TY - JOUR
T1 - Characterization of recombinant mouse perforin expressed in insect cells using the baculovirus system
AU - Liu, Chau Ching
AU - Persechini, Pedro M.
AU - Young, John Ding E.
PY - 1994/5/30
Y1 - 1994/5/30
N2 - Perforin, a potent pore-forming protein, plays an important role in killer lymphocyte-mediated cytolysis. The studies on perforin, although already extensive, have been hampered by the limited amount of perforin naturally available from killer lymphocytes. In the present study, a full-length mouse perforin was expressed in insect cells using recombinant baculovirus. Recombinant perforin appeared to be functional in terms of lysing erythrocytes and nucleated target cells. These results suggest that the recombinant DNA approach developed in the present study may offer a new way for preparing sufficient amounts of engineered perforin for use in the studies aimed at dissecting the functional domains of the perforin molecule.
AB - Perforin, a potent pore-forming protein, plays an important role in killer lymphocyte-mediated cytolysis. The studies on perforin, although already extensive, have been hampered by the limited amount of perforin naturally available from killer lymphocytes. In the present study, a full-length mouse perforin was expressed in insect cells using recombinant baculovirus. Recombinant perforin appeared to be functional in terms of lysing erythrocytes and nucleated target cells. These results suggest that the recombinant DNA approach developed in the present study may offer a new way for preparing sufficient amounts of engineered perforin for use in the studies aimed at dissecting the functional domains of the perforin molecule.
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U2 - 10.1006/bbrc.1994.1704
DO - 10.1006/bbrc.1994.1704
M3 - 文章
AN - SCOPUS:0028352669
SN - 0006-291X
VL - 201
SP - 318
EP - 325
JO - Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
JF - Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
IS - 1
ER -