甲醇-山梨醇混合碳源诱导提高抗HER2抗体在糖基工程毕赤酵母中的表达

Co-Feeding Strategy of Methanol and Sorbitol to Improve Produc tion of Anti-HER2 Monoclonal Antibody in Glycoengineered Pichia pastoris

目的:以抗HER2抗体为模型,研究抗体在糖基工程酵母菌中的表达及工程菌发酵技术。方法:首先通过摇瓶试验分析诱导用甲醇浓度对抗体表达的影响,并用高表达HER2的SK-BR-3细胞分析抗HER2抗体的抗原结合活性。以此为基础,在5 L发酵罐中研究甲醇-山梨醇混合碳源流加诱导对抗HER2抗体表达水平的影响;收集发酵培养液,采用阳离子交换层析对目标产物进行纯化;利用SDS-PAGE、Western印迹、Lowry法对抗体的相对分子质量、浓度等进行分析。结果:摇瓶试验结果表明,甲醇浓度为0.5%时抗体表达量最高,且糖基工程毕赤酵母菌表达的抗HER2抗体具有与SK-BR-3细胞抗原结合的活性;在5 L发酵罐中,利用甲醇和山梨醇混合诱导方式发酵表达抗体,其表达量可提高至0.6 g/L,比摇瓶诱导表达的抗体产量提高了近10倍;非还原SDS-PAGE及Western印迹表明抗体相对分子质量为1.5×105,与商业化抗体Herceptin的大小一致;经过一步阳离子交换层析纯化,纯化后抗体浓度为0.365 g/L。结论:采用甲醇-山梨醇混合碳源诱导方式在5 L发酵罐中进行发酵表达,能够提高抗HER2抗体在糖基工程酵母菌中的表达量,本研究可为抗体在酵母中的规模发酵技术提供重要参考。

Objective： In this work, a study of the fermentation technique of engineered antibodies in glycosyl-ation engineered yeast using anti-HER2 monoclonal antibody（mAb） as model was presented. Methods： The opti-mal methanol induction concentration was confirmed by flask trial. The antigen binding affinity of anti-HER2 mAb was tested with the high HER2 expression breast cancer cell line SK-BR-3. The methanol/sorbitol co-feeding in-duction strategy for antibody production was carried out in a 5 L bioreactor on the basis of flask experiment. The medium was collected and subjected to purification with cation exchange chromatography. The molecular weight was analyzed by reducing and non-reducing SDS-PAGE. The antibody was identified by Western blotting and the purity was determined by Lowry method. Results： The highest expression level of anti-HER2 antibody was in-duced by 0.5% methanol in flask culture. Expressed antibody can bind to antigen on the cell surface of the SK-BR-3. The production of antibody in methanol/sorbitol co-feeding fermentation reached about 0.6 g/L, which was about ten times than in flask culture. The molecular weight of antibody was 1.5×105 in non-reducing SDS- PAGE which demonstrates that light chain and heavy chain could be assembled the right antibody structure. The final concentration of the antibody was 0.365 g/L after one step purification by cation exchange chromatography. Conclu-sion： Using the co-feeding strategy in 5 L bioreactor, the production of antibody expressed in glycoengineering Pi-chia pastoris was improved and this will be reference for a platform of large-scale antibody fermentation.