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Molecular Biotechnology

, Volume 60, Issue 8, pp 585–594 | Cite as

Soluble Production of Human Recombinant VEGF-A121 by Using SUMO Fusion Technology in Escherichia coli

  • Rufus Vinod Munawar Samuel
  • Syeda Yumna Farrukh
  • Sadia Rehmat
  • Muhammad Umair Hanif
  • Syed Shoaib Ahmed
  • Syed Ghulam Musharraf
  • Faiza Gul Durrani
  • Mahjabeen Saleem
  • Roquyya Gul
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Abstract

Human recombinant vascular endothelial growth factor-A121 (hrVEGF-A121) has applications in pharmaceutical industry especially in regenerative medicine. Here, we report the expression, purification, and characterization of hrVEGF-A121 in Escherichia coli expression system using human small ubiquitin-related modifier-3 (hSUMO3) fusion partner. Total RNA was isolated from healthy human gingival tissue, VEGF-A121 gene was RT-PCR amplified, and hSUMO3 gene was tagged at N-terminus. The fusion gene (SUMO3-VEGF-A121) was cloned in pET-22b(+) expression vector and transferred into E. coli strains; BL21 codon + and Rosetta-gami B(DE3). The hrVEGF-A121 expression was optimized for temperature, IPTG concentration, and time in Terrific Broth (TB). The positive transformants were sequenced and hrVEGF-A121 nucleotide sequence was submitted to Genbank (Accession No. KT581010). Approximately 40% of total cell protein expression was observed in soluble form on 15% SDS-PAGE. The hSUMO3 was cleaved from hrVEGF-A121 with SUMO protease and purified by Fast Protein Liquid Chromatography using anionic Hi-trap Resource Q column. From 100 ml TB, ~ 25.5% and ~ 6.8 mg of hrVEGF-A121 protein was recovered. The dimerized hrVEGF-A121 was characterized by Native PAGE and Western blot, using human anti-VEGF-A antibody and ESI-MS showed dimeric hrVEGF-A121 at 31,015 Da. The biological activity of hrVEGF-A121 was assessed in vitro by MTT and cell viability assay and observed to be bioactive.

Keywords

HrVEGF-A121 hSUMO3 Rosetta-gami B (DE3) Fast protein liquid chromatography ESI-MS MTT 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Rufus Vinod Munawar Samuel
    • 1
  • Syeda Yumna Farrukh
    • 1
  • Sadia Rehmat
    • 1
  • Muhammad Umair Hanif
    • 1
  • Syed Shoaib Ahmed
    • 1
  • Syed Ghulam Musharraf
    • 2
  • Faiza Gul Durrani
    • 3
  • Mahjabeen Saleem
    • 4
  • Roquyya Gul
    • 1
  1. 1.Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology/Centre for Research in Molecular MedicineThe University of LahoreLahorePakistan
  2. 2.Dr. Panjwani Center for Molecular Medicine and Drug Research/International Center for Chemical and Biological SciencesUniversity of KarachiKarachiPakistan
  3. 3.School of Biological SciencesUniversity of the PunjabLahorePakistan
  4. 4.Institute of Biochemistry and BiotechnologyUniversity of the PunjabLahorePakistan

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