Construction and Expression of Human Survivin and Preparation of Its Polyclonal Antibody

Survivin,a novel member of inhibitor ofapoptosis(IAP) protein family,is aberrantly expressed in cancer but undetectable in normal,differentiated adult tissues.The cancer-specific expression of survivin,coupled with its importance in inhibiting cell death and in regulating cell division makes it a useful diagnostic marker of cancer and a potential target for cancer treatment.Survivin cDNA amplified from the total RNA of 293 cells through RT-PCR was cloned into prokaryotic expression vector pRSET-B.The recombinant plasmid pRSET-B-Surv was expressed in E.coli BL21,and the relative molecule mass(Mr) of expressed fusion protein was approximately 21000.The recombinantprotein was purified through Ni2~ affinity chromatography column and characterized by SDS-PAGE and Western blot.The purified recombinant protein was then injected into rabbits,and antisurvivin polyclonal antibody with a high titer was obtained.