Conference Dates
June 12 – 17, 2022
Abstract
engineering. The thermophilic fungus Thermothelomyces heterothallica is a robust and versatile fungal expression system for the rapid production of proteins at very high levels. In the last 6 years, the C1 protein production platform has been further improved to become a safe and efficient expression system with the prime objective of speeding up the development and production of commercial scale human and animal vaccines, monoclonal antibodies, biosimilars, as well as other therapeutic proteins at larger quantities and lower cost.
C1 is a very efficient platform to produce antigens, even to generate multicomponent vaccines. The production levels of engineered C1 strains are similar in terms of yield and purity, reaching in some cases more than 2.5 g/L (in 4-5 days). In contrast to other vaccine platforms, C1 has a higher safety profile, and production can be scaled up in a more cost-effective manner using standard microbial E. coli fermenters. Stable cell lines have been developed to produce different antigens as influenza, neuraminidase, west Nile, rabies, rift valley fever..etc.
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Recommended Citation
Ronen Tchelet, Marika Vitikainen, Noelia Valbuena, Anne Huuskonen, Abraham Nyska, Markku Saloheimo, and Mark Emalfarb, "Development of the filamentous fungus Thermothelomyces heterothallica C1 into a next-generation production platform for human and animal vaccines" in "Vaccine Technology VIII", Tarit Mukhopadhyay, Merck Research Laboratories, USA; Charles Lutsch, Sanofi Pasteur, France; Linda Hwee-Lin Lua, University of Queensland, Australia; Francesc Godia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain Eds, ECI Symposium Series, (2022). https://dc.engconfintl.org/vaccine_viii/74