Patent Application: US-44860695-A

Abstract:
the invention relates to an expression system giving high extracellular production of apolipoprotein ai - m using e . coli and comprises a plasmid carrying an origin of replication , an inducible promoter sequence , a dna sequence coding for a signal peptide , a dna sequence coding for apolipoprotein ai - m , and a transcription terminator . the invention also relates to a method of producing apolipoprotein ai - m using the expression system .

Description:
in the following non - limiting examples , in which the invention is described in more detail , by way of example only , the construction of plasmid vectors for direct secretion of apo ai - m seq id no . 6 to the e . coli periplasmic space and excretion to the growth medium at a very high level will be described as well as the production of apo ai - m in bioreactors . the following escherichia coli k12 strains were used : hb101 f - , hsds20 ( rb - , mb - ) supe44 , ara14 , lambda - , galk2 , lacy1 , proa2 , rspl20 , xyl - 5 , mtl - 1 , reca13 , mcra (+), mcrb (-) ( boyer et al . ( 1969 ) j . mol . biol . 41 : 459 - 472 ); dh5alpha f - , f80dlaczdm15 , d ( laczya - arqf ) u169 , recai , endai , gyra , lambda - , thi - i , hsdr17 ,( r k - , m k + ), supe44 , relai , ( brl usa ); rv308 dlacx74 , galop :: is2 ( galop308 ), stra , lambda - ( maurer et al . ( 1980 ) j . mol . biol . 139 : 147 - 161 ), and bc50 xyl - 7 , ara - 14 , t4 - r , lambda - ( kabi pharmacia ab , sweden ). the strains hb101 and dh5alpha were used for subcloning of dna fragments . the plasmid puc9 ( vieira et al . ( 1982 ) gene 19 : 259 - 268 ) was used for subcloning of an 847 bp bam hi fragment of a cdna copy of human apo ai obtained from a . sidoli , the university of milano , italy , and described in sharp et al ., nucl . acids res . ( 1984 ) 12 : 3917 - 3932 . the nucleotide sequence of human apo ai cdna can be obtained from genbank database under the accession number x02162 ( seilhammer et al . ( 1984 ) dna 3 : 309 - 317 ). this vector was designated pkp575 . also an 882 bp eco ri - pst i fragment of human apo ai - m dna ( cdna copy of apo ai converted to apo ai - m by site - directed mutagenesis , obtained from a . sidoli , the university of milano , italy ) was subcloned into the plasmid puc9 . this derivative was designated pkp576 . the plasmids pkp683 and pkp764 as prepared below are derivatives of the plasmids ptrc 99 ( described by amann et al . ( 1988 ) gene 69 : 301 - 15 ; obtainable from pharmacia p - l biochemicals , inc ., milwaukee , u . s . a .) and a puc derivative with the transposon ( tn903 ) derived kanamycin resistance marker from puc4 - k ( vieira et al . ( 1982 ) gene 19 : 259 - 268 , and oka et al . ( 1981 ) j . mol . biol . 147 : 217 ) and the transcription terminators ( t1t2 ) of the bacteriophage fd , from puex2 , ( bressan et al . ( 1987 ) nucleic acid . res . 15 : 10056 ). the bacterial strains were grown in luria bertani medium ( lb ) or yeast tryptone medium ( 2xyt ) with ampicillin ( ap ) 50 μg / ml or kanamycin ( km ) 70 μg / ml for preparation of plasmid dna and for small scale expression analysis ( sambrook et al . ( 1989 ) cold spring harbor laboratory press ). tryptose blood agar base ( difco , usa ), supplemented with ap 50 μg / m or km 70 μg / ml , were used for growing cells on agar plates . recombinant dna techniques were performed according to sambrook et al . ( 1989 ) cold spring harbor laboratory press . restriction endonucleases and t4 dna ligase were obtained from boehringer mannheim ( germany ), new england biolabs ( beverly , usa ) and pharmacia lkb biotechnology ab ( uppsala , sweden ). isopropyl - β - d - thiogalactoside ( iptg ) was obtained from sigma ( st . louis , usa ). low gelling and melting temperature agarose ( nusieve gtg , fmc bioproducts , usa ) was used to isolate dna fragments . pcr amplifications were performed using the dna thermal cycler and taq dna polymerase from perkin - elmer / cetus instruments ( norwalk , usa ). oligonucleotide linkers and primers were synthesized on a pharmacia - lkb gene assembler plus from pharmacia lkb biotechnology ab ( uppsala , sweden ) using the phosphite triester method on solid phase . the nucleotide sequence determination was performed on an applied biosystems 373a dna sequencer , using the taq dyedeoxy ™ terminator cycle sequencing kit from applied biosystems , inc . ( usa ). the macintosh program plasmidartist ( version 1 . 