EP1272508A2 - Verfahren zur herstellung rekombinanter proteine - Google Patents

Verfahren zur herstellung rekombinanter proteine

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EP1272508A2
EP1272508A2 EP00966802A EP00966802A EP1272508A2 EP 1272508 A2 EP1272508 A2 EP 1272508A2 EP 00966802 A EP00966802 A EP 00966802A EP 00966802 A EP00966802 A EP 00966802A EP 1272508 A2 EP1272508 A2 EP 1272508A2
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Zivko Nikolov
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    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C07—ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
    • C07K—PEPTIDES
    • C07K14/00—Peptides having more than 20 amino acids; Gastrins; Somatostatins; Melanotropins; Derivatives thereof
    • C07K14/81—Protease inhibitors
    • C07K14/8107—Endopeptidase (E.C. 3.4.21-99) inhibitors
    • C07K14/811—Serine protease (E.C. 3.4.21) inhibitors
    • C07K14/8114—Kunitz type inhibitors
    • C07K14/8117—Bovine/basic pancreatic trypsin inhibitor (BPTI, aprotinin)
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    • C12N15/00—Mutation or genetic engineering; DNA or RNA concerning genetic engineering, vectors, e.g. plasmids, or their isolation, preparation or purification; Use of hosts therefor
    • C12N15/09—Recombinant DNA-technology
    • C12N15/63—Introduction of foreign genetic material using vectors; Vectors; Use of hosts therefor; Regulation of expression
    • C12N15/79—Vectors or expression systems specially adapted for eukaryotic hosts
    • C12N15/82—Vectors or expression systems specially adapted for eukaryotic hosts for plant cells, e.g. plant artificial chromosomes (PACs)
    • C12N15/8241—Phenotypically and genetically modified plants via recombinant DNA technology
    • C12N15/8242—Phenotypically and genetically modified plants via recombinant DNA technology with non-agronomic quality (output) traits, e.g. for industrial processing; Value added, non-agronomic traits
    • C12N15/8257—Phenotypically and genetically modified plants via recombinant DNA technology with non-agronomic quality (output) traits, e.g. for industrial processing; Value added, non-agronomic traits for the production of primary gene products, e.g. pharmaceutical products, interferon
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    • C12P—FERMENTATION OR ENZYME-USING PROCESSES TO SYNTHESISE A DESIRED CHEMICAL COMPOUND OR COMPOSITION OR TO SEPARATE OPTICAL ISOMERS FROM A RACEMIC MIXTURE
    • C12P21/00—Preparation of peptides or proteins
    • C12P21/02—Preparation of peptides or proteins having a known sequence of two or more amino acids, e.g. glutathione

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  • the invention relates to the field of biotechnology, particularly to the production of recombinant proteins in plants.
  • the invention further relates to methods for recovering the recombinant proteins from transgenic plants.
  • One of the fundamental achievements of the field of the genetic engineering is the ability to genetically manipulate an organism to produce a protein that the organism was not capable of making prior to human intervention.
  • the production of such a protein is brought about by facilitating the insertion of a recombinant DNA molecule into an organism.
  • Nucleotide sequences within the recombinant DNA molecule contain the necessary genetic information to direct the host organism to produce the desired recombinant protein.
  • genetic engineers have modified a variety of eukaryotic and prokaryotic organisms, including bacteria, fungi, animals, and plants, to produce a wide array of recombinant proteins.
  • Recombinant proteins have had a major impact on agriculture, particularly on crop plants. Recombinant proteins have been used to provide new traits to crop plants which improve their performance in the field.
  • Transgenic corn and cotton plants that have been genetically engineered to produce a bacterially derived insecticidal protein are now widely utilized by farmers. Genetic engineers have also provided the agricultural community with a variety of genetically engineered crop plants that produce proteins which increase a crop plant's tolerance to certain herbicides. Such genetically engineered, herbicide-tolerant soybeans, corn, cotton, and canola are now routinely used in agriculture.
  • SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Methods are provided for producing and recovering recombinant proteins from plant tissues.
  • the methods find use in the biotechnology industry as an efficient means for producing and isolating large quantities of recombinant proteins.
  • recombinant proteins can be, for example, therapeutic proteins for humans and other animals, industrial enzymes, and food additives.
  • the methods involve steeping plant tissues in a solution under conditions favorable for extraction of the recombinant proteins.
  • the methods additionally involve genetically manipulating plants to improve recovery of recombinant proteins from plant tissues by optimizing nucleic acid constructs which comprise a coding sequence of a recombinant protein.
  • plants, plant cells, plant tissues, and seeds thereof that are optimized for the recovery of recombinant proteins.
  • Figure 1 is a graphical representation of the effect of steeping solution on aprotinin and com protein extraction from whole com kernels after steeping from 0 to 48 hours as described in Example 2.
  • Panel (A) represents the aprotinin and com protein in steep water.
  • Panel (B) represents the aprotinin and com protein remaining in the kernels after steeping.
  • the invention is drawn to methods for producing recombinant proteins in plant tissues and recovering the recombinant proteins from the plant tissues.
  • recombinant protein is intended a protein that is produced in an organism as a result of recombinant DNA.
  • the methods find use in the biotechnology industry for producing recombinant proteins such as, for example, industrial enzymes, pesticidal proteins, and proteins used as therapeutic agents, nutritional supplements and food additives for humans and/or animals.
  • the methods of the invention are particularly well suited for use in conjunction with existing grain-processing streams such as, for example, those that make use of wet-milling methodologies.
  • the methods of the invention can be used alone or integrated into existing or newly developed seed- processing systems. Thus, the methods find further use in agriculture by providing producers and processors with a potential new source of income resulting from the production and recovery of recombinant proteins in transgenic crop plants.
  • plant tissue is intended a whole plant, or any part thereof, including, but not limited to, seeds, organs, and cells.
