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Natural Variation of Fatty Acid Desaturase Gene Affects Linolenic Acid Content and Starch Pasting Viscosity in Rice Grains. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms231912055. [PMID: 36233354 PMCID: PMC9570344 DOI: 10.3390/ijms231912055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2022] [Revised: 09/21/2022] [Accepted: 09/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Rice, as one of the main food crops, provides a vital source of dietary energy for over half the world's population. The OsFAD3 gene encodes fatty acid desaturase, catalyzing the conversion of linoleic acid (LA) to alpha-linolenic acid (ALA) in rice. However, the genetic characterization of OsFAD3 and its role in the conversion of LA to ALA remains elusive. Here, we validated the effects of two homologous genes, OsFAD3-1 and OsFAD3-2, on the ALA and LA/ALA ratio in rice grains using near-isogenic lines. Two major haplotypes of OsFAD3-1 are identified with different effects on the ALA and LA/ALA ratio in rice germplasm. High expression of OsFAD3-1 is associated with high ALA accumulation and eating quality of rice grains. Overexpression of OsFAD3-1 driven by a seed-specific promoter increases the ALA content up to 16-fold in the endosperm. A diagnostic marker is designed based on an 8-bp insertion/deletion in the OsFAD3-1 promoter, which can recognize OsFAD3-1 alleles in rice. These results indicate that OsFAD3-1 is a useful target gene in marker-assisted breeding programs to improve varieties with high ALA and appropriate LA/ALA ratio in brown rice.
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Zhang H, Zhang Y, Xu W, Li R, Zhang D, Yang L. Development and performance evaluation of whole-genome sequencing with paired-end and mate-pair strategies in molecular characterization of GM crops: One GM rice 114-7-2 line as an example. FOOD CHEMISTRY. MOLECULAR SCIENCES 2022; 4:100061. [PMID: 35415698 PMCID: PMC8991703 DOI: 10.1016/j.fochms.2021.100061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2021] [Revised: 11/18/2021] [Accepted: 12/03/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Basic data for the safety assessment of transgenic line involves the molecular characterization of the integration site of exogenous DNA, flanking sequences, copy number, and unintended plasmid backbone residues. However, performing a full molecular characterization remains challenging, especially for GMOs that possess complex exogenous DNA integrations. We established two whole-genome sequencing strategies: paired-end and mate-pair, to characterize the exogenous DNA integration of a human serum albumin gene into rice line 114-7-2, and evaluated the performance of these two strategies in the molecular characterization of transgenic line. The results showed the existence of two exogenous DNA insertion loci (Chr 01 and Chr 04) and their corresponding flanking sequences, five copies of the exogenous rHSA gene, and the presence of unintended residual plasmid backbone sequences. However, the WGS-MP strategy demonstrated higher efficiency, lower cost, and lower background noise compared with the WGS-PE analysis, especially for identification of the exogenous DNA integration site.
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Key Words
- BHQ, black hole quencher
- CTAB, Cetyltrimethyl ammonium bromide
- FAM, 6-carboxyfluorescein
- GM rice line 114-7-2
- GMO, genetically modified organism
- ISAAA, International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications
- MP, mate-pair
- Mate pair
- Molecular characterization
- NGS, Next-generation sequencing
- NOS, nopaline synthase
- PE, paired-end
- Paired-end
- WGS, whole-genome sequencing
- WT, Wild type
- Whole-genome sequencing
- ddPCR, Droplet digital polymerase chain reaction
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- Hanwen Zhang
- National Center for the Molecular Characterization of Genetically Modified Organisms, Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic and Developmental Sciences, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- National Center for the Molecular Characterization of Genetically Modified Organisms, Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic and Developmental Sciences, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- National Center for the Molecular Characterization of Genetically Modified Organisms, Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic and Developmental Sciences, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- National Center for the Molecular Characterization of Genetically Modified Organisms, Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic and Developmental Sciences, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- National Center for the Molecular Characterization of Genetically Modified Organisms, Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic and Developmental Sciences, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- National Center for the Molecular Characterization of Genetically Modified Organisms, Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic and Developmental Sciences, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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Zhu Q, Tan J, Liu YG. Molecular farming using transgenic rice endosperm. Trends Biotechnol 2022; 40:1248-1260. [PMID: 35562237 DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2022.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2022] [Revised: 04/01/2022] [Accepted: 04/07/2022] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Plant expression platforms are low-cost, scalable, safe, and environmentally friendly systems for the production of recombinant proteins and bioactive metabolites. Rice (Oryza sativa L.) endosperm is an ideal bioreactor for the production and storage of high-value active substances, including pharmaceutical proteins, oral vaccines, vitamins, and nutraceuticals such as flavonoids and carotenoids. Here, we explore the use of molecular farming from producing medicines to developing functional food crops (biofortification). We review recent progress in producing pharmaceutical proteins and bioactive substances in rice endosperm and compare this platform with other plant expression systems. We describe how rice endosperm could be modified to design metabolic pathways and express and store stable products and discuss the factors restricting the commercialization of transgenic rice products and future prospects.
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- Qinlong Zhu
- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, College of Life Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China; Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Guangzhou 510642, China.
