Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to overcome the defects of the prior art, and provides a fusion protein and a method for preparing recombinant human growth hormone based on the fusion protein, wherein the recombinant human growth hormone protein is expressed in an inclusion body form in escherichia coli, preferably a strong induction promoter system (induction promoter system: lPL, lPR, trc, T7 and the like), growth and production stages are separated, high-density fermentation is carried out to realize high yield, the protein expression quantity is high, the defect and the defect of secretory expression can be overcome, and under the same fermentation scale, the yield is higher and the cost is lower.
In order to achieve the above purpose, the present invention adopts the following technical scheme:
a fusion protein comprises a first peptide fragment and a second peptide fragment, wherein the first peptide fragment is target growth hormone and fragments thereof, the first peptide fragment has an amino acid sequence shown as SEQ ID NO. 1, the second peptide fragment has an amino acid sequence shown as formula (I), and the N end of the first peptide fragment is connected with the C end of the second peptide fragment;
The amino acid sequence of the second peptide fragment is:
MAXB(I)
In the formula (I), M is methionine, A is at least one basic amino acid, X is at least one arbitrary amino acid, and B is an enzyme cutting site formed by one of the double basic amino acids.
Further, in formula (I), A is RR.
Further, in the formula (I), X is TG.
Further, in formula (I), B is KR or KK or PR or RR.
A method for preparing recombinant human growth hormone comprises the steps of constructing genetically engineered bacteria, culturing working seeds, culturing in a fermentation tank, recovering thalli, crushing thalli, washing inclusion bodies, dissolving the inclusion bodies, renaturating the inclusion bodies to obtain inclusion bodies containing fusion protein as defined in any one of claims 1-4, performing ultrafiltration to obtain inclusion body concentrated solution, performing crude purification on the inclusion body concentrated solution by adopting an anion exchange chromatography to obtain an anion exchange chromatography sample, performing Kex2 enzyme digestion to obtain an enzyme digestion product, performing fine purification by adopting a weak anion exchange chromatography to obtain a protein-containing eluent, and performing ultrafiltration, sterilization filtration, freeze-drying and storage to obtain the recombinant human growth hormone.
Further, the anion exchange chromatography method comprises the specific steps of washing an inclusion body concentrated solution by using a mobile phase A balance chromatographic column for 3CV, directly loading samples after balancing, wherein the loading flow rate is not more than 210cm/h, washing the mobile phase A balance chromatographic column for 2CV, washing the mobile phase B for 3CV, eluting weak binding protein, eluting the target protein by using the mobile phase A balance chromatographic column for 2CV, eluting the buffer solution, starting to collect when the UV is not less than 50mAU, stopping collecting when the UV is less than 100mAU, merging samples, and obtaining anion exchange chromatography samples, and temporarily storing at 4 ℃.
Further, the mobile phase A is a solution containing 10-50 mM Tris and having a pH of 7-10, the mobile phase B is a solution containing 10-50 mM Tris and 30-80 mM NaCl and having a pH of 7-10, and the elution buffer is a solution containing 10-50 mM Tris and 100-200 mM NaCl and having a pH of 7-10.
The specific method for Kex2 enzyme digestion comprises the steps of slowly adjusting pH of an anion exchange chromatography sample to 8.0 by using 2M HCl, slowly adding protein diluent accounting for 1/100 of the total volume of the sample, calculating total protein of the anion exchange chromatography sample according to the results of Lowry and RP-HPLC, calculating the required Kex2 enzyme mass according to the ratio of the total protein to the Kex2 enzyme of 100:1-2500:1, adding Kex2 protease diluent buffer to the Kex2 enzyme with the calculated required amount to enable the Kex2 enzyme concentration to be 1mg/ml, adding the obtained Kex2 enzyme solution into a mixture of the anion exchange chromatography sample and the protein diluent, and carrying out enzyme digestion at room temperature.
Further, the protein diluent is a solution containing 10-100 mM Tris and 200-500 mM CaCl 2, pH 7.0-9.0, and the Kex2 protease dilution buffer is a solution containing 10-100 mM Tris and 2-5 mM CaCl 2, pH 8.0-9.0.
Further, the specific steps of the weak anion exchange chromatography for fine purification are as follows:
Pumping the enzyme-digested product into a container with proper size by adopting a peristaltic pump, pumping PB into the enzyme-digested product, diluting the enzyme-digested product to be less than 3ms/cm in electric conduction, carrying out the sample loading by using a mobile phase A equilibrium chromatographic column 3CV, carrying out the sample loading by using a sample loading flow rate not more than 130cm/h, washing 3CV by using 10% of mobile phase B, eluting 4CV by using the mobile phase A, then carrying out gradient elution, wherein the mobile phase A90%, the mobile phase B10%, the mobile phase A50% and the mobile phase B500% are started at the beginning, the collection is started when the UV is not less than 50mAU, the collection is stopped when the UV is less than 100mAU, and the sample is combined to collect protein-containing eluent;
the pH of the solution with the mobile phase A of 20-50 mM PB is 7-10;
the mobile phase B is a solution containing 20-50 mM PB and 100-500 mM NaCl, and the pH is 7-10.
The beneficial effects of the invention are as follows:
the method improves the yield of the inclusion body, has small fermentation scale under the same yield, improves the renaturation efficiency of the inclusion body, has simple purification process steps, fewer chromatography steps, shortens working hours, reduces cost, is easy to amplify and control, and has high purity and high activity of the obtained recombinant human growth hormone, thereby being suitable for commercial production.
