Journal of Sericultural and Entomological Science (한국잠사곤충학회지)

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Cloning and functional expression of a cecropin-A gene from the Japanese oak silkworm, Antheraea yamamai

천잠 cecropin-A 유전자 클로닝 및 재조합 발현

  • Kim, Seong-Ryul (Department of Agricultural Biology, National Academy of Agricultural Science, RDA) ;
  • Choi, Kwang-Ho (Department of Agricultural Biology, National Academy of Agricultural Science, RDA) ;
  • Kim, Sung-Wan (Department of Agricultural Biology, National Academy of Agricultural Science, RDA) ;
  • Goo, Tae-Won (Department of Agricultural Biology, National Academy of Agricultural Science, RDA) ;
  • Hwang, Jae-Sam (Department of Agricultural Biology, National Academy of Agricultural Science, RDA)
  • 김성렬 (농촌진흥청 국립농업과학원 농업생물부) ;
  • 최광호 (농촌진흥청 국립농업과학원 농업생물부) ;
  • 김성완 (농촌진흥청 국립농업과학원 농업생물부) ;
  • 구태원 (농촌진흥청 국립농업과학원 농업생물부) ;
  • 황재삼 (농촌진흥청 국립농업과학원 농업생물부)
  • Received : 2014.04.08
  • Accepted : 2014.05.15
  • Published : 2014.04.30
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Abstract

A cecropin-A gene was isolated from the immunized larvae of the Japanese oak silkworm, Antheraea yamamai and designed Ay-CecA. The complete Ay-CecA cDNA consists of 419 nucleotides with 195 bp open reading frame encoding a 64 amino acid precursor that contains a putative 22-residue signal peptide, a 4-residue propetide and a 37-residue mature peptide with a theoretical mass of 4046.81. The deduced amino acid sequence of the peptide evidenced a significant degree of identity (62 ~ 78% identity) with other lepidopteran cecropins. Like many insect cecropin, Ay-CecA also harbored a glycine residue for C-terminal amidation at the C-end, which suggests potential amidation. To understand this peptide better, we successfully expressed bioactive recombinant Ay-CecA in Escherichia coli that are highly sensitive to the mature peptide. For this, we fused mature Ay-CecA gene with insoluble protein ketosteroid isomerase (KSI) gene to avoid the cell death during induction. The fusion KSI-CecA protein was expressed as inclusion body. The expressed fusion protein was purified by Ni-NTA immobilized metal affinity chromatography (IMAC), and cleaved by cyanogen bromide (CNBr) to release recombinant Ay-CecA. The purified recombinant Ay-CecA showed considerably antibacterial activity against Gram-negative bacteria, E. cori ML 35, Klebsiella pneumonia and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Our results proved that this peptide with a potent antibacterial activity may play a role in the immune response of Japanese oak silkworm.

면역 유도된 천잠(Antheraea yamamai) 유충에서 cecropin-A 유전자를 분리하였고 이 유전자를 Ay-CecA로 명명하였다. 전체 Ay-CecA cDNA 크기는 419 bp로 64개의 아미노산 잔기를 인코딩하는 195 bp ORF로 구성되어 있다. 천잠 CecA 유전자는 22개 잔기의 signal peptide, 4개 잔기의 propeptide 및 항균활성을 갖는 37개 잔기로 구성된 성숙 단백질(mature protein) 영역으로 구성되고 예상 분자량은 4046.81 Da으로 산출되었다. 천잠 CecA의 아미노산 서열은 다른 나비목 곤충에서 분리된 cecropin와 매우 높은 상동성(62 ~ 78%)을 나타냈다. Ay-CecA 유전자의 C말단에 기존에 보고된 곤충의 cecropin에서와 동일하게 C말단 아미드화를 위한 glycine 잔기가 존재하고 있다. 이 펩타이드의 항균활성을 검정하기 위해서 대장균 발현 시스템을 이용하여 활성이 있는 재조합 Ay-CecA 발현에 성공하였다. 발현 기주인 대장균에 대한 재조합 CecA 독성 중화를 위해서 불용성 단백질인 ketosteroid isomerase(KSI) 유전자를 CecA 유전자와 융합하였다. 융합 CecA-KSI 단백질은 대부분 불용성 단백질로 발현되었다. 발현된 융합단백질은 Ni-NTA immobilized metal affinity chromatography(IMAC)에 의해서 정제하였으며 CNBr 반응을 통하여 재조합 CecA를 절단하여 용출하였다. 최종적으로 양이온 교환 chromatography 과정을 통하여 CecA를 순수 정제하였다. 정제된 재조합 Ay-CecA는 그람음성균인 E. cori ML 35, Klebsiella pneumonia 및 Pseudomonas aeruginosa에 대해 매우 높은 항균활성을 나타냈었다. 따라서 본 연구 결과, 높은 항균활성 지닌 CecA는 천잠의 면역 반응에서 중요한 역할을 담당할 것으로 사료된다.

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