JOURNAL OF PRACTICAL HEPATOLOGY ›› 2018, Vol. 21 ›› Issue (6): 833-836.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1672-5069.2018.06.003

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Construction and expression of recombinant eukaryotic expression vector of HCV infection related interferon λ4

Xu Xi, Dang Yinli, Wu Shuo.   

  1. Department of Respiratory Disease,XiJing Hospital,Army Military Medical University,Xi’an 710032,Shaanxi Province,China
  • Received:2017-08-10 Online:2018-11-10 Published:2018-12-25

Abstract: Objective To construct a eukaryotic vector for recombinant interferon-λ4(IFNL4) protein expression in 293-T cells in vitro. Methods The target fragment of IFNL4 was amplified by PCR from plasmid pFC14A-p179 which contained human IFNL4 gene sequence. The amplified fragment was ligated into pcDNA3.1-His-tag vector and identified by restriction enzyme digestion and sequencing. The vector was then transfected into 293-T cells. After culture for 72 hours,the cells were lysed and the recombinant protein was purified and identified by Western blot. Results The eukaryotic expression vector pcDNA3.1-p179-His was successfully constructed and the recombinant protein was expressed in 293-T cells and successfully purified. Western blot analysis showed that the target protein band was about 20 kDa. Conclusion The eukaryotic expression vector fused with IFNL4 and His-tag is successfully constructed,which might be used as a noval candidate for immune therapy.

Key words: Hepatitis C virus, Interferon-λ4, Fusion protein, Eukaryotic expression, In vitro