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Production of soluble regulatory hydrogenase fromRalstonia eutrophainEscherichia coliusing a fed-batch-based autoinduction system

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Abstract

Background

Autoinduction systems can regulate protein production inEscherichia coliwithout the need to monitor cell growth or add inducer at the proper time following culture growth. Compared to classical IPTG induction, autoinduction provides a simple and fast way to obtain high protein yields. In the present study, we report on the optimization process for the enhanced heterologous production of theRalstonia eutropharegulatory hydrogenase (RH) inE. coliusing autoinduction.These autoinduction methods were combined with the EnPresso B fed-batch like growth system, which applies slow in situ enzymatic glucose release from a polymer to control cell growth and protein synthesis rate.

Results

We were able to produce 125 mg L−1RH corresponding to a productivity averaged over the whole process time of 3 mg (L h)−1in shake flasks using classic single-shot IPTG induction. IPTG autoinduction resulted in a comparable volumetric RH yield of 112 mg L−1and due to the shorter overall process time in a 1.6-fold higher productivity of 5 mg (L h)−1. In contrast, lactose autoinduction increased the volumetric yield more than 2.5-fold and the space time yield fourfold reaching 280 mg L−1and 11.5 mg (L h)−1, respectively. Furthermore, repeated addition of booster increased RH production to 370 mg L−1, which to our knowledge is the highest RH concentration produced inE. colito date.

Conclusions

The findings of this study confirm the general feasibility of the developed fed-batch based autoinduction system and provide an alternative to conventional induction systems for efficient recombinant protein production. We believe that the fed-batch based autoinduction system developed herein will favor the heterologous production of larger quantities of difficult-to-express complex enzymes to enable economical production of these kinds of proteins.

Background

Recombinant protein production inEscherichia coliis most extensively performed under the control of lactose-inducible promoter systems [188 金宝搏 ］.Alternative to manual IPTG induction of gene expression from these Plac-derived promoters, autoinduction is a simple method for induction of recombinant protein synthesis. Cultures can be simply inoculated into autoinducing medium and grown to saturation without the need to follow the growth of the culture and add the inducer at an appropriate time. This provides huge advantages in high-throughput applications and time scheduling of shake-flask experiments. Lactose can be used as the potent and cheap replacement of IPTG as inducer for recombinant protein synthesis [2,3,4,5,188 金宝搏 ］.In principle, thelacoperon is induced when allolactose derived from lactose by the active intracellular β-galactosidase, binds and inactivates the LacI repressor, thereby as a consequence of lactose uptake into the cells [188 金宝搏 ］.Autoinduction is based on the glucose catabolite repression and inducer exclusion phenomenon which is initiated by the presence of glucose [8,9,10,188 金宝搏 ］.When carbon substrate mixtures of glucose, lactose or glycerol are used, glucose is preferentially consumed followed by glycerol and lactose that also acts as inducer of Placcontrolled genes [188 金宝搏 ］.Studier and colleagues have explored and optimized autoinduction media. They have been successfully applied for production of target proteins in small and large scale using T7 expression systems [188 金宝搏 ,13,14,188 金宝搏 ］.Interestingly, these lactose autoinduction media provided higher cell densities and target protein yields compared to manual IPTG induction in commonly used media [188 金宝搏 ,188 金宝搏 ,188 金宝搏 ］.Unlike IPTG, lactose is taken up by thelacY-encoded lactose permease and metabolized to the actual inducer allolactose inE. coli, resulting in a delayed induction effect [188 金宝搏 ］.Moreover, the induction effect by lactose is highly sensitive to the glucose concentration as catabolite repression results in reduced lactose uptake rates at excess glucose [188 金宝搏 ,188 金宝搏 ,188 金宝搏 ］.Furthermore, several defined autoinduction media including various amino acid and vitamin supplements have been successfully applied to label target proteins with isotopes or selenomethionine [188 金宝搏 ,20,21,22,188 金宝搏 ］.Generally, glycerol as a growth-supporting carbon and energy source in lactose autoinduction media supports high cell density [188 金宝搏 ,188 金宝搏 ］.However, in such system, recombinant protein production is highly dependent on the oxygenation level, particularly reduced production at high aeration rates due to an altered order of carbon source preference from lactose to glycerol has been observed [188 金宝搏 ］.This strong oxygen-sensitivity of protein production complicates scalability and reproducibility of autoinduction cultures or restricts the protein yields at low oxygenation level due to lower cell densities [188 金宝搏 ,188 金宝搏 ］.

