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De Baets J, De Paepe B, De Mey M. Delaying production with prokaryotic inducible expression systems. Microb Cell Fact 2024; 23:249. [PMID: 39272067 PMCID: PMC11401332 DOI: 10.1186/s12934-024-02523-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2024] [Accepted: 09/04/2024] [Indexed: 09/15/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Engineering bacteria with the purpose of optimizing the production of interesting molecules often leads to a decrease in growth due to metabolic burden or toxicity. By delaying the production in time, these negative effects on the growth can be avoided in a process called a two-stage fermentation. MAIN TEXT During this two-stage fermentation process, the production stage is only activated once sufficient cell mass is obtained. Besides the possibility of using external triggers, such as chemical molecules or changing fermentation parameters to induce the production stage, there is a renewed interest towards autoinducible systems. These systems, such as quorum sensing, do not require the extra interference with the fermentation broth to start the induction. In this review, we discuss the different possibilities of both external and autoinduction methods to obtain a two-stage fermentation. Additionally, an overview is given of the tuning methods that can be applied to optimize the induction process. Finally, future challenges and prospects of (auto)inducible expression systems are discussed. CONCLUSION There are numerous methods to obtain a two-stage fermentation process each with their own advantages and disadvantages. Even though chemically inducible expression systems are well-established, an increasing interest is going towards autoinducible expression systems, such as quorum sensing. Although these newer techniques cannot rely on the decades of characterization and applications as is the case for chemically inducible promoters, their advantages might lead to a shift in future inducible expression systems.
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- Jasmine De Baets
- Centre for Synthetic Biology, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000, Ghent, Belgium
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- Centre for Synthetic Biology, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000, Ghent, Belgium
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- Centre for Synthetic Biology, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000, Ghent, Belgium.
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Mikolka P, Kronqvist N, Haegerstrand-Björkman M, Jaudzems K, Kosutova P, Kolomaznik M, Saluri M, Landreh M, Calkovska A, Curstedt T, Johansson J. Synthetic surfactant with a combined SP-B and SP-C analogue is efficient in rabbit models of adult and neonatal respiratory distress syndrome. Transl Res 2023; 262:60-74. [PMID: 37499744 DOI: 10.1016/j.trsl.2023.07.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2023] [Revised: 07/13/2023] [Accepted: 07/24/2023] [Indexed: 07/29/2023]
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Respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) in premature infants is caused by insufficient amounts of endogenous lung surfactant and is efficiently treated with replacement therapy using animal-derived surfactant preparations. On the other hand, adult/acute RDS (ARDS) occurs secondary to for example, sepsis, aspiration of gastric contents, and multitrauma and is caused by alveolar endothelial damage, leakage of plasma components into the airspaces and inhibition of surfactant activity. Instillation of surfactant preparations in ARDS has so far resulted in very limited treatment effects, partly due to inactivation of the delivered surfactants in the airspace. Here, we develop a combined surfactant protein B (SP-B) and SP-C peptide analogue (Combo) that can be efficiently expressed and purified from Escherichia coli without any solubility or purification tag. NMR spectroscopy shows that Combo peptide forms α-helices both in organic solvents and in lipid micelles, which coincide with the helical regions described for the isolated SP-B and SP-C parts. Artificial Combo surfactant composed of synthetic dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine:palmitoyloleoylphosphatidylglycerol, 1:1, mixed with 3 weights % relative to total phospholipids of Combo peptide efficiently improves tidal volumes and lung gas volumes at end-expiration in a premature rabbit fetus model of RDS. Combo surfactant also improves oxygenation and respiratory parameters and lowers cytokine release in an acid instillation-induced ARDS adult rabbit model. Combo surfactant is markedly more resistant to inhibition by albumin and fibrinogen than a natural-derived surfactant in clinical use for the treatment of RDS. These features of Combo surfactant make it attractive for the development of novel therapies against human ARDS.
