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- the present invention relates to a method for improving secretion efficiency of a recombinant protein.
- heterogenous recombinant protein produced in E. coli does not pass through post-translational chaperons or post-translational processing, there is no folding in the recombinant protein or it turns into an insoluble protein inclusion body (Baneyx, Curr. Opin Biotechnol. 10:411-421, 1999) .
- the vectors using signal sequence so far are limited in expressing a water soluble protein and even the expressed protein as a recombinant fusion protein form, which contains the cleavage site of signal peptidase or protease at the N-terminal after cleaving, so that it is very difficult to obtain a recombinant protein having the native amino terminal.
- the present inventors provided the expression vector containing the gene construct composed of polynucleotides each encoding the truncated signal sequence containing N- region and/or N-region harboring hydrophobic fragment as directional signal and/or the truncated signal sequence harboring secretional enhancer composed of hydrophilic polypeptides, which is described in Korean Patent Publication No: 10-2007-0009453, and also confirmed previously that the soluble expression of an adhesive protein Mefpl could be improved by adding the nucleotide encoding the adhesive protein Mefpl to the vector containing the above gene construct.
- the present inventors also analyzed the pi values depending on the length of N- region fragment of a signal sequence and confirmed that it was important for the fragments, which are from OmpASPi- 3 , to the full length of OmpASPi- 21 to have the equal pi value
- Korean Patent Publication No: 10-2007-0009453 the present inventors reported that the protein containing amphiphilic domain such as olive flounder Hepcidin I is limited in the soluble expression, with using the N-region fragment of the signal sequence alone, and further established a method for improving the expression of olive flounder Hepcidin I as a water soluble form by adding a hydrophilic secretional enhancer sequence to the gene construct.
- the present inventors constructed a recombinant expression vector containing the gene construct composed of polynucleotides encoding signal sequences having various pi values, confirmed that the pi value of the N-terminal of the signal sequence included in the recombinant vector played a certain role in the soluble expression of a foreign protein and proved the interrelation between the pi value of the N-terminal of the signal sequence and the pi value of the secretional enhancer when the secretional enhancer was necessary because of the structural characteristics of the foreign protein, and further confirmed that the control of pi value of the N-terminal of the signal sequence in the recombinant expression vector constructed for the expression of a foreign protein was important in improvement of the soluble expression of the foreign protein, leading to the completion of this invention.
- the present invention provides an expression vector for improving secretion efficiency of a foreign protein containing a gene construct which comprises (i) a promoter and (ii) a polynucleotide operably linked to the promoter encoding a polypeptide fragment containing a signal sequence and/or pi value of the N-region of the leader sequence of a foreign protein and/or N-region of the leader sequence or variants thereof in which the distance between amino acids affecting the pi value is controlled.
- the present invention also provides an expression vector for improving secretion efficiency of a foreign protein containing a gene construct which comprises (i) a promoter; (ii) a polynucleotide operably linked to the promoter encoding a polypeptide fragment containing a signal sequence and/or N-region of the leader sequence or variants thereof in which the pi value is controlled; and
- ( iii ) a polynucleotide operably linked to the polynucleotide encoding the polypeptide fragment or variants thereof encoding a secretional enhancer comprising a hydrophilicity enhancing sequence with the controlled pi value .
- the present invention also provides a transformant prepared by transforming a host cell with the above expression vector.
- the present invention also provides a method for improving secretion efficiency of a recombinant protein using the transformant.
- the present invention also provides a method for producing a recombinant fusion foreign protein.
- the present invention also provides a recombinant fusion foreign protein produced by the above method.
- the present invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition containing the above recombinant fusion foreign protein and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
- the present invention also provides a method for producing a foreign protein in the native form.
- the present invention provides a method for producing an intracellular carrier of a target material.
- the method of the present invention favors the prevention of a recombinant protein from being precipitated as an insoluble protein and the improvement of secretion efficiency of the protein out of cytoplasm or into periplasm, so that it can be effectively used for the production of a recombinant foreign protein and for the transduction of a therapeutic protein by increasing membrane permeability using a strong secretional enhancer.
- Figure 1 is a diagram illustrating the comparative soluble expressions of the adhesive protein Mefpl (soluble fraction: approximately 20 ⁇ g) by the signal sequence OmpASP tr and its variant leader sequences (arrow: recombinant Mefpl) .
- Values obtained from densitometer analysis present the comparative mean values of the expressions of the protein in three different clones:
- M marker; line 1: Met-Ala-Lys (pi 9.9O) (SEQ. ID. NO: 15); line 2: Met-Lys-Ala-Lys (pi 10.55) (SEQ. ID. NO: 16); line 3: Met-Lys-Lys-Ala-Lys (pi 10.82) (SEQ. ID. NO: 17); line 4: Met-Lys-Lys-Lys-Ala-Lys (pi 10.99) (SEQ. ID. NO: 18); line 5: Met-Lys-Lys-Lys-Lys-Ala-Lys (pi 11.1I) (SEQ. ID. NO: 19); line 6: Met-Lys-Lys-Lys-Lys-Ala-Lys (pi
- M marker; line 1 : Met-Ala-Lys (pi 9.9O) (SEQ. ID. NO: 15); line 2 : Met-Arg-Ala-Lys (pi 11.52) (SEQ. ID. NO: 23); line 3 : Met-Arg-Arg-Ala-Lys (pi 12.51) (SEQ. ID. NO: 24); line 4 : Met-Arg-Arg-Arg-Arg-Ala-Lys (pi 12.98) (SEQ. ID. NO: 25); line 5 : Met-Arg-Arg-Arg-Arg-Arg-Arg-Arg-Ala-Lys (pi 13.20) (SEQ. ID. NO: 26); and, line 6 : Met-Arg-Arg-Arg-Arg-Arg-Arg-Arg-Arg-Arg-Ala-Lys (pi 13.35) (SEQ. ID. NO: 27) .
- Figure 2 is a diagram illustrating the comparative soluble expressions of the adhesive protein Mefpl (soluble fraction: approximately 20 ⁇ g) by the clones modified in the leader sequence (Met-Ala-Lys) of the recombinant vector pET22b (+) (ompASPx-Vxmefpl *) (arrow: recombinant Mefpl) .
- Values obtained from densitometer analysis present the comparative mean values of the expressions of the protein in three different clones:
- M marker; line 1: Met-Asp-Asp-Asp-Asp-Asp-Ala-Ala (pi 2.73) (SEQ. ID. NO: 35); line 2: Met-Asp-Asp-Ala-Ala (pi 2.87) (SEQ. ID. NO : 36 ) ; line 3: Met-Glu-Glu (pi 3.09) (SEQ. ID. NO: 37); line 4: Met-Ala-Glu (pi 3.25) (SEQ. ID. NO: 38); line 5: Met-Ala-Ala (pi 5.6O) (SEQ. ID. NO: 39); line 6: Met-Cys-His (pi 7.13) (SEQ. ID.
- line 7 Met-Ala-His (pi 7.65) (SEQ. ID. NO: 41); line 8: Met-Ala-Lys (pi 9.9O) (SEQ. ID. NO: 15); and, line 9: Met-Arg-Arg-Arg-Arg-Ala-Lys (pi 12.98) (SEQ. ID. NO: 25) .
- Figure 3 is a diagram illustrating the soluble expression of the recombinant Mefpl fusion protein (soluble fraction: approximately 20 ⁇ g) obtained from the clones having different distances between the leader sequence region Met-Glu-Glu (pi 3.09) and factor Xa recognition site (Xa) (arrow: recombinant Mefpl) :
- Figure 4 is a diagram illustrating the soluble expression of the recombinant Mefpl fusion protein (soluble fraction: approximately 20 ⁇ g) obtained from the leader sequence clones designed by modifying the pET- 22b ( + ) [ompASP 1 - 11 -7 ⁇ mefpl*] (*: Ra- ⁇ ⁇ His) clone to have different lengths in between Lys-Lys (arrow: recombinant Mefpl) : (A) SDS-PAGE; and,
- Figure 5 is a diagram illustrating the effect of the amino acid sequence pi value and hydrophobic value of Met-7 x homologous amino acids inserted as a leader sequence to give signaling function and secretion enhancing function on the ofHepcidin I soluble expression (soluble fraction: approximately 20 /Zg) (arrow: recombinant ofHepcidin I) : (A) SDS-PAGE; and,
- line 6 MEEEEEEE (pi 2.78, hy +1.97) (SEQ. ID. NO: 75) ; and, line 7: MDDDDDDD (pi 2.52, hy +1.97) (SEQ. ID. NO: 76) .