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, College of Life Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, College of Life Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China; Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Guangzhou 510642, China
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Zhou J, Li D, Zheng C, Xu R, Zheng E, Yang Y, Chen Y, Yu C, Yan C, Chen J, Wang X. Targeted Transgene Expression in Rice Using a Callus Strong Promoter for Selectable Marker Gene Control. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2020; 11:602680. [PMID: 33362834 PMCID: PMC7759479 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.602680] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2020] [Accepted: 11/06/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Precise expression of a transgene in the desired manner is important for plant genetic engineering and gene function deciphering, but it is a challenge to obtain specific transgene expression free from the interference of the constitutive promoters used to express the selectable marker gene, such as the Cauliflower mosaic virus (CaMV) 35S promoter. So, the solutions to avoid these inappropriate regulations are largely demanded. In this study, we report the characterization of a callus strong promoter (CSP1) in rice and its application for accurate transgene expression. Our results indicate that the high expression of the CSP1 promoter in the callus enables efficient selection of hygromycin equivalent to that provided by the CaMV 35S promoter, whereas its expression in other tissues is low. To evaluate possible leaky effects, the expression of a β-glucuronidase reporter driven by six specific promoters involving hormone signaling, pathogen response, cell fate determination, and proliferation was observed in transgenic rice plants generated by CSP1-mediated selection. Distinct β-glucuronidase expression was found consistently in most of the transgenic lines obtained for each promoter. In addition, we applied these specific marker lines to investigate the root cellular responses to exogenous cytokinin and auxin treatment. The results reveal that the root growth inhibition by cytokinin was differently regulated at high and low concentrations. In summary, we have established the feasibility of using callus-specific promoter-dependent selection to mitigate the transgene misexpression in rice. By enabling efficient transformation, rice plants with reliable transgene expression will be easily acquired for broad applications.
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- Jie Zhou
- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory for Plant Protection and Biotechnology, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Virology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory for Plant Protection and Biotechnology, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Virology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China
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- College of Chemistry and Life Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory for Plant Protection and Biotechnology, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Virology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory for Plant Protection and Biotechnology, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Virology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China
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- Institute of Plant Virology, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China
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- Institute of Biotechnology, Ningbo Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Ningbo, China
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- Institute of Plant Virology, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory for Plant Protection and Biotechnology, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Virology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China
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Pang J, Zhou J, Yang D. Knock-in at GluA1 locus improves recombinant human serum albumin expression in rice grain. J Biotechnol 2020; 321:87-95. [PMID: 32619642 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2020.06.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2020] [Revised: 06/04/2020] [Accepted: 06/22/2020] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Improving recombinant protein expression is a perpetual goal for molecular pharming. However, over-transcription of recombinant protein induces ER stress, and causes protein degradation. Here, we describe a knock-in approach to integrate a human serum albumin expression cassette into the locus of the rice storage protein GluA1 by site-specific integration via the nonhomologous end joining (NHEJ) pathway. The expression level of OsrHSA in the knock-in (KI) lines was much higher than that of the random integration (RI) lines. ER stress in KI line endosperm cells was not significantly altered even after massive OsrHSA accumulation in rice endosperm cell. Instead, ER stress induced by high OsrHSA expression was alleviated in the KI line via the inositol-requiring enzyme 1 (IRE1)-mediated/OsbZIP50 pathway. Furthermore, improvement of OsrHSA expression in KI lines is likely due to reduction of contents of glutelin and globulin in rice endosperm cell. These results provide insight into an approach to improving recombinant protein accumulation by alleviating ER stress and protein trafficking.
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- Jianlei Pang
- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China; Engineering Research Center for Plant Biotechnology and Germplasm Utilization, Ministry of Education, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China; Engineering Research Center for Plant Biotechnology and Germplasm Utilization, Ministry of Education, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
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Ji X, Du Y, Li F, Sun H, Zhang J, Li J, Peng T, Xin Z, Zhao Q. The basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor, OsPIL15, regulates grain size via directly targeting a purine permease gene OsPUP7 in rice. PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL 2019; 17:1527-1537. [PMID: 30628157 PMCID: PMC6662305 DOI: 10.1111/pbi.13075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2018] [Revised: 12/02/2018] [Accepted: 12/21/2018] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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As members of the basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor families, phytochrome-interacting factors regulate an array of developmental responses ranging from seed germination to plant growth. However, little is known about their roles in modulating grain development. Here, we firstly analyzed the expression pattern of rice OsPIL genes in grains and found that OsPIL15 may play an important role in grain development. We then generated knockout (KO) OsPIL15 lines in rice using CRISPR/Cas9 technology, the silencing expression of OsPIL15 led to increased numbers of cells, which thus enhanced grain size and weight. Moreover, overexpression and suppression of OsPIL15 in the rice endosperm resulted in brown rice showing grain sizes and weights that were decreased and increased respectively. Further studies indicated that OsPIL15 binds to N1-box (CACGCG) motifs of the purine permease gene OsPUP7 promoter. Measurement of isopentenyl adenosine, a bioactive form of cytokinin (CTK), revealed increased contents in the OsPIL15-KO spikelets compared with the wild-type. Overall, our results demonstrate a possible pathway whereby OsPIL15 directly targets OsPUP7, affecting CTK transport and thereby influencing cell division and subsequent grain size. These findings provide a valuable insight into the molecular functions of OsPIL15 in rice grains, highlighting a useful genetic improvement leading to increased rice yield.
