• 한국수정란이식학회지
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.1-8
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• 1999

The efficiency of transgenic livestock animal production may be improved by early selection of transgenci preimplantation embryos. To examine the possibility of GFP gene as a non-invasive marker for the early screening of transgenic embryo, the GFP gene was microinjected into rabbit zygotes and the later stages of preimplantation embryos were examined for the expression of GFP. The presence of injected DNA was detected by PCR analysis and the expression of GFP was detected by observing green fluorescence in embryos under a fluorescent microscope. Out of 108 GFP gene-injected rabbit zygotes, seventy three(67.6%) were fluorescence-positive. When 11 fluroresecence-positive blastocysts were analyzed for the presence of GFP gene by PCR, 6(54.5%) were positive, and all of the 8 flrouescence-negative blastocysts were also negative by PCR. The results indicate that the screening of transgene in rabbit embryos by PCR analysis and GFP detection could be a promising method for the preselection of transgenic embryos.

• International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.145-149
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• 2004

The expression of a fusion protein comprised of the B. thuringiensis crystal protein, Cry1Ac, and enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) in Escherichia coli XLl-blue was examined. Three recombinant plasmids were transformed into E. coli XL1-blue and named as ProAc/Ec, MuEGFP/Ec and ProMu-EGFP/Ec, respectively. All transformants were observed by light and fluorescence microscopy at mid-log phase. The expression in E. coli transformants, ProMu-EGFP/Ec and MuEGFP/Ec, exhibited bright enough fluorescence to be observed. Furthermore, ProMu-EGFP/Ec produced fluorescent inclusions, which may have been recombinant crystals between EGFP and Cry1Ac while MuEGFP/Ec expressed soluble EGFP in cell. In SDS-PAGE, ProAc/Ec had 130 kDa crystal protein band and MuEGFP/Ec had thick 27 kDa EGFP band. However, ProMu-EGFP/Ec had about 150 kDa fusion protein band. Accordingly, these results indicated that a fusion protein between the B. thuringiensis crystal protein and a foreign protein under the lacZ promoter was successfully expressed as granular structure in E. coli. It is suggested that the E. coli expression system by N-terminal fusion of B. thuringiensis crystal protein may be useful as excellent means for fusion expression and characterization of B. thuringiensis fusion crystal protein.

• Journal of Veterinary Science
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.56.1-56.10
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• 2021

Background: Fluorescent antibody virus neutralization (FAVN) test is a standard assay for quantifying rabies virus-neutralizing antibody (VNA) in serum. However, a safer rabies virus (RABV) should be used in the FAVN assay. There is a need for a new method that is economical and time-saving by eliminating the immunostaining step. Objectives: We aimed to improve the traditional FAVN method by rescuing and characterizing a new recombinant RABV expressing green fluorescent protein (GFP). Methods: A new recombinant RABV expressing GFP designated as ERAGS-GFP was rescued using a reverse genetic system. Immuno-fluorescence assay, peroxidase-linked assay, electron microscopy and reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction were performed to confirm the recombinant ERAGS-GFP virus as a RABV expressing the GFP gene. The safety of ERAGS-GFP was evaluated in 4-week-old mice. The rabies VNA titers were measured and compared with conventional FAVN and FAVN-GFP tests using VERO cells. Results: The virus propagated in VERO cells was confirmed as RABV expressing GFP. The ERAGS-GFP showed the highest titer (10^8.0 TCID₅₀/mL) in VERO cells at 5 days post-inoculation, and GFP expression persisted until passage 30. The body weight of 4-week-old mice inoculated intracranially with ERAGS-GFP continued to increase and the survival rate was 100%. In 62 dog sera, the FAVN-GFP result was significantly correlated with that of conventional FAVN (r = 0.95). Conclusions: We constructed ERAGS-GFP, which could replace the challenge virus standard-11 strain used in FAVN test.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제44권1호
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• pp.40-45
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• 2006

