title: [Studies on antigencity of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) external glycoprotein as well as its expression in Pichia pastoris].
abstract: Based on the computer simulation, we analyzed hydrophobicity, potential epitope of recombined subtypes HIV-1 Env protein (851 amino acids) from Guangxi in China. Compared with conservative peptides of other subtypes in env protein, three sequences (469-511aa, 538-674aa, 700-734aa) were selected to recombine into a chimeric gene that codes three conservative epitope peptides with stronger antigencity, and was constructed in the yeast expression plasmid pPICZB. Chimeric proteins were expressed in Pichia pastoris under the induction of methanol, and were analyzed by SDS-PAGE and Westernblot. The results showed that fusion proteins of three-segment antigen were expressed in Pichia pastoris and that specific protein band at the site of 40kD was target protein, which is interacted with HIV-1 serum. The target proteins were purified by metal Ni-sepharose 4B, and were demonstrated to possess good antigenic specificity from the data of ELISA. This chimeric antigen may be used as research and developed into HIV diagnostic reagents.
authors.affiliation: College of Life Science and Technology, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun 130022, China. zhaolihui2000@yahoo.com.cn
authors.forename: Li-Hui
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Xiang-Hui
authors.initials: XH
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Chun-Lai
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Yong-Ge
authors.initials: YG
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Jia-Cong
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kong
mesh_terms: D015153:Blotting, Western; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D015967:Gene Expression Regulation, Viral; D018023:HIV Seronegativity / Q000276:immunology; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000276:immunology; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D010843:Pichia / Q000235:genetics*; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D054299:env Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D054299:env Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus