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Rodrigues MAD, Pimenta MV, Costa IM, Zenatti PP, Migita NA, Yunes JA, Rangel-Yagui CO, de Sá MM, Pessoa A, Costa-Silva TA, Toyama MH, Breyer CA, de Oliveira MA, Santiago VF, Palmisano G, Barbosa CMV, Hebeda CB, Farsky SHP, Monteiro G. Influence of lysosomal protease sensitivity in the immunogenicity of the antitumor biopharmaceutical asparaginase. Biochem Pharmacol 2020; 182:114230. [PMID: 32979352 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2020.114230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2020] [Revised: 09/21/2020] [Accepted: 09/21/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
Abstract
L-asparaginase (ASNase) from Escherichia coli (EcAII) is used in the treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL). EcAII activity in vivo has been described to be influenced by the human lysosomal proteases asparaginyl endopeptidase (AEP) and cathepsin B (CTSB); these hydrolases cleave and could expose epitopes associated with the immune response against EcAII. In this work, we show that ASNase resistance to CTSB and/or AEP influences the formation of anti-ASNase antibodies, one of the main causes of hypersensitivity reactions in patients. Error-prone polymerase chain reaction was used to produce variants of EcAII more resistant to proteolytic cleavage by AEP and CTSB. The variants with enzymatic activity and cytotoxicity levels equivalent to or better than EcAII WT were submitted to in vivo assays. Only one of the mutants presented increased serum half-life, so resistance to these proteases is not the only feature involved in EcAII stability in vivo. Our results showed alteration of the phenotypic profile of B cells isolated after animal treatment with different protease-resistant proteoforms. Furthermore, mice that were exposed to the protease-resistant proteoforms presented lower anti-asparaginase antibodies production in vivo. Our data suggest that modulating resistance to lysosomal proteases can result in less immunogenic protein drugs.
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Affiliation(s)
- Mariane A D Rodrigues
- Departamento de Tecnologia Bioquímico-Farmacêutica, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Tecnologia Bioquímico-Farmacêutica, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Tecnologia Bioquímico-Farmacêutica, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Centro Infantil Boldrini, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil; Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medical Sciences, State University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Centro Infantil Boldrini, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil; Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medical Sciences, State University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Tecnologia Bioquímico-Farmacêutica, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Heart Institute (InCor), Medical School, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Tecnologia Bioquímico-Farmacêutica, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Tecnologia Bioquímico-Farmacêutica, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Biosciences Institute, UNESP - São Paulo State University, Coastal Campus, São Vicente, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Biosciences Institute, UNESP - São Paulo State University, Coastal Campus, São Vicente, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Biosciences Institute, UNESP - São Paulo State University, Coastal Campus, São Vicente, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Parasitology, Biomedical Sciences Institute, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Parasitology, Biomedical Sciences Institute, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Clinical and Toxicological Analysis, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Clinical and Toxicological Analysis, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Clinical and Toxicological Analysis, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Tecnologia Bioquímico-Farmacêutica, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
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Rodrigues D, Pillaca-Pullo O, Torres-Obreque K, Flores-Santos J, Sánchez-Moguel I, Pimenta MV, Basi T, Converti A, Lopes AM, Monteiro G, Fonseca LP, Pessoa AJ. Fed-Batch Production of Saccharomyces cerevisiae L-Asparaginase II by Recombinant Pichia pastoris MUT s Strain. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2019; 7:16. [PMID: 30800657 PMCID: PMC6375902 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2019.00016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2018] [Accepted: 01/22/2019] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
Abstract
L-Asparaginase (ASNase) is used in the treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia, being produced and commercialized only from bacterial sources. Alternative Saccharomyces cerevisiae ASNase II coded by the ASP3 gene was biosynthesized by recombinant Pichia pastoris MUT s under the control of the AOX1 promoter, using different cultivation strategies. In particular, we applied multistage fed-batch cultivation divided in four distinct phases to produce ASNase II and determine the fermentation parameters, namely specific growth rate, biomass yield, and enzyme activity. Cultivation of recombinant P. pastoris under favorable conditions in a modified defined medium ensured a dry biomass concentration of 31 gdcw.L-1 during glycerol batch phase, corresponding to a biomass yield of 0.77 gdcw.gglycerol - 1 and a specific growth rate of 0.21 h-1. After 12 h of glycerol feeding under limiting conditions, cell concentration achieved 65 gdcw.L-1 while ethanol concentration was very low. During the phase of methanol induction, biomass concentration achieved 91 gdcw.L-1, periplasmic specific enzyme activity 37.1 U.gdcw - 1 , volumetric enzyme activity 3,315 U.L-1, overall enzyme volumetric productivity 31 U.L-1.h-1, while the specific growth rate fell to 0.039 h-1. Our results showed that the best strategy employed for the ASNase II production was using glycerol fed-batch phase with pseudo exponential feeding plus induction with continuous methanol feeding.