  • Preferred plant tissues of the invention are plant tissues that produce, or are capable of producing, a recombinant protein therein. More preferred plant tissues are seeds, fruits, tubers, roots, shoots, leaves, petioles, stems, and flowers, that produce, or are capable of producing, a recombinant protein therein. Most preferred plant tissues are seeds that producem, or are capable of producing, a recombinant protein therein.
  • the methods comprise producing steep water by steeping plant tissue in a steeping solution.
  • the plant tissue is from a plant that produces recombinant proteins in such a plant tissue.
  • Such a plant is a transgenic plant that possesses a stably integrated nucleic acid construct, particularly a nucleic acid construct, within its genome.
  • the nucleic acid construct comprises a nucleotide sequence encoding the recombinant protein operably linked to a promoter that drives expression in a plant cell.
  • any plant tissue containing a recombinant protein can be utilized in the methods of the invention including, but not limited to, plant tissue from a stably transformed plant and plant tissue from a plant that produces recombinant proteins under the direction of recombinant DNA or RNA delivered to a plant by, for example, a virus or a viral vector.
  • steep water is intended the solution that results from steeping plant tissue in a steeping solution.
  • rocking is intended bringing plant tissue into contact with a solution, herein referred to as a “steeping solution,” or the act thereof.
  • steeping is conducted over a period of time that is determined from such factors as, for example, the plant species, the plant tissue, the steeping solution, the environmental conditions of the steeping, the recombinant protein and the like.
  • the steeping solution is comprised of water.
  • the steeping solution can contain one or more other components including, but not limited to: sulfur dioxide; inorganic acids such as, for example, sulfurous acid, sulfuric acid, phosphoric acid, nitrous acid, nitric acid, hypochlorous acid, hydrochloric acid, carbonic, boric acid, and hydrofluoric acid; organic acids such as, for example, lactic acid, formic acid, succinic acid, malic acid, pyruvic acid, ascorbic acid, malonic acid, tartaric acid, oxalic acid, propionic acid, acetic acid, /?-butyric acid, isobutyric acid, and citric acid; salts such as.
  • inorganic acids such as, for example, sulfurous acid, sulfuric acid, phosphoric acid, nitrous acid, nitric acid, hypochlorous acid, hydrochloric acid, carbonic, boric acid, and hydrofluoric acid
  • organic acids such as, for example, lactic acid, formic acid, succinic acid, mal
  • such components improve the recovery of the recombinant protein, preserve the desired function or activity of the protein, or both.
  • a steeping solution can be comprised of process water that originates, for example, in downstream operations commonly used in the corn-refining industry.
  • downstream operation is intended any operation that follows the production of steep water.
  • Preferred embodiments of the invention make use of whole, unprocessed seeds for producing steep water.
  • the methods of the invention also encompass the use of seeds that have been previously processed by one or more methods including, but not limited to, grinding, milling, cracking, defatting, degerminating, fermenting, steaming, heating, cooling, freezing, thawing, pre-soaking in water or other solvents, and the like.
  • the seeds of the invention can be washed or cleaned in some manner prior to steeping to remove or reduce the amount of undesired materials on the surface of the seeds.
  • Such undesired materials include, but are not limited to, soil particles, insects, fungi, spores, and any undesired parts of a plant that are harvested with seeds such as, for example, husks, leaves, cobs, and any part or particles thereof.
  • the seeds can be subjected to any one or more methods for washing or cleaning seeds.
  • Such methods for washing or cleaning seeds can comprise the use of one or more components including, but not limited to, water, a solvent, and a pressured gas or mixture of gases, such as, for example, pressurized carbon dioxide, pressurized nitrogen, and pressurized air. While the washing and cleaning procedures described supra are directed toward seeds, those skilled in the art will recognize that other plant tissues of the invention can also be treated in a like manner prior to steeping.
  • the methods of the invention do not depend on a particular volume of steeping solution per unit of plant tissue, those of ordinary skill in the art understand that altering the volume of steeping solution per unit of plant tissue can affect the speed of recovery of the recombinant protein, the total amount of recombinant protein recovered or both.
  • the cost of the steeping solution including any costs of waste- water treatment or disposal, can also be used as a consideration in determining the appropriate volume of steeping solution to use.
  • the volume of steeping solution depends on the desired outcome.
  • the volume of the steeping solution per bushel of seed is preferably less than about 50 gallons, more preferably less than about 25 gallons, most preferably less than about 10 gallons.
  • volumes of steeping solution can also be utilized with other plant tissues.
  • the temperature of steeping can be controlled to improve recovery of the recombinant protein in the steep water.
  • the temperature selected is generally a temperature that allows the maximum recovery of the recombinant protein in the desired form and in the shortest possible time.
  • a desired form of a recombinant protein is a form in which the protein is active or capable of performing the intended function such as, for example, an enzymatic activity.
  • a desired form of a recombinant protein can be a non- functional or denatured form. It is recognized that such a denatured form can be renatured at a later time by methods known to those of ordinary skill in the art.
  • the steeping temperature is less than a temperature which is known to cause coagulation or denaturation of the recombinant protein.
  • the incubation temperature is greater than the freezing point but less than the boiling point of the steeping solution.
  • the incubation temperature is between about 20°C and about 70°C. More preferably, the incubation temperature is between about 35°C and about 65°C. Most preferably, the incubation temperature is between about 40°C and about 60°C.
  • embodiments of the invention can involve increasing or decreasing the pressure during steeping and during the subsequent separation of the steep water from the steeped plant tissue. Decreasing the pressure during steeping, particularly in the initial phase, can facilitate the uptake of the steeping solution into the plant tissue and thus reduce the length of time of the incubation necessary to achieve the desired recovery of recombinant protein. Increasing the pressure, particularly at the end of steeping when the steep water is withdrawn from the plant tissue, can increase the volume of steep water recovered and thus increase the amount of recombinant protein recovered. By modifying pressure, increases in the speed of recovery of the recombinant protein, the total amount of recombinant protein recovered or both, can be realized.
