He Xiao,Yuan Jun,Wang Hong,Li Chenwei,Jiang Hui,Dong Jie,Cui Jin,Dong Shanshan,Zhou Aie,Zhang Xuemei,Xu Wenchun,Yin Yibing,He Yujuan.In vitro expression of pneumolysin and identification of its biological activity[J].J Amry Med Univ (J Third Mil Med Univ),2011,33(03):237-240.
He Xiao,Yuan Jun,Wang Hong,Li Chenwei,Jiang Hui,Dong Jie,Cui Jin,Dong Shanshan,Zhou Aie,Zhang Xuemei,Xu Wenchun,Yin Yibing,He Yujuan.In vitro expression of pneumolysin and identification of its biological activity[J].J Amry Med Univ (J Third Mil Med Univ),2011,33(03):237-240.DOI:
In vitro expression of pneumolysin and identification of its biological activity
Objective To detect the expression of in vitro amplified pneumolysin gene in E.coli and verify its biological activity. Methods DNA was isolated from cultured S.pneumoniae D39. Pneumolysin gene was amplified in vitro by PCR and cloned into pET-28(α) expression vector. Recombinant pneumolysin protein was transferred to E.coli Rosetta(DE3) by sequencing. Over-expression of recombinant pneumolysin gene labeled with 6 infused amino acids was induced by IPTG. Biological activity of the recombinant pneumolysin gen
e were detected after it was purified with Ni-NTA resin and identified with SDS-PAGE. Results The sequence of cloned pneumolysin gene was consistent with that in the GenBank. The pneumolysin gene was expressed a soluble manner. The purity of recombinant pneumolysin protein was 95%. Hemolysis testing showed that the hemolytic activity of pneumolysin increased in human red blood cells in a dose-dependent manner more significantly in experimental group than in control group (P0.05) . Cytotoxicity testing showed that pneumolysin inhibited the human umbilical vein endothelial cells in a dose-and-time-dependent more significantly in experimental group than in control group (P0.05). The IC
50
(24 h) was 1.525 μg/ml. Conclusion The amplified pneumolysin protein can be identified by sequencing
expressed and purified with a hemolytic activity and a cytotoxicity.