Song Chengyang, Yu Guangdong, Gao Shuang, Zhao Wengang, Wang Yunpeng, Xu Nuo
Jilin Academy of Agricultural Sciences (Northeast Agricultural Research Center of China), Institute of Agriclutural Biotechnology, Changchun, Jilin Province, China.
Wenzhou University, College of Life and Environmental Science, Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, China.
PeerJ. 2025 May 27;13:e19440. doi: 10.7717/peerj.19440. eCollection 2025.
This review examines the current research progress of molecular agriculture for cytokine expression, the research status of keratinocyte growth factor-2 (KGF-2) for skin care, hair growth, and the research status of plants for hair growth. KGF-2 application and use are inhibited by factors, such as the cost of production and efficacy due to low transdermal penetration potential. However, cell penetrating peptides (CPPs) are powerful transporter tools that assist the transmembrane delivery of attached biomacromolecules. Biomacromolecules such as KGF-2 have poor transdermal ability, which can be enhanced by combining with CPP such as TD1 to construct fusion proteins. has many advantages, such as short growth cycle, high transformation efficiency, large biomass and hair growth promotion substances. Therefore, we also discuss the feasibility and expression strategies of using plant system to express fusion protein TDP1-KGF-2, which provides new idea for enhancing the transdermal ability of KGF-2 and providing new idea for plant system expression of fusion protein. This offers a promising new direction for the development of natural hair care and hair growth materials, as well as innovative possibilities for the application of molecular agriculture.
本综述探讨了分子农业在细胞因子表达方面的当前研究进展、角质形成细胞生长因子-2(KGF-2)在皮肤护理、头发生长方面的研究现状以及植物在头发生长方面的研究现状。KGF-2的应用受到生产成本和经皮渗透潜力低导致的功效等因素的抑制。然而,细胞穿透肽(CPPs)是强大的转运工具,可协助附着的生物大分子进行跨膜递送。像KGF-2这样的生物大分子经皮能力较差,可通过与TD1等CPP结合构建融合蛋白来增强。植物具有生长周期短、转化效率高、生物量和促进头发生长物质量大等许多优点。因此,我们还讨论了利用植物系统表达融合蛋白TDP1-KGF-2的可行性和表达策略,这为增强KGF-2的经皮能力提供了新思路,也为融合蛋白的植物系统表达提供了新思路。这为天然头发护理和头发生长材料的开发提供了一个有前景的新方向,也为分子农业的应用带来了创新可能性。