  • the methods of the present invention do not depend on any particular method for altering pressure. Any method for altering pressure known to those of ordinary skill in the art can be employed.
  • the methods of the invention also encompass one or more additional measures known to those of ordinary skill in the art which increase the speed of recovery of the recombinant protein, the total amount of recombinant protein recovered or both.
  • the steeping solution can be, for example, mixed, stirred, agitated, shaken, re-circulated, aerated or de-aerated.
  • the particular additional measures employed, if any, depend on factors such as, for example, the species of plant, the specific plant tissue, the specific recombinant protein and the composition of the steeping solution.
  • further steps can be employed, for example, to concentrate the recombinant protein, to remove impurities from the steeping solution, to separate the desired recombinant protein from undesired proteins and to obtain the recombinant protein in a dry form or in a form in the substantial absence of water. Methods for such steps are known to those of ordinary skill in the art.
  • one or more components can be added to the steeping solution and/or steep water to preserve and/or stabilize the recombinant protein.
  • the methods of the invention encompass the use of any protein purification method known in the art. Such methods include, but are not limited to, centrifugation, ultrafiltration, salt precipitation, dialysis, gel-filtration chromatography, ion-exchange chromatography, affinity chromatography, immunoaffinity chromatography, high- performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography, ion-exchange high-performance liquid chromatography, size- exclusion high-performance liquid chromatography, high-performance chromatofocusing, hydrophobic interaction chromatography, one-dimensional gel electrophoresis, two-dimensional gel electrophoresis and capillary electrophoresis.
  • secondary extraction is intended any subsequent extraction of a plant tissue, or any part or parts thereof, that occurs after steeping.
  • preferred seed parts for a secondary extraction include, but are not limited to, an embryo (also referred to as a "germ"), an endosperm, a degerminated seed (i.e. a seed lacking a germ), a seed coat, a tip cap, and a pericarp.
  • any extraction methods known to those skilled in the art can be employed in such a secondary extraction including, but not limited to, incubating the steeped plant tissue, seed or seed parts in an extraction solution, grinding, and milling.
  • the extraction solution is comprised of water and can additionally contain one or more other components including, but not limited to, the components of a steeping solution described supra.
  • the extraction solution is comprised of steep water and can additionally contain one or more other components including, but not limited to, the components of a steeping solution described supra.
  • the recombinant protein is recovered from a secondary extraction in a solution and processed further by any one or more of the additional steps described supra for the steep water.
  • the recovered solution can also be combined with the steep water before, during or after any such additional steps are employed.
  • the germs, degerminated seeds, or both are subjected to a secondary extraction involving combining the seed parts with an extraction solution comprising steep water.
  • the methods of the invention make use of any plant tissue that contains a recombinant protein.
  • the plant tissues produce the recombinant protein under the direction of a nucleic acid construct optimized for recovery of a recombinant protein.
  • a nucleic acid construct comprises a nucleotide sequence encoding a recombinant protein operably linked to a promoter that drives expression in a plant cell.
  • Nucleic acid constructs of the invention encompass both DNA constructs and RNA constructs. It is recognized that such DNA and RNA constructs can be either single stranded and double stranded. Further, it is recognized that promoters of the invention also encompass promoters utilized for transcription by viral RNA polymerases.
  • nucleotide sequence of the nucleic acid construct has been manipulated by any means known to those of ordinary skill in the art wherein the recovery of a recombinant protein from plant tissue is improved.
  • manipulated is intended modifying or altering the nucleotide sequence of the nucleic acid construct in any way including, but not limited to, nucleotide substitutions, additions, deletions, inversions, rearrangements and selection of the promoter used to drive expression of the coding sequence of the recombinant protein of the invention.
  • a desired improvement in recovery can be, for example, an increase in the level of the recombinant protein in a plant tissue, an increase in the amount of the recombinant protein recovered in the steep water, an increase in the total amount of the recombinant protein recovered in steep water and from a secondary extraction, and an increase in the amount recovered of a desired form of the recombinant protein.
  • a desired improvement can be a reduction in the length or costs of extracting the recombinant protein from plant tissue.
  • optimizing a nucleic acid construct to improve recovery may or may not lead to an increased amount of a recombinant protein in the plant tissue or an increased amount of a recombinant protein recovered from such a plant tissue.
  • corn kernels produced in the United States are processed by the com-refining industry primarily to extract the starch present in the mature com kernels. Some of the refined starch is sold as unmodified com starch or modified into specialty starches prior to sale. However, the majority of the corn starch produced by the com-refining industry is converted into ethanol, com syrups, dextrose, and fructose.
  • the bulk of the com starch produced in the United States is prepared by the wet-milling process.
  • the first step in the wet-milling process is to steep the com kernels in an aqueous solution. Steeping the kernels serves two main purposes. First it softens the kernels for subsequent milling, and second, it allows undesired soluble proteins, peptides, minerals and other components to be extracted from the kernels. After steeping, the kernels are separated from the steep water and then wet milled. The steep water is typically concentrated by evaporation to yield a solution referred to as a com steep liquor.
  • Com steep liquor typically contains about 3.5 pounds dry solids per bushel of com kernels with a nitrogen content between 45-48% (Blanchard (1992) Technology of Corn Wet Milling and Associated Processes, Elsevier, New York). Protein content in com steep liquor has been estimated at about one pound per bushel of steeped com which amounts to approximately 15-20% (w/w) of total corn kernel protein (Blanchard (1992) Technology of Corn Wet Milling and Associated Processes, Elsevier, New York). Com steep liquor is a low-value by-product from the com wet-milling process and is currently sold as a feed additive or fermentation medium supplement at approximately $50 per ton dry solids.
  • methods are provided for recovering a recombinant protein from com kernels in steep water.
  • the methods provide an efficient and economical way to recover recombinant proteins from com kernels.
