Patent Application: US-202493-A

Abstract:
the invention relates to acellular vaccines being effective against whooping cough and is based on a functional component of the fimbriae of bordetella pertussis i . e . the actual adhesin molecule being a &# 34 ; minor &# 34 ; component in the fimbriae . the vaccines according to the invention have the advantage that both they may induce an effective immune respons against all b . pertussis strains and -- most likely -- also against bordetella paratertussis being the second important causative agent of whooping cough . further , the vaccines may also be used for veterinary applications , to protect against bordetella bronchiseptica infections .

Description:
highly purified fimbriae preparations from the b . pertussis strain wellcome 28 ( robinson , a ., c . s . ( 1989 ) serospecific protection of mice against intranasal infection with bordetella pertussis . vaccine 7 , 321 - 324 ) contain the serotype 2 and 3 major fimbrial subunits , and small amounts of additional polypeptides ( fig1 lane 1 ). one of these polypeptides was recognized by a monoclonal antibody ( poolman , j . t ., c . s . ( 1990 ) description of a hybridoma bank towards bordetella - pertussis toxin and surface antigens . microbial pathogenesis 8 ( 6 ), 377 - 382 ) specific for the 38 kda outer membrane protein of b . pertussis . a slightly larger polypeptide , tentatively designated fimd , was presumed to be a minor fimbrial subunit and was purified by detergent extraction and differential centrifugation ( fig1 ). for the determination of the n - terminal sequence of fimd , the purified protein was subjected to sds - polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis , and transferred to a pvdf transfer membrane ( millipore , po box 166 , 4870 ad etten - leur , holland ). the part of the membrane containing fimd was cut out , and used for n - terminal amino acid sequence analysis . the determined n - terminal amino acid sequence is shown in fig2 . ( seq id no . 1 ) the n - terminal sequence of a number of internal fimd peptides was also determined . fimd was cleaved with a lysine - specific endopepti - dase , and the resulting peptides were separated by hplc ( fig3 ). three peptides were sequenced ( fig4 ). ( seq id nos . 2 , 5 and 6 ). an oligonucleotide probe ( seq id no . 3 ) was derived from one of the fimd peptides ( peptide 6 , fig4 ) ( seq id no . 2 ) and used to identify fimd sequences in a genomic bank of b . pertussis contained in embl3 ( mooi , f . r ., van der heide , h . g . j . c . s ., ( 1987 ) characterization of fimbrial subunits from bordetella species . microbial pathogenesis 2 , 473 - 484 ). a number of positive phages were detected , and one ( designated λrip500 ) was selected for further study . it appeared that a 8 . 5 kilobase smai fragment contained in λrip500 hybridized to the oligonucleotide , suggesting that this dna fragment harboured fimd . the 8 . 5 kilobase smai fragment was cloned into puc19 , and the resulting plasmid ( prip504 ) was used for dna sequencing . the fimd gene could be identified unambiguously on the basis of the oligonucleotide probe and the fimd peptides . the dna sequence of fimd revealed that it codes for a precursor of fimd containing a signal peptide of 37 amino acid residues . the signal peptide is removed during or after transport of the precursor across the cytoplasmic membrane . the dna sequence of fimd , and the deduced amino acid sequence of its product are shown in fig5 ( seq id nos 7 and 8 ). the fimd protein is produced in very low amounts by b . pertussis . therefore , to facilitate the isolation of large amounts of fimd , the fimd gene was fused to a copy of the male gene from which the region coding for the signal peptide was deleted . the male gene codes for the maltose binding protein ( mbp ). to construct the fusion , the vector pmal - cri was used in which expression of the male gene is controlled by the p tac promoter . in addition to the male gene and the p tac promoter , pmal - cri contains the laci gene , which codes for the repressor of the p tac promoter and keeps the expression from p tac low in the absence of inducer . when an inducer is added ( for example iptg ), the repressor is inactivated , and high levels of transcription is initiated from p tac resulting in the production of large amounts of mbp , or mbp - fusion protein . the region containing the fusion between male and fimd sequences is shown in fig6 ( seq id no . 