几乎所有新型HBV疫苗如亚单位疫苗、DNA疫苗、分枝肽合成疫苗、新载体疫苗或植物转基因疫苗的前期研究工作中都需要候选分子高效表达,以便在体外评价疫苗候选分子刺激细胞增殖的潜力和CTL杀伤效应,达到全面评价候选分子的目的[10-12]. 而HBV各个基因片段原核表达难易程度不同,考虑到C基因原核表达难度低,本研究采用将截短C基因置于preS1基因前面的方式,构建了原核重组表达质粒并获得了高效表达. 目的蛋白纯化以后,Western blot进一步证实该浓缩蛋白可以与抗HBcAg、抗preS1阳性患者血清结合,信捷职称论文写作发表网,具有很好的抗原性和特异性,可用于进一步的HBV新型疫苗研究;与Chen等[9]采用经典的preS1基因在前、C基因在后的表达方式所获取的同类蛋白相比,本研究中蛋白表达量明显较高. 在后续工作中,我们将选用新型的疫苗载体BCG运载候选疫苗分子,进一步研究该蛋白在CTL免疫和体液免疫中的作用.
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