Construction of recombinant bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccine secreting human interferon-alpha 2b / 中华外科杂志
Chinese Journal of Surgery
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(12): 1022-1026, 2008.
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in Chinese
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ABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To construct a recombinant bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccine (rBCG) secreting human interferon-alpha 2b (IFN alpha-2b).</p><p><b>METHODS</b>BCG Ag85B signal sequence and IFN alpha-2b gene were amplified from the genome of BCG and of human peripheral blood by polymerase chain reaction (PCR), respectively. IFN alpha-2b gene was cloned in E. coli-BCG shuttle-vector pMV261 to get pMV261-IFN alpha-2b. A new recombinant plasmid pMV261-IFN alpha-2b was constructed by inserting BCG Ag85B signal sequence into pMV261-Ag85B-IFN alpha-2b. Then, BCG was transformed with this recombinant plasmid by electroporation, and designated as rBCG-IFN alpha-2b. The DNA and protein expressions of IFN alpha-2b gene in rBCG were determined by PCR and Western blot respectively. Also the quantity of IFN alpha-2b protein secreted by rBCG in culture supernatants was determined by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>By partial nucleotide sequencing, the DNA sequences of human IFN alpha-2b and BCG Ag85B were consistent with that in the Gene Bank, and were correctly inserted into the shuttle expression vector pMV261 to construct recombinant plasmid pMV261-Ag85B-IFN alpha-2b. BCG was successfully transformed with this recombinant plasmid by electroporation and the recombinant BCG (rBCG-IFN alpha-2b) was capable of synthesizing and secreting cytokine IFN alpha-2b. The concentration of IFN alpha-2b in culture supernatants was quantified by ELISA and calculated to be approximately 301.45 pg/ml.</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>Recombinant BCG secreting human IFN alpha-2b (rBCG-IFN alpha-2b) was constructed successfully and the specific IFN alpha-2b protein can be expressed highly and steadily by rBCG vaccine.</p>
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Plasmids
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Transformation, Bacterial
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Recombinant Proteins
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BCG Vaccine
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Gene Expression
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Interferon-alpha
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Allergy and Immunology
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Genetic Vectors
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Genetics
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Metabolism
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Chinese
Journal:
Chinese Journal of Surgery
Year:
2008
Type:
Article
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