Cloning, characterization, and heterologous expression of a candidate Hirudin gene from the salivary gland transcriptome of Hirudo nipponia
Shi P, Wei J, You H, Chen S, Tan F, Lu Z (2023) · Scientific Reports · n=0
Детали доказательств RCTСсылка на исследование
Характеристика исследования
- Дизайн
- molecular cloning, characterization, and Pichia pastoris heterologous expression of a candidate hirudin gene (c16237_g1) from Hirudo nipponia salivary-gland transcriptome; recombinant protein characterization and in-vitro antithrombin assays (Chongqing Academy of Chinese Materia Medica)
- Размер выборки (n)
- —
- Вмешательство
- Recombinant H. nipponia hirudin produced via Pichia pastoris GS115 expression system; antithrombin activity assayed in-vitro
- Компаратор
- H. medicinalis hirudin and H. manillensis hirudin (literature comparison)
- Первичная конечная точка
- Recombinant hirudin yield, purity, and antithrombin activity
- Основной результат
- Recombinant H. nipponia hirudin expressed at 6.68 mg/L culture; purified hirudin concentration 1.67 mg/mL with antithrombin activity of 14,000 ATU/mL; established first heterologous expression and biotechnological production of H. nipponia hirudin, addressing Chinese market demand for engineered hirudin-based drugs
- Длительность наблюдения
- Not applicable
- PMID
- 36973525
Ключевые выводы
- First Pichia pastoris recombinant production of H. nipponia hirudin
- Yield 6.68 mg/L; antithrombin activity 14,000 ATU/mL
- Establishes Chinese biotech pathway for H. nipponia hirudin drug candidates
- Conserved PKP and DFxxIP motifs identified — core thrombin-binding pocket preserved
- Provides species-specific expression workflow distinct from existing H. medicinalis or H. manillensis programs
Ограничения
- Recombinant biochemistry only — no in-vivo pharmacology or clinical data
- Yield (6.68 mg/L) below industrial-scale recombinant hirudin manufacturing
- No comparison to natural hirudin biological activity in human plasma
- Pharmacokinetic, immunogenicity, and chronic-toxicology data absent
- H. nipponia is not the K040187 device leech
Клиническое значение
Shi 2023 establishes biotechnological infrastructure for engineered H. nipponia hirudin drug development in China. For ASH, the study reinforces that the global hirudin drug-development pipeline now spans multiple leech species and recombinant systems — distinct from the K040187 whole-leech device pathway used in US clinical practice. No direct US clinical implications; relevance is biotechnology and global regulatory landscape.
Связанные исследования
Hirudins and hirudin-like factors in Hirudinidae: implications for function and phylogenetic relationships
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