A systematic analysis of the expression of the anti-HIV VRC01 antibody in Pichia pastoris through signal peptide optimization
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Author(s)
Aw, Rochelle
McKay, Paul
Shattock, Robin
Polizzi, Karen
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Pichia pastoris (Komagataella phaffi) has been used for recombinant protein production for over 30 years with over 5000 proteins reported to date. However, yields of antibody are generally low. We have evaluated the effect of secretion signal peptides on the production of a broadly neutralizing antibody (VRC01) to increase yield. Eleven different signal peptides, including the murine IgG1 signal peptide, were combinatorially evaluated for their effect on antibody titer. Strains using different combinations of signal peptides were identified that secreted approximately 2-7 fold higher levels of VRC01 than the previous best secretor, with the highest yield of 6.50 mg L-1 in shake flask expression. Interestingly it was determined that the highest yields were achieved when the murine IgG1 signal peptide was fused to the light chain, with several different signal peptides leading to high yield when fused to the heavy chain. Finally, we have evaluated the effect of using a 2A signal peptide to create a bicistronic vector in the attempt to reduce burden and increase transformation efficiency, but found it to give reduced yields compared to using two independent vectors.
Date Issued
2018-09-01
Date Acceptance
2018-03-26
Citation
Protein Expression and Purification, 2018, 149, pp.43-50
ISSN
1046-5928
Publisher
Elsevier
Start Page
43
End Page
50
Journal / Book Title
Protein Expression and Purification
Volume
149
Copyright Statement
© 2018 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/BY/4.0/
Sponsor
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)
Wellcome Trust
Grant Number
EP/K038648/1
097816/Z/11/B
Subjects
2A sequence
Broadly neutralizing antibody
Pichia pastoris / Komagataella phaffi
Signal peptide
VRC01
0601 Biochemistry And Cell Biology
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2018-03-27