Recently, the use of a combination of lactose and glucose-limited EnPressoB fed-batch medium demonstrated that glucose limitation rather than glucose starvation is important forE. coli, consequently protein expression works well with a continuous biocatalytic glucose release from dextrins [28,29,30,188 金宝搏 ］.Unlike in glycerol-based autoinduction media, in EnPresso-based medium lactose only serves as inducer but is not catabolized as carbon source thereby reducing the oxygen sensitivity of lactose autoinduction [188 金宝搏 ,188 金宝搏 ］.The slow glucose release does not prevent lactose autoinduction and the lactose concentration stays approximately constant at reasonable high cell densities (OD600> 20) during 24 h cultivation [188 金宝搏 ］.

[NiFe]-hydrogenases are generally heterogeneous, multicomplex, metalloenzymes [188 金宝搏 ,188 金宝搏 ］.根据他们的生理功能,排版osition and localization in the organism, [NiFe]-hydrogenases have so far been classified into five distinct groups, including membrane-bound uptake hydrogenases (MBH), cytoplasmic uptake hydrogenases and H2传感器(蓝藻,H2-sensing hydrogenases), bidirectional hydrogenases containing additional subunits for binding soluble substrates (NAD+and/or NADP+, MV, F420), membrane associated H2-evolving hydrogenases and high affinity H2-oxidizing hydrogenases [188 金宝搏 ,188 金宝搏 ］.However, the functional core of the [NiFe]-hydrogenases is basically a heterodimeric protein with a large and a small subunit, although additional subunits are present in many of these enzymes [188 金宝搏 ,188 金宝搏 ］.Interestingly, a few [NiFe]-hydrogenases are tolerant to O2which is a prerequisite for their industrial application [188 金宝搏 ,188 金宝搏 ,188 金宝搏 ］.The O2-tolerant regulatory hydrogenase (RH) fromRalstonia eutrophaH16 which is composed of the large subunit HoxC and the small subunit HoxB, together with the histidine kinase HoxJ they form the H2-sensing complex (HoxBC)2HoxJ4[40,41,188 金宝搏 ］.More recently, the single HoxBC heterodimer isolated fromR. eutrophahas been shown to maintain its catalytic activity and its tertiary structure similar to the classic hydrogenases and was widely used in a number of in vitro spectroscopic studies [188 金宝搏 ,43,44,45,46,188 金宝搏 ］.From structural and functional points of view, RH is superior to other hydrogenases and considered as valuable and simplest model system for studying multicomplex hydrogenases.

We have recently reconstituted the synthesis of the RH subunits HoxBC fromR. eutrophainE. coliBL21Gold under control of a Plac-derived promoter [188 金宝搏 ］.Using classical IPTG induction soluble RH was produced in batch cultivations at a modest yield of 14 mg L−1. When switching to EnPresso-based fed-batch like shake-flask cultures the yield was increased more than 18-fold to approx. 255 mg L−1[188 金宝搏 ], corresponding to several 100-folds increase in the RH amount purified fromR. eutropha[188 金宝搏 ］.In this study, we aimed to examine the general applicability of autoinduction in combination with the EnPresso B glucose release growth system and the potential advantages of such a combined approach for the improvement of recombinant protein production compared to the classical single-shot IPTG induction. Using screening experiments in deepwell plates we investigated optimal IPTG and lactose concentrations for autoinduced RH production under fed-batch like conditions. Compared to classical IPTG induction about twofold higher volumetric yields and even fourfold higher space–time yields were obtained with lactose autoinduction. Finally, the heterologous RH production inE. coli通过使用基于馈料式的乳糖autoinduction showed a good scalability in shake flask scales and can be applied to rationally designed bioreactor cultivations.

Results

Effect of concentrations of glucose/lactose ratio on RH production in EnPresso B-based autoinduction

Derivatives of thelacpromoter are widely used in biotechnological processes for the controlled regulation of gene expression. Usually production of the recombinant protein is induced by a single shot addition of the artificial inducer IPTG at a certain point of the cultivation. In contrast, lactose-based autoinduction is a simple and rapid way to obtain high yields of a recombinant protein. In an autoinduction medium, the presence of glucose inhibits induction by lactose through catabolite repression and inducer exclusion [188 金宝搏 ］.To evaluate the suitability of autoinduction for heterologous production of theR. eutrophaRH, we usedE. coliBL21-Gold derivative BQF8RH (E. coliBL21-Gold transformed with plasmid pQF8 carrying the RH structural geneshoxBandhoxCunder control of the Plac-CTUpromoter) that allows IPTG-inducible RH gene expression [188 金宝搏 ］.Cultures were performed in 24-deepwell plates (3 mL working scale) containing non-boosted EnPresso B medium supplemented with different amounts of glucose (0.5 or 1 g L−1) and lactose (0.5, 1 or 2 g L−1). Similar cell growth of theE. colistrain was observed with all glucose and lactose combinations added (Fig.188 金宝搏 A). The highest cell density with OD600of 12.5 was reached with addition of 1 g L−1glucose and 2 g L−1lactose (Fig.188 金宝搏 A). Thus, despite the addition of higher amounts of glucose and lactose, no noticeable effect on growth was observable. The specific production of HoxB was detected by Western blotting. As expected, no hydrogenase was produced without addition of lactose, while HoxBStrepwas detectable in all other samples (Fig.188 金宝搏 B), indicating that lactose based autoinduction is feasible for RH production inE. coli. The highest RH level was observed in EnPresso supplemented with 0.5 g L−1glucose and 2 g L−1lactose.