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- Pavol Mikolka
- Department of Physiology, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Comenius University in Bratislava, Martin, Slovakia; Biomedical Center Martin, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Comenius University in Bratislava, Martin, Slovakia
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- Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, Neo, Huddinge, Sweden
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physical Organic Chemistry, Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis, Riga, Latvia; Faculty of Chemistry, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia
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- Biomedical Center Martin, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Comenius University in Bratislava, Martin, Slovakia
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- Biomedical Center Martin, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Comenius University in Bratislava, Martin, Slovakia
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- Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physiology, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Comenius University in Bratislava, Martin, Slovakia
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, Neo, Huddinge, Sweden.
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Zulkifly NAH, Selas Castiñeiras T, Overton TW. Optimisation of recombinant TNFα production in Escherichia coli using GFP fusions and flow cytometry. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2023; 11:1171823. [PMID: 37600304 PMCID: PMC10433901 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2023.1171823] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2023] [Accepted: 07/18/2023] [Indexed: 08/22/2023] Open
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Escherichia coli is commonly used industrially to manufacture recombinant proteins for biopharmaceutical applications, as well as in academic and industrial settings for R&D purposes. Optimisation of recombinant protein production remains problematic as many proteins are difficult to make, and process conditions must be optimised for each individual protein. An approach to accelerate process development is the use of a green fluorescent protein (GFP) fusions, which can be used to rapidly and simply measure the quantity and folding state of the protein of interest. In this study, we used GFP fusions to optimise production of recombinant human protein tumour necrosis factor (rhTNFα) using a T7 expression system. Flow cytometry was used to measure fluorescence and cell viability on a single cell level to determine culture heterogeneity. Fluorescence measurements were found to be comparable to data generated by subcellular fractionation and SDS-PAGE, a far more time-intensive technique. We compared production of rhTNFα-GFP with that of GFP alone to determine the impact of rhTNFα on expression levels. Optimised shakeflask conditions were then transferred to fed-batch high cell density bioreactor cultures. Finally, the expression of GFP from a paraBAD expression vector was compared to the T7 system. We highlight the utility of GFP fusions and flow cytometry for rapid process development.
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- Nurul Asma Hasliza Zulkifly
- School of Chemical Engineering and Institute of Microbiology and Infection, The University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Institute of Microbiology and Infection, The University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
- Cobra Biologics, Keele, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Institute of Microbiology and Infection, The University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Schmuck B, Chen G, Pelcman J, Kronqvist N, Rising A, Johansson J. Expression of the human molecular chaperone domain Bri2 BRICHOS on a gram per liter scale with an E. coli fed-batch culture. Microb Cell Fact 2021; 20:150. [PMID: 34330289 PMCID: PMC8325310 DOI: 10.1186/s12934-021-01638-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2021] [Accepted: 07/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Background The human Bri2 BRICHOS domain inhibits amyloid formation and toxicity and could be used as a therapeutic agent against amyloid diseases. For translation into clinical use, large quantities of correctly folded recombinant human (rh) Bri2 BRICHOS are required. To increase the expression and solubility levels of rh Bri2 BRICHOS it was fused to NT*, a solubility tag derived from the N-terminal domain of a spider silk protein, which significantly increases expression levels and solubility of target proteins. To increase the expression levels even further and reach the g/L range, which is a prerequisite for an economical production on an industrial scale, we developed a fed-batch expression protocol for Escherichia coli. Results A fed-batch production method for NT*-Bri2 BRICHOS was set up and systematically optimized. This gradual improvement resulted in expression levels of up to 18.8 g/L. Following expression, NT*-Bri2 BRICHOS was purified by chromatographic methods to a final yield of up to 6.5 g/L. After removal of the NT*-tag and separation into different oligomeric species, activity assays verified that different assembly states of the fed-batch produced rh Bri2 BRICHOS have the same ability to inhibit fibrillar and non-fibrillar protein aggregation as the reference protein isolated from shake flask cultures. Conclusions The protocol developed in this work allows the production of large quantities of rh Bri2 BRICHOS using the solubility enhancing NT*-tag as a fusion partner, which is required to effectively conduct pre-clinical research. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12934-021-01638-8.
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- Benjamin Schmuck
- Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, Neo, 141 86, Huddinge, Sweden. .,Department of Anatomy, Physiology, and Biochemistry, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden.