원하는 유전자를 배큘로바이러스의 감염에 의하여 초파리 Drosophila melanogaster S2 세포에 도입하는 배큘로바이러스/S2 세포 발현 시스템은 강력하고 안전한 배큘로바이러스의 장점과 세포가 파괴되지 않는 S2 세포의 장점을 접목한 시스템이다. 본 연구에서는 외래 목적 단백질로 발현 모니터링이 손쉬운 녹색형광단백질(green fluorescent protein)을 발현시키는 재조합 배큘로바이러스를 이용하여 S2 세포에의 감염조건들에 대한 영향 연구를 수행하였다. 재조합 배큘로바이러스의 S2 세포에의 감염조건으로는 multiplicity of infection(MOI), 초기 세포 수, 배큘로바이러스 용액이 세포를 적시는 최소 부피, 배큘로바이러스를 첨가한 후 제거하기까지의 배양시간 그리고 배큘로바이러스 제거 후 S2 세포를 혈청이 존재하는 배지에서 키우는 배양시간을 선정하였다. MOI는 일반적으로 크게 하는 것이 높은 발현 수율을 위하여 좋은 결과를 보였으나 세포배양이 길어지는 경우 세포독성의 문제가 심각해 질 수 있고 실제적인 배양에서는 높은 MOI를 유지하는 것이 불가능하므로 사용하는 100 mm 배양접시에서 배큘로바이러스와 S2 세포가 접촉하는 동안의 변수들인 MOI를 적정의 값인 30으로, 배큘로바이러스 배양 시간을 1.5 시간으로 고정함으로써 배큘로바이러스가 숙주 세포인 S2에 대해 미치는 세포독성을 낮출 수 있었다. 또한, 배큘로바이러스 최소 부피는 배양접시에서 사용부피의 2.4％에서 가장 좋은 결과를 보였으며 배큘로바이러스 용액을 10배 농축시킴으로써 이 부피를 맞추기 위해 첨가시키는 새로운 배지의 비율을 높임으로써 결과적으로 배큘로바이러스에 의한 세포독성을 줄일 수 있었다. 이를 통하여 세포 파쇄 및 배양접시 표면에서 탈착되는 것을 막고 높은 생장 상태를 유지해서 감염 효율도 높일 수 있었다. 배큘로바이러스의 감염이 끝난 후의 관여하는 변수들인 감염 후 배양시간은 24시간에서 최대의 녹색형광단백질의 발현을 나타내었다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제33권12호
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• pp.1681-1691
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• 2023

Flavin mononucleotide-binding proteins or domains emit cyan-green fluorescence under aerobic and anaerobic conditions, but relatively low fluorescence and less thermostability limit their application as reporters. In this work, we incorporated the codon-optimized fluorescent protein from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii with two different linkers independently into the redox-responsive split intein construct, overexpressed the precursors in hyperoxic Escherichia coli SHuffle T7 strain, and cyclized the target proteins in vitro in the presence of the reducing agent. Compared with the purified linear protein, the cyclic protein with the short linker displayed enhanced fluorescence. In contrast, cyclized protein with incorporation of the long linker including the myc-tag and human rhinovirus 3C protease cleavable sequence emitted slightly increased fluorescence compared with the protein linearized with the protease cleavage. The cyclic protein with the short linker also exhibited increased thermal stability and exopeptidase resistance. Moreover, induction of the target proteins in an oxygen-deficient culture rendered fluorescent E. coli BL21 (DE3) cells brighter than those overexpressing the linear construct. Thus, the cyclic reporter can hopefully be used in certain thermophilic anaerobes.

• 대한의생명과학회지
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.167-172
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• 2001

Nebulin is an approximately 700 kDa filamentous protein in vertebrate skeletal muscle. It binds to the Z line and also binds side-by-side to the entire thin actin filament in a sarcomere. The correlation of nebulin size with thin filament length have led to the suggestion that nebulin acts as a molecular ruler for the length of thin filaments. The C-terminal part of human nebulin is anchored in the sarcomeric Z-disk and contains an SH3 domain. SH3 domains have been identified in an ever-increasing number of proteins important for a wide range of cellular processes, from signal transduction to cytoskeleton assembly and membrane localization. However, the exact physiological role of SH3 domains remains, in many cases, unclear. To explore the role of nebulin SH3 in the cytoskeletal rearrangement that accompanies myoblast differentiation, we transfected sense and antisense nebulin SH3 domain fused to enhanced green fluorescent protein in myoblast. Cells expressing nebulin SH3 fragment showed decrease of cell-cell adhesion, and cells transfected with antisense nebulin SH3 gene showed a rounded cell morphology and loss of cell-matrix adhesion. No alteration in cell shape and differentiation were observed in control cells expressing enhanced green fluorescent protein. Perturbation of nebulin altered the cell shape and disrupted cell adhesion in myoblast, demonstrating that nebulin can affect cytoskeleton rearrangement.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제44권4호
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• pp.215-218
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• 2001