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Effect of glucose and lactose on cell growth and HoxB production with autoinduction.E. coliBQF8RH was cultivated in 3 mL non-boosted EnPresso B medium on a 24-deepwell plate at 30 °C, 250 rpm for 24 h. Different concentrations of lactose and glucose were added as indicated to trigger RH production.AFinal cell densities.BSamples normalized to OD600of 5 were taken and HoxB detected by Western blotting. Specific HoxB yields were calculated relative to the HoxB yield reached in autoinduction with 1 g L−1glucose and 2 g L−1lactose (indicated by ♦)

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Screening of lactose concentrations for autoinduction of RH production

To further investigate the role of lactose autoinduction we compared RH production induced by different concentrations of lactose (0.5, 2 or 4 g L−1) during growth in boosted and non-boosted EnPresso as above. Again 0.5 g L−1glucose was added to the cultivations to inhibit protein expression at the beginning. As expected, the boosted cultures reached final OD600s of approx. 45 after 30 h which is about threefold higher compared to the non-boosted cultures (Fig.188 金宝搏 A). At indicated time points samples normalized to OD600of 5 were taken and HoxBStrepproduction analysed by Western blotting with Strep-tag specific antibodies. The specific HoxB level steadily increased over the cultivation time in all cultures indicating that lactose based autoinduction of RH expression is feasible (Fig.188 金宝搏 B, C). In both boosted and non-boosted cultures, approx. 80% of the maximum specific RH level was already reached after 6 h with all inducer concentrations tested. Interestingly, HoxB was already detectable within 2 h of cultivation, indicating that the initial glucose concentration (0.5 g L−1) is low enough to allow lactose to trigger RH production during the early stage of cultivation. Furthermore, our results show that 2 g L−1lactose is optimal for autoinduction, as this resulted in a slightly higher RH level relative to 0.5 or 4 g L−1lactose. In addition, cultures with booster added from the beginning of the cultivation show a 1.4-fold higher specific RH level compared to non-boosted cultures (Fig.188 金宝搏 B, C) which is in good agreement with the previously observed positive effect of the booster [188 金宝搏 ］.Nevertheless, due to the higher cell density addition of booster resulted in a 4.5-fold higher final volumetric HoxB yield.

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RH production with autoinduction by varying concentrations of lactose.E. coliBQF8RH was cultivated in 3 mL EnPresso B medium with/out booster on 24-deepwell plate at 30 °C, 250 rpm for 30 h. Autoinduction was achieved by addition of different lactose concentrations as indicated and 0.5 g L−1glucose. Samples normalized to OD600of 5 were taken at the indicated time points and used for detection of HoxB levels by Western blotting (WB)Agrowth curve,BWB for detection of HoxB yields,Cspecific HoxB yield (top) and volumetric HoxB yield (bottom). Both specific and volumetric yield were calculated relative to the HoxB yield reached after 30 h in non-boosted EnPresso induced with 0.5 g L−1lactose (indicated by ♦)

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Screening of IPTG concentrations for autoinduction of RH production

The conventional induction protocol for gene expression using Plac衍生品是一声枪响IPTG诱导这h is commonly performed after reaching a certain cell density. Recently, we have demonstrated that the single shot IPTG induction of the EnPresso B cultures with IPTG concentrations between 50 and 1000 µM provided fairly similar yields of recombinant RH protein whilst low IPTG concentrations proofed beneficial for the solubility of the recombinant protein [188 金宝搏 ］.To investigate the effect of IPTG autoinduction in EnPresse B medium on cell growth and RH production, we compared RH expression induced by different concentrations of IPTG (0, 10, 20, 50, 80 or 150 µM) performed in 24-deepwell plates. Analogous to autoinduction with lactose, 0.5 g L−1glucose was supplied to the media to inhibit the IPTG uptake and subsequenthoxgene expression at the beginning of the cultivation. As before, addition of booster facilitated cell growth and resulted in final OD600s above 40 which is threefold higher compared to the non-boosted cultures (Fig.188 金宝搏 A).

