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The advent of genome editing tools such as the CRISPR/Cas9 system has given scientists an affordable, accessible, and relatively simple method to alter genes. Yet precisely controlling protein expression

:;<=��;��:<��:�<�������=�::<�����:=�����=�����:=���:� ���=��immense importance in the context of expressed therapeutic proteins, such as prescription medications. Controlling protein expression in other species, such as mosquitoes, may even ���<����<�;�<�����<����:�������<���:;��� ���������:�����viruses, dengue fever, and other mosquito-borne illnesses.

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may be more suitable ìin clinical therapeutic genome editing in situ, or gene drives in which environmentally compatible control is paramount,î says Tsai. %&'(����(����'���'������� �(�����(�����&���(�������&������

and was developed by a Swiss collaboration headed by Tom Ward, director of NCCR (National Centre of Competence in Research) Molecular Systems Engineering, a multidisciplinary initiative comprising researchers at the University of Basel and ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology). Wardís lab took a modular �����&�����'����'���&�&��(������&' ������'����(��������(��-�'�&������ �(�������(�����&�������&�(��(�&���'�������'���(���&�Matileís lab in the Department of Organic Chemistry at the Univer-sity of Geneva, and a synthetic gene-switch module produced by Martin Fusseneggerís lab in the Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering at ETH Zurich. �����&� �������&�(��(�&�����������'������(���&���(������

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hamster ovary (CHO) cell lines. However, the limitations of CHO cellsósuch as high cost and comparatively slow doubling timesómake the next-gen systems worth considering for expressing new biopharmaceuticals, especially to help reduce the costs of important medicines.

For example, the SoluPro protein expression platform from AbSci can generate soluble, properly folded proteins at extremely high titers, currently 4g/L of full-length antibody and >20g/L of other complex products, using Escherichia coli expression. Typically, some human proteins canít be expressed in E. coli, and require mammalian cell lines for proper folding. AbSciís technology includes two innovations that make it possible to produce such proteins in E. coli, while taking advantage of the simplicity and lower costs of this expression system.

One creation is a semioxidized cytoplasm that produces <=>?�>�����<?>����>������=����< �����=>�<�����=�?���=���������traditionally is limited by inclusion body formation, is desirable ����?<�������<�<���������>�����������������������������>�<���places no restrictions on protein size, and achieves dramatically shorter production cycles of one to two days, compared to secretion-based expression systems,î says Sean McClain, AbSciís founder and CEO. The second innovation is SoluProís dual inducible promoters, which can be independently controlled. This ����>�<���?������=���=������=�?���=������<����=����������=������best protein-folding and titer.������=>?��=�<�<����<����>�����=��=��>���=>���=����<�

overcomes a large majority of the limitations found with traditional E. coli�����<<�=����<��<����>��� �� ����!��<?���<<�?>>��produced novel antibody scaffolds as well as IgG1 and IgG4 molecules where effector function is not desirable.î Many of these novel antibody scaffolds, which are gaining increasing traction in development pipelines, are challenging to produce in CHO ��>>< ���"������<����>���=�?<���=�����<��������=��=�?����������������=�������=���<����=>�<�����>?�������<�����<��#��$������������<��>>����>�%��?<�=���=����<������=������?>��<�������=�?��<���������=>?��=��<�����>>��<?������=����?����?�����������>�������<��< Dyadic offers another next-gen expression platform, the

fungal-based C1 gene expression system. Dyadicís scientists took advantage of a serendipitous mutation that resulted in a several &''��=>��������<������=������=�?���!����=�������>�����=?<�Myceliophthora thermophila fungus (which the company

�����������&�������������������=>��?>����==><����=��?�������fungus into a recombinant expression host). They are currently focused on biomedical efforts, applying the C1 expression platform to making biologic vaccines and drugs more affordable ��������<<��>� ���=?����>�����=?<��?��?<�����<=?�����=�����in nature they are natural secreters (C1 has a 2-hour doubling time, compared to about 20 hours for CHO cells). They also use �������<�����������������������<�������������!=��<����������for viral inactivation required for CHO cells.

Today, biosimilars are being produced ineffectively by cell lines such as CHO cells, according to Dyadicís CEO Mark Emalfarb. (=��!����<��<�)��>������� �������=�?���?��=�*��=�+�����<��=���������������=���������������������������=��=���(,��������=<�<�$�<��=�������=%�������=������!���������?<�����(,��=�?���!��� ��And because C1 secretes its product into the media, the down-stream protein harvesting steps are also simpler than those in oth-er systemsófor example, E. coli requires lysing of cells and purify-ing product from cell fractions, adding more complexity and cost. -������<��&�>���=�����������>���=�?��<��?>>�>�������=�=�>=��>�

antibodies, antibody heavy and light chains, Fc-fusion proteins, #��<�.������������������������</����<�����������=���<������!��-����< �� �������><=�����01�<�$!��?<�>��������>�<%���������������=-������>>���=���=��������<�=��!������<�����������=��������?>���=�����<<����������>���<��<�)��>���� �� ���!�����!����<��������01��now, so less is lost in downstream processing.î

Dyadic is also engineering C1 to produce human-like glycosylation in different forms, to allow pharmaceutical �=�����<��=��!�>?�������� ��2�>����(,���>><���&���>><�����monoclonal cells,î explains Matthew Jones, Dyadicís chief �=�������>�=����� ���&���<�����=������>��=��=�?����=���consistent, more homogeneous glycostructures for companies to evaluate, to test which ones may work better.î A recently announced collaboration with the biopharmaceutical company ���=��"!����<�-�?�<��>����3��(���>>�<�?�������?<��=�������&�technology to express different types of therapeutic compounds, such as vaccines and protein-based biologics.

Both E. coli- and yeast-based expression systems share other advantages, such as not requiring the expensive viral clearance steps needed in CHO cells. In addition, the lower costs of next-gen expression systems can in turn lower drug prices, while allowing ��?�����?����?���<��=�������������=���������4�������������!���<�manufacturers to produce drugs with lower prices and make them available to the public. Both McClain and Emalfarb hope their companiesí technologies will encourage manufacturers to market ��?�<�����������==���=��<=�������?���=��=������<���=����>���<?����<�������5?�����!������<�������=<��>�<<��?���=��������

None of this would be possible without the genetic tools that �����<<�����<<�=��<�<���< �"<�<������<�<������!��������=���=><�over genomes, the number of expression products will soar. For example, next-gen expression systems may see further record expression levels with the incorporation of genome editing tools like CRISPR/Cas9. As these tools continue to grow in <=��<������=�������������<��=�������<���>>��=����?���=�������<�4and may transform biomedicine in the process.

References1. B. Enghiad, H. Zhao, ACS Synth. Biol. 6��6+*76+6�.*'&6/ 2. A. Lapinaite, J. A. Doudna, J. H. D. Cate, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 115, � 889:78868�.*'&:/ ;3. T. Suzuki et al., Sci. Rep. 8��&''+&�.*'&:/ 4. Y. Okamoto et al., Nature Comm. 9, 1943 (2018).

Caitlin Smith is a freelance science writer in Portland, Oregon.

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