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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).

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