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- Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, Neo, 141 86, Huddinge, Sweden
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- Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, Neo, 141 86, Huddinge, Sweden
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- Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, Neo, 141 86, Huddinge, Sweden
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- Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, Neo, 141 86, Huddinge, Sweden.,Department of Anatomy, Physiology, and Biochemistry, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, Neo, 141 86, Huddinge, Sweden
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Engineering Biology to Construct Microbial Chassis for the Production of Difficult-to-Express Proteins. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21030990. [PMID: 32024292 PMCID: PMC7037952 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21030990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2019] [Revised: 01/28/2020] [Accepted: 01/31/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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A large proportion of the recombinant proteins manufactured today rely on microbe-based expression systems owing to their relatively simple and cost-effective production schemes. However, several issues in microbial protein expression, including formation of insoluble aggregates, low protein yield, and cell death are still highly recursive and tricky to optimize. These obstacles are usually rooted in the metabolic capacity of the expression host, limitation of cellular translational machineries, or genetic instability. To this end, several microbial strains having precisely designed genomes have been suggested as a way around the recurrent problems in recombinant protein expression. Already, a growing number of prokaryotic chassis strains have been genome-streamlined to attain superior cellular fitness, recombinant protein yield, and stability of the exogenous expression pathways. In this review, we outline challenges associated with heterologous protein expression, some examples of microbial chassis engineered for the production of recombinant proteins, and emerging tools to optimize the expression of heterologous proteins. In particular, we discuss the synthetic biology approaches to design and build and test genome-reduced microbial chassis that carry desirable characteristics for heterologous protein expression.
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Wyre C, Overton TW. Use of a stress-minimisation paradigm in high cell density fed-batch Escherichia coli fermentations to optimise recombinant protein production. J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol 2014; 41:1391-404. [PMID: 25056840 DOI: 10.1007/s10295-014-1489-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2014] [Accepted: 07/08/2014] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Production of recombinant proteins is an industrially important technique in the biopharmaceutical sector. Many recombinant proteins are problematic to generate in a soluble form in bacteria as they readily form insoluble inclusion bodies. Recombinant protein solubility can be enhanced by minimising stress imposed on bacteria through decreasing growth temperature and the rate of recombinant protein production. In this study, we determined whether these stress-minimisation techniques can be successfully applied to industrially relevant high cell density Escherichia coli fermentations generating a recombinant protein prone to forming inclusion bodies, CheY-GFP. Flow cytometry was used as a routine technique to rapidly determine bacterial productivity and physiology at the single cell level, enabling determination of culture heterogeneity. We show that stress minimisation can be applied to high cell density fermentations (up to a dry cell weight of >70 g L(-1)) using semi-defined media and glucose or glycerol as carbon sources, and using early or late induction of recombinant protein production, to produce high yields (up to 6 g L(-1)) of aggregation-prone recombinant protein in a soluble form. These results clearly demonstrate that stress minimisation is a viable option for the optimisation of high cell density industrial fermentations for the production of high yields of difficult-to-produce recombinant proteins, and present a workflow for the application of stress-minimisation techniques in a variety of fermentation protocols.
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- Chris Wyre
- Bioengineering, School of Chemical Engineering, and Institute of Microbiology and Infection, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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Baez A, Majdalani N, Shiloach J. Production of recombinant protein by a novel oxygen-induced system in Escherichia coli. Microb Cell Fact 2014; 13:50. [PMID: 24708849 PMCID: PMC4234026 DOI: 10.1186/1475-2859-13-50] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2014] [Accepted: 03/31/2014] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Background The SoxRS regulon of E. coli is activated in response to elevated dissolved oxygen concentration likely to protect the bacteria from possible oxygen damage. The soxS expression can be increased up to 16 fold, making it a possible candidate for recombinant protein expression. Compared with the existing induction approaches, oxygen induction is advantageous because it does not involve addition or depletion of growth factors or nutrients, addition of chemical inducers or temperature changes that can affect growth and metabolism of the producing bacteria. It also does not affect the composition of the growth medium simplifying the recovery and purification processes. Results The soxS promoter was cloned into the commercial pGFPmut3.1 plasmid creating pAB49, an expression vector that can be induced by increasing oxygen concentration. The efficiency and the regulatory properties of the soxS promoter were characterized by measuring the GFP expression when the culture dissolved oxygen concentration was increased from 30% to 300% air saturation. The expression level of recombinant GFP was proportional to the oxygen concentration, demonstrating that pAB49 is a controllable expression vector. A possible harmful effect of elevated oxygen concentration on the recombinant product was found to be negligible by determining the protein-carbonyl content and its specific fluorescence. By performing high density growth in modified LB medium, the cells were induced by increasing the oxygen concentration. After 3 hours at 300% air saturation, GFP fluorescence reached 109000 FU (494 mg of GFP/L), representing 3.4% of total protein, and the cell concentration reached 29.1 g/L (DW). Conclusions Induction of recombinant protein expression by increasing the dissolved oxygen concentration was found to be a simple and efficient alternative expression strategy that excludes the use of chemical, nutrient or thermal inducers that have a potential negative effect on cell growth or the product recovery.
