[Prokaryotic expression, purification and antigenicity identification of human renal cell carcinoma-associated antigen G250].

OBJECTIVE: To amplify human renal cell carcinoma (RCC)-associated antigen G250 gene and construct a recombinant plasmid pET-42a-hG250, express and purify human G250 protein and identify its antigenicity. METHODS: The gene of human G250 was amplified from pGEM-T-G250 by PCR. After sequencing, the PCR product (112-1242 bp) was cloned into pET-42a prokaryotic expression vector to construct the recombinant plasmid pET-42a-hG250. The plasmid was transformed into BL21 (DE3) and human G250 protein was expressed under the induction of IPTG. The fusion protein was purified and identified by SDS-PAGE, Western blotting and ELISA sequentially. RESULTS: The human G250 prokaryotic expression vector pET-42a-hG250 was successfully constructed as confirmed by enzyme digestion and DNA sequencing. After transformation into BL21 (DE3), the target protein was successfully induced to express and purified as expected. Western blotting and ELISA demonstrated that the purified human G250 protein had a desirable immunogenicity. CONCLUSION: The recombinant prokaryotic expression vector pET-42a-hG250 has been constructed successfully. The purified human G250 protein has a good antigenicity.