2 ) ( clontech , usa ) was used for drawing the plasmid maps and the gcg sequence analysis software package ( genetics computer group , inc , madison wis . usa ) was used for handling dna sequences on digital vax computers . two oligonucleotides were synthesized ( fig1 ) seq id no . 1 for fusing the apo ai and apo ai - m cdna copies to dna fragments encoding bacterial signal sequences . the 14 bp eco ri and nco i fragment and the 40 bp nco i fragment of pkp575 were replaced by a synthetic 37 bp eco ri - nco i fragment ( fig1 ) seq id no . 1 into a plasmid designated pkp580 . the bbs i cleavage site in this synthetic dna fragment gives the same cleavage site as mlu i , which facilitates cloning of different fragments encoding bacterial signal sequences . the plasmid pkp631 was constructed by replacing a 702 bp nco i - dra iii fragment of pkp575 ( apo ai ) by a 702 bp nco i - dra iii fragment of pkp576 ( apo ai - m ). from the plasmid pkp631 a 846 bp bbs i - hind iii fragment was isolated and inserted at the mlu i and hind iii of a plasmid vector that was designated pkp682 . this vector contains a tac promoter ( ptac ), a derivative of an ompa signal sequence , two transcription terminators and a kanamycin resistance marker . a 1541 bp nru i - nru i fragment was isolated from pkp682 and was inserted into a similar vector but with the ptac replaced by the ptrc promoter . this expression vector was designated pkp683 ( fig5 ). the plasmid pkp764 ( fig6 ) was constructed by replacing the 115 bp dra iii - hind iii fragment of the plasmid pkp683 prepared above by a 14 bp synthetic dna fragment ( fig2 ) seq id no . 3 , containing stronger translation terminators seq id no . 4 and destroying the dra iii site by the introduction of an a at the end of the dra iii overhanging 3 &# 39 ; end ( indicated by dra iiid in fig2 ) seq id no . 3 . plasmids pkp683 and pkp764 as prepared above were used to transform e . coli strains rv308 and bc50 as described in sambrook et al . ( 1989 ) cold spring harbor laboratory press . the obtained e . coli strains rv308 / pkp683 and rv308 / pkp764 to be used for growth in bioreactors were prepared as follows . cells were grown overnight in lb or 2xyt supplemented with km in shaker flasks at 30 ° c . after centrifugation , the cells were resuspended in 1 / 2 volume of deep freeze storage medium according to gergen et al . ( 1979 ) nucleic acids res . 7 : 2115 . aliquots were dispensed into 1 ml cryovials and stored at - 75 ° c . until used . the plasmid constructions used for expression experiments and for production of apo ai - m were analysed using restriction enzyme mapping , and the structural gene of apo seq id no . 5 was confirmed by nucleotide sequence determination . for small scale expression of apo ai - m , 20 ml of lb or 2xyt supplemented with km were inoculated with the e . coli strains rv308 / pkp683 or rv308 / pkp764 in a 250 ml shaker flask . the cells were grown at 30 ° c . overnight with vigorous shaking . these cells were diluted 1 / 100 into fresh medium ( 20 ml ) and were grown at 37 ° c . to an optical density at 600 nm ( od ) of about 1 , when iptg was added to a final concentration of 0 . 5 or 1 mm . the cells were incubated for an additional 90 minutes or overnight . the cells were separated from the growth medium by centrifugation and the medium was analysed for the production of apo ai - m . aliquots of the medium were passed through a filter device , the nitrocellulose filter was removed and the amount of apo ai - m was determined using anti - apo ai antibodies . also the apo ai - m produced from different constructions was determined by sds polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis ( sds - page ) and western blotting analysis , using proteins obtained from whole cells and medium . medium a : 16 g / l tryprone ( difco , usa ), 8 g / l yeast extract ( difco , usa ), 5 g / l nacl , and 0 . 05 g / l kanamycin . medium b : 2 . 5 g / l ( nh 4 ) 2 so 4 , 3 g / l kh 2 po 4 , 2 g / l k 2 hpo 4 , 0 . 5 g / l na 3 - citrate , 5 g / l yeast extract ( difco , usa ). after sterilization , the medium was supplemented with : 10 g / l initial glucose , 0 . 05 g / l kanamycin , 1 g / l mgso 4 × 7 h 2 o and 0 . 07 g / l thiamine hydrochloride . a trace element solution ( 1 ml / l ) and a vitamin solution ( 0 . 65 ml / l ) were added . the trace element solution contained : 27 g / l feci 3 × 6 h 2 o , 4 g / l znso 4 × 7 h 2 o , 7 g / l cocl 2 × 6 h 2 o , 7 g / l na 2 moo 4 × 2 h 2 o , 8 g / l cuso 4 × 5 h 2 o , 2 g / l h 3 bo 3 , 5 g / l mnso 4 × 4 h 2 o , 11 g / l cacl 2 × 2 h 2 o and 50 ml / l hcl . the vitamin solution contained : 0 . 5 g / l calcium pantothenate , 0 . 5 g / l choline chloride , 0 . 5 g / l folic acid , 1 g / l inositol , 0 . 5 g / l nicotinamide , 0 . 5 g / l pyridoxine hydrochloride , 0 . 05 g / l riboflavin and 0 . 5 g / l thiamine hydrochloride . adecanol ( 0 . 2 ml / l ) was used as anti - foam . when necessary , further additions of anti - foam was made during the cultivation . samples of fermentation media were centrifuged and the concentration of apo ai - m in the supernatant was determined by radioimmunoasssay ( apolipoprotein ai ria 100 kit , art . no . 109152 - 01 , kabi pharmacia ab , sweden ). deep frozen stock culture was used to inoculate 500 ml of medium a and precultivated in 2 liters baffled erlenmeyer flasks at 30 ° c . for 8 - 10 hrs . an inoculum volume corresponding to 10 % of the bioreactor working volume was transferred to the bioreactor . the cultivation was performed in a bioreactor of 3 . 5 liters ( belach ab , sweden ) with a working volume of 2 . 5 liters . the temperature was 30 ° c . during the growth phase before induction and then raised to 37 ° c . the ph was maintained at 7 . 0 with a solution of 25 % ammonia . the aeration rate was held at 1 vvm and the dissolved oxygen tension ( d . o . t .) was kept at 30 % by adjusting the impeller speed . after the initial glucose was consumed , a glucose fed - batch was initiated , keeping the system at glucose limitation by feeding a 60 % solution of glucose . the initial feed rate , 0 . 04 g / min was kept for 3 hrs and then gradually increased to 0 . 4 g / min during 3 hrs . cell growth was monitored by following the optical density at 600 nm . after 16 hrs of cultivation , at an od of 58 , protein synthesis was induced by adding 0 . 5 mm iptg and the temperature was increased to 37 ° c . four hours after the induction the concentration of apo ai - m was 2 . 3 g / l , and after additional 2 hrs the concentration was 2 . 5 g / l . the results are shown in fig7 . medium and growth conditions were the same as described in example 2 . at an od of 58 , after 15 . 5 hrs of cultivation , iptg was added and the temperature was raised . five hours later the concentration of apo ai - m in the supernatant was 1 . 6 g / l . the results are shown in fig8 . the fermentation was performed according to example 2 , with the exception that the 1 . 0 mm iptg was used for induction . after 15 hrs . at an od of 74 , iptg was added and the temperature was raised . 7 . 5 hrs after induction the supernatant concentration of apo ai - m was 2 . 0 g / l . the results are shown in fig9 . the cultivation was carried out as described in example 2 , except that no kanamycin was added to the bioreactor medium . after 15 hrs , at an od of 60 , iptg was added and the temperature was raised . 10 hrs later the concentration of apo ai - m in the supernatant was 3 . 7 g / l and 22 hrs after induction , the concentration was 4 . 4 g / l . the results are shown in fig1 . the cultivation was performed in a bioreactor of 75 liters ( chemap ag , switzerland ) with a working volume of 35 liters . media and growth conditions were the same as in example 2 . to keep the d . o . t . value above 30 %, the air pressure was raised to 1 . 4 bar for 2 hrs following the induction . iptg was added and the temperature was raised after 16 hrs of fermentation at an od of 57 . the concentration of apo ai - m was 1 . 9 g / l , 4 . 5 hrs after the time of induction . the results are shown in fig1 . a bioreactor of 300 liters ( chemoferm ab , sweden ) with a working volume of 180 liters was used . the inoculum was prepared as described in example 2 , except that the precultivation time in shake flasks was 14 hrs . the inoculum was transferred to a 50 liters seed bioreactor with a working volume of 18 liters . the medium used in the shake flasks as well as in the bioreactor was medium a . the seed bioreactor medium was supplemented with 5 g / l of glucose and the temperature was 30 ° c . the ph and aeration were as in example 2 and the d . o . t . was never below 30 %. when the culture reached an od of 4 , the content of the seed bioreactor was transferred to the bioreactor of 300 liters . in this bioreactor the temperature , ph and aeration of the medium were as described in example 2 . before induction the d . o . t . was kept at or above 30 % by increasing the impeller speed up to its maximum and thereafter increasing the air pressure . after induction the air pressure was increased to 2 bars resulting in a d . o . t . of 15 - 20 %. after 16 hrs of cultivation in the bioreactor when the culture had an od of 51 , iptg was added and the temperature was increased to 37 ° c . the concentration of apo ai - m was 1 . 3 g / l , 5 hrs after induction and during the following hour , while the bioreactor was cooled , the concentration of apo ai - m increased to 1 . 5 g / l . the results are shown in fig1 . the cultivation was carried out as described in example 2 with the following exceptions : the initial amount of glucose ( 15 g / l ) was consumed after 12 hours . thereafter a 60 % solution of glucose was added , using a preprogrammed feed profile , changing the feed rate linearly over the specified time intervals . the d . o . t . was kept constant at 30 %, controlled by the agitator speed . the feed was started at a flow of 0 . 09 ml / min and then increased to 0 . 72 ml / min during 4 hours , whereafter it was constant for 48 minutes . thereafter it was decreased to 0 . 57 ml / min during 1 hour and 36 minutes , then decreased to 0 . 32 ml / min during 1 hour and 48 minutes and then to 0 . 22 ml / min during 54 minutes . the feed was finally decreased to 0 . 18 ml / min during 5 hours and 54 minutes and then kept constant until the end of fermentation at 41 hours . after 18 hours , at an od of 61 , iptg was added and the temperature was raised . the supernatant concentration of apo ai - m , 23 hours after induction , was 1 . 9 g / l . the results are shown in fig1 . the cultivation was carried out as described in example 2 with the exception that the fermentation was performed at a constant temperature , 30 ° c . after 18 hours , at an od of 80 , iptg was added . 17 . 5 hours after induction , the supernatant concentration of apo ai - m was 1 . 4 g / l . the results are shown in fig1 . apo ai - m was produced by in e . coli as described in example 6 and thereafter purified by standard chromatographic methods . the product was compared to the deduced amino acid sequence shown in fig4 seq id no . 6 . the n - terminal sequence of the intact protein was determined by edman degradation ( 20 cycles ) using a milligen biosearch prosequencer type 6000 . the sequence found was identical to the n - terminal of apo ai - m . recombinant apo ai - m was digested with carboxypeptidase p ( boehringer mannheim ) whereafter the released amino acids were analysed using the picotag ™ method ( waters ). the c - terminal residue was unequivocally identified as glutamine . the amino acid composition of the intact protein was determined using a beckman 6300 amino acid analyzer after acid hydrolysis . the results are shown in table 1 below . the composition found was consistent with that of apo ai - seq id no . 6 . table 1______________________________________amino acid expected found______________________________________asx 21 20 . 8thr 10 9 . 2ser 15 13 . 9glx 46 47 . 0gly 10 10 . 4ala 19 19 . 3cys 1 . sup . n . d .. sup . 1 ) val 13 11 . 4met 3 n . d . ile 0 0 . 0leu 37 36 . 8tyr 7 6 . 6phe 6 5 . 8his 5 4 . 9lys 21 20 . 2arg 15 14 . 8pro 10 10 . 6trp 4 n . d . ______________________________________ . sup . 1 ) n . d . = not determined the cd spectra of the intact recombinant protein and of human apo - a1 standard ( sigma ) were recorded in 20 mm sodium phosphate buffer , ph 7 , 5 . the observed differences were within experimental error ( fig1 ). a 59 - residue c - terminal fragment ( residues 185 - 243 ) was prepared by cleavage with hydroxylamine . recombinant apo ai - m ( 480 μg ) was dissolved in 0 . 5 ml cleavage solution , containing 2m hydroxylamine , 3m guanidinium chloride , 0 . 2m naoh and 2 mm edta . the initial ph of the cleavage solution was 9 . 4 . the reaction mixture was incubated for 5 hrs at 40 ° c . the c - terminal fragment was purified by reverse phase hplc , using a ymc - pack protein rp column ( ymc co ., inc ., japan ), eluted with a gradient of 10 - 60 % acetonitrile in water , containing 0 , 25 % pentafluoropropionic acid . the c - terminal fragment eluted as a single , non - fluorescent , sharp peak at 36 - 38 % acetonitrile . the sequence of the entire c - terminal fragment was determined by edman degradation as described in example 8 . the sequence found was identical to apo ai - m , residues 185 - 243 . the c - terminal residue of the c - terminal fragment was unequivocally identified as glutamine as described in example 10 . the amino acid composition of the c - terminal fragment was determined as described in example 10 , and the results are shown in table 2 below . the composition found was consistent with that of apo ai - m , residues 185 - 243 . table 2______________________________________amino acid expected found______________________________________asx 2 2 . 6thr 4 3 . 6ser 5 5 . 0glx 9 9 . 7gly 3 3 . 7ala 7 6 . 8cys 0 . sup . n . d .. sup . 1 ) val 2 1 . 9met 0 n . d . ile 0 0 . 0leu 11 10 . 6tyr 2 2 . 0phe 2 2 . 1his 2 1 . 8lys 6 5 . 6arg 2 2 . 1pro 2 2 . 2trp 0 n . d . ______________________________________ . sup . 1 ) n . d . = not determined __________________________________________________________________________sequence listing ( 1 ) general information :( iii ) number of sequences : 7 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 1 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 41 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : both ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : other nucleic acid ( a ) description : / desc = &# 34 ; synthetic &# 34 ;( ix ) feature :( a ) name / key : misc . sub .-- feature ( b ) location : 1 .. 5 ( d ) other information : / label = eco - ri ( ix ) feature :( a ) name / key : misc . sub .-- feature ( b ) location : 15 .. 18 ( d ) other information : / label = bbs - i ( ix ) feature :( a ) name / key : misc . sub .-- feature ( b ) location : 37 .. 41 ( d ) other information : / label = nco - i ( ix ) feature :( a ) name / key : cds ( b ) location : 1 .. 