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RH production with autoinduction by varying concentrations of IPTG.E. coliBQF8RH was cultivated in 3 mL EnPresso B medium with/out booster on 24-deepwell plate at 30 °C, 250 rpm for 30 h. Autoinduction was achieved by addition of different IPTG concentrations as indicated and 0.5 g L−1glucose. Samples normalized to OD600of 5 were taken at the indicated time points and used for detection of HoxB levels by Western blotting (WB).AGrowth curve,BWB for detection of HoxB yields,Cspecific HoxB (top) and volumetric HoxB yield (bottom). Both specific and volumetric yield were calculated relative to the HoxB yield reached after 30 h in non-boosted EnPresso induced with 0.5 g L−1lactose (indicated by ♦)

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However, interestingly the strength of induction did not influence the growth neither boosted and nor for non-boosted cultures (Fig.188 金宝搏 A). HoxB was already detectable after 2 h of cultivation and the specific HoxB level steadily increased until 24 h of cultivation independent from booster and inducer concentration (Fig.188 金宝搏 C). Compared to induction with 10 or 150 µM IPTG, slightly higher RH titers were obtained by induction with 50 µM IPTG. Regardless of the inducer concentration, boosted cultures showed an approx. 1.5-fold higher HoxB level, which is in good accordance with previous results [188 金宝搏 ］.Again, the higher cell densities in boosted cultures resulted in about 5 to 6-fold higher volumetric yields compared to non-boosted cultures.

In summary, all cultures demonstrated a seemingly stable RH expression profile and steady RH accumulation during the whole cultivations. Here, the optimal concentrations for autoinduction seem to be 50 µM IPTG and 2 g L−1lactose, respectively. Thus, autoinduction with lactose or IPTG can be used for recombinant RH production in fed-batch like EnPresso cultures.

Effect of glucose polymer feeding on RH production

Addition of glucose polymer to boost the EnPresso fed-batch like cultures improved final cell density and RH productivity in both classical IPTG induction [188 金宝搏 ] and autoinduction (see above). To further investigate the effect of the booster on RH production, we performed cultivation ofE. coliBQF8RH in 24-DWPs with addition of different booster amounts. In all cases RH production was induced by either lactose or IPTG autoinduction. As expected, increasing amounts of booster gradually increased cell growth (Fig.188 金宝搏 A; Additional file188 金宝搏 : Fig. S1). Thus, this underlines the obvious influence of boosting concentrations on cell growth. Similarly, analysis of final RH levels using Western blotting (Fig.188 金宝搏 B) corroborates that RH production is positively affected by increased booster amounts. However, the highest specific yield is reached with 1 × booster and addition of 2 × booster did not significantly increase the specific RH yield further (Fig.188 金宝搏 C). Nevertheless, a slight increase in cell density with 2 × booster resulted in a slightly higher volumetric RH yield compared to the 1 × boosting. The same booster effect could be observed for both IPTG and lactose autoinduction. Moreover, comparable specific RH levels were observed independent from the autoinducer (Fig.188 金宝搏 B). Hence, lactose autoinduction according to the higher cell density (Fig.188 金宝搏 C) resulted in higher RH production titers which is consistent with the results described above.

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Effect of glucose polymer boosting on cell growth and RH production.E. coliBQF8RH was cultivated in 3 mL EnPresso B medium with varying booster concentrations (0 ×, 0.25 ×, 0.5 ×, 1 ×, 2×) on 24-deepwell plate at 30 °C, 250 rpm for 30 h. RH expression was autoinduced by 50 µM IPTG or 2 g L−1乳糖的存在of 0.5 g L−1glucose. Samples normalized to OD600of 5 were taken at the end of cultivation and used for detection of HoxB levels by Western blotting (WB).ACell growth,BWB for detection of HoxB yields,Cspecific HoxB yield and volumetric HoxB yield. Both specific and volumetric yield were calculated relative to the HoxB yield reached in 0 × boosted IPTG-autoinduced EnPresso culture (indicated by ♦)

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RH production with IPTG/lactose autoinduction in shake flasks

After initial screening trials in 24-deepwell plates the cultures were scaled up to a broth volume of 50 mL cultivated in 250 mL Ultra Yield shake flasks as described in “188 金宝搏 ”. Protein production was induced for 24 h with 50 µM IPTG or 2 g L−1lactose which were added into the medium together with 0.5 g L−1glucose at the beginning of the cultivations. RH was purified by affinity chromatography and analysed by SDS-PAGE.

While the final OD600s after 24 h induction did not differ significantly between IPTG and lactose autoinduction cultures, compared to single shot induction with IPTG the final OD600was about 1.5-fold lower (Fig.188 金宝搏 A). This is probably attributed to the significantly longer cultivation time when performing single shot induction, since induction is carried out after 18 h by which time the cultures have already reached an OD600of about 10. Compared to classical single shot induction with IPTG, slightly lower volumetric yields were achieved with IPTG autoinduction, whereas specific yields were slightly higher (Fig.188 金宝搏 B). As a consequence of the shorter total process duration when using IPTG autoinduction, the space–time yield could be elevated about 1.6-fold.

