牙鲆HRI多克隆抗体的制备及病毒诱导的组织表达分析

血红素调节的eIF2α激酶HRI是一种丝氨酸/苏氨酸蛋白激酶,在血红素缺乏和热休克等胁迫存在时,通过磷酸化底物eIF2α调控真核细胞的蛋白合成。牙鲆PoHRI是在鱼类鉴定的第一个HRI基因。PCR克隆编码PoHRI蛋白1-200氨基酸的cDNA片段,定向插入pET32a构建表达载体。IPTG诱导,随后利用Ni2+-NTA亲和层析柱纯化,成功获得预期大小的融合蛋白。将纯化的融合蛋白免疫小鼠获得抗PoHRI多克隆抗体,抗体中和实验进一步证实了抗PoHRI多克隆抗体对PoHRI蛋白的特异性识别。在健康的牙鲆组织

Molecular cloning and stress-induced expression of paralichthys olivaceus heme-regulated initiation factor 2 alpha kinase

The heme-regulated initiation factor 2 alpha kinase (HRI) is acknowledged to play an important role in translational shutoff in reticulocytes in response to various cellular stresses. In this study, we report its homologous cDNA cloning and characterization from cultured flounder embryonic cells (FEC) after treatment with UV-inactivated grass carp haemorrhagic virus (GCHV). The full-length cDNA of Paralichthys olivaceus HRI homologue (PoHRI) has 2391 bp and encodes a protein of 651 amino acids. The putative PoHRI protein exhibits high identity with all members of eIF2 alpha kinase family. It contains 12 catalytic subdomains located within the C-terminus of all Ser/Thr protein kinases, a unique kinase insertion of 136 amino acids between subdomains IV and V, and a relatively conserved N-terminal domain (NTD). Upon heat shock, virus infection or Poly PC treatment, PoHRI mRNA and protein are significantly upregulated in FEC cells but show different expression patterns in response to different stresses. In healthy flounders, PoHRI displays a wide tissue distribution at both the mRNA and protein levels. These results indicate that PoHRI is a ubiquitous eIF2a kinase and might play an important role in translational control over nonheme producing FEC cells under different stresses. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.