ACTA VETERINARIA ET ZOOTECHNICA SINICA ›› 2006, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (10): 1047-1052.doi:

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Reconstruct Chicken Major Histocompatibility Complex Ⅰ in vitro Using Splicing Overlap Extension PCR Method

LI Xin-sheng;YAN Ruo-qian;GAO Feng-shan; FANG Qin-mei;HAO Hui-fang;LI Yun-gang;CHEN Hong-ying;XIA Chun   

  1. 1. The Key Laboratory for Preventive Veterinary Medicine of Ministry of Agriculture,College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100094,China; 2. College of Husbandry and Veterinary, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002,China;3. Henan Province Veterinary Preventive and Treatment Station, Zhengzhou 450002,China
  • Received:1900-01-01 Revised:1900-01-01 Online:2006-10-25 Published:2006-10-25

Abstract: To reconstruct a hybrid molecule composed of chicken major histocompatibility complex heavy chain(α chain) extracelular domains gene and β2microglobulin (β2m) mature protein gene in vitro, chicken MHC Ⅰ α chain extracellular domains gene and β2m mature protein gene were amplified by RT-PCR respectively. There are 15 neucleartides overlap between reverse primer of the first pair of primers for α chain extracellular domains gene and upper primer of the second pair of primers for β2m mature protein gene. Then, using MHC α Ⅰ chain extracellular gene PCR product and β2m mature peptide gene PCR product mixture as a template, we reconstructed soluble expression plasmid pMAL-p2X which contained major histocompatibility complex Ⅰ by linking MHCⅠ α chain extracellular domain gene and β2m mature protein gene through a 45 nucleotides linker. Electrophoresis analysis showed that the specific single sequence of the two target products could be amplified by RT-PCR, and the product of interest was accord with expectation. Sequencing result proved that expression reading frame of recombinant plasmid was composed of the expected MHC Ⅰ α chain extracellular domains sequence of interest and β2m mature protein gene target sequence, which linked by a limp linker, and there was no base malposition. In conclusion, splicing overlap extension by PCR is a convenient method to obtain recombinant chicken MHC Ⅰ in vitro.