Characterization of bioactive recombinant woodchuck interleukin-2 amplified by RLM-RACE and produced in eukaryotic expression system

Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology
Shashi A Gujar, Tomasz I Michalak

Abstract

Woodchucks (Marmota monax) infected with woodchuck hepatitis virus (WHV) represent a highly valuable laboratory model of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, in which molecular, immunological and pathological events occurring in infected humans are adequately reflected. To advance studies on T cell immune responses and propagation of hepadnavirus in T lymphocytes in this animal model, we determined the complete sequence of woodchuck interleukin-2 (wIL-2) cDNA by utilizing RNA ligase-mediated rapid amplification of cDNA ends (RLM-RACE) reaction. The wIL-2 sequence revealed a single open reading frame encoding for the predicted precursor protein comprised of a signal peptide and a 134 amino acid-long mature protein. The mature wIL-2 protein produced in the Escherichia coli expression system, designated as ec-rwIL-2, was found to be immunogenic but not biologically active. In contrast, precursor wIL-2 protein cloned into baculovirus transfer vector and expressed in Sf9 cells, designated as bac-rwIL-2, demonstrated functional competence. Further, bac-rwIL-2 was able to stimulate proliferation and to induce multiple daughter cell generations in woodchuck T cells, as well as facilitated the survival of standard IL-2-dependent mouse CTL...Continue Reading

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