- Figure 6 is a diagram illustrating the effect of N- terminal pi value in the leader sequence composed of OmpASP fragment (Met-2 aas) -OmpASP 4 _io-secretional enhancer candidate sequence-Xa with the controlled pi value on the secretional enhancer sequence and the soluble expression
- line 8 MEE-OmpASP 4 -i 0 -6 ⁇ Tyr-Xa (SEQ. ID. NO: 93) ; and, line 9: MEE-OmpASP 4 -i 0 -6 ⁇ GIu-Xa (SEQ. ID. NO: 94) .
- Heterologous protein or “target heterologous protein” is the protein targeted by those in the art for mass-production, which includes every protein that is possibly expressed in a transformant using a recombinant expression vector containing a polynucleotide encoding the protein.
- Fusion protein indicates the protein produced with the addition of another amino acid sequence or with fusion of another protein to N-terminal or C-terminal of the original foreign protein.
- Synignal sequence is an effective sequence that helps a foreign protein expressed in virus, prokaryotic cells or eukaryotic cells efficiently pass through intracellular membrane for extracellular or extra-periplasmic secretion.
- the signal sequence is composed of positively charged N- region, central characteristic hydrophobic region and C- region with a cleavage site.
- the signal sequence fragment used in this invention indicates the full length or a part of the sequence containing positively charged region, central characteristic hydrophobic region and C-terminal with a cleavage site.
- Leader sequence indicates the amino acid sequence of N-terminal of a foreign protein.
- Polypeptide fragment indicates the polypeptide sequence having a specific polypeptide function and minimum length or a bigger size. Unless stated otherwise, the full length polypeptide is not included in the "polypeptide fragment" of the invention. For example, ⁇ the polypeptide fragment containing N-region of a signal sequence' indicates the shortened signal sequence functioning as a signal sequence and the entire signal sequence is not included.
- Polynucleotide indicates a polymer molecule wherein two or more nucleic acid molecules are linked by phosphodiester bond, which includes DNA and RNA.
- Stress enhancer indicates a hydrophilic polypeptide composed of hydrophilic amino acids, which plays a role in increasing hydrophilicity behind the signal sequence or the leader sequence.
- N-region of a signal sequence is a part preserved in the general signal sequence, which is a strong basic sequence, located at the N-terminal and comprising 1 - 10 amino acids according to the signal sequence.
- Central specific hydrophobic region indicates the region following N-region in the general signal sequence, which shows strong hydrophobicity owing to many hydrophobic amino acids .
- Signal sequence fragment indicates a part of a signal sequence, and unless stated otherwise, it is a fragment of a signal sequence with the deletion of C- terminal .
- Synchronization sequence fragment variant indicates the fragment prepared by changing any sequence region except the first amino acid Met in a signal sequence.
- protease indicates a specific amino acid sequence region cleaved by a protease.
- Amphipathic domain is the domain having both hydrophilic and hydrophobic regions, which is an inside region of a protein having a similar structure with transmembrane domain. In this invention, it is identical to the "transmembrane-like domain” in its meaning.
- Transmembrane-like (TM-like) domain indicates the region expected to have a similar structure with transmembrane domain of a transmembrane protein in polypeptide amino acid sequence analysis (Brasseur et al., Biochim Biophys Acta 1029 (2 ) : 267-273, 1990) .
- the transmembrane-like domain is easily predicted by various computer softwares predicting transmembrane domain. And the softwares are exemplified by TMpred, HMMTOP, TBBpred, DAS-TMfilter (//www. enzim.hu/DAS/DAS .html) , etc.
- the "transmembrane-like domain” herein includes "transmembrane domain” confirmed to have real transmembrane characteristics .
- “Expression vector” is a linear or a circular DNA molecule composed of a fragment encoding a target polypeptide operably linked to an additional fragment for the transcription of the vector.
- the additional fragment includes a promoter and a stop codon sequence.
- the expression vector contains one or more origins, one or more selection markers, an enhancer, a polyadenylation signal and others.
- the expression vector is generally originated from plasmid or virus DNA or contains elements from the both.
- “Operably linked” means that fragments are arranged to be functioning as they are supposed to be, for example once transcription starts at the promoter, it goes through coded fragment to stop codon.
- the present inventors constructed pET-22b(+) (ompASPi- Ixmefpl*) and pET-22b ( + ) clones by the fusion of the coding sequences of OmpASPi(Met) and OmpASPi- 2 (Met-Lys), which are parts of OmpA signal peptide (OmpASP) that is the signal sequence inducing protein secretion in E. coli, to 5' end of Ixmefpl encoding an adhesive protein Mefpl (see Table 1) .
- E. coli BL21 (DE3) was transformed with the constructed clone vectors, followed by expression.
- pET- 22b (+ ) [ompASPi- 3 -LyS n -I xmefpi*) clone was constructed by inserting Lys in between the OmpASPi- 3 fragment and the first amino acid Ala of Mefpl to increase pi value.
- pET-22b ( + ) ⁇ ompASPx-Arg n - 7xmefpl *) clone was also constructed by inserting Arg in between Met (OmpASPi) and the first amino acid Ala of Mepfl to increase pi value.
- the sequence is expected to have equal transmembrane channel to OmpASP with the pi value of 10.55.
- the expression pattern was as follows: There were two kinds of expressions (Asp/Glu specific expression at the pi value 2.73 - 3.25 and moderate increase of the expression at the pi value of 3.25 - 9.90) . So, it was confirmed that there were two different spectrums in the soluble expression of the adhesive protein Mefpl induced by the pi value of N- terminal in the leader sequence with down-controlled pi. That is, the pi value control of N-terminal affects the soluble protein expression.
- the expressions of the adhesive protein Mefpl having high + charge in the leader sequence expressed from pET- 22b(+ ) (ompASP t - 3 -LyS n -I *mefpl*) or pET-22b ( + ) ⁇ ompASP 1 -ArQ n - 7 ⁇ mefpl*) and the adhesive protein Mefpl having strong - charge in the leader sequence MDDDDDA ⁇ (SEQ. ID. NO: 35) were not related with electric charge.
- the leader sequence with the high pi value has Lys specific OmpASP Sec system (pi 9.90 - 11.41) and Arg specific membrane permeation mechanism (pi 11.52 - 13.35), the leader sequence with the wide low range of pi (pi 2.73 - 9.90) has Asp/Glu specific membrane permeation mechanism
- the leader sequences exhibiting low expression rates at the high pi value of 11.41 and 13.35 (SEQ. ID. NO: 22 and SEQ. ID. NO: 27) had comparatively high hydrophilic value of 1.93, and the leader sequence (SEQ. ID. NO: 35) exhibiting low expression rate at the low pi value of 2.73 also had comparatively high hydrophilic value of 1.09.
- the significantly increased hydrophilicity in the leader sequence might result in the decrease of membrane permeability by inducing the binding of the hydrophilic transmembrane like domain with the lipid bilayer membrane, which is consistent with the hypothesis proposed in the earlier patent application (Korean Patent Publication No.
- the soluble protein herein contains a factor Xa recognition site, so that it can be produced as a recombinant protein having the native form of N-terminal by treating factor Xa protease according to the conventional method known to those in the art.
- the present inventors tried to confirm whether or not the distance of pi affecting amino acids (for example Lys) could be an element affecting the soluble expression of the protein.
- the leader sequences MKAK and MKK have same pi values, but when two Lys-Lys are distant because of the insertion of a none pi specific amino acid such as Ala
- the adhesive protein Mefpl is the protein that is able to be soluble-expressed by attaching only Met of a signal sequence to N-terminal of the protein.
- the soluble expression of the adhesive protein Mefpl can be increased by regulating the pi values of the signal sequence and the leader sequence, and the distance between the pi specific amino acids.
- Olive flounder Hepcidin I protein contains amphipathic domain or transmembrane-like domain. According to Korean Patent Publication No.
- this protein could be soluble-expressed only when a secretional enhancer having signal sequence functions and hydrophilicity high enough to offset the internal TM-like domain was added.
- the present inventors designed the leader sequence of N-terminal as M- 7 ⁇ homologous amino acids in order to be functioning as a signal sequence and at the same time a secretional enhancer, and then constructed pET-22b ( + ) ⁇ ompASP ⁇ -7xhomologous amino ac ⁇ ds-ofhep I **) for the expression of the protein having the controlled pi value of 2.52 - 13.28 and hydrophobicity of -1.55 - +1.97 (see Table 5) .
- the homologous amino acid herein was selected from the group consisting of arginine
- leader sequences retain the high pi value as a signal sequence (MRRRRRRR and MKKKKKKK) and the high pi value and high hydrophilicity as a secretional enhancer (RRRRRRR and KKKKKKK) .
