title: Production of therapeutic proteins in the chloroplast of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.
abstract: Chloroplast transformation in the photosynthetic alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii has been used to explore the potential to use it as an inexpensive and easily scalable system for the production of therapeutic recombinant proteins. Diverse proteins, such as bacterial and viral antigens, antibodies and, immunotoxins have been successfully expressed in the chloroplast using endogenous and chimeric promoter sequences. In some cases, proteins have accumulated to high level, demonstrating that this technology could compete with current production platforms. This review focuses on the works that have engineered the chloroplast of C. reinhardtii with the aim of producing recombinant proteins intended for therapeutical use in humans or animals.
authors.affiliation: Unidad Profesional Interdisciplinaria de Biotecnología, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Av. Acueducto SN Col. Barrio la Laguna Ticoman, Mexico City, 07340, México.
authors.forename: Alma Lorena
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Almaraz-Delgado
authors.affiliation: Unidad Profesional Interdisciplinaria de Biotecnología, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Av. Acueducto SN Col. Barrio la Laguna Ticoman, Mexico City, 07340, México.
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Flores-Uribe
authors.affiliation: Unidad Profesional Interdisciplinaria de Biotecnología, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Av. Acueducto SN Col. Barrio la Laguna Ticoman, Mexico City, 07340, México.
authors.forename: Víctor Hugo
authors.initials: VH
authors.lastname: Pérez-España
authors.affiliation: Unidad Profesional Interdisciplinaria de Biotecnología, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Av. Acueducto SN Col. Barrio la Laguna Ticoman, Mexico City, 07340, México.
authors.forename: Edgar
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Salgado-Manjarrez
authors.affiliation: Unidad Profesional Interdisciplinaria de Biotecnología, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Av. Acueducto SN Col. Barrio la Laguna Ticoman, Mexico City, 07340, México.
authors.forename: Jesús Agustín
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Badillo-Corona
keywords: Chlamydomonas; Chloroplast transformation; Recombinant therapeutic proteins