Aim To prepare and characterize a monoclonal antibody against recombinant glutathione S-transferase(GST) for purifying GST fusion protein. Methods The GST-follistatin fusion protein was expressed by using a pGEX4T-1 expression vector in Escherichia coli BL21 and purified by glutathione-resin affinity column chromatography. Then female Balb/c mice were immunized with the GST-FS, The immunized splenocytes were fused with NS-1 hybridoma cells. Dreparation of the mAb was used by conventional hybridoma techniqal. The mAb purified by protein A, was culpled with Sepharose4B to purify further GST fusion protein by affinity chromatography. Results The SDS-PAGE showed that the GST fusion protein could be purified effctively by specific mAb affinity chromatography as same as by glutathione-resin affinity chromatography. Conclusion mAb affinity chromatography will be a ecnomical and useful method and it can be used for secondary purification of GST fusion protein following glutathione-resin affinity chromatography.

Aim By establishing mouse acute myocardial infarction model,to observe the protection of isoflavones on ischemic myocardium and research the mechanism.Methods Mouse acute myocardial infarction model was established by ligating the left anterior descending(LAD)coronary artery.Danshen was used as the positive control.The effect of isoflavones on myocardial infarct area,serum myocardium creatase and serum levels of SOD and MDA was observed.By Real Time PCR,it was found that isoflavones could affect the expression of β-adrenergic receptor kinase(β-ARK_1).Results Isflovones could obviously reduce the myocardial infarct area and lower the levels of serum myocardial creatase and MDA.It could downregulate the expression of β-ARK_1 as the doses are increased.Conclusions Isoflavones can protect the myocardium of acute myocardial infarction mouse.The mechanism is related to the reduction of the oxidative damage,and the downregulation of the expression of β-ARK_1.