9 ). since mbp has affinity for maltose , mbp or mbp - fusion proteins can be purified by means of affinity column chromatography using a maltose column ( materials and methods ). ( d ) immunization of mice with a mbp - fimd fusion protein , and determining protective immunity mbp - fimd , mbp and pbs ( phosphate buffered saline ), were used to immunize mice . two weeks after immunization , mice were challenged with the b . pertussis strain tohama ( b44 ). directly following the challenge , and three and seven days thereafter , mice were sacrificed , and the amount of bacteria present in the nasopharynx , trachea and lungs was determined ( table 2 ). significant protection , defined as a significant decrease in the colonization of mice immunized with mbp - fimd , compared to mice immunized with mbp or pbs , was observed on day 0 , 3 and 7 in the trachea and lungs . no effect of immunization with mbp - fimd was observed in the nasopharynx . protection in the nasopharynx probably requires a secretory iga response , and the immunization route was not favourable for this type of immune response . thus fimd sequences confer protective immunity in the lungs and trachea of mice . strains and vectors used are indicated in table 1 bordetella strains ( see references cited in table 1 ) were grown on bordet - gengou agar kendrick et al ., ( 1970 ) whooping cough . in : hl bodely , el updyke , jo mason , eds . diagnostic procedures for bacterial , mycotic and parasitic infections , 5th edn . new york ; american public health association ,: 106 - 117 ! or in verwey medium verwey w . f ., c . s . ( 1949 ), a simplified liquid culture medium for growth of haemophilus pertussis , j . bacteriol 50 , 127 - 134 !. e . coli strains were grown in nz medium ( per liter ; 10 g nz - amine a , 5 g nacl , 1 g casamino acids , 5 g yeast extract , 2 g mgso 4 . 7h 2 o , ph 7 . 5 ) or on nz agar plates ( nz medium supplemented with 1 . 5 % agar ). e . coli strains producing mbp or mbp - fimd were grown in terrific broth , or on terrific agar plates ( terrific broth supplemented with 1 . 5 % agar ). table 1______________________________________strains and vectors used in this applicationstrains or relevant source orvector properties reference______________________________________e . coli strains : dh5α 1bl21 2b . pertussis strains : wellcome 28 produces serotype 2 3 and 3 fimbriaetonama ( b44 ) challenge strain 4vectors : embl3 5puc19 6pucbm21 7pmal - cri 8prip504 contains a copy of this work fimd ( 8 . 5 kilobase smai fragment in puc19 ) prip640 contains pcr fragment this work of fimd in polylinkerprip642 contains male - fimd this work fusion______________________________________ 1 . gibco / brl , gaithersburg , maryland 20877 , usa 2 . novagen , madison , wi , usa 3 . robinson , a ., gorringe , a . r ., funnel , s . g . p ., and fernandez m . ( 1989 ) serospecific protection of mice against intranasal infection with bordetella pertussis . vaccine 7 , 321 - 324 . 4 . relman d . a ., dominighini m ., tuomanen e ., rappuoli r ., and falkow s . ( 1989 ), filamentous hemagglutinin of bordetella pertussis : nucleotide sequence and crucial role in adherence . proc . natl . acad . sci . usa 86 , 2637 - 2641 . 5 . karn , j ., brenner , s ., and barnett , l ., ( 1983 ). new bacteriophage lambda vectors with positive selection for cloned inserts . in : r . wu , l . grossman , and k . moldave , eds . methods in enzymology : recombinant dna , ne york , academic press 101 ; 3 - 19 . 6 . yanischperron , c ., vieira , j ., and messing , j . ( 1985 ) gene 33 , 103 . 