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Soluble RH production in EnPresso B-based UYF shake flask cultivations.E. coliBQF8RH was cultivated in 50 mL EnPresso B medium with/out boosting in 250 mL UYF at 30 °C. For autoinduction 50 µM IPTG or 2 g L−1添加乳糖诱导RH的生产beginning of the cultivation. For comparison classic single shot IPTG induction was performed. For IPTG or lactose autoinduction cultures were induced from the beginning of the cultivation and cells harvested after 24 h of growth. For classic IPTG induction cells were cultivated for 18 h without inducer. Subsequently, RH production was induced by addition of 50 µM IPTG and finally cells were harvested after 24 h of induction resulting in a total process time of 42 h. The induction time points are indicated by black arrows.AGrowth curve,BSpecific, volumetric and space–time yield of RH calculated from Coomassie stained gels after affinity purification and quantification with ImageJ as described in “188 金宝搏 ”

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By using 2 g L−1lactose for autoinduction, the results of IPTG autoinduction could be significantly exceeded. Furthermore, higher volumetric yields were obtained both in EnPresso cultures with and without booster using lactose autoinduction compared to classical IPTG induction. In particular, in boosted EnPresso cultures, a final RH production titre of 278 mg L−1could be achieved. The positive effect of lactose autoinduction on RH production is also reflected in the specific yield and the space–time yield of approx. 11.5 mg (L h)−1in connection with the shorter process time, corresponding to fourfold increase compared to standard IPTG induction. As expected, for lactose and IPTG based autoinduction, booster addition improved the final volumetric and specific RH production by approximately 2- and 3-fold, respectively, compared to without booster. Therefore, it can be assumed that autoinduction provides an alternative way to enhance recombinant RH production yields.

Enhanced RH production by repeated glucose polymer feeding

The continued glucose release by supply of additional polymer booster to the medium had a positive effect on cell growth and RH production as described above. Thus, we attempted to improve the RH production by repeated continued glucose supply. Parallel cultivations in shake flasks were carried out based on classic single-shot IPTG induction with 50 µM IPTG and lactose autoinduction using 2 g L−1lactose (Fig.188 金宝搏 ). The 1st dose of booster and biocatalyst was added at the induction point and a 2nd dose of booster and biocatalyst (4.5 U L−1for IPTG induction, 3 U L−1for lactose-autoinduction) was added after 12 h of induction. Without glucose polymer feeding, cells reached a final OD600of 18–21 after 36 h of induction with IPTG or lactose, respectively. With glucose polymer feeding, the final cell density was remarkably increased in both cultivations up to an OD600of 35 with single polymer feeding and even approx. 42 with repeated, two-times glucose polymer feeding. As before the addition of booster resulted not only in an increased biomass production but also in a higher specific RH yield. Consequently, the volumetric RH yield obtained with lactose autoinduction increased to 366 mg L−1. Overall, a nearly twofold increase in specific RH yields could be obtained with lactose autoinduction compared to IPTG induction with a maximum of 7 mg g−1using lactose autoinduction with two-times glucose polymer feeding.

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Glucose polymer boosting for soluble RH production.E. coliBQF8RH was cultivated in 50 mL EnPresso B medium with/without boosting in 250 mL UYF at 30 °C. Growth curves, specific and volumetric RH yield are presented. The RH yields were calculated from Coomassie stained gels after affinity purification and quantification with ImageJ as described in “188 金宝搏 ”.ARH production using classic single-shot IPTG induction.BRH production using lactose-autoinduction. Black arrow: addition of booster and induction point; Grey arrow: addition of a second dose of booster

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Scalability of the RH production

To further evaluate the use of lactose autoinduction for RH production, cell densities and final RH yields obtained in deepwell plate and in 125 mL or 250 mL shake flask cultures were compared after 24 h of cultivation. In all three cultivation scales, comparable cell densities could be achieved regardless of the addition of the booster (Additional file188 金宝搏 : Table S1). However, cultivation in the 250 ml UYF resulted in slightly higher cell densities most likely due to the higher KLa values in the larger shake flask [188 金宝搏 ］.Similarly, increasing the size of the shake flask cultures had no significant negative effect on specific and volumetric RH yields (Additional file188 金宝搏 : Table S1). Thus, these results demonstrate the good scalability of the RH production process using fed-batch based lactose autoinduction over the shake flask and deepwell plate scales.