- MRRRRRRR and MKKKKKKK signal sequence
- RRRRRRR and KKKKKKK secretional enhancer
- 10-2007-0009453 also describes that the soluble secretion of the adhesive protein Mefpl could be slightly increased by substituting Sma I of pET- 22b(+ ) (ompASPi- 8 -5raaI-Xa-7xmefpl*) with the nucleotide corresponding to ⁇ xArg or ⁇ xLys, but the increase was not as significant as shown in the secretional enhancer sequence of olive flounder Hepcidin I (data not shown) .
- leader sequences of olive flounder Hepcidin I (MRRRRRRR and MKKKKKKK) are functioning as a signal sequence or a secretional enhancer or both (in the case that Met alone is functioning as a leader sequence, pi: 5.70) .
- the present inventors prepared the protein in which signal sequence variants (MAH; pI7.65, MAA; pI5.60 or MEE; pl3.09), OmpASP 4 -io- ⁇ ⁇ homologous amino acids and Xa recognition site (Xa) were linked to ofHepI in N-terminal of the protein and then constructed clones for the expression of the protein using the leader sequence having the controlled pi and hydrophobicity/hydrophilicity values (see Table 6) .
- signal sequence variants MAH; pI7.65, MAA; pI5.60 or MEE; pl3.09
- OmpASP 4 -io- ⁇ ⁇ homologous amino acids and Xa recognition site (Xa) were linked to ofHepI in N-terminal of the protein and then constructed clones for the expression of the protein using the leader sequence having the controlled pi and hydrophobicity/hydrophilicity values (see Table 6) .
- N-terminal of the protein is designed to have the signal sequence fragment with the low pi value and ⁇ xGlu having the low pi value but high hydrophilicity as a secretion enhancer.
- the soluble expression of the protein was induced only by 6 ⁇ Arg functioning as a secretional enhancer having the high pi value and high hydrophilicity.
- the pi value of the leader sequence was 3.09, 5.60, and 7.65, as shown in Figure 2, the pi value was presumed to be involved in membrane permeation process, which was similar to the membrane permeation mechanism induced by the wide pi spectrum of the leader sequence of the adhesive protein Mefpl.
- the pi value of the leader sequence was 10.55, as shown in Figure 1, the soluble expression would be controlled by the OmpASP fragment specific pi value.
- the pi value of the signal sequence fragment and the pi value of the leader sequence fragment played a critical role in the soluble expression of an adhesive protein Mefpl, but had nothing to do with electrical charge.
- the present inventors confirmed first the interrelationship between the soluble expression of an adhesive protein Mefpl and the pi value of the leader sequence. Particularly, the present inventors found out the Lys specific membrane permeation mechanism (pi 9.90 - 11.41), the Arg specific membrane permeation mechanism (pi 11.52 - 13.35), the Asp/Glu specific membrane permeation mechanism (pi 2.73 - 3.25) and the non-specific membrane permeation mechanism (pi 3.25 - 9.90) .
- the soluble expression was very weak or impossible only with the pi value of the signal sequence fragment and the pi value of the leader sequence.
- the soluble expression was induced by Arg and Lys having the high pi value and high hydrophilicity, and when the secretional enhancer sequence having the high pi value and hydrophilicity was linked to the signal sequence fragment with the controlled pi so as to have the wide pi spectrum, the soluble expression was induced.
- the present invention provides an expression vector for improving secretion efficiency of a foreign protein containing a gene construct which comprises (i) a promoter and (ii) a polynucleotide operably linked to the promoter encoding a polypeptide fragment containing a signal sequence and/or pi value of the N-region of the leader sequence of a foreign protein and/or N-region of the leader sequence or variants thereof in which the distance between amino acids affecting the pi value is controlled.
- the promoter herein is preferably originated from virus, prokaryotes or eukaryotes.
- the virus originated promoter is exemplified by cytomegalovirus (CMV) promoter, polyoma virus promoter, fowl pox virus promoter, adenovirus promoter, bovine papilloma virus promoter, Avian sarcoma virus promoter, retrovirus promoter, hepatitis B virus promoter, herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase promoter and simian virus 40 (SV40) promoter, but not always limited thereto.
- CMV cytomegalovirus
- polyoma virus promoter fowl pox virus promoter
- adenovirus promoter bovine papilloma virus promoter
- Avian sarcoma virus promoter Avian sarcoma virus promoter
- retrovirus promoter hepatitis B virus promoter
- herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase promoter herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase promoter
- SV40
- the prokaryotes originated promoter is exemplified by T7 promoter, SP6 promoter, heat-shock protein 70 promoter, ⁇ -lactamase promoter, lactose promoter, alkaline phosphatase promoter, tryptophan promoter and tac promoter, but not always limited thereto.
- the eukaryotes originated promoter is preferably a yeast originated promoter, a plant originated promoter or an animal cell originated promoter.
- the yeast originated promoter is exemplified by 3-phosphoglycerate kinase promoter, enolase promoter, glyceraldehydes-3- phosphate dihydrogenase promoter, hexokinase promoter, pyruvate dicarboxylase promoter, phosphofructokinase promoter, glucose-6-phosphate isomerase promoter, 3- phosphoglycerate mutase promoter, pyruvate kinase promoter, triosphosphate isomerase promoter, phosphoglucose isomerase promoter, glucokinase promoter, alcohol dihydrogenase 2 promoter, isocytochrome C promoter, acidic phosphatase promoter, Saccharomyces cerevisiae GALl promoter, Saccharomyces cerevisiae GALl promoter, Saccharomyces cerevisiae GALlO promoter and Pichia pastoris AOXl promoter,
- the animal cell originated promoter is exemplified by heat- shock protein promoter, proactin promoter and immuno globulin promoter, but not always limited thereto.
- any promoter that is able to express a foreign gene in a host cell can be used.
- the signal sequence herein is preferably originated from virus, prokaryotes or eukaryotes, which is exemplified by OmpA signal sequence, CT-B (cholera toxin subunit B) signal sequence, LTlIb-B (E. coli heat-labile enterotoxin B subunit) signal sequence, BAP (bacterial alkaline phosphatase) signal sequence (Izard and Kendall, MoI. Microbiol. 13:765-773, 1994), yeast carboxypeptidase Y signal sequence (Blachly-Dyson and Stevens, J. Cell. Biol.
- translocon-associated protein subunit alpha (TRAP- ⁇ ) signal sequence (Prehn et al., Eur J Blochem 188(2) :439- 445, 1990) and twin-arginine translocation (Tat) signal sequence (Robinson, Biol Chem 381 (2 ) : 89-93, 2000), but not always limited thereto.
- the polypeptide fragment containing N-region with the controlled pi value is preferably the polypeptide composed of 1 - 6 amino acids with the controlled pi value of 9.90 - 11.41 or the polypeptide composed of 1 - 12 amino acids with the controlled pi value of 3.09 - 9.90, but not always limited thereto.
- An amino acid of the peptide can be substituted with another amino acid or the sequence and length of the amino acid of the peptide can be modified by considering the pi value of the N-region.
- the pi value of the polypeptide fragment containing N-region of the signal sequence can be screened for the soluble expression of a foreign protein (see Figure 1 and Table 1) .
- the distance between amino acids that can affect the pi value in the leader sequence can be regulated for the optimum soluble expression of a foreign protein (see Figures 1 -4 and Tables 1 - 4) .
- the pi value of the polypeptide fragment can be controlled by inserting additional amino acids that can change the pi value in between amino acids of N-region.
- the pi value of the fragment can be increased by inserting an additional basic amino acid such as Lys, Arg and His, etc.
- the pi value can be reduced by adding an acidic amino acid such as Asp and GIu.
- a non-polar neutral amino acid selected from the group consisting of GIn, Ala, VaI, Leu, lie, Phe, Trp, Met, Cys and Pro, or a polar neutral amino acid selected from the group consisting of Ser, Thr, Tyr, Asn and GIn can be additionally added.
- the method for substituting amino acids is well known to those in the art (Sambrook et al., 1989. "Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual", 2nd ed. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, New York) .
- a polynucleotide encoding the protease recognition site was operably linked to a polynucleotide encoding the polypeptide fragment having N-region with the controlled pi value (see Table 3) .
- the protease recognition site herein can be one of Xa factor recognition site, enterokinase recognition site, genenase I recognition site and furin recognition site or can be composed of two or more recognition sites arranged in order. If the protease recognition site is the factor Xa recognition site, it is preferably composed of Ile-Glu-Gly-Arg.
