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Production of recombinant orange-spotted grouper (Epinephelus coioides) luteinizing hormone in insect cells by the baculovirus expression system and its biological effect.

State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, People's Republic of China.
Biology of Reproduction (impact factor: 4.01). 02/2007; 76(1):74-84. DOI:10.1095/biolreprod.105.050484 pp.74-84
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ABSTRACT The cDNA sequence encoding orange-spotted grouper lhb (LHbeta) and cga (GTHalpha) subunits were cocloned into baculovirus transfer vectors and expressed in insect Sf9 cells. The results showed that two bands of 15.6 kDa and 11.4 kDa could be detected by SDS-PAGE and a band of 30 kDa could be detected by native PAGE. The recombinant grouper Lh (rgLh) could stimulate the secretion of testosterone (T) and estradiol-17beta (E2) from the gonad in a static incubation system in a time-dependent, but not a dose-dependent, manner. Using in vivo bioassay, the mRNA levels of two aromatases (cyp19a1a [P450aromA] and cyp19a1b [P450aromB]), gnrh (GnRH), lhb, and cga in the pituitary, gonad, and hypothalamus were determined in different groups of orange-spotted groupers treated respectively with rgLh, human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), and a culture medium of insect cells transformed with an expression vector without lhb and cga subunits. The mRNA levels of cyp19a1a and cyp19a1b rose dramatically after injecting rgLh intraperitoneally, which was consistent with the secretion of sex steroid hormones. Interestingly, the mRNA levels of gnrh dropped in the pituitary, hypothalamus, and gonad, and the mRNA levels of lhb and cga in the pituitary of the experimental group expressed at a higher level than that of the hCG group. These results are in accord with the long positive feedback loop of Lh on gonad sex steroid hormones and the short negative feedback loop of Lh on gnrh mRNA levels. These results indicate that the rgLh is successfully expressed by the baculovirus-insect expression system and that the rgLh has biological activity.

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Keywords

baculovirus transfer vectors
 
baculovirus-insect expression system
 
cDNA sequence encoding orange-spotted grouper lhb
 
gnrh mRNA levels
 
gonad sex steroid hormones
 
human chorionic gonadotropin
 
injecting rgLh intraperitoneally
 
insect cells
 
insect Sf9 cells
 
lhb
 
LHbeta
 
native PAGE
 
orange-spotted groupers
 
positive feedback loop
 
recombinant grouper Lh
 
SDS-PAGE
 
sex steroid hormones
 
short negative feedback loop
 
static incubation system
 
two bands