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  A highly efficient pipeline for protein expression in Leishmania tarentolae using infrared fluorescence protein as marker

Dortay, H., & Mueller-Roeber, B. (2010). A highly efficient pipeline for protein expression in Leishmania tarentolae using infrared fluorescence protein as marker. Microbial Cell Factories, 9, 29. doi:10.1186/1475-2859-9-29.

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Dortay, H.1, Author
Mueller-Roeber, B.2, Author           
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2Plant Signalling, Cooperative Research Groups, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Max Planck Society, ou_1753311              

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 Abstract: Background: Leishmania tarentolae, a unicellular eukaryotic protozoan, has been established as a novel host for recombinant protein production in recent years. Current protocols for protein expression in Leishmania are, however, time consuming and require extensive lab work in order to identify well-expressing cell lines. Here we established an alternative protein expression work-flow that employs recently engineered infrared fluorescence protein (IFP) as a suitable and easy-to-handle reporter protein for recombinant protein expression in Leishmania. As model proteins we tested three proteins from the plant Arabidopsis thaliana, including a NAC and a type-B ARR transcription factor. Results: IFP and IFP fusion proteins were expressed in Leishmania and rapidly detected in cells by deconvolution microscopy and in culture by infrared imaging of 96-well microtiter plates using small cell culture volumes (2 mu L - 100 mu L). Motility, shape and growth of Leishmania cells were not impaired by intracellular accumulation of IFP. In-cell detection of IFP and IFP fusion proteins was straightforward already at the beginning of the expression pipeline and thus allowed early pre-selection of well-expressing Leishmania clones. Furthermore, IFP fusion proteins retained infrared fluorescence after electrophoresis in denaturing SDS-polyacrylamide gels, allowing direct in-gel detection without the need to disassemble cast protein gels. Thus, parameters for scaling up protein production and streamlining purification routes can be easily optimized when employing IFP as reporter. Conclusions: Using IFP as biosensor we devised a protocol for rapid and convenient protein expression in Leishmania tarentolae. Our expression pipeline is superior to previously established methods in that it significantly reduces the hands-on-time and work load required for identifying well-expressing clones, refining protein production parameters and establishing purification protocols. The facile in-cell and in-gel detection tools built on IFP make Leishmania amenable for high-throughput expression of proteins from plant and animal sources.

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Language(s): eng - English
 Dates: 2010-05-132010
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 Identifiers: ISI: ISI:000278309700002
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2859-9-29
ISSN: 1475-2859 (Electronic)1475-2859 (Linking)
URI: ://000278309700002http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2874516/pdf/1475-2859-9-29.pdf?tool=pmcentrez
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Title: Microbial Cell Factories
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Pages: - Volume / Issue: 9 Sequence Number: - Start / End Page: 29 Identifier: ISSN: 1475-2859
CoNE: https://pure.mpg.de/cone/journals/resource/111041294029026