State Key Laboratory of NBC Protection for Civilian, Beijing 102205, China.
Mar Drugs. 2020 Aug 12;18(8):422. doi: 10.3390/md18080422.
α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChR) is an important nicotinic acetylcholine receptors subtype and closely associated with cognitive disorders, such as Alzheimer's and schizophrenia disease. The mutant ArIB (V11L, V16A) of α-conotoxin ArIB with 17-amino acid residues specifically targets α7 nAChR with no obvious effect on other nAChR subtypes. In the study, the synthetic gene encoding mature peptide of ArIB and mutant ArIB (V11L, V16A) carried a fusion protein Trx and 6 × His-tag was separately inserted in pET-32a (+) vector and transformed into strain BL21(DE3) pLysS for expression. The expressions of Trx-ArIB-His and Trx-ArIB (V11L, V16A)-His were soluble in , which were purified by Ni-NTA affinity chromatography column and cleaved by enterokinase to release rArIB and rArIB (V11L, V16A). Then, rArIB and rArIB (V11L, V16A) were purified by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and identified by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS). Bioactivity of rArIB and rArIB (V11L, V16A) was assessed by two-electrode voltage-clamp electrophysiology in expressing human nAChR subtypes. The results indicated that the yield of the fusion proteins was approximately 50 mg/L and rArIB (V11L, V16A) antagonized the α7 nAChR subtype selectively with 8-nM IC. In summary, this study provides an efficient method to biosynthesize α-conotoxin ArIB and rArIB (V11L, V16A) in , which could be economical to obtain massively bioactive disulfide-rich polypeptides at fast speed.
α7 烟碱型乙酰胆碱受体 (nAChR) 是一种重要的烟碱型乙酰胆碱受体亚型,与认知障碍密切相关,如阿尔茨海默病和精神分裂症。具有 17 个氨基酸残基的 α-芋螺毒素 ArIB 的突变体 ArIB (V11L,V16A) 特异性靶向 α7 nAChR,对其他 nAChR 亚型没有明显影响。在这项研究中,编码 ArIB 成熟肽和突变体 ArIB (V11L,V16A) 的融合蛋白 Trx 和 6×His 标签分别插入 pET-32a(+)载体,并转化到 BL21(DE3) pLysS 菌株中进行表达。Trx-ArIB-His 和 Trx-ArIB (V11L,V16A)-His 可在 中以可溶性形式表达,通过 Ni-NTA 亲和层析柱纯化,并通过肠激酶切割释放出 rArIB 和 rArIB (V11L,V16A)。然后,通过高效液相色谱 (HPLC) 对 rArIB 和 rArIB (V11L,V16A) 进行纯化,并通过基质辅助激光解吸电离飞行时间质谱 (MALDI-TOF MS) 进行鉴定。通过在表达人 nAChR 亚型的双电极电压钳电生理学评估 rArIB 和 rArIB (V11L,V16A) 的生物活性。结果表明,融合蛋白的产量约为 50mg/L,rArIB (V11L,V16A) 对 α7 nAChR 亚型具有 8 nM 的 IC 选择性拮抗作用。综上所述,本研究提供了一种在 中生物合成 α-芋螺毒素 ArIB 和 rArIB (V11L,V16A) 的有效方法,该方法可以快速经济地获得大量具有生物活性的富含二硫键的多肽。