ACTA VETERINARIA ET ZOOTECHNICA SINICA ›› 2014, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (12): 1971-1980.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2014.12.009

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Cloning and Expression of Recombinant Pig Epidermal Growth Factor in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Its Biological Activity

WANG Shu-jin1,3,ZHOU Lin2,CHEN Hui-na1,3,ZHANG Zheng-fan1,HUANG Yan-ling1,GUO Chun-hua1*,WANG Yong1,3   

  1. (1.College of Life Science and Technology,Southwest University for Nationalities,Chengdu 610041,China;2.Shenzhen Premix Nutrition CO.,LTD,Shenzhen 518103,China;3.Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Breeding,State Ethnic Affairs Commission and Ministry of Education,Chengdu 610041,China)
  • Received:2014-04-11 Online:2014-12-23 Published:2014-12-23

Abstract:

Porcine epidermal growth factor (EGF) can induce effects on DNA synthesis and stimulation of cellular proliferation in intestine to improve the performance,gut development and immune function of early weaned-piglets.Herein,generation of Neijiang pig EGF-expressing Saccharomyces cerevisiae (S.cerevisiae) was beneficial to livestock production and clinical research;pYES2-Mfα-spEGF were originated from synthetic optimized EGF from breast tissue of Neijaing pig (pEGF) and signal peptide (Mfα) fragments of S.cerevisiae were cloned into pYES2/CT.Recombinant S.cerevisiae INVSc1(pYES2-Mfα-spEGF) expressing EGF protein was generated by transforming the plasmid pYES2-Mfα-spEGF into S.cerevisiae INVSc1.The target EGF protein was determined by Tricine-SDS-PAGE electrophoresis and Western blot,meanwhile,its biological activity was also determined in vivo and in vitro.The spEGF-expressing recombinant S.cerevisiae INVSc1(pYES2-Mfα-spEGF) was constructed successfully and expressed in S.cerevisiae.The target protein EGF was identified by Tricine-SDS-PAGE electrophoresis and Western blot.The results of biological activity detection showed that spEGF-expressing protein could stimulate enterocyte proliferation (P<0.05),improve the growth performance (e.g.,body weight,average daily gain,feed intake,and feed conversion rate) (P<0.05),gut development (e.g.,villus height,crypt depth,and contents of total protein,DNA,and RNA) (P<0.05),and immune function (e.g.,IgA,IgG,and IgM) of early-weaned SD rat (P<0.05).The concentration of target protein from the supernatant fluid of INVSc1(pYES2-Mfα-spEGF) is about 30 mg•L-1,and INVSc1(pYES2-Mfα-spEGF) have some prominent features encompassing biological activity to be directly applied to livestock production and clinical research.

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