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- Xin Ji
- Henan Key Laboratory of Rice BiologyCollaborative Innovation Center of Henan Grain CropsHenan Agricultural UniversityZhengzhouChina
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Rice BiologyCollaborative Innovation Center of Henan Grain CropsHenan Agricultural UniversityZhengzhouChina
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Rice BiologyCollaborative Innovation Center of Henan Grain CropsHenan Agricultural UniversityZhengzhouChina
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Rice BiologyCollaborative Innovation Center of Henan Grain CropsHenan Agricultural UniversityZhengzhouChina
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Rice BiologyCollaborative Innovation Center of Henan Grain CropsHenan Agricultural UniversityZhengzhouChina
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Rice BiologyCollaborative Innovation Center of Henan Grain CropsHenan Agricultural UniversityZhengzhouChina
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Rice BiologyCollaborative Innovation Center of Henan Grain CropsHenan Agricultural UniversityZhengzhouChina
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Rice BiologyCollaborative Innovation Center of Henan Grain CropsHenan Agricultural UniversityZhengzhouChina
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Rice BiologyCollaborative Innovation Center of Henan Grain CropsHenan Agricultural UniversityZhengzhouChina
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Unexpected synergistic HIV neutralization by a triple microbicide produced in rice endosperm. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2018; 115:E7854-E7862. [PMID: 30061386 PMCID: PMC6099877 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1806022115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Our paper provides an approach for the durable deployment of anti-HIV agents in the developing world. We developed a transgenic rice line expressing three microbicidal proteins (the HIV-neutralizing antibody 2G12 and the lectins griffithsin and cyanovirin-N). Simultaneous expression in the same plant allows the crude seed extract to be used directly as a topical microbicide cocktail, avoiding the costs of multiple downstream processes. This groundbreaking strategy is realistically the only way that microbicidal cocktails can be manufactured at a cost low enough for the developing world, where HIV prophylaxis is most in demand. The transmission of HIV can be prevented by the application of neutralizing monoclonal antibodies and lectins. Traditional recombinant protein manufacturing platforms lack sufficient capacity and are too expensive for developing countries, which suffer the greatest disease burden. Plants offer an inexpensive and scalable alternative manufacturing platform that can produce multiple components in a single plant, which is important because multiple components are required to avoid the rapid emergence of HIV-1 strains resistant to single microbicides. Furthermore, crude extracts can be used directly for prophylaxis to avoid the massive costs of downstream processing and purification. We investigated whether rice could simultaneously produce three functional HIV-neutralizing proteins (the monoclonal antibody 2G12, and the lectins griffithsin and cyanovirin-N). Preliminary in vitro tests showed that the cocktail of three proteins bound to gp120 and achieved HIV-1 neutralization. Remarkably, when we mixed the components with crude extracts of wild-type rice endosperm, we observed enhanced binding to gp120 in vitro and synergistic neutralization when all three components were present. Extracts of transgenic plants expressing all three proteins also showed enhanced in vitro binding to gp120 and synergistic HIV-1 neutralization. Fractionation of the rice extracts suggested that the enhanced gp120 binding was dependent on rice proteins, primarily the globulin fraction. Therefore, the production of HIV-1 microbicides in rice may not only reduce costs compared to traditional platforms but may also provide functional benefits in terms of microbicidal potency.
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Abiri N, Pang J, Ou J, Shi B, Wang X, Zhang S, Sun Y, Yang D. Assessment of the immunogenicity of residual host cell protein impurities of OsrHSA. PLoS One 2018. [PMID: 29513721 PMCID: PMC5841786 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0193339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Human serum albumin (HSA) is the most abundant protein in human plasma and is widely used at high doses for treating various diseases. Recombinant HSA is an alternative approach to plasma-derived HSA, providing increased safety and an unlimited supply. However, the safety of the residual host cell proteins (HCPs) co-purified with Oryza sativa HSA (OsrHSA) remains to be determined. An animal system was used to assess the immunogenicity of OsrHSA and its residual HCPs. Low immunogenicity and immunotoxicity of the residual HCPs at a dose of 25 μg/kg, equivalent to 25 times the clinical dosage of HSA, were observed. An anti-drug-antibody (ADA) analysis revealed that anti-HSA, anti-OsrHSA or anti-HCP antibodies developed with a low frequency in pHSA and OsrHSA treatments, but the titers were as low as 1.0–2.0. Furthermore, the titer and the incidence of the specific antibodies were not significantly different between the pHSA and OsrHSA groups, indicating that OsrHSA presents similar immunogenicity to that of pHSA. More importantly, no cytokines were stimulated after the administration of OsrHSA and the residual HCPs, suggesting that there was no risk of a cytokine storm. These results demonstrated that the residual HCPs from OsrHSA have low immunogenicity, indicating that the rice endosperm is one of the best hosts for plant molecular pharming.
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- Naghmeh Abiri
- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Healthgen Biotechnology Co. Ltd., Wuhan, China
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- Healthgen Biotechnology Co. Ltd., Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- JOINN Laboratories, Inc., Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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Vamvaka E, Arcalis E, Ramessar K, Evans A, O'Keefe BR, Shattock RJ, Medina V, Stöger E, Christou P, Capell T. Rice endosperm is cost-effective for the production of recombinant griffithsin with potent activity against HIV. PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL 2016; 14:1427-37. [PMID: 26800650 PMCID: PMC4865440 DOI: 10.1111/pbi.12507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2015] [Revised: 10/21/2015] [Accepted: 11/06/2015] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Protein microbicides containing neutralizing antibodies and antiviral lectins may help to reduce the rate of infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) if it is possible to manufacture the components in large quantities at a cost affordable in HIV-endemic regions such as sub-Saharan Africa. We expressed the antiviral lectin griffithsin (GRFT), which shows potent neutralizing activity against HIV, in the endosperm of transgenic rice plants (Oryza sativa), to determine whether rice can be used to produce inexpensive GRFT as a microbicide ingredient. The yield of (OS) GRFT in the best-performing plants was 223 μg/g dry seed weight. We also established a one-step purification protocol, achieving a recovery of 74% and a purity of 80%, which potentially could be developed into a larger-scale process to facilitate inexpensive downstream processing. (OS) GRFT bound to HIV glycans with similar efficiency to GRFT produced in Escherichia coli. Whole-cell assays using purified (OS) GRFT and infectivity assays using crude extracts of transgenic rice endosperm confirmed that both crude and pure (OS) GRFT showed potent activity against HIV and the crude extracts were not toxic towards human cell lines, suggesting they could be administered as a microbicide with only minimal processing. A freedom-to-operate analysis confirmed that GRFT produced in rice is suitable for commercial development, and an economic evaluation suggested that 1.8 kg/ha of pure GRFT could be produced from rice seeds. Our data therefore indicate that rice could be developed as an inexpensive production platform for GRFT as a microbicide component.