  • the cost of recovering recombinant proteins produced in com kernels by the methods of the present invention is estimated to be approximately $0.50 per kg recombinant protein, assuming that approximately 10% of the dry solids in steep water is recombinant protein.
  • the major advantage of the methods of the invention over existing methods for isolating recombinant proteins from com kernels is the integration of recombinant protein extraction in the com wet-milling process.
  • kernels steeped by the methods of the invention are suitable for use in the milling or grinding step that occurs after steeping in wet- milling processes.
  • the methods of the invention also find use with any modified or improved version of the com wet-milling process that utilizes steeping or any aqueous treatment of com for the purpose of enhancing com starch and protein separation.
  • the methods find use in increasing the economic value of com steep liquor, thus providing the com-refining industry with a potential new source of profits.
  • the methods of the present invention involve combining com kernels with a steeping solution typically containing about 0.1 to about 0.2% sulfur dioxide.
  • the com kernels are steeped in such a steeping solution for about 12 to about 48 hours at a temperature of about 50°C.
  • the methods of invention do no depend on steeping kernels for a particular period of time.
  • kernels are steeped for at least about 1 hour.
  • kernels are steeped for at least about 6 hours. More preferably, kernels are steeped for at least about 12 hours. Most preferably, kernels are steeped for about 24 to about 48 hours.
  • the pH of the steeping solution is in the range of about pH 3 to about pH 4, and the volume of the steeping solution per bushel of com kernels is between about 5 and about 15 gallons.
  • the steep water is withdrawn from the steeped com kernels.
  • a desired amount of recombinant protein preferably in a desired form, is recovered in the steep water, and no further extraction of the steeped kernels is conducted.
  • one or more secondary extractions can be additionally employed to increase the total amount of protein recovered from the kernels.
  • the disulfide bonds and sulfhydryl groups of proteins are known to those of ordinary skill in the art and may be involved in functions of a recombinant protein such as, for example, enzyme or catalytic activity, binding activity and channel activity.
  • the steep solution can contain any one or more of the sulfhydryl reagents typically employed in protein purificaiton methods such as, for example, ⁇ - mercaptoethanol, dithiothreitol, and dithioerythritol.
  • the dry-grind and intermittent-milling-and-dynamic-steeping processes involve a steeping of whole kernels for about 12 hours or less at temperatures of about 60°C.
  • the main objective of a such a short initial steeping is to hydrate the embryo or germ. Breaking open the kernel after such a short initial steeping reduces the damage to the germ as compared to dry milling.
  • the hydrated germ can then be recovered by methods typically utilized in the wet-milling process.
  • the degerminated kernel fraction can then be subjected to a second steeping with additional grinding or milling to facilitate removal of soluble material from the kernel particles. See, Singh and Eckhoff (1996) Cereal Chem. 73:716-720 and Lopes-Filho et al. (1997) Cereal Chem. 74:633-638; herein incorporated by reference.
  • a recombinant protein from com kernels comprising producing steep water which comprises steeping kernels for a period of time of less than about 12 hours, preferably less than about 6 hours, more preferably less than about 3 hours, most preferably between about 1 hour and 3 hours.
  • the steeping solution is comprised of water.
  • the steeping solution can additionally contain any one or more of the other components of a steeping solution described supra.
  • the recombinant protein of the invention can be recovered in the steep water.
  • the recovered germ and/or degerminated kernel fraction can be subjected to at least one secondary extraction to recover the recombinant protein.
  • Such a secondary extraction involves combining the germ, degerminated kernel fraction, or both, with an extraction solution, preferably an extraction solution comprising steep water, and incubating the combination.
  • the recombinant protein is recovered from steep water.
  • Such preferred methods can additionally involve a secondary extraction of the recovered germ or degerminated kernel to increase the recovery of the recombinant protein.
  • the particle size of the recovered germ or degerminated kernel can be reduced to facilitate recovery of the recombinant protein resulting in, for example, an increased recovery of the recombinant protein from the secondary extraction or a reduction in the duration of the secondary extraction.
  • the com kernels are from a transgenic com plant that has a stably integrated nucleic acid construct that has been optimized for recovery of a recombinant protein from kernels.
  • a nucleic acid construct possesses a promoter that directs expression to parts of the kernel that are favored for recovery of the recombinant protein in steep water including, but not limited, to the embryo, endosperm, seed coat, tip cap, and pericarp.
  • the optimized nucleic acid construct can also possess a nucleotide sequence encoding a signal peptide for cell secretion operably linked to the coding sequence of the recombinant protein.
  • Methods are provided for optimizing a nucleic acid construct for the recovery of a recombinant protein.
  • the methods involve manipulating the nucleotide sequence of a nucleic acid construct to improve recovery of a recombinant protein from plant tissue.
  • the nucleotide sequence of the nucleic acid construct can be manipulated by any means known in the art. The particular manipulations that can be employed depend on factors such as, for example, the particular recombinant protein, the plant species, the plant tissue and the particular process by which the recombinant protein is recovered from the seed.
  • Such manipulations include, but are not limited to, operably linking a promoter that directs expression of the recombinant protein to a desired plant tissue, operably linking a nucleotide sequence that encodes a signal peptide and modifying the nucleotide sequence that encodes the recombinant protein.
  • Promoters of interest are tissue-preferred, inducible, chemical-regulated, and constitutive promoters.
  • tissue-preferred promoters are known in the art and include, but are not limited to, seed-preferred, root-preferred, tuber-preferred, and leaf preferred promoters.
  • Preferred promoters of the invention are those that preferentially direct expression of the recombinant protein to a plant tissue that provides a desired improvement in recovery of the recombinant protein.
  • preferred promoters are seed-preferred promoters including, but not limited to, promoters that preferentially direct expression to the embryo, the endosperm, the pericarp, the tip cap, the seed coat or combinations thereof.
