Low Cost Industrial Production of Coagulation Factor IX Bioencapsulated in Lettuce Cells for Oral Tolerance Induction in Hemophilia B

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cGMP plant production
chloroplast
hemophilia
lettuce
molecular pharming
oral tolerance
Dentistry
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Su, Jin
Zhu, Liqing
Sherman, Alexandra
Wang, Xiaomei
Lin, Shina
Kamesh, Aditya
Norikane, Joey H.
Streatfield, Stephen J.
Herzog, Ronald W.
Daniell, Henry
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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.

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2015-11-01
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Biomaterials
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