Integrated solution to purification challenges in the manufacture of a soluble recombinant protein in E. coli.
Apolipoprotein A 1 Milano (ApoA-1M), the protein component of a high-density lipoprotein (HDL) mimic with promising potential for reduction of atherosclerotic plaque, is produced at large scale by expression in E. coli. Significant difficulty with clearance of host cell proteins (HCPs) was experienced in the original manufacturing process despite a lengthy downstream purification train. Analysis of purified protein solutions and intermediate process samples led to identification of several major HCPs co-purifying with the product and a bacterial protease potentially causing a specific truncation of ApoA-1M found in the final product. Deletion of these genes from the original host strain succeeded in substantially reducing the levels of HCPs and the truncated species without adversely affecting the overall fermentation productivity, contributing to a much more efficient and robust new manufacturing process.
Caparon
Maire H
MH
Pfizer Global Biologics, Chesterfield, Missouri 63017, USA.
Rust
Kevin J
KJ
Hunter
Alan K
AK
McLaughlin
Joseph K
JK
Thomas
Kristen E
KE
Herberg
John T
JT
Shell
Robert E
RE
Lanter
Paul B
PB
Bishop
Bruce F
BF
Dufield
Robert L
RL
Wang
Xing
X
Ho
Sa V
SV
D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D016632:Apolipoprotein A-I / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics*; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D017353:Gene Deletion; D015870:Gene Expression; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012995:Solubility
D016632:Apolipoprotein A-I; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; C080631:apolipoprotein A-I Milano