Journal of Jilin University Medicine Edition ›› 2015, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (06): 1124-1129.doi: 10.13481/j.1671-587x.20150605

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Construction and identification of urokinase-type plasminogen activator biosensor plasmid

CUI Ganghua1,2, RAO Feng1,2, WANG Yan1,2, CAO Weiwei2, LIU Wei2, WANG Weishan1,2, SHI Chenhui1,2   

  1. 1. Department of Orthopedics, First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medical Sciences, Shihezi University, Shihezi 832000, China;
    2. Key Laboratory of Xinjiang Endemic and Ethnic Diseases, Ministry of Education, Shihezi University, Shihezi 832000, China
  • Received:2015-02-02 Published:2016-01-11

Abstract:

Objective To construct the eukaryotic expression vector urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA) biosensor which was the composition of the fusion protein enhanced cyan fluorescent protein-uPA (substrate)-yellow fluorescent protein variant (ECFP-uPA substrate-linker-YPet). Methods By the template Src-biosensor,the YPet primers were designed by Primer Premier 5.0 software,and the restriction enzyme sites,uPA substrate gene sequence and linker were added in its 5' end.With the intermediate vector pDMTM-18T,an eukaryotic expression vector which contained a fusion protein of ECFP-uPA substrate-linker-YPet was constructed by genetic engineering.Then the uPA biosensor was transfected into 293T cells.The transfection efficiency and expression of fusion proteins were observed after 24 h.Fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) was observed by the inversion fluorescence microscope and measured by the MetaFlour FRET 4.6 software. Results The uPA biosensor vector was confirmed by the fragment of PCR and double restriction enzyme digestion.The transfection efficiency was nearly 40%.The immunofluorescence detection results displayed that uPA biosensor fusion protein expressed in the 293T cells membrane and the FRET of uPA biosensor in the living 293T cells was observed after incubation with the recombinant human uPA(rhuPA). Conclusion uPA biosensor is successfully constructed and it could be used as a molecular probe to study the temporal and spatial variation of uPA in living cells.

Key words: urokinase-type plasminogen activator, biosensor, fluorescence resonance energy transfer, osteoarthritis

CLC Number: 

  • R34