The invention discloses a preparation method for a replication and transcription activator (Rta)
protein and the application of the Rta
protein to a nasopharynx
cancer detection
reagent and relates to a
medical diagnosis reagent. The preparation method disclosed by the invention comprises the following steps of: 1, constructing a
recombinant expression vector by taking a BRLF1 full-length
gene as an exogenous
gene; 2, transfecting: transfecting the
recombinant expression vector into an eukaryotic expression
system to obtain a positive transfected
cell; and 3, expressing and purifying: culturing the positive transfected
cell so as to enable the positive transfected
cell to express an interest
protein, and separating and purifying the interest protein, wherein the eukaryotic expression
system refers to a
Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cell. The Rta protein prepared by the method disclosed by the invention is used for detecting nasopharynx
cancer; the sensitivity of the Rta protein is 96 percent (288 / 300), and the specificity of the Rta protein is 96.7 percent (290 / 300). The sensitivity and the specificity are superior to those of antigens respectively prepared by a
prokaryotic expression system and a
pichia expression system, and the sensitivity and the specificity on clinical early diagnosis on the nasopharynx
cancer are greatly improved.