Discussion

Recently, we demonstrated the functionality of the enzyme-based fed-batch like EnPresso system for the heterologous production of hydrogenases inE. coliusing the regulatory hydrogenase fromR. eutrophaas a model [188 金宝搏 ］.With a classical IPTG induction, RH titers of 130–260 mg L−1could be achieved in shake flask scale. Here, low IPTG concentrations of 50 µM favour the solubility of the RH and the use of the booster increases the specific as well as the volumetric yield [188 金宝搏 ］.Based on this, in the present work we wanted to evaluate the possibility of enhancing RH production using autoinduction. Initial experiments in deepwell plates indicated that heterologous RH production inE. coliusing autoinduction with lactose is possible (Figs.188 金宝搏 and188 金宝搏 ). The comparison of different lactose amounts used for autoinduction indicated that an intermediate lactose concentration of 2 g L−1is optimal for RH production. Even though 4 g L−1lactose resulted in slightly higher final OD600, the highest specific and even volumetric RH yield was obtained after autoinduction with 2 g L−1lactose (Fig.188 金宝搏 ). This is in good accordance with the work of Ali [188 金宝搏 ] who proposed that low lactose concentrations (0.1—2.0 g L−1) would be more profitable for autoinduction in EnPresso B-based fed-batch like cultures, as high lactose concentrations (˃2 g L−1) would lead to a longer batch phase consequently resulting in more biomass but less protein production [188 金宝搏 ］.Likewise, the faster growth in the presence of high lactose concentrations could lead to oxygen limitation, which further reduces protein synthesis [188 金宝搏 ］.On the contrary, higher lactose concentrations have been reported to provide an additional benefit for better induction of prolonged protein expression in the autoinduction systems [188 金宝搏 ,188 金宝搏 ］.However, the use of the EnBase fed-batch like system with slow gradual glucose feeding enables slow protein synthesis with slowly growing cells [188 金宝搏 ,188 金宝搏 ］.Previously, 0.3 g L−1have been calculated as the lowest external lactose concentration sufficient for induction of recombinant protein production inE. coligrowing at the minimal growth rate, whereas 4.1 g L−1lactose is essential to ensure induction at any growth rate [188 金宝搏 ］.The sufficiency of relatively low lactose concentrations for successful autoinduction in enzymatic glucose supply systems might be attributed to the constant lactose concentration observed during 24 h of cultivation [188 金宝搏 ］.在这样的系统中,连续葡萄糖释放prevents an diauxic growth shift and consequently lactose consumption while the product is slowly but steadily produced in a correctly folded form [188 金宝搏 ］.In our case, 2 g L−1lactose seems to be optimal for autoinduction of soluble RH production in EnPresso B fed-batch like culturedE. coli. Nevertheless, the minimal lactose concentration of 0.5 g L−1was enough for induction of recombinant RH synthesis which is perfectly supported by the result of Mayer et al.,who proposed that slow growth might contribute to reduce the need of lactose [188 金宝搏 ］.

Recently, it had been reported that IPTG can replace lactose in the classic lactose-based autoinduction system to enhance protein production in batch cultures [188 金宝搏 ］.At low IPTG concentrations (< 100 µM) the inducer is actively transported into the cell by the lactose permease LacY, while at higher IPTG concentrations used for normal induction (200–1000 µM) the inducer enters the cell by passive diffusion [188 金宝搏 ,188 金宝搏 ］.Thus, the expression level is controlled by the IPTG uptake while the excessive inducer remains in the culture medium [188 金宝搏 ,188 金宝搏 ］.Here, our results show that IPTG-based autoinduction is also suitable for heterologous production of RH. Although 10 µM IPTG was sufficient for the induction of RH expression, the highest yield was achieved with 50 µM IPTG (Fig.188 金宝搏 tha),这与先前的研究明确t only partial induction was achieved at IPTG concentrations below 40 µM. This is probably due to the fact that either the amount of IPTG is not sufficient to remove all repressor molecules from the operator site in the induced cells, or that only a subpopulation could be induced by the limited amount of externally available IPTG. [188 金宝搏 ,188 金宝搏 ］.In our case, 50 µM IPTG seems to be enough for full induction of RH expression under control of the bistablelac-derived operon. RH production started already within the first 2 h of cultivation, indicating the absence of an induction delay which typically occurs in conventional glycerol-based autoinduction medium [188 金宝搏 ］.Our observations are in clear line with recent findings that protein synthesis occurs under conditions where the glucose concentration drops below 0.3 g L−1in fed-batch like cultures [188 金宝搏 ］.Thus, we estimate that the initial glucose concentration of 0.5 g L−1seems to be low enough to allow the uptake of IPTG or lactose and consequently inducing Plac-controlled gene expression in EnPresso-based cultures.

