Optimized gene synthesis and high expression of human interleukin-18

被引：31

作者：

Li, AL ^{[1
]}

Kato, Z ^{[1
]}

Ohnishi, H ^{[1
]}

Hashimoto, K ^{[1
]}

Matsukuma, E ^{[1
]}

Omoya, K ^{[1
]}

Yamamoto, Y ^{[1
]}

Kondo, N ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Gifu Univ, Sch Med, Dept Pediat, Gifu 5008705, Japan

来源：

PROTEIN EXPRESSION AND PURIFICATION | 2003年 / 32卷 / 01期

关键词：

IL-18; expression; purification; optimized codon;

D O I：

10.1016/j.pep.2003.08.003

中图分类号：

Q5 [生物化学];

学科分类号：

071010 ; 081704 ;

摘要：

Human interleukin-18 (hIL-18), originally known as an IFN-gamma-inducing factor, is a recently cloned cytokine that is secreted by Kupffer cells of the liver and by stimulated macrophages. We have previously established a method of expression and purification of IL-18. The yield however remains low and the insufficient expression of a heterologous protein could be due to skewed codon usage between the expression host and the cDNA donor. The sequence of mature hIL-18 has 37 a.a. rare codons for Escherichia coli in a total of 157 a.a. To overcome this problem, gene synthesis was performed with optimized codons for the expression host E coli. The final yield of the hIL-18 protein with optimized codons was about five times higher than the yield with the native sequence. Using a minimal medium, this system produces large quantities of labeled proteins that can be used in NMR analysis. Our simple and efficient production system can be applied to the production of other cytokines for new structural and therapeutic use. (C) 2003 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：110 / 118

页数：9

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