Production of Nα-acetyl Tα1-HSA through in vitro acetylation by RimJ

Thymosin alpha 1 (Tα1) is an important immunomodulating agent with various clinical applications. The natural form of Tα1 is Nα -acetylated, which was supposed to be related to in vivo stability of the hormone. In this study, fusion protein Tα1-HSA was constructed and expressed in Pichia pastoris. RimJ, a Nα -acetyltransferase from E.coli, was also overexpressed and purified to homogeneity. In vitro acetylation of Tα1-HSA in the presence of RimJ and acetyl coenzyme A resulted in Nα -acetyl Tα1-HSA. The Nα -acetylation was determined by LC-MS/MS. Kinetic assay indicated that RimJ had a higher affinity to desacetyl Tα1 than to Tα1-HSA. Bioactivity assay revealed fully retained activity of Tα1 when the hormone was connected to the N-terminus of the fusion protein, while the activity was compromised in our previously constructed HSA-Tα1. With fully retained activity and N-terminal acetylation, Nα -acetyl Tα1-HSA was expected to be a more promising pharmaceutical agent than Tα1.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2017

Erschienen:

2017

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:8

Enthalten in:

Oncotarget - 8(2017), 56 vom: 10. Nov., Seite 95247-95255

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Chen, Jing [VerfasserIn]
Li, Haibin [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Tao [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Shuyang [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Jia [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Jianhua [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Acetylation
Bioactivity
Human serum albumin
Journal Article
RimJ
Thymosin alpha 1

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Date Revised 20.11.2019

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.18632/oncotarget.20259

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM278860575