Production of biologically active human granulocyte colony stimulating factor in the milk of transgenic goat

  • Jung Ho Ko
  • , Chul Sang Lee
  • , Kui Hyun Kim
  • , Myung Geol Pang
  • , Ja Shin Koo
  • , Nanzhu Fang
  • , Deog Bon Koo
  • , Keon Bong Oh
  • , Woo Sik Youn
  • , Guo Dong Zheng
  • , Jung Sun Park
  • , Sun Jung Kim
  • , Yong Mahn Han
  • , In Young Choi
  • , Joonho Lim
  • , Sang Tae Shin
  • , Seung Won Jin
  • , Kyung Kwang Lee
  • , Ook Joon Yoo

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Abstract

We have developed a transgenic female goat harboring goat beta-casein promoter/human granulocyte colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) fusion gene by microinjection into fertilized one-cell goat zygotes. Human G-CSF was produced at levels of up to 50 μg/ml in transgenic goat milk. Its biological activity was equivalent to recombinant human G-CSF expressed from Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cell when assayed using in vitro HL-60 cell proliferation. Human G-CSF from transgenic goat milk increased the total number of white blood cells in C57BL/6N mice with leucopenia induced by cyclophosphamide (CPA). The secreted human G-CSF was glycosylated although the degree of O-glycosylation was lower compared to CHO cell-derived human G-CSF.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)215-222
Number of pages8
JournalTransgenic Research
Volume9
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2000

Keywords

  • Biological activity
  • Bioreactor
  • G-CSF
  • O-glycosylation
  • Transgenic goat

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