Detailed Description
The following description of the embodiments of the present invention will be made clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which it is apparent that the embodiments described are only some embodiments of the present invention, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the invention without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the invention.
The invention provides a recombinant human growth hormone fusion protein (i.e. a fusion protein constructed in a molecular biology stage), which comprises a first peptide fragment and a second peptide fragment, wherein the first peptide fragment is target growth hormone and fragments thereof, the first peptide fragment has an amino acid sequence shown as SEQ ID NO. 1, the second peptide fragment has an amino acid sequence shown as formula (1), and the N end of the first peptide fragment is connected with the C end of the second peptide fragment.
The amino acid sequence of the first peptide fragment is:
FPTIPLSRLFDNAMLRAHRLHQLAFDTYQEFEEAYIPKEQKYSFLQNPQTSLCFSESIPTPSNREETQQKSNLELLRISLLLIQSWLEPVQFLRSVFANSLVYGASDSNVYDLLKDLEEGIQTLMGRLEDGSPRTGQIFKQTYSKFDTNSHNDDALLKNYGLLYCFRKDMDKVETFLRIVQCRSVEGSCGF(SEQ ID NO:1)
The amino acid sequence of the second peptide fragment is:
MAXB(I)
In the formula (I), M is methionine, A is at least one of basic amino acids, generally comprises 1-2 amino acids, X is at least one arbitrary amino acid, generally comprises 1-4 amino acids, and B is an enzyme cutting site formed by one of double basic amino acids (such as KR or KK or PR or RR, etc.). The cleavage site of the double basic amino acid can be specifically recognized and cleaved by recombinant double basic amino acid endopeptidase (Kex 2).
The amino acid sequence of the recombinant human growth hormone fusion protein is as follows:
MAXBFPTIPLSRLFDNAMLRAHRLHQLAFDTYQEFEEAYIPKEQKYSFLQNPQTSLCFSESIPTPSNREETQQKSNLELLRISLLLIQSWLEPVQFLRSVFANSLVYGASDSNVYDLLKDLEEGIQTLMGRLEDGSPRTGQIFKQTYSKFDTNSHNDDALLKNYGLLYCFRKDMDKVETFLRIVQCRSVEGSCGF(II)
The present invention is based on the preparation of high purity recombinant human growth hormone from fusion proteins in the form of intracellular inclusion bodies expressed by E.coli, comprising the steps of:
Step 1, construction of genetically engineered bacteria
The N end of the first peptide segment (the amino acid sequence is shown as SEQ ID NO: 1) is connected with the C end of the second peptide segment (the amino acid sequence is shown as formula (I)), recombinant human growth hormone fusion protein (fusion protein for short, MAXB+hGH) is obtained, the amino acid sequence is shown as formula (II), the nucleotide sequence for coding the recombinant human growth hormone fusion protein is designed, the initiation codon is ATG, the termination codon is TAA, the sequence between the initiation codon ATG and the termination codon TAA is the gene sequence of the fusion protein, the CATATG of the front end sequence of the fusion protein is Nde I enzyme cutting site, the CTCGAG is Xho I enzyme cutting site, the Nde I enzyme cutting site and the Xho I enzyme cutting site of the MCS region corresponding to the cloning vector pET-30a (+) of the target gene are respectively obtained, the target gene is synthesized to the cloning vector pET-30a (+) by the Shanghai biological engineering limited company, and the plasmid fusion protein expression vector of the plasmid fusion protein is obtained through E.coli21 (DE 3), cloning, screening, enzyme cutting hormone, enzyme identification and the plasmid fusion protein is transformed.
The specific steps of transforming host cell E.coli BL21 (DE 3) are 1, taking BL21 competent cells out of a refrigerator at-80 ℃ and putting them on ice for thawing, adding 5 mu L plasmid into competent cells for mixing, and putting them on ice for 30min. 2. The EP tube containing the plasmid-cell mixture was placed in a water bath, and after heat shock at 42℃for 90s, it was quickly removed and placed on ice for 2min. 3. 1mL of LB liquid medium (without antibiotics) was added, and shaking culture was performed at 37℃for 2 hours to resuscitate the cells. 4. mu.L of the transformation solution was spread on a solid LB medium containing 50mg/L kanamycin sulfate, and cultured overnight at 37℃for 16 hours.
The specific step of clone screening is to select single colonies of genetic engineering bacteria growing on a solid LB medium of 50mg/L kanamycin sulfate, and then to put the single colonies into the LB medium for culture at 37 ℃ for 16h.
The plasmid extraction comprises extracting plasmid vector of growth hormone fusion protein in genetically engineered bacteria according to SanPrep column type plasmid DNA small extraction kit instruction of Shanghai Co.
Enzyme digestion identification, namely carrying out double enzyme digestion on a plasmid vector for extracting the growth hormone fusion protein according to the restriction enzyme Nde I and Xho I enzyme specifications produced by TaKaRa company, and carrying out agarose gel electrophoresis identification, wherein the size of the double enzyme digestion section is compositely expected, and the construction of the genetically engineered bacterium for expressing the growth hormone fusion protein is successful.
Step 2, working seed culture
1ML of working seeds of the genetically engineered bacteria are taken and all inoculated into LB shake flask culture medium (180 mL) containing kanamycin monosulfate (50 mug/mL) for shake flask culture, wherein the culture temperature is 37.0 ℃ and the rotation speed is 220rpm. When the concentration OD600 of the thalli is more than or equal to 2 and the form of the thalli detected by an optical microscope is the typical form of escherichia coli, the culture of the working seeds is ended without other microbial contamination.
Step 3, culturing in a fermentation tank
The culture scale is further enlarged by a two-stage stepwise amplified thallus fermentation system. The primary fermentation culture step comprises the steps of inoculating working seeds cultured in a shaking bottle into a primary fermentation tank (5L) filled with 1.8L of sterile culture medium according to an inoculation amount of 1 percent, and carrying out primary fermentation culture until the concentration OD600 of the thalli is more than or equal to 20, the thalli form detected by an optical microscope is typical of the escherichia coli form, and no other microorganism is polluted, wherein the primary fermentation culture is finished, the culture temperature is 30.0 ℃, the rotating speed is 120-600 rpm, the pH value is 7.0 (ammonia water adjustment), the ventilation amount is 10-100L/min, the dissolved oxygen is more than or equal to 20.0%, and the culture time is 6-12 h. The secondary fermentation culture step comprises the steps of transferring all fermentation liquor in a primary fermentation tank into a secondary fermentation tank (50L) filled with 18L of sterile culture medium for secondary fermentation culture, wherein the culture temperature is 30.0 ℃, the rotation speed is 120-800 rpm, the pH value is 7.0 (ammonia water adjustment), the ventilation amount is 200.0-1000.0L/min, the dissolved oxygen is 20.0-80.0%, when the carbon source (glycerin) is consumed, the pH value is rising and the dissolved oxygen rises in the culture process, feeding is carried out, the feeding rate is regulated, the carbon source, the pH value and the dissolved oxygen in the secondary fermentation tank meet the secondary fermentation culture condition, the culture is carried out for 7-9 h, the thallus concentration OD600 is more than or equal to 100.0, 100-400 g of lactose inducer or IPTG inducer (controlling the concentration of the IPTG inducer in the secondary fermentation system to be 0.1-1 mM), the temperature reduction induction is 26-30 ℃, the induction time is 4-15 h, and the sample is carried out under the temperature reduction to 15 ℃ when the carbon source (glycerin) is consumed, and the pH value is rising and the dissolved oxygen rises, so that the SDS-PAGE test is carried out to detect the conditions of the recombinant human growth hormone, and the recombinant protein is detected, and the growth conditions are fused.
The aseptic culture medium and the feed supplement culture medium adopted in the primary fermentation culture and the secondary fermentation culture comprise the following components:
the primary fermentation tank culture medium comprises 5g/L of peptone, 5g/L of yeast powder, 4g/L of disodium hydrogen phosphate, 3.4g/L of sodium dihydrogen phosphate, 1g/L of magnesium sulfate and 21g/L of glycerin.
The secondary fermentation tank culture medium comprises 5.8g/L of yeast powder, 4g/L of dipotassium hydrogen phosphate, 4g/L of monopotassium phosphate, 7g/L of disodium hydrogen phosphate, 1.2g/L of magnesium sulfate, 0.2g/L of ammonium chloride, 1.2g/L of ammonium sulfate and 0.02g/L of calcium chloride.
The feed medium comprises 30g/L peptone, 15g/L yeast powder, 7g/L dipotassium hydrogen phosphate, 7g/L potassium dihydrogen phosphate, 10g/L disodium hydrogen phosphate, 2.5g/L magnesium sulfate and 10g/L ammonium chloride.
Step4, recovering the thalli
And (3) centrifuging the secondary fermentation culture solution to obtain thalli, wherein the centrifugation parameter is 15000rpm/min and 1 hour.
Step 5, crushing thalli to obtain inclusion bodies
Adding the thalli into a lysis buffer solution (containing 10-50 mM Tris (tromethamine), 0.1-5 mM metal ion chelating agent EDTA or EGTA, 0.5-2M denaturant urea or 0.1-0.5M denaturant guanidine hydrochloride, 1-5% nonionic surfactant (Triton X-100 or Tween-20) according to the mass volume ratio of the thalli to the lysis buffer solution of 1:10, dispersing the thalli by a high-speed dispersing machine at the speed of 700-1000 bar, homogenizing and breaking the walls for 1-5 times, centrifuging for 30min at the condition of 4 ℃ and 9000rpm, and collecting inclusion body precipitates.
Step 6, washing inclusion bodies
Adding an inclusion body washing buffer solution I (containing 10-50 mM Tris, 0.1-5 mM metal ion chelating agent EDTA or EGTA, a nonionic surfactant (Triton X-100 or Tween-20) with a pH value of 7.0-8.5) into the inclusion body precipitate, adding the inclusion body washing buffer solution I according to the mass-volume ratio of the thalli added in the step 5 to the inclusion body washing buffer solution I of 1:3, dispersing the inclusion body precipitate by using a high-speed dispersing machine for 1 st washing, centrifuging at 4 ℃ and 9000rpm for 30min, and collecting the inclusion body precipitate. And then adding the inclusion body washing buffer solution II (10-50 mM Tris, 0.1-5 mM metal ion chelating agent EDTA or EGTA, pH value of 7.0-8.5) according to the mass volume ratio of the thalli to the inclusion body washing buffer solution II of 1:3 in the step 5, dispersing the inclusion body precipitate by using a high-speed dispersing machine to carry out 2 nd washing on the inclusion body precipitate, and centrifuging for 30min at 4 ℃ and 9000rpm, and then collecting the inclusion body precipitate. And then adding pure water according to the mass-volume ratio of the thalli to the pure water of 1:3 in the step 5, dispersing the inclusion body sediment by using a high-speed dispersing machine, washing the inclusion body sediment for the 3 rd time, centrifuging for 30min at 4 ℃ and 9000rpm, collecting the inclusion body sediment, and weighing the inclusion body.
Step 7, inclusion body is dissolved
Crushing the inclusion body precipitate obtained in the step 6 into small blocks, calculating the volume of inclusion body dissolution buffer (containing 10-50 mM glycine, 7-8M urea or 5-6M guanidine hydrochloride, 0.1-5 mM metal ion chelating agent EDTA or EGTA and having a pH value of 9-11) according to the mass-volume ratio of the inclusion body precipitate to the inclusion body dissolution buffer of 1:15, adding beta-mercaptoethanol into the inclusion body dissolution buffer to make the final concentration of the beta-mercaptoethanol be 30-60 mM, adding inclusion body fragments, and accelerating the dissolution of the inclusion body by using a high-speed dispersing machine, wherein the dissolution temperature is controlled at 4 ℃. And after the inclusion body is completely dissolved, continuously adding an inclusion body dissolving buffer solution, and slowly diluting, wherein the inclusion body dissolving buffer solution is added according to the volume ratio of a dissolving system obtained after the inclusion body is completely dissolved to the inclusion body dissolving buffer solution of 1:3, so as to obtain an inclusion body mixture I.
Step 8, inclusion body renaturation
Adding the inclusion body mixture I into a newly prepared inclusion body dilution buffer solution with the volume ratio of the inclusion body mixture I to the inclusion body dilution buffer solution with the volume ratio of 1:3 (containing 10-50 mM glycine, 0.1-5 mM metal ion chelating agent EDTA or EGTA and the pH value of 9-11) by adopting a peristaltic pump, controlling the flow rate of the inclusion body mixture I to be 5ml/min by the peristaltic pump, stirring (50-200 rpm) the mixture at a low speed by using a magnetic stirrer in the adding process, adding the mixture into the newly prepared inclusion body renaturation buffer solution with the volume ratio of 1:1 (containing 10-50 mM glycine, 0.1-5 mM metal ion chelating agent or EGTA and the pH value of 9-11) with the ice bath (with the temperature of 0-4 ℃), and renaturating the mixture at a low speed of 100rpm for 8-16 h to obtain the inclusion body mixture II.
Step 9, filtering and ultra-filtering
Filtering the inclusion body mixture II by using a 0.45 mu m capsule filter, and then performing ultrafiltration by using a10 KD ultrafiltration membrane bag to obtain concentrated solution, wherein ice bath is needed before and after filtration.
Step 10, performing crude purity by anion exchange chromatography
Mobile phase A10~50mM Tris,pH 7~10.
Mobile phase B10~50mM Tris+30~80mM NaCl,pH 7~10.
Elution buffer 10~50mM Tris+100~200mM NaCl,pH 7~10.
Washing 3CV with mobile phase A balance chromatographic column, directly loading sample with flow rate not greater than 210cm/h, washing 3CV with mobile phase A balance chromatographic column 2CV with mobile phase B, eluting weak binding protein, eluting target protein with mobile phase A balance chromatographic column 2CV, collecting when UV is not less than 50mAU, stopping collecting when UV is less than 100mAU, mixing samples, and collecting anion exchange chromatographic sample at 4deg.C for temporary storage. RP-HPLC was performed and Lowry was performed.
Step 11, kex2 enzyme digestion
And (3) slowly adjusting the pH of the anion exchange chromatography sample in the step (10) to 8.0 by using 2M HCl, and slowly adding protein diluent (containing 10-100 mM Tris, 200-500 mM CaCl 2 and pH 7.0-9.0) accounting for 1/100 of the total volume of the sample. Calculating the total protein of the anion exchange chromatography sample according to the Lowry and RP-HPLC results, calculating the required Kex2 enzyme mass according to the ratio of the total protein to the Kex2 enzyme mass of 100:1-2500:1, adding Kex2 protease dilution buffer solution (10~100mM Tris,2~5mM CaCl 2, pH 8.0-9.0) into the Kex2 enzyme with the required calculated amount to ensure that the Kex2 enzyme concentration is 1mg/ml, lightly adding the obtained Kex2 enzyme solution into the mixture of the anion exchange chromatography sample and the protein dilution solution within 20-30 s, and carrying out enzyme digestion for 8-20 h at room temperature (18-30 ℃).
Step 12, performing fine purification by weak anion exchange chromatography
Mobile phase A is 20-50 mM PB (phosphate buffer solution) and pH is 7-10.
Mobile phase B20~50mM PB+100~500mM NaCl,pH 7~10.
Pumping the enzyme-digested product obtained in the step 11 into a container with proper size by adopting a peristaltic pump, pumping PB into the enzyme-digested product, and diluting the enzyme-digested product to be less than 3ms/cm in electric conduction. The equilibrium chromatographic column 3CV of mobile phase A is loaded, the loading flow rate is not more than 130cm/h, the mobile phase A is washed for 3CV, the mobile phase A is eluted for 4CV by 10% of mobile phase B, then gradient elution is carried out, namely, the mobile phase A90% at the beginning, the mobile phase B10% at the end, the mobile phase A50% at the end, the mobile phase B500% at the end, and the 4CV is operated. Collecting when UV is not less than 50mAU, stopping collecting when UV is less than 100mAU, combining samples, and collecting protein-containing eluent.
Step 13, ultra-filtration
And carrying out ultrafiltration concentration on the protein-containing eluent by 10 times by adopting a 10kDa membrane package to obtain concentrated solution.
Step 14, sterilizing and filtering
And (5) sterilizing, filtering and subpackaging the concentrated solution in an ultra-clean bench by using a 0.22 mu m filter head to obtain the growth hormone stock solution.
Step 15, freeze-drying and preserving
The method comprises the steps of freeze-drying a growth hormone stock solution, then placing the growth hormone stock solution in a container at 2-8 ℃ for preservation, freeze-drying, namely, after the container is placed in the container at 5 ℃, keeping the temperature for 1 hour, reducing the temperature to-40 ℃, keeping the temperature at-40 ℃ for 1 hour, heating the product to-18 ℃ and keeping the temperature for 1 hour, reducing the temperature of the product again, keeping the temperature at-35 ℃ for 1 hour, controlling the temperature of a plate layer at 10 ℃ and keeping the temperature for 15 hours until the frozen ice in the product sublimates, heating the product to the maximum allowable temperature of 30 ℃ and keeping the temperature until the freeze-drying is finished, recovering high vacuum, keeping the residual moisture of the product for more than 6 hours under the conditions of the maximum allowable temperature and the high vacuum, and finishing the freeze-drying.
The 50L fermentation system of the invention can obtain more than 75g of finished product growth hormone. The purification process can remove Kex2 enzyme residues, the removal rate reaches 99.99%, and the purified growth hormone contains almost no residues of cutting enzymes. Meanwhile, RP-HPLC and SEC-HPLC are carried out on the prepared recombinant human growth hormone stock solution to test the purity of the product, and the purity of the recombinant human growth hormone obtained by analysis and measurement is above 95%. The in vitro biological activity of the recombinant human growth hormone prepared according to the Nb2-11 cell proliferation method is above 3.0 IU/mg.
RP-HPLC method uses butyl silane bonded silica gel as filler (5-10 μm), 0.05mol/L tris buffer solution (1 mol/L hydrochloric acid solution is used for adjusting pH value to 7.5) and n-propanol (the volume ratio of tris buffer solution to n-propanol is 71:29) as mobile phase, and the proportion of n-propanol in the mobile phase is adjusted to ensure that the retention time of main peak of human growth hormone is 30-36 minutes, the flow rate is 0.5ml per minute, the column temperature is 45 ℃, and the detection wavelength is 220nm. Taking a human growth hormone reference substance, adding 0.05mol/L of tris buffer solution to dissolve and prepare a solution containing 2mg of the tris buffer solution per 1ml, filtering and sterilizing, and standing at room temperature for 24 hours to obtain a system applicability solution. And (3) taking 20 μl of the system applicability solution, injecting the solution into a liquid chromatograph, wherein the separation degree between the main peak of the human growth hormone and the deaminated main peak of the human growth hormone is not less than 1.0, and the tailing factor of the main peak of the human growth hormone is 0.9-1.8.
According to the SEC-HPLC method, according to the method for detecting the content of human growth hormone high molecular protein for injection in 2020 edition of Chinese pharmacopoeia, hydrophilic modified silica gel suitable for separating spherical protein with molecular weight of 5000-60000 Da is used as a filler, isopropanol-0.063 mol/L phosphate buffer solution (5.18 g of anhydrous disodium hydrogen phosphate and 3.65g of sodium dihydrogen phosphate are taken, 950ml of water is added, pH value is regulated to 7.0 by phosphoric acid or sodium hydroxide test solution, 1000ml of water is prepared by water) (the volume ratio of isopropanol to phosphate buffer solution is 3:97) is used as a mobile phase, the flow rate is 0.6ml per minute, and the detection wavelength is 214nm. Taking a mixture reference substance of human growth hormone monomer and dimer, adding 0.025mol/L phosphate buffer solution (pH 7.0) to prepare a solution containing 1.0mg in each 1ml, and taking 20 μl to be injected into a liquid chromatograph, wherein the separation degree between the human growth hormone monomer peak and the dimer peak meets the requirement.
In the invention, the fusion protein is cut by recombinant double basic amino acid endopeptidase (Kex 2 enzyme) to form the free target recombinant human growth hormone and fragments thereof, the target recombinant human growth hormone and fragments thereof are not cut by the recombinant Kex2 enzyme, the N-terminal of the free target growth hormone and fragments thereof does not contain additional amino acid residues, the products before and after cutting have obvious difference, and the products before and after cutting can be distinguished, thereby being beneficial to subsequent purification.
Preferred embodiment 1 is as follows:
A recombinant human growth hormone fusion protein comprises a first peptide fragment and a second peptide fragment, wherein the first peptide fragment is target growth hormone and fragments thereof, the first peptide fragment has an amino acid sequence shown as SEQ ID NO.1, the second peptide fragment has an amino acid sequence MRRTGPR (M is methionine, namely A is RR, X is TG and B is PR in the formula (I)), and the N end of the first peptide fragment is connected with the C end of the second peptide fragment.
The amino acid sequence of the recombinant human growth hormone fusion protein is as follows:
MRRTGPRFPTIPLSRLFDNAMLRAHRLHQLAFDTYQEFEEAYIPKEQKYSFLQNPQTSLCFSESIPTPSNREETQQKSNLELLRISLLLIQSWLEPVQFLRSVFANSLVYGASDSNV YDLLKDLEEGIQTLMGRLEDGSPRTGQIFKQTYSKFDTNSHNDDALLKNYGLLYCFRKDMDKVETFLRIVQCRSVEGSCGF(SEQ ID NO:2).
This example is based on the preparation of high purity recombinant human growth hormone from fusion proteins in the form of intracellular inclusion bodies expressed by E.coli, comprising the steps of:
step 1, preparing a genetically engineered bacterium plasmid vector and genetically engineered bacterium
The nucleotide sequence of the recombinant human growth hormone fusion protein is designed by using the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO. 2, the initiation codon ATG (the 4 th-6 th site in the SEQ ID NO. 3 sequence), the termination codon TAA (the 598 th-600 th site in the SEQ ID NO. 3 sequence), the sequence between the initiation codon ATG and the termination codon TAA is the gene sequence of the fusion protein (shown as SEQ ID NO. 3), the CATATG of the front end sequence of the fusion protein is Nde I restriction site, the CTCGAG is Xho I restriction site, the Nde I restriction site and the Xho I restriction site respectively correspond to the MCS region of the target gene cloning vector pET-30a (+), the target gene is synthesized into the cloning vector pET-30a (+), and the vector carrying the growth hormone fusion protein gene sequence and the genetic engineering bacteria for expressing the growth hormone fusion protein of the plasmid are obtained through transformation of host cells E.coli BL21 (DE 3), clone screening, plasmid extraction and restriction identification.
The nucleotide sequence of the recombinant human growth hormone fusion protein is as follows:
CATATGCGTCGTACCGGCCCCCGTTTTCCGACCATTCCGCTGAGCCGTCTGTTTGATAATGCAATGCTGCGCGCCCATCGTCTGCATCAGCTGGCATTTGATACCTATCAGGAATTTGAAGAGGCATATATCCCGAAAGAACAGAAATATAGCTTCCTGCAGAACCCGCAGACCAGTCTGTGTTTTAGTGAAAGTATTCCGACCCCGAGCAATCGTGAAGAAACCCAGCAGAAAAGCAATCTGGAACTGCTGCGTATTAGCCTGCTGCTGATTCAGAGCTGGCTGGAACCGGTTCAGTTTCTGCGTAGCGTGTTTGCCAATAGTCTGGTGTATGGCGCAAGCGATAGTAATGTGTATGATCTGCTGAAAGACCTGGAAGAAGGTATTCAGACCCTGATGGGTCGCCTGGAAGATGGCAGCCCTCGTACAGGTCAGATTTTTAAACAGACCTATAGCAAGTTCGACACCAATAGTCATAACGATGATGCACTGCTGAAAAATTACGGTCTGCTGTATTGCTTTCGCAAAGATATGGATAAGGTGGAAACCTTTCTGCGCATTGTTCAGTGTCGTAGTGTTGAAGGTAGCTGTGGCTTTTAACTCGAG(SEQ ID NO:3)
Step 2, working seed culture
1ML of working seeds of the genetically engineered bacteria are taken and all inoculated into LB shake flask culture medium (180 mL) containing kanamycin monosulfate (50 mug/mL) for shake flask culture, wherein the culture temperature is 37.0 ℃ and the rotation speed is 220rpm. When the concentration OD600 of the thalli is more than or equal to 2 and the form of the thalli detected by an optical microscope is the typical form of escherichia coli, the culture of the working seeds is ended without other microbial contamination.
Step 3, culturing in a fermentation tank
The culture scale is further enlarged by a two-stage stepwise amplified thallus fermentation system. The primary fermentation culture step comprises the steps of inoculating working seeds cultured in a shake flask into a primary fermentation tank (5L) filled with 1.8L of sterile culture medium according to an inoculation amount of 1 percent, and carrying out primary fermentation culture until the concentration OD600 of the thalli is more than or equal to 20, the thalli form is detected to be a typical escherichia coli form by an optical microscope, and the primary fermentation culture is finished when no other microorganisms pollute, wherein the culture temperature is 30.0 ℃, the rotating speed is 400rpm, the pH value is 7.0 (ammonia water adjustment), the ventilation amount is 40L/min, the dissolved oxygen is more than or equal to 20.0%, and the culture time is 6h. The secondary fermentation culture step comprises the steps of transferring all fermentation liquor in a primary fermentation tank to a secondary fermentation tank (50L) filled with 18L of sterile culture medium for secondary fermentation culture, wherein the culture temperature is 30.0 ℃, the rotation speed is 600rpm, the pH value is 7.0 (ammonia water adjustment), the ventilation amount is 500.0L/min, the dissolved oxygen is 60.0%, feeding and adjusting the feeding rate when a carbon source (glycerin) is consumed, the pH value is rising and the dissolved oxygen rises in the culture process, so that the carbon source, the pH value and the dissolved oxygen in the secondary fermentation tank meet the secondary fermentation culture condition, adding 300g of lactose inducer for induction for 6h at the induction temperature of 26 ℃ for 15 ℃, and sampling and performing SDS-PAGE electrophoresis test to detect the expression condition of recombinant human growth hormone fusion protein.
The aseptic culture medium and the feed supplement culture medium adopted in the primary fermentation culture and the secondary fermentation culture comprise the following components:
the primary fermentation tank culture medium comprises 5g/L of peptone, 5g/L of yeast powder, 4g/L of disodium hydrogen phosphate, 3.4g/L of sodium dihydrogen phosphate, 1g/L of magnesium sulfate and 21g/L of glycerin.
The secondary fermentation tank culture medium comprises 5.8g/L of yeast powder, 4g/L of dipotassium hydrogen phosphate, 4g/L of monopotassium phosphate, 7g/L of disodium hydrogen phosphate, 1.2g/L of magnesium sulfate, 0.2g/L of ammonium chloride, 1.2g/L of ammonium sulfate and 0.02g/L of calcium chloride.
The feed medium comprises 30g/L peptone, 15g/L yeast powder, 7g/L dipotassium hydrogen phosphate, 7g/L potassium dihydrogen phosphate, 10g/L disodium hydrogen phosphate, 2.5g/L magnesium sulfate and 10g/L ammonium chloride.
Step4, recovering the thalli
And (3) centrifuging the secondary fermentation culture solution to obtain thalli, wherein the centrifugation parameter is 15000rpm/min and 1 hour.
Step 5, crushing thalli to obtain inclusion bodies
Adding the thalli into a lysis buffer (containing 20mM Tris, 3mM metal ion chelating agent EDTA, 1.2M denaturant urea and 2.6% nonionic surfactant Triton X-100) according to the mass volume ratio of the thalli to the lysis buffer of 1:10, dispersing the thalli by a high-speed dispersing machine at the speed of 850bar for 3 times, centrifuging at 4 ℃ and 9000rpm for 30min, and collecting inclusion body precipitates.
Step 6, washing inclusion bodies
Adding an inclusion body washing buffer solution I (containing 20mM Tris, 3mM metal ion chelating agent EDTA and 2.6% nonionic surfactant Triton X-100 and having a pH value of 7.0) into the inclusion body precipitate, adding the inclusion body washing buffer solution I according to the mass-volume ratio of the thalli added in the step 5 to the inclusion body washing buffer solution I of 1:3, dispersing the inclusion body precipitate by using a high-speed dispersing machine for washing for the 1 st time, and centrifuging at 4 ℃ and 9000rpm for 30min, and collecting the inclusion body precipitate. And then adding the inclusion body washing buffer solution II (20 mM Tris, 3mM metal ion chelating agent EDTA, pH value is 7.0) according to the mass-volume ratio of the thalli to the inclusion body washing buffer solution II of 1:3 in the step 5, dispersing the inclusion body sediment by using a high-speed dispersing machine to carry out the 2 nd washing on the inclusion body sediment, and collecting the inclusion body sediment after centrifugation for 30min at 4 ℃ and 9000 rpm. And then adding pure water according to the mass-volume ratio of the thalli to the pure water of 1:3 in the step 5, dispersing the inclusion body sediment by using a high-speed dispersing machine, washing the inclusion body sediment for the 3 rd time, centrifuging for 30min at 4 ℃ and 9000rpm, collecting the inclusion body sediment, and weighing the inclusion body.
Step 7, inclusion body is dissolved
Crushing the inclusion body sediment obtained in the step 6 into small blocks, calculating the volume of an inclusion body dissolution buffer (containing 25mM glycine, 7M urea and 1mM metal ion chelating agent EDTA, with the pH value of 10.2) according to the mass-volume ratio of the inclusion body sediment to the inclusion body dissolution buffer of 1:15, adding beta-mercaptoethanol into the inclusion body dissolution buffer to enable the final concentration to be 50mM, adding inclusion body fragments, and using a high-speed dispersing machine to accelerate dissolution of the inclusion body, wherein the dissolution temperature is required to be controlled at 4 ℃. And after the inclusion body is completely dissolved, continuously adding an inclusion body dissolving buffer solution, and slowly diluting, wherein the inclusion body dissolving buffer solution is added according to the volume ratio of a dissolving system obtained after the inclusion body is completely dissolved to the inclusion body dissolving buffer solution of 1:3, so as to obtain an inclusion body mixture I.
Step 8, inclusion body renaturation
Adding the inclusion body mixture I into a newly prepared inclusion body dilution buffer solution with the volume ratio of the inclusion body mixture I to the inclusion body dilution buffer solution with the volume ratio of 1:3 by adopting a peristaltic pump (containing 25mM glycine and 1mM metal ion chelating agent EDTA and the pH value of 10.2), controlling the flow rate of the inclusion body mixture I to be 5ml/min by adopting the peristaltic pump, stirring (80 rpm) the mixture at a low speed by using a magnetic stirrer in the adding process, adding the mixture into a newly prepared inclusion body renaturation buffer solution with the volume ratio of 1:1 after the dilution is completed under the ice bath (the temperature of 0-4 ℃), putting the inclusion body mixture into a4 ℃ refrigerator, and renaturating for 12h at a low speed of 100rpm to obtain the inclusion body mixture II.
Step 9, filtering and ultra-filtering
Filtering the inclusion body mixture II by using a 0.45 mu m capsule filter, and then performing ultrafiltration by using a10 KD ultrafiltration membrane bag to obtain concentrated solution, wherein ice bath is needed before and after filtration.
Step 10, performing crude purity by anion exchange chromatography
Mobile phase A20 mM Tris, pH 8.
Mobile phase B20mM Tris+50mM NaCl,pH 8.
Elution buffer 20mM Tris+150mM NaCl,pH 8.
Washing 3CV with mobile phase A balance chromatographic column, directly loading sample with flow rate not greater than 210cm/h, washing 3CV with mobile phase A balance chromatographic column 2CV with mobile phase B, eluting weak binding protein, eluting target protein with mobile phase A balance chromatographic column 2CV, collecting when UV is not less than 50mAU, stopping collecting when UV is less than 100mAU, mixing samples, and collecting anion exchange chromatographic sample at 4deg.C for temporary storage. RP-HPLC was performed and Lowry was performed.
Step 11, kex2 enzyme digestion
The pH of the anion exchange chromatography sample in step 10 was slowly adjusted to 8.0 with 2M HCl and then a protein dilution (50 mM Tris, 500mM CaCl 2, pH 7.5) was slowly added to 1/100 of the total sample volume. Calculating total protein of anion exchange chromatography sample according to Lowry and RP-HPLC results, calculating required Kex2 enzyme mass according to the ratio of total protein to Kex2 enzyme mass of 1000:1, adding Kex2 protease dilution buffer (20mM Tris,5mM CaCl 2, pH 8.5) to the Kex2 enzyme with required calculated amount to make Kex2 enzyme concentration be 1mg/ml, lightly adding the obtained Kex2 enzyme solution into the mixture of anion exchange chromatography sample and protein dilution solution within 30s, and placing the mixture at room temperature (23 ℃) for enzyme digestion for 10 hours. The content of related protein in the sample after enzyme digestion is 8.17% by RP-HPLC detection, and the content of high molecular protein in the sample after enzyme digestion is 10.44% by SEC-HPLC detection.
Step 12, performing fine purification by weak anion exchange chromatography
Mobile phase a 50mM PB (phosphate buffer), pH 7.5 (NaOH adjusted).
Mobile phase B20mM PB+220mM NaCl,pH 7.5.
Pumping the enzyme-digested product obtained in the step 11 into a container with proper size by adopting a peristaltic pump, pumping PB into the enzyme-digested product, and diluting the enzyme-digested product to be less than 3ms/cm in electric conduction. The equilibrium chromatographic column 3CV of mobile phase A is loaded, the loading flow rate is not more than 130cm/h, the mobile phase A is washed for 3CV, the mobile phase A is eluted for 4CV by 10% of mobile phase B, then gradient elution is carried out, namely, the mobile phase A90% at the beginning, the mobile phase B10% at the end, the mobile phase A50% at the end, the mobile phase B500% at the end, and the 4CV is operated. Collecting when UV is not less than 50mAU, stopping collecting when UV is less than 100mAU, combining samples, and collecting protein-containing eluent. The content of the related protein of the sample after the weak anion exchange chromatography is 2.65 percent by RP-HPLC detection, and the content of the high molecular protein of the sample after the weak anion exchange chromatography is 0.04 percent by SEC-HPLC detection.
Step 13, ultra-filtration
And carrying out ultrafiltration concentration on the protein-containing eluent by 10 times by adopting a 10kDa membrane package to obtain concentrated solution.
Step 14, sterilizing and filtering
And (5) sterilizing, filtering and subpackaging the concentrated solution in an ultra-clean bench by using a 0.22 mu m filter head to obtain the growth hormone stock solution.
Step 15, freeze-drying and preserving
The freeze-drying step includes the steps of feeding the product into a box at 5 ℃ for 1 hour, cooling to-40 ℃ and keeping the temperature at-40 ℃ for 1 hour, heating the product to-18 ℃ and keeping the temperature for 1 hour, cooling the product again and keeping the temperature at-35 ℃ for 1 hour, controlling the temperature of the plate layer at 10 ℃ and keeping the temperature for 15 hours until the frozen ice in the product sublimates, heating the product to the maximum allowable temperature of 30 ℃ and keeping the temperature until the freeze-drying is finished, recovering high vacuum, and keeping the temperature for more than 6 hours under the conditions of the maximum allowable temperature and the high vacuum, so that the residual moisture of the product reaches the requirement of less than 2%, and the freeze-drying is completed.
Through detection, 100.2g of finished product growth hormone is obtained by a 50L fermentation system in the embodiment, kex2 enzyme residues can be removed by a purification process, the removal rate is 99.99%, the purity of the recombinant human growth hormone is 99.6%, and the in vitro biological activity of the prepared recombinant human growth hormone is 3.98IU/mg according to the Nb2-11 cell proliferation method.
The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and the protection scope of the present invention is not limited to the above examples, and all technical solutions belonging to the concept of the present invention belong to the protection scope of the present invention. It should be noted that modifications and adaptations to the present invention may occur to one skilled in the art without departing from the principles of the present invention and are intended to be within the scope of the present invention.