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Aleksashin NA, Chang STL, Cate JHD. A highly efficient human cell-free translation system. RNA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2023; 29:1960-1972. [PMID: 37793791 PMCID: PMC10653386 DOI: 10.1261/rna.079825.123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2023] [Accepted: 09/21/2023] [Indexed: 10/06/2023]
Abstract
Cell-free protein synthesis (CFPS) systems enable easy in vitro expression of proteins with many scientific, industrial, and therapeutic applications. Here we present an optimized, highly efficient human cell-free translation system that bypasses many limitations of currently used in vitro systems. This CFPS system is based on extracts from human HEK293T cells engineered to endogenously express GADD34 and K3L proteins, which suppress phosphorylation of translation initiation factor eIF2α. Overexpression of GADD34 and K3L proteins in human cells before cell lysate preparation significantly simplifies lysate preparation. We find that expression of the GADD34 and K3L accessory proteins before cell lysis maintains low levels of phosphorylation of eIF2α in the extracts. During in vitro translation reactions, eIF2α phosphorylation increases moderately in a GCN2-dependent fashion that can be inhibited by GCN2 kinase inhibitors. This new CFPS system should be useful for exploring human translation mechanisms in more physiological conditions outside the cell.
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Affiliation(s)
- Nikolay A Aleksashin
- Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Department of Chemistry, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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Aleksashin NA, Chang STL, Cate JHD. A highly efficient human cell-free translation system. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.02.09.527910. [PMID: 36798401 PMCID: PMC9934684 DOI: 10.1101/2023.02.09.527910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/12/2023]
Abstract
Cell-free protein synthesis (CFPS) systems enable easy in vitro expression of proteins with many scientific, industrial, and therapeutic applications. Here we present an optimized, highly efficient human cell-free translation system that bypasses many limitations of currently used in vitro systems. This CFPS system is based on extracts from human HEK293T cells engineered to endogenously express GADD34 and K3L proteins, which suppress phosphorylation of translation initiation factor eIF2α. Overexpression of GADD34 and K3L proteins in human cells significantly simplifies cell lysate preparation. The new CFPS system improves the translation of 5' cap-dependent mRNAs as well as those that use internal ribosome entry site (IRES) mediated translation initiation. We find that expression of the GADD34 and K3L accessory proteins before cell lysis maintains low levels of phosphorylation of eIF2α in the extracts. During in vitro translation reactions, eIF2α phosphorylation increases moderately in a GCN2-dependent fashion that can be inhibited by GCN2 kinase inhibitors. We also find evidence for activation of regulatory pathways related to eukaryotic elongation factor 2 (eEF2) phosphorylation and ribosome quality control in the extracts. This new CFPS system should be useful for exploring human translation mechanisms in more physiological conditions outside the cell.
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Affiliation(s)
- Nikolay A. Aleksashin
- Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
- Department of Molecular & Cell Biology, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
- Department of Molecular & Cell Biology, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
- Department of Molecular & Cell Biology, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
- Department of Chemistry, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
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Cell-free analysis of polyQ-dependent protein aggregation and its inhibition by chaperone proteins. J Biotechnol 2016; 239:1-8. [PMID: 27702574 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2016.09.031] [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: 08/20/2016] [Revised: 09/23/2016] [Accepted: 09/30/2016] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Protein misfolding and aggregation is one of the major causes of neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and Huntington's disease. So far protein aggregation related to these diseases has been studied using animals, cultured cells or purified proteins. In this study, we show that a newly synthesized polyglutamine protein implicated in Huntington's disease forms large aggregates in HeLa cells, and successfully recapitulate the process of this aggregation using a translation-based system derived from HeLa cell extracts. When the cell-free translation system was pre-incubated with recombinant human cytosolic chaperonin CCT, or the Hsc70 chaperone system (Hsc70s: Hsc70, Hsp40, and Hsp110), aggregate formation was inhibited in a dose-dependent manner. In contrast, when these chaperone proteins were added in a post-translational manner, aggregation was not prevented. These data led us to suggest that chaperonin CCT and Hsc70s interact with nascent polyglutamine proteins co-translationally or immediately after their synthesis in a fashion that prevents intra- and intermolecular interactions of aggregation-prone polyglutamine proteins. We conclude that the in vitro approach described here can be usefully employed to analyze the mechanisms that provoke polyglutamine-driven protein aggregation and to screen for molecules to prevent it.
