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- Ahlqvist, Josefin, et al.
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Affinity binding of inclusion bodies on supermacroporous monolithic cryogels using labeling with specific antibodies
- 2006
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In: Journal of Biotechnology. - : Elsevier BV. - 0168-1656 .- 1873-4863. ; 122:2, s. 216-225
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- A new chromatographic method based on affinity supermacroporous monolithic cryogels is developed for binding and analyzing inclusion bodies during fermentation. The work demonstrated that it is possible to bind specific IgG and IgY antibodies to the 15 and 17 amino acids at the terminus ends of a 33 kDa target protein aggregated as inclusion bodies. The antibody treated inclusion bodies from lysed fermentation broth can be specifically retained in protein A and pseudo-biospecific ligand sulfamethazine modified supermacroporous cryogels. The degree of binding of IgG and IgY treated inclusion bodies to the Protein A and sulfamethazine gels are investigated, as well as the influence of pH on the sulfamethazine ligand. Optimum binding of 78 and 72% was observed on both protein A and sulfamethazine modified cryogel columns, respectively, using IgG labeling of the inclusion bodies. The antibody treated inclusion bodies pass through unretained in the sulfamethazine supermacroporous gel at pH that does not favour the binding between the ligand on the gel and the antibodies on the surface of inclusion bodies. Also the unlabeled inclusion bodies went through the gel unretained, showing no non-specific binding or trapping within the gel. These findings may very well be the foundation for the building of a powerful analytical tool during fermentation of inclusion bodies as well as a convenient way to purify them from fermentation broth. These results also support our earlier findings [Kumar, A., Plieva, F.M., Galaev, I.Yu., Mattiasson, B.. 2003. Affinity fractionation of lymphocytes using a monolithic cyogel. J. Immunol. Methods 283, 185-194] with mammalian cells that were surface labeled with specific antibodies and recognized on protein A supermacroporous gels. A general binding and separation system can be established on antibody binding cryogel affinity matrices.
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- Basselet, Pascal, et al.
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Sample processing for DNA chip array-based analysis of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC)
- 2008
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In: Microbial Cell Factories. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1475-2859. ; 7
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Background: Exploitation of DNA-based analyses of microbial pathogens, and especially simultaneous typing of several virulence-related genes in bacteria is becoming an important objective of public health these days. Results: A procedure for sample processing for a confirmative analysis of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) on a single colony with DNA chip array was developed and is reported here. The protocol includes application of fragmented genomic DNA from ultrasonicated colonies. The sample processing comprises first 2.5 min of ultrasonic treatment, DNA extraction (2x), and afterwards additional 5 min ultrasonication. Thus, the total sample preparation time for a confirmative analysis of EHEC is nearly 10 min. Additionally, bioinformatic revisions were performed in order to design PCR primers and array probes specific to most conservative regions of the EHEC-associated genes. Six strains with distinct pathogenic properties were selected for this study. At last, the EHEC chip array for a parallel and simultaneous detection of genes etpC-stx1-stx2-eae was designed and examined. This should permit to sense all currently accessible variants of the selected sequences in EHEC types and subtypes. Conclusion: In order to implement the DNA chip array-based analysis for direct EHEC detection the sample processing was established in course of this work. However, this sample preparation mode may also be applied to other types of EHEC DNA-based sensing systems.
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- Bollok, Monika, et al.
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Production of poplar xyloglucan endotransglycosylase using the methylotrophic yeast Pichia pastoris
- 2005
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In: Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 0273-2289 .- 1559-0291. ; 126, s. 61-77
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The gene XET16A encoding the enzyme xyloglucan endotransglycosylase (XET) from hybrid aspen (Populus tremula x tremuloides Mich) was transformed into Pichia pastoris GS115 and the enzyme was secreted to the medium. The influence of process conditions on the XET production, activity, and proteolytic degradation were examined. Inactivation of XET occurred in the foam, but could be decreased significantly by using an efficient antifoam. Rich medium (yeast extract plus peptone) was needed for product accumulation, but not for growth. The proteolytic degradation of the enzyme in the medium was substantially decreased by also adding yeast extract and peptone to the glycerol medium before induction with methanol. Decreasing the fermentation pH from 5.0 to 4.0 further reduced the proteolysis. The specific activity was further improved by production at 15 degrees C instead of 22 degrees C. In this way a XET production of 54 mg/L active enzyme could be achieved in the process with a specific activity of 18 Unit/mg protein after a downstream process including centrifugation, micro- and ultrafiltration, and ion exchange chromatography.
