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Grose C, Putman Z, Esposito D. A review of alternative promoters for optimal recombinant protein expression in baculovirus-infected insect cells. Protein Expr Purif 2021; 186:105924. [PMID: 34087362 PMCID: PMC8266756 DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2021.105924] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2021] [Revised: 05/24/2021] [Accepted: 05/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
Abstract
Generating recombinant proteins in insect cells has been made possible via the use of the Baculovirus Expression Vector System (BEVS). Despite the success of many proteins via this platform, some targets remain a challenge due to issues such as cytopathic effects, the unpredictable nature of co-infection and co-expressions, and baculovirus genome instability. Many promoters have been assayed for the purpose of expressing diverse proteins in insect cells, and yet there remains a lack of implementation of those results when reviewing the landscape of commercially available baculovirus vectors. In advancing the platform to produce a greater variety of proteins and complexes, the development of such constructs cannot be avoided. A better understanding of viral gene regulation and promoter options including viral, synthetic, and insect-derived promoters will be beneficial to researchers looking to utilize BEVS by recruiting these intricate mechanisms of gene regulation for heterologous gene expression. Here we summarize some of the developments that could be utilized to improve the expression of recombinant proteins and multi-protein complexes in insect cells.
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Affiliation(s)
- Carissa Grose
- Protein Expression Laboratory, NCI RAS Initiative, Cancer Research Technology Program, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, MD, 21702, USA.
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- Protein Expression Laboratory, NCI RAS Initiative, Cancer Research Technology Program, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, MD, 21702, USA
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- Protein Expression Laboratory, NCI RAS Initiative, Cancer Research Technology Program, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, MD, 21702, USA
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Huang Y, Zhang Y, Li S, Lin T, Wu J, Lin Y. Screening for functional IRESes using α-complementation system of β-galactosidase in Pichia pastoris. BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR BIOFUELS 2019; 12:300. [PMID: 31890028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2019] [Accepted: 12/17/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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BACKGROUND Pichia pastoris is becoming a promising chassis cell for metabolic engineering and synthetic biology after its whole genome and transcriptome sequenced. However, the current systems for multigene co-expression in P. pastoris are not efficient. The internal ribosome entry site (IRES) has an ability to recruit the ribosome to initiate protein synthesis by cap-independent translation manner. This study seeks to screen IRES sequences that are functional in P. pastoris, which will allow P. pastoris to express multiple proteins in a single mRNA and increase its efficacy as a platform for metabolic engineering and synthetic biology. RESULTS In order to efficiently screen the IRES sequences, we first set out to create a screening system using LacZ gene. Due to the cryptic transcription of the LacZ gene, we established the α-complementation system of β-galactosidase in P. pastoris with the optimum length of the α-complementing peptide at ~ 92 amino acids. The optimal α-complementing peptide was then used as the second reporter to screen IRESes in the engineered GS115 expressing the corresponding ω-peptide. A total of 34 reported IRESes were screened. After ruling out all false positive or negative IRESes, only seven IRESes were functional in P. pastoris, which were from TEV, PVY, RhPV, TRV, KSHV, crTMV viruses and the 5'-UTR of the YAP1 gene of S. cerevisiae. CONCLUSIONS We showed here that α-complementation also works in P. pastoris and it can be used in a variety of in vivo studies. The functional IRESes screened in this study can be used to introduce multiple genes into P. pastoris via a prokaryotic-like polycistronic manner, which provided new efficient tools for metabolic engineering and synthetic biology researches in P. pastoris.
