Highly efficient production of rabies virus glycoprotein G ectodomain in Sf9 insect cells

In the present study, we developed a complete process to produce in insect cells a high amount of the ectodomain of rabies virus glycoprotein G (GE) as suitable antigen for detecting anti-rabies antibodies. Using the baculovirus expression vector system in Sf9 insect cells combined with a novel chim...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Targovnik, Alexandra Marisa, Ferrari, Alejandro, Mc Callum, Gregorio Juan, Arregui, Mariana Bernadett, Smith, Ignacio, Bracco, Lautaro Fidel, Alfonso, Victoria, López, María Gabriela, Martínez Solís, María, Herrero, Salvador, Miranda, María Victoria
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/121583
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/121583
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:BACULOVIRUS
RABIES VIRUS GLYCOPROTEIN
POLH PSEL PROMOTER
SF9 CELLS
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6
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Sumario:In the present study, we developed a complete process to produce in insect cells a high amount of the ectodomain of rabies virus glycoprotein G (GE) as suitable antigen for detecting anti-rabies antibodies. Using the baculovirus expression vector system in Sf9 insect cells combined with a novel chimeric promoter (polh-pSeL), the expression level reached a yield of 4.1± 0.3 mg/L culture, which was signifcantly higher than that achieved with the standard polh promoter alone. The protein was recovered from the cell lysates and easily purifed in only one step by metal ion afnity chromatography, with a yield of 95% and a purity of 87%. Finally, GE was successfully used in an assay to detect specifc antibodies in serum samplesderived from rabies-vaccinated animals. The efcient strategy developed in this work is an interesting method to produce high amounts of this glycoprotein.