Expression of human TNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligand extracellular region in E. coli

This study is conducted to clone the cDNA encoding human TNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (hTRAIL) extracellular region (amino acids 41-281, hTRAIL41-281) and to express it in E.coli. The hTRAIL41-281 cDNA is amplified by reverse transcription (RT) PCR from total RNA derived from human acute promyelocytic leukemia cell line HL-60. After sequenced, the cDNA is cloned into the vector pQE-80L and transformed into E.coli DH5 to express the recombinant hTRAIL41-281 (rhTRAIL41-281) induced by IPTG. The recombinant protein is analyzed by SDS-PAGE. The cloned cDNA is consistent with the cDNA sequence encoding hTRAIL41-281 reported in GenBankTM. After inducing, the hTRAIL41-281 protein is expressed, and the mass of the recombinant protein is about 30 % of total bacteria protein, which demonstrates that the cDNA encoding hTRAIL41-281 is successfully cloned and expressed in E.coli.