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- Yide Huang
- 1Provincial University Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Response and Metabolic Regulation, College of Life Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, 350007 China
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- 1Provincial University Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Response and Metabolic Regulation, College of Life Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, 350007 China
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- 1Provincial University Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Response and Metabolic Regulation, College of Life Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, 350007 China
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- 1Provincial University Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Response and Metabolic Regulation, College of Life Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, 350007 China
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- 1Provincial University Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Response and Metabolic Regulation, College of Life Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, 350007 China
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- 1Provincial University Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Response and Metabolic Regulation, College of Life Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, 350007 China
- 2Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Science and Technology for Medicine of Ministry of Education, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, 350007 China
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Using internal ribosome entry sites to facilitate engineering of insect cells and used in secretion proteins production. J Taiwan Inst Chem Eng 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtice.2016.11.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Cesaratto F, Burrone OR, Petris G. Tobacco Etch Virus protease: A shortcut across biotechnologies. J Biotechnol 2016; 231:239-249. [PMID: 27312702 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2016.06.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2016] [Revised: 05/31/2016] [Accepted: 06/10/2016] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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About thirty years ago, studies on the RNA genome of Tobacco Etch Virus revealed the presence of an efficient and specific protease, called Tobacco Etch Virus protease (TEVp), that was part of the Nuclear Inclusion a (NIa) enzyme. TEVp is an efficient and specific protease of 27kDa that has become a valuable biotechnological tool. Nowadays TEVp is a unique endopeptidase largely exploited in biotechnology from industrial applications to in vitro and in vivo cellular studies. A number of TEVp mutants with different rate of cleavage, stability and specificity have been reported. Similarly, a panel of different target cleavage sites, derived from the canonical ENLYFQ-G/S site, has been established. In this review we describe these aspects of TEVp and some of its multiple applications. A particular focus is on the use and molecular biology of TEVp in living cells and organisms.
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- Francesca Cesaratto
- International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, ICGEB, Trieste, Italy
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- International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, ICGEB, Trieste, Italy.
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Teng CY, van Oers MM, Wu TY. Additive effect of calreticulin and translation initiation factor eIF4E on secreted protein production in the baculovirus expression system. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2013; 97:8505-16. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-013-5098-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2013] [Revised: 07/01/2013] [Accepted: 07/02/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Zheng N, Huang X, Yin B, Wang D, Xie Q. An effective system for detecting protein-protein interaction based on in vivo cleavage by PPV NIa protease. Protein Cell 2012; 3:921-8. [PMID: 23096592 DOI: 10.1007/s13238-012-2101-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2011] [Accepted: 09/25/2012] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Detection of protein-protein interaction can provide valuable information for investigating the biological function of proteins. The current methods that applied in protein-protein interaction, such as co-immunoprecipitation and pull down etc., often cause plenty of working time due to the burdensome cloning and purification procedures. Here we established a system that characterization of protein-protein interaction was accomplished by co-expression and simply purification of target proteins from one expression cassette within E. coli system. We modified pET vector into co-expression vector pInvivo which encoded PPV NIa protease, two cleavage site F and two multiple cloning sites that flanking cleavage sites. The target proteins (for example: protein A and protein B) were inserted at multiple cloning sites and translated into polyprotein in the order of MBP tag-protein A-site F-PPV NIa protease-site F-protein B-His(6) tag. PPV NIa protease carried out intracellular cleavage along expression, then led to the separation of polyprotein components, therefore, the interaction between protein A-protein B can be detected through one-step purification and analysis. Negative control for protein B was brought into this system for monitoring interaction specificity. We successfully employed this system to prove two cases of reported protien-protein interaction: RHA2a/ANAC and FTA/FTB. In conclusion, a convenient and efficient system has been successfully developed for detecting protein-protein interaction.
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- Nuoyan Zheng
- Department of Nephrology, the First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510000, China
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Wu TY, Chen YJ, Teng CY, Chen WS, Villaflores O. A bi-cistronic baculovirus expression vector for improved recombinant protein production. Bioeng Bugs 2012; 3:129-32. [PMID: 22539029 DOI: 10.4161/bbug.19388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Baculoviruses are one of the most studied insect viruses both in basic virology research and in biotechnology applications. Incorporating an internal ribosome entry site (IRES) into the baculovirus genome generates bi-cistronic baculoviruses expression vectors that produce two genes of interest. The bi-cistronic baculoviruses also facilitate recombinant virus isolation and titer determination when the green fluorescent protein was co-expressed. Furthermore, when the secretion proteins were co-expressed with the cytosolic green fluorescent protein, the cell lysis and cytosolic protein released into the culture medium could be monitored by the green fluorescence, thus facilitating purification of the secreted proteins.
