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Nakabayashi H, Kawahara M, Nagamune T. Cell-Surface Expression Levels Are Important for Fine-Tuning the Performance of Receptor Tyrosine Kinase-Based Signalobodies. Biotechnol J 2017; 12. [PMID: 28881109 DOI: 10.1002/biot.201700441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2017] [Revised: 08/18/2017] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
Abstract
As receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs) play important roles in cell-fate control of various cell types, engineered RTKs that could respond to inexpensive ligands might drastically reduce the cost of producing desired cells for various applications in regenerative medicine. We developed several engineered RTKs named "signalobodies" in which the ligand-recognition domain of RTKs is replaced by single-chain Fv for enabling recognition of a specific antigen. However, the remaining concern was the dysregulation of antigen-dependent on/off signaling of the signalobodies. This study aims at fine-tuning the performance of the signalobodies based on three RTKs (fibroblast growth factor receptor 1, insulin receptor, and c-fms). To this end, the cell-surface expression levels of the RTK-based signalobodies were altered by locating their genes either upstream or downstream of the internal ribosomal entry site, and by inserting 1 to 3 alanine residue(s) at the intracellular juxtamembrane region. As a result, while the signaling response was different among the three signalobodies, the antigen-dependent on/off regulation became tighter when the cell-surface expression levels of the signalobodies were lowered. Therefore, we successfully developed a method to diminish the leaky signaling of RTK-based signalobodies, which will be important for establishing the signalobody-based platform technology that can produce cells of interest for regenerative medicine.
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Affiliation(s)
- Hideto Nakabayashi
- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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Nagamune T. Biomolecular engineering for nanobio/bionanotechnology. NANO CONVERGENCE 2017; 4:9. [PMID: 28491487 PMCID: PMC5401866 DOI: 10.1186/s40580-017-0103-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2017] [Accepted: 03/29/2017] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Biomolecular engineering can be used to purposefully manipulate biomolecules, such as peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and lipids, within the framework of the relations among their structures, functions and properties, as well as their applicability to such areas as developing novel biomaterials, biosensing, bioimaging, and clinical diagnostics and therapeutics. Nanotechnology can also be used to design and tune the sizes, shapes, properties and functionality of nanomaterials. As such, there are considerable overlaps between nanotechnology and biomolecular engineering, in that both are concerned with the structure and behavior of materials on the nanometer scale or smaller. Therefore, in combination with nanotechnology, biomolecular engineering is expected to open up new fields of nanobio/bionanotechnology and to contribute to the development of novel nanobiomaterials, nanobiodevices and nanobiosystems. This review highlights recent studies using engineered biological molecules (e.g., oligonucleotides, peptides, proteins, enzymes, polysaccharides, lipids, biological cofactors and ligands) combined with functional nanomaterials in nanobio/bionanotechnology applications, including therapeutics, diagnostics, biosensing, bioanalysis and biocatalysts. Furthermore, this review focuses on five areas of recent advances in biomolecular engineering: (a) nucleic acid engineering, (b) gene engineering, (c) protein engineering, (d) chemical and enzymatic conjugation technologies, and (e) linker engineering. Precisely engineered nanobiomaterials, nanobiodevices and nanobiosystems are anticipated to emerge as next-generation platforms for bioelectronics, biosensors, biocatalysts, molecular imaging modalities, biological actuators, and biomedical applications.
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Affiliation(s)
- Teruyuki Nagamune
- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Nakabayashi H, Aoyama S, Kawahara M, Nagamune T. Differentiation signalobody: Demonstration of antigen-dependent osteoclast differentiation from a progenitor cell line. J Biosci Bioeng 2016; 122:357-63. [PMID: 26979343 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2016.02.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2015] [Revised: 02/13/2016] [Accepted: 02/19/2016] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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A "cytokine-less" in vitro differentiation method would be promising for cost-effective mass production of cells used for regenerative medicine. In this study, we developed a differentiation signalobody S-RANK, in which the extracellular domain of receptor activator of nuclear factor kappa-B (RANK) is replaced with a single-chain variable fragment (scFv) to attain signaling in response to an inexpensive antigen. A murine macrophage cell line RAW264, which is known to differentiate into an osteoclast by RANK ligand (RANKL), was lentivirally transduced with S-RANK. When the resultant cells were cultured with a specific antigen, the cells differentiated into multinucleated tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase-positive osteoclasts. The differentiation efficiency was almost comparable to those induced by RANKL. In addition, the signaling analysis demonstrated that nuclear factor kappa-B and mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling pathways, which are the major signaling pathways downstream of wild-type RANK, were also activated by S-RANK. These results demonstrate that S-RANK sufficiently mimics signal transduction of wild-type RANK. Differentiation signalobodies may be applied for controlling differentiation of other cell types by using appropriate signaling domains.
