Fusion protein mixture for inducing human pluripotent stem cell and preparation method there of
The invention provides the protein mixture including the fusion proteins of C-myc, SOX2, KLF4, OCT-4, wherein each protein comprises a protein transduction domain (PTD) and a small ubiquitin-like modifier (SUMO) fused with the said protein. The invention further provides the preparation method of the protein mixture and its use for inducing human pluripotent stem cell.
1. A mixture comprising fusion proteins,
wherein each of the fusion proteins comprises the structure: PTD-NES-SUMO-Specific Protein, in that specific order;
wherein the PTD is a Protein Transduction Domain, and wherein the PTD is the TAT PTD region of HIV TAT;
wherein the NES is a Nuclear Export Sequence, and wherein the NES is human IkBa Nuclear Export Sequence;
wherein the SUMO is small ubiquitin-like modifier, wherein the SUMO is yeast SMT3p;
wherein the Specific Protein is any one of the proteins selected from the group consisting of C-myc, SOX2, KLF4 or OCT-4;
wherein the PTD-NES-SUMO moiety of the fusion protein is encoded by a polynucleotide comprising the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1; and
wherein an applied concentration of each of the fusion proteins in the mixture is 1 ng/ml-1 mg/ml.
2. The mixture of claim 1 , wherein the SUMO is a cleavage site and enables the PTD to be cleaved from the fusion protein.
3. The mixture of claim 1 , wherein the Specific Protein is SOX2, and the fusion protein is encoded by a polynucleotide comprising the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 3.
4. The mixture of claim 1 , wherein the PTD-NES-SUMO moiety of the fusion protein comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2.
5. The mixture of claim 1 , wherein the Specific Protein is OCT4 and the fusion protein is encoded by a polynucleotide comprising the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4.
6. The mixture of claim 1 , wherein the Specific Protein is KLF4 and the fusion protein is encoded by a polynucleotide comprising the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 5.
7. The mixture of claim 1 , wherein the Specific Protein is C-myc and the fusion protein is encoded by a polynucleotide comprising the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 6.
8. A method for preparing a mixture of fusion proteins, wherein the method comprises the following steps:
(1) constructing an expression plasmid encoding a fusion protein comprising the structure PTD-NES-SUMO-Specific Protein, wherein:
PTD is a protein transduction domain and is the TAT PTD region of HIV-TAT,
NES is a Nuclear Export Sequence and is human IkBa Nuclear Export Sequence,
SUMO is small ubiquitin-like modifier and is yeast SMT3p, and
Specific Protein is selected from the group consisting of OCT-4, SOX2, KLF4, and C-myc,
wherein constructing the expression plasmid comprises:
synthesizing a polynucleotide encoding the PTD-NES-SUMO moiety of the fusion protein by synthesizing 8 oligo primers which are 75 base pairs in length and mutually overlap in 20 base pairs and performing overlapping PCR three times;
synthesizing a polynucleotide encoding the fusion protein by amplifying OCT-4, SOX2, KLF4, or C-myc cDNA from total RNA of human embryonic stem cells, whose 3′-end has an Xhol site and assembling the polynucleotide encoding the PTD-NES-SUMO-Specific Protein by PCR with the synthesized PTD-NES-SUMO encoding sequence, wherein said PTD-NES-SUMO encoding sequence comprises the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1; and
cloning the polynucleotide encoding the fusion protein into the Ndel/Xhol site of pET-24a(+) vector;
(2) screening an expression strain by:
transforming host strain BL21 with the expression plasmid from step (1);
and, screening for a clone that expresses the fusion protein;
(3) performing large-scale expression of the fusion protein by:
inoculating a culture medium with the clone that expresses the fusion protein and culturing until OD 0.6 followed by addition of IPTG and induction for 3 hours; and
(4) separating and purifying the fusion protein by hydrophobic chromatography and ion exchange chromatography.