7 . boehringer mannheim , gmbh , mannheim , germany 8 . new england biolabs , beverly ma , usa fimbriae were purified from the wellcome 28 strain by means of homogenization in a silverson homogenizer , as described by robinson et al ., ( 1989 ) loc . git . purified fimbriae ( 750 μg / ml ) were dialysed against 20 mm tris - hcl ph 8 . 0 , and sedimented by centrifugation for 16 h at 4 ° c . and 200 , 000 × g ( fig1 ; lane 1 , pellet ; lane 2 , supernatant ). the resulting pellet , mainly composed of fimbriae , was suspended in 20 mm tris - hcl ph 8 . 0 , and sb - 14 ( n - tetradecyl - n , n dimethylammonio - 3 - propane - sulfonate ( serva , cat . no . 35867 )) was added to an end concentration of 1 . 5 % ( w / v ). the suspension was incubated at 60 ° c . for 70 minutes , and subsequently subjected to centrifugation for 16 h at 16 ° c . and 200 . 000 × g . the supernatant contained mainly outer membrane proteins , like the 38 kda protein ( fig1 lane 3 ). the pellet was suspended in 20 mm tris - hcl ph 8 . 0 , and sds ( sodium dodecylsulphate ) was added to an end concentration of 2 % ( w / v ). subsequently , the suspension was incubated for 60 min . at 60 ° c ., after which it was subjected to centrifugation for 16 h at 16 ° c . and 200 , 000 × g . the resulting pellet was mainly composed of the major fimbrial subunits ( fig1 lane 4 ), while the supernatant contained highly purified fimd ( fig1 lane 5 ). fimd was precipitated from the supernatant by the addition of 4 volumes of acetone . after incubating for 2 h on dry ice , the precipitate was collected by centrifugation for 90 min at 25 ° c . and 12 , 000 × g . the resulting pellet was suspended in 25 mm tris - hcl ph 8 . 5 , 1 mm edta , 0 . 1 % sds . to 30 μl of this suspension , which contained approximately 6 μg fimd , 500 ng lyc - c ( endoproteinase lys - c , boehringer , cat . no . 1047825 ) in 5 μl was added , and the suspension was incubated for 16 h at 35 ° c . the resulting peptides were purified by means of reversed - phase hplc under the following conditions : peaks 6 , 16 and 19 ( fig3 ) were used for n - terminal amino acid analysis using an applied biosystems model 470a gas phase sequencer . construction of a genomic bank of b . pertussis strain tohama a genomic bank of the tohama strain was constructed as described in mooi et al ., ( 1987 ) loc . cit . briefly , chromosomal dna was partially cleaved with sau3ai , and fragments having sizes between 10 and 20 kilobases were isolated by preparative gel electrophoresis . the fragments were cloned into the bamhi site of embl3 , and after in vitro packaging and transduction into e . coli , about 120 , 000 independent clones were obtained . the genomic bank was maintained in 20 % glycerol at - 70 ° c . the genomic bank was screened for fimd sequences with an oligonucleotide ( seq id no . 3 ) derived from peptide 6 ( fig4 ) ( seq id no . 2 ). plaques were transferred to gene - screen - plus membranes ( du pont , boston , mass ., u . s . a . ), and hybridized to the 32 p - labeled oligonucleotide probe according to the instructions provided by du pont . positive plaques were identified after autoradiography . unless otherwise stated , dna techniques were performed as described in by sambrook et al ., ( 1989 ), molecular cloning : a laboratory manual ; second ed ., cold spring harbor laboratory press . the dna sequence of the dna region containing fimd was determined on both strands using an abi dna sequencer ( applied biosystems , foster city , calif ., u . s . a .) following the protocols provided by the manufacturer . overlapping fragments were generated using the erase - a - base system from promega ( promega , 2800 woods hollow road , madison , wis ., u . s . a .). fragments harbouring fimd sequences were identified by hybridization with the oligonucleotide ( seq id no . 3 ) derived from peptide 6 ( fig4 ) ( seq id no . 2 ). the fimd gene was amplified from prip504 using the polymerase chain reaction ( pcr ) and the following primers : the fimd sequences from which the primers were derived have been indicated in fig5 ( seq id no . 