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- Evangelia Vamvaka
- Department of Plant Production and Forestry Science, School of Agrifood and Forestry Science and Engineering (ETSEA), University of Lleida-Agrotecnio Center, Lleida, Spain
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- Department for Applied Genetics and Cell Biology, Molecular Plant Physiology and Crop Biotechnology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
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- Molecular Targets Laboratory, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Frederick, MD, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, Norfolk Place, London, UK
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- Molecular Targets Laboratory, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Frederick, MD, USA
- Natural Products Branch, Developmental Therapeutics Program, Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Frederick, MD, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, Norfolk Place, London, UK
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- Department of Plant Production and Forestry Science, School of Agrifood and Forestry Science and Engineering (ETSEA), University of Lleida-Agrotecnio Center, Lleida, Spain
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- Department for Applied Genetics and Cell Biology, Molecular Plant Physiology and Crop Biotechnology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Plant Production and Forestry Science, School of Agrifood and Forestry Science and Engineering (ETSEA), University of Lleida-Agrotecnio Center, Lleida, Spain
- Catalan Institute for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA), Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Plant Production and Forestry Science, School of Agrifood and Forestry Science and Engineering (ETSEA), University of Lleida-Agrotecnio Center, Lleida, Spain
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Burlakovskiy MS, Yemelyanov VV, Lutova LA. Plant Based Bioreactors of Recombinant Cytokines (Review). APPL BIOCHEM MICRO+ 2016; 52:121-137. [PMID: 32214409 PMCID: PMC7087682 DOI: 10.1134/s0003683816020034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2015] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Cytokines are a family of signaling polypeptides involved in intercellular interactions in the process of the immune response, as well as in the regulation of a number of normal physiological functions. Cytokines are used in medicine for the treatment of cancer, immune disorders, viral infections, and other socially significant diseases, but the extent of their use is limited by the high production cost of the active agent. The development of this area of pharmacology is associated with the success of genetic engineering, which allows the production of significant amounts of protein by transgenic organisms. The review discusses the latest advances in the production of various cytokines with the use of genetically modified plants.
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- M. S. Burlakovskiy
- Biology Faculty, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, 199034 Russia
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- Biology Faculty, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, 199034 Russia
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- Biology Faculty, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, 199034 Russia
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Vamvaka E, Twyman RM, Murad AM, Melnik S, Teh AYH, Arcalis E, Altmann F, Stoger E, Rech E, Ma JKC, Christou P, Capell T. Rice endosperm produces an underglycosylated and potent form of the HIV-neutralizing monoclonal antibody 2G12. PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL 2016; 14:97-108. [PMID: 25845722 DOI: 10.1111/pbi.12360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2014] [Revised: 02/08/2015] [Accepted: 02/16/2015] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Protein microbicides against HIV can help to prevent infection but they are required in large, repetitive doses. This makes current fermenter-based production systems prohibitively expensive. Plants are advantageous as production platforms because they offer a safe, economical and scalable alternative, and cereals such as rice are particularly attractive because they could allow pharmaceutical proteins to be produced economically and on a large scale in developing countries. Pharmaceutical proteins can also be stored as unprocessed seed, circumventing the need for a cold chain. Here, we report the development of transgenic rice plants expressing the HIV-neutralizing antibody 2G12 in the endosperm. Surprisingly for an antibody expressed in plants, the heavy chain was predominantly aglycosylated. Nevertheless, the heavy and light chains assembled into functional antibodies with more potent HIV-neutralizing activity than other plant-derived forms of 2G12 bearing typical high-mannose or plant complex-type glycans. Immunolocalization experiments showed that the assembled antibody accumulated predominantly in protein storage vacuoles but also induced the formation of novel, spherical storage compartments surrounded by ribosomes indicating that they originated from the endoplasmic reticulum. The comparison of wild-type and transgenic plants at the transcriptomic and proteomic levels indicated that endogenous genes related to starch biosynthesis were down-regulated in the endosperm of the transgenic plants, whereas genes encoding prolamin and glutaredoxin-C8 were up-regulated. Our data provide insight into factors that affect the functional efficacy of neutralizing antibodies in plants and the impact of recombinant proteins on endogenous gene expression.
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- Evangelia Vamvaka
- Department of Plant Production and Forestry Science, School of Agrifood and Forestry Science and Engineering (ETSEA), University of Lleida-Agrotecnio Center, Lleida, Spain
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- Embrapa Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Parque Estacao Biologica, Brasilia, Distrito Federal, Brazil
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- Department for Applied Genetics and Cell Biology, Molecular Plant Physiology and Crop Biotechnology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
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- Molecular Immunology Unit, Division of Clinical Sciences, St. George's University of London, London, UK
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- Department for Applied Genetics and Cell Biology, Molecular Plant Physiology and Crop Biotechnology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
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- Department for Applied Genetics and Cell Biology, Molecular Plant Physiology and Crop Biotechnology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
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- Embrapa Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Parque Estacao Biologica, Brasilia, Distrito Federal, Brazil
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- Molecular Immunology Unit, Division of Clinical Sciences, St. George's University of London, London, UK
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- Department of Plant Production and Forestry Science, School of Agrifood and Forestry Science and Engineering (ETSEA), University of Lleida-Agrotecnio Center, Lleida, Spain
- Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA), Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Plant Production and Forestry Science, School of Agrifood and Forestry Science and Engineering (ETSEA), University of Lleida-Agrotecnio Center, Lleida, Spain
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Zhang W, Wang J, Zhang C, Fang Q, Shu J, Li S, Jin J, Wang D, Nie Z, Lv Z, Zhang Y. Synergetic Protein Factors That Improve rhGM-CSF Absorption via an Oral Route Exist in Silkworm Pupae. Mol Pharm 2015; 12:1347-55. [PMID: 25775407 DOI: 10.1021/mp500371g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Recent studies have demonstrated that recombinant human granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor (rhGM-CSF) produced by the silkworm pupae bioreactor is absorbed into blood through oral administration and functions as an active cytokine. The aim of this study was to further examine and identify synergetic protein factors in silkworm pupae that improve rhGM-CSF absorption via an oral route. The concentrations of rhGM-CSF in serum were evaluated in mice after oral administration of rhGM-CSF using different chemical compositions of silkworm pupae as pharmaceutical excipients. The experimental data revealed that the supernatant lyophilized powder (SLP) of a homogenized slurry of silkworm pupae caused a significant increase in the rhGM-CSF level in blood when rhGM-CSF was orally administered with SLP, suggesting that synergetic protein factors that improve the oral absorption of rhGM-CSF primarily exist in SLP. As shown by scanning electron microscopy, microspheres were formed when rhGM-CSF was coated with SLP. Animal experimental data showed that the absorption of orally administered rhGM-CSF through the gastrointestinal (GI) tract primarily resulted from protein factors present in the SLP retentate obtained after 10 kDa ultrafiltration. Surface plasmon resonance spectroscopy analysis demonstrated that several protein factors present in the SLP retentate obtained after 10 kDa ultrafiltration were bound to rhGM-CSF. Proteins bound to rhGM-CSF by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry were identified as chymotrypsin inhibitor SCI-II precursor, cationic peptide CP8 precursor, Kazal-type proteinase inhibitor, and chymotrypsin inhibitor SCI-I. These findings indicate that these proteinase inhibitors play an important role in improving rhGM-CSF absorption in the GI tract.
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- Wenping Zhang
- Institute of Biochemistry, College of Life Science, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China
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- Institute of Biochemistry, College of Life Science, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China
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- Institute of Biochemistry, College of Life Science, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China
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- Institute of Biochemistry, College of Life Science, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China
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- Institute of Biochemistry, College of Life Science, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China
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- Institute of Biochemistry, College of Life Science, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China
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- Institute of Biochemistry, College of Life Science, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China
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- Institute of Biochemistry, College of Life Science, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China
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- Institute of Biochemistry, College of Life Science, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China
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- Institute of Biochemistry, College of Life Science, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China
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- Institute of Biochemistry, College of Life Science, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China
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Cheng Q, Zhou Y, Liu Z, Zhang L, Song G, Guo Z, Wang W, Qu X, Zhu Y, Yang D. An alternatively spliced heat shock transcription factor, OsHSFA2dI, functions in the heat stress-induced unfolded protein response in rice. PLANT BIOLOGY (STUTTGART, GERMANY) 2015; 17:419-29. [PMID: 25255693 DOI: 10.1111/plb.12267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2014] [Accepted: 09/09/2014] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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As sessile organisms, plants have evolved a wide range of defence pathways to cope with environmental stress such as heat shock. However, the molecular mechanism of these defence pathways remains unclear in rice. In this study, we found that OsHSFA2d, a heat shock transcriptional factor, encodes two main splice variant proteins, OsHSFA2dI and OsHSFA2dII in rice. Under normal conditions, OsHSFA2dII is the dominant but transcriptionally inactive spliced form. However, when the plant suffers heat stress, OsHSFA2d is alternatively spliced into a transcriptionally active form, OsHSFA2dI, which participates in the heat stress response (HSR). Further study found that this alternative splicing was induced by heat shock rather than photoperiod. We found that OsHSFA2dI is localised to the nucleus, whereas OsHSFA2dII is localised to the nucleus and cytoplasm. Moreover, expression of the unfolded protein response (UNFOLDED PROTEIN RESPONSE) sensors, OsIRE1, OsbZIP39/OsbZIP60 and the UNFOLDED PROTEIN RESPONSE marker OsBiP1, was up-regulated. Interestingly, OsbZIP50 was also alternatively spliced under heat stress, indicating that UNFOLDED PROTEIN RESPONSE signalling pathways were activated by heat stress to re-establish cellular protein homeostasis. We further demonstrated that OsHSFA2dI participated in the unfolded protein response by regulating expression of OsBiP1.
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- Q Cheng
- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Engineering Research Center for Plant Biotechnology and Germplasm Utilization, Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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Ou J, Guo Z, Shi J, Wang X, Liu J, Shi B, Guo F, Zhang C, Yang D. Transgenic rice endosperm as a bioreactor for molecular pharming. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2014; 33:585-594. [PMID: 24413763 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-013-1559-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2013] [Revised: 12/18/2013] [Accepted: 12/27/2013] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Plants provide a promising expression platform for producing recombinant proteins with several advantages in terms of high expression level, lower production cost, scalability, and safety and environment-friendly. Molecular pharming has been recognized as an emerging industry with strategic importance that could play an important role in economic development and healthcare in China. Here, this review represents the significant advances using transgenic rice endosperm as bioreactor to produce various therapeutic recombinant proteins in transgenic rice endosperm and large-scale production of OsrHSA, and discusses the challenges to develop molecular pharming as an emerging industry with strategic importance in China.
