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Following nature's roadmap: folding factors from plasma cells led to improvements in antibody secretion in S. cerevisiae
Authors:Essi V Koskela  Jorg C de Ruijter  Alexander D Frey
Institution:1. Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems, Aalto University, Espoo, Finland;2. Current address: Department of Biocatalysis and Isotope Chemistry, Almac Sciences, Craigavon, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Abstract:Therapeutic protein production in yeast is a reality in industry with an untapped potential to expand to more complex proteins, such as full‐length antibodies. Despite numerous engineering approaches, cellular limitations are preventing the use of Saccharomyces cerevisiae as the titers of recombinant antibodies are currently not competitive. Instead of a host specific approach, the possibility of adopting the features from native producers of antibodies, plasma cells, to improve antibody production in yeast. A subset of mammalian folding factors upregulated in plasma cells for expression in yeast and screened for beneficial effects on antibody secretion using a high‐throughput ELISA platform was selected. Co‐expression of the mammalian chaperone BiP, the co‐chaperone GRP170, or the peptidyl‐prolyl isomerase FKBP2, with the antibody improved specific product yields up to two‐fold. By comparing strains expressing FKBP2 or the yeast PPIase Cpr5p, the authors demonstrate that speeding up peptidyl‐prolyl isomerization by upregulation of catalyzing enzymes is a key factor to improve antibody titers in yeast. The findings show that following the route of plasma cells can improve product titers and contribute to developing an alternative yeast‐based antibody factory.
Keywords:Antibodies  Protein folding  Synthetic biology  Yeast
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