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Production of α2,6-sialylated IgG1 in CHO cells

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Raymond, Céline, Robotham, Anna, Spearman, Maureen, Butler, Michael, Kelly, John, Durocher, Yves·2015·mAbs

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The presence of α2,6-sialic acids on the Fc N-glycan provides anti-inflammatory properties to the IgGs through a mechanism that remains unclear. Fc-sialylated IgGs are rare in humans as well as in industrial host cell lines such as Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells. Facilitated access to well-characterized α2,6-sialylated IgGs would help elucidate the mechanism of this intriguing IgG's effector function. This study presents a method for the efficient Fc glycan α2,6-sialylation of a wild-type and a F243A IgG1 mutant by transient co-expression with the human α2,6-sialyltransferase 1 (ST6) and β1,4-galactosyltransferase 1 (GT) in CHO cells. Overexpression of ST6 alone only had a moderate effect on the glycoprofiles, whereas GT alone greatly enhanced Fc-galactosylation, but not sialylation. Overexpression of both GT and ST6 was necessary to obtain a glycoprofile dominated by α2,6-sialylated glycans in both antibodies. The wild-type was composed of the G2FS(6)1 glycan (38%) with remaining unsialylated glycans, while the mutant glycoprofile was essentially composed of G2FS(6)1 (25%), G2FS(3,6)2 (16%) and G2FS(6,6)2 (37%). The α2,6-linked sialic acids represented over 85% of all sialic acids in both antibodies. We discuss how the limited sialylation level in the wild-type IgG1 expressed alone or with GT results from the glycan interaction with Fc's amino acid residues or from intrinsic galactosyl- and sialyl-transferases substrate specificities.

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  • Co-expression of ST6Gal1 and β4GalT1 in CHO cells also significantly enhanced the sialylation level of the mutated version of trastuzumab.

    “Co-expression of ST6Gal1 and β4GalT1 in CHO cells also significantly enhanced the sialylation level of the mutated version of trastuzumab (Raymond et al., 2015).”

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  1. [53]Weinstein J, de Souza-e-Silva U, Paulson JC. Sialylation of glycoprotein oligosaccharides N-linked to asparagine. J Biol Chem 1982; 257: 13845- 53; PMID:7142180 7142180

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Authors
Raymond, C., Robotham, A., Spearman, M., Butler, M., Kelly, J., & Durocher, Y.
Affiliations
  • National Research Council Canada (CA)
  • University of Manitoba (CA)
Corresponding author
Durocher, Yves
Venue
mAbs
Published
2015-04-15
Volume
7
Issue
3
Pages
571-583
ISSN
  • 1942-0862 (ISSN-L)
  • 1942-0870
OpenAlex
W1592578892
Cited by
106
References
65
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FWCI
5.65
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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cc-by-nc
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  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • NPARC (submittedVersion)
Funders
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging › Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research
Keywords
α2,6-sialylation, IgG1, Fc glycan, sialic acid, beta-1,4-galactosyltransferase, CHO cells, antibody glycosylation
MeSH terms
beta-D-Galactoside alpha 2-6-Sialyltransferase, Animals, Antibodies, Monoclonal, Cricetulus, Cricetinae, Humans, Immunoglobulin G, N-Acetyllactosamine Synthase, Sialic Acids, Sialyltransferases, Antigens, CD, CHO Cells, Amino Acid Substitution, Mutation, Missense

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