title: Secretory production of bioactive recombinant human granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor by a baculovirus expression system.
abstract: The proliferation and differentiation of hematopoietic cells are stimulated by a group of glycoproteins called colony stimulating factors (CSFs). Previously, we found that the human hepatoma cell line HA22T/VGH secreted a high level of human granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (hGM-CSF). The cDNA of hGM-CSF, including the signal peptide sequence, was amplified from the total RNA of HA22T/VGH by a reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction and was cloned into the pUC18 vector. After confirming the nucleotide sequence, the cDNA was inserted into a pVL1393 baculovirus transfer vector. The recombinant baculovirus carrying hGM-CSF cDNA was generated by co-transfecting the hGM-CSF recombinant transfer vector and BaculoGold baculovirus DNA into the Sf9 insect cells. The expected hGM-CSF transcript was detected in the recombinant virus-infected Sf9 cells. The conditioned media of the infected cells were analyzed by a slot-blot immunoassay. The results indicate that the infected insect cells produced and secreted hGM-CSF. According to colony forming assay, a maximum titer of 2.1 x 10(6). U ml-1 of hGM-CSF in the medium was obtained on the third day after infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Research, Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Au
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: H D
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: K B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Choo
authors.forename: S Y
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D016367:Baculoviridae / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D001709:Biotechnology; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000187:drug effects; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells; D002460:Cell Line; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D015870:Gene Expression; D005822:Genetic Vectors; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D018411:Spodoptera
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor