• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제9권5호
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• pp.576-581
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• 1999

Effects of signal sequences, protein sizes and dissolved oxygen on the secretion of human lysozyme from a recombinant yeast were experimentally characterized. The systems consisted of Saccharomyces cerevisiae host SEY2102 that was transformed with two different plasmids. These plasmids were identical with an exception to the plasmid pMC614, which contained the native yeast MFα1 sequence and the plasmid pMC632 with the non-native rat α-amylase signal sequence. The expression of human lysozyme was controlled by the ADHI promoter. The native yeast MFαl signal sequence was more efficient than the non-native rat α-amylase signal sequence in directing the secretion of human lysozyme. Lysozyme secreted with the α-amylase signal was retained inside the cells and released to the medium very slowly, thereby causing a lower cell growth rate and a decreased product secretion rate. Lysozyme was secreted more efficiently than invertase, which is an order of magnitude bigger in molecular size compared to lysozyme, which was under the direction of the MFαl signal sequence, suggesting that protein sizes may affect the secretion efficiency. When expressed in anaerobic conditions in the medium where the ADHI promoter was derepressed, the amount of lysozyme secreted was about twice higher than that of the aerobic culture. However, the secretion rates were identical. This result showed that the dissolved oxygen level may affect the efficiency of protein secretion only, and not the secretion rate of the product protein.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제17권9호
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• pp.1538-1545
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• 2007

Clavulanic acid (CA) is an inhibitor of ${\beta}$-lactamase that is produced from Streptomyces clavuligerus NRRL3585 and is used in combination with other antibiotics in clinical treatments. In order to increase the production of CA, the replicative and integrative expressions of ccaR (encoding for a specific regulator of the CA biosynthetic operon) and cas2 (encoding for the rate-limiting enzyme in the CA biosynthetic pathway) were applied. Six recombinant plasmids were designed for this study. The pIBRHL1, pIBRHL3, and pIBRHL13 were constructed for overexpression, whereas pNQ3, pNQ2, and pNQ1 were constructed for chromosomal integration with ccaR, cas2, and ccaR-cas2, respectively. All of these plasmids were transformed into S. clavuligerus NRRL3585. CA production in transformants resulted in a significantly enhanced amount greater than that of the wild type, a 2.25-fold increase with pIBRHLl, a 9.28-fold increase with pNQ3, a 5.06-fold increase with pIBRHL3, a 2.93-fold increase with pNQ2 integration, a 5.79-fold increase with pIBRHLl3, and a 23.8-fold increase with pNQ1. The integrative pNQl strain has been successfully applied to enhance production.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.262-269
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• 1988

한국에서 분리한 Yersinia enterocolitica의 병원성 여부를 조사하기 위하여 지가응집 시험, 칼슘 의존성 시험, HeLa 세포 침투시험, Sereny 시험, Crystal violet 결합시험과 plasmid의 전기영동을 실시하여 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 병원성 Y. enterocolitica는 자가응집, 칼슘 의존성, crystal violet 결합시험에서 양성반을을, 비병원성 균주는 음성반응을 각각 나타내었다. 그러나 양성반응은 $37^{\circ}C$에서만 나타나 병원성의 발현이 온도에 의존됨을 알 수 있었다. Sereny 시험에서 혈청형 0:8인 표준균주만이 양성반응을 보인 반면에 혈청형 0:3, 0:9인 실험균주들은 대부분 음성반응을 나타내어 Y. enterocolitica의 병원성은 혈청형에 따라 실험동물에서 다르게 발현됨을 알 수가 있었다. HeLa 세포 침투시험에서 실험균주 모두가 양성반응을 보여 병원성 균주를 구분하기에는 부적합하였다. 대부분의 병원성 균주는 36-38Mdal의 plasmid를 가지고 있었으나 비병원성 균주는 없었으며, plasmid가 자가응집 및 칼슘 의존성, crystal violet 결합에 관여함을 알 수가 있었다.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.271-279
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• 1992

