浙江农业学报 ›› 2024, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (3): 503-514.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-1524.20230300

• 动物科学 • 上一篇    下一篇

鸡柔嫩艾美耳球虫2种假定致密颗粒蛋白基因的克隆与表达

李天恩1,2(), 周思含1,2, 孙洪超2, 付媛2, 石团员2,*(), 闫文朝1,*()   

  1. 1.河南科技大学 动物科技学院,河南 洛阳 471023
    2.浙江省农业科学院 畜牧兽医研究所,浙江 杭州 310021
  • 收稿日期:2023-03-10 出版日期:2024-03-25 发布日期:2024-04-09
  • 作者简介:李天恩(1996—),男,河南周口人,硕士研究生,研究方向为动物寄生虫病学。E-mail: litianen0509@163.com
  • 通讯作者: *石团员,E-mail:lstone2008@126.com;闫文朝,E-mail:ywchao11@126.com
  • 基金资助:
    国家自然科学基金(31472182);杭州市农业与社会发展项目(202203B19);浙江省“三农九方”项目(2023SNJF058)

Cloning and expression analysis of two hypothetical dense granule protein genes of Eimeria tenella in chickens

LI Tian’en1,2(), ZHOU Sihan1,2, SUN Hongchao2, FU Yuan2, SHI Tuanyuan2,*(), YAN Wenchao1,*()   

  1. 1. College of Animal Science and Technology, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang 471023, Henan, China
    2. Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310021, China
  • Received:2023-03-10 Online:2024-03-25 Published:2024-04-09

摘要:

柔嫩艾美耳球虫(Eimeria tenella)是一种严重危害养鸡业健康发展的高致病性原虫,致密颗粒蛋白(dense granule proteins, GRAs)是顶复合器门原虫胞内寄生重要功能蛋白,具有较高的免疫学应用价值,然而目前尚未有关于球虫致密颗粒蛋白的确切报道。为发掘柔嫩艾美耳球虫GRAs并研究其功能,采用生物信息学、分子生物学、免疫学等技术从E. tenella北京株中鉴定到2种假定致密颗粒蛋白(hypothetical dense granule protein, hEtGRA)hEtGRA12、hEtGRA9,并用纯化后的蛋白分别免疫小鼠制备多克隆抗体,用ELISA、Western blot方法检测2种蛋白的抗原性。分子克隆结果表明,hEtGRA12、hEtGRA9基因编码区长度分别为1 188、1 110 bp,分别编码395、369个氨基酸,与其他顶复合器门原虫致密颗粒蛋白GRA12、GRA9物种间相似性分别为28.8%~39.6%、27.5%~29.5%;SDS-PAGE结果显示,重组蛋白rhEtGRA12、rhEtGRA9条带大小分别为63.6、67.0 ku;ELISA与Western blot结果表明,重组蛋白rhEtGRA12、rhEtGRA9均能诱导小鼠产生较高的抗体水平,且均可被鸡抗E. tenella阳性血清识别,表明具有较好的抗原性。该研究鉴定到2种球虫假定致密颗粒蛋白基因hEtGRA12、hEtGRA9,获得了重组蛋白rhEtGRA12、rhEtGRA9,为球虫致密颗粒蛋白基因功能和免疫应用研究奠定了基础。

关键词: 柔嫩艾美耳球虫, 假定致密颗粒蛋白, 原核表达, 多克隆抗体, 抗原性

Abstract:

Eimeria tenella is a highly pathogenic protozoan that seriously endangers the healthy development of the chicken industry. Dense granule proteins (GRAs) are important intracellular parasitic functional proteins of the apicomplexan protozoa, which have high immunological application value. However, there is no exact report on the dense granule proteins of coccidia. In order to explore the GRAs of Eimeria tenella and study their functions, two hypothetical dense granule proteins (hEtGRA), hEtGRA12 and hEtGRA9, were identified from E. tenella Beijing strain by bioinformatics, molecular biology and immunology. The purified proteins were used to immunize mice to prepare polyclonal antibodies, and the antigenicity of the two proteins was detected by ELISA and Western blot. The results of molecular cloning showed that the coding regions of hEtGRA12 and hEtGRA9 genes were 1 188 bp and 1 110 bp in length, encoding 395 and 369 amino acids, respectively. The similarity of hEtGRA12 and hEtGRA9 with GRA12 and GRA9 of other apicomplexan protozoa was 28.8%-39.6% and 27.5%-29.5%, respectively. SDS-PAGE showed that the recombinant proteins rhEtGRA12 and rhEtGRA9 were 63.6 ku and 67.0 ku, respectively. The results of ELISA and Western blot showed that the recombinant proteins rhEtGRA12 and rhEtGRA9 could induce high antibody levels in mice, and could be recognized by chicken anti-E. tenella positive serum, indicating good antigenicity. In this study, two hypothetical dense granule protein genes hEtGRA12 and hEtGRA9 of Eimeria were identified, and recombinant proteins rhEtGRA12 and rhEtGRA9 were obtained, which laid a foundation for the study of gene function and immune application of dense granule protein of Eimeria.

Key words: Eimeria tenella, hypothetical dense granule protein, prokaryotic expression, polyclonal antibody, antigenicity

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