Title
Receptor-mediated oral delivery of a bioencapsulated green fluorescent protein expressed in transgenic chloroplasts into the mouse circulatory system
Abbreviated Journal Title
Faseb J.
Keywords
transmucosal carrier; furin; ganglioside receptors; genetically modified; crops; HEAT-LABILE ENTEROTOXIN; TOXIN B-SUBUNIT; CHOLERA-TOXIN; CRYSTAL-STRUCTURE; PROPROTEIN CONVERTASE; PROTECTIVE ANTIGEN; ESCHERICHIA-COLI; GOLGI-APPARATUS; DIABETIC MICE; CELL-SURFACE; Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; Biology; Cell Biology
Abstract
Oral delivery of biopharmaceutical proteins expressed in plant cells should reduce their cost of production, purification, processing, cold storage, transportation, and delivery. However, poor intestinal absorption of intact proteins is a major challenge. To overcome this limitation, we investigate here the concept of receptor-mediated oral delivery of chloroplast-expressed foreign proteins. Therefore, the transmucosal carrier cholera toxin B-subunit and green fluorescent protein (CTB-GFP), separated by a furin cleavage site, was expressed via the tobacco chloroplast genome. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and Southern blot analyses confirmed site-specific transgene integration and homoplasmy. Immunoblot analysis and ELISA confirmed expression of monomeric and pentameric forms of CTB-GFP, up to 21.3% of total soluble proteins. An in vitro furin cleavage assay confirmed integrity of the engineered furin cleavage site, and a GM(1) binding assay confirmed the functionality of CTB-GFP pentamers. Following oral administration of CTB-GFP expressing leaf material to mice, GFP was observed in the mice intestinal mucosa, liver, and spleen in fluorescence and immunohistochemical studies, while CTB remained in the intestinal cell. This report of receptor-mediated oral delivery of a foreign protein into the circulatory system opens the door for low-cost production and delivery of human therapeutic proteins.
Journal Title
Faseb Journal
Volume
20
Issue/Number
7
Publication Date
1-1-2006
Document Type
Article
Language
English
First Page
959
Last Page
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WOS Identifier
ISSN
0892-6638
Recommended Citation
"Receptor-mediated oral delivery of a bioencapsulated green fluorescent protein expressed in transgenic chloroplasts into the mouse circulatory system" (2006). Faculty Bibliography 2000s. 6356.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib2000/6356
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