title: Expression of a novel recombinant dual human stem cell factor in insect cells.
abstract: Stem cell factor (SCF) is a hematopoietic cytokine that promotes the survival, proliferation, and differentiation of hematopoietic cells. A dual human stem cell factor (dhSCF) cDNA was constructed, which consisted of a full-length human stem cell factor cDNA plus a truncated hSCF cDNA (1-145aa), linked by a peptide (GGGGSGGGGSGG) coding region. The dhSCF gene was cloned into baculovirus transfer vector pAcSecG2T under the control of polyhedrin promoter. The Sf9 cells infected with the recombinant virus expressed rdhSCF up to 6000 U/10(6) cell in flask and 8300 U/10(6) cell in spinner flask. The rdhSCF was purified by two-step chromatography. The molecular mass of rdhSCF was examined by western blotting and HPLC analysis. The specific activity of rdhSCF was up to 3.1x10(6) U/mg, about 8.7 times as high as that of monomer rhSCF from Escherichia coli.
authors.affiliation: School of Life Science and State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China.
authors.forename: Junhai
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Xiaohui
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Xiaoyong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhi
authors.forename: Yuhui
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zang
authors.forename: Beifen
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Junchuan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Qin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016367:Baculoviridae / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D015870:Gene Expression; D005822:Genetic Vectors; D006801:Humans; D010455:Peptides / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D015202:Protein Engineering; D051381:Rats; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D018411:Spodoptera / Q000166:cytology / Q000235:genetics*; D019089:Stem Cell Factor / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D010455:Peptides; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D019089:Stem Cell Factor