PMID- 23562662 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20131127 LR - 20161125 IS - 1096-0279 (Electronic) IS - 1046-5928 (Linking) VI - 89 IP - 2 DP - 2013 Jun TI - Transient expression, purification and characterisation of human full-length PPARgamma2 in HEK293 cells. PG - 189-95 LID - S1046-5928(13)00057-0 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.pep.2013.03.012 [doi] AB - Effective anti-diabetic drugs known as thiazolidinediones (e.g. rosiglitazone, pioglitazone) exert their therapeutic effects through their agonistic activity at the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARgamma). As a multidomain transcription factor, PPARgamma forms heterodimers with different retinoid X receptors (RXRs) to modulate target gene expression at the transcriptional level in response to natural or synthetic ligands. Difficulties in producing either of the two major human PPARgamma isoforms (PPARgamma1 and PPARgamma2) as pure full-length proteins in adequate quantity has hindered detailed mechanistic studies of PPARgamma and its ancillary protein partners. Here we report an efficient transient expression system to produce recombinant human full-length PPARgamma2 protein. The DNA encoding the human full-length PPARgamma2 was cloned into a mammalian episomal vector and transiently expressed in human embryonic kidney 293 (HEK293-6E) cells with an expression level of 10mg/L culture. Identity of the purified recombinant PPARgamma2 protein was confirmed by mass spectrometry analysis. The purified PPARgamma2 protein was active in ligand binding and could be phosphorylated in vitro by Cdk5/p25 at Ser 273. Further studies showed that selected PPARgamma modulators inhibited Cdk5-mediated PPARgamma2 Ser 273 phosphorylation in vitro. Our results demonstrate the feasibility of producing large quantities of pure and functional human full-length PPARgamma2 suitable for drug discovery applications. CI - Copyright (c) 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Liu, Jianming AU - Liu J AD - Discovery Sciences, AstraZeneca R&D, Pepparedsleden 1, 43183 Molndal, Sweden. Jianming.Liu@Astrazeneca.com FAU - Ormo, Mats AU - Ormo M FAU - Nystrom, Ann-Christin AU - Nystrom AC FAU - Claesson, Josefine AU - Claesson J FAU - Giordanetto, Fabrizio AU - Giordanetto F LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20130403 PL - United States TA - Protein Expr Purif JT - Protein expression and purification JID - 9101496 RN - 0 (Ligands) RN - 0 (PPAR gamma) RN - 0 (Recombinant Proteins) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 5) SB - IM MH - Amino Acid Sequence MH - Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 5/metabolism MH - *Gene Expression MH - Genetic Vectors/genetics MH - HEK293 Cells MH - Humans MH - Ligands MH - Molecular Sequence Data MH - PPAR gamma/*chemistry/*genetics/isolation & purification/metabolism MH - Phosphorylation MH - Protein Binding MH - Recombinant Proteins/chemistry/genetics/isolation & purification/metabolism EDAT- 2013/04/09 06:00 MHDA- 2013/12/16 06:00 CRDT- 2013/04/09 06:00 PHST- 2012/12/12 00:00 [received] PHST- 2013/03/19 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2013/03/25 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2013/04/09 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/04/09 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/12/16 06:00 [medline] AID - S1046-5928(13)00057-0 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.pep.2013.03.012 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Protein Expr Purif. 2013 Jun;89(2):189-95. doi: 10.1016/j.pep.2013.03.012. Epub 2013 Apr 3.