›› 2016, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (11): 2859-2865.doi: 10.16431/j.cnki.1671-7236.2016.11.008

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Construction and Identification of Cell Penetrating Peptides VP22 Gene Fused with Enhanced Green Fluorescent Protein and Three Antigens of Toxoplasma gondii

WANG Na1,2, LIU Yan-shuang3, LIU Ning4, JIN Chao5, ZHANG Xi-lu2, JIN Yue2, XUE Shu-jiang1   

  1. 1. Agricultural College, Yanbian University, Yanji 133002, China;
    2. Longjing Animal Husbandry Station, Longjing 133400, China;
    3. Longjing Livestock Authority, Longjing 133400, China;
    4. Meihekou Animal Husbandry Station, Meihekou 135000, China;
    5. Dalian Jinzhou New Area District Animal Health Supervision, Dalian 116100, China
  • Received:2016-03-25 Online:2016-11-20 Published:2016-11-18

Abstract:

To study a novel vaccine of Toxoplasma gondii,the recombinant plasmids that cell penetrating peptides VP22 gene fused with one enhanced green fluorescent protein(EGFP)(pcDNA-VP22-EGFP)and three antigens of T.gondii(pcDNA-VP22-SAG1,pcDNA-VP22-GRA4 and pcDNA-VP22-AMA1)were constructed,respectively.The recombinant plasmids were identified by PCR,restriction endonuclease digestion and DNA sequencing.The pcDNA-VP22-EGFP plasmid was transfected into COS7 cells,and the expression of VP22-EGFP in COS7 cells was confirmed by fluorescence microscope and RT-PCR.The results showed that all recombinant plasmid were constructed correctly.Green fluorescence was observed successfully under the fluorescence microscope in transfected cells after 72 h.The gene fragment of 1 449 bp was obtained by RT-PCR.The results indicated that the recombinant plasmids were constructed successfully.

Key words: cell penetrating peptides VP22; Toxoplasma gondii; eukaryotic expression

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