39 ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 1 : aattcagaagacaccgcggacgagccaccgcagagcccatg41asnsergluaspthralaaspgluproproglnserpro1510 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 2 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 13 amino acids ( b ) type : amino acid ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : peptide ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 2 : asnsergluaspthralaaspgluproproglnserpro1510 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 3 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 21 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : both ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : other nucleic acid ( a ) description : / desc = &# 34 ; synthetic &# 34 ;( ix ) feature :( a ) name / key : misc . sub .-- feature ( b ) location : 1 .. 6 ( d ) other information : / label = dra - 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20 - 15 - 10thrvalalaasnalaaspgluproproglnserprotrpaspargval51510lysaspleualathrvaltyrvalaspvalleulysaspserglyarg152025asptyrvalserglnphegluglyseralaleuglylysglnleuasn303540leulysleuleuaspasntrpaspservalthrserthrpheserlys455055leuarggluglnleuglyprovalthrglngluphetrpaspasnleu60657075glulysgluthrgluglyleuargglnglumetserlysaspleuglu808590gluvallysalalysvalglnprotyrleuaspasppheglnlyslys95100105trpglngluglumetgluleutyrargglnlysvalgluproleuarg110115120alagluleuglngluglyalaargglnlysleuhisgluleuglnglu125130135lysleuserproleuglygluglumetargaspargalaargalahis140145150155valaspalaleuargthrhisleualaprotyrseraspgluleuarg160165170glncysleualaalaargleuglualaleulysgluasnglyglyala175180185argleualaglutyrhisalalysalathrgluhisleuserthrleu190195200serglulysalalysproalaleugluaspleuargglnglyleuleu205210215provalleugluserphelysvalserpheleuseralaleugluglu220225230235tyrthrlyslysleuasnthrgln240 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 7 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 863 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : both ( d ) topology : both ( ii ) molecule type : cdna to mrna ( ix ) feature :( a ) name / key : sig . sub .-- peptide ( b ) location : 54 .. 116 ( ix ) feature :( a ) name / key : mat . sub .-- peptide ( b ) location : 117 .. 847 ( ix ) feature :( a ) name / key : cds ( b ) location : 54 .. 847 ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 7 : gcggccgcggctaattgacatggcgtattttggatgataacgaggcgcaaaaaatg56met21aaaaagacagctatcgcgattgcagtggcactggctggtttcgctacc104lyslysthralailealailealavalalaleualaglyphealathr20 - 15 - 10 - 5gtagcgaacgcggacgagccaccgcagagcccatgggatcgagtgaag152valalaasnalaaspgluproproglnserprotrpaspargvallys1510gacctggccactgtgtacgtggatgtgctcaaagacagcggcagagac200aspleualathrvaltyrvalaspvalleulysaspserglyargasp152025tatgtgtcccagtttgaaggctccgccttgggaaaacagctaaaccta248tyrvalserglnphegluglyseralaleuglylysglnleuasnleu303540aagctccttgacaactgggacagcgtgacctccaccttcagcaagctg296lysleuleuaspasntrpaspservalthrserthrpheserlysleu45505560cgcgaacagctcggccctgtgacccaggagttctgggataacctggaa344arggluglnleuglyprovalthrglngluphetrpaspasnleuglu657075aaggagacagagggcctgaggcaggagatgagcaaggatctggaggag392lysgluthrgluglyleuargglnglumetserlysaspleugluglu808590gtgaaggccaaggtgcagccctacctggacgacttccagaagaagtgg440vallysalalysvalglnprotyrleuaspasppheglnlyslystrp95100105caggaggagatggagctctaccgccagaaggtggagccgctgcgcgca488glngluglumetgluleutyrargglnlysvalgluproleuargala110115120gagctccaagagggcgcgcgccagaagctgcacgagctgcaagagaag536gluleuglngluglyalaargglnlysleuhisgluleuglnglulys125130135140ctgagcccactgggcgaggagatgcgcgaccgcgcgcgcgcccatgtg584leuserproleuglygluglumetargaspargalaargalahisval145150155gacgcgctgcgcacgcatctggccccctacagcgacgagctgcgccag632aspalaleuargthrhisleualaprotyrseraspgluleuarggln160165170tgcttggccgcgcgccttgaggctctcaaggagaacggcggcgccaga680cysleualaalaargleuglualaleulysgluasnglyglyalaarg175180185ctggccgagtaccacgccaaggccaccgagcatctgagcacgctcagc728leualaglutyrhisalalysalathrgluhisleuserthrleuser190195200gagaaggccaagcccgcgctcgaggacctccgccaaggcctgctgccc776glulysalalysproalaleugluaspleuargglnglyleuleupro205210215220gtgctggagagcttcaaggtcagcttcctgagcgctctcgaggagtac824valleugluserphelysvalserpheleuseralaleugluglutyr225230235actaagaagctcaacacccagtaataaggatccaagctt863thrlyslysleuasnthrgln240__________________________________________________________________________