活性,促进原代培养的中脑多巴胺能神经元和稳定表达GFRα1和Ret受体的PC12-GFRα1-Ret细胞株的存活,没有显示毒性,并且能很好地穿过脑微血管内皮细胞层和模拟的血脑屏障.
In order to study the application of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) in clinic, gene mutation, fusion protein expression in E.coli and purification methods have been used to obtain the fragments of GDNF, GDNF(△N39), GDNF(△N39)-Rg. Using primary cultured dopaminergic neurons and PC12 cells with transfected with GFRα1 and Ret to observe their biological function and cytotoxicity. Using B-Endo3 cells and Transwell method to analyze their delivery across the cellular membrane and blood brain barrier. The results show that GDNF (△N39)-R9 has the same neurotrophic function with wild GDNF and nearly no cytotoxicity to dopaminergic neurons and PC12-GFRα1-Ret cells and can get through effectually the cellular membrane and simulacrum of blood brain barrier with matrigel and B-Endo3.