Expression of Human Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor Flt—1 Extracellular Domain 1—3 Loop cDNA in Pichia pastoris,Purification of the Expressed Product and Detection of Its Biological Acti

Objective:to express human vascular endothelial growth factor receptor Flt-1 extracellular domain 1-3 loop cDNA in Pichia.pastroris,and to purify the expressed product and detect its biological activity.Methods:By inserting human Flt-1(1-3 loop)cDNA coding 316 amino acid residues into Pichia pastoris expression vector pPIC9K containing AOX1 promoter and the sequences of α secreting signal peptides,a recombinant expression plasmid pPIC9K/Flt-1(1-3) was constructed and transformed to yeast host strain GS115,then His^+ Muts phenotype transformant was screened out and cultured in flasks,and Flt-1(1-3) was expressed under the induction of 1% methanol.Results SDS-PAGE showed that after being induced with 1% methanol for 4d ,the expressed product existed in supernatant in the form of soluble molecule and contained 60% of total protein expresses.Western blot showed good antigenicity and specificity of expressed product.After being purifed by CM-Sepharose FF and Sephacry1 S-100 chromatography,the purity of the expressed product reached obove 90%,Biological assay proved that the expressed product could bind to hVEGF165 and inhibit the proliferation of HUVEC stimulated by hVEGF165.Conclusion:Human vascular endothelial growth factor receptor Flt-1 exracellular domian 1-3 loop was successfully expressed.The study lays f foundation for further application of the expressed product in the troduct in the treatment of vasoformation related diseases,such as tumor and diabetic retinopathy.