title: Characterization of recombinant mouse perforin expressed in insect cells using the baculovirus system.
abstract: Perforin, a potent pore-forming protein, plays an important role in killer lymphocyte-mediated cytolysis. The studies on perforin, although already extensive, have been hampered by the limited amount of perforin naturally available from killer lymphocytes. In the present study, a full-length mouse perforin was expressed in insect cells using recombinant baculovirus. Recombinant perforin appeared to be functional in terms of lysing erythrocytes and nucleated target cells. These results suggest that the recombinant DNA approach developed in the present study may offer a new way for preparing sufficient amounts of engineered perforin for use in the studies aimed at dissecting the functional domains of the perforin molecule.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Molecular Immunology and Cell Biology, Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10021.
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Persechini
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Young
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016367:Baculoviridae; D001681:Biological Assay; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002451:Cell Compartmentation; D006461:Hemolysis; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology; D051379:Mice; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009036:Moths; D054353:Perforin; D052899:Pore Forming Cytotoxic Proteins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D052899:Pore Forming Cytotoxic Proteins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D054353:Perforin; D002118:Calcium