›› 2016, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (11): 2826-2833.doi: 10.16431/j.cnki.1671-7236.2016.11.004

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Prokaryotic Expression of Fusion Gene of Cat Recombinant Allergen Fel d 1 with Hepatitis B Core Antigen

PEI Ye-chun1, AN Xiao-rong2, HOU Jian2, CHEN Yong-fu2, YAN Feng-xiang2, GUAN Hong2, WEI Shuang-shuang1, WANG Da-yong1   

  1. 1. College of Agriculture, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China;
    2. College of Biological Science, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
  • Revised:2016-07-26 Online:2016-11-20 Published:2016-11-18

Abstract:

To expose the cat recombinant allergen Fel d 1 protein on the outer surface of hepatitis B core antigen(HBcAg)virus-like particles(VLPs), the recombinant Fel d 1(rFel d 1)was created by linking the two genes chain 1 and chain 2 that composed the Fel d 1 protein. Then the rFel d 1 sequence was inserted into the HBcAg c/e1 loop area, replacing the amino acids between D78 and E83 in HBcAg c/e1 loop area. We successfully constructed the prokaryotic expression vector pET28a-HBcAg-rFel d 1 via gene codon optimization and synthesis. The recombinant plasmid pET28a-HBcAg-rFel d 1 was transformed into E.coli BL21(DE3)cells, then induced by IPTG, purified by Ni-NTA affinity chromatography and tested by SDS-PAGE, Western blotting and transmission electron microscopy(TEM). The fusion protein HBcAg-rFel d 1 was expressed successfully in E. coli expression system and the pure fusion protein HBcAg-rFel d 1 was purified by Ni-NTA affinity chromatography. Further, TEM confirmed the fusion protein HBcAg-rFel d 1 could assemble into VLPs. The fusion protein HBcAg-rFel d 1 could assemble into VLPs spontaneously, which laid a solid foundation for the research of the preventive and therapeutic vaccines for cat allergy.

Key words: cat allergen; hepatitis B virus core antigen; Fel d 1; virus-like particles

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