title: Large-scale production of functional human serum albumin from transgenic rice seeds.
abstract: Human serum albumin (HSA) is widely used in clinical and cell culture applications. Conventional production of HSA from human blood is limited by the availability of blood donation and the high risk of viral transmission from donors. Here, we report the production of Oryza sativa recombinant HSA (OsrHSA) from transgenic rice seeds. The level of OsrHSA reached 10.58% of the total soluble protein of the rice grain. Large-scale production of OsrHSA generated protein with a purity >99% and a productivity rate of 2.75 g/kg brown rice. Physical and biochemical characterization of OsrHSA revealed it to be equivalent to plasma-derived HSA (pHSA). The efficiency of OsrHSA in promoting cell growth and treating liver cirrhosis in rats was similar to that of pHSA. Furthermore, OsrHSA displays similar in vitro and in vivo immunogenicity as pHSA. Our results suggest that a rice seed bioreactor produces cost-effective recombinant HSA that is safe and can help to satisfy an increasing worldwide demand for human serum albumin.
authors: Engineering Research Center for Plant Biotechnology and Germplasm Utilization, Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences,  Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072,  China.
authors: Yang
authors: Y
authors: He
authors: Tingting
authors: T
authors: Ning
authors: Tingting
authors: T
authors: Xie
authors: Qingchuan
authors: Q
authors: Qiu
authors: Liping
authors: L
authors: Zhang
authors: Yunfang
authors: Y
authors: Sun
authors: Daiming
authors: D
authors: Jiang
authors: Kai
authors: K
authors: Fu
authors: Fei
authors: F
authors: Yin
authors: Wenjing
authors: W
authors: Zhang
authors: Lang
authors: L
authors: Shen
authors: Hui
authors: H
authors: Wang
authors: Jianjun
authors: J
authors: Li
authors: Qishan
authors: Q
authors: Lin
authors: Yunxia
authors: Y
authors: Sun
authors: Hongzhen
authors: H
authors: Li
authors: Yingguo
authors: Y
authors: Zhu
authors: Daichang
authors: D
authors: Yang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019149:Bioreactors; D001709:Biotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008958:Models, Molecular; D012275:Oryza / Q000378:metabolism*; D030821:Plants, Genetically Modified; D051381:Rats; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry; D012639:Seeds / Q000378:metabolism*; D012709:Serum Albumin / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D012709:Serum Albumin