title: [Bone-inducing activity of human bone morphogenetic protein-2 102 peptide].
abstract: To analyze the bone-inducing activity of C terminal of hBMP-2 and get a new recombinant product of hBMP-2, the gene encoding 102 aa of hBMP-2 mature peptide C terminal was cloned and expressed in E. coli and the first Cys was mutated with Ser. The fragments encoding the target peptide were amplified and cloned into heat-inducible expression vector pDH and transformed into E. coli DH5 alpha. After induction, a new protein bond appeared on the SDS-PAGE. The expressed products amounted to 30% of the total bacterial protein, which existed in the form of inclusion body. The products of bacterial lysates were purified through the ion-exchange chromatography. The denatured proteins were dialysed and diluted directly into the refolding buffer. The renatured products were implanted into mouse thigh muscles to analyze their bone-inducing activity respectively. The results of histological assay showed that the 102 peptide of hBMP-2 could ectopically induce formation of bone, while the mutated 102 peptide of hBMP-2 could not. It suggested hBMP-2 102 peptide still had bone-inducing activity. The first Cys of hBMP-2 mature peptide might be necessary for integrity of three pairs of disulfide bond, and also essential for bone-inducing activity of hBMP-2.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710033, China.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Pu
authors.forename: B F
authors.initials: BF
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: N C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001681:Biological Assay; D055396:Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2; D019485:Bone Morphogenetic Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003545:Cysteine / Q000235:genetics; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D005269:Femur / Q000254:growth & development; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D010012:Osteogenesis / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017354:Point Mutation; D015202:Protein Engineering / Q000379:methods; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics / Q000494:pharmacology; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta
chemical_list: C525718:BMP2 protein, human; C525719:Bmp2 protein, mouse; D055396:Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2; D019485:Bone Morphogenetic Proteins; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; C499469:recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2; D003545:Cysteine