简介：cAMPmediatedsignalingmayplayasuppressiveroleinimmuneresponse.WepreviouslyfoundthatthecAMP-elevators(CTxand8-Br-cAMP)inhibitedIL-12,IL-la,IL-6geneexpression,butincreasedthetranscriptionallevelsofIL-10andIL-1RainLPS-treatedmurineperitonealmacrophages.ThepresentstudyexaminedapossiblemolecularmechanisminvolvedincAMPelevators-inducedinhibitionofIL-12p40expressioninresponsetoLPS.OurdatademonstratedthatcAMPelevatorsdownregulatedIL-12p40mRNAexpressionandIL-12pT0productioninmurineperitonealmacrophages.SubsequentstudiesrevealedthatcAMP-elevatorsblockedphosphorylationofp38MAPK,butdidnotaffecttheactivityofNF-κBbindingtoIL-12promoter(-136/-112).ThisisthefirstreportthatcAMPelevatorsinhibitLPS-inducedIL-12productionbyamechanismthatisassociated,atleastinpart,withp38-dependentinhibitionbycAMPsignalingpathways.

简介：利用蛋白质转导结构域(PTDs)可以将与之融合表达的蛋白质直接送入细胞中.将通过筛选噬菌体展示锌指文库得到的特异作用于SV40启动子上9bp序列的三锌指结构的序列插入含有TAT蛋白的蛋白质转导结构域的表达载体pET-TAT-NLS中,构建融合蛋白的表达载体pET-TAT-NLS-clone3.融合蛋白在E.coliBL21(DE3)中得到了可溶性表达,含量约占总蛋白的18%;并通过镍亲和凝胶层析柱得到了较好的纯化融合蛋白.