- a non-polar neutral amino acid selected from the group consisting of GIn, Ala, VaI, Leu, lie, Phe, Trp, Met, Cys and Pro or a polar neutral amino acid selected from the group consisting of Ser, Thr, Tyr, Asn and GIn in between the polynucleotide encoding the polypeptide fragment containing N-region with the controlled pi value and the nucleotide encoding the protease recognition site, to regulate the distance between amino acids as 0 - 2.
- the optimum distance was generated by linking the protease recognition site to the polynucleotide encoding the polypeptide fragment having N-region with the controlled pi value (see Table 3 and Figure 3) .
- the expression vector of the invention additionally includes a protease recognition site for the insertion of a gene encoding a foreign protein.
- the protease recognition site herein is linked behind the polynucleotide encoding the polypeptide fragment containing N-region of the signal sequence with the controlled pi value.
- the site is linked behind the polynucleotide.
- the protease recognition site might or might not be added. It might be unfavorable to clone a gene encoding a foreign protein by using a protease recognition site to produce a protein in native form.
- a gene encoding a foreign protein can be additionally included in the said vector.
- the foreign protein is not limited and any protein preferred by those in the art can be accepted.
- a protein selected from the group consisting of antigen, antibody, cell receptor, enzyme, structural protein, serum, and cellular protein can be expressed as a recombinant fusion protein.
- the foreign protein herein is preferably the protein not containing one or more of transmembrane domain, transmembrane-like domain and amphipathic domain, which is preferably Mefpl polymer, but not always limited thereto.
- the present invention also provides an expression vector for improving secretion efficiency of a foreign protein containing a gene construct which comprises (i) a promoter; (ii) a polynucleotide operably linked to the promoter encoding a polypeptide fragment containing a segment of signal sequence and/or N-region of the leader sequence of a foreign protein or variants thereof in which the pi value is controlled ; and (iii) a polynucleotide operably linked to the polypeptide fragment or variants thereof encoding a secretional enhancer comprising a hydrophilicity enhancing sequence with the controlled pi value.
- the foreign protein above is preferably the protein that contains transmembrane domain, transmembrane-like domain or amphipathic domain.
- the region having + charge of the protein containing transmembrane domain, transmembrane-like domain or amphipathic domain is adhered onto lipid bilayer of a membrane and this structure plays an anchor-like role to inhibit extracellular secretion.
- the expression vector of the present invention favors the extracellular secretion of such proteins having a difficulty in extracellular secretion. So, the vector of the present invention is suitable for the soluble production of a protein having transmembrane domain, transmembrane-like domain or amphipathic domain.
- the foreign protein containing transmembrane domain, transmembrane-like domain or amphipathic domain is preferably olive flounder Hepcidin I, but not always limited thereto.
- a protein is identified as the one having transmembrane domain, transmembrane-like domain or amphipathic domain by hydrophobic (hydropathic) profile analysis detecting transmembrane-like domain or the sequence composed of a series of multiple hydrophilic amino acids behind the sequence composed of a series of multiple hydrophobic amino acids, this protein can be applied in the expression system of the present invention.
- hydrophobic (hydropathic) profile analysis detecting transmembrane-like domain or the sequence composed of a series of multiple hydrophilic amino acids behind the sequence composed of a series of multiple hydrophobic amino acids
- this protein can be applied in the expression system of the present invention.
- such computer soft wares as DNASISTM (Hitachi, Japan), DOMpro (Cheng et al., Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining 13(l) :l-20, 2006; //www. ics .uci . edu/ ⁇ baldig/dompro. html) , TMpred
- the pi value of the secretional enhancer of (iii) of the present invention is preferably changed by the pi value of the polypeptide fragment of (ii) . Particularly, when the pi value of the polypeptide fragment is controlled to 5 - 11, the pi value of the secretional enhancer is preferably controlled to 11 - 14. When the pi value of the polypeptide fragment is controlled to 2 - 5, the pi value of the secretional enhancer is preferably controlled to 2 - 14.
- the polypeptide fragment can additionally include a basic amino acid selected from the group consisting of Lys, Arg and His or one of the inside acidic amino acids of the fragment can be substituted with a basic amino acid to increase the pi value. Or an acidic amino acid such as Asp or GIu can be additionally inserted into the fragment or one of the inside basic amino acids can be substituted with an acidic amino acid to reduce the pi value.
- a basic amino acid selected from the group consisting of Lys, Arg and His
- an acidic amino acid such as Asp or GIu
- an acidic amino acid such as Asp or GIu
- a secretional enhancer comprising amino acids having the high pi value and high hydrophilicity is required.
- a secretional enhancer comprising amino acids having the high pi value and high hydrophilicity and/or another secretional enhancer comprising amino acids having the low pi value but high hydrophilicity can be used (see Table 5, Table 6, Figure 5 and Figure 6) .
- the polynucleotide encoding a secretional enhancer can be operably linked to the polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide fragment having N-region of the vector of the invention with the controlled pi value.
- the secretional enhancer herein is composed of a hydrophilicity enhancing sequence with the controlled pi value, by which the hydrophilicity of a signal sequence is increased to induce secretion of a foreign protein out of periplasm.
- the secretional enhancer herein is a hydrophilic peptide composed of at least 60%, preferably at least 65%, and more preferably at least 70% of hydrophilic amino acids, and the length thereof is not limited, but preferably 2 - 50 amino acids, and more preferably 4 - 25 amino acids, and most preferably 6 - 20 amino acids long.
- One of the most preferable examples of the enhancer is the polypeptide having the repeats of 6 hydrophilic amino acids.
- the hydrophilic amino acid is not limited but preferably Asn, GIn, Ser, Lys, Arg, Asp or GIu, and more preferably Lys, Arg, GIu or Asp.
- the pi value of the secretional enhancer can be screened for the soluble expression of a foreign protein.
- sequence and the lengths of amino acids of the signal sequence and the leader sequence of the said polypeptide can be regulated based on the control of the pi value of the secretional enhancer to a specific range favoring the soluble expression of a foreign protein (see Table 5, Table 6, Figure 5 and Figure 6) .
- the polynucleotide encoding a secretional enhancer is inserted in between the polynucleotide encoding the polypeptide fragment having N-region with the controlled pi value and the polynucleotide encoding a protease recognition site (see Table 6) . And this insertion is preferably performed by the protease recognition site digested with a protease generating blunt ends such as Smal .
- the protease recognition site is selected from the group consisting of factor Xa recognition site, enterokinase recognition site, genenase I recognition site and furin recognition site.
- the protease recognition site can be used alone or used as being fused.
- the expression vector of the present invention contains a gene construct linked to the polynucleotide encoding a secretional enhancer, a protease recognition site for the insertion of a foreign gene, and the polynucleotide encoding the foreign protein operably linked to the gene construct.
- the foreign gene can be cloned into the protease recognition site.
- the expression vector of the present invention can additionally include the polynucleotide encoding a protease recognition site. At this time, this polynucleotide is linked to the above said polynucleotide in frame so as to produce a native form of the inserted foreign protein after secretion and cleaving with the protease.
- the present invention also provides a transformant produced by transforming a host cell with the said expression vector.
- the host cell herein is preferably a prokaryotic cell or an eukaryotic cell, but not always limited thereto.
- the prokaryotic cell herein is preferably selected from the group consisting of virus, E. coli and Bacillus, but not always limited thereto.
- the eukaryotic cell herein is preferably a mammalian cell, an insect cell, yeast or a plant cell, but not always limited thereto.
- the present invention also provides a method for improving secretion efficiency of a recombinant protein using the said transformant.
- the present invention provides a method for improving secretion efficiency of a foreign protein comprising the following steps:
- 3) constructing a gene construct composed of a polynucleotide encoding a fusion protein containing the leader sequence of step 1) , the controlled distance region of step 2), a protease recognition site and the foreign protein in that order;
- step 6) selecting a transformant from the culture of the transformant of step 5) exhibiting the highest soluble expression of the target protein.
- the present invention provides a method for improving secretion efficiency of a foreign protein comprising the following steps: 1) designing a leader sequence having a signal sequence and/or N-region of the leader sequence of a foreign protein with the controlled pi value of 3.09 - 9.90;
- step 3 constructing a recombinant expression vector by inserting the gene construct of step 2) operably into a general expression vector;
- step 5) selecting a transformant from the culture of the transformant of step 4) exhibiting the highest soluble expression of the target protein.
- the pi value of the leader sequence was controlled for the soluble expression of the adhesive protein Mefpl.
- the soluble expression of the protein was most significant (see Table 2 and Figure 2) .
- the pi value of the leader sequence was controlled to 10.55 and 10.82 and the distance between Lys-Lys affecting the pi value was regulated by adding an amino acid not affecting the pi value.
- the present inventors determined the optimum distance for the expression (see Table 4 and Figure 4) .
