title: Expression of bioactive human M-CSF soluble receptor in transgenic tobacco plants.
abstract: The cDNA encoding N-terminal three immunoglobin-like domains of human M-CSFR was linked to His-tag and endoplasmic reticulum retention sequence (KDEL) before being inserted into the genome of tobacco plant, Nicotiana tabacum cv. NC-89, by Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation. The insertion and expression of target gene were confirmed by PCR, ELISA, and Western blot. The recombinant M-CSFsR reached a maximum expression level of 1.92% of total soluble protein in transgenic tobacco plant leaf tissues. The recombinant M-CSFsR could be purified through a one-step IMAC process and its bioactivity was confirmed by the inhibition of colony formation of J6-1 cells. The results suggested that we successfully expressed a high level of bioactive human M-CSFsR in tobacco plants.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory for Experimental Hematology, Institute of Hematology and Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin 300020, PR China. zhengggtj@sohu.com
authors.forename: Guo-Guang
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Ying-Hua
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Qing
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.forename: Yong-Min
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Ke-Fu
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D002460:Cell Line; D015870:Gene Expression; D006801:Humans; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D030821:Plants, Genetically Modified / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary / Q000235:genetics; D016186:Receptor, Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology; D014026:Nicotiana / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D016186:Receptor, Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor