Transient erythropoietin overexpression with cucumber mosaic virus suppressor 2b in Nicotiana benthamiana

KB Moon, JH Jeon, WS Lee, HS Kim - Horticulture, Environment, and …, 2012 - Springer
KB Moon, JH Jeon, WS Lee, HS Kim
Horticulture, Environment, and Biotechnology, 2012Springer
Erythropoietin (EPO) is a glycoprotein hormone that regulates red blood cell formation in
mammals. It also plays an important role in wound healing and the brain's response to
neuronal injury. Recombinant EPO has been produced in various hosts including
Escherichia coli, insect cells, and yeast. Plant systems are also useful for the production of
recombinant proteins. In this study, we used Nicotiana benthamiana for the production of
recombinant human EPO (rhEPO) using an Agrobacterium-mediated transient expression …
Abstract
Erythropoietin (EPO) is a glycoprotein hormone that regulates red blood cell formation in mammals. It also plays an important role in wound healing and the brain’s response to neuronal injury. Recombinant EPO has been produced in various hosts including Escherichia coli, insect cells, and yeast. Plant systems are also useful for the production of recombinant proteins. In this study, we used Nicotiana benthamiana for the production of recombinant human EPO (rhEPO) using an Agrobacterium-mediated transient expression system. We evaluated the effect of repeated agroinfiltration and Agrobacterium density on the rhEPO production. In addition, the rhEPO expression vector was coinfiltrated with a vector expressing cucumber mosaic virus suppressor 2b (CMV2b), which suppresses posttranscriptional gene silencing. We found that rhEPO expression was increased approximately 5.5-fold in N. benthamiana leaves coinfiltrated with CMV2b. In contrast, neither Agrobacterium density nor the number of infiltrations influenced rhEPO expression.
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