- the amino acid affecting the pi value in step 2) is preferably Lys.
- the foreign protein herein is not limited and can be any protein that can be accepted by those in the art, which can be expressed as a recombinant fusion protein using a protein selected from the group consisting of antigen, antibody, cell receptor, enzyme, structural protein, serum, and cellular protein.
- the foreign protein is preferably the protein that does not contain transmembrane domain, transmembrane-like domain or amphipathic domain, which is preferably Mefpl polymer, but not always limited thereto.
- the present invention also provides a method for improving secretion efficiency of a foreign protein comprising the following steps:
- step 2) constructing a gene construct composed of a polynucleotide encoding a fusion protein containing the leader sequence of step 1) , a hydrophilic secretional enhancer, a protease recognition site and the foreign protein in that order;
- step 3) constructing a recombinant expression vector by inserting the gene construct of step 2) operably into a general expression vector; 4) generating a transformant by transforming a host cell with the recombinant expression vector of step 3) ;
- step 5) selecting a transformant from the culture of the transformant of step 4) exhibiting the highest soluble expression of the target protein.
- the present invention also provides a method for producing a recombinant fusion foreign protein comprising the following steps:
- step 2) regulating the distance between amino acids which affect the pi value in the leader sequence; 3) constructing a gene construct composed of a polynucleotide encoding a fusion protein containing the leader sequence of step 1) , the controlled distance region of step 2), a protease recognition site and the foreign protein in that order; 4) constructing a recombinant expression vector by inserting operably the gene construct of step 3) into a general expression vector;
- step 6) separating the recombinant fusion foreign protein from the culture solution of step 6) .
- the foreign protein herein is preferably the protein that contains transmembrane domain, transmembrane-like domain or amphipathic domain, but not always limited thereto.
- the pi value of the secretional enhancer of the present invention is preferably changed by the pi value of the polypeptide fragment. Particularly, when the pi value of the polypeptide fragment is controlled to 5 - 11, the pi value of the secretional enhancer is preferably controlled to 11 - 14. When the pi value of the polypeptide fragment is controlled to 2 - 5, the pi value of the secretional enhancer is preferably controlled to 2 - 14.
- the polypeptide fragment can additionally include a basic amino acid selected from the group consisting of Lys, Arg and His or one of the inside acidic amino acids of the fragment can be substituted with a basic amino acid to increase the pi value.
- an acidic amino acid such as Asp or GIu can be additionally inserted into the fragment or one of the inside basic amino acids can be substituted with an acidic amino acid to reduce the pi value.
- an acidic amino acid such as Asp or GIu
- one of the inside basic amino acids can be substituted with an acidic amino acid to reduce the pi value.
- a secretional enhancer comprising amino acids having the high pi value and high hydrophilicity and/or another secretional enhancer comprising amino acids having the low pi value but high hydrophilicity can be used (see Table 5, Table 6, Figure 5 and Figure 6) .
- the present invention also provides a method for producing a recombinant fusion foreign protein comprising the following steps:
- leader sequence having a signal sequence and/or N-region of the leader sequence of a foreign protein with the controlled pi value of 9.90 - 11.28; 2) regulating the distance between amino acids which affect the pi value in the leader sequence;
- 3) constructing a gene construct composed of a polynucleotide encoding a fusion protein containing the leader sequence of step 1) , the controlled distance region of step 2), a protease recognition site and the foreign protein in that order;
- step 6) culturing the transformant of step 5) ;
- step 6) separating the recombinant fusion foreign protein from the culture solution of step 6) .
- the present invention also provides a method for producing a recombinant fusion foreign protein comprising the following steps: 1) designing a leader sequence having a signal sequence and/or N-region of the leader sequence of a foreign protein with the controlled pi value of 3.09 - 9.90;
- step 3 constructing a recombinant expression vector by inserting the gene construct of step 2) operably into a general expression vector;
- step 6) separating the recombinant fusion foreign protein from the culture solution of step 5) .
- the recombinant fusion foreign protein herein can be produced by expressing the protein in a transformant transformed with the said expression vector and recovering the protein therefrom.
- the method for recovering the protein can be selected among the conventional methods known to those in the art.
- the foreign protein is not limited and any protein preferred by those in the art can be accepted. And, a protein selected from the group consisting of antigen, antibody, cell receptor, enzyme, structural protein, serum, and cellular protein can be expressed as a recombinant fusion protein.
- the foreign protein herein is preferably the protein not containing transmembrane domain, transmembrane-like domain or amphipathic domain, which is preferably Mefpl polymer, but not always limited thereto.
- the present invention also provides a method for producing a recombinant fusion foreign protein comprising the following steps: 1) designing a leader sequence having a signal sequence and/or N-region of the leader sequence of a foreign protein with the controlled pi value of 5 - 11;
- step 2) constructing a gene construct composed of a polynucleotide encoding a fusion protein containing the leader sequence of step 1) , a hydrophilic secretional enhancer, a protease recognition site and the foreign protein in that order;
- step 3 constructing a recombinant expression vector by inserting the gene construct of step 2) operably into a general expression vector;
- step 5 culturing the transformant of step 4); and, ⁇ ) separating the recombinant fusion foreign protein from the culture solution of step 5) .
- the present invention also provides a method for producing a recombinant fusion foreign protein comprising the following steps: 1) designing a leader sequence having a signal sequence and/or N-region of the leader sequence of a foreign protein with the controlled pi value of 2 - 5;
- step 3) constructing a recombinant expression vector by- inserting the gene construct of step 2) operably into a general expression vector; 4) generating a transformant by transforming a host cell with the recombinant expression vector of step 3) ;
- the foreign protein herein is preferably the protein that contains transmembrane domain, transmembrane-like domain or amphipathic domain, but not always limited thereto.
- the fusion protein generated from fusion of the modified signal sequence and the foreign protein by the method of the present invention can pass through blood-brain barrier to work directly on the brain, unlike general proteins. So, the method of the present invention can be a dramatic momentum in the advancement of a drug delivery system for treating brain disease.
- the fusion foreign protein prepared by the method of the present invention can be delivered wherever in the body because it can pass through the stomach wall before being decomposed in the stomach and can pass through the skin and be smeared into the body when applied or patched on the skin. Therefore, the method of the present invention overcomes the limitations of the conventional protein preparations in administration method (intravenous injection, intramuscular injection, hypodermic injection or nasal administration) , so that it facilitates simpler administration methods such as oral administration and transdermal administration.
- the present invention provides a recombinant fusion foreign protein produced by the said method.
- the foreign protein herein is not limited but the therapeutic protein targeting the brain is preferred.
- the recombinant fusion foreign protein produced by the method of the present invention harbors transmembrane domain that can pass through blood-brain barrier by containing a modified signal sequence.
- the present invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition containing the recombinant fusion foreign protein of a modified signal sequence and the foreign protein and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
- the pharmaceutical composition is preferably used for the treatment of brain disease, but not always limited thereto.
- the present invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition containing the recombinant fusion foreign protein and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
- the pharmaceutical composition is expected to increase the efficiency in delivery of the conventional therapeutic protein for brain disease such as stroke and senile dementia (Alzheimer's disease) .
- the pharmaceutical composition of the present invention can be administered by any conventional pathway that can deliver the drug into a target area, particularly by local, oral, parenteral, intranasal, intravenous, intramuscular, hypodermic, ophthalmic or transdermal administration.
- This composition can be formulated as solutions, suspensions, tablets, pills, capsules and sustained-release preparations, and injectable solutions are preferred.
- injectable solutions sterilized isotonic solution or saline can be added, and the injectable solution can be administered by hypodermic injection, intramuscular injection and intravenous injection.
- the effective dosage of the composition can be determined by those in the art by considering the severity and the type of a disease, age, gender, administration method, target cells, expression levels, etc.
- the pharmaceutical composition of the present invention can additionally include a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, fdr example, an excipient, a disintegrating agent, a sweetening agent, a lubricant and a flavor.
- a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier fdr example, an excipient, a disintegrating agent, a sweetening agent, a lubricant and a flavor.
- the disintegrating agent is exemplified by sodium starch glycolate, crospovidone, croscarmellose sodium, alginic acid, calcium carboxymethyl cellulose, sodium carboxymethyl cellulose, chitosan, guar gum, low- substituted hydroxypropyl cellulose, magnesium aluminum silicate, polacrilin potassium, etc.
- the pharmaceutical composition of the present invention can additionally include a pharmaceutically acceptable additive, which is exemplified by starch, gelatinized starch, microcrystalline cellulose, lactose, povidone, colloidal silicon dioxide, calcium hydrogen phosphate, lactose, mannitol, taffy, Arabia rubber, pregelatinized starch, corn starch, cellulose powder, hydroxypropyl cellulose, Opadry, carunauba wax, synthetic aluminum silicate, stearic acid, magnesium stearate, aluminum stearate, calcium stearate, white sugar, dextrose, sorbitol, talc, etc.
