携带FMDV前导蛋白基因逆转录病毒载体的构建及其在牛肾细胞中的表达

Construction of Recombinant Retroviral Vector Carrying Lab Gene of Foot-and-mouth Disease Virus and Its Expression in Bovine Kidney (MDBK) Cells

摘要:

以口蹄疫病毒株OA/58 RNA为模板, 反转录并扩增目的cDNA。通过分子克隆技术将前导蛋白编码序列Lab与逆转录病毒载体pBPSTR1连接, 将构建正确的重组载体命名为pBPSTR1-Lab。通过分别利用不同浓度的嘌呤霉素和四环素来确定最佳筛选浓度和最佳调控浓度, 结果显示嘌呤霉素的最佳筛选浓度为3 mg/mL, 四环素的最佳调控浓度为1 mg/mL。利用pBPSTR1-Lab和包装质粒pVSV-G双质粒瞬时转染Gp2-293包装细胞来获得重组逆转录病毒。利用重组逆转录病毒来感染牛肾细胞, 并连续筛选12天来获得阳性克隆。通过除去四环素来诱导目的基因在牛肾细胞中表达, 发现牛肾细胞病变死亡。经过PCR和蛋白质免疫印迹证实稳定表达前导蛋白的牛肾细胞系已经建立, 为今后研究前导蛋白致病机理提供了平台。

Abstract:

In this study, foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) strain OA/58 RNAs were used as templates for RT-PCR. By the molecular cloning, the Lab gene encoding leader protease called Lpro were cloned in retroviral vector pBPSTR1 to obtain reconstruction retroviral vector termed pBPSTR1-Lab. At different concentrations of puromycin and tetracycline respectively in the cell culture mediums, the growth of bovine kidney cells (MDBK) showed that the optimal puromycin resistant selection concentration was 3 mg/mL and tetracycline regulatory concentration was 1 mg/mL. Pseudotyped retroviral virus particles were produced by transiently co-tansfecting GP2-293 cells with a retroviral vector DNA and VSV-G plasmid. Then MDBK cells were infected by pseudotyped retroviral virus and were continually seeded in the medium at the optimal tetracycline regulatory concentration and puromycin selection concentration for 12 days to obtain puromycin resistant colonies whose genomes contained the Lab gene. After tetracycline removal, synthesis of Lpro induced severe morphological changes in the puromycin resistant MDBK cells. PCR and Western blotting proved that a stable MDBK cell line inducibly expressing the Lab gene under the control of tetracycline was obtained. The experiment might provide a basis for studying that Lpro of FMDV plays an important role in MDBK cell pathogenesis.