Cloning, expression and purification of recombinant dermatopontin in Escherichia coli

PLoS One. 2020 Nov 30;15(11):e0242798. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0242798. eCollection 2020.

Abstract

Dermatopontin (DPT) is an extracellular matrix (ECM) protein with diversified pharmaceutical applications. It plays important role in cell adhesion/migration, angiogenesis and ECM maintenance. The recombinant production of this protein will enable further exploration of its multifaceted functions. In this study, DPT protein has been expressed in Escherichia coli (E.coli) aiming at cost effective recombinant production. The E.coli GJ1158 expression system was transformed with constructed recombinant vector (pRSETA-DPT) and protein was expressed as inclusion bodies on induction with NaCl. The inclusion bodies were solubilised in urea and renaturation of protein was done by on-column refolding procedure in Nickel activated Sepharose column. The refolded Histidine-tagged DPT protein was purified and eluted from column using imidazole and its purity was confirmed by analytical techniques. The biological activity of the protein was confirmed by collagen fibril assay, wound healing assay and Chorioallantoic Membrane (CAM) angiogenesis assay on comparison with standard DPT. The purified DPT was found to enhance the collagen fibrillogenesis process and improved the migration of human endothelial cells. About 73% enhanced wound closure was observed in purified DPT treated endothelial cells as compared to control. The purified DPT also could induce neovascularisation in the CAM model. At this stage, scaling up the production process for DPT with appropriate purity and reproducibility will have a promising commercial edge.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Cell Movement / genetics
  • Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycans / biosynthesis
  • Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycans / genetics*
  • Cloning, Molecular*
  • Endothelial Cells / metabolism
  • Escherichia coli / genetics
  • Extracellular Matrix Proteins / biosynthesis
  • Extracellular Matrix Proteins / genetics*
  • Humans
  • Inclusion Bodies / genetics
  • Inclusion Bodies / metabolism
  • Protein Folding
  • Recombinant Proteins / biosynthesis
  • Recombinant Proteins / genetics*
  • Wound Healing / genetics

Substances

  • Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycans
  • DPT protein, human
  • Extracellular Matrix Proteins
  • Recombinant Proteins

Grants and funding

Trikkur Madom Seetaraman Amritha is thankful to Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) - Human Resource Development Group, New Delhi, India for granting financial support under CSIR-SRF Fellowship (NO.09/468(0524)/2018-EMR-I dated 17/4/2018). The funder had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.