7 ). the bases between brackets indicate extensions which introduce restriction enzyme sites to facilitate cloning . after amplification , the pcr fragment was purified using agarose gel electrophoresis . the band containing fimd sequences was cut out of the gel , and dna was purified from the agarose by adsorption to activated glass ( qiaex , diagen gmbh , dusseldorf ) according the instructions provided by the manufacturer . subsequently , the fragment was digested with bamhi and xbai , and inserted into the bamhi / xbai site of the pucbm21 polylinker . the resulting plasmid was designated prip640 . plasmid prip642 was used as a source of fimd dna for subsequent constructions . the find gene was excised from prip640 with bamhi and hindiii , and purified by agarose gelelectrophoresis as described above . the purified bamhi - hindiii fimd fragment was finally inserted into the bami / hindiii sites of pmal - cri . this construct was designated prip642 . e . coli strain bl21 containing pmal - cri ( for the isolation of mbp ) or prip642 ( for the isolation of the mbp - fimd fusion protein ) was grown overnight at 37 ° c . in terrific - broth containing 200 μg / ml ampicillin . the following day , 10 ml was used to inoculate a 1000 ml flask containing 500 ml terrific broth supplemented with 200 μg / ml ampicillin , and growth was continued at 37 ° c . in a shaking water bath until an od 600 of 1 . 0 was reached . at this point , isopropyl - β - d - thiogalactopyranoside ( iptg ) was added to a final concentration of 0 . 5 mm , and incubation was continued for 3 h at 37 ° c . cells were harvested by centrifugation ( 13000 × g , 20 min , 4 ° c .) and resuspended in buffer a to an od 600 of 10 . all subsequent steps were performed at 0 to 4 ° c . in the presence of protease inhibitors ( 10 mm pmsf , 1 mm 4 - amino - benzamidine , 1 nm ε - aminocaproic acid ). forty ml of the cell suspension was frozen , and subsequently thawed after which 25 ml buffer b , 2 . 5 ml buffer c and milli - q water to a total volume of 250 ml was added . cells were broken by ultrasonication for 4 × 30 sec with 2 min intervals , using a branson sonifier at 50 % output . intact cells and large cell fragments were removed by centrifugation ( 26000 × g , 30 min , 4 ° c .). the supernatant was dialysed against 2 l buffer d . after 16 h , the buffer was refreshed , and dialysis was continued for an additional 2 h . insoluble material was removed by centrifugation ( 13000 × g , 30 min . 4 ° c . ), and the resulting supernatant was applied to a 5 ml amylose - resin column equilibrated with 10 column volumes of buffer e . from this stage on protease inhibitors were omitted from the solutions . the column was washed with 3 column volumes of buffer e , and subsequently with 5 column volumes of buffer d . bound protein was eluted with buffer f , and fractions of 0 . 5 ml were collected . fractions containing protein , as determined by the biorad protein assay ( biorad , hercules , calif ., u . s . a .) were pooled and stored at - 20 ° c . as determined by sodium dodecyl gelelectrophoresis , this procedure resulted in essentially pure (& gt ; 90 %) mbp or mbp - fimd protein ( not shown ). the yield of the procedure was approximately 12 mg of mbp - fimd per 1 culture . 100 ml phosphate buffer + 900 ml broth phosphate buffer : 0 . 17m kh 2 po 4 0 . 72m k 2 hpo 4 broth : 12 g bacto - trypton . 24 g bacto - yeast extract . 4 . 0 . ml of 87 % glycerol . make up to 900 ml with demi water , autoclave for 20 minutes at 121 ° c . if necessary adjust the ph to 8 . 0 with naoh or hcl . if necessary adjust the ph to 7 . 0 with naoh or hcl . if necessary adjust the ph to 7 . 