Stable expression of foot-and-mouth disease virus protein VP1 fused with cholera toxin B subunit in the potato (Solanum tuberosum)

Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces. 2007 Apr 1;55(2):159-63. doi: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2006.11.043. Epub 2006 Dec 9.

Abstract

The expression vector, pBI121CTBVP1, containing the fusion of the foot and mouth disease virus (FMDV) VP1 gene and the cholera toxin B subunit (CTB) gene was constructed by fused PCR and transferred into potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) by Agrobacterium-mediated transformation. Transformed plants were obtained by selecting on kanamycin-resistant medium strictly and regenerated. The transgenic plantlets were identified by PCR, Southern-blot and the production of fused protein was confirmed and quantified by Western-blot and ELISA assays. The results showed that the fused genes were expressed stablely under the control of specific-tuber patatin promoter. The expressed fused proteins have a certain degree of immunogenicity.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Blotting, Southern
  • Blotting, Western
  • Carboxylic Ester Hydrolases / genetics
  • Cholera Toxin / genetics*
  • Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
  • Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus / genetics*
  • Gene Expression
  • Plant Proteins / genetics
  • Plants, Genetically Modified
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Promoter Regions, Genetic / genetics
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins / genetics
  • Solanum tuberosum / genetics*
  • Solanum tuberosum / metabolism

Substances

  • Plant Proteins
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins
  • patatin protein, Solanum tuberosum
  • Cholera Toxin
  • Carboxylic Ester Hydrolases