Zhang Can, Wang Yuanchao, Sun Huzhi, Ren Huiying
College of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, 266109, China.
Virol Sin. 2015 Oct;30(5):386-95. doi: 10.1007/s12250-015-3618-z. Epub 2015 Oct 16.
The widespread use of antibiotics has caused serious drug resistance. Bacteria that were once easily treatable are now extremely difficult to treat. Endolysin can be used as an alternative to antibiotics for the treatment of drug-resistant bacteria. To analyze the antibacterial activity of the endolysin of phage Bp7 (Bp7e), a 489-bp DNA fragment of endolysin Bp7e was PCR-amplified from a phage Bp7 genome and cloned, and then a pET28a-Bp7e prokaryotic expression vector was constructed. Two amino acids were mutated (L99A, M102E) to construct pET28a-Bp7Δe, with pET28a-Bp7e as a template. Phylogenetic analysis suggested that BP7e belongs to a T4-like phage endolysin group. Bp7e and its mutant Bp7Δe were expressed in Escherichia coli BL21(DE3) as soluble proteins. They were purified by affinity chromatography, and then their antibacterial activities were analyzed. The results demonstrated that the recombinant proteins Bp7e and Bp7Δe showed obvious antibacterial activity against Micrococcus lysodeikticus but no activity against Staphylococcus aureus. In the presence of malic acid, Bp7e and Bp7Δe exhibited an effect on most E. coli strains which could be lysed by phage Bp7, but no effect on Salmonella paratyphi or Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Moreover, Bp7Δe with double-site mutations showed stronger antibacterial activity and a broader lysis range than Bp7e.
抗生素的广泛使用已导致严重的耐药性。曾经易于治疗的细菌现在极难治疗。内溶素可作为抗生素的替代品用于治疗耐药细菌。为分析噬菌体Bp7的内溶素(Bp7e)的抗菌活性,从噬菌体Bp7基因组中PCR扩增并克隆了489bp的内溶素Bp7e的DNA片段,然后构建了pET28a - Bp7e原核表达载体。以pET28a - Bp7e为模板,对两个氨基酸进行突变(L99A、M102E)构建pET28a - Bp7Δe。系统发育分析表明BP7e属于T4样噬菌体内溶素组。Bp7e及其突变体Bp7Δe在大肠杆菌BL21(DE3)中表达为可溶性蛋白。通过亲和层析进行纯化,然后分析它们的抗菌活性。结果表明,重组蛋白Bp7e和Bp7Δe对溶壁微球菌显示出明显的抗菌活性,但对金黄色葡萄球菌无活性。在苹果酸存在的情况下,Bp7e和Bp7Δe对大多数可被噬菌体Bp7裂解的大肠杆菌菌株有作用,但对副伤寒沙门氏菌或铜绿假单胞菌无作用。此外,具有双位点突变的Bp7Δe比Bp7e表现出更强的抗菌活性和更宽的裂解范围。