  • the nucleic acid construct can be manipulated in such a manner that the encoded recombinant protein contains the necessary signal for secretion from a plant cell.
  • a nucleotide sequence encoding a signal peptide is operably linked to the coding sequence of the recombinant protein.
  • the encoded recombinant protein will contain a signal peptide domain within its polypeptide chain.
  • Such a signal peptide domain directs the secretion of the recombinant protein from a cell and can be removed from or retained in the secreted protein.
  • a secreted protein is typically found in the cell wall regions or intercellular spaces.
  • the nucleic acid construct can be manipulated to change the nucleotide sequence encoding the recombinant protein. Such changes may or may not alter the amino acid sequence of the recombinant protein. Changes that do not affect the amino acid sequence of the recombinant protein include, for example, codon optimization. Such codon optimization is known to those skilled in the art and involves changing codons to those preferred for translation by the organism of interest. Preferred codons of an organism are determined by analyzing codon usage frequencies for each amino acid using the coding sequences of cloned genes. Preferred codons for an amino acid are those that are used with the highest frequency in the coding sequences of an organism. See, for example, U.S. Patent Nos.
  • codon optimization involves replacing a non-preferred codon that specifies a particular amino acid with a preferred codon that specifies the same amino acid.
  • changing such a non-preferred codon to such a preferred codon increases translation in the plant tissue of interest and can increase the amount of recombinant protein in the plant tissue.
  • the methods of the invention also encompass changes in the nucleotide sequence encoding the recombinant protein. Generally, such changes do not substantially alter the intended function of the protein. Such changes can, however, alter the amino acid sequence of the recombinant protein and include both conservative and non-conservative amino acid substitutions as well as additions and deletions of one or more amino acids.
  • any one or more characteristics or activities of the recombinant protein can be modified including, but not limited to, disulfide bonds, glycosylation sites, myristylation sites, phosphorylation sites, quaternary structure, endoplasmic reticulum retention signals, and catalytic properties such as, for example, substrate specificity, product specificity, K cat , K m and V max .
  • one or more of such domains having an undesired function can be removed, or otherwise rendered non-functional, by manipulating the nucleotide sequence encoding the recombinant protein.
  • Domains can be added to the protein to improve protein recovery. Such a domain can, for example, help stabilize the protein during isolation. Alternatively, such a domain can aid in isolating the protein once it is liberated from plant tissue by protein isolation techniques such as, for example, affinity or immunoaffinity chromatography, and other affinity-based and immunological methods. Such domains include, but are not limited to, a poly-histidine-tag and a domain that interacts with a specific antibody. To determine if the desired optimization for recovery has been achieved, the nucleic acid construct can, for example, be used to transform a plant. Plant tissue from such a transformed plant or from transformed progeny thereof, is utilized in at least one of the methods of the invention for recovering a recombinant protein from plant tissue.
  • nucleic acid constructs described supra can be tested singly or in combination for their effect on recovery of a recombinant protein.
  • Those of ordinary skill in the art will recognize that such an approach can be used to select both nucleic acid constructs and plants, optimized for recovery of any recombinant protein.
  • methods are provided for optimizing a nucleic acid construct for the recovery of a recombinant protein from a grain seed, particularly a com kernel.
  • the nucleic acid construct is optimized by operably linking the nucleotide sequence encoding the recombinant protein to a promoter that is capable of preferentially directing the expression of the recombinant protein to preferred portions of the com kernel for improving recovery in steep water.
  • a promoter is capable of driving expression in a com kernel, preferably in the endosperm, embryo, pericarp, tip cap or seed coat of such a com kernel, more preferably in the embryo, pericarp, tip cap or seed coat, most preferably in the embryo.
  • the nucleic acid construct is further manipulated to operably link a nucleotide sequence encoding a signal peptide for secretion from a plant cell.
  • a major source of protein in steep water that is produced by the typical methods utilized in the com-refining industry for steeping com kernels before wet milling, is the com embryo. Additionally, proteins from the embryo are known to appear in the steep water at a relatively faster rate than proteins from other parts of the com kernel, such as, for example, the endosperm. Thus, preferred methods of the present invention involve a nucleic acid construct comprising a promoter that drives expression preferentially in an embryo.
  • Methods are provided for optimizing a plant for recovery of a recombinant protein from tissues of the plant.
  • the methods involve stably integrating into the genome of a plant a nucleic acid construct optimized for the recovery of a recombinant protein as described supra.
  • the methods find use in providing a plant that is genetically engineered for optimal recovery of a recombinant protein from its tissues.
  • Such a plant is capable of producing, for example, seeds that contain a recombinant protein, in a desired cellular or subcellular location, in a desired form, or both, for optimal recovery of the recombinant protein from the seed.
  • methods for optimizing a com plant for recovery of a recombinant protein from kernels comprising stably integrating a nucleic acid construct that is optimized for recovery of a recombinant protein from com kernels.
  • a nucleic acid construct is optimized for recovery of a recombinant protein from com kernels essentially as described for the third embodiment supra.
  • Methods for producing a recombinant protein are provided. The methods involve providing a plant with at least one nucleic acid construct comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a recombinant protein operably linked to a promoter that drives expression in a plant.
  • Such a nucleic acid construct is capable of directing the expression of a recombinant protein within the plant.
  • the methods additionally involve synthesizing the recombinant protein in the plant, harvesting the plant tissue, using the plant tissue to produce steep water by steeping the plant tissue with a steeping solution and recovering the recombinant protein from the steep water.
  • methods for producing a recombinant protein involving stably integrating a nucleic acid construct into the genome of a crop plant, preferably a grain or oilseed plant, more preferably a com plant.
  • the nucleic acid construct comprises a nucleotide sequence that encodes the recombinant protein operably linked to a promoter that drives expression in a plant cell, particularly a cell in a seed.
  • the methods additionally involve growing the plant, harvesting seeds of the plant and producing steep water by steeping the seeds in a steeping solution. In preferred embodiments of the invention, a desired portion of the total recombinant protein in the seed is recovered in the steep water.
