弓形虫MIC3基因真核表达质粒的构建及在IBRS-2细胞内的表达

Construction and Expression in IBRS-2 Cells of the Eukaryotic Expressed Plasmid of MIC3 from Toxoplasma gondii

采用PCR技术从弓形虫RH株的基因组DNA中扩增编码MIC3的基因,克隆入pMD18-T载体,转化至E.coliDH5α感受态细胞,经抗性平板筛选、小量抽提质粒进行酶切、PCR及DNA测序鉴定后,亚克隆入真核表达载体pcDNA3.1。然后筛选含有目的基因的重组质粒,并转染IBRS-2细胞,在G418压力下进行筛选,利用SDS-PAGE、Western blot和ELISA检测表达情况。结果显示,扩增的MIC3基因与GenBank上相应基因序列(AJ132530)的一致性达99.9%,构建的真核表达质粒pcMIC3能在转染的IBRS-2细胞中表达分子量约为39.2ku的MIC3,且表达的蛋白质具有良好的免疫活性,为进一步研究该质粒的动物免疫试验奠定了基础。

The sequence encoding MIC3 was obtained by amplification from genomic DNA of Toxollasma gondii RH strain and cloned into the vector pMD18-T. The target gene was sub-cloned into the eukaryotic vector pcDNA3.1 after the identification of MIC3 in pMD18-T by enzyme digesting, PCR amplification and sequencing. Then the target recombinant plasmids pcMIC3 were transfected into IBRS-2 cells, and the positive cells containing pcMIC3 plasmids were obtained under the selection of G418. The expressed proteins from the positive cells were detected by SDSPAGE, Western blot and ELISA. The results showed that the DNA sequence identity was 99.9% between amplified MIC3 and that from GenBank. The molecular weight of the recombinant MIC3 protein with good immuno-activity was about 39.2 ku. These available data would lay the foundation for further studying on DNA vaccine against Toxollasma gondii.