Journal
TRANSGENIC RESEARCH
Volume 21, Issue 6, Pages 1221-1232Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11248-012-9595-1
Keywords
Nicotiana; Transgenic; Recombinant protein; 1-MCP; Senescence; Ethylene; Wounding; Monoclonal antibody
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- DTI [TP/3/BIO/6/I/17346]
- EU Pharma-Planta Integrated Project
- Hotung Foundation
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Variability in recombinant IgG yield in transgenic tobacco plants has previously been observed in relation to leaf position, and is interpreted as a function of ageing and the senescence process, leading to increasing protein degradation. Here, similar findings are demonstrated in plants of different ages, expressing IgG but not IgG-HDEL, an antibody form that accumulates within the endoplasmic reticulum. Antibody yields declined following wounding in young transgenic plants expressing IgG but not in those expressing IgG-HDEL. However, in mature IgG plants, the opposite was demonstrated, with significant boosts in yield, while mature IgG-HDEL plants could not be boosted. The lack of response in IgG-HDEL plants suggests that the changes induced by wounding occur post-translationally, and the findings might be explained by wounding responses that differ in plants according to their developmental stages. Plant mechanisms involved in senescence and wounding overlap to a significant degree and compounds such as ethylene, jasmonic acid and salicylic acid are important for mediating downstream effects. Treatment of transgenic plants with ethylene also resulted in a decrease in recombinant IgG yield, which was consistent with the finding that wounded plants could induce lower IgG yields in neighbouring non-wounded plants. Treatment with 1-MCP, an ethylene antagonist, abrogated the IgG yield drop that resulted from wounding, but had no effect on the more gradual IgG yield loss associated with increasing plant age.
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