  • nucleic acid constructs optimized for recovery of a recombinant protein are prepared as described supra.
  • Plants transformed with the nucleic acid constructs optimized for recovery of a recombinant protein and seeds thereof are provided.
  • Transformed plant cells and tissues are also provided.
  • Such plants and seeds find use in methods for producing, isolating or recovering recombinant proteins in plants and are particularly directed to the optimal recovery of a recombinant proteins from seeds.
  • the recombinant proteins of the invention comprise any recombinant protein that can be produced in a plant.
  • Recombinant proteins of interest include, but are not limited to, brazzein, avidin, streptavidin, aprotinin, ⁇ -glucuronidase, alkaline phosphatase, insulin, bovine somatotropin, human growth hormone, fibrinogen, thrombin, factor IX, factor XIII, serum albumin, plasma proteins, protein C, invertase, superoxide dismutase, catalase, urease, lysozyme, lactase, glucose isomerase, ⁇ - amylase, glucoamylase, pullulanase, isoamylase, ⁇ -glucanase, xylanase, papain, trypsin, chymotrypsin, pepsin, proteases, protease inhibitors, esterases, peroxidases, hydrolases,
  • the recombinant proteins of the invention are selected from industrial enzymes, antibodies, insecticidal proteins, therapeutic proteins, and proteins that are nutritional supplements, nutraceuticals or food additives. More preferably, the recombinant protein is selected from the group consisting of avidin, aprotinin, ⁇ - glucuronidase, and brazzein. Most preferably, the recombinant protein is the sweetener protein, brazzein. See, U.S. Patent Nos. 5,326,580; 5,346,998; 5,527,555; and 5, 741,537; herein incorporated by reference.
  • the recombinant proteins of the invention can be altered in various ways to optimize recovery from plant tissue including, but not limited to, amino acid substitutions, deletions, and insertions. Methods for such manipulations are generally known in the art. For example, amino acid sequence variants of the recombinant proteins can be prepared by mutations in the DNA. Methods for mutagenesis and nucleotide sequence alterations are well known in the art. See, for example, Kunkel (1985) Proc. Nat . Acad. Sci. USA 52:488-492; Kunkel et al. (1987) Methods in Enzymol. 754:367-382; US Patent No. 4,873,192; Walker and Gaastra, eds.
  • mutagenic and recombinogenic strategies for such as, for example, DNA shuffling can be employed in altering the recombinant proteins of the invention. See, for example, Stemmer ( 1994) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 91 : 10747- 10751 ;
  • nucleic acid constructs are not intended to limit the present invention to nucleic acid constructs comprising DNA.
  • nucleic acid constructs particularly polynucleotides and oligonucleotides, comprised of ribonucleotides and combinations of ribonucleotides and deoxyribonucleotides may also be employed in the methods disclosed herein.
  • the nucleic acid constructs of the present invention encompass all nucleic acid constructs that can be employed in the methods of the present invention for transforming plants including, but not limited to, those comprised of deoxyribonucleotides, ribonucleotides, and combinations thereof.
  • nucleic acid constmcts of the invention also encompass all forms of nucleic acid constmcts including, but not limited to, single-stranded forms, double-stranded forms, hairpins, stem-and-loop structures, and the like.
  • the nucleic acid constmcts of the invention encompass expression cassettes for expression in the plant of interest.
  • the cassette will include 5' and 3' regulatory sequences operably linked to a nucleotide sequence encoding a recombinant protein of the invention.
  • operably linked is intended a functional linkage between a promoter and a second sequence, wherein the promoter sequence initiates and mediates transcription of the nucleotide sequence corresponding to the second sequence.
  • operably linked means that the nucleic acid sequences being linked are contiguous and, where necessary to join two protein coding regions, contiguous and in the same reading frame.
  • the nucleic acid construct can additionally contain at least one additional gene, such as for example, a selectable marker gene.
  • Such an expression cassette is provided with a plurality of restriction sites for insertion of the coding sequence for the recombinant protein of the invention to be under the transcriptional regulation of the regulatory regions.
  • the expression cassette will include in the 5 '-3' direction of transcription, a transcriptional and translational initiation region, a coding sequence for a recombinant protein of the invention, and a transcriptional and translational termination region functional in plants.
  • the transcriptional initiation region, the promoter can be native or analogous or foreign or heterologous to the plant host. Additionally, the promoter can be the natural sequence or alternatively a synthetic sequence. By “foreign" is intended that the transcriptional initiation region is not found in the native plant into which the transcriptional initiation region is introduced.
  • the expression cassette can include one or more enhancers.
  • enhancer is intended a cis-acting sequence that increases the utilization of a promoter.
  • enhancers can be native to a gene or from a heterologous gene. Further, it is recognized that some promoters can contain one or more native, enhancers or enhancer-like elements.
  • the termination region can be native with the transcriptional initiation region, can be native with the operably linked DNA sequence of interest, or can be derived from another source.
  • Convenient termination regions are available from the Ti- plasmid of A. tumefaciens, such as the octopine synthase and nopaline synthase termination regions. See also Guerineau et al. (1991) Mo/. Gen. Genet. 2(52:141-144;
  • Additional sequence modifications are known to enhance gene expression in a plant. These include elimination of sequences encoding spurious polyadenylation signals, exon-intron splice site signals, transposon-like repeats, and other such well- characterized sequences that may be deleterious to gene expression.
  • the G-C content of the sequence may be adjusted to levels average for a given cellular host, as calculated by reference to known genes expressed in the host cell. When possible, the sequence is modified to avoid predicted hairpin secondary mRNA structures.
  • the expression cassettes can additionally contain 5 '-leader sequences in the expression cassette construct.
  • leader sequences can act to enhance translation.
