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ArticleScientific reports2018

Inhibition of poly-LacNAc biosynthesis with release of CMP-Neu5Ac feedback inhibition increases the sialylation of recombinant EPO produced in CHO cells.

Chung-Geun Lee, Myung Jin Oh, Seung-Yeol Park, Hyun Joo An, Jung Hoe Kim

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Article in Scientific reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Chung-Geun LeeDepartment of Biological Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea.
Myung Jin OhGraduate School of Analytical Science & Technology, Chungnam National University, 99 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34134, Republic of Korea.
Seung-Yeol ParkDivision of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
Hyun Joo AnGraduate School of Analytical Science & Technology, Chungnam National University, 99 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34134, Republic of Korea.
Jung Hoe KimDepartment of Biological Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea. kimjh@kaist.ac.kr.
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology · KRBrigham and Women's Hospital · USChungnam National University · KRKorea Information System (South Korea) · KR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sialylation of recombinant therapeutic glycoproteins modulates their pharmacokinetic properties by affecting their in vivo half-life. N-glycan branching on glycoproteins increases the number of potential attachment sites for sialic acid. Here, we introduce a new approach for increasing the sialylation of recombinant human erythropoietin (rhEPO) produced in CHO cells by modulating poly-N-acetyllactosamine (poly-LacNAc) biosynthesis. We did not observe an increase in rhEPO sialylation, however, until the feedback inhibition by intracellular cytidine monophosphate-N-acetylneuraminic acid (CMP-Neu5Ac), which is a limiting factor for sialylation, was released. Thus, we found that a combined approach inhibiting poly-LacNAc biosynthesis and releasing CMP-Neu5Ac feedback inhibition produces the most significant increase in rhEPO sialylation in metabolically engineered CHO cells. Furthermore, a detailed analysis of the resulting N-glycan structures using LC/MS revealed increased tri- and tetra- sialylated N-glycan structures accompanied by a reduction of di-sialylated N-glycan structures. These results validate our new approach for glycosylation engineering, and we expect this approach will be useful in future efforts to enhance the efficacy of other therapeutic glycoproteins.

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Metabolic EngineeringAnimalsCHO CellsChromatography, LiquidCricetinaeCricetulusErythropoietinGlycoproteinsGlycosylationHumansPolysaccharidesRecombinant ProteinsSialic AcidsTandem Mass SpectrometryErythropoietinGlycoproteinsPolysaccharidesRecombinant ProteinsSialic Acids

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PMID29740059
PMCPMC5940879
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