ArticleToxins2020
Production of Recombinant Gelonin Using an Automated Liquid Chromatography System.
Article in Toxins, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.
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Abstract
Advances in recombinant DNA technology have opened up new possibilities of exploiting toxic proteins for therapeutic purposes. Bringing forth these protein toxins from the bench to the bedside strongly depends on the availability of production methods that are reproducible, scalable and comply with good manufacturing practice (GMP). The type I ribosome-inhibiting protein, gelonin, has great potential as an anticancer drug, but is sequestrated in endosomes and lysosomes. This can be overcome by combination with photochemical internalization (PCI), a method for endosomal drug release. The combination of gelonin-based drugs and PCI represents a tumor-targeted therapy with high precision and efficiency. The aim of this study was to produce recombinant gelonin (rGel) at high purity and quantity using an automated liquid chromatography system. The expression and purification process was documented as highly efficient (4.4 mg gelonin per litre induced culture) and reproducible with minimal loss of target protein (~50% overall yield compared to after initial immobilized metal affinity chromatography (IMAC)). The endotoxin level of 0.05-0.09 EU/mg was compatible with current standards for parenteral drug administration. The automated system provided a consistent output with minimal human intervention and close monitoring of each purification step enabled optimization of both yield and purity of the product. rGel was shown to have equivalent biological activity and cytotoxicity, both with and without PCI-mediated delivery, as rGel
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