- the pharmaceutically acceptable additive herein is preferably added by 0.1 - 90 weight part to the pharmaceutical composition.
- Solid formulations for oral administration are powders, granules, tablets, capsules, soft capsules and pills.
- Liquid formulations for oral administrations are suspensions, solutions, emulsions, syrups and aerosols, and the above-mentioned formulations can contain various excipients such as wetting agents, sweeteners, aromatics and preservatives in addition to generally used simple diluents such as water and liquid paraffin.
- powders, granules, tablets, capsules, sterilized suspensions, liquids, water-insoluble excipients, suspensions, emulsions, syrups, suppositories, external use such as aerosols and sterilized injections can be prepared by the conventional, and preferably skin external pharmaceutical compositions such as creams, gels, patches, sprays, ointments, plasters, lotions, liniments, pastes or cataplasms can be prepared, but not always limited thereto.
- Water insoluble excipients and suspensions can contain, in addition to the active compound or compounds, propylene glycol, polyethylene glycol, vegetable oil like olive oil, injectable ester like ethylolate, etc.
- Suppositories can contain, in addition to the active compound or compounds, witepsol, macrogol, tween 61, cacao butter, laurin butter, glycerogelatin, etc.
- the effective dosage of the pharmaceutical composition of the present invention can be determined according to absorptiveness of the active ingredient, inactivation rate, excretion rate, age, gender, health condition and severity of a disease by those in the art.
- the pharmaceutical composition can be administered by 0.0001 - 100 mg/kg per day for an adult, and more preferably by 0.001 - 100 mg/kg per day.
- the administration frequency is once a day or a few times a day. The said dosage cannot limit the scope of the present invention by any means.
- the present invention also provides a method for producing a foreign protein in native form. Particularly, the present invention provides a method for producing a foreign protein in native form comprising the following steps:
- 3) constructing a gene construct composed of a polynucleotide encoding a fusion protein containing the leader sequence of step 1), the controlled distance region of step 2), a protease recognition site and the foreign protein in that order;
- step 6) culturing the transformant of step 5) ; 7) separating the recombinant fusion foreign protein from the culture solution of step 6) ;
- the foreign protein herein is preferably the protein that does not contain one or more of transmembrane domain, transmembrane-like domain or amphipathic domain, and the amino acid affecting the pi value of step 2) can be Lys .
- the present invention also provides a method for producing a foreign protein in native form comprising the following steps:
- step 3 constructing a recombinant expression vector by inserting the gene construct of step 2) operably into a general expression vector;
- step 6) separating the fusion foreign protein from the culture solution of step 5) ;
- step 7) separating the foreign protein in native form after cleaving the fusion foreign protein of step 6) with a protease that could cleave the protease recognition site.
- the foreign protein herein is characteristically the protein that does not contain one or more of transmembrane domain, transmembrane-like domain or amphipathic domain.
- the present invention also provides a method for producing a foreign protein in native form comprising the following steps:
- step 2) constructing a gene construct composed of a polynucleotide encoding a fusion protein containing the leader sequence of step 1) , a hydrophilic secretional enhancer, a protease recognition site and the foreign protein in that order;
- step 3 constructing a recombinant expression vector by inserting the gene construct of step 2) operably into a general expression vector; 4) generating a transformant by transforming a host cell with the recombinant expression vector of step 3);
- step 6) separating the fusion foreign protein from the culture solution of step 5) ; and, 7) separating the foreign protein in native form after cleaving the fusion foreign protein of step 6) with a protease that could cleave the protease recognition site.
- the foreign protein herein is characteristically the protein that contains one or more transmembrane domain, transmembrane-like domain or amphipathic domain, and the pi value of the hydrophilic secretional enhancer of step 2) is controlled to 11 - 14.
- the present invention also provides a method for producing a foreign protein in native form comprising the following steps:
- step 4 4) generating a transformant by transforming a host cell with the recombinant expression vector of step 3) ; 5) culturing the transformant of step 4);
- step 6) separating the fusion foreign protein from the culture solution of step 5) ;
- step 7) separating the foreign protein in native form after cleaving the fusion foreign protein of step 6) with a protease that could cleave the protease recognition site.
- the foreign protein herein is characteristically the protein that contains one or more transmembrane domain, transmembrane-like domain or amphipathic domain, and the pi value of the hydrophilic secretional enhancer of step 2) is controlled to 2 - 14.
- the present invention also provides a method for producing an intracellular carrier for the delivery of a target material into the cell. Particularly, the present invention provides a method for producing an intracellular carrier for the delivery of a target material comprising the following steps:
- 3) constructing a gene construct composed of a polynucleotide encoding a fusion protein containing the leader sequence of step 1), the controlled distance region of step 2), a protease recognition site and the foreign protein in that order;
- step 6) culturing the transformant of step 5) ; 7) separating the fusion foreign protein from the culture solution of step 6) ;
- step 9) combining the peptide containing the leader sequence, the hydrophilic secretional enhancer and the protease recognition site of step 8) with a target material which is supposed to be delivered into the cell.
- the foreign protein herein is preferably the protein that does not contain one or more of transmembrane domain, transmembrane-like domain and amphipathic domain, and the amino acid affecting the pi value of step 2) can be Lys .
- the material supposed to be delivered into the cell herein is preferably selected from the group consisting of natural compounds, synthetic compounds, RNA, DNA, polypeptides, antisense peptide nucleic acids, enzymes, proteins, ligands, antibodies, antigens, metabolites of bacteria or fungi and bioactive molecules, but not always limited thereto.
- the present invention also provides a method for producing an intracellular carrier for the delivery of a target material comprising the following steps:
- step 2) constructing a gene construct composed of a polynucleotide encoding a fusion protein containing the leader sequence of step 1) , a protease recognition site and the foreign protein in that order; 3) constructing a recombinant expression vector by inserting the gene construct of step 2) operably into a general expression vector;
- step 4 4) generating a transformant by transforming a host cell with the recombinant expression vector of step 3) ; 5) culturing the transformant of step 4);
- step 6) separating the fusion foreign protein from the culture solution of step 5) ;
- step 8) combining the peptide containing the leader sequence, the hydrophilic secretional enhancer and the protease recognition site of step 7) with a target material which is supposed to be delivered into the cell.
- the foreign protein herein is preferably the protein that does not contain one or more of transmembrane domain, transmembrane-like domain and amphipathic domain.
- the material supposed to be delivered into the cell herein is preferably selected from the group consisting of natural compounds, synthetic compounds, RNA, DNA, polypeptides, antisense peptide nucleic acids, enzymes, proteins, ligands, antibodies, antigens, metabolites of bacteria or fungi and bioactive molecules, but not always limited thereto.
- the present invention also provides a method for producing an intracellular carrier for the delivery of a target material comprising the following steps:
- a leader seguence having a signal sequence and/or N-region of the leader sequence of a foreign protein with the controlled pi value of 5 - 11; 2) constructing a gene construct composed of a polynucleotide encoding a fusion protein containing the leader sequence of step 1) , a hydrophilic secretional enhancer, a protease recognition site and the foreign protein in that order; 3) constructing a recombinant expression vector by inserting the gene construct of step 2) operably into a general expression vector;
- step 4 4) generating a transformant by transforming a host cell with the recombinant expression vector of step 3) ; 5) culturing the transformant of step 4);
- step 6) separating the fusion foreign protein from the culture solution of step 5) ;
- step 8) combining the peptide containing the leader sequence, the hydrophilic secretional enhancer and the protease recognition site of step 7) with a target material which is supposed to be delivered into the cell.
- the foreign protein herein is characteristically the protein that contains one or more of transmembrane domain, transmembrane-like domain and amphipathic domain, and the pi value of the hydrophilic secretional enhancer of step 2) is controlled to 11 - 14.
- the material supposed to be delivered into the cell herein is preferably selected from the group consisting of natural compounds, synthetic compounds, RNA, DNA, polypeptides, antisense peptide nucleic acids, enzymes, proteins, ligands, antibodies, antigens, metabolites of bacteria or fungi and bioactive molecules, but not always limited thereto.
