摘要
AIM To express and purify Lipoprotein -associated phospholipase A2 (Lp-PLA2), and to establish a screening model for Lp-PLA2 inhibitors through the recombinant Lp-PLA2. METHODS The full-length gene of Lp-PLA2 was cloned from the differentiated THP-1 cells by RT-PCR and PCR. The Lp-PLA2 gene was subcloned into the Pichia expression vector pPIC9 and introduced a sequence encoding a C-terminal stretch of six histidine residues at the same time. The recombinant plasmid was transformed into Pichia pastoris GS115 by spheroplasting and the gene was then integrated into the GS115 genome. Lp- PLA2 was expressed in the yeast strain GS115 by inducing with 0.5% methanol.
