The aim of this study was to investigate the prokaryotic expression of antimicrobial peptide cathelicidin （CATH） PR1 and PR2 from the skin of Paa robertingeri in Escherichia coli. Two active peptides, CATH PR1 and C...The aim of this study was to investigate the prokaryotic expression of antimicrobial peptide cathelicidin （CATH） PR1 and PR2 from the skin of Paa robertingeri in Escherichia coli. Two active peptides, CATH PR1 and CATH PR2, belong to the CATH family in the skin of P. robertingeri. CATH PR1 has a relatively high antimicrobial activity, especially for the drug-resistant strains found in clinical practice; however, no antimicrobial activity has been found in CATH PR2. The molecular weights of both CATH PR1 and CATH PR2 are relatively low （3195.88 and 2838.34 Da, respectively）. Thus, the genetic processes, as well as the expression and purification of these proteins, are difficult to perform. Therefore, in this study, CATH PR1 and CATH PR2 genes were tandem ligated and then connected to the plasmid pET-32a. This reconstructed plasmid was then transfected into the expression vector E. coli BL21 to construct the recombinant expression system. The fusion expression of peptide PR was stable in E. coli after induction with 1.0 mol/L isopropyl β-D-1-thiogalactopyranoside at 37℃ for 4 h. The antimicrobial activity assay using Staphylococcus aureus （Song） and Candida albicans 08030102 showed that the antimicrobial activity of PR was similar to the antimicrobial activity of CATH PR1. This study showed that artificial modification of the amino acid sequences of PR1 and PR2 could result in better protein expression in prokaryotes, and the fusion protein expressed had relatively high antimicrobial and other biological activities. In conclusion, the findings suggest future prospects of the commercialization of this method.展开更多
将人细胞周期蛋白D1基因克隆入原核表达载体pET-20b中获得重组质粒pET-20b-cycD,经酶切鉴定正确后转化大肠杆菌BL21 P laysS后获得表达菌株.该菌株经IPTG诱导后表达的目的蛋白有部分分泌到培养基上清中,将培养基上清中的蛋白沉淀后用N ...将人细胞周期蛋白D1基因克隆入原核表达载体pET-20b中获得重组质粒pET-20b-cycD,经酶切鉴定正确后转化大肠杆菌BL21 P laysS后获得表达菌株.该菌株经IPTG诱导后表达的目的蛋白有部分分泌到培养基上清中,将培养基上清中的蛋白沉淀后用N i2+螯合柱进行纯化,最后可得到纯度达到95%以上的目的蛋白.蛋白电泳显示纯化蛋白的分子量约为33 KD,W esternb lot分析表明,在电泳胶的相应分子量处出现特异性条带,说明已经成功表达和纯化了重组人细胞周期蛋白D1.展开更多
基金supported by the Industry-University-Research Project of Application of the Active Substances from Amphibian Skin from the Education Ministry of Guizhou (Q. J. HE and K. Y. ZHI [2013]121)
文摘The aim of this study was to investigate the prokaryotic expression of antimicrobial peptide cathelicidin （CATH） PR1 and PR2 from the skin of Paa robertingeri in Escherichia coli. Two active peptides, CATH PR1 and CATH PR2, belong to the CATH family in the skin of P. robertingeri. CATH PR1 has a relatively high antimicrobial activity, especially for the drug-resistant strains found in clinical practice; however, no antimicrobial activity has been found in CATH PR2. The molecular weights of both CATH PR1 and CATH PR2 are relatively low （3195.88 and 2838.34 Da, respectively）. Thus, the genetic processes, as well as the expression and purification of these proteins, are difficult to perform. Therefore, in this study, CATH PR1 and CATH PR2 genes were tandem ligated and then connected to the plasmid pET-32a. This reconstructed plasmid was then transfected into the expression vector E. coli BL21 to construct the recombinant expression system. The fusion expression of peptide PR was stable in E. coli after induction with 1.0 mol/L isopropyl β-D-1-thiogalactopyranoside at 37℃ for 4 h. The antimicrobial activity assay using Staphylococcus aureus （Song） and Candida albicans 08030102 showed that the antimicrobial activity of PR was similar to the antimicrobial activity of CATH PR1. This study showed that artificial modification of the amino acid sequences of PR1 and PR2 could result in better protein expression in prokaryotes, and the fusion protein expressed had relatively high antimicrobial and other biological activities. In conclusion, the findings suggest future prospects of the commercialization of this method.
