Production of a biologically active novel goldfish growth hormone in Escherichia coli |
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Authors: | Soheil S. Mahmoud Shuli Wang Maurice M. Moloney Hamid R. Habibi |
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Affiliation: | Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada |
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Abstract: | Goldfish pituitary contains two types of growth hormones. One with five cysteine residues (type-I) similar to other Cyprinid GHs, and the other with four Cys residues (type-II) similar to those of other fish and tertapod species. Recombinant goldfish type II GH (gfGH-II) was produced in Escherichia coli using the pRSETB expression vector. The gfGH-II was produced fused to a leader sequence, which sequestered into inclusion bodies after expression. The inclusion bodies were solubilized using sodium hydroxide and the fusion protein purified by chelating affinity chromatography. Subsequently, gfGH-II was cleaved and analyzed by Western blotting, using a specific antiserum. For comparison we also produced recombinant common carp GH (cGH) which has 95% similarity to gfGH-II, and tested their growth promoting activity in goldfish. Both forms of GH significantly increased the growth rate of goldfish (P<0.05), although cGH was found to have a somewhat higher potency than gfGH-II. |
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Keywords: | growth hormone recombinant growth hormone |
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