Fusion to green fluorescent protein improves expression levels of Theileria parva sporozoite surface antigen p67 in insect cells
East Coast fever (ECF) is a fatal disease of cattle caused by the protozoan parasite Theileria parva. The development of a subunit vaccine, based on the sporozoite-specific surface antigen p67, has been hampered by difficulties in achieving high-level expression of recombinant p67 in a near-authenti...
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| author | Kaba, S.A. Nene, Vishvanath M. Musoke, A.J. Vlak, J.M. Oers, M.M. van |
| author_browse | Kaba, S.A. Musoke, A.J. Nene, Vishvanath M. Oers, M.M. van Vlak, J.M. |
| author_facet | Kaba, S.A. Nene, Vishvanath M. Musoke, A.J. Vlak, J.M. Oers, M.M. van |
| author_sort | Kaba, S.A. |
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| description | East Coast fever (ECF) is a fatal disease of cattle caused by the protozoan parasite Theileria parva. The development of a subunit vaccine, based on the sporozoite-specific surface antigen p67, has been hampered by difficulties in achieving high-level expression of recombinant p67 in a near-authentic form. Therefore two sets of recombinant baculovirus vectors were constructed. The first set, encoding various regions of p67, produced low levels of the corresponding p67 domains in High Five™ cells, despite the presence of large amounts of p67 RNA. The second, consisting of p67 domains fused to the carboxy-terminus of GFP expressed significantly higher levels of p67 protein. The GFP[ratio ]p67 fusion proteins were recognized by a sporozoite-neutralizing monoclonal antibody (TpM12) raised against native p67 whereas non-fused full length p67 expressed in insect cells was not recognized. GFP-tagging therefore, appeared to enhance the stability of p67 and to conserve its folding. The high-level expression of p67 domains in a more authentic form is an important step towards the development of an effective subunit vaccine against ECF. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1360022025-12-08T09:54:28Z Fusion to green fluorescent protein improves expression levels of Theileria parva sporozoite surface antigen p67 in insect cells Kaba, S.A. Nene, Vishvanath M. Musoke, A.J. Vlak, J.M. Oers, M.M. van animal diseases east coast fever East Coast fever (ECF) is a fatal disease of cattle caused by the protozoan parasite Theileria parva. The development of a subunit vaccine, based on the sporozoite-specific surface antigen p67, has been hampered by difficulties in achieving high-level expression of recombinant p67 in a near-authentic form. Therefore two sets of recombinant baculovirus vectors were constructed. The first set, encoding various regions of p67, produced low levels of the corresponding p67 domains in High Five™ cells, despite the presence of large amounts of p67 RNA. The second, consisting of p67 domains fused to the carboxy-terminus of GFP expressed significantly higher levels of p67 protein. The GFP[ratio ]p67 fusion proteins were recognized by a sporozoite-neutralizing monoclonal antibody (TpM12) raised against native p67 whereas non-fused full length p67 expressed in insect cells was not recognized. GFP-tagging therefore, appeared to enhance the stability of p67 and to conserve its folding. The high-level expression of p67 domains in a more authentic form is an important step towards the development of an effective subunit vaccine against ECF. 2002-06 2023-12-29T09:46:44Z 2023-12-29T09:46:44Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/136002 en Limited Access Cambridge University Press Kaba, S.A., Nene, V., Musoke, A.J., Vlak, J.M. and Oers, M.M. Van. 2002. Fusion to green fluorescent protein improves expression levels of Theileria parva sporozoite surface antigen p67 in insect cells. Parasitology 125(6): 497–505. |
| spellingShingle | animal diseases east coast fever Kaba, S.A. Nene, Vishvanath M. Musoke, A.J. Vlak, J.M. Oers, M.M. van Fusion to green fluorescent protein improves expression levels of Theileria parva sporozoite surface antigen p67 in insect cells |
| title | Fusion to green fluorescent protein improves expression levels of Theileria parva sporozoite surface antigen p67 in insect cells |
| title_full | Fusion to green fluorescent protein improves expression levels of Theileria parva sporozoite surface antigen p67 in insect cells |
| title_fullStr | Fusion to green fluorescent protein improves expression levels of Theileria parva sporozoite surface antigen p67 in insect cells |
| title_full_unstemmed | Fusion to green fluorescent protein improves expression levels of Theileria parva sporozoite surface antigen p67 in insect cells |
| title_short | Fusion to green fluorescent protein improves expression levels of Theileria parva sporozoite surface antigen p67 in insect cells |
| title_sort | fusion to green fluorescent protein improves expression levels of theileria parva sporozoite surface antigen p67 in insect cells |
| topic | animal diseases east coast fever |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/136002 |
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