0 with naoh or hcl . balb / c mice ( 3 - 4 weeks ) were immunized ( subutaneously ) with mbp ( 25 μg / mouse ) or mbp - fimd ( 50 μg / mouse ) in freund &# 39 ; s incomplete adjuvants on day 1 and 14 . on day 28 the mice were infected with b . pertussis strain b44 as follows . mice were lightly anaesthetized with ether , and a drop of 5 μl of the inoculum , containing 10 7 live b . pertussis , was carefully placed on top of each nostril , and allowed to be inhaled by the animal . directly after infection , and three and seven days post - infection , mice were killed by intraperitoneal injection of an overdose of a barbiturate ( nembutal ®, sanofi / algin , maassluis , the netherlands ). the nasopharynx was sampled by introducing 0 . 8 ml verwey medium from the internal side of the animal , and collecting the first ten drops exiting from the nostrils . subsequently , the lungs and trachea were excised and homogenized in verwey medium . viable bacteria in the nasopharynx sample and the homogenates were determined by plating out serial dilutions on bordet gengou agar plates . statistical significance was determined by a the mann - whitney two sample test ( one sided ). table 2__________________________________________________________________________protection conferred by immunization with mbp - fimd in a mouse model day 0 day 3 day 7 mean ( sd ) p mean ( sd ) p mean ( sd ) p__________________________________________________________________________ nasoc mbp - fimd 7 , 256 ( 5 , 223 ) c - d ns 5 , 637 ( 7 , 341 ) c - d ns 1 , 570 ( 1 , 152 ) c - d nsd mbp 13 , 260 ( 13 , 374 ) c - e ns 4 , 975 ( 6 , 275 ) c - e 0 . 030 ** 3 , 568 ( 5 , 722 ) c - e nse pbs 6 , 533 ( 5 , 807 ) d - e ns 1 , 982 ( 2 , 856 ) d - e 0 . 065 * 1 , 792 ( 1 , 891 ) d - e ns tracheac mbp - fimd 1 , 174 ( 1 , 945 ) c - d 0 . 070 * 10 ( 24 ) c - d 0 . 016 ** 1 , 313 ( 3 , 112 ) c - d 0 . 079 * d mbp 1 , 876 ( 1 , 274 ) c - e 0 . 033 ** 64 ( 89 ) c - e 0 . 016 ** 7 , 568 ( 10 , 148 ) c - e 0 . 017 ** e pbs 2 , 344 ( 1 , 236 ) d - e ns 69 ( 24 ) d - e ns 3 , 980 ( 6 , 556 ) d - e ns lungc mbp - fimd 1 , 769 ( 3 , 782 ) c - d 0 . 029 ** 40 ( 126 ) c - d 0 . 021 ** 2 , 840 ( 6 , 368 ) c - d nsd mbp 17 , 220 ( 23 , 724 ) c - e 0 . 007 ** 11 , 027 ( 16 , 944 ) c - e 0 . 100 * 15 , 200 ( 23 , 205 ) c - e 0 . 037 ** e pbs 14 , 391 ( 16 , 827 ) d - e ns 15 , 440 ( 27 , 733 ) d - e ns 8 , 399 ( 11 , 782 ) d - e ns__________________________________________________________________________ remarks : p values were calculated according the mannwhitney twosample test ( one sided ) ns not significant ( p & gt ; 0 . 100 ) * marginally significant ** significant abbreviations : sd = standard deviation , pbs = phosphate buffered saline , mbp = maltose binding protein . __________________________________________________________________________sequence listing ( 1 ) general information :( iii ) number of sequences : 12 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 1 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 15 amino acids ( b ) type : amino acid ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : peptide ( v ) fragment type : n - terminal ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 1 : valglnproprovalglnxaaglyargalaileglyleuglnphe151015 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 2 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 14 amino acids ( b ) type : amino acid ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : peptide ( v ) fragment type : internal ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 2 : lysalaglntyrtyrglnthrserthrserthrseralagly1510 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 3 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 21 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : yes ( ix ) feature :( a ) name / key : cds ( b ) location : 1 .. 21 ( ix ) feature :( a ) name / key : mat . sub .-- peptide ( b ) location : 1 .. 