PURIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF RECOMBINANT HUMAN MACROPHAGE-COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR EXPRESSED IN CHINESE-HAMSTER OVARY CELLS

Takahashi, M; Nishida, T; Takano, M; Yamanishi, K; Shimokura, M; Ohmoto, Y; Aihara, K; Ichikawa, H; Nakai, S; Hirai, Y; Adachi, M

HERO ID

5410441

Reference Type

Journal Article

Year

1993

Language

English

PMID

7763877

HERO ID 5410441
In Press No
Year 1993
Title PURIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF RECOMBINANT HUMAN MACROPHAGE-COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR EXPRESSED IN CHINESE-HAMSTER OVARY CELLS
Authors Takahashi, M; Nishida, T; Takano, M; Yamanishi, K; Shimokura, M; Ohmoto, Y; Aihara, K; Ichikawa, H; Nakai, S; Hirai, Y; Adachi, M
Journal Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry
Volume 57
Issue 6
Page Numbers 915-921
Abstract We expressed human macrophage colony-stimulating factor (M-CSF) in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells by introducing an expression plasmid coding for a 554-amino-acid M-CSF precursor and dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) gene, and by amplifying the sequence. A cell line was obtained that secreted approximately 200,000 units/ml after 6 days in culture. The expressed recombinant human M-CSF (rhM-CSF) primarily consisted of two molecular species, a main 80-90 kD M-CSF as a homodimer and a molecular form higher than 150 kD. Purification of a main rhM-CSF gave an apparently homogeneous protein disulfide-bonded from 42-kD subunits, but one of the purified rhM-CSFs was composed of two subunit species with molecular masses of 44 and 42 kD. These purified rhM-CSFs had substantially the same specific activity (1 to 4 x 10(7) units/mg protein). Deglycosylation experiments with the latter rhM-CSF using chemical (trifluoromethanesulfonic acid) and enzymatic methods found a terminal neuraminic acid in addition to N- and O-glycosylation, but the two subunit species did not coalesce into a single molecule.
Doi 10.1271/bbb.57.915
Pmid 7763877
Wosid WOS:A1993LK59400010
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