东方鲎C因子的分段克隆及表达

东方鲎C因子 (factorCfromTachypleustridentatus)是鲎血细胞中的一种对内毒素敏感的丝氨酸蛋白酶原 ,它与内毒素特异结合的特性 ,使之具有很大的应用价值。根据报道的C因子序列 ,设计了两对引物 ,以中国福建沿海的东方鲎 (Tachypleustridentatus)为材料抽提其血细胞总RNA ,首次用RT PCR的方法分两段扩增了鲎血中编码C因子蛋白的基因全序列。序列分析表明 ,得到的FC基因与文献报道的来自日本的东方鲎的FC有很高的同源性。将分段克隆得到的两段FC片段经相应酶切后 ,与含T7启动子的质粒 pET 2 8a( )在一个体系中作连接反应 ,构建表达质粒pET2 8a FC ,转化大肠杆菌BL2 1(DE3) ,筛选表达菌株。表达菌株经 1mmol/LIPTG诱导表达 2 .5h后 ,收集菌体并超声破菌。经SDS PAGE分析表明 ,在 110kD左右处有明显的表达条带 ,大小与FC的计算分子量相吻合。但表达产物以包涵体形式存在。经洗涤与变复性后 ,重组FC在体外表现出明显的抑菌活性。同时蛋白质印迹实验也提示了在大肠杆菌中FC的单基因表达物可能发生部分自剪切反应 ,而形成了额外的免疫印迹条带

Cloning and Expression of Tachypleus tridentatus Factor C

Factor C is an endotoxin-sensitive, intracellular serine protease zymogen which initiates the coagulation cascade system in the horseshoe crab hemolymph. The special lipopolysaccharide (LPS) binding activation of FC makes it a potential drug for anti-LPS treatment and has a high commercial value. Based on the sequence of reported FC from Japan horseshoe crab, two pairs of primers were designed. The total RNA was extracted from amebocytes of Chinese Tachypleus tridentatus and the cDNA was separated into two parts and were cloned using RT-PCR, respectively. FCs from different geographical areas showed high homology in sequence. The whole FC cDNA was cloned into pET-28a ( ) containing T7 promoter and recombinant expression plasmid pET-FC was constructed. The recombinant plasmid was transformed into E. coli BL21(DE3). Recombinant FC was expressed as inclusion body when the expression strain was induced with 1 mmol/L IPTG. Refolded recombinant FC was confirmed to be active by bacteriostatic assay in vitro. The results of Western blot also suggested the recombinant FC may be able to cleave itself partly and produced an extra immunoblot band.