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ArticleBMC biotechnology2018

Association of high pressure and alkaline condition for solubilization of inclusion bodies and refolding of the NS1 protein from zika virus.

Cleide Mara Rosa da Silva, Rosa Maria Chura-Chambi, Lennon Ramos Pereira, Yraima Cordeiro, Luís Carlos de Souza Ferreira, Ligia Morganti

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Article in BMC biotechnology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Cleide Mara Rosa da SilvaInstituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares, IPEN-CNEN/SP, Centro de Biotecnologia, Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes, 2242, São Paulo, 05508-000, Brazil.
Rosa Maria Chura-ChambiInstituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares, IPEN-CNEN/SP, Centro de Biotecnologia, Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes, 2242, São Paulo, 05508-000, Brazil.
Lennon Ramos PereiraDepartamento de Microbiologia, Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes ,1374, São Paulo, 05508-000, Brazil.
Yraima CordeiroUniversidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Faculdade de Farmácia, Av. Carlos Chagas Filho 373, Rio de Janeiro, 21941-902, Brazil.
Luís Carlos de Souza FerreiraDepartamento de Microbiologia, Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes ,1374, São Paulo, 05508-000, Brazil.
Ligia MorgantiInstituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares, IPEN-CNEN/SP, Centro de Biotecnologia, Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes, 2242, São Paulo, 05508-000, Brazil. lmorganti@ipen.br.ORCID 0000-0002-7870-1793
Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares · BRUniversidade de São Paulo · BRUniversidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro · BR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundProteins in inclusion bodies (IBs) present native-like secondary structures. However, chaotropic agents at denaturing concentrations, which are widely used for IB solubilization and subsequent refolding, unfold these secondary structures. Removal of the chaotropes frequently causes reaggregation and poor recovery of bioactive proteins. High hydrostatic pressure (HHP) and alkaline pH are two conditions that, in the presence of low level of chaotropes, have been described as non-denaturing solubilization agents. In the present study we evaluated the strategy of combination of HHP and alkaline pH on the solubilization of IB using as a model an antigenic form of the zika virus (ZIKV) non-structural 1 (NS1) protein.

resultsPressure-treatment (2.4 kbar) of NS1-IBs at a pH of 11.0 induced a low degree of NS1 unfolding and led to solubilization of the IBs, mainly into monomers. After dialysis at pH 8.5, NS1 was refolded and formed soluble oligomers. High (up to 68 mg/liter) NS1 concentrations were obtained by solubilization of NS1-IBs at pH 11 in the presence of arginine (Arg) with a final yield of approximately 80% of total protein content. The process proved to be efficient, quick and did not require further purification steps. Refolded NS1 preserved biological features regarding reactivity with antigen-specific antibodies, including sera of ZIKV-infected patients. The method resulted in an increase of approximately 30-fold over conventional IB solubilization-refolding methods.

conclusionsThe present results represent an innovative non-denaturing protein refolding process by means of the concomitant use of HHP and alkaline pH. Application of the reported method allowed the recovery of ZIKV NS1 at a condition that maintained the antigenic properties of the protein.

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AlkaliesBiochemistryHydrostatic PressureInclusion BodiesProtein RefoldingProtein Structure, SecondarySolubilityViral Nonstructural ProteinsZika VirusAlkaliesNS1 protein, zika virusViral Nonstructural ProteinsAlkaline pHDengue virus and Zika virusHigh hydrostatic pressureInclusion bodiesNS1Protein refolding

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