Journal
PROTEIN EXPRESSION AND PURIFICATION
Volume 92, Issue 1, Pages 9-13Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2013.08.014
Keywords
Dengue; Domain III; Expression; Diagnosis; ELISA; Pichia pastoris
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- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq), Brazil [550165/2010-0, 471221/2008-2]
- FAPEMIG
- CAPES
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Dengue is a major international public health concern. There is no drug to treat dengue virus infections and a vaccine is yet to be licensed. The laboratory diagnosis of dengue virus infection has been greatly improved during the last decade; therefore, the main limiting factor is the production of recombinant viral antigens on a large scale. Domain III of dengue virus envelope protein contains multiplex conformation-dependent neutralizing epitopes, making it an attractive diagnostic candidate. In this work, we have demonstrated the expression of dengue virus type 1 envelope domain III protein (EDIII-D1) in methylotrophic yeast, Pichia pastoris GS115. The recombinant secreted protein (sEDIII-D1) was purified by affinity chromatography and characterized by SDS-PAGE. Purified protein was recognized in immunoblot analysis and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) with dengue-infected human serum samples. In conclusion, secreted expressions of domain III protein can be obtained in P. pastoris by methanol induction. This product has the potential to be used for the diagnosis of dengue infections. (C) 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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