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Expression of the blue fluorescent protein in fibroin H-chain of transgenic silkworm

피브로인 H-chain 재조합 단백질 발현시스템을 이용한 청색형광단백질의 발현

  • 김성완 (농촌진흥청 국립농업과학원) ;
  • 윤은영 (농촌진흥청 국립농업과학원) ;
  • 최광호 (농촌진흥청 국립농업과학원) ;
  • 김성렬 (농촌진흥청 국립농업과학원) ;
  • 박승원 (대구가톨릭대학교) ;
  • 강석우 (농촌진흥청 국립농업과학원) ;
  • 구태원 (농촌진흥청 국립농업과학원)
  • Received : 2014.04.06
  • Accepted : 2014.05.14
  • Published : 2014.04.30
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Abstract

We produced the transgenic silkworm that expressed the enhanced blue fluorescent protein (EBFP) in the cocoon of silkworms. The EBFP fusion protein, each with N- and C-terminal sequences of the fibroin H-chain, was designed to be secreted into the lumen of the posterior silk glands. The expression of the EBFP/H-chain fusion gene was regulated by the fibroin H-chain promoter. The use of the $3{\times}P3$-driven DsRed2 cDNA as a marker allowed us to rapidly distinguish transgenic silkworm. A mixture of the donor and helper vector was micro-injected into 300 eggs of silkworms, Baegokjam. We obtained 5 broods. The cocoon displayed blue fluorescence, proving that the fusion protein was present in the cocoon. Also, the presence of fusion proteins in cocoons was demonstrated by SDS-PAGE and western blot analysis. Accordingly, we suggest that the EBFP fluorescence silk will enable the production of the silk-based biomaterials.

본 연구의 목적은 누에형질전환 기술과 피브로인 재조합단백질 발현시스템을 이용하여 청색형광실크를 개발하는 것으로서, 본 실험에서는 피브로인 H-chain의 N-말단과 C-말단을 이용하여 피브로인 재조합단백질 발현 시스템을 제작하였고, 종결코돈이 없는 EBFP 유전자를 위의 발현 시스템에 클로닝하여 청색형광실크를 제작하였다. 누에형질전환체 선발을 위해서는 $3{\times}P3$ promoter와 DsRed2를 이용하여 선발하였고, 300개의 누에알에 microinjection하여 F1 세대에서 5 bloods의 형질전환체를 선발하였다. 선발된 누에형질전환체는 초기배 단계의 눈과 신경조직, 유충과 번데기 그리고 성충의 눈에서 DsRed2 형광단백질이 발현되는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 또한 실크의 피브로인에서 EGFP 단백질이 발현되는 것을 확인하기 위해, F2 세대의 누에형질전환체 중에서 5령 3일 유충을 해부하여 견사선을 형광현미경으로 관찰하였고, 중부 견사선에서 청색형광단백질이 발현되는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 또한 F2 세대의 고치와 저온에서 정련한 실크에서도 청색형광단백질의 발현을 확인할 수 있었고, Western blot 분석에서도 EBFP 재조합 단백질이 피브로인 H-chain과 융합된 형태로 존재하는 것이 확인되었다. 이상의 결과에서 청색형광실크를 생산하는 누에형질전환체가 성공적으로 제작되었음을 확인할 수 있었고 이러한 결과를 토대로 새로운 산업소재로서 실크를 활용할 수 있을 것으로 기대한다.

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