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- Biotechnology Core Laboratory, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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Jazini M, Herwig C. Effect of post-induction substrate oscillation on recombinant alkaline phosphatase production expressed in Escherichia coli. J Biosci Bioeng 2011; 112:606-10. [PMID: 21924680 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2011.08.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2011] [Revised: 06/06/2011] [Accepted: 08/10/2011] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Microorganisms are exposed to fast changes in microenvironment in large scale bioreactors. Because of their fast response to the changes, overall performance of biological system in small scale differs from large scale. Hence the variations in the environment that microorganisms are living in are mimicked in small scale. For this purpose one way is to feed substrate into the bioreactor in an oscillatory profile. In this work two different types of triangular oscillatory feeding profiles were applied as the post induction feeding strategy in intracellular recombinant alkaline phosphatase production expressed in Escherichia coli to find out if this biological system behaves in inhomogeneous environment differently. On line and offline measurements provide evaluation of product quality and quantity. Then the results of the experiments were compared with those of the control run at which constant feeding rate was executed. The results showed that oscillatory feeding at which cells were not starved led to higher yield of protein per substrate (0.027C-mol/C-mol) and higher activity per protein (0.79U/mg) when compared to a constant feeding rate (0.011C-mol/C-mol and 0.11U/mg).
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- Mohammadhadi Jazini
- Vienna University of Technology, Institute of Chemical Engineering, Biochemical Engineering Department, Vienna, Austria.
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An investigation into the preservation of microbial cell banks for α-amylase production during 5 l fed-batch Bacillus licheniformis fermentations. Biotechnol Lett 2010; 32:1405-12. [PMID: 20490614 DOI: 10.1007/s10529-010-0308-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2010] [Accepted: 05/10/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Fluorescent staining techniques were used for a systematic examination of methods used to cryopreserve microbial cell banks. The aim of cryopreservation here is to ensure subsequent reproducible fermentation performance rather than just post thaw viability. Bacillus licheniformis cell physiology post-thaw is dependent on the cryopreservant (either Tween 80, glycerol or dimethyl sulphoxide) and whilst this had a profound effect on the length of the lag phase, during subsequent 5 l fed-batch fermentations, it had little effect on maximum specific growth rate, final biomass concentration or α-amylase activity. Tween 80 not only protected the cells during freezing but also helped them recover post-thaw resulting in shorter process times.
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Valdez-Cruz NA, Caspeta L, Pérez NO, Ramírez OT, Trujillo-Roldán MA. Production of recombinant proteins in E. coli by the heat inducible expression system based on the phage lambda pL and/or pR promoters. Microb Cell Fact 2010; 9:18. [PMID: 20298615 PMCID: PMC2848208 DOI: 10.1186/1475-2859-9-18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2010] [Accepted: 03/19/2010] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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The temperature inducible expression system, based on the pL and/or pR phage lambda promoters regulated by the thermolabile cI857 repressor has been widely use to produce recombinant proteins in prokaryotic cells. In this expression system, induction of heterologous protein is achieved by increasing the culture temperature, generally above 37 degrees C. Concomitant to the overexpression of heterologous protein, the increase in temperature also causes a variety of complex stress responses. Many studies have reported the use of such temperature inducible expression system, however only few discuss the simultaneous stress effects caused by recombinant protein production and the up-shift in temperature. Understanding the integral effect of such responses should be useful to develop improved strategies for high yield protein production and recovery. Here, we describe the current status of the heat inducible expression system based on the pL and/or pR lambda phage promoters, focusing on recent developments on expression vehicles, the stress responses at the molecular and physiological level that occur after heat induction, and bioprocessing factors that affect protein overexpression, including culture operation variables and induction strategies.