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- David Rodrigues
- Bioengineering Department of Instituto Superior Técnico, Institute of Bioengineering and Biosciences, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Department of Pharmaceutical-Biochemical Technology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Pharmaceutical-Biochemical Technology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Pharmaceutical-Biochemical Technology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Pharmaceutical-Biochemical Technology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Pharmaceutical-Biochemical Technology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Pharmacy, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Civil, Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Genova, Italy
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil
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- Department of Pharmaceutical-Biochemical Technology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Bioengineering Department of Instituto Superior Técnico, Institute of Bioengineering and Biosciences, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Department of Pharmaceutical-Biochemical Technology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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Santos JHPM, Costa IM, Molino JVD, Leite MSM, Pimenta MV, Coutinho JAP, Pessoa A, Ventura SPM, Lopes AM, Monteiro G. Heterologous expression and purification of active L-asparaginase I of Saccharomyces cerevisiae in Escherichia coli host. Biotechnol Prog 2016; 33:416-424. [PMID: 27863173 DOI: 10.1002/btpr.2410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2016] [Revised: 11/04/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
l-asparaginase (ASNase) is a biopharmaceutical widely used to treat child leukemia. However, it presents some side effects, and in order to provide an alternative biopharmaceutical, in this work, the genes encoding ASNase from Saccharomyces cerevisiae (Sc_ASNaseI and Sc_ASNaseII) were cloned in the prokaryotic expression system Escherichia coli. In the 93 different expression conditions tested, the Sc_ASNaseII protein was always obtained as an insoluble and inactive form. However, the Sc_ASNaseI (His)6 -tagged recombinant protein was produced in large amounts in the soluble fraction of the protein extract. Affinity chromatography was performed on a Fast Protein Liquid Chromatography (FPLC) system using Ni2+ -charged, HiTrap Immobilized Metal ion Affinity Chromatography (IMAC) FF in order to purify active Sc_ASNaseI recombinant protein. The results suggest that the strategy for the expression and purification of this potential new biopharmaceutical protein with lower side effects was efficient since high amounts of soluble Sc_ASNaseI with high specific activity (110.1 ± 0.3 IU mg-1 ) were obtained. In addition, the use of FPLC-IMAC proved to be an efficient tool in the purification of this enzyme, since a good recovery (40.50 ± 0.01%) was achieved with a purification factor of 17-fold. © 2016 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Biotechnol. Prog., 33:416-424, 2017.
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- João H P M Santos
- Department of Chemistry, CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, 3810-193, Portugal
- Department of Biochemical and Pharmaceutical Technology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of São Paulo-FCF/USP, São Paulo/SP, Brazil
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- Department of Biochemical and Pharmaceutical Technology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of São Paulo-FCF/USP, São Paulo/SP, Brazil
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- Department of Biochemical and Pharmaceutical Technology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of São Paulo-FCF/USP, São Paulo/SP, Brazil
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- Department of Biochemical and Pharmaceutical Technology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of São Paulo-FCF/USP, São Paulo/SP, Brazil
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- Department of Biochemical and Pharmaceutical Technology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of São Paulo-FCF/USP, São Paulo/SP, Brazil
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- Department of Chemistry, CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, 3810-193, Portugal
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- Department of Biochemical and Pharmaceutical Technology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of São Paulo-FCF/USP, São Paulo/SP, Brazil
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- Department of Chemistry, CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, 3810-193, Portugal
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- Department of Biochemical and Pharmaceutical Technology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of São Paulo-FCF/USP, São Paulo/SP, Brazil
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- Department of Biochemical and Pharmaceutical Technology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of São Paulo-FCF/USP, São Paulo/SP, Brazil
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