Development of novel galactosylation method for the expression of recombinant human transferrin in insect cell culture

The objective of this research is to develop a novel galactosylation method for the expression of recombinant human transferrin (hTf) with better N-glycan quality. The baculovirus-insect cell system, consisting of hTf as the model protein, 1,4-galactosyltransferase (1,4-GalT) as the enzyme, and urid...

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Main Author:	Yap, Wei Ney
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2006
Subjects:	QH301 Biology TP Chemical technology
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spelling	my-utm-ep.21452018-06-13T07:07:41Z Development of novel galactosylation method for the expression of recombinant human transferrin in insect cell culture 2006-03 Yap, Wei Ney QH301 Biology TP Chemical technology The objective of this research is to develop a novel galactosylation method for the expression of recombinant human transferrin (hTf) with better N-glycan quality. The baculovirus-insect cell system, consisting of hTf as the model protein, 1,4-galactosyltransferase (1,4-GalT) as the enzyme, and uridine-diphosphogalactose (UDP-Gal) as the sugar nucleotide, has been successfully established. In the early part of the study, fundamental works were carried out to optimize Spodoptera frugiperda (Sf-9) cells growth and mock infection. Serum concentration, different type of media, cell subculturing condition, initial cell density and spent medium carry over had been found to significantly influence the growth kinetics of Sf-9 cells. Multiplicity of infection (MOI) and spent medium carry over were found to have direct impact on viral infectivity. The optimized parameters were then used to evaluate the expression of recombinant hTf and 1,4-GalT in Sf-9 cells. Subsequently, native UDP-Gal levels at normal and upon baculovirus infection produced in Sf-9 cells were monitored using Reverse Phase High Performance Liquid Chromatography. UDP-Gal concentration was discovered to decrease gradually once infected with the recombinant baculovirus. Finally, baculovirus coinfection study was carried out to evaluate the recombinant glycoprotein quality. However, lectin binding analysis using Ricinus communis agglutinin-I, revealed that coexpression between rhTf and -1,4GalT (in vivo) did not show encouraging result due to the reduction of UDP-Gal upon baculovirus infection. This finding suggested that the introduction of -1,4GalT alone was not sufficient for successful galactosylation. However, another strategy was used to overcome the problem. Commercial GalT and UDP-Gal were introduced artificially to the rhTf after it was secreted from cell culture. It was found that the in vitro strategy promoted better Nglycan quality in insect cells 2006-03 Thesis http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/2145/ http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/2145/1/YapWeiNeyMFKKSA2006.pdf application/pdf en public masters Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Chemical and Natural Resources Engineering Faculty of Chemical and Natural Resources Engineering
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spellingShingle	QH301 Biology TP Chemical technology Yap, Wei Ney Development of novel galactosylation method for the expression of recombinant human transferrin in insect cell culture
description	The objective of this research is to develop a novel galactosylation method for the expression of recombinant human transferrin (hTf) with better N-glycan quality. The baculovirus-insect cell system, consisting of hTf as the model protein, 1,4-galactosyltransferase (1,4-GalT) as the enzyme, and uridine-diphosphogalactose (UDP-Gal) as the sugar nucleotide, has been successfully established. In the early part of the study, fundamental works were carried out to optimize Spodoptera frugiperda (Sf-9) cells growth and mock infection. Serum concentration, different type of media, cell subculturing condition, initial cell density and spent medium carry over had been found to significantly influence the growth kinetics of Sf-9 cells. Multiplicity of infection (MOI) and spent medium carry over were found to have direct impact on viral infectivity. The optimized parameters were then used to evaluate the expression of recombinant hTf and 1,4-GalT in Sf-9 cells. Subsequently, native UDP-Gal levels at normal and upon baculovirus infection produced in Sf-9 cells were monitored using Reverse Phase High Performance Liquid Chromatography. UDP-Gal concentration was discovered to decrease gradually once infected with the recombinant baculovirus. Finally, baculovirus coinfection study was carried out to evaluate the recombinant glycoprotein quality. However, lectin binding analysis using Ricinus communis agglutinin-I, revealed that coexpression between rhTf and -1,4GalT (in vivo) did not show encouraging result due to the reduction of UDP-Gal upon baculovirus infection. This finding suggested that the introduction of -1,4GalT alone was not sufficient for successful galactosylation. However, another strategy was used to overcome the problem. Commercial GalT and UDP-Gal were introduced artificially to the rhTf after it was secreted from cell culture. It was found that the in vitro strategy promoted better Nglycan quality in insect cells
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Yap, Wei Ney
author_facet	Yap, Wei Ney
author_sort	Yap, Wei Ney
title	Development of novel galactosylation method for the expression of recombinant human transferrin in insect cell culture
title_short	Development of novel galactosylation method for the expression of recombinant human transferrin in insect cell culture
title_full	Development of novel galactosylation method for the expression of recombinant human transferrin in insect cell culture
title_fullStr	Development of novel galactosylation method for the expression of recombinant human transferrin in insect cell culture
title_full_unstemmed	Development of novel galactosylation method for the expression of recombinant human transferrin in insect cell culture
title_sort	development of novel galactosylation method for the expression of recombinant human transferrin in insect cell culture
granting_institution	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Chemical and Natural Resources Engineering
granting_department	Faculty of Chemical and Natural Resources Engineering
publishDate	2006
url	http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/2145/1/YapWeiNeyMFKKSA2006.pdf
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Development of novel galactosylation method for the expression of recombinant human transferrin in insect cell culture

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