Effect of N-glycosylation on secretion, stability, and biological activity of recombinant human interleukin-3 (hIL-3) in Pichia pastoris

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Human interleukin-3 (hIL-3) is a clinically important cytokine used to treat hematological malignancies, bone marrow transplantation, cytopenias, and immunological disorders. The cloning of hIL-3 gene was previously reported by our group, where its expression was optimized under methanol-inducible AOX1 promoter having N-terminal α mating factor signal sequence from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. This study investigated the role of glycosylation pattern on its molecular stability, secretion efficiency, and biological activity using the mutagenesis approach. The two N-linked glycosylation positions at N15th (Asn15) and N70th (Asn70) were sequentially mutated to generate three recombinant hIL-3 variants, i.e., N15A, N70A, and N15/70A. Asparagine at these positions was replaced with non-polar alanine amino acid (Ala, A). The alteration of N-linked glycosylation sites was disadvantageous to its efficient secretion in Pichia pastoris, where a 52.32%, 36.48%, 71.41% lower production was observed in N15A, N70A, and N15/70A mutants, respectively, as compared to native control. The fully glycosylated native hIL-3 protein showed higher thermal stability over its deglycosylated counterparts. The biological activity of native, N15A, N70A, and N15/70A hIL-3 protein was evaluated, where N15/70A mutant showed slightly higher proliferation efficacy than other combinations.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:12

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3 Biotech - 12(2022), 9 vom: 07. Sept., Seite 221

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Dagar, Vikas Kumar [VerfasserIn]
Babbal [VerfasserIn]
Mohanty, Shilpa [VerfasserIn]
Khasa, Yogender Pal [VerfasserIn]

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Biological activity
Human interleukin-3 (hIL-3)
Journal Article
N-glycosylation
Pichia pastoris
Post-translational modifications (PTMs)
Site-directed mutagenesis
Thermostability

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Date Revised 02.09.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

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10.1007/s13205-022-03293-1

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NLM344900274