title: [Prokaryotic expression and histological localization of the Taenia solium CDC37 gene].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To express Taenia solium gene encoding cell division cycle 37 protein (TsCDC37) and investigate its antigenicity and localization in adults of Taenia solium.
  
  
  METHODS
  The complete coding sequence of TsCDC37 was amplified by PCR based on the recombinant plasmid clone from the cDNA library of adult Taenia solium. The PCR product was cloned into a prokaryotic expression vector pET-28a (+). The recombinant expression plasmid was identified by PCR, double endonuclease digestion and sequencing. The recombinant plasmid was transformed into E. coli BL21/DE3 and followed by expression of the protein induced by IPTG. The mice were immunized subcutaneously with purified recombinant TsCDC37 formulated in Freund's adjuvant. The antigenicity of the recombinant protein was examined by Western blotting. The localization of TsCDC37 in adult worms was demonstrated by immunofluorescent technique.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The recombinant expression vector was constructed successfully. The recombinant protein was about M(r) 52 000, it was then purified and specifically recognized by immuno sera of SD rats and sera from patients infected with Taenia solium, Taenia saginata or Taenia asiatica. The immunofluorescence assay revealed that TsCDC37 located at the tegument of T. solium adult and the eggs.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  TsCDC37 gene has been expressed with immunoreactivity. The recombinant protein is mainly expressed in tegument and egg, and is a common antigen of the three human taenia cestodes.
authors.forename: Jiang
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Jia-Lin
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Dai
authors.forename: Ai-Hua
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D015870:Gene Expression; D015723:Gene Library; D015801:Helminth Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D041201:Taenia solium / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D015801:Helminth Proteins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins