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Development of a high yielding expression platform for the introduction of non-natural amino acids in protein sequences.

Gargi Roy, Jason Reier, Andrew Garcia, Tom Martin, Megan Rice, Jihong Wang, Meagan Prophet, Ronald Christie, William Dall'Acqua, Sanjeev Ahuja and 2 more

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34 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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12 authors.

Gargi RoyAntibody Discovery and Protein Engineering, AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8391-5067
Jason ReierCell Culture and Fermentation Sciences, AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1439-279X
Andrew GarciaAntibody Discovery and Protein Engineering, AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA.
Tom MartinAntibody Discovery and Protein Engineering, AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7491-8274
Megan RiceAntibody Discovery and Protein Engineering, AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA.
Jihong WangAnalytical Sciences, AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9271-0218
Meagan ProphetAnalytical Sciences, AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5518-3180
Ronald ChristieAntibody Discovery and Protein Engineering, AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA.
William Dall'AcquaAntibody Discovery and Protein Engineering, AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA.
Sanjeev AhujaCell Culture and Fermentation Sciences, AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2869-6885
Michael A BowenAntibody Discovery and Protein Engineering, AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA.
Marcello MarelliAntibody Discovery and Protein Engineering, AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7095-8263

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The ability to genetically encode non-natural amino acids (nnAAs) into proteins offers an expanded tool set for protein engineering. nnAAs containing unique functional moieties have enabled the study of post-translational modifications, protein interactions, and protein folding. In addition, nnAAs have been developed that enable a variety of biorthogonal conjugation chemistries that allow precise and efficient protein conjugations. These are being studied to create the next generation of antibody-drug conjugates with improved efficacy, potency, and stability for the treatment of cancer. However, the efficiency of nnAA incorporation, and the productive yields of cell-based expression systems, have limited the utility and widespread use of this technology. We developed a process to isolate stable cell lines expressing a pyrrolysyl-tRNA synthetase/tRNApyl pair capable of efficient nnAA incorporation. Two different platform cell lines generated by these methods were used to produce IgG-expressing cell lines with normalized antibody titers of 3 g/L using continuous perfusion. We show that the antibodies produced by these platform cells contain the nnAA functionality that enables facile conjugations. Characterization of these highly active and robust platform hosts identified key parameters that affect nnAA incorporation efficiency. These highly efficient host platforms may help overcome the expression challenges that have impeded the developability of this technology for manufacturing proteins with nnAAs and represents an important step in expanding its utility.

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Amino AcidsAmino Acid SequenceAmino Acyl-tRNA SynthetasesAnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsCHO CellsCricetulusGene ExpressionHigh-Throughput Screening AssaysHumansImmunoconjugatesImmunoglobulin GLysineProtein EngineeringProtein Processing, Post-TranslationalAmino AcidsAmino Acyl-tRNA SynthetasesAntineoplastic AgentsImmunoconjugatesImmunoglobulin GLysinepyrrolysineAntibody drug conjugateIgGnon-natural amino acidPylRStRNA

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PMID31775561
PMCPMC6927762

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