›› 2011, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (9): 57-60.

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Eukaryotic Expression of Swamp Buffalo Follistatin

DENG Ji-xian1, YANG Xiu-rong2, WEI Ying-ming2, JIANG He-sheng1,2   

  1. 1. China-ASEAN (Guangxi) Biotechnology Cooperative Center, Guangxi Academy of Sciences, Nanning 530003, China;2. College of Animal Science and Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning 530005, China
  • Received:2011-03-02 Revised:1900-01-01 Online:2011-09-20 Published:2011-09-20

Abstract: In this study,follistatin gene was chosen as the candidate gene affecting the reproductive ability in buffalo. Recombinant plasmid pEGFP-bFS was conducted and expressed in both buffalo fetal fibroblast (BFF) and BHK cells. pMD-bFS and pEGFP-N1 were digested with XhoⅠ,Sac Ⅱ,then eukaryotic expression vector-pEGFP-bFS was constructed. Buffalo fetal fibroblast and BHK cells were cultured with pEGFP-bFS intermixing LipofectamineTM 2000 in carbon dioxide incubator with 37 ℃,5% CO2,100% humidity. After 24 h,expression levels of recombinant vector were verified through observing directly under phase contrast fluorescence microscope,RT-PCR and Western blotting. The results indicated that bFST expressed in both buffalo fibroblast and BHK cells. This study was a very significance to produce bioactive bFS engineered plasmid and research effects of bFS on reproductive ability.

Key words: swamp buffalo; follistatin; eukaryotic expression; reproductive ability

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