ACTA AGRICULTURAE BOREALI-SINICA ›› 2019, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (5): 224-230. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.201751554

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Prokaryotic Expression of Affinity Peptides to Membrane Protein of Transmissible gastroenteritis virus and Analysis of Viral Affinity Activity

YU Tianfei1,2, DONG Huiying1, XIE Pengyu1, SUN Wanshu1, YIN Haichang1,2, LI Ming3, YU Zhidan1,2   

  1. 1. College of Life Science and Agriculture and Forestry, Qiqihar University, Qiqihar 161006, China;
    2. Heilongjiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Resistance Gene Engineering and Protection of Biodiversity in Cold Areas, Qiqihar 161006, China;
    3. College of Computer and Control Engineering, Qiqihar University, Qiqihar 161006, China
  • Received:2018-11-13 Published:2019-10-28

Abstract: In order to investigate the viral affinity of Transmissible gastroenteritis virus of swine (TGEV) membrane protein (M protein) affinity peptide and establish a rapid and effective TGEV detection method, a tandem gene containing the TGEV M protein affinity peptide was designed. The nucleotide sequence was optimized according to the E. coli preference codon. A recombinant plasmid pUC57-MQHT containing M protein affinity peptide gene was obtained by artificial gene synthesis. According to the sequence of the synthetic gene, a specific primer was designed and synthesized. And then, using pUC57-MQHT as a template, TGEV M protein affinity peptide gene (about 150 bp) was obtained by PCR. The affinity peptide gene was respectively inserted into the Bam H Ⅰ/Xho Ⅰ multiple cloning sites of the prokaryotic expression vectors pET-32a and pGEX-6p-1 to obtain the recombinant plasmids pET-32a-MQHT and pGEX-6p-MQHT. The recombinant plasmids were identified by single enzyme digestion of Bam HⅠ, double enzyme digestion of Bam HⅠ/Xho Ⅰ and sequencing. The recombinant plasmids were transformed into E. coli Rosetta (DE3) and induced by IPTG to obtain the expression of recombinant proteins TRX-MQHT and GST-MQHT, respectively. The molecular weights of the two recombinant proteins were 25, 31 ku, respectively. After purification, the recombinant proteins TRX-MQHT and GST-MQHT were identified by His-tag monoclonal antibody and GST-tag monoclonal antibody, respectively. The results indicated that the purified proteins obtained were the target proteins. Western Blot analysis showed that the two recombinant proteins could specifically bind to TGEV. Dot-ELISA analysis indicated that the two recombinant proteins showed positive reaction to TGEV at 1×103, 5×102 and 2.5×102 TCID50/mL, but no visible spot was found at 1.25×102 TCID50/mL. The results showed that the two recombinant proteins had good affinity to TGEV virions. Dot-ELISA analysis showed that the minimum binding titer of the two recombinant proteins to TGEV virions was 2.5×102 TCID50/mL. Blocking experiments showed that TGEV-positive serum diluted 1:100 or 1:200 could completely blocked the binding of the two recombinant proteins to TGEV H strain (1×105 TCID50/mL). The results showed that the specificity of the two recombinant proteins was good. This study laid a certain theoretical and material basis for the establishment of TGEV diagnostic methods.

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YU Tianfei, DONG Huiying, XIE Pengyu, SUN Wanshu, YIN Haichang, LI Ming, YU Zhidan. Prokaryotic Expression of Affinity Peptides to Membrane Protein of Transmissible gastroenteritis virus and Analysis of Viral Affinity Activity[J]. ACTA AGRICULTURAE BOREALI-SINICA, 2019, 34(5): 224-230. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.201751554.

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