Levels of expression of
antibiotic resistance genes are increased up to six-fold by inserting a
proteasome-targeting tag into transgenes expressed in eukaryotic cells. Various
selectable marker proteins are combined with different destabilization domains, leading to up to 70% increase in
transgene expression. The increase in expression varies highly depending on the engineered construct and the lines cells used. Increase in expression drives
exosome loading of cargo proteins in some aspects. By increasing expression and by editing trafficking signals of cargo proteins, proteins that normally locate to the ER can be trafficked to exosomes. This disclosure discloses efficient
exosome delivery of a wide variety of engineered proteins, including modified
antigen proteins of SARS-CoV-2 and influenza, and other proteins such as a modified
alpha galactosidase A, an
extracellular domain of
vascular endothelial growth factor fused to a
constant region of a
human immunoglobulin heavy chain, and modified
trastuzumab heavy and light chains.