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T1 - Expression of single-chain variable fragments fused with the Fc-region of rabbit IgG in Leishmania tarentolae
AU - Jørgensen, Mathias Lindh
AU - Friis, Niels Anton
AU - Just, Jesper
AU - Madsen, Peder
AU - Petersen, Steen Vang
AU - Kristensen, Peter
PY - 2014/1/15
Y1 - 2014/1/15
N2 - In recent years the generation of antibodies by recombinant methods, such as phage display technology, has increased the speed by which antibodies can be obtained. However, in some cases when recombinant antibodies have to be validated, expression in E. coli can be problematic. This primarily occurs when codon usage or protein folding of specific antibody fragments is incompatible with the E. coli translation and folding machinery, for instance when recombinant antibody formats that include the Fc-region are needed. In such cases other expression systems can be used, including the protozoan parasite Leishmania tarentolae (L. tarentolae). This novel host for recombinant protein expression has recently shown promising properties for the expression of single-chain antibody fragments. We have utilised the L. tarentolae T7-TR system to achieve expression and secretion of two scFvs fused to the Fc-region of rabbit immunoglobulin G (IgG).
AB - In recent years the generation of antibodies by recombinant methods, such as phage display technology, has increased the speed by which antibodies can be obtained. However, in some cases when recombinant antibodies have to be validated, expression in E. coli can be problematic. This primarily occurs when codon usage or protein folding of specific antibody fragments is incompatible with the E. coli translation and folding machinery, for instance when recombinant antibody formats that include the Fc-region are needed. In such cases other expression systems can be used, including the protozoan parasite Leishmania tarentolae (L. tarentolae). This novel host for recombinant protein expression has recently shown promising properties for the expression of single-chain antibody fragments. We have utilised the L. tarentolae T7-TR system to achieve expression and secretion of two scFvs fused to the Fc-region of rabbit immunoglobulin G (IgG).
U2 - 10.1186/1475-2859-13-9
DO - 10.1186/1475-2859-13-9
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 24428896
VL - 13
SP - 9
JO - Microbial Cell Factories
JF - Microbial Cell Factories
SN - 1475-2859
IS - 1
ER -