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- Jiquan Ou
- College of Life Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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da Cunha NB, Vianna GR, da Almeida Lima T, Rech E. Molecular farming of human cytokines and blood products from plants: Challenges in biosynthesis and detection of plant-produced recombinant proteins. Biotechnol J 2013; 9:39-50. [DOI: 10.1002/biot.201300062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2013] [Revised: 10/21/2013] [Accepted: 11/19/2013] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Wang S, Takahashi H, Kajiura H, Kawakatsu T, Fujiyama K, Takaiwa F. Transgenic rice seeds accumulating recombinant hypoallergenic birch pollen allergen Bet v 1 generate giant protein bodies. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2013; 54:917-33. [PMID: 23539245 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pct043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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A versatile hypoallergenic allergen derivative against multiple allergens is an ideal tolerogen for allergen-specific immunotherapy. Such a tolerogen should exhibit high efficacy, without side effects, when administered at high doses and should be applicable to several allergens. Tree pollen chimera 7 (TPC7), a hypoallergenic Bet v 1 tolerogen against birch pollen allergy, was previously selected by DNA shuffling of 14 types of Fagales tree pollen allergens. In this study, transgenic rice seed accumulating TPC7 was generated as an oral vaccine against birch pollen allergy by expressing this protein as a secretory protein using the N-terminal signal peptide and the C-terminal KDEL tag under the control of an endosperm-specific glutelin promoter. The highest level of TPC7 accumulation was approximately 207 µg grain(-1). Recombinant TPC7 is a glycoprotein with high mannose-type N-glycan, but without β1,2-xylose or α1,3-fucose, suggesting that TPC7 is retained in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). TPC7 is deposited as a novel, giant spherical ER-derived protein body, >20 µm in diameter, which is referred to as the TPC7 body. Removal of the KDEL retention signal or mutation of a cysteine residue resulted in an alteration of TPC7 body morphology, and deletion of the signal peptide prevented the accumulation of TPC7 in rice seeds. Therefore, the novel TPC7 bodies may have formed aggregates within the ER lumen, primarily due to the intrinsic physicochemical properties of the protein.
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- Shuyi Wang
- Functional Transgenic Crops Research Unit, Genetically Modified Organism Research Center, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Kannondai 2-1-2, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8602 Japan
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Takaiwa F. Update on the use of transgenic rice seeds in oral immunotherapy. Immunotherapy 2013; 5:301-12. [DOI: 10.2217/imt.13.4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Rice seed provides an ideal production platform for pharmaceuticals in terms of high productivity and stability, as well as the scalability, safety and economy that are expected in plant production systems. Furthermore, these therapeutic products are bioencapsulated in protein bodies, which are seed-specific storage organelles that provide protection from digestion by gastrointestinal enzymes during delivery to the gut-associated lymphoid tissue. Thus, rice seed provides an ideal delivery system for the mucosal immune system. Oral immunotherapy using unprocessed transgenic rice seed containing therapeutic products has been demonstrated to induce effective mucosal immune tolerance and immune reactions against allergies and pathogens.
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- Fumio Takaiwa
- Functional Transgenic Crop Research Unit, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Kannondai 2–1–2, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8602, Japan
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Zhang L, Shi J, Jiang D, Stupak J, Ou J, Qiu Q, An N, Li J, Yang D. Expression and characterization of recombinant human alpha-antitrypsin in transgenic rice seed. J Biotechnol 2013; 164:300-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2013.01.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2012] [Revised: 01/12/2013] [Accepted: 01/17/2013] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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An N, Ou J, Jiang D, Zhang L, Liu J, Fu K, Dai Y, Yang D. Expression of a functional recombinant human basic fibroblast growth factor from transgenic rice seeds. Int J Mol Sci 2013; 14:3556-67. [PMID: 23434658 PMCID: PMC3588058 DOI: 10.3390/ijms14023556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2012] [Revised: 01/22/2013] [Accepted: 01/31/2013] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Basic fibroblast growth factor (FGF-2) is an important member of the FGF gene family. It is widely used in clinical applications for scald and wound healing in order to stimulate cell proliferation. Further it is applied for inhibiting stem cell differentiation in cultures. Due to a shortage of plasma and low expression levels of recombinant rbFGF in conventional gene expression systems, we explored the production of recombinant rbFGF in rice grains (Oryza sativa bFGF, OsrbFGF). An expression level of up to 185.66 mg/kg in brown rice was obtained. A simple purification protocol was established with final recovery of 4.49% and resulting in a yield of OsrbFGF reaching up to 8.33 mg/kg OsrbFGF. The functional assay of OsrbFGF indicated that the stimulating cell proliferation activity on NIH/3T3 was the same as with commercialized rbFGF. Wound healing in vivo of OsrbFGF is equivalent to commercialized rbFGF. Our results indicate that rice endosperm is capable of expressing small molecular mass proteins, such as bFGF. This again demonstrates that rice endosperm is a promising system to express various biopharmaceutical proteins.
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- Na An
- Engineering Research Center for Plant Biotechnology and Germplasm Utilization, Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China; E-Mails: (N.A.); (L.Z.); (K.F.)
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- Wuhan Institute of Biotechnology, Biolake, Wuhan 430075, China; E-Mails: (J.O.); (D.J.); (J.L.); (Y.D.)
- Healthgen Biotechnology Ltd. Co., Biolake, Wuhan 430075, China
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- Wuhan Institute of Biotechnology, Biolake, Wuhan 430075, China; E-Mails: (J.O.); (D.J.); (J.L.); (Y.D.)
- Healthgen Biotechnology Ltd. Co., Biolake, Wuhan 430075, China
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- Engineering Research Center for Plant Biotechnology and Germplasm Utilization, Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China; E-Mails: (N.A.); (L.Z.); (K.F.)
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- Wuhan Institute of Biotechnology, Biolake, Wuhan 430075, China; E-Mails: (J.O.); (D.J.); (J.L.); (Y.D.)
- Healthgen Biotechnology Ltd. Co., Biolake, Wuhan 430075, China
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- Engineering Research Center for Plant Biotechnology and Germplasm Utilization, Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China; E-Mails: (N.A.); (L.Z.); (K.F.)
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- Wuhan Institute of Biotechnology, Biolake, Wuhan 430075, China; E-Mails: (J.O.); (D.J.); (J.L.); (Y.D.)
- Healthgen Biotechnology Ltd. Co., Biolake, Wuhan 430075, China
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- Engineering Research Center for Plant Biotechnology and Germplasm Utilization, Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China; E-Mails: (N.A.); (L.Z.); (K.F.)
- Wuhan Institute of Biotechnology, Biolake, Wuhan 430075, China; E-Mails: (J.O.); (D.J.); (J.L.); (Y.D.)
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Westerhof LB, Wilbers RHP, Roosien J, van de Velde J, Goverse A, Bakker J, Schots A. 3D domain swapping causes extensive multimerisation of human interleukin-10 when expressed in planta. PLoS One 2012; 7:e46460. [PMID: 23049703 PMCID: PMC3462211 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0046460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2012] [Accepted: 08/30/2012] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Heterologous expression platforms of biopharmaceutical proteins have been significantly improved over the last decade. Further improvement can be established by examining the intrinsic properties of proteins. Interleukin-10 (IL-10) is an anti-inflammatory cytokine with a short half-life that plays an important role in re-establishing immune homeostasis. This homodimeric protein of 36 kDa has significant therapeutic potential to treat inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. In this study we show that the major production bottleneck of human IL-10 is not protein instability as previously suggested, but extensive multimerisation due to its intrinsic 3D domain swapping characteristic. Extensive multimerisation of human IL-10 could be visualised as granules in planta. On the other hand, mouse IL-10 hardly multimerised, which could be largely attributed to its glycosylation. By introducing a short glycine-serine-linker between the fourth and fifth alpha helix of human IL-10 a stable monomeric form of IL-10 (hIL-10(mono)) was created that no longer multimerised and increased yield up to 20-fold. However, hIL-10(mono) no longer had the ability to reduce pro-inflammatory cytokine secretion from lipopolysaccharide-stimulated macrophages. Forcing dimerisation restored biological activity. This was achieved by fusing human IL-10(mono) to the C-terminal end of constant domains 2 and 3 of human immunoglobulin A (Fcα), a natural dimer. Stable dimeric forms of IL-10, like Fcα-IL-10, may not only be a better format for improved production, but also a more suitable format for medical applications.
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- Lotte B Westerhof
- Laboratory of Nematology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
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Large-scale production of functional human serum albumin from transgenic rice seeds. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2011; 108:19078-83. [PMID: 22042856 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1109736108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 139] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Human serum albumin (HSA) is widely used in clinical and cell culture applications. Conventional production of HSA from human blood is limited by the availability of blood donation and the high risk of viral transmission from donors. Here, we report the production of Oryza sativa recombinant HSA (OsrHSA) from transgenic rice seeds. The level of OsrHSA reached 10.58% of the total soluble protein of the rice grain. Large-scale production of OsrHSA generated protein with a purity >99% and a productivity rate of 2.75 g/kg brown rice. Physical and biochemical characterization of OsrHSA revealed it to be equivalent to plasma-derived HSA (pHSA). The efficiency of OsrHSA in promoting cell growth and treating liver cirrhosis in rats was similar to that of pHSA. Furthermore, OsrHSA displays similar in vitro and in vivo immunogenicity as pHSA. Our results suggest that a rice seed bioreactor produces cost-effective recombinant HSA that is safe and can help to satisfy an increasing worldwide demand for human serum albumin.
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Recombinant cytokines from plants. Int J Mol Sci 2011; 12:3536-52. [PMID: 21747693 PMCID: PMC3131577 DOI: 10.3390/ijms12063536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2011] [Revised: 05/11/2011] [Accepted: 05/27/2011] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Plant-based platforms have been successfully applied for the last two decades for the efficient production of pharmaceutical proteins. The number of commercialized products biomanufactured in plants is, however, rather discouraging. Cytokines are small glycosylated polypeptides used in the treatment of cancer, immune disorders and various other related diseases. Because the clinical use of cytokines is limited by high production costs they are good candidates for plant-made pharmaceuticals. Several research groups explored the possibilities of cost-effective production of animal cytokines in plant systems. This review summarizes recent advances in this field.
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Peng X, Wang K, Hu C, Zhu Y, Wang T, Yang J, Tong J, Li S, Zhu Y. The mitochondrial gene orfH79 plays a critical role in impairing both male gametophyte development and root growth in CMS-Honglian rice. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2010; 10:125. [PMID: 20576097 PMCID: PMC3017818 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-10-125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2009] [Accepted: 06/24/2010] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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BACKGROUND Cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) has often been associated with abnormal mitochondrial open reading frames. The mitochondrial gene orfH79 is a candidate gene for causing the CMS trait in CMS-Honglian (CMS-HL) rice. However, whether the orfH79 expression can actually induce CMS in rice remains unclear. RESULTS Western blot analysis revealed that the ORFH79 protein is mainly present in mitochondria of CMS-HL rice and is absent in the fertile line. To investigate the function of ORFH79 protein in mitochondria, this gene was fused to a mitochondrial transit peptide sequence and used to transform wild type rice, where its expression induced the gametophytic male sterile phenotype. In addition, excessive accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in the microspore, a reduced ATP/ADP ratio, decreased mitochondrial membrane potential and a lower respiration rate in the transgenic plants were found to be similar to those in CMS-HL rice. Moreover, retarded growth of primary and lateral roots accompanied by abnormal accumulation of ROS in the root tip was observed in both transgenic rice and CMS-HL rice (YTA). CONCLUSION These results suggest that the expression of orfH79 in mitochondria impairs mitochondrial function, which affects the development of both male gametophytes and the roots of CMS-HL rice.
