rAcAP5: high-yield strain screening, expression, purification and thrombolytic effect evaluation in rat embolic middle cerebral artery occlusion model

rAcAP5高表达工程菌株的筛选、多肽的制备、纯化及对栓塞性脑缺血的溶栓作用(英文)

Recombinant ancylostoma caninum anticoagulant peptide-5 （rAcAP5） has been reported to inhibit thrombin-activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor （TAFIa） activity and have thrombolytic effect. The present study was to screen a strain expressing high-yield of rAcAP5 and to assess its thrombolytic effect on embolic middle cerebral artery occlusion （MCAO） model in rats. Codons encoding for AcAP5 were optimized. Six expression plasmids and eleven E. coli strains with different characteristics were used, a total of 66 recombinant expression strains were generated and the one with the highest yield was selected to express rAcAP5, which was purified through anion- and cation-exchange chromatography. The purity of rAcAP5 and its molecular weight were determined by HPLC and mass spectrometry, respectively. The thrombolytic effect of rAcAP5 was evaluated on embolic MCAO model in rats; regional cerebral blood flow （rCBF） was monitored with a Laser-Doppler flowmetry to test the occlusion and recanalization of MCA. The highest yield recombinant strain was C2566H/pTYB 1-rAcAP5. AcAP5 （28 mg） with 90% of purity was obtained from 1 L of cell culture. In rat embolic MCAO model, vehicle （normal saline） treatment did not change the rCBF, while treatment with rAcAP5 （50-200 μg/kg, i.v.） increased the rCBF in a dose-dependent manner. In conclusion, we prepared and characterized the rAcAP5 peptide and revealed its thrombolytic effect in embolic MCAO model and our results suggested that this peptide had the potential to be used as a thrombolytic agent.

犬钩虫抗凝肽5(AcAP5)是一种具有抗凝活性的多肽。本实验室发现重组AcAP5(rAcAP5)具有TAFIa抑制活性,并在体内、体外实验中均具有溶栓活性。本研究拟筛选rAcAP5高表达菌株,并用大鼠栓塞性MCAO模型来评价rAcAP5的溶栓作用。根据大肠杆菌偏爱密码子对编码AcAP5的目的基因进行了优化用具有不同特点的6种表达质粒和11种大肠杆菌菌株构建了66种重组菌株,从中选出rAcAP5可溶性表达量最高的菌株采用阴离子交换色谱和阳离子交换色谱来纯化目的蛋白用高效液相色谱法测定纯化过的rAcAP5的纯度通过飞行质谱测定所表达的rAcAP5的分子量用大鼠栓塞性大脑中动脉阻塞(MCAO)模型评价溶栓作用。rAcAP5表达量最高的菌株是C2566H/pTYB1-rAcAP5,经过两步离子交换层析纯化之后,纯度达到90%,纯蛋白产量为28 mg/L。激光多普勒血流仪测定rCBF评价溶栓效果,给生理盐水(溶媒)后rCBF无明显变化,而给予rAcAP5(50–200μg/kg,i.v.)后,rCBF显著增加,剂量有依赖性,表明rAcAP5具有明显的溶栓作用。综上所述,我们筛选到rAcAP5的高表达菌株,表达、纯化并鉴定了该多肽,发现它在栓塞性MCAO模型上有明显的溶栓作用,提示它有可能作为溶栓剂或辅助溶栓剂应用。