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- Tzong-Yuan Wu
- Department of Bioscience Technology, Chung Yuan Christian University, Chungli, Taiwan.
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Li M, Man N, Qiu H, Cai S, He X, He X, Lu X. Detection of an internal translation activity in the 5' region of Bombyx mori infectious flacherie virus. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2012; 95:697-705. [PMID: 22476262 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-012-3996-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2011] [Revised: 02/24/2012] [Accepted: 02/26/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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The 5' untranslated region plays an important role in positive-sense single-stranded RNA virus translation initiation, as it contains an internal ribosome entry site (IRES) that mediates cap-independent translation and is applied to simultaneously express several proteins. Infectious flacherie virus (IFV) is a positive-sense single-stranded RNA virus; however, the IRES function is still not proved. To investigate whether the sequences of IFV contain IRES activity, a series of bicistronic reporter (DsRed and enhanced green fluorescent protein) recombinant baculoviruses were constructed to infect the insect cells and silkworm using the Bombyx mori baculovirus expression system. Results showed that the upstream 311, 323, 383, 551, and 599 nt have IRES activity except for the 155-nt region in BmN cells. More importantly, the tetraloop structure containing region between 551 and 599 nt appeared to be responsible for the enhanced IRES activity in different insect cell lines and silkworm. These results indicated that the IRES activity is not species specific and tissue specific. Therefore, our findings may provide the basis for the simultaneous expression of two or various different genes under the same promoter in baculovirus expression system.
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- Mingqian Li
- College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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Bieniossek C, Imasaki T, Takagi Y, Berger I. MultiBac: expanding the research toolbox for multiprotein complexes. Trends Biochem Sci 2011; 37:49-57. [PMID: 22154230 PMCID: PMC7127121 DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2011.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 161] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2011] [Revised: 10/19/2011] [Accepted: 10/24/2011] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Protein complexes composed of many subunits carry out most essential processes in cells and, therefore, have become the focus of intense research. However, deciphering the structure and function of these multiprotein assemblies imposes the challenging task of producing them in sufficient quality and quantity. To overcome this bottleneck, powerful recombinant expression technologies are being developed. In this review, we describe the use of one of these technologies, MultiBac, a baculovirus expression vector system that is particularly tailored for the production of eukaryotic multiprotein complexes. Among other applications, MultiBac has been used to produce many important proteins and their complexes for their structural characterization, revealing fundamental cellular mechanisms.
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- Christoph Bieniossek
- European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Grenoble Outstation, UJF-CNRS-EMBL Unite Mixte International UMI 3265, rue Jules Horowitz, 38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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Chen X, Pham E, Truong K. TEV protease-facilitated stoichiometric delivery of multiple genes using a single expression vector. Protein Sci 2011; 19:2379-88. [PMID: 20945357 DOI: 10.1002/pro.518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Delivery and expression of multiple genes is an important requirement in a range of applications such as the engineering of synthetic signaling pathways and the induction of pluripotent stem cells. However, conventional approaches are often inefficient, nonstoichiometric and may limit the maximum number of genes that can be simultaneously expressed. We here describe a versatile approach for multiple gene delivery using a single expression vector by mimicking the protein expression strategy of RNA viruses. This was accomplished by first expressing the genes together with TEV protease as a single fusion protein, then proteolytically self-cleaving the fusion protein into functional components. To demonstrate this method in E. coli cells, we analyzed the translation products using SDS-PAGE and showed that the fusion protein was efficiently cleaved into its components, which can then be purified individually or as a binding complex. To demonstrate this method in mammalian cells, we designed a differential localization scheme and used live cell imaging to observe the distinctive subcellular targeting of the processed products. We also showed that the stoichiometry of the processed products was consistent and corresponded with the frequency of appearance of their genes on the expression vector. In summary, the efficient expression and separation of up to three genes was achieved in both E. coli and mammalian cells using a single TEV protease self-processing vector.
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- Xi Chen
- Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, 164 College Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3G9, Canada
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