High-efficiency production of human serum albumin in the posterior silk glands of transgenic silkworms, Bombyx mori L.
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| Abstract | 
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              Human serum albumin (HSA) is an important biological preparation with a variety of biological functions in clinical applications. In this study, the mRNA of a fusion transposase derived from the pESNT-PBase plasmid and a pBHSA plasmid containing the HSA gene under the control of a fibroin light chain (FL) promoter were co-injected into fertilized eggs. Fifty-six transgenic silkworm pedigrees expressing theexogenous recombinant HSA (rHSA) in the posterior silk glands (PSGs) with stable inheritance were successfully obtained. The SDS-PAGE and Western blot results confirmed that the rHSA was secreted into the transgenic silkworm cocoon, and the rHSA could be easily extracted with phosphate-buffered saline (PBS). In our research, the isolated highest amount rHSA constituted up to 29.1% of the total soluble protein of the cocoon shell, indicating that the transgenic silkworm produced an average of 17.4 μg/mg of rHSA in the cocoon shell. The production of soluble rHSA in the PSGs by means of generating transgenic silkworms is a novel approach, whereby a large amount of virus-free and functional HSA can be produced through the simple rearing of silkworms.  | 
        
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| Journal | 
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              PloS one 
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| Volume | 
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              13 
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| Issue | 
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              1 
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              e0191507 
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| Date Published | 
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              2018 
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              http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0191507 
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| DOI | 
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              10.1371/journal.pone.0191507 
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| Short Title | 
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              PLoS One 
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