Journal
APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 144, Issue 2, Pages 181-189Publisher
HUMANA PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1007/s12010-007-8112-0
Keywords
recombinant human stem cell factor; solubilization of inclusion bodies; protein refolding; purification; ion exchange chromatography; protein folding liquid chromatography
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Recombinant human stem cell factor (rhSCF) was solubilized and renatured from inclusion bodies expressed in Escherichia coli. The effect of both pH and urea on the solubilization of rhSCF inclusion bodies was investigated; the results indicate that the solubilization of rhSCF inclusion bodies was significantly influenced by the pH of the solution employed, and low concentration of urea can drastically improve the solubilization of rhSCF when solubilized by high pH solution. The solubilized rhSCF can be easily refolded with simultaneous purification by ion exchange chromatography (IEC), with a specific activity of 7.8x10(5) IU.mg(-1), a purity of 96.3%, and a mass recovery of 43.0%. The presented experimental results show that rhSCF solubilized by high pH solution containing low concentration of urea is easier to be renatured than that solubilized by high concentration of urea, and the IEC refolding method was more efficient than dilution refolding and dialysis refolding for rhSCF. It may have a great potential for large-scale production of rhSCF.
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