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- Charoenrat, Theppanya, et al.
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Increased total air pressure versus oxygen limitation for enhanced oxygen transfer and product formation in a Pichia pastoris recombinant protein process
- 2006
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In: Biochemical engineering journal. - : Elsevier BV. - 1369-703X .- 1873-295X. ; 30:2, s. 205-211
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Two strategies to increase the productivity of secreted Thai Rosewood beta-glucosidase in Pichia pastoris processes were evaluated. Both methods were based on increasing the oxygen transfer rate (OTR) in the process by simple means. Increasing the driving force for the diffusion from the air bubbles to the medium by elevating the air pressure, from 1.2 to 1.9 bar increased the oxygen uptake rate (OUR) by 59% while increasing the driving force by accepting oxygen limitation increased the OUR by 35%. The OTR increased less than in proportion to the increased solubility in the high-pressure process, which indicates that air bubble compression reduces the volumetric oxygen transfer coefficient (K(L)a). Even though the methanol consumption increased almost in proportion to the OTR in both processes the biomass production did not increase as much. This is explained as a higher maintenance demand for methanol in the oxygen limited (0.027 g g(-1) g(-1)) and high-pressure processes (0.035 g g(-1) g(-1)), compared to 0.022 g g(-1) g(-1) in the methanol limited reference process. However, in spite of the low effect of increasing OTR on the biomass production the total beta-glucosidase yield increased almost in proportion to the increased methanol consumption and reached highest value in the high-pressure process, while the beta-glucosidase purity was highest in the oxygen-limited process due to release of less contaminating proteins.
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- Charoenrat, Theppanya, et al.
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Oxygen-limited fed-batch process : an alternative control for Pichia pastoris recombinant protein processes
- 2005
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In: Bioprocess and biosystems engineering (Print). - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1615-7591 .- 1615-7605. ; 27:6, s. 399-406
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- An oxygen-limited fed-batch technique (OLFB) was compared to traditional methanol-limited fed-batch technique (MLFB) for the production of recombinant Thai Rosewood beta-glucosidase with Pichia pastoris. The degree of energy limitation, expressed as the relative rate of respiration (q(O)/q(O,max)), was kept similar in both the types of processes. Due to the higher driving force for oxygen transfer in the OLFB, the oxygen and methanol consumption rates were about 40% higher in the OLFB. The obligate aerobe P. pastoris responded to the severe oxygen limitation mainly by increased maintenance demand, measured as increased carbon dioxide production per methanol, but still somewhat higher cell density (5%) and higher product concentrations (16%) were obtained. The viability was similar, about 90-95%, in both process types, but the amount of total proteins released in the medium was much less in the OLFB processes resulting in substantially higher (64%) specific enzyme purity for input to the downstream processing.
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- Charoenrat, Theppanya, et al.
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Recovery of recombinant beta-glucosidase by expanded bed adsorption from Pichia pastoris high-cell-density culture broth
- 2006
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In: Journal of Biotechnology. - : Elsevier BV. - 0168-1656 .- 1873-4863. ; 122:1, s. 86-98
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Methanol limited fed-batch cultivation was applied for production of a plant derived beta-glucosidase by Pichia pastoris. The beta-glucosidase was recovered by expanded bed adsorption chromatography applied to the whole culture broth. The new Streamline Direct HST1 adsorbent was compared with Streamline SP. Higher bead density made it possible to operate at two times higher feedstock concentration and at two times higher flow velocity. The higher binding capacity in the conductivity range 0-48 mS cm(-1) of Streamline Direct HST1 might be caused by the more complex interaction of multi-modal ligand in Streamline Direct HST1 compared to the single sulphonyl group in Streamline SP. Harsher elution condition had to be applied for dissociation of beta-glucosidase from Streamline Direct HST1 due to stronger binding interaction. The 5% dynamic binding capacity was 160 times higher for Streamline Direct HST1 compared to Streamline SP. The yield of beta-glucosidase on Streamline Direct HST 1 (74%) was significantly higher than on Streamline SP (48%). Furthermore, beta-glucosidase was purified with a factor of 4.1 and concentrated with a factor of 17 on Streamline Direct HST1 while corresponding parameters were half of these values for Streamline SP. Thus, for all investigated parameters Streamline Direct HST1 was a more suitable adsorbent for recovery of recombinant beta-glucosidase from unclarified P. pastoris high-cell-density cultivation broth.
