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Cloning and Prokaryotes Expression of Porcine Interferon-α and Interleukin-18 Fusion Gene and Detection of its Antiviral Activity

ZHANG Pan-pan, HE Jing, KANG Yin-feng, XIANG Bin, REN Tao   

  1. College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China

  • Revised:2014-03-04 Online:2014-06-20 Published:2014-07-24

Abstract: In order to explore the antiviral effect of porcine interferon-α and interleukin-18 fusion gene (poIFN-α-IL-18), poIFN-α-IL-18 was amplified from pMD18-T/IFN-α and pMD18-T/IL-18 by using fusion-PCR in this study. The recombinant expression plasmid pET-28b/IFNα-IL18 was constructed by inserting poIFNα-IL18 into vector pET-28b(+) separately. SDS-PAGE was used for analyzing the protein after induced by IPTG. The protein was purified by Ni2+-NTA. Antiviral activities of the purified protein were tested by cytopathogenic effect inhibition assay. Results showed that the recombinant expression plasmid pET-28b/IFNα-IL18 was successfully constructed. SDS-PAGE could detect the protein bands about 37 ku. After Ni2+-NTA affinity chromatography purification, the activity of purified fusion protein against astrovirus was better than the single protein. Antiviral activities of the purified proteins, poIFN-α-IL-18, poIFN-α and poIL-18, were about 1.03×105,1.28×104 and 0.11×104 U/mg.

Key words: fusion gene; cloning; expression; antiviral activity