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Transgenic tomatoes expressing human beta-amyloid for use as a vaccine against Alzheimer’s disease
Human β-amyloid (Aβ) is believed to be one of the main components of Alzheimer’s disease, so reduction of Aβ is considered a key therapeutic target. Using Agrobacterium-mediated nuclear transformation, we generated transgenic tomatoes for Aβ with tandem repeats. Integration of the human Aβ gene into...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2522325/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18604480 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10529-008-9759-5 |
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author | Youm, Jung Won Jeon, Jae Heung Kim, Hee Kim, Young Ho Ko, Kisung Joung, Hyouk Kim, HyunSoon |
author_facet | Youm, Jung Won Jeon, Jae Heung Kim, Hee Kim, Young Ho Ko, Kisung Joung, Hyouk Kim, HyunSoon |
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description | Human β-amyloid (Aβ) is believed to be one of the main components of Alzheimer’s disease, so reduction of Aβ is considered a key therapeutic target. Using Agrobacterium-mediated nuclear transformation, we generated transgenic tomatoes for Aβ with tandem repeats. Integration of the human Aβ gene into the tomato genome and its transcription were detected by PCR and Northern blot, respectively. Expression of the Aβ protein was confirmed by western blot and ELISA, and then the transgenic tomato line expressing the highest protein level was selected for vaccination. Mice immunized orally with total soluble extracts from the transgenic tomato plants elicited an immune response after receiving a booster. The results indicate that tomato plants may provide a useful system for the production of human Aβ antigen. |
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spelling | pubmed-25223252008-08-27 Transgenic tomatoes expressing human beta-amyloid for use as a vaccine against Alzheimer’s disease Youm, Jung Won Jeon, Jae Heung Kim, Hee Kim, Young Ho Ko, Kisung Joung, Hyouk Kim, HyunSoon Biotechnol Lett Original Research Paper Human β-amyloid (Aβ) is believed to be one of the main components of Alzheimer’s disease, so reduction of Aβ is considered a key therapeutic target. Using Agrobacterium-mediated nuclear transformation, we generated transgenic tomatoes for Aβ with tandem repeats. Integration of the human Aβ gene into the tomato genome and its transcription were detected by PCR and Northern blot, respectively. Expression of the Aβ protein was confirmed by western blot and ELISA, and then the transgenic tomato line expressing the highest protein level was selected for vaccination. Mice immunized orally with total soluble extracts from the transgenic tomato plants elicited an immune response after receiving a booster. The results indicate that tomato plants may provide a useful system for the production of human Aβ antigen. Springer Netherlands 2008-07-05 2008-10 /pmc/articles/PMC2522325/ /pubmed/18604480 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10529-008-9759-5 Text en © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2008 |
spellingShingle | Original Research Paper Youm, Jung Won Jeon, Jae Heung Kim, Hee Kim, Young Ho Ko, Kisung Joung, Hyouk Kim, HyunSoon Transgenic tomatoes expressing human beta-amyloid for use as a vaccine against Alzheimer’s disease |
title | Transgenic tomatoes expressing human beta-amyloid for use as a vaccine against Alzheimer’s disease |
title_full | Transgenic tomatoes expressing human beta-amyloid for use as a vaccine against Alzheimer’s disease |
title_fullStr | Transgenic tomatoes expressing human beta-amyloid for use as a vaccine against Alzheimer’s disease |
title_full_unstemmed | Transgenic tomatoes expressing human beta-amyloid for use as a vaccine against Alzheimer’s disease |
title_short | Transgenic tomatoes expressing human beta-amyloid for use as a vaccine against Alzheimer’s disease |
title_sort | transgenic tomatoes expressing human beta-amyloid for use as a vaccine against alzheimer’s disease |
topic | Original Research Paper |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2522325/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18604480 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10529-008-9759-5 |
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