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- Xiaojue Peng
- Key Laboratory of MOE for Plant Developmental Biology, College of Life Science, Wuhan University, 430072, Wuhan, PR China
- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Gene Engineering, College of life Science, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330047, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of MOE for Plant Developmental Biology, College of Life Science, Wuhan University, 430072, Wuhan, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of MOE for Plant Developmental Biology, College of Life Science, Wuhan University, 430072, Wuhan, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Gene Engineering, College of life Science, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330047, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of MOE for Plant Developmental Biology, College of Life Science, Wuhan University, 430072, Wuhan, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of MOE for Plant Developmental Biology, College of Life Science, Wuhan University, 430072, Wuhan, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of MOE for Plant Developmental Biology, College of Life Science, Wuhan University, 430072, Wuhan, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of MOE for Plant Developmental Biology, College of Life Science, Wuhan University, 430072, Wuhan, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of MOE for Plant Developmental Biology, College of Life Science, Wuhan University, 430072, Wuhan, PR China
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Góra-Sochacka A, Redkiewicz P, Napiórkowska B, Gaganidze D, Brodzik R, Sirko A. Recombinant mouse granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor is glycosylated in transgenic tobacco and maintains its biological activity. J Interferon Cytokine Res 2010; 30:135-42. [PMID: 20038209 DOI: 10.1089/jir.2009.0053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) is a cytokine with many important applications and, due to its immunostimulatory properties, could also be used as a vaccine adjuvant. A simple strategy to produce recombinant mouse GM-CSF (mGM-CSF) in transgenic Nicotiana tabacum plants was used in this study. The mGM-CSF cDNA followed by the sequence encoding endoplasmic reticulum retention signal (KDEL) was cloned into the ImpactVector under the control of the strong promoter from the gene encoding a small subunit of Rubisco. In transgenic plants the accumulation level of recombinant mGM-CSF varied in the individual transformants from 8 to 19 microg/g of fresh leaf tissue, which makes up to 0.22% of total soluble protein. In most analyzed plants, the apparent molecular weight of the recombinant protein was larger than predicted due to its N-glycosylation, presumably in 2 sites. The recombinant plant-produced murine GM-CSF retained its biological activity as confirmed in vitro in proliferation assay using a mouse cell line, which is growth-dependent on GM-CSF.
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- Anna Góra-Sochacka
- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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Luo J, Ning T, Sun Y, Zhu J, Zhu Y, Lin Q, Yang D. Proteomic analysis of rice endosperm cells in response to expression of hGM-CSF. J Proteome Res 2009; 8:829-37. [PMID: 18778094 DOI: 10.1021/pr8002968] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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The accumulation of significant levels of transgenic products in plant cells is required not only for crop improvement, but also for molecular pharming. However, knowledge about the fate of transgenic products and endogenous proteins in grain cells is lacking. Here, we utilized a quantitative mass spectrometry-based proteomic approach for comparative analysis of expression profiles of transgenic rice endosperm cells in response to expression of a recombinant pharmaceutical protein, human granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulation factor (hGM-CSF). This study provided the first available evidence concerning the fate of exogenous and endogenous proteins in grain cells. Among 1883 identified proteins with a false positive rate of 5%, 103 displayed significant changes (p-value < 0.05) between the transgenic and the wild-type endosperm cells. Notably, endogenous storage proteins and most carbohydrate metabolism-related proteins were down-regulated, while 26S proteasome-related proteins and chaperones were up-regulated in the transgenic rice endosperm. Furthermore, it was observed that expression of hGM-CSF induced endoplasmic reticulum stress and activated the ubiquitin/26S-proteasome pathway, which led to ubiquitination of this foreign gene product in the transgenic rice endosperm.
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- Junling Luo
- Department of Genetics, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, 430072, People's Republic of China
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Xie T, Qiu Q, Zhang W, Ning T, Yang W, Zheng C, Wang C, Zhu Y, Yang D. A biologically active rhIGF-1 fusion accumulated in transgenic rice seeds can reduce blood glucose in diabetic mice via oral delivery. Peptides 2008; 29:1862-70. [PMID: 18708105 DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2008.07.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2008] [Revised: 06/30/2008] [Accepted: 07/07/2008] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Human insulin-like growth factor 1(hIGF-1) is essential for cell proliferation and used therapeutically in treating various diseases including diabetes mellitus. Here, we present that a recombinant hIGF-1(rhIGF-1) was expressed fused with the C-terminus of a rice luminal binding protein and accumulated highly in rice seeds, reaching 6.8+/-0.5% of total seed protein. The rhIGF-1 fusion was demonstrated to possess biological activity to stimulate cell proliferation. Importantly, the unprocessed transgenic seeds could significantly increase plasma rhIGF-1 level and reduce blood glucose of diabetic mice via oral delivery. Further studies suggested that transgenic seeds reduced blood glucose of diabetic mice by enhancing islet cells survival and increasing insulin secretion rather than increasing insulin sensitivity. These results indicated the potential of the novel fusion expression system in production and oral delivery of biologically active small peptides for diseases.
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- Tingting Xie
- Center of Engineering and Research of the Ministry of Education for Plant Biotechnology and Germplasm Utilization, Department of Genetics, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, PR China
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