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ArticleProtein science : a publication of the Protein Society2010

Fusion partners can increase the expression of recombinant interleukins via transient transfection in 2936E cells.

Jane Carter, Jue Zhang, Thien-Lan Dang, Haruki Hasegawa, Janet D Cheng, Irene Gianan, Jason W O'Neill, Martin Wolfson, Sophia Siu, Sheldon Qu and 4 more

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Article in Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11 citing papers in PubMed, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

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14 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jane CarterDepartment of Protein Science, Amgen, Inc., Seattle, Washington 98119, USA.
Jue Zhang
Thien-Lan Dang
Haruki Hasegawa
Janet D Cheng
Irene Gianan
Jason W O'Neill
Martin Wolfson
Sophia Siu
Sheldon Qu
David Meininger
Helen Kim
John Delaney
Christopher Mehlin
Amgen (United States) · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The expression levels of five secreted target interleukins (IL-11, 15, 17B, 32, and IL23 p19 subunit) were tested with three different fusion partners in 2936E cells. When fused to the N-terminus, human serum albumin (HSA) was found to enhance the expression of both IL-17B and IL-15, cytokines which did not express at measurable levels on their own. Although the crystallizable fragment of an antibody (Fc) was also an effective fusion partner for IL-17B, Fc did not increase expression of IL-15. Fc was superior to HSA for the expression of the p19 subunit of IL-23, but no partner led to measurable levels of IL-32gamma secretion. Glutathione S-transferase (GST) did not enhance the expression of any target and suppressed the production of IL-11, a cytokine which expressed robustly both on its own and when fused to HSA or Fc. Cleavage of the fusion partner was not always possible. The use of HSA or Fc as N-terminal fusions can be an effective technique to express difficult proteins, especially for applications in which the fusion partner need not be removed.

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Amino Acid SequenceAnimalsCell LineHumansImmunoglobulin Fc FragmentsInterleukinsMolecular Sequence DataRecombinant Fusion ProteinsSerum AlbuminTransfectionImmunoglobulin Fc FragmentsInterleukinsRecombinant Fusion ProteinsSerum Albumin

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PMID20014434
PMCPMC2865725
OpenAlexW2011398745

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