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Hu H, Deng N, Zhao X, Yi C, Wei W, Gong Y. API5-Hsp20 axis regulate apoptosis and viral infection in mud crab ( Scylla paramamosain). Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1323382. [PMID: 38143869 PMCID: PMC10739306 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1323382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2023] [Accepted: 11/24/2023] [Indexed: 12/26/2023] Open
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Apoptosis Inhibitor 5 (API5) is a widely concerned nuclear protein with diverse functions in organisms, so far, study of API5 is still quite limited in lower animals, and its role in viral immune response has not been addressed. Here, we explored the function of API5 in mud crab (Scylla paramamosain) during White Spot Syndrome Virus (WSSV) infection. The interacting protein Hsp20 of API5 was screened by pull-down assay, and API5 and hsp20 were knocked down by RNAi interference. The results showed that API5 was upregulated along with virus infection, silencing of API5 led to increased WSSV copy numbers and apoptotic rate of hemocytes, highlighting its significance in the immune response. Moreover, we discovered a novel interaction between API5 and Heat Shock Protein 20 (Hsp20), and then revealed that Hsp20 could promote cell apoptosis of hemocytes and reduce viral copy numbers by suppressing API5. The current study therefore improves the knowledge of API5-Hsp20 axis and provides novel insights into intricate mechanisms governing the antiviral response in marine crustaceans.
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- Hang Hu
- School of Life Sciences, Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
- Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Aquatic Resources and Utilization, Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
- Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Aquatic Resources and Utilization, Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
- Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Aquatic Resources and Utilization, Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
- Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Aquatic Resources and Utilization, Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Marine Biology, Shantou University, Shantou, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
- Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Aquatic Resources and Utilization, Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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Enhancement of recombinant human IL-24 (rhIL-24) protein production from site-specific integrated engineered CHO cells by sodium butyrate treatment. Bioprocess Biosyst Eng 2022; 45:1979-1991. [DOI: 10.1007/s00449-022-02801-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2022] [Accepted: 10/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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AbstractInterleukin-24 (IL-24) has specific inhibitory effects on the proliferation of various tumor cells with almost no toxicity to normal cells. The antitumor activity of recombinant human IL-24 protein produced in mammalian cells is much higher than that of bacteria, but its expression level is extremely low. Sodium butyrate (NaBu) was utilized as a media additive to increase protein expression in Chinese hamster ovary cells. The site-specific integrated engineered cells FCHO/IL-24 were treated with NaBu under different culture conditions (10% and 0.5% serum adherent culture, 0.5% serum suspension culture). First, 3 days of 1 mmol/L NaBu treatment significantly increased rhIL-24 expression level in FCHO/IL-24 cells by 119.94 ± 1.5% (**p < 0.01), 57.49 ± 2.4% (**p < 0.01), and 20.17 ± 3.03% (*p < 0.05) under the above culture conditions. Second, NaBu has a time- and dose-dependent inhibitory effect on FCHO/IL-24 proliferation and induces G0/G1 phase arrest. Under 10% and 0.5% serum adherent culture, G0/G1 phase cells were increased by 11.3 ± 0.5% (**p < 0.01) and 15.0 ± 2.6% (**p < 0.01), respectively. No induction of apoptosis was observed under a high dosage of NaBu treatment. These results suggest that NaBu increases rhIL-24 secretion via inhibiting cell cycle progression, thereby trapping cells in the highly productive G0/G1 phase. Finally, with increasing NaBu dose, glucose concentration increased (**p < 0.01) while lactic acid and ammonia concentrations reduced significantly (**p < 0.01) in 10% and 0.5% serum adherent culture supernatant. RNA-seq showed that NaBu treatment affected multiple tumor and immune-related pathways. In conclusion, NaBu treatment dramatically promoted rhIL-24 production in engineered FCHO/IL-24 cells by altering downstream pathways and inducing G0/G1 cell arrest with little effect on apoptosis.
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Kim D, Yoon C, Lee GM. Small molecule epigenetic modulators for enhancing recombinant antibody production in CHO cell cultures. Biotechnol Bioeng 2021; 119:820-831. [PMID: 34961935 DOI: 10.1002/bit.28013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2021] [Revised: 11/30/2021] [Accepted: 12/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Small molecule epigenetic modulators that modify epigenetic states in cells are useful tools for regulating gene expression by inducing chromatin remodeling. To identify small molecule epigenetic modulators that enhance recombinant protein expression in CHO cells, we examined eight histone deacetylase inhibitors (iHDACs) and six DNA methyltransferase inhibitors as chemical additives in recombinant CHO (rCHO) cell cultures. Among these, a benzamide-based iHDAC, CI994, was the most effective in increasing monoclonal antibody (mAb) production. Despite suppressing cell growth, the addition of CI994 to mAb-expressing GSR cell cultures at 10 μM resulted in a 2.3-fold increase in maximum mAb concentration due to a 3.0-fold increase in specific mAb productivity (q mAb ). CI994 increased mAb mRNA levels and histone H3 acetylation in GSR cells, and ChIP-qPCR analysis revealed that CI994 significantly increased the histone H3 acetylation level at the CMV promoter driving mAb gene expression, indicating that chromatin remodeling in the promoter region results in enhanced mAb gene transcription and q mAb . Similar beneficial effects of CI994 on mAb production were observed in mAb-expressing CS13-1.00 cells. Collectively, our findings indicate that CI994 increases mAb production in rCHO cell cultures by chromatin remodeling resulting from acetylation of histones in the mAb gene promoter. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
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- Dongil Kim
- Department of Biological Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, South Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, South Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, South Korea
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Cox MMJ. Innovations in the Insect Cell Expression System for Industrial Recombinant Vaccine Antigen Production. Vaccines (Basel) 2021; 9:vaccines9121504. [PMID: 34960250 PMCID: PMC8707663 DOI: 10.3390/vaccines9121504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2021] [Revised: 12/16/2021] [Accepted: 12/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The insect cell expression system has previously been proposed as the preferred biosecurity strategy for production of any vaccine, particularly for future influenza pandemic vaccines. The development and regulatory risk for new vaccine candidates is shortened as the platform is already in use for the manufacturing of the FDA-licensed seasonal recombinant influenza vaccine Flublok®. Large-scale production capacity is in place and could be used to produce other antigens as well. However, as demonstrated by the 2019 SARS-CoV-2 pandemic the insect cell expression system has limitations that need to be addressed to ensure that recombinant antigens will indeed play a role in combating future pandemics. The greatest challenge may be the ability to produce an adequate quantity of purified antigen in an accelerated manner. This review summarizes recent innovations in technology areas important for enhancing recombinant-protein production levels and shortening development timelines. Opportunities for increasing product concentrations through vector development, cell line engineering, or bioprocessing and for shortening timelines through standardization of manufacturing processes will be presented.
