April - June 2007 - Kasetsart University
April - June 2007 - Kasetsart University
April - June 2007 - Kasetsart University
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Expression of rmIL-2 and purification<br />
The recombinant plasmid containing<br />
pQE30/mouse IL-2 cDNA was induced with IPTG<br />
to produce rmIL-2. The bacterial extracts<br />
containing the rmIL-2 gene could be obtained<br />
according to the protein pattern from SDS-PAGE.<br />
The expressed protein tended to aggregate with<br />
the cell debris as observed in the insoluble fraction<br />
by SDS-PAGE. However, under denaturing<br />
condition during the protein extraction, the rmIL-<br />
2 could be resolved and then purified by Ni-NTA<br />
column chromatography. The rmIL-2 obtained<br />
from Ni-NTA resin column was highly purified<br />
(Figure 3). The bands of fusion proteins on SDS-<br />
PAGE showed a molecular weigh of 19,000 Da<br />
and 38,000 Da for monomeric and dimeric forms,<br />
respectively. In addition, these two bands were<br />
positively reacted with the IL-2 specific<br />
monoclonal antibody by Western blotting (Figure<br />
4).<br />
Cell proliferation assay<br />
The purified rmIL-2 was analyzed for<br />
<strong>Kasetsart</strong> J. (Nat. Sci.) 41(2) 341<br />
their biological activities by measuring the XTT<br />
colorimetric assay. The splenocytes were<br />
stimulated with serial dilutions of the purified<br />
rmIL-2 compared with non-stimulated cell culture<br />
as a negative control. The result showed the<br />
increasing values of OD450 nm and proliferative<br />
response after adding rmIL-2 at the concentration<br />
range of 5-2,560 ng/ml. When 40 ng/ml of the<br />
rmIL-2 was added, the increasing rate was<br />
distinctively seen and reached the plateau at the<br />
concentrations of 640-2,560 ng/ml (Figure 5).<br />
Receptor binding assay<br />
Mouse splenocytes were used in this<br />
study to determine the ligand-receptor binding<br />
activity. Cell surface membrane was stained red<br />
with sulforhodamine B (SRB) while the rmIL-2<br />
bound to the cell receptor showed fluorescence<br />
green of the FITC conjugate. No or less signal was<br />
observed in non-stimulated cells. However, the<br />
splenocytes stimulated by mitogen exhibited<br />
increasing signal with high expression of IL-2<br />
receptors on the cell surface (Figure 6).<br />
Figure 3 Ni-NTA purification of the recombinant mouse IL-2, analyzed by SDS-PAGE, demonstrated<br />
the two bands 19 kDa monomeric and 38 kDa dimeric forms in the eluate fractions (E1-E3)<br />
compared with non-induced transformant (C/-), IPTG-induced transformant (C/+), washing<br />
fractions (W1-W3) and molecular weight markers (M).