丙型肝炎病毒非结构蛋白5B结合蛋白的酵母双杂交筛选研究

SCREENING AND CLONING OF THE GENES OF PROTEIN INTERACTING WITH THE NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 5B OF HEPATITIS C VIRUS

目前认为丙型肝炎病毒 (HCV)的非结构蛋白 5B(NS5B)是病毒复制酶 ,但是对其生物学特性还不十分清楚 ,我们应用酵母双杂交系统 3,构建NS5B诱饵质粒 ,转化酵母AH10 9,与含人肝细胞cDNA文库质粒的酵母Y187进行配合 ,于涂有X α gal营养缺陷型培养基(SD/ Trp Leu His Ade)上筛选生长。挑选蓝色克隆 ,筛选出 33个与NS5B特异性相互作用的克隆 ,其中有 31个已知功能基因及 2个未知功能基因。所克隆到的基因对以后研究NS5B的功能有一定的提示作用 ,并为研究这些能与NS5B相互作用的基因在肝细胞中的生理功能奠定了基础。

Protein-protein binding is the basis of virus and host cell interactions. With the application of technology of studying protein interactions, more knowledge of replication and pathogenesis of hepatitis C virus (HCV) was acquired. Non-structure protein 5B(NS5B) of HCV is a kind of viral protein, which plays an important role in replication of HCV. However, the effect of NS5B is not clear. To investigate the biological function of NS5B, we performed yeast two hybrid to look for proteins in hepatocytes interacting with NS5B. We constructed NS5B bait plasmid by cloning the gene of NS5B into pGBKT7, then transformed it into yeast AH109(a type). The transformed yeast was mated with yeast Y187(α type)containing liver cDNA library plasmid in 2×YPDA medium. Diploid yeast was plated on synthetic dropout nutrient medium (SD/-Trp-Leu-His-Ade) containing x-α-gal for screening. Thirty-three colonies were selected and sequenced. Among them, two colonies were new genes with unknown function. The preliminary successful cloning of gene of protein interacting with NS5B paved the way for the study of the physiological function of NS5B and its associated protein.