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- Norma A Valdez-Cruz
- Unidad de Bioprocesos, Departamento de Inmunología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, DF, México
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Hasenwinkle D, Jervis E, Kops O, Liu C, Lesnicki G, Haynes CA, Kilburn DG. Very high-level production and export in Escherichia coli of a cellulose binding domain for use in a generic secretion-affinity fusion system. Biotechnol Bioeng 2009; 55:854-63. [PMID: 18636596 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0290(19970920)55:6<854::aid-bit4>3.0.co;2-f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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A novel expression vector pTugA, previously constructed in our laboratory, was modified to provide kanamycin resistance (pTugK) and used to direct the synthesis of polypeptides as fusions with the C- or N-terminus of a cellulose binding domain which serves as the affinity tag in a novel secretion-affinity fusion system. Fed-batch fermentation strategies were applied to production in recombinant E. coli TOPP5 of the cellulose binding domain (CBD) from the Cellulomonas fimi cellulase Cex. The pTugK expression vector, which codes for the Cex leader sequence that directs the recombinant protein to the periplasm of E. coli, was shown to remain stable at very high-cell densities. Recombinant cell densities in excess of 90 g (dry cell weight)/L were achieved using media and feed solutions optimized using a 2(n) factorial design. Optimization of inducer (isophenyl-thio-beta-D-galactopyranoside) concentration and the time of induction led to soluble, fully active CBD(Cex) production levels in excess of 8 g/L.
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- D Hasenwinkle
- Biotechnology Laboratory, Protein Engineering Network of Centres of Excellence, and The Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Lan JCW, Ling TC, Hamilton G, Lyddiatt A. Production of an anti-MUC1 C595 dbFv antibody fragment in recombinant Escherichia coli. Process Biochem 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2006.07.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Hewitt CJ, Onyeaka H, Lewis G, Taylor IW, Nienow AW. A comparison of high cell density fed-batch fermentations involving both induced and non-induced recombinantEscherichia coli under well-mixed small-scale and simulated poorly mixed large-scale conditions. Biotechnol Bioeng 2006; 96:495-505. [PMID: 16902956 DOI: 10.1002/bit.21127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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In this work, multi-parameter flow cytometric techniques, coupled with dual colour fluorescent staining, have been used to study the metabolic consequences of inclusion body formation in high cell density fed-batch cultures of the recombinant E. coli strain MSD3735, producing the IPTG inducible model mammalian protein, AP50. Further, we report on the development of the scale-down, two compartment (STR + PFR) experimental simulation model to study, for the first time, the effect of a changing microenvironment with respect to three of the major spatial heterogeneities that may be associated with large-scale bioprocessing (pH, glucose and dissolved oxygen concentration) on a recombinant bacterial system. Using various time points for induction and various scale-down configurations, it has been shown that inclusion body formation is followed immediately by a detrimental progressive change in individual cell physiological state with respect to both cytoplasmic membrane polarisation and permeability, resulting in a lower final biomass yield. However, the extent of this change was found to be dependent on whether the AP50 protein was induced or not, on the time of induction and on which combination of heterogeneities was being simulated. From this and previous work, it is clear that the scale-down two-compartment model can be used to study the impact of genetically modifying an organism to produce inclusion bodies and any range and combination of potential heterogeneities known to exist at the large scale.
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- Christopher J Hewitt
- Biochemical Engineering, Centre for Formulation Engineering, School of Engineering (Chemical Engineering), The University of Birmingham, Edgbaston B15 2TT, United Kingdom.
