摘要目的 了解问号钩端螺旋体LA_2144基因产物血小板活化因子乙酰水解酶(PAF-AH)和磷脂酶A2(PLA2)的酶活性.方法 生物信息学软件预测问号钩端螺旋体赖株LA_2144基因跨膜区、信号肽和结构域.构建无信号肽LA_2144基因原核表达系统,Ni-NTA亲和层析法提纯目的重组蛋白rLep2144后复性.采用分光光度法检测rLep2144水解PAF-AH底物2-thio PAF的活性及其Km和Kcat值以及水解PLA2底物花生四烯酸硫代卵磷脂的活性.采用实时荧光定量RT-PCR和West-ern blot法检测问号钩端螺旋体感染人和小鼠血管内皮细胞(HUVEC和EOMA)后LA_2144基因转录、蛋白质表达和外分泌情况.结果 LA_2144基因无跨膜区但有信号肽和SGNH水解酶超家族结构域.所构建的无信号肽LA_2144基因原核表达系统能高效表达rLep2144,提纯后的rLep2144在分离胶上为单一蛋白质条带并成功复性.rLep2144有较强PAF-AH活性,其Km和Kcat值分别为688.235μmol/L和0.976/s,但PLA2活性较弱.问号钩端螺旋体感染HUVEC和EOMA后LA_2144基因mRNA转录和蛋白质表达水平迅速升高(P<0.05)且外分泌.结论 问号钩端螺旋体LA_2144基因产物具有较强PAF-AH活性和一定的PLA2活性,可在钩端螺旋体病出血性病变和炎症反应中发挥作用.

abstractsObjective To analyze the enzymatic activity of Leptospira interrogans ( L. interrogans) LA_2144 gene product to hydrolyze platelet activating factor acetylhydrolase ( PAF-AH) and phosphatidase A2(PLA2). Methods Bioinformatic softwares were used to predict transmembrane regions, signal peptides and domains of the LA_2144 gene of L. interrogans strain Lai. A prokaryotic expression system for signal peptide-free LA_2144 gene was established. The expressed target recombinant protein rLep2144 was extrac-ted by Ni-NTA affinity chromatography and then renatured. Spectrometry was used to detect the activity of rLep2144 to hydrolyze PAF-AH substrate 2-thio PAF and the Km and Kcat values as well as the activity to hy-drolyze PLA2 substrate arachidonoyl 2-thio PC. Real-time fluorescence quantitative RT-PCR and Western blot were performed to detect the transcription, protein expression and secretion of LA_2144 gene during infection of human and mouse vascular endothelial cells ( HUVEC and EOMA) with L. interrogans. Results L. interrogans LA_2144 gene contained a signal peptide and a domain belonging to SGNH hydrolase super-family, but no transmembrane regions. The established prokaryotic expression system for signal peptide-free LA_2144 gene could efficiently express rLep2144. The extracted rLep2144 was shown as a single protein fragment in separation gel and then successfully renatured. rLep2144 had a stronger PAF-AH activity with the Km and Kcat values of 688. 235 μmol/L and 0. 976/s, but its PLA2 activity was relatively weak. Expres-sion of the LA_2144 gene at mRNA and protein levels in HUVEC and EOMA was rapidly increased after the cells were infected with L. interrogans (P<0. 05) and the secretion of LA_2144 gene product could be detec-ted. Conclusions L. interrogans LA_2144 gene product had a stronger PAF-AH and a certain PLA2 activi-ty, which might involve in the hemorrhage and inflammatory response in leptospirosis.