title: Expression of arginine deiminase from Pseudomonas plecoglossicida CGMCC2039 in Escherichia coli and its anti-tumor activity.
abstract: Arginine deiminase (ADI), an arginine-degrading enzyme, has been studied as a potential anti-cancer agent in clinical trials for the treatment of arginine-auxotrophic tumors, such as hepatocellular carcinomas (HCCs) and melanomas. The arcA gene encoding ADI was cloned from a recently isolated strain Pseudomonas plecoglossicida CGMCC2039. The nucleotide sequence of ADI comprises an ORF of 1,254 bp encoding 417 amino acids. The deduced ADI protein sequence has a calculated molecular weight of 46.5 kDa and shows 97% and 85% identity to ADIs from P. putida and P. aeruginosa, respectively. The arcA from P. plecoglossicida CGMCC2039 was expressed in Escherichia coli BL21 with a N-terminal His6-tag, and purified to homogeneity. A molecular mass of approximate 49 kDa was confirmed by SDS-PAGE analysis and specific activity was determined to be 4.76 U/mg (pH 6.0 and 37 degrees C). In vivo activity study showed that the rADI could effectively inhibit H22 tumor growth at a total dose of 5 U/mouse over a 2-week dosing period.
authors.affiliation: School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiansu, China. yni@jiangnan.edu.cn
authors.forename: Ye
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ni
authors.forename: Zhenwei
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Zhihao
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Pu
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Yongmei
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Leilei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Ulrich
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Schwaneberg
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D015870:Gene Expression; D006801:Humans; D006867:Hydrolases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy; D011549:Pseudomonas / Q000737:chemistry / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D011897:Random Allocation; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D023041:Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D006867:Hydrolases; C019723:arginine deiminase