- the present invention also provides a method for producing an intracellular carrier for the delivery of a target material comprising the following steps:
- step 2) constructing a gene construct composed of a polynucleotide encoding a fusion protein containing the leader sequence of step 1) , a hydrophilic secretional enhancer, a protease recognition site and the foreign protein in that order;
- step 3) constructing a recombinant expression vector by inserting the gene construct of step 2) operably into a general expression vector; ' 4) generating a transformant by transforming a host cell with the recombinant expression vector of step 3) ;
- step 6) separating the fusion foreign protein from the culture solution of step 5) ; 7) separating the peptide containing the leader sequence, the hydrophilic secretional enhancer and the protease recognition site but not the foreign protein in native form after cleaving the fusion foreign protein of step 6) with a protease that could cleave the protease recognition site; and
- the foreign protein herein is characteristically the protein that contains one or more of transmembrane domain, transmembrane-like domain and amphipathic domain, and the pi value of the hydrophilic secretional enhancer of step 2) is controlled to 2 - 14.
- the material supposed to be delivered into the cell herein is preferably selected from the group consisting of natural compounds, synthetic compounds, RNA, DNA, polypeptides, antisense peptide nucleic acids, enzymes, proteins, ligands, antibodies, antigens, metabolites of bacteria or fungi and bioactive molecules, but not always limited thereto.
- the present inventors constructed synthetic mefpl DNA based on Mepfl having the same sequence with that described in Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2007-0009453 and being represented by SEQ. ID. NO: 95 (Ala Lys Pro Ser Tyr Pro Pro Thr Tyr Lys), with the forward primer represented by SEQ. ID. NO: 96 (5'-TAC AAA GCT AAG CCG TCT TAT CCG CCA ACC-3 ' ) which was the same as the one used in Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2007-0009453 and the reverse primer represented by SEQ. ID. NO: 97 (5'-TTT GTA GGT TGG CGG ATA AGA CGG CTT AGC-3') which was the same as the one used in Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2007-0009453.
- SEQ. ID. NO: 95 Al Lys Pro Ser Tyr Pro Pro Thr Tyr Lys
- SEQ. ID. NO: 96 5'-TAC AAA GCT AAG CCG TCT TAT CCG CCA ACC-3 '
- Left adaptor (referred as "La” hereinafter) synthetic DNA was synthesized by using the forward primer represented by SEQ. ID. NO: 98 (5'-GAT CCG AAT TCC CCG GG-3 1 ) harboring BamHI/EcoRI/ Smal sites which was the same as the one used in Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2007-0009453 and the reverse primer represented by SEQ. ID. NO: 99 (5'-TTT GTA CCC GGG GAA TTC G-3') which was the same as the one used in Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2007-0009453.
- right adaptor (referred as "Ra” hereinafter) synthetic DNA was synthesized by using the forward primer represented by SEQ. ID.
- Example 2 Expression of an adhesive protein in the N- terminal variant clone
- the present inventors performed PCR using pBluescript II SK ( + ) La-Ixmefpl-Ra as a template to introduce the OmpA signal peptide (OmpASP) fragment for the soluble expression according to the controlled pi value of the N- terminal of Mefpl.
- OmpASP OmpA signal peptide
- E. coli BL21 (DE3) was transformed with the expression vectors containing N-terminal constructed as shown in Table 1 - Table 4 according to the conventional method, followed by culture in LB medium (tryptone 10 g, yeast extract 5 g, NaCl 10 g/t) supplemented with 50 ⁇ g I m ⁇ of ampicillin at 30 ° C for 16 hours.
- the culture solution was diluted 200 times with the LB medium. 1 inM of IPTG was added to the diluted culture solution, followed by culture until OD 60O reached 0.3. Culture continued for three more hours.
- Coomassie Brilliant Blue (Sigma, USA) staining was performed.
- the SDS-PAGE gel was transferred onto a nitrocellulose membrane (Roche, USA) .
- the membrane was soaked in 0.4 ⁇ g I m# of anti-His ⁇ monoclonal antibody solution (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, USA) at 37 ° C for 2 hours.
- the concentration of the adhesive protein Mefpl band obtained thereby was measured by densitometer analysis using Quantity One program (Bio Rad, USA) .
- Example 3 Effect of a short signal sequence fragment having the increased pi value and its variants on the expression of an adhesive protein
- OmpASP tr OmpASP fragment described in Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2007-0009453.
- A primer constructed in Korean Patent Publication No, 10-2007-0009453.
- Reverse primer Oligonucleotide sequence complementary to Ra (right adapter; Arq/HindJR/Sall/Xhol) shown in Figure 2 of Korean Patent Publication No. 10- 2007-0009453.
- Example 4 Effect of the increased pi value of a leader sequence on the expression of an adhesive protein
- Example 3 The present inventors confirmed in Example 3 that the control of the pi value of a leader sequence by using Lys was related to the soluble expression of a protein. And the inventors further wanted to confirm whether or not the control of the pi value could affect the general expression of a soluble protein as well.
- E. coli BL21 (DE3) was transformed with the clone vectors constructed above by the same manner as described in Example 2, and the protein expression induced therein was quantified.
- the soluble expression of the adhesive protein Mefpl fused with the leader sequence having the increased pi value of 10.99 - 11.21 by the addition of Lys ( Figure Ia, line 4 - line 6 and Table 1, SEQ. ID. NO: 18 - SEQ. ID. NO: 20) was similar to the level of the control having the pi value of 10.55 ( Figure Ia, line 2 and Table 1, SEQ. ID. NO: 16) or slightly increased.
- the soluble expression of the adhesive protein Mefpl fused with the leader sequence having the increased pi value of 11.52 - 12.51 by the addition of Arg was similar to that of the control having the pi value of 9.90 (SEQ. ID. NO: 15) or slightly increased (leader sequence having the pi value of 12.51 by the addition of 2 Args, SEQ. ID. NO: 24), though the increase was not significant.
- the soluble expression of the adhesive protein Mefpl fused with the leader sequences having the pi value of 12.98, 13.20 and 13.35 was reduced with the increase of the pi value (Table 1 and Figure Ib) .
- the leader sequence having the pi value of 13.35 that exhibited the lowest expression (SEQ. ID. NO: 27) had comparatively high hydrophilicity (1.93) . So, it was presumed that significant increase of hydrophilicity in the leader sequence rather reduced membrane permeability by increasing the binding force to lipid bilayer (Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2007- 0009453) . At this time, the expression had nothing to do with the increase of electric charge.
- Example 5 Effect of the low pi value of a leader sequence on the soluble expression of an adhesive protein
- the present inventors investigated the effect of the down-controlled pi value of N-terminal of a leader sequence on the soluble expression of Mefpl.
- OnIpASP 1 -Ixmefpl* was used as the control and the amino acid sequence of the leader sequence Met (OmPASP 1 ) +AIa-LyS (N-terminal of Mefpl) was differently modified to produce variants of the leader sequence represented by SEQ. ID. NO: 35 - SEQ. ID. NO: 41 [MDDDDDAA
- the soluble adhesive protein Mefpl expression was observed in every clone containing the leader sequences represented by SEQ. ID. NO: 35 - SEQ. ID. NO: 41.
- the clones containing the leader sequences having the pi values of 3.09 - 7.65 (SEQ. ID. NO: 37 - SEQ. ID. NO: 41) exhibited significantly higher expression than those in the clones containing the leader sequences having the pi values of 9.90 (SEQ. ID. NO: 15) and 12.98 (SEQ. ID. NO: 25), and especially higher expression was observed when the pi value was controlled to 3.09 (SEQ. ID. NO: 37) ( Figure 2 and Table 2) .
- Even the leader sequence exhibiting the lowest expression SEQ. ID.
- A primer constructed in Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2007-0009453.
- Reverse primer Oligonucleotide sequence complementary to Ra (right adaptor; Arg/HindJR/ Sall/Xhol) shown in Figure 2 of Korean Patent Publication No. 10- 2007-0009453.
- Example 6 Optimization of the distance between a leader sequence and a factor Xa recognition site (Xa) for the production of an adhesive protein in native form
- Example 5 From the investigation of the expression patterns of Mefpl protein, which resulted in the increase of the expression by the controlled pi value of the leader sequence, it was confirmed that one of the optimum pi value of the leader sequence of the adhesive foreign protein Mefpl was 3.09 (MEE; SEQ. ID. NO: 37) .
- (Xa) was optimized by controlling the distance between the leader sequence and Mefpl sequence linked thereto, followed by production of a fusion protein facilitating the recovery of a soluble protein having the native amino terminal according to the method described in Korean Patent
- ATC GAA GGT CGT oligonucleotide of the Xa factor recognition site.
- General letters oligonucleotide encoding the basic amino acid sequence of Mefp 1 represented by SEQ. ID. NO: 1 described in Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2007-0009453.
- A primer constructed in Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2007-0009453.
- Reverse primer Oligonucleotide sequence complementary to Ra (right adaptor; Arg/HindTR/Sall/Xhol) shown in Figure 2 of Korean Patent Publication No. 10- 2007-0009453.
