从大肠杆菌中有效合成和净化2'3'-cGAMP
Rohan Kulkarni1, Vijay Maranholkar2, Nam Nguyen1
1Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, TX, United States.
Frontiers in microbiology
|March 25, 2024
概括
本研究提出了一种可持续的全细胞生物催化方法,用于生产2'3' - 循环诺辛单酸-诺辛单酸 (cGAMP). 大肠杆菌中cGAMP的优化重组生产显著提高了产量,并简化了净化,为化学合成提供了一个环保的替代方案.
科学领域:
- 生物技术是生物技术.
- 生物化学 生物化学
- 免疫学 免疫学 免疫学
背景情况:
- 干扰素基因刺激器 (STING) 途径激动剂,如2'3' - 循环诺辛单酸-诺辛单酸 (cGAMP),对于癌症免疫疗法和疫苗辅助剂至关重要.
- 化学合成cGAMP面临挑战,包括低产量和使用有机溶剂,需要更绿色的生产方法.
研究的目的:
- 使用全细胞生物催化剂开发一个高效和环保的cGAMP复合生产平台.
- 为了优化表达和纯化的cGAMP产生的鼠类循环氨酸单酸-氨酸单酸合成酶 (mcGAS) 酶在大肠杆菌.
主要方法:
- 在大肠杆菌BL21(DE3) 中,用于全细胞生物催化剂的小鼠循环氨酸单酸-氨酸单酸合成酶 (mcGAS) 的重组表达.
- 优化发酵条件,包括介质组成,双价补充和表达温度.
- 为cGAMP开发单步离子交换色谱净化工艺.
主要成果:
- 在优化条件下,超水生物的cGAMP产量增加了30%,从146 mg/L增加到186 ± 7 mg/L.
- 一个简化的,单步离子交换色谱净化得到了60±2 mg/L的cGAMP与低内毒素水平 (<20 EU/mL).
- 再组合方法避免有机溶剂,为化学合成提供可持续的替代方案.
结论:
- 使用重组mcGAS的全细胞生物催化剂为cGAMP生产提供了高效和可持续的途径.
- 优化过程和简化净化简化了cGAMP制造,支持其治疗应用.
- 这种环保方法符合制药制造中对可持续生物工艺的日益增长的需求.
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