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Onyeaka H, Nienow AW, Hewitt CJ. Further studies related to the scale-up of high cell density Escherichia coli fed-batch fermentations: the additional effect of a changing microenvironment when using aqueous ammonia to control pH. Biotechnol Bioeng 2004; 84:474-84. [PMID: 14574706 DOI: 10.1002/bit.10805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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In this work, we report on the further development of the scale-down, two-compartment (STR + PFR) experimental simulation model. For the first time, the effect on high cell density Escherichia coli fed-batch fermentations of a changing microenvironment with respect to all three of the major spatial heterogeneities that may be associated with large-scale processing (pH, glucose, and dissolved oxygen concentration) were studied simultaneously. To achieve this, we used traditional microbiological analyses as well as multiparameter flow cytometry to monitor cell physiological response at the individual cell level. It was demonstrated that for E. coli W3110 under such conditions in a 20 m(3) industrial fed-batch fermentation, the biomass yield is lower and final cell viability is higher than those found in the equivalent well-mixed, 5L laboratory scale case. However, by using a combination of the well-mixed 5L stirred tank reactor (STR) with a suitable plug flow reactor (PFR) to mimic the changing microenvironment at the large scale, very similar results to those in the 20 m(3) reactor may be obtained. The similarity is greatest when the PFR is operated with a mean residence time of 50 sec with a low level of dO(2) and a high glucose concentration with either a pH of 7 throughout the two reactors or with pH controlled at 7 in the STR by addition into the PFR where the pH is > 7.
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- Helen Onyeaka
- Biochemical Engineering, Centre for Formulation Engineering, School of Engineering (Chemical Engineering), The University of Birmingham, Edgbaston B15 2TT, UK
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Minimizing inclusion body formation during recombinant protein production in Escherichia coli at bench and pilot plant scale. Enzyme Microb Technol 2004. [DOI: 10.1016/j.enzmictec.2003.10.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Castan A, Näsman A, Enfors SO. Oxygen enriched air supply in Escherichia coli processes: production of biomass and recombinant human growth hormone. Enzyme Microb Technol 2002. [DOI: 10.1016/s0141-0229(01)00490-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Dynamics of proteolysis and its influence on the accumulation of intracellular recombinant proteins. Enzyme Microb Technol 2000; 27:743-748. [PMID: 11118580 DOI: 10.1016/s0141-0229(00)00294-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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A method to quantify the impact of proteolysis on accumulation of recombinant proteins in E. coli is described. A much smaller intracellular concentration of staphylococcal protein A (SpA) (14.7 mg. g(-1)) compared to the fusion protein SpA-betagalactosidase (138 mg. g(-1)) is explained by a very high proteolysis rate constant of SpA. The SpA synthesis rate reached a maximum one hour after induction and gradually decreased to half of this value at the end of the cultivation. The decrease of the synthesis rate and the 1st order kinetics of proteolysis lead to an equilibrium between synthesis and degradation of SpA from 2 h after induction. This resulted in no further SpA accumulation in cells, though synthesis continued for at least 10 h. Similar experiments with recombinant protein ZZT2 also revealed that most of the synthesized product was degraded. The order of proteolysis kinetics depended on the concentration of the recombinant protein: at low concentrations both SpA and ZZT2 were degraded according to first order kinetics, while at high concentrations ZZT2 was degraded according to zero order kinetics. In a protease Clp mutant the degradation rate decreased and intracellular concentration of ZZT2 increased from 50 mg. g(-1) to 120 mg. g(-1). The measurements of proteolysis rate throughout the cultivation enabled calculation of a hypothetical accumulation of the product assuming complete stabilization. In this case the concentration would have increased from 50 to 280 mg. g(-1) in 11 h. Thus, this method reveals the potential to increase the productivity by eliminating proteolysis.
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The aerobic fed-batch production of recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) by Escherichia coli was studied. The goal was to determine the production and protein degradation pattern of this product during fed-batch cultivation and to what extent scale differences depend on the presence of a fed-batch glucose feed zone. Results of laboratory bench-scale, scale-down (SDR), and industrial pilot-scale (3-m(3)) reactor production were compared. In addition to the parameters of product yield and quality, also cell yield, respiration, overflow, mixed acid fermentation, glucose concentration, and cell lysis were studied and compared. The results show that oxygen limitation following glucose overflow was the critical parameter and not the glucose overflow itself. This was verified by the pattern of byproduct formation where formate was the dominating factor and not acetic acid. A correlation between the accumulation of formate, the degree of heterogeneity, and cell lysis was also visualized when recombinant protein was expressed. The production pattern could be mimicked in the SDR reactor for all parameters, except for product quantity and quality, where 30% fewer rhGH-degraded forms were present and where about 80% higher total yield was achieved, resulting in 10% greater accumulation of properly formed rhGH monomer.
