Integrated solution to purification challenges in the manufacture of a soluble recombinant protein in E. coli

作者：Maire H. Caparon, Kevin Rust, Alan K. Hunter, Joseph K. McLaughlin, Kristen E. Thomas, John T. Herberg, Robert E. Shell, Paul B. Lanter, Bruce F. Bishop, Robert L. Dufield, Xing Wang, Sa V. Ho · 发表于：Biotechnology and Bioengineering · 年份：2009 · DOI：10.1002/bit.22542 · 被引用次数：35 · 研究领域：Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research、RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms、Protein purification and stability

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.