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- Title
Production and applications of fluorobody from redox-engineered Escherichia coli.
- Authors
Srila, Witsanu; Min, Thae Thae; Sumphanapai, Thitima; Rangnoi, Kuntalee; Berkmen, Mehmet; Yamabhai, Montarop
- Abstract
Efficient selection and production of antibody fragments in microbial systems remain to be a challenging process. To optimize microbial production of single-chain variable fragments (scFvs), we have chosen five model targets, 1) a hapten, Zearalenone (ZEN) mycotoxin, along with infectious agents 2) rabies virus, 3) Propionibacterium acnes, 4) Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and a cancer cell 5) acute myeloid leukemia cell line (HL-60). The scFv binders were affinity selected from a non-immunized human phage display scFv antibody library and genetically fused to the N-terminus of emerald green fluorescent protein (EmGFP). The scFv-EmGFP fusion constructs were subcloned into an expression vector, under the control of T7 promoter, C-terminally tagged with hexa-histidine and expressed in different Escherichia coli (E. coli) hosts. This enabled the detection of cells that expressed the correct scFv-EmGFP fusion, termed fluorobody, via bright fluorescent signal in the cytoplasm. Among the three E. coli hosts tested, an engineered E. coli B strain called SHuffle B that promotes disulfide bond formation in the cytoplasm appeared to be the most appropriate host. The recombinant fluorobodies were well expressed (2–8 mg/L), possessed the fluorescence property of EmGFP, and retained the ability to bind to their cognate targets. Their specific bindings were demonstrated by ELISA, fluorescence-linked immunosorbent assay (FLISA), flow cytometry, and fluorescent microscope imaging. The fluorobody expression platform in this study could be further adopted as a one-step immunostaining technique based on scFv, isolated from phage display library to numerous desired targets. Key points: • E. coli SHuffle express T7 is a suitable expression host for scFv-EmGFP (fluorobody) • Only the clones harboring scFv-EmGFP plasmid will show bright fluorescent signal • This platform can be used to produce fluorobodies for numerous purposes
- Subjects
RABIES virus; PSEUDOMONAS aeruginosa; ESCHERICHIA coli; GREEN fluorescent protein; ACUTE myeloid leukemia; CUTIBACTERIUM acnes; MYELOID cells
- Publication
Applied Microbiology & Biotechnology, 2023, Vol 107, Issue 5/6, p1959
- ISSN
0175-7598
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00253-023-12395-6