  • Translation leaders are known in the art and include: picornavirus leaders, for example, EMCV leader (Encephalomyocarditis 5' noncoding region) (Elroy-Stein et al. (1989) PNAS USA 56:6126-6130); potyvirus leaders, for example, TEV leader (Tobacco Etch Virus) (Allison et al. (1986); MDMV leader (Maize Dwarf Mosaic Virus); Virology 754:9-20), and human immunoglobulin heavy-chain binding protein (BiP), (Macejak et al.
  • EMCV leader Engelphalomyocarditis 5' noncoding region
  • potyvirus leaders for example, TEV leader (Tobacco Etch Virus) (Allison et al. (1986); MDMV leader (Maize Dwarf Mosaic Virus); Virology 754:9-20
  • the various DNA fragments can be manipulated, so as to provide for the DNA sequences in the proper orientation and, as appropriate, in the proper reading frame.
  • adapters or linkers can be employed to join the DNA fragments or other manipulations may be involved to provide for convenient restriction sites, removal of superfluous DNA, removal of restriction sites, or the like.
  • in vitro mutagenesis, primer repair, restriction, annealing, resubstitutions, e.g., transitions and transversions may be involved.
  • promoters that direct expression of a gene in a plant can be employed.
  • Such promoters can be selected from constitutive, chemical-regulated, inducible, tissue-specific, and seed-preferred promoters.
  • Constitutive promoters include, for example, the core CaMV 35S promoter (Odell et al. (1985) Nature 575:810-812); rice actin (McElroy et al. (1990) Plant Cell 2:163-171); ubiquitin (Christensen et al. (1989) Plant Mol. Biol. 72:619- 632 and Christensen et al. (1992) Plant Mol. Biol. 75:675-689); pEMU (Last et al.
  • Chemical -regulated promoters can be used to modulate the expression of a gene in a plant through the application of an exogenous chemical regulator.
  • Chemical-inducible promoters are known in the art and include, but are not limited to, the maize In2-2 promoter, which is activated by benzenesulfonamide herbicide safeners, the maize GST promoter, which is activated by hydrophobic electrophilic compounds that are used as pre-emergent herbicides, and the tobacco PR-la promoter, which is activated by salicylic acid.
  • Other chemical-regulated promoters of interest include steroid-responsive promoters (see, for example, the glucocorticoid- inducible promoter in Schena et al. (1991) Proc. Natl.
  • Inducible promoters can be employed in the methods of the invention such as, for example, chemical-inducible promoters described supra, wound-inducible promoters, pathogen-inducible promoters and plant-growth-regulator-inducible promoters. See, for example, Redolfi et al. (1983) Net/*. J. Plant Pathol. 59:245-254; Uknes et al. (1992) Plant Cell 4:645-656; Van Loon (1985) Plant Mol. Virol. 4:11 1- 116; Ryan (1990) Ann. Rev. Phytopath. 25:425-449; U.S. Patent No. 5,428,148, Rohmeier et al. (1993) Plant Mol. Biol.
  • seed-preferred promoters of the invention are seed-preferred promoters that are active during seed development.
  • seed-preferred promoters include, but are not limited to, bean ⁇ -phaseolin, napin, ⁇ -conglycinin, soybean lectin, cruciferin, and the like.
  • seed-preferred promoters include, but are not limited to, maize 15 kDa zein, 22 kDa zein, 27 kDa zein, ⁇ -zein, waxy, shrunken 1 , shrunken 2, globulin 1, etc.
  • Seed-preferred promoters of particular interest are those promoters that direct gene expression predominantly to specific tissues within the seed such as, for example, the endosperm -preferred promoter of ⁇ -zein, and the embryo-preferred promoter of Glob-1.
  • the methods of the invention involve providing a plant with a nucleic acid construct comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a recombinant protein.
  • providing is intended presenting to the plant the nucleic acid construct in such a manner that the construct gains access to the interior of the cell.
  • the methods of the invention further involve the production of the recombinant protein in the plant tissue as a result of the presence of the nucleic acid construct within cells of the plant tissue.
  • the methods of the invention do not depend on a particular method for providing the cells of a plant tissue with such a nucleic acid construct, only that the production of the recombinant protein therein depends on the nucleic acid construct.
  • Methods for providing plants and cells thereof with a nucleic acid construct are known in the art including, but not limited to stable transformation methods, transient transformation methods and viral methods.
  • stable transformation is intended that the nucleic acid introduced into a plant integrates into the genome of the plant is capable of being inherited by progeny thereof.
  • transient transformation is intended that a nucleic acid introduced into a plant does not integrate into the genome of the plant.
  • the nucleic acids of the invention can be provided to the plant by contacting the plant with a vims or viral nucleic acids. Generally, such methods involve incorporating the nucleic acid construct of interest within a viral DNA or RNA molecule. It is recognized that the recombinant protein of the invention can be initially synthesized as part of a viral polyprotein which later can be processed by proteolysis in vivo or in vitro to produce the desired recombinant protein. Methods for providing plants with nucleic acid constmcts and producing the encoded recombinant proteins in the plants, which involve viral DNA or RNA molecules are known in the art. See, for example, U.S. Patent Nos. 5,889,191, 5,889,190, 5,866,785, 5,589,367 and 5,316,931 ; herein incorporated by reference.
  • Preferred methods of the invention for providing a plant with a nucleic acid construct involve transforming a plant to stably integrate a nucleic acid construct into the genome of the plant. Transformation protocols as well as protocols for introducing nucleotide sequences into plants can vary depending on the plant or plant cell targeted for transformation. Suitable methods of introducing nucleotide sequences into plant cells and subsequent stable integration into the plant genome include microinjection (Crossway et al. (1986) Biotechniques 4:320-334), electroporation (Riggs et al. (1986) Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 55:5602-5606,
  • Agrobacterium-mediated transformation (Townsend et ⁇ l.. U.S. Pat No. 5,563,055), direct gene transfer (Paszkowski et ⁇ l. (1984) EMBO J. 5:2717-2722), and ballistic particle acceleration (see, for example, Sanford et ⁇ l., U.S. Patent No. 4,945,050; Tomes et ⁇ l. (1995) "Direct DNA Transfer into Intact Plant Cells via Microprojectile Bombardment," in Plant Cell, Tissue, and Organ Culture: Fundamental Methods, ed. Gamborg and Phillips (Springer-Verlag, Berlin); and McCabe et al. (1988) Biotechnology (5:923-926).
