Glycan structure and serum half-life of recombinant CTLA4Ig, an immunosuppressive agent, expressed in suspension-cultured rice cells with coexpression of human beta 1,4-galactosyltransferase and human CTLA4Ig
- Authors
- Kang, Seung Hoon; Jung, Hahn Sun; Lee, Song Jae; Park, Cheon Ik; Lim, Sang Min; Park, Heajin; Kim, Byung Sun; Na, Kwang Heum; Han, Gyeong Jin; Bae, Jae Woo; Park, Hyun Joo; Bang, Keuk Chan; Park, Byung Tae; Hwang, Hye Seong; Jung, In-Soo; Kim, Jae Il; Oh, Doo Byung; Kim, Dong Il; Yagi, Hirokazu; Kato, Koichi; Kim, Dae Kyong; Kim, Ha Hyung
- Issue Date
- May-2015
- Publisher
- SPRINGER
- Keywords
- Plant cell culture; CTLA4Ig; Human beta 1,4-galactosyltransferase; N-glycan; Half-life; Clearance
- Citation
- GLYCOCONJUGATE JOURNAL, v.32, no.3-4, pp 161 - 172
- Pages
- 12
- Journal Title
- GLYCOCONJUGATE JOURNAL
- Volume
- 32
- Number
- 3-4
- Start Page
- 161
- End Page
- 172
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/cau/handle/2019.sw.cau/9616
- DOI
- 10.1007/s10719-015-9590-x
- ISSN
- 0282-0080
1573-4986
- Abstract
- Human cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen 4-immunoglobulin (hCTLA4Ig) is an immunosuppressive therapeutic, and recently produced rice cell-derived hCTLA4Ig (hCTLA4Ig(P)) reportedly exhibits in vitro immunosuppressive activities equivalent to those of Chinese hamster ovary cell-derived hCTLA4Ig (hCTLA4Ig(M)). However, limitations of hCTLA4Ig(P) include shortened in vivo half-life as well as the presence of nonhuman N-glycans containing (beta 1-2)-xylose and alpha 1,3-fucose, which cause immunogenic reactions in humans. In the present study, human beta 1,4-galactose-extended hCTLA4Ig(P) (hCTLA4Ig(P)-Gal) was expressed through the coexpression of human beta 1,4-galactosyltransferase (hGalT) and hCTLA4Ig in an attempt to overcome these unfavorable effects. The results indicated that both encoding hGalT and hCTLA4Ig were successfully coexpressed, and the analysis of N-glycan and its relative abundance in purified hCTLA4Ig(P)-Gal indicated that not only were the two glycans containing (beta 1-4)-galactose newly extended, but also glycans containing both beta 1,2-xylose and alpha 1,3-fucose were markedly reduced and high-mannose-type glycans were increased compared to those of hCTLA4Ig(P), respectively. Unlike hCTLA4Ig(P), hCTLA4Ig(P)-Gal was effective as an acceptor via (beta 1-4)-galactose for in vitro sialylation. Additionally, the serum half-life of intravenously injected hCTLA4Ig(P)-Gal in Sprague-Dawley rats was 1.9 times longer than that of hCTLA4Ig(P), and the clearance pattern of hCTLA4Ig(P)-Gal was close to that for hCTLA4Ig(M). These results indicate that the coexpression with hGalT and hCTLA4Ig(P) is useful for both reducing glycan immunogens and increasing in vivo stability. This is the first report of hCTLA4Ig as an effective therapeutics candidate in glycoengineered rice cells.
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