绵羊肺炎支原体(Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae,MO)可引起绵羊(Ovis aries)及山羊(Capra hircus)的支原体性肺炎,分布广泛,危害严重。本实验在课题组前期完成MO Y98株基因组测序的基础上,通过基因注释、PCR等获得了该菌株可能的溶血素(hemolysin,hly A)基因;依据大肠杆菌(Escherichia coli)优势密码子对hly A基因进行优化,构建优化后hly A原核表达质粒p ET32a-hly A;将该质粒转入大肠杆菌BL21(DE3)p Lys S中,获得了相应的重组菌株,并对重组菌株进行诱导表达;采用SDS-聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳(SDS polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis,SDS-PAGE)和Western blot对表达的重组蛋白进行鉴定,并经Ni2+金属螯合柱纯化。克隆了MO hly A基因序列(Gen Bank登录号:KT598390),片段大小为375 bp,编码125个氨基酸。优化后密码子适应指数为0.91,目的基因适于在大肠杆菌中表达。重组融合蛋白多以包涵体的形式存在,其相对分子质量约为31.6 k D,与预期大小一致。Western blot结果显示,上清中纯化出的目的蛋白能与一抗发生反应,重组蛋白特异性较好。溶血实验表明,当纯化后蛋白浓度稀释到0.125μg/m L时,溶解红细胞的能力已经下降。该研究结果为后续绵羊肺炎支原体致病性研究提供了基础资料。
Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae(MO) can lead to the atypical pneumonia for both sheep(Ovis aries)and goats(Capra hircus), which is wide- spreading and can cause serious harm. Based on the complete sequence of MO Y98 strain by our group, a potential hemolysin gene(hly A) was obtained by using gene annotation and PCR method. In the present study, hly A gene, which derived from MO Y98, was modified by using preference codons of Escherichia coli. And then prokaryotic expression vector(p ET32a- hly A) was constructed. p ET32a-hly A was transformed into E. coli BL21(DE3) polys S, and induced for the expression of Hly A. Hly A recombinant protein was visualized by SDS polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis(SDS-PAGE) and Western blot method, and purified by using Ni2 +metal chelate column. The results showed that the hly gene(Gen Bank No.KT598390) of MO Y98 strain contained 375 bp, encoding a polypeptide of 125 amino acid residues. After optimization, the codon adaptation index was 0.91, the modified hly A is suitable for expression in E. coli. Recombinant fusion proteins were mainly existed in the form of inclusion body. Expressed Hly Aprotein was about 31.6 k D, consistenting with the expected size. The results of Western blot analysis showed that supernatant of purified protein could react with the primary antibody, indicating that Hly A proved an efficacious immunological reactivity. When purified recombinant Hly A protein concentration was diluted to0.125 μg/m L, the ability of dissolving red blood cells had declined. This research contributes to the study of hymolysin pathogenicity in MO.