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Nagashima S, Kobayashi T, Tanaka T, Tanggis, Jirintai S, Takahashi M, Nishizawa T, Okamoto H. Analysis of adaptive mutations selected during the consecutive passages of hepatitis E virus produced from an infectious cDNA clone. Virus Res 2016; 223:170-80. [DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2016.07.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2016] [Revised: 07/23/2016] [Accepted: 07/29/2016] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Jirintai S, Tanggis, Mulyanto, Suparyatmo JB, Takahashi M, Kobayashi T, Nagashima S, Nishizawa T, Okamoto H. Rat hepatitis E virus derived from wild rats (Rattus rattus) propagates efficiently in human hepatoma cell lines. Virus Res 2014; 185:92-102. [DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2014.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2013] [Revised: 02/28/2014] [Accepted: 03/03/2014] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Kobayashi T, Machida K, Imataka H. Human cell extract-derived cell-free systems for virus synthesis. Methods Mol Biol 2014; 1118:149-56. [PMID: 24395414 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-782-2_9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Cell-free synthesis of an infectious virus is an ideal tool for elucidating the mechanism of viral replication and for development of antiviral drugs. In this chapter, the synthesis of Encephalomyocarditis virus (EMCV) from RNA and DNA in a HeLa cell extract-derived in vitro protein expression system is described. When a synthetic EMCV RNA with a hammerhead ribozyme sequence at its 5'-end is incubated with a HeLa cell extract using a dialysis system, EMCV particles are progressively synthesized. For EMCV synthesis from DNA, a plasmid harboring the full-length cDNA of EMCV with the T7 promoter/terminator unit is incubated in the HeLa cell extract supplemented with T7 RNA polymerase.
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- Tominari Kobayashi
- Department of Materials Science and Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Hyogo, Himeji, Japan
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Brödel AK, Sonnabend A, Roberts LO, Stech M, Wüstenhagen DA, Kubick S. IRES-mediated translation of membrane proteins and glycoproteins in eukaryotic cell-free systems. PLoS One 2013; 8:e82234. [PMID: 24376523 PMCID: PMC3869664 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0082234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2013] [Accepted: 10/22/2013] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Internal ribosome entry site (IRES) elements found in the 5′ untranslated region of mRNAs enable translation initiation in a cap-independent manner, thereby representing an alternative to cap-dependent translation in cell-free protein expression systems. However, IRES function is largely species-dependent so their utility in cell-free systems from different species is rather limited. A promising approach to overcome these limitations would be the use of IRESs that are able to recruit components of the translation initiation apparatus from diverse origins. Here, we present a solution to this technical problem and describe the ability of a number of viral IRESs to direct efficient protein expression in different eukaryotic cell-free expression systems. The IRES from the intergenic region (IGR) of the Cricket paralysis virus (CrPV) genome was shown to function efficiently in four different cell-free systems based on lysates derived from cultured Sf21, CHO and K562 cells as well as wheat germ. Our results suggest that the CrPV IGR IRES-based expression vector is universally applicable for a broad range of eukaryotic cell lysates. Sf21, CHO and K562 cell-free expression systems are particularly promising platforms for the production of glycoproteins and membrane proteins since they contain endogenous microsomes that facilitate the incorporation of membrane-spanning proteins and the formation of post-translational modifications. We demonstrate the use of the CrPV IGR IRES-based expression vector for the enhanced synthesis of various target proteins including the glycoprotein erythropoietin and the membrane proteins heparin-binding EGF-like growth factor receptor as well as epidermal growth factor receptor in the above mentioned eukaryotic cell-free systems. CrPV IGR IRES-mediated translation will facilitate the development of novel eukaryotic cell-free expression platforms as well as the high-yield synthesis of desired proteins in already established systems.
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- Andreas K. Brödel
- Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering (IBMT) Branch Potsdam-Golm, Potsdam, Germany
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- Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering (IBMT) Branch Potsdam-Golm, Potsdam, Germany
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- Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom
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- Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering (IBMT) Branch Potsdam-Golm, Potsdam, Germany
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- Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering (IBMT) Branch Potsdam-Golm, Potsdam, Germany
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- Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering (IBMT) Branch Potsdam-Golm, Potsdam, Germany
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Brödel AK, Sonnabend A, Kubick S. Cell‐free protein expression based on extracts from CHO cells. Biotechnol Bioeng 2013; 111:25-36. [DOI: 10.1002/bit.25013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2013] [Revised: 07/08/2013] [Accepted: 07/15/2013] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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- Andreas K. Brödel
- Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering (IBMT)Branch Potsdam‐GolmAm Mühlenberg 1314476PotsdamGermany
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- Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering (IBMT)Branch Potsdam‐GolmAm Mühlenberg 1314476PotsdamGermany
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- Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering (IBMT)Branch Potsdam‐GolmAm Mühlenberg 1314476PotsdamGermany
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Purification and visualization of encephalomyocarditisvirus synthesized by an in vitro protein expression system derived from mammalian cell extract. Biotechnol Lett 2012; 35:309-14. [DOI: 10.1007/s10529-012-1086-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2012] [Accepted: 10/31/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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