  • Selectable marker genes are utilized for the selection of transformed cells or tissues. Such selectable marker genes and methods of their use in selecting for transformed cells and/or plant tissues are known in the art.
  • Selectable marker genes include, but are not limited to, genes encoding antibiotic resistance, such as those encoding neomycin phosphotransferase II (NEO) and hygromycin phosphotransferase (HPT), as well as genes conferring resistance to herbicidal compounds, such as glufosinate ammonium, bromoxynil, imidazolinones, and 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetate (2,4-D).
  • antibiotic resistance such as those encoding neomycin phosphotransferase II (NEO) and hygromycin phosphotransferase (HPT)
  • NEO neomycin phosphotransferase II
  • HPT hygromycin phosphotransferase
  • genes conferring resistance to herbicidal compounds such as glufosinate ammonium, bromoxynil, imidazolinones, and 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetate (2,4-D).
  • selectable marker genes are not meant to be limiting. Any selectable marker gene can be used in the present invention.
  • Transformed plant cells and tissues can be regenerated into plants by standard methods. See, for example, McCormick et al. (1986) Plant Cell Reports 5:81-84. These plants may then be grown, and either pollinated with the same transformed strain or different strains, and the resulting plants producing the desired recombinant protein of the invention. Two or more generations may be grown to ensure that production of the desired recombinant protein is stably maintained and inherited and then seeds harvested and tested to ensure they possess the desired recombinant protein.
  • Plants of the invention include, but are not limited to. com (Zea mays or maize), sorghum (Sorghum bicolor, S. vw/gare), wheat (Triticum aestivum), rice (Oryza sativa), rye (Secale cereale), soybean (Glycine max), oats (Avena sativa), barley (Hordeum vulgare), sunflower (Helianthus annuus), safflower (Carthamus tinctorius), canola (Brassica napus, B. rapa, B.
  • oilseed rape (Brassica spp.), peanuts (Arachis hypogaea), cotton (Gossypium hirsutum, G barbadense), flax (Linum usitatissimum), peas (Pisum sativum. Lathyrus spp.), tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum), beans (Phaseolus spp.), fava bean (Vicia faba), mung bean (Vigna radiata), chickpea (Cicer arientinum). cowpea (Vigna sinensis, V.
  • Botrytis lettuce (Lactuca sativa), sweet potato (Ipomoea batatus), melons (Cucumis spp.), watermelon (CitruUus lanatus), squashes (Curcurbita spp.), cucumber (Cucumis.
  • guineensis coconut (Cocos nucifera), banana (Musa spp.), duckweed (Lemna spp.), onion (Allium cepa), garlic (Allium sativum), and sugarcane (Saccharum spp.).
  • the plant species are crop plant species. More preferably, the plant species are selected from the grain and oilseed plants including, but not limited to, com, sorghum, wheat, millet, rice, rye, soybean, oats, barley, sunflower, safflower, canola, oilseed rape, peanuts, palm, coconut, cotton, and flax. Most preferably, the plant species are com, wheat, rice, barley, sorghum, canola, cotton, and soybeans. The following examples are offered by way of illustration and not by way of limitation.
  • TRAS YLOL is a serine protease inhibitor also referred to as bovine pancreatic trypsin inhibitor.
  • TRASYLOL is indicated for prophylactic use to reduce perioperative blood loss and the need for blood transfusion in patients undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass in the course of coronary artery bypass graft surgery.
  • commercial preparations of aprotinin are purified from bovine pancreas and lung.
  • bovine tissues used to prepare aprotinin may harbor prions that may be pathogenic to humans (Jefferey et al. (1995) Micron 26:277-298; Smith and Collings (1995) Essays Biochem.
  • aprotinin is desired.
  • the production of aprotinin in plants can provide an alternative source of aprotinin for therapeutic preparations such as TRASYLOL.
  • com plants were genetically engineered to produce aprotinin in their kernels.
  • An optimized DNA sequence for the aprotinin gene with preferred maize codons was prepared from the known amino acid sequence of the bovine protein. (Anderson and Singer (1983) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 80:6838-42).
  • the DNA sequence was optimized for expression in com by reverse translating the amino acid sequence of the bovine protein using preferred corn codons, and operably linked to a nucleotide sequence encoding a barley ⁇ -amylase signal peptide.
  • a signal peptide is known to direct the secretion of operably linked proteins from plant cells.
  • the maize ubiquitin promoter and the potato pinll transcriptional terminator were operably linked to the 5' and 3' ends, respectively, of the signal peptide/aprotinin nucleic acid constmct. Using this nucleic acid construct, transgenic com plants were produced that accumulate aprotinin in kernels.
  • aprotinin was successfully produced in the kernels of transgenic corn plants, experiments were initiated to develop efficient methods for recovering the recombinant protein from kernels.
  • such methods can be integrated into existing com-refining systems such as those involving, for example, wet-milling processes, dry-grind processes and intermittent-milling-and-dynamic-steeping processes.
  • the residual, extractable levels of both aprotinin and com protein remaining in the kernels after steeping were determined ( Figure 1 and Table 2).
  • the residual levels of aprotinin after steeping with water were 10-20% more than after steeping with L A- SO 2 .
  • substantially more com protein remained in the water-steeped kernels than in the LA-SO 2 -steeped kernels.
  • the differences in the levels of residual com protein in between water-steeped kernels and LA-SO 2 -steeped kernels were less than 10%.

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