Method for expressing and producing recombinant human blood coagulation factors VIII in animal cells

Abstract

The invention provides a method for expressing and producing recombinant human blood coagulation factors VIII in animal cells, in particular an expression vector for expressing exogenous protein in the animal cells. The expression vector contains an expression cassette for expressing the exogenous protein, wherein the expression cassette comprises the following elements from 5' to 3': (a) a first promoter; (b) a polyclone locus and an optional coding sequence of the exogenous protein; (c) a first polyA sequence; (d) a second promoter; (e) a selected marker gene; and (f) a second polyA signal sequence. The expression vector is particularly suitable for expressing the VIII efficiently in the animal cells.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the field of genetic engineering. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method for expressing and producing recombinant human blood coagulation factor VIII in animal cells. The present invention also provides an expression vector that is particularly suitable for high-efficiency expression of VIII in animal cells. Background technique [0002] Hemophilia A is a common X-linked genetic bleeding disorder with an incidence rate of 1:10,000 in males [Levinson B., Jonco R., Phillips III J. et al., Nucl.Acids. Res., 1987, 15(23):9797-10001], accounting for 85% of all hemophilias. The pathogenic factor is due to insufficient quantity or abnormal quality of FVIII. At present, the treatment of this disease mainly adopts the concentrated FVIII preparation extracted from plasma. Although it has a certain curative effect and prolongs the life span of patients, it still has the problems of high treatment cost and suscepti...

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[0011] For example, Escherichia coli can express a variety of proteins as a host, but its existence (1) lacks post-translational modification and processing of eukaryotic proteins, such as cleavage, glycosylation, formation of disulfide bonds, etc.; (2) the expressed protein Insoluble inclusion bodies are often formed, and complex renaturation is required to restore conformation and activity; (3) Bacterial proteins are not conducive to purification and other disadvantages

[0012] The Saccharomyces cerevisiae system also has limitations: (1) the yield is usually low; (2) the expression plasmid is easy to lose; (3) lacks a strong and tightly regulated promoter; (4) excessive glycosylation modification of foreign proteins It will seriously change the immunogenicity of the protein, reduce the activity, and shorten the residence time; (5) The secretion efficiency is poor and the purification is difficult

[0013] In summary, the current expression of human glycosylated proteins in animal cells has technical difficulties such as low expression, high production costs, or low activity when expressed in bacteria

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