Departmental Papers (Dental)
Document Type
Journal Article
Date of this Version
11-2015
Publication Source
Biomaterials
Volume
70
Start Page
84
Last Page
93
DOI
10.1016/j.biomaterials.2015.08.004
Abstract
Antibodies (inhibitors) developed by hemophilia B patients against coagulation factor IX (FIX) are challenging to eliminate because of anaphylaxis or nephrotic syndrome after continued infusion. To address this urgent unmet medical need, FIX fused with a transmucosal carrier (CTB) was produced in a commercial lettuce (Simpson Elite) cultivar using species specific chloroplast vectors regulated by endogenous psbA sequences. CTB-FIX (~1mg/g) in lyophilized cells was stable with proper folding, disulfide bonds and pentamer assembly when stored ~2 years at ambient temperature. Feeding lettuce cells to hemophilia B mice delivered CTB-FIX efficiently to the gut immune system, induced LAP+ regulatory T cells and suppressed inhibitor/IgE formation and anaphylaxis against FIX. Lyophilized cells enabled 10-fold dose escalation studies and successful induction of oral tolerance was observed in all tested doses. Induction of tolerance in such a broad dose range should enable oral delivery to patients of different age groups and diverse genetic background. Using Fraunhofer cGMP hydroponic system, ~870 kg fresh or 43.5 kg dry weight can be harvested per 1000 ft2 per annum yielding 24,000–36,000 doses for 20-kg pediatric patients, enabling first commercial development of an oral drug, addressing prohibitively expensive purification, cold storage/transportation and short shelf life of current protein drugs.
Copyright/Permission Statement
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Keywords
cGMP plant production, chloroplast, hemophilia, lettuce, molecular pharming, oral tolerance
Recommended Citation
Su, J., Zhu, L., Sherman, A., Wang, X., Lin, S., Kamesh, A., Norikane, J. H., Streatfield, S. J., Herzog, R. W., & Daniell, H. (2015). Low Cost Industrial Production of Coagulation Factor IX Bioencapsulated in Lettuce Cells for Oral Tolerance Induction in Hemophilia B. Biomaterials, 70 84-93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2015.08.004
Date Posted: 01 March 2022
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