When the cultures were scaled up from squared deepwell plates to different UYF scales no significant difference in cell growth was observed. Despite 4 times higher KLa values in the 250 ml UYF compared to the deepwell plate [188 金宝搏 ,188 金宝搏 ], similar final cell densities were achieved. This suggests that the availability of oxygen is not a limiting factor which is well supported by previous work showing a reduced sensitivity to the oxygenation level by lactose autoinduction [188 金宝搏 ］.Our results indicate that the process can be scaled up or down very well. Thus, the fed-batch based lactose autoinduction is suitable for automated high-throughput screenings as a starting point for the development of analogue bioprocesses aimed at the production of difficult to express proteins, e.g. hydrogenases. Additionally, the good scalability of the RH production process in the current shake flask scales (125 mL- and 250 mL-scale) the fed-batch based lactose autoinduction can be applied to rationally designed bioreactor cultivations. Recent studies have shown that the lactose autoinduction concept coupled with an enzymatic glucose release system, compared with glycerol-based systems, is more widely applicable to shaken and stirred bioreactor cultivations with different scales and different aeration capabilities [188 金宝搏 ,188 金宝搏 ］.

Compared to non-boosted EnPresso B cultures, booster supplementation increased the volumetric RH production by 2 to 3-fold, as glucose released from the booster provided an additional carbon source for cell growth and protein production resulting in higher protein yields. The importance of the booster is indicated by higher cell densities as well as higher specific RH yields (Fig.188 金宝搏 C) that could be reached with increasing booster concentrations. However, specific RH production did not significantly increase further when using 2 × booster (Figs.188 金宝搏 and188 金宝搏 ) indicating a crucial limit of the booster effect on the RH production capability of individual cells. Nevertheless, repeated boosting improved both specific and volumetric RH yield by 1.3-fold compared to single boosting and even by fourfold compared to non-boosted cultivation, which confirms the positive influence of the booster on RH production and is in good agreement with previous findings [188 金宝搏 ］.Here, our results highlight the high dependence of RH production yields on the cell densities under both classic single shot IPTG induction and autoinduction of EnPresso fed-batch like cultures.

A comparison of RH yields obtained from cultures in UYFs induced with either classical single shot IPTG induction or autoinduction further corroborated the use of autoinduction for hydrogenase production inE. coli. While no significant differences in the specific yield could be observed between both IPTG induction protocols, a fourfold increase in volumetric and specific RH yield was obtained by autoinduction with 2 g L−1lactose compared to optimized single-shot IPTG induction, pointing out an alternative possibility of recombinant protein production inE. coli. Furthermore, the similar volumetric yields together with the shorter cultivation time resulted in a space time yield of nearly 12 mg (L h)−1与乳糖autoinduction EnPresso B wh媒介ich is fourfold higher compared to standard IPTG induction.

Our results presented in this study reconfirm the applicability of such fed-batch lactose autoinduction and the use of IPTG in fed-batch like autoinduction for the production of recombinant proteins in general and of difficult-to-express proteins such as hydrogenases in particular. To date, despite extensive studies on autoinduction systems, all of them using optimized defined media have generally achieved higher final yields of target proteins by increasing final biomass compared to standard IPTG induction [188 金宝搏 ,188 金宝搏 ,188 金宝搏 ］.However, our fed-batch autoinduction system ultimately resulted in higher protein yields based on a similar biomass, probably due to an increased or maximized metabolic capacity of individual cell in favor of target protein production. Therefore, this interesting finding renders our developed system potentially advantageous over previous autoinduction systems and of practical implications in terms of improvement of recombinant protein production in the future.

Conclusion

Here, we combined the autoinduction concept with the fed-batch like enzymatic glucose release technology to improve heterologous regulatory hydrogenase production inE. coli. Taken together, the findings of this study lay a foundation for using this developed approach for efficient production of other similar proteins in future studies of structural and functional characterization as well as biotechnological applications.

Materials and methods

Bacterial strain and culture medium

For all cultivationsE. coliBQF8RH (BL21-Gold [E. coliB F–ompT hsdS(rB–mB) dcm+TetRgal endA Hte] harbouring plasmid pQF8) [188 金宝搏 ], was used. The plasmid allows production of both HoxC and C-terminally strep-tagged HoxB under control of the strong Placderivative Plac-CTU[188 金宝搏 ］.If not stated otherwise all cultivations were carried out in EnPresso B medium according to the manufactures (EnPresso GmbH, Germany) and 25 µg mL−1chloramphenicol were added.

