Expression of Human p53 Gene as Glutathione S-transferase Fusion Proteins in Escherichia coli

사람의 p53 유전자와 Glutathione S-Transferase와의 융합 단백질의 대장균에서의 발현

  • 오상진 (전남대학교 자연과학대학 미생물학과)
  • Published : 1993.08.01

Abstract

Alterations of the p53 gene arc among the most frequent genetic changes in human cancer and often result in increased levels of p53 protein within the malignant cells. Detection of accumulated p53 protein can be a useful prognostic tool in human cancer. In order to make polyclonal antibodies for immunohistochemical screening. human p53 gene was expressed in E. coli in the form of GST (glutathione S-transfi.:rase) fusion proteins. Two p53 gene fragments. which were N('()I small fragment encoding amino acid residues of 1-151-: and Ncol large fragment of 159-393. were subeloned into the unique BamHI site present within the pGEX-2T vector using BamHI linker and recombinant plasmids pGTNS and pGTNL were constructed. respectively. The p53 cDNA fragment (from pC53-$SN_3$,) encoding amino acid 38-145 (proline at residue 72) was amplified by polymerase chain reaction(PCR). The amplified DNA was digested with BamHI and Prull and inserted into the BamHI-Smal sites of pG EX-2T and recombinant plasmid pGTBP was constructed. After IPTG induction of these plasmids for 4 hours. fusion proteins were purified from E. coli extracts with glutathione Sepharose beads. The bound proteins were resolved by 10% SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and the molecular weights were 54 kDa. 53 kDa and 40 kDa. respectively. Approximately one milligram of fusion proteins were purified from 1 -liter cultures.

p53 유전자의 변화는 인간의 여러 암에서 가장 흔하게 발견되며 종양세포내에서는 이러한 변형된 p53 단백질의 양의 증가가 초래된다. 세포내에 축적된 p53 단백질의 발견은 인간의 암증세를 판단할 유용한 기중이 되기도 한다. 본 연구에서는 이러한 면역조직화학 검사에 쓰일 수 있는 폴리클로날 항체를 만들기 위햐여 사람의 p53 유전자를 glutathione S-transferase 와의 융합 단백질의 형태로서 대장균내에서 발현시켰다. p53 의 아미노산 1-158번을 코딩하고 있는 NeoI fragment 와 아미노산 159-393 번을 코딩하는 NocI-BamHI fragment 를 BamHI linker 를 이용하여 in frame 으로 pGEX-2T 의 BamHI 자리에 삽입하여 재조합 플라스미드 pGTNS 와 pGTNL 을 각각 만들었다. 또 PCR 에 의한 증폭에 의햐여 아미노산 38-145번을 코딩하는 유전자 부위를 증폭하였으며 BamHI 과 PvuII 로 절단하여 pGEX-2T의 BamHI 과 SmaI 자리에 삽입함으로써 pGTBP 를 제조하였다. 이들 재조합 균주들을 IPTG 로 4시간 induction 한 후 세포 추출물로부터 glutathione Sepharose bead 를 이용하여 융합단백질을 분리하였다. Bead 에 결합된 단백질은 10% SDS-polyacrylamide gel 에서 전기영동하였으며, 각각의 분자량은 54 kDa, 53 kDa 와 40 kDa 였다. 이러한 방법으로 1리터 배양으로부터 약 1mg 의 단백질을 정제하였다.

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