Abstract
Rabbit P450 2E1 was stably expressed in Chinese hamster ovary cells after cotransfection with pRC/CMV-2E1 and pFR400 which expresses murine dihydrofolate reductase with a single arginine to leucine substitution at position 22. This mutation permits amplification of expression with increasing methotrexate concentrations in CHO-K1 cells that are not dihydrofolate reductase deficient. After amplification with 1 μM methotrexate, a representative clone expressed about 15 pmol of P450 2E1/mg microsomal protein. Cells from a single 35-mm plate catalyzed the formation of 1.02 nmol 6-hydroxychlorzoxazone/106 cells/h or about 127 pmol/mg total cell protein/min. The enzyme was rapidly labeled when pulsed with [35S]-methionine. Initial pulse-chase experiments indicate that the expressed protein has a half-life of 4.8 h.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 601-607 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications |
Volume | 206 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 17 1995 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biophysics
- Biochemistry
- Molecular Biology
- Cell Biology