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- Hideto Nakabayashi
- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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Lee S, Kaku Y, Inoue S, Nagamune T, Kawahara M. Growth signalobody selects functional intrabodies in the mammalian cytoplasm. Biotechnol J 2016; 11:565-73. [PMID: 26647155 DOI: 10.1002/biot.201500364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2015] [Revised: 09/03/2015] [Accepted: 12/08/2015] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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A versatile strategy to inhibit protein functions in the cytoplasmic environment is eagerly anticipated for drug discovery. In this study, we demonstrate a novel system to directly select functional intrabodies from a library in the mammalian cytoplasm. In this system, a target homo-oligomeric antigen is expressed together with a single-chain Fv (scFv) library that is linked to the cytoplasmic domain of a receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK) in the cytoplasm of murine interleukin-3 (IL-3)-dependent cells. As the tyrosine kinase is activated by dimerization, only scFv-RTK clones that can bind to the target antigen would be oligomerized and transduce a growth signal under the IL-3-deprived condition, which leads to selection of functional intrabodies. To demonstrate this system, we used rabies virus phosphoprotein (RV-P) that forms dimers in the cytoplasm as a target antigen. As a result, functional intrabodies were selected using our system from a naïve scFv library as well as from a pre-selected anti-RV-P library generated by phage display. This system may be applied for screening intrabodies that can prevent progression of various severe diseases.
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- Songhee Lee
- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Veterinary Science, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Veterinary Science, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
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Miura T, Nagamune T, Kawahara M. Ligand-inducible dimeric antibody for selecting antibodies against a membrane protein based on mammalian cell proliferation. Biotechnol Bioeng 2015; 113:1113-23. [DOI: 10.1002/bit.25858] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2015] [Revised: 09/23/2015] [Accepted: 10/13/2015] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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- Tomohiro Miura
- Department of Bioengineering; Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo; Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Bioengineering; Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo; Tokyo Japan
- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology; Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo; 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku; Tokyo 113-8656 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology; Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo; 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku; Tokyo 113-8656 Japan
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Honda S, Nagamune T, Kawahara M. Selection of cDNA candidates that induce oligomerization of NLRP3 using a chimeric receptor approach. J Biosci Bioeng 2015; 120:223-30. [PMID: 25641579 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2014.12.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2014] [Revised: 12/10/2014] [Accepted: 12/20/2014] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Since diverse cellular events are regulated by protein oligomerization, identification of molecules that affect oligomerization of a target protein is important for understanding cellular physiology and developing therapeutics. In this study, we aimed to screen cDNA candidates that induce oligomerization of NLRP3, which is one of the important inflammatory sensor proteins, in mammalian cytoplasm. In our screening method, the chimera composed of NLRP3 and the kinase domain of c-kit, one of the receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs) activated by oligomerization, is expressed in cytoplasm of an IL-3-dependent mammalian cell line. The cells are then transduced with a cDNA library, and cultured in the absence of IL-3. If the transduced cDNA is a NLRP3 activator, the kinase domain of the NLRP3-c-kit chimera is activated by oligomerization, which induces cell growth even in the absence of IL-3. Using this system, constitutive oligomers of two NLRP3 variants were clearly detected by cell growth. Furthermore, cDNA screening resulted in identification of three distinct cDNAs that are potential candidates of NLRP3 activators. These results demonstrate the utility of our chimeric receptor-based system for screening candidates that induce oligomerization of a target protein.
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- Shingo Honda
- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan.
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Yoshida R, Kawahara M, Nagamune T. Domain structure of growth signalobodies critically affects the outcome of antibody library selection. J Biochem 2015; 157:497-506. [PMID: 25616678 DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvv008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2014] [Accepted: 12/27/2014] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Wide applications of antibodies have demanded rapid and easy methods for isolating high-affinity antibodies. We recently developed an antibody screening system in mammalian cells using a growth signalobody, which is a single-chain Fv (scFv) library/cytokine receptor chimera that can transduce a growth signal in response to a target oligomeric antigen. However, we have never investigated how the domain structure of signalobodies affects the outcome of library screening. In this study, we screened naïve scFv library-inserted signalobodies having distinct extracellular and transmembrane (TM) domains. Although the previously constructed signalobody with the extracellular D1/D2 domains of erythropoietin receptor had recovered the clones with high affinity against a target antigen and with low background cell growth, its D1/D2-deficient variant which was tested in this study recovered the clones with low affinity against a target antigen and with considerable background cell growth. In addition, mutagenesis in the TM domain lowered the level of the background cell growth. These results suggest that the D1/D2 domains increase a threshold to activate signalobodies, thereby selecting clones with high affinity against a target antigen and that the TM domain could be engineered to minimize background growth signalling.
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- Rie Yoshida
- Department of Bioengineering and Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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- Department of Bioengineering and Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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- Department of Bioengineering and Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan Department of Bioengineering and Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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