내알카리성 및 내열성 xylanase를 생산하는 토양분리균인 Bacillus stearothermophilus의 chromosomal DNA와 pBR322 plasmid DNA의 HindIII 절단 DNA 단편을 ligation 시켜 E.coli HB101들 형질전환, 약 5천개의 형질전환체를 얻었으며 이들 중에서 세개의 xylanase 양성 형질전환체를 분리하였다. 상기 세 xylanase 양성 형질전환체들로부터 분리한 제조합 plasmid(pMG11, pMG12 및 pMG13)는 다 같이 xylanase 활성과 관계되는 B.stearothermophilus 유래의 동일 4kb 외래 DNA를 가지고 있었으나, pMG13은 외래 DNA의 삽입 방향만이 다름을 확인하였다.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.192-198
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• 1990

플라스미드 pKM101과 이의 돌연변이제 pSLA의 mutator 유전자를 subcloning하여 재조합 플라스미드 pJB200과 pJB210을 선별하였고, umuC36- uvrA6-(TK 610) 균주에 도입하여 UV와 MMS에 대해서 보호효과와 돌연변이율에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. 재조합된 플라스마드는 UV와 MMS에 대해서 nonmutability인 umu- 균주에서 완전히 돌연변이율을 회복시켰고 보호효과를 크게 증가시켰다. 이 사실은 muc 유전자가 cloning된 재조합 플라스미드가 돌연변이원의 처리에 의해 효과적인 발현을 하며, muc 유전자 만으로도 pKM101의 기능을 나타낸다는 것을 확인하였고, pSLA의 muc 유전자가 그 효과에 었어서 높은 영향을 미쳤다. 또한 pKM101의 muc gene을 포함한 pJB210 은 recA - (JC2926) 균주에서 돌연변이 유발능에 영향을 미치지 못한 것은 muc 유전자가 recA 유전자에 의존함을 알 수 있었다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제13권9호
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• pp.4453-4458
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• 2012

Angiogenesis plays a significant role in colorectal cancer (CRC) and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) appears to be involved with multiple aspects of CRC angiogenesis. Our aim was to investigate the inhibitory effects of Tan II-A (Tanshinone II-A, Tan II-A) on tumor growth in mice, as well as alteration of expression of COX-2 and VEGF in CRC. We established the mice xenograft model of C26 CRC cell line, and injected 0.5, 1, 2mg/kg of Tan II-A and 1mg/kg of 5-FU in respectively in vivo. Then, we assayed tumor weight and volume, and evaluated microvascular density and expression of VEGF. COX-2 promoter and COX-2 plasmids were transfected into HCT-116 cells, followed by detection of COX-2 promoter activity by chemiluminescence, and detection of COX-2 mRNA expression by fluorescence quantitative PCR. Taken together, the results showed Tan II-A could inhibit tumor growth and suppress the VEGF level in vivo. HCT-116 cell experiments showed marked inhibitory effects of Tan II-A on COX-2 and VEGF in a dose-dependent manner. The results indicate that Tan II-A can effectively inhibit tumor growth and angiogenesis of human colorectal cancer via inhibiting the expression level of COX-2 and VEGF.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.131-137
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• 2001

Previous work has identified that only the catabolite responsive element A (creA; previously called cre-2) out of two potential cre sequences (cre-1: nucleotide +160 to +173 and cre-2: +173 to +186), recognized within the coding region of the xylanaseA gene (xynA) of Bacillus stearothermophilus No.236, was actually, was actually involved in the carbon catabolite repression(CCR) of xynA expression in B. subtilis. However, the level of CCR of xynA expression in the original B.stearothermophilus No.236 strain (70-fold repression). Therefore, to search for an additional cre element in the promoter region, the upstream region of the xynA gene was subcloned by chromosome walking, and as a result, another potential cre element (nucleotide -124∼-137; designated creB) was recognized in this region. The cre-like sequence revealed a high homology to the cre consensus sequence. The xylanase activity of B. subtilis MW15 bearing pWPBR14 (containing creA and creB) cultured in a medium containing xylose as the sole carbon source was about 7.7 times higher than that observed for the same culture containing glucose. B. subtilis MW15 bearing pWPBR23 (containing only creA) produced an activity about 2.4 times higher. This pattern of CCR was confirmed using derivatives of xynA::aprA fusion plasmids. Furthermore, a measurement of the amounts of the xynA transcript showed a similar pattern as that for the production of xylanase. In addition, the synthesis of xylanase in B. subtilis QB7115 [a catabolite control protein A (ccpA) mutant strain] carrying pWPBR14 was almost completely relieved from glucose repression. Together, these results lead to a conclusion that the CCR of the expression of the xynA gene is mediated by CcpA binding at creA and creB sites in B. subtilis.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.169-175
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• 1989