- the present inventors confirmed that the pi value of N-terminal containing a signal sequence could affect the soluble expression of an adhesive foreign protein Mefpl. Then, the inventors further investigated if the distance between amino acids (for example between Lys-Lys) affecting the pi value in OmpA signal sequence fragment (OmpASP tr ) could affect the soluble expression of Mefpl. Particularly, the leader sequences MKK (SEQ. ID. NO: 56) and MKAK (SEQ. ID.
- the leader sequence of the above clone had the equal pi value of 10.55 from OmpASPi_ 2 fragment (Met-Lys) to the underlined second Ala (Ala-Ala) taking the place of the second Lys of Mefpl affecting the pi value.
- E. coli BL21 (DE3) was transformed with the clone constructed above as shown in Table 4 by the same manner as described in Example 2 and the protein expression therein was quantified.
- the pi value of the leader sequence played an important role in the soluble expression of the adhesive protein Mefpl and there was the optimum pi value in its spectrum for the best expression.
- the soluble expression of the adhesive protein Mefpl had nothing to do with electric charge.
- the distance between Lys and Lys affecting the pi value was also an important factor for the expression.
- CAT extended for the preservation of Ndel site. Italic letters: oligonucleotide encoding the leader sequence of the signal sequence fragment OmpASPi-n or its variants linked to N-terminal (Ala-Ala) of an adhesive protein.
- Ala Lys of Ala-Lys of N-terminal of an adhesive protein was substituted with Ala.
- A primer constructed in Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2007-0009453.
- Reverse primer Oligonucleotide sequence complementary to Ra (right adaptor; Arg/HindHL/Sail/Xhol) shown in Figure 2 of Korean Patent Publication No. 10- 2007-0009453.
- leader sequence functioning as a signal sequence and at the same time as a secretional enhancer or a signal sequence OmpASP fragment variant, a secretional enhancer candidate sequence or/and Xa recognition site were operably linked to ofHepl, which was introduced into pET-22b(+) (Table 5 and Table 6) .
- E. coli BL21 (DE3) was transformed with the expression vector containing N-terminal constructed as shown in Table 5 and Table 6, followed by culture in LB medium (tryptone 10 g, yeast extract 5 g, NaCl 10 g/t) supplemented with 50 ⁇ g I mi of ampicillin at 30 ° C for 16 hours.
- the culture solution was diluted 200 times with the
- LB medium 1 mM of IPTG was added to the diluted culture solution, followed by culture until OD 6 oo reached 0.3. The culture continued for 3 hours to induce the expression. 1 mi of the culture solution proceeded to centrifugation at 4°C, 4,000 ⁇ g for 30 minutes and the pellet was resuspended in 100 - 200 ⁇ i of PBS. The suspension was homogenized to separate a protein by using a sonicator at 15* 2-s cycle pulses (at 30% power output) . Centrifugation was performed at 4 ° C , 16,000 rpm for 30 minutes to eliminate cell debris, resulting in the separation of an insoluble fraction.
- the protein of a soluble fraction was quantified by Bradford method (Bradford, Anal Biochem 72:248-254, 1976), followed by SDS-PAGE by using 15% SDS-PAGE gel according to the method of Laemmli et al (Laemmli, Nature 227:680-685, 1970) . Coomassie Brilliant Blue (Sigma, USA) staining was performed.
- the SDS-PAGE gel was transferred onto a nitrocellulose membrane (Roche, USA) . After dipping in 5% skim milk (skimmed milk; Difco, USA) , the membrane was soaked in 0.4 ⁇ g / ml of anti-His6 monoclonal antibody solution (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, USA) at 37 °C for 2 hours.
- DAB 3, 3 ' -diaminobenzidine tetrahydrochloride, Sigma, USA
- staining was performed using horseradish peroxidase conjugated rabbit anti-mouse IgG (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, USA) as a secondary antibody.
- Example 9 Soluble expression of olive flounder Hepcidin I by controlling the pi value of a leader sequence
- the present inventors investigated the effect of pi control in a leader sequence on the soluble expression of olive flounder Hepcidin I by the similar manner as described in Example 4 and Example 5.
- For the soluble expression of olive flounder Hepcidin I similarly to the screening method of a secretional enhancer described in Korean Patent Publication No.
- the homologous amino acid herein was selected from the group consisting of arginine (Arg; R), lysine (Lys, K), histidine (His; H), tyrosine (Tyr; Y), cysteine (Cys; C), glutamic acid (GIu; E) and aspartic acid (Asp; D) , which was supposed to have 7 repeats.
- the hydrophobicity was measured by DNASISTM (Hitachi, Japan) as Hopp & Woods scale (window size: 6, threshold: 0.00) . If the hydrophobicity value is +, the peptide is hydrophilic, while if the hydrophobicity value is -, the peptide is hydrophobic.
- E. coli BL21 (DE3) was transformed with the clone vector constructed above by the same manner as described in Example 8, followed by quantification of the protein expression.
- the soluble expression of Hepcidin I was observed only in the clones having MRRRRRRR (pi: 13.28, hydrophobicity : +1.97 [hydrophilic] ) and MKKKKKKK (pi: 11.28, hydrophobicity: +1.97 [hydrophilic]) ( Figure 5) .
- CAT extended for the preservation of Ndel site.
- Bold letters oligonucleotides having different sizes of the leader sequences affecting the pi value and the hydrophobicity .
- ofhep I olive flounder Hepcidin I (ofHepcidin I : ofHepI) gene (Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2007- 0009453; Kim et al., Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem. 69, 1411-1414, 2005) .
- A primer constructed in Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2007-0009453.
- Reverse primer Oligonucleotide sequence containing C-terminal and GIu/HindHl/Sal I /Xho I site of ofHepcidin I of Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2007-0009453.
- Hydrophobicity calculated by DNASISTM (Hitachi, Japan) as Hopp & Woods scale (window size: 6, threshold: 0.00) . If the hydrophobicity value is +, the peptide is hydrophilic, while if the hydrophobicity value is -, the peptide is hydrophobic. And, as the absolute value increases, hydrophilicity or hydrophobicity increases.
- Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2007-009453 describes the soluble expression of olive flounder Hepcidin I by using OmpASPi-io having the comparatively high pi value of 10.55 as a signal sequence.
- the present inventors confirmed in Example 4 and Example 5 of the invention that not only the high pi value but also the low pi value of the leader sequence could increase the soluble expression of an adhesive protein Mefpl.
- the present inventors investigated the effect of the low pi value of the signal sequence variants on the soluble expression of olive flounder Hepcidin I.
- leader sequence was designed to contain the signal sequence fragment OmpASPi- 3 variants [MAH
- hydrophobicity was calculated by DNASISTM (Hitachi, Japan) as Hopp & Woods scale (window size: 6, threshold: 0.00) . If the hydrophobicity value is +, the peptide is hydrophilic, while if the hydrophobicity value is -, the peptide is hydrophobic. And, as the absolute value increases, hydrophilicity or hydrophobicity increases.
- E. coli BL21 (DE3) was transformed with the clone vector of Table 6 by the same manner as described in Example 8, followed by quantification of the protein expression.
- the recombinant protein MAH (pi 7.65) -OmpASP 4 -i 0 -6 ⁇ Arg-Xa-ofHep I ** was well expressed.
- MAH(pI 7.65)-OmpASP 4 _io-6 ⁇ Glu-Xa-ofHep I ** was also expressed but very weakly.
- the hydrophobic region linked to N- terminal of the leader sequence reduces the original hydrophilicity of N-terminal so as to make the fragment act as a free anchor functioning as a signal sequence, resulting in broadening the spectrum of a secretional enhancer.
- the pi value of N-terminal of the leader sequence has inter-relationship with the secretional enhancer sequence, as confirmed in the above as the controlled pi value of N- terminal of the signal sequence results in the change of the soluble expression.
- Hep I olive flounder Hepcidin I (ofHepcidin I ) gene (Kim et al . , Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 69:1411-1414, 2005) .
- Bold letters oligonucleotides of the signal sequence variants affecting the pi value.
- A primer constructed in Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2007-0009453.
- Reverse primer oligonucleotide sequence containing C-terminal and GIu/HindJR/Sal I /Xho I site of ofHepcidin I of Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2007-0009453.
- Hydrophobicity calculated by DNASISTM (Hitachi, Japan) as Hopp & Woods scale (window size: 6, threshold line: 0.00) . If the hydrophobicity value is +, the peptide is hydrophilic, while if the hydrophobicity value is -, the peptide is hydrophobic. And, as the absolute value increases, hydrophilicity or hydrophobicity increases.
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