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A Comparative Analysis of Recombinant Protein Expression in Different Biofactories: Bacteria, Insect Cells and Plant Systems
Published on: March 23, 2015
Construction, expression and biological assessment of BPI23-Fcgamma1 recombinant protein prokaryotic expression
Yunqing An1, Yuanzhi Guan, Yan Ke
1Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Capital University of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100054. anyunq@cpums.edu.cn
Objective:
To construct pBV-BPI600-Fcgamma1(700) recombinant expression vector, to transform it into Escherichia coli DH5alpha, and to induce the expression of BPI23-Fcgamma1 anti-bacterial recombinant protein.
Methods:
Genes coding for BPI23 and Fcgamma1 were amplified by RT-PCR from mRNA extracted from HL-60 cell and normal human leukocytes; recombinant cloning vector and recombinant expression vector were then constructed. pBV-BPI600-Fcgamma1(700) recombinant expression vector was transformed into the competent Escherichia coli DH5alpha and BPI23-Fcgamma1 recombinant protein was expressed by a temperature-induced method.
Results:
(1) Expected amplified products BPI600hp and Fcgamma1(700bp) were obtained by RT-PCR method. (2) pUC18-BPI180, pUC18-BPI420 and pUC18-Fcgamma1(700) recombinant cloning vector were successfully constructed, and sequences were identical with the reported ones. 3) pBV-BPI600-Fcgamma1(700) recombinant expression vector was successfully constructed, and the enzyme digestion analysis showed an expected result. (4) The expression level of BPI23-Fcgamma1 recombinant protein accounted for 20% of total bacterial proteins. (5) The renatured BPI23-Fcgamma1 recombinant protein showed bacteriocidal activity and biological function of complement fixation, and opsonization.
Conclusion:
pBV-BPI600-Fcgamma1(700) recombinant expression vector was successfully constructed, and BPI23-Fcgamma1 recombinant protein with double biological activity of BPI and IgGFc was expresed in Escherichia coli.