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- Gabig-Ciminska, Magdalena, et al.
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Gene-based identification of bacterial colonies with an electric chip
- 2005
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In: Analytical Biochemistry. - : Elsevier BV. - 0003-2697 .- 1096-0309. ; 345:2, s. 270-276
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- A method for the identification of bacterial colonies based on their content of specific genes is presented. This method does not depend on DNA separation or DNA amplification. Bacillus cereus carrying one of the genes (hblC) coding for the enterotoxin hemolysin was identified with this method. It is based on target DNA hybridization to a capturing probe immobilized on magnetic beads, followed by enzymatic labeling and measurement of the enzyme product with a silicon-based chip. An hblC-positive colony containing 10(7) cells could be assayed in 30 min after ultrasonication and centrifugation. The importance of optimizing the ultrasonication is illustrated by analysis of cell disruption kinetics and DNA fragmentation. An early endpoint PCR analysis was used to characterize the DNA fragmentation as a function of ultrasonication time. The first minutes of sonication increased the signal due to both increased DNA release and increased DNA fragmentation. The latter is assumed to increase the signal due to improved diffusion and faster hybridization of the target DNA. Too long sonication decreased the signal, presumably due to loss of hybridization sites on the targets caused by extensive DNA fragmentation. The results form a basis for rational design of an ultrasound cell disruption system integrated with analysis on chip that will move nucleic acid-based detection through real-time analysis closer to reality.
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- Jahic, M., et al.
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Interfacing Pichia pastoris cultivation with expanded bed adsorption
- 2006
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In: Biotechnology and Bioengineering. - : Wiley. - 0006-3592 .- 1097-0290. ; 93:6, s. 1040-1049
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- For improved interfacing of the Pichia pastoris fed-batch cultivation process with expanded bed adsorption (EBA) technique, a modified cultivation technique was developed. The modification included the reduction of the medium salt concentration, which was then kept constant by regulating the medium conductivity at low value (about 8 mS/cm) by salt feeding. Before loading, the low conductivity culture broth was diluted only to reduce viscosity, caused by high cell density. The concept was applied to a one-step recovery and purification procedure for a fusion protein composed of a cellulose-binding module (CBM) from Neocallimastix patriciarum cellulase 6A fused to lipase B from Candida antarctica (CALB). The modified cultivation technique resulted in lower cell death and consequently lower concentration of proteases and other contaminating proteins in the culture broth. Flow cytometry analysis showed 1% dead (propidium-stained) cells compared to 3.5% in the reference process. During the whole process of cultivation and recovery, no proteolysis was detected and in the end of the cultivation, the product constituted 87% of the total supernatant protein. The lipase activity in the culture supernatant increased at an almost constant rate up to a value corresponding to 2.2 g/L of CBM-CALB. In the EBA process, no cell-adsorbent interaction was detected but the cell density had to be reduced by a two-times dilution to keep a proper bed expansion. At flow velocity of 400 cm/h, the breakthrough capacity was 12.4 g/L, the product yield 98%, the concentration factor 3.6 times, the purity about 90%, and the productivity 2.1 g/L (.) h.
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- Jahic, Mehmedalija, et al.
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Process technology for production and recovery of heterologous proteins with Pichia pastoris
- 2006
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In: Biotechnology progress (Print). - : Wiley. - 8756-7938 .- 1520-6033. ; 22:6, s. 1465-1473
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Research review (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Developments in process techniques for production and recovery of heterologous proteins with Pichia pastoris are presented. Limitations for the standard techniques are described, and alternative techniques that solve the limitations problems are reviewed together with the methods that resulted in higher productivity of the P. pastoris processes. The main limitations are proteolysis of the secreted products and cell death in the high cell density bioreactor cultures. As a consequence, both low productivity and lower quality of the feedstock for downstream processing are achieved in processes hampered with these problems. Methods for exploring proteolysis and cell death are also presented. Solving the problems makes the conditions for downstream processing superior for the P. pastoris expression systems compared to other systems, which either need complex media or rely on intracellular production. These improved conditions allow for interfacing of cultivation with downstream processing in an integrated fashion.
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