title: [Expression pattern and level of cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated antigen-4 targeted anti-caries plasmids in eukaryotic cells].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate and compare the expression pattern and level of targeted anti-caries plasmids encoding different-size antigens in eukaryotic cells.
  
  
  METHODS
  The A-P fragment of PAc (surface protein antigen) was removed from pGJA-P encoding the signal peptide, extracellular domains of human CTLA-4, human Ig hinge, CH2 and CH3 domains, A-P fragment of PAc and GLU (glucan binding domain) region of GTF-I of Streptococcus mutans, to obtain the plasmid pGJGLU. pCI vector skeleton of pGJA-P or pGJGLU was replaced by pVAX1 to construct plasmids pGJA-P/VAX and pGJGLU/VAX. CTLA4-Ig-GLU fragment was removed from pGJGLU and inserted into the vector pEGFP-N1 to obtain the recombinant plasmid pGJGLU/GFP. The CHO cells were transfected with those plasmids by using liposome and the expression of fusion protein was observed with fluorescence microscope. ELISA was used to detect the expression level of fusion proteins in cultured supernatants.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Specific vesicles with green fluorescence could be observed in the CHO cells transfected with pGJGLU/GFP. The recombinant fusion protein could be detected in the cultured supernatants of CHO cells transfected with pGJA-P/VAX, pGJGLU/VAX and pGJGLU/GFP, of which the concentration was different. The highest concentration of recombinant fusion protein was observed in the supernatants of CHO cells transfected with pGJGLU/VAX.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  CTLA-4 targeted fusion protein could be expressed and secreted by eukaryotic cells. The size of antigen may affect the expression level of CTLA-4 targeted anti-caries DNA vaccine.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory for Oral Biomedical Engineering of Ministry of Education, School of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China.
authors.forename: Ji-hua
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Ming-wen
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: Rong
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jia
authors.forename: Zhuan
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Bian
authors.forename: Zhi
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Fei
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Yu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015703:Antigens, CD / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D060908:CTLA-4 Antigen; D006224:Cricetinae; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D019444:Vaccines, DNA / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D015703:Antigens, CD; D060908:CTLA-4 Antigen; C556706:CTLA4 protein, human; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D019444:Vaccines, DNA