Characterization of glycoengineered anti-HER2 monoclonal antibodies produced by using a silkworm-baculovirus expression system

J Biochem. 2018 Jun 1;163(6):481-488. doi: 10.1093/jb/mvy021.

Abstract

Silkworm-baculovirus expression systems are efficient means for the production of recombinant proteins that provide high expression levels and post-translational modifications. Here, we characterized the stability, glycosylation pattern and antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity activity of anti-HER2 monoclonal antibodies containing native or glycoengineered mammalian-like N-glycans that were produced by using a silkworm-baculovirus expression system. Compared with a monoclonal antibody produced by using a Chinese hamster ovary cell expression system, the glycoengineered monoclonal antibody had comparable thermal stability and a higher antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity activity. These results suggest that silkworm-baculovirus expression systems are next-generation expression systems potentially useful for the cost-effective production of therapeutic antibodies.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal / biosynthesis*
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal / genetics*
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal / immunology*
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal / isolation & purification
  • Baculoviridae / genetics
  • Baculoviridae / metabolism*
  • Bombyx / virology*
  • CHO Cells
  • Chromatography, Liquid
  • Cricetulus
  • Gene Expression
  • Glycosylation
  • Polysaccharides / analysis
  • Protein Engineering*
  • Receptor, ErbB-2 / immunology*
  • Tandem Mass Spectrometry

Substances

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal
  • Polysaccharides
  • Receptor, ErbB-2