Expression and purification of cholera toxin fragment B (CTB) in E. coli

Authors

  • Kaewta Rattanapisit Pharmacognosy and Pharmaceutical Botany, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
  • Seong HeeBhoo Department of Genetic Engineering, College of Life Science, Kyung Hee University, Yong-In, Korea
  • Tae-Ryong Hahn Department of Genetic Engineering, College of Life Science, Kyung Hee University, Yong-In, Korea
  • Bum-Soo Hahn National Academy of Agricultural Science, Suwon 441-707, Republic of Korea
  • Waranyoo Phoolcharoen Pharmacognosy and Pharmaceutical Botany, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand

Abstract

Cholera toxin fragment B (CTB), a non-toxic fraction of cholera toxin produced by Vibrio cholera, is able to bind to epithelial or M cells in the intestine through the GM1-ganglioside receptor. Because of this property, CTB is a powerful mucosal immunogen and adjuvant for mucosal vaccines. In this study, E. coli BL21 (DE3) was used a host to produce the CTB. The induction conditions, including time, temperature, and IPTG concentration, were optimized in order to increase the expression of soluble CTB. The biological activity of the purified CTB was measured in a series of GM1-ELISA experiments. Our results indicated that the optimal IPTG concentration and induction time for CTB expression are 1 mM and 2-3 hr, respectively. Protein expression was found to decrease upon the induction time and the purified CTB protein was found to be stable at temperatures below 4oC. This study provides insight into the optimized conditions for CTB expression in E.coli as well as the suitable temperatures for CTB storage, and information that will be useful for future studies.

Keywords:

cholera toxin fragment B (CTB), E. coli, IPTG, temperature

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05-01-2017
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Kaewta Rattanapisit, Seong HeeBhoo, Tae-Ryong Hahn, Bum-Soo Hahn, and Waranyoo Phoolcharoen. “Expression and Purification of Cholera Toxin Fragment B (CTB) in E. Coli”. Journal of Innovations in Pharmaceutical and Biological Sciences, vol. 4, no. 1, Jan. 2017, pp. 66-69, https://jipbs.com/index.php/journal/article/view/215.

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