쪽(Polygonum tinctortium) 세포에서 외래 단백질 발현을 검토하기 위하여 green fluorescent protein(GFP)가 내재하는 pCAMBIA1302를 형질 전환시켰으며 Western blot 분석에 의해 GFP의 발현을 확인하였다. Sodium butyrate가 GFP생성에 미치는 효과를 검토한 결과, 10 mM에서 세포성장이 지연되었으며, 15 mM 이상에서는 정지되었다. 세포 내 GFP 생성량은 세포 접종 후 3일째 5 mM sodium butyrate를 첨가하였을 때가 0일째 처리에 비해 120% 증가하였다. 또한 접종후 3일 후 5 mM의 sodium butyrate를 처리한 경우가 10 mM의 경우보다 GFP의 수율이 50% 증가하였다. 본 실험을 통하여 세포 접종 후 3일째, 5 mM의 농도로 처리한 sodium butyrate가 외래 단백질의 발현을 효과적으로 증가시키는 결과를 확인하였다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제22권9호
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• pp.1271-1278
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• 2012

Genetic fusion of two proteins frequently induces beneficial effects to the proteins, such as increased solubility, besides the combination of two protein functions. Here, we study the effects of the bacterial surface layer protein SgsE from Geobacillus stearothermophilus NRS 2004/3a on the folding of a C-terminally fused enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) moiety. Although GFPs are generally unable to adopt a functional confirmation in the bacterial periplasm of Escherichia coli cells, we observed periplasmic fluorescence from a chimera of a 150-amino-acid N-terminal truncation of SgsE and EGFP. Based on this finding, unfolding and refolding kinetics of different S-layer-EGFP chimeras, a maltose binding protein-EGFP chimera, and sole EGFP were monitored using green fluorescence as indicator for the folded protein state. Calculated apparent rate constants for unfolding and refolding indicated different folding pathways for EGFP depending on the fusion partner used, and a clearly stabilizing effect was observed for the SgsE_C fusion moiety. Thermal stability, as determined by differential scanning calorimetry, and unfolding equilibria were found to be independent of the fused partner. We conclude that the stabilizing effect SgsE_C exerts on EGFP is due to a reduction of degrees of freedom for folding of EGFP in the fused state.

• Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering:BBE
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.275-279
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• 2005

Insect cell transformants, stably expressing human $GFP_{uv}-{\beta}1$, 3-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase 2 $({\beta}3GnT2)$ as the green fluorescent protein $(GFP_{uv})-fused$ protein, were efficiently isolated on Western blot by the quantification of the densitometric intensity of the fusion protein. From almost 150 transformants containing the fusion gene linked to three different types of signal sequence, two transformants, Tn-pXme4a and -pX28a, were successfully selected, showing 8.3 and 8.6 mU/mL ${\beta}3GnT$ activity, respectively. This method requires a screening time almost one-half that required in the isolation of stably transformed cells with high expression levels, and at the same time allows the handling a large number of transformants.

• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보통신학회 2015년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.838-841
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• 2015

재조합 베큘로바이러스는 polyhedron promoter, vesicular stomatitis virus G (VSVG), polyA, cytomegalovirus (CMV) promoter, enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP), protein transduction domain (PTD) 유전자로 구성된다. 본 재조합 베큘로바이러스 벡터는 세포주와 조직에 감염시켰고 그 결과 다른 벡터 시스템에 비교하여 재조합된 유전자의 전이와 유전자 발현에 있어서 새로운 가능성이 발견되었다. 본 재조합 베큘로바이러스 시스템의 유전자의 전이와 발현의 효율은 타 벡터시스템 보다 우수하였다.