title: Engineering and expression of the intracellular domain of insulinoma-associated tyrosine phosphatase (IA-2ic), a type 1 diabetes autoantigen, in plants.
abstract: We have produced the recombinant intracellular domain of human IA-2 (IA-2ic), a diabetes-associated autoantigen, in plants. This was achieved by transient expression using agroinfiltration of Nicotiana benthamiana plants. The resulting plant-derived IA-2ic had the expected size, reacted with polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies specific to human IA-2ic and competitively inhibited radiolabeled IA-2ic in an immunoprecipitation assay. The expression level of recombinant IA-2ic was estimated to be 0.5% of the total soluble protein (TSP). Transient expression in plants has the potential to produce a large amount of human IA-2ic protein at low cost in a short period of time.
authors.affiliation: Fraunhofer USA Center for Molecular Biotechnology, 9 Innovation Way, Suite 200, Newark, DE 19711, USA.
authors.forename: Vadim
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Mett
authors.forename: Abdel-Moneim
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Shamloul
authors.forename: Hiroki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hirai
authors.forename: Zhaohua
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Abner
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Notkins
authors.forename: Vidadi
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Yusibov
mesh_terms: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D001323:Autoantibodies; D001324:Autoantigens / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology*; D001483:Base Sequence; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000276:immunology; D015870:Gene Expression; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology*; D030821:Plants, Genetically Modified; D015202:Protein Engineering; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D054562:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 1; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology*; D054635:Receptor-Like Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases, Class 8; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D014026:Nicotiana / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D001323:Autoantibodies; D001324:Autoantigens; D017931:DNA Primers; C096322:ICA512 autoantibody; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; C516862:PTPRN protein, human; D054562:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 1; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases; D054635:Receptor-Like Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases, Class 8