Cultivation in 24-deepwell plates

Screening of conditions for autoinduction ofhoxgene expression was performed in square-shaped 24-deepwell plates (24-DWP; Thomson Instrument Company) covered with sterile Breathable Film seal (Starlab, Hamburg, Germany) using EnPresso B with or without addition of booster in a working volume of 3 mL per well. In both cases 3 U L−1biocatalyst were used to catalyse glucose release. In deviation from the manufacturer's instructions, the booster was added directly at inoculation. Cultures were inoculated to OD600of 0.2 and incubated at 30 °C and 250 rpm with orbital shaking (25 mm offset, Infor HT, Switzerland). Cell density and target protein level were analysed at five time points during the cultivation (2, 6, 12, 24 and 30 h). For optimization of the inducer concentration varying concentrations of either IPTG (0, 10, 20, 50, 80 or 150 µM) or lactose (0.5, 2 or 4 g L−1) were added at the inoculation time. Additionally, different combinations of glucose (0.5 or 1 g L−1) and lactose (0.5, 1 or 2 g L−1) were used for autoinduction in non-boosted cultures.

Improvement of the booster concentration was performed in cultures induced with 50 µM IPTG or 2 g L−1lactose. At the time of inoculation, different booster concentrations (0 ×, 0.25 ×, 0.5 ×, 1 ×, 2 ×) were added with 1 × booster corresponding to the manufacturer's recommendation (EnPresso GmbH, Germany). In all cases, glucose release was controlled by addition of 3 U L−1biocatalyst at inoculation according to the manufacturer’s instructions. Cell density and target protein level were analysed after 30 h of cultivation. Optical densities (OD600) of the cultures were determined as described previously [188 金宝搏 ］.

Cultivation in shake-flasks

Cultivation in the shake-flask scale was carried out in 250-mL Ultra Yield Flasks (UYFs) sealed with a sterile porous membrane seal (AirOtop™) (Thomson Instrument Company) filled with 20% v/v EnPresso B medium with or without booster. For autoinduction, 50 µM IPTG or 2 g L−1lactose were added. The shake-flask cultures supplemented with 0.01% v/v antifoam 204 (Sigma-Aldrich) were inoculated to OD6000.2和孵化30°C和250 rpm(25毫米offset, Infors HT, Switzerland). If required a second dose of booster and biocatalyst were added after 12 h of induction.

Protein purification and SDS-PAGE analysis

Cells were harvested by centrifugation for 10 min at 8000 × gat 4 °C and pellets frozen at − 20 °C overnight. After thawing the pellets were resuspended in washing buffer A (100 mM Tris–HCl, pH 8.0, 150 mM NaCl) supplemented with 1 mg mL−1lysozyme and 1 mM PMSF. Here, 4 mL of washing buffer were used per 1 g of wet cell weight. Subsequently, cells were disrupted by sonification (30 s on/off, sonotrode with 7 mm diameter, 60% amplitude) for 8–10 min. The resulting crude extract was centrifuged for 30 min at 16,000 × gat 4 °C to yielding the soluble protein extract. The clarified cell lysates were applied toStrep-Tactin® Gravity Superflow® columns (IBA GmbH, Germany) and processed according to the manufacturer’s instructions. For 10 mL of soluble extract, a 300 µL bed volume was used. The column was washed with 6 bed volumes of washing buffer, and the Hox proteins were eluted 6 times with 0.5 bed volume of elution buffer containing 2.5 mM D-desthiobiotin. Subsequently, elution fractions were analysed by SDS-PAGE using 12% PAA gels. BSA served as a standard for quantification. After staining with colloidal Coomassie solution the gels were scanned and subsequently bands quantified using Image J.

For total protein analysis 0.2 mL broth samples were collected at the selected time points, centrifuged at 16,000 × gand 4 °C for 10 min and pellets stored at − 20 °C. The pellets were resuspended in 2 × SDS sample buffer normalized to an OD600of 5 and heated for 20 min at 95 °C. After centrifugation 20 µL of the SDS-denatured samples were loaded on 12% PAA gels as above.

Western blotting

Western blotting was performed as described recently [188 金宝搏 ］.Briefly, after SDS-PAGE proteins were transferred onto a PVDF membrane (0.45 µm pore size, Carl Roth, Germany) by semi-dry blotting in a Transblot Turbo Transfer system (Bio-Rad, Germany) at 1.3 A/25 V for 30 min. Strep-tagged HoxB was detected using monoclonal anti-Strep-tag®II mouse antibody (1:2500 dilution) (iba GmbH, Germany). As a secondary antibody, alkaline phosphatase (AP)-conjugated goat anti-Mouse IgG antibody (Sigma-Aldrich, Germany) was used (1:8000 dilution). Bands were visualized via the AP-catalysed reaction of the chromogenic BCIP/NBT substrates as described recently [188 金宝搏 ］.Blots were digitized with a Scan-Prisa 640U and quantified with ImageJ.

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Comparison of cell densities and volumetric RH production yields obtained from deepwell plate (DWP) to UltraYield flask (UYF) cultures (125 mL or 250 mL of flask volume) after 24 h of cultivation using lactose autoinduction.

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