21 ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 3 : aaggcccagtactaccagacc21lysalaglntyrtyrglnthr15 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 4 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 7 amino acids ( b ) type : amino acid ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : protein ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 4 : lysalaglntyrtyrglnthr15 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 5 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 20 amino acids ( b ) type : amino acid ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : peptide ( v ) fragment type : internal ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 5 : lysilealaleuproglualaglugluthrgluseralathrpheser151015leuprometlys20 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 6 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 21 amino acids ( b ) type : amino acid ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : peptide ( v ) fragment type : internal ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 6 : lysthrglnthrglyvalaspglyvalalaleuproalathrglygln151015alaalaglymetala20 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 7 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 1155 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( ix ) feature :( a ) name / key : mat . sub .-- peptide ( b ) location : 112 .. 1128 ( ix ) feature :( a ) name / key : cds ( b ) location : 1 .. 1128 ( ix ) feature :( a ) name / key : sig . sub .-- peptide ( b ) location : 1 .. 111 ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 7 : atgagccagatattcgctgaccgccgggccgccgtgcccgcgcgcgta48metserglnilephealaaspargargalaalavalproalaargval37 - 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35 - 30 - 25ileserphecysglyalaalaleualavaltrpalaglyleualaval20 - 15 - 10glnproalametalavalaspproprovalaspcysglyargalaleu51510glyleuhisphetrpserseralaserleuileseraspglnthrpro152025aspglythrleuileglylysprovalvalglyargserleuleuser303540lyssercyslysvalproaspaspilelysgluaspleuseraspasn455055hisaspglygluprovalaspilevalleugluleuglyserasntyr60657075lysileargproglnsertyrglyhisproglyilevalvalaspleu808590propheglyserthrglugluthrglyilealailetyrileaspphe95100105glyserserprometglnlysvalglygluargglntrpleutyrpro110115120glnlysglygluvalleupheaspvalleuthrileasnglyaspasn125130135alagluvalargtyrglnalailelysvalglyproleulysargpro140145150155arglysleuvalleuserglnpheproasnleuphethrtyrlystrp160165170valphemetargglythrserglngluargvalleualaglnglythr175180185ileaspthraspvalalathrserthrileaspleulysthrcysarg190195200tyrthrserglnthrvalserleuproileileglnargseralaleu205210215thrglyvalglythrthrleuglymetthrasppheglnmetprophe220225230235trpcystyrglytrpprolysvalservaltyrmetseralathrlys240245250thrglnthrglyvalaspglyvalalaleuproalathrglyglnala255260265alaglymetalaserglyvalglyvalglnleuileasnglylysthr270275280glnglnprovallysleuglyleuglnglylysilealaleuproglu285290295alaglnglnthrgluseralathrpheserleuprometlysalagln300305310315tyrtyrglnthrserthrserthrseralaglylysleuservalthr320325330tyralavalthrleuasntyrasp335 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 9 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 48 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( ix ) feature :( a ) name / key : cds ( b ) location : 1 .. 48 ( ix ) feature :( a ) name / key : mat . sub .-- peptide ( b ) location : 1 .. 48 ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 9 : atcgagggaaggatttcagaattcggatccgtccatccgtatgactag48ilegluglyargileserglupheglyservalhisprotyrasp151015 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 10 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 15 amino acids ( b ) type : amino acid ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : protein ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 10 : ilegluglyargileserglupheglyservalhisprotyrasp151015 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 11 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 24 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : yes ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 11 : atggatccgtcgatccgccggtgg24 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 12 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 22 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : yes ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 12 : gctctagaccggccggaaacgg22__________________________________________________________________________