Optimizing Escherichia coli as a protein expression platform to produce Mycobacterium tuberculosis immunogenic proteins.

Abstract:

BACKGROUND:A number of valuable candidates as tuberculosis vaccine have been reported, some of which have already entered clinical trials. The new vaccines, especially subunit vaccines, need multiple administrations in order to maintain adequate life-long immune memory: this demands for high production levels and degree of purity. RESULTS:In this study, TB10.4, Ag85B and a TB10.4-Ag85B chimeric protein (here-after referred as full)--immunodominant antigens of Mycobacterium tuberculosis--were expressed in Escherichia coli and purified to homogeneity. The rational design of expression constructs and optimization of fermentation and purification conditions allowed a marked increase in solubility and yield of the recombinant antigens. Indeed, scaling up of the process guaranteed mass production of all these three antigens (2.5-25 mg of pure protein/L cultivation broth). Quality of produced soluble proteins was evaluated both by mass spectrometry to assess the purity of final preparations, and by circular dichroism spectroscopy to ascertain the protein conformation. Immunological tests of the different protein products demonstrated that when TB10.4 was fused to Ag85B, the chimeric protein was more immunoreactive than either of the immunogenic protein alone. CONCLUSIONS:We reached the goal of purifying large quantities of soluble antigens effective in generating immunological response against M. tuberculosis by a robust, controlled, scalable and economically feasible production process.

journal_name

Microb Cell Fact

journal_title

Microbial cell factories

authors

Piubelli L,Campa M,Temporini C,Binda E,Mangione F,Amicosante M,Terreni M,Marinelli F,Pollegioni L

doi

10.1186/1475-2859-12-115

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2013-11-19 00:00:00

pages

115

issn

1475-2859

pii

1475-2859-12-115

journal_volume

12

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