The Iranian Journal of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Infertility

The Iranian Journal of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Infertility

Developing a plasmid for surface display containing the recombinant E6 protein of human papilloma virus type 18 for expression in yeast Yarrowia lipolytica

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Mohaddeseh Koohichapan 1
Solmaz Moniri Javadhesari 2
Farshad Darvishi Harzevili 3
Catherine Madzak 4
1 M.Sc. of Cellular and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Sciences, Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, Tabriz, Iran.
2 Assistant Professor, Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Sciences, Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, Tabriz, Iran.
3 Professor, Department of Microbiology, School of Biological Sciences, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran.
4 INRAE France’s New National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment, Paris-Saclay University, Paris, France.
10.22038/ijogi.2022.21201
Abstract
Introduction: Human papillomaviruses (HPV) with more than 100 types are categorized as low-risk and high-risk types. Types 16 and 18 of the virus alone are involved in 70% of cervical cancers. Currently, development of recombinant proteins of HPV for vaccination or therapy purposes has attracted scientists. Therefore, the present study was performed aimed to construct a surface display plasmid encoding E6 protein of human papillomavirus type 18.
Methods: The DNA fragment encoding E6 protein of HPV18 was amplified by nested-PCR using DNA of a HPV18 positive person as PCR template. Then, the amplified fragment was double digested with HindIII and SfiI and cloned into the surface display plasmid pINA1317-YLCWP110.
Results: Cloning of E6 protein encoding gene fragment into pINA1317-YLCWP110 plasmid was confirmed using PCR and restriction endonuclease double digestion. Also, the results of Sanger sequencing of the recombinant pINA1317-YLCWP110-E6 plasmid and alignment to gene bank further ensured the sequence accuracy, cloning position and reading frame of the gene in the recombinant vector.
Conclusion: DNA fragment encoding E6 protein of HPV18 was successfully cloned into surface display plasmid pINA1317-YLCWP110 in appropriate locus and frame. Altogether, the recombinant pINA1317-YLCWP110-E6 plasmid constructed in this study can be expressed in the yeast host Yarrowia lipolytica and the resulted E6 protein may be used as a prophylactic or therapeutic vaccine or molecular marker.
Keywords
Recombinant E6 protein
Surface display plasmid
Type 18
Human Papilloma Virus
Cloning
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The Iranian Journal of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Infertility
Volume 25, Issue 8
October 2022
Pages 68-80