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PROTEIN EXPRESSION AND PURIFICATION
卷 177, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2020.105750
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Vaccine; Cutaneous leishmaniasis; 15 kDa sandfly (Phlebotomus papatasi) salivary protein; PpSP15; Pichia pastoris; Fermentation; Purification; Process development
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- EACEA (Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency) of the European commission
- EACEA
Researchers successfully developed a process for large-scale production of recombinant PpSP15 and validated its reproducibility, laying the foundation for future pilot manufacturing technology transfer. The study also demonstrated the high stability and purity level of PpSP15 recombinant protein.
Cutaneous leishmaniasis is a parasitic and neglected tropical disease transmitted by the bites of sandflies. The emergence of cutaneous leishmaniasis in areas of war, conflict, political instability, and climate change has prompted efforts to develop a preventive vaccine. One vaccine candidate antigen is PpSP15, a 15 kDa salivary antigen from the sandfly Phlebotomus papatasi that facilitates the infection of the Leishmania parasite and has been shown to induce parasite-specific cell-mediated immunity. Previously, we developed a fermentation process for producing recombinant PpSP15 in Pichia pastoris and a two-chromatographic-step purification process at 100 mL scale. Here we expand the process design to the 10 L scale and examine its reproducibility by performing three identical process runs, an essential transition step towards technology transfer for pilot manufacture. The process was able to reproducibly recover 81% of PpSP15 recombinant protein with a yield of 0.75 g/L of fermentation supernatant, a purity level of 97% and with low variance among runs. Additionally, a freeze-thaw stability study indicated that the PpSP15 recombinant protein remains stable after undergoing three freeze-thaw cycles, and an accelerated stability study confirmed its stability at 37 degrees C for at least one month. A research cell bank for the expression of PpSP15 was generated and fully characterized. Collectively, the cell bank and the production process are ready for technology transfer for future cGMP pilot manufacturing.
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