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- F Bylund
- Centre for Bioprocess Technology, Department of Biotechnology, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
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Thomas MD, van Tilburg A. Overexpression of foreign proteins using the Vibrio fischeri lux control system. Methods Enzymol 2000; 305:315-29. [PMID: 10812610 DOI: 10.1016/s0076-6879(00)05497-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2023]
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- M D Thomas
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson 85721-0088, USA
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Hewitt CJ, Nebe-Von Caron G, Axelsson B, McFarlane CM, Nienow AW. Studies related to the scale-up of high-cell-densityE. coli fed-batch fermentations using multiparameter flow cytometry: Effect of a changing microenvironment with respect to glucose and dissolved oxygen concentration. Biotechnol Bioeng 2000. [DOI: 10.1002/1097-0290(20001120)70:4<381::aid-bit3>3.0.co;2-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Hewitt CJ, Nebe-von Caron G, Nienow AW, McFarlane CM. The use of multi-parameter flow cytometry to compare the physiological response of Escherichia coli W3110 to glucose limitation during batch, fed-batch and continuous culture cultivations. J Biotechnol 1999; 75:251-64. [PMID: 10553662 DOI: 10.1016/s0168-1656(99)00168-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Multi-parameter flow cytometric techniques have been developed for the 'at-line' study of bacterial cultivations. Using a mixture of specific fluorescent stains it is possible to resolve an individual cells physiological state beyond culturability, based on the presence or absence of an intact polarised cytoplasmic membrane, enabling assessment of population heterogeneity. It has been shown that during the latter stages of small-scale (5 l), well mixed fed-batch cultivations there is a considerable drop in cell viability, about 17%, as characterised by cytoplasmic membrane depolarisation and permeability. These phenomena are thought to be due to the severe and steadily increasing stress associated with glucose limitation at high cell densities, during the fed-batch process. Such effects were not found in either batch or continuous culture cultivations. The possibility of using these findings for improved process control using 'on-line' flow cytometry are discussed.
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- C J Hewitt
- Centre for Bioprocess Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, UK.
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Production of excreted human epidermal growth factor (hEGF) by an efficient recombinant Escherichia coli system. Process Biochem 1999. [DOI: 10.1016/s0032-9592(99)00013-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Hewitt CJ, Nebe-Von Caron G, Nienow AW, McFarlane CM. Use of multi-staining flow cytometry to characterise the physiological state of Escherichia coli W3110 in high cell density fed-batch cultures. Biotechnol Bioeng 1999; 63:705-11. [PMID: 10397827 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0290(19990620)63:6<705::aid-bit8>3.0.co;2-m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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High cell density fed-batch fermentations of Escherichia coli W3110 have been carried out at specific growth rates of less than 0.3 h-1, to investigate the effect of glucose limitation on the physiological state of individual cells. After an initial exponential batch phase, the feed rate was held constant and a final dry cell weight of approximately 50 g per litre was achieved. The fermentations were monitored by mass spectrometry whilst measurements of pH, DOC, CFU/mL, TCN, OD500nm and residual glucose concentrations were made. Satisfactory and reproducible results were obtained. Flow cytometric analysis of cells in broth samples, based on either of two multi-staining protocols, revealed a progressive change in cell physiological state throughout the course of the fermentations. From these measurements it was concluded that the loss in reproductive viability towards the end of the fed-batch process is due to cell death and not due to the formation of a "viable but nonculturable state" as had previously been reported. Since the presence of a high proportion of dead or dying cells at any time during a fermentation has a detrimental effect on the synthesis of any desired product it is proposed that an on-line flow cytometric analysis and control strategy could be used as a means of increasing overall process efficiency.
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- C J Hewitt
- Centre for Bioprocess Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, B15 2TT, U.K.
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