포유동물 세포내에서 간염 바이러스의 내면항원의 발현과 전위내면 항원(precore) 부위의 역할을 규명하기 위하여 고등동물세포 발현용 벡터에 전위내면항원 부위를 갖거나 또는 갖지 않는 내면항원 유전자를 클로닝 하여 COS 세포내에서의 발현을 조사하였다. 전위내면항원 부위를 포함한 내면항원 유전자를 갖는 플라스미드로감염시킨 COS 세포는 항원들이 세포추출물과 배양액에서 검출되었다. 분비된 항원의 증가율은 감염후 2일과 3일 사이가 가장 높았고, 부분결실된 제조합 플라스미드 중 내면항원의 ATG codon에서 180bp 떨어진 것이 가장 발현이 잘 되었다. 전위내면항원을 갖지 않거나 하나의 염기가 첨가되어 변형된 전위내면항원을 갖는 제조합 플라스미드의 경우 항원들이 세포 추출물에서만 검출되었다. 이러한 사실은 전이내면항원 부위가 HBe 항원의 분비에 관여 한다는 경우 항원들이 세포 그러나 대장균이나 효모 세포의 경우는 전위내면항원의 존재와 상관없이 항상 세포추출물에서만 존재하는 것으로 보아 이들 세포의 경우에서는 전위내면항원 부위가 HBe 항원의 분비에 영향을 줄 수 없음을 의미한다.

• BMB Reports
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.166-171
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• 2000

Thioredoxin is a multifunctional protein that is ubiquitous in microorganisms, animals and plants. Previously, the expression of the Escherichia coli thioredoxin gene (trxA) was found to be negatively regulated by cAMP. In the present study, the effect of temperature on the expression of the E. coli trxA gene was investigated. In order to examine the temperature effect, the fusion plasmid pCL70 that harbors the E. coli trxA P1P2 promoter was used. The other two fusion plasmids, pJH3 and pMH521 that were constructed in different vectors which harbor the E. coli trxA P2 promoter, were also used. When the E. coli strain MC1061/pCL70 was grown in a rich medium at $25^{\circ}C$, $34^{\circ}C$ and $42^{\circ}C$, the cells grown at $42^{\circ}C$ gave the highest $\beta$-galactosidase activity. The E. coli MC1061/pJH3 and MC1061/pMG521 cells showed increased $\beta$-galactosidase activity after the shift of the culture temperature to $42^{\circ}C$. The wild-type trxA gene of the E. coli MC1061 cells produced much higher thioredoxin activity at the higher temperature. These results support the conclusion that the E. coli trxA gene is regulated in a temperature-dependent manner. Especially the expression from its P2 promoter appeared to be sensitive to temperature.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.152-159
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• 2014

The regulation of protein tyrosine phosphorylation is mediated by protein tyrosine kinases (PTKs) and protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTPs) and is essential for cellular homeostasis. Co-expression of PTKs with PTPs in Pichia pastoris was used to facilitate the expression of active PTKs by neutralizing their apparent toxicity to cells. In this study, the gene encoding phosphatase PTP1B with or without a blue fluorescent protein or peroxisomal targeting signal 1 was cloned into the expression vector pAG32 to produce four vectors. These vectors were subsequently transformed into P. pastoris GS115. The tyrosine kinases EGFR-2 and $PDGFR{\beta}$ were expressed from vector pPIC3.5K and were fused with a His-tag and green fluorescent protein at the N-terminus. The two plasmids were transformed into P. pastoris with or without PTP1B, resulting in 10 strains. The EGFR-2 and $PDGFR{\beta}$ fusion proteins were purified by $Ni^{2+}$ affinity chromatography. In the recombinant P. pastoris, the PTKs co-expressed with PTP1B exhibited higher kinase catalytic activity than did those expressing the PTKs alone. The highest activities were achieved by targeting the PTKs and PTP1B into peroxisomes. Therefore, the EGFR-2 and $PDGFR{\beta}$ fusion proteins expressed in P. pastoris may be attractive drug screening targets for anticancer therapeutics.