Fabrication of a Bi-layer Tubular Scaffold Consisted of a Dense Nanofibrous Inner Layer and a Porous Nanoyarn Outer Layer for Vascular Tissue Engineering

Recent years, it has attracted more attentions to increase the porosity and pore size of nanofibrous scaffolds to provide the for the cells to grow into the small-diameter vascular grafts. In this study, a novel bi-layer tubular scaffold with an inner layer and an outer layer was fabricated. The inner layer was random collagen/poly （ L-lactide-co-caprolactone ） I P （ LLA- CL） ] nanofibrous mat fabricated by conventional electrospinning and the outer layer was aligned collagen/P （LLA-CL） nanoyarns prepared by a dynamic liquid dectrospinning method. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy （FTIR） was used to characterize the chemical structure. Scanning electron microscopy （ SEM ） was employed to observe the morphology of the layers and the cross- sectioned bi-layer tubular scaffold. A liquid displacement method was employed to measure the porosities of the inner and outer layers. Stress-strain curves were obtained to evaluate the mechanical properties of the two different layers and the bi-layer membrane. The diameters of the nanofibers and the nanoyarns were （480 ± 197 ） nm and （ 19.66 ± 4.05 ） μm, respectively. The outer layer had a significantly higher porosity and a larger pore size than those of the inner layer. Furthermore, the bi-layer membrane showed a good mechanical property which was suitable as small-diameter vascular graft. The results indicated that the bi-layer tubular scaffold had a great potential application in small vascular tissue engineering.

重组Flag-pA-Tn5蛋白的原核表达及酶活性鉴定

目的构建Flag-葡萄球菌蛋白A(staphylococcal protein A,SPA)与转座酶Tn5基因的重组原核表达质粒p TXB1-Flag-pA-Tn5,在大肠埃希菌中表达、纯化重组Flag-pA-Tn5蛋白,并检测其转座酶活性。方法合成Flag-pA基因的DNA编码序列,PCR扩增后插入原核表达载体pTXB1-Tn5,构建重组原核表达质粒pTXB1-Flag-pA-Tn5;转化大肠埃希菌BL21(DE3),IPTG诱导表达带有Flag标签的pA-Tn5蛋白,并经几丁质树脂亲和纯化后透析复性;将Flag-p A-Tn5蛋白与含测序引物接头的转座子DNA片段组装成转座体,取不同稀释比例的转座体与人外周血白细胞基因组DNA共孵育,以DNA孵育产物为模板、测序引物进行PCR扩增,鉴定Flag-pA-Tn5转座酶活性。结果重组原核表达质粒pTXB1-Flag-pA-Tn5经双酶切和测序证明构建正确;表达的重组蛋白产量为211.1μg/mL,能够被几丁质树脂亲和纯化,纯度为84%;Flag-pA-Tn5蛋白与转座子DNA片段组装后,能有效切割人外周血白细胞基因组DNA,并连接测序引物接头,具有转座酶活性。结论获得了具有转座酶活性的重组Flag-pA-Tn5蛋白,为进一步利用Flag-p A-Tn5转座酶进行基因功能组学研究奠定了基础。