Construction and Secretory Expression of β-Galactosidase Gene from Lactobacillus Bulgaricus in Lactococcus Lactis

Objective This study is to examine the secretion effects of β-galactosidase in Lactococcus lactis.Methods The usp45 and β-galactosidase genes were cloned and inserted into plasmid pMG36e to obtain the recombinant plasmid pMG36e-usp-lacZ.This recombinant plasmid was transformed into both Escherichia coli DH5α and L.lactis MG1363.The enzyme activity,gene sequencing,SDS-PAGE and hereditary stability were assessed and studied.Results The lacZ gene inserted into plasmids pMG36e-usp-lacZ was 99.37% similar to the GenBank sequence,and SDS-PAGE revealed an evident idio-strap at 116 KDa between L.lactis MG1363/pMG36eusp-lacZ in both supernatant and cell samples.β-Galactosidase activity measured 0.225 U/mL in L.lactis pMG36e-usp-lacZ transformants,and its secretion rate was 10%.The plasmid pMG36e-usp-lacZ appeared more stable in MG1363.Conclusion The authors concluded that these new recombinant bacteria well expressed and secreted β-galactosidase,indicating that the β-galactosidase expression system was successfully constructed,and this might provide a new solution for management of lactose intolerance specifically and promote the use of gene-modified organisms as part of the food-grade plasmid in general.

Secretory Expression of E2 Main Antigen Domain of CSFV C Strain and the Establishment of Indirect ELISA Assay

The sequence encoding an E2 main antigen glycoprotein of the C strain of classical swine fever virus (CSFV) was highly expressed in the host cell E. coli BL21–CodonPlus (DE3)–RIL using the pGEX-4T-1 expression vector and the soluble recombinant product was purified with Glutathione Sepharose TM4B by centrifugation. The soluble recombinant protein showed good immune reactions and was confirmed by Western blot using anti-CSFV-specific antibodies. Then an indirect ELISA with the purified E2 protein as the coating antigen was established to detect antibody against CSFV. The result revealed that the optimal concentration of coated antigen was 0.6 μg/well and the optimal dilution of serum was 1:80. The positive cut-off value of this ELISA assay was OD tested serum / OD negative serum≥2.1. The E2-ELISA method was evaluated by comparison with the indirect hemagglutination test (IHAT). When a total of 100 field serum samples were tested the sensitivity and specificity were 90.3% and 94.7% respectively. Specificity analysis showed that there were no cross-reactions between BVD serum and the purified E2 protein in the E2-ELISA.

Secretory expression and characterization of a recombinant-deleted variant of human hepatocyte growth factor in Pichia pastoris

AIM： To study the secretory expression of human hepatocyte growth factor （hdHGF） gene in Pichia pastoris. METHODS： The full-length gene of human cDNA encoding the deleted variant of hdHGF was cloned by RT-PCR and overlapping-fragment PCR technique using mRNA of human placenta as a template. The cloned hdHGF cDNA was inserted into the Escherichia coilyeast shuttle vector of pPIC9. The constructed plasmid, pPIC9-hdHGF, was transformed into the GSl15 cells of the methylotrophic yeast, P pastoris, using a chemical method. The Hut ＋ transformants were screened to obtain high-expression strains by the test and analysis of expressed products of shake-flask culture. A secretory form of rhdHGF was made with the aid of the leader peptide sequence of Saccharomyces cerevisiae α-factor. RESULTS： The expressed products, which showed a band of molecular mass of about 80 ku, were observed on 15% SDS-PAGE and identified by Western blotting and N-terminal amino acid sequencing. In the high cell density culture of 5 L fermentor by fed-batch culture protocol, the cell biomass was reached at approximately 135 g （DCW）/L. The productivity of secreted total supernant protein concentration attained a high-level expression of more than 8.0 g/L and the ratio of rhdHGF band area was about 12.3% of the total band area scanned by SDS-PAGE analysis, which estimated that the product of rhdHGF was 500-900 mg/L.CONCLUSION： The P pastoris system represents an attractive tool of generating large quantities of hdHGF for both research and industrial purposes.

Heterologous Expression of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Ag85B in Pichia pastoris

The DNA fragment encoding mature Mycobacterium tuberculosis major secretory protein Ag85B was inserted into the Pichia pastoris secretory expression vector pHBM905A, under the control of the AOX1 promoter. The recombinant plasmid pHBM905A-85B linearized by Sal I was introduced into Pichia pastoris strain GS115 by PEG1000 transformation method. After phenotype screening and PCR identification, the resulting GS115-pHBM905A-85B strain was cultivated and induced with methanol. The recombinant Ag85B protein in secreted form was attained with molecular weight of 35 × 10^3 approximately detected by SDS-PAGE and Western blot. EI,ISA experiment proved that the protein had good antigen specificity. Secretory expression of recombinant M. tuberculosis Ag85B in P. pastoris will open a door to mass production of the protein in heterologous host and allow ready evaluation of its immunological function.

Production of human intestinal trefoil factor in Pichia pastoris

Objective：To construct a Pichia pastoris （P. pastoris） expression vector of human intestinal trefoil factor （hITF） and study its expression and purification procedures. Methods：hITF gene encoding mature peptide was modified with a polybistidine tag sequence at the N-terminal, and then inserted into the P. pastoris expression vector pGAPZaA at the downstream of the s-mating factor signal. After gene sequencing, the recombinant pGAPZaA-hITF was transformed into the P. pastoris strain X-33 with lithium chloride, rhITF was induced to constitutively express in shake flask, and then analyzed with Tricine SDS-PAGEand Western blotting. The obtained rhITF was isolated from the cultured supernatants by ammonium sulfate precipitation, Ni-NTA affinity chromatography, and ultrafiltration. Results：The correctness and integrity of rhITF were identified by restriction digestion and gene sequencing, rhITF was successfully expressed to 50 mg/L as a secretive protein. After purification, the purity was above 95%. Tricine SDS-PAGE and Western-blot analysis showed that rhITF presented as a single band with a molecular weight of 10 kDa, a little larger than 7 879 Da as assayed by mass spectrometry analysis. Conclusion： hITF P. pastoris expression vector is successfully constructed and rhITF is expressed in P. pastoris at commercially relevant level. This research lays foundation for the further functional studying of hITF.