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Recombinant expression and biological characterization of the antimicrobial peptide fowlicidin‑2 in Pichia pastoris

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    • Li‑Wei Xing
    • Shi‑Xun Tian
    • Wei Gao
    • Na Yang
    • Pei Qu
    • Di Liu
    • Jian Jiao
    • Jue Wang
    • Xing‑Jun Feng
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    Affiliations: Department of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150030, P.R. China
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Fowlicidins are a group of cathelicidin antimicrobial peptides that were initially identified in chickens. Fowlicidin-2, which is composed of 31 amino acids, is widely expressed in the majority of tissues in chickens and has an important role in innate immunity. In the present study, a recombinant expression system for fowlicidin‑2 was successfully constructed using Pichia pastoris X‑33 and the expression vector pPICZα‑A. Under the optimized fermentation conditions, 85.6 mg fowlicidin‑2 with >95% purity was obtained from 1 liter culture medium following purification by ion exchange chromatography and reversed phase high performance liquid chromatography. The recombinant fowlicidin‑2 exhibited broad spectrum antimicrobial activity and had a minimum inhibitory concentration ranging from 1 to 4 µM. Furthermore, recombinant fowlicidin‑2 exhibited hemolytic activity, promoting 50% human erythrocyte hemolysis in the concentration range of 128‑256 µM, and anticancer activity, resulting in the death of 50% of A375 human malignant melanoma cells in the concentration range of 2‑4 µM. The results of the present study suggest that recombinant fowlicidin‑2 may be a promising candidate for therapeutic applications.
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Xing LW, Tian SX, Gao W, Yang N, Qu P, Liu D, Jiao J, Wang J and Feng XJ: Recombinant expression and biological characterization of the antimicrobial peptide fowlicidin‑2 in Pichia pastoris. Exp Ther Med 12: 2324-2330, 2016.
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Xing, L., Tian, S., Gao, W., Yang, N., Qu, P., Liu, D. ... Feng, X. (2016). Recombinant expression and biological characterization of the antimicrobial peptide fowlicidin‑2 in Pichia pastoris. Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine, 12, 2324-2330. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2016.3578
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Xing, L., Tian, S., Gao, W., Yang, N., Qu, P., Liu, D., Jiao, J., Wang, J., Feng, X."Recombinant expression and biological characterization of the antimicrobial peptide fowlicidin‑2 in Pichia pastoris". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 12.4 (2016): 2324-2330.
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Xing, L., Tian, S., Gao, W., Yang, N., Qu, P., Liu, D., Jiao, J., Wang, J., Feng, X."Recombinant expression and biological characterization of the antimicrobial peptide fowlicidin‑2 in Pichia pastoris". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 12, no. 4 (2016): 2324-2330. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2016.3578
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Xing LW, Tian SX, Gao W, Yang N, Qu P, Liu D, Jiao J, Wang J and Feng XJ: Recombinant expression and biological characterization of the antimicrobial peptide fowlicidin‑2 in Pichia pastoris. Exp Ther Med 12: 2324-2330, 2016.
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Xing, L., Tian, S., Gao, W., Yang, N., Qu, P., Liu, D. ... Feng, X. (2016). Recombinant expression and biological characterization of the antimicrobial peptide fowlicidin‑2 in Pichia pastoris. Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine, 12, 2324-2330. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2016.3578
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Xing, L., Tian, S., Gao, W., Yang, N., Qu, P., Liu, D., Jiao, J., Wang, J., Feng, X."Recombinant expression and biological characterization of the antimicrobial peptide fowlicidin‑2 in Pichia pastoris". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 12.4 (2016): 2324-2330.
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Xing, L., Tian, S., Gao, W., Yang, N., Qu, P., Liu, D., Jiao, J., Wang, J., Feng, X."Recombinant expression and biological characterization of the antimicrobial peptide fowlicidin‑2 in Pichia pastoris". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 12, no. 4 (2016): 2324-2330. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2016.3578
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