融合蛋白CTP-SOD在毕赤酵母中的表达、纯化及抗氧化能力

Expression and purification of fusion protein CTP-SOD in Pichia pastoris and antioxidant capacity analysis

超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)是一种在生物界广泛存在的抗氧化酶,在抗衰老、抗肿瘤、抗免疫疾病和电磁辐射上都起着重要的作用。本实验利用含有细胞质转导肽(CTP,一种能够携带外源大分子穿过细胞膜,定位于细胞质的短肽)基因序列的特异引物,以人总RNA反转录产物为模板,扩增出了CTP和人铜锌超氧化物歧化酶(Cu/Zn SOD)的融合基因。运用毕赤酵母表达系统成功表达了具有活性的CTP-SOD融合蛋白。CTP-SOD预处理HeLa细胞后,明显提高了邻苯三酚(Progallol)诱导氧化胁迫下HeLa细胞的存活率,和对照组野生型SOD相比具有显著性差异。结果表明,CTP-SOD融合蛋白比野生型SOD更容易进入细胞,具有更高效的抗氧化功能。

Cytoplasmic transduction peptide （CTP） is a newly designed transduction peptide, by which special molecules can be carried out and localized into cytoplasmic compartment. Superoxide dismutase （SOD） is a protein that is difficult to go into cytoplasm. In this study, CTP-SOD fusion gene was amplified from human cDNA by PCR, and the active recombinant protein was successfully expressed in Pichia pastoris. HeLa cells pretreated with CTP-SOD showed a significantly improved survival against the pyrogallol-induced oxidative stress, suggesting CTP-SOD could cross the cell membrane more efficiently and protect cells from oxidative stress.