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Hu H, Zhao X, Cui Y, Li S, Gong Y. SpTIA-1 suppresses WSSV infection by promoting apoptosis in mud crab (Scylla paramamosain). Mol Immunol 2021; 140:158-166. [PMID: 34715578 DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2021.10.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2021] [Revised: 10/15/2021] [Accepted: 10/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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TIA-1 (T cell restricted intracellular antigen-1) is a kind of RNA-binding protein which serves as the downstream of CED-9 (a BCL2 homolog) and induces apoptosis under stress conditions. So far, the function of apoptosis mediated by TIA-1 has been extensively studied in higher animals, and apoptosis happens to be related to biological immune defense. However, the involvement of TIA-1 in the study of immune function during viral infection has not been clearly studied, especially in marine invertebrates. In the study, SpTIA-1 in mud crab (Scylla paramamosain) was specifically identified. The Open Reading Frame (ORF) of SpTIA-1 was consisted of 1116 nucleotide bases and encoded 372 amino acids. Besides, the results showed that the expression of SpTIA-1 was obviously up-regulated during WSSV (White Spot Syndrome Virus) infection in hemocytes of mud crab. Furthermore, through RNAi approach, we found that SpTIA-1 could activate Caspase-3 signaling and increase ROS levels to reduce mitochondrial membrane potential, resulting in the increase of apoptosis rate in hemocytes, which eventually suppressed WSSV multiplication in mud crab. The current study therefore improves the knowledge of antiviral immunity in mud crab and provides new insights into the innate immunity of marine crustaceans.
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- Hang Hu
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Marine Biology, Shantou University, Shantou, 515063, China; Institute of Marine Sciences, Shantou University, Shantou, 515063, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Marine Biology, Shantou University, Shantou, 515063, China; Institute of Marine Sciences, Shantou University, Shantou, 515063, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Marine Biology, Shantou University, Shantou, 515063, China; Institute of Marine Sciences, Shantou University, Shantou, 515063, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Marine Biology, Shantou University, Shantou, 515063, China; Institute of Marine Sciences, Shantou University, Shantou, 515063, China.
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Factors affecting the quality of therapeutic proteins in recombinant Chinese hamster ovary cell culture. Biotechnol Adv 2021; 54:107831. [PMID: 34480988 DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2021.107831] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2021] [Revised: 06/21/2021] [Accepted: 08/30/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells are the most widely used mammalian host cells for the commercial production of therapeutic proteins. Fed-batch culture is widely used to produce therapeutic proteins, including monoclonal antibodies, because of its operational simplicity and high product titer. Despite technical advances in the development of culture media and cell cultures, it is still challenging to maintain high productivity in fed-batch cultures while also ensuring good product quality. In this review, factors that affect the quality attributes of therapeutic proteins in recombinant CHO (rCHO) cell culture, such as glycosylation, charge variation, aggregation, and degradation, are summarized and categorized into three groups: culture environments, chemical additives, and host cell proteins accumulated in culture supernatants. Understanding the factors that influence the therapeutic protein quality in rCHO cell culture will facilitate the development of large-scale, high-yield fed-batch culture processes for the production of high-quality therapeutic proteins.
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Guo M, Chen K, Lv Z, Shao Y, Zhang W, Zhao X, Li C. Bcl-2 mediates coelomocytes apoptosis by suppressing cytochrome c release in Vibrio splendidus challenged Apostichopus japonicus. DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 2020; 103:103533. [PMID: 31669879 DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2019.103533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2019] [Revised: 10/17/2019] [Accepted: 10/26/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Apoptosis is an evolutionarily conserved immune response and plays a fundamental role in many physiological processes. In this study, the important apoptosis regulator of Bcl-2 homolog from economic marine animal Apostichopus japonicus (AjBcl-2) was cloned and its roles in V. splendidus infection explored. The AjBcl-2 gene contains 3263 nucleotides, with a 5' UTR of 519 bp, an ORF of 660 bp encoding 219 aa sequences, and a 3' UTR of 2084 bp. The AjBcl-2 protein shared a conserved Bcl domain and three Bcl-2 homology domains by SMART program. In healthy sea cucumbers, AjBcl-2 mRNA was expressed in all examined tissues with the peak expression in coelomocytes. The mRNA and protein levels of AjBcl-2 in coelomocytes were depressed at 12 h and 24 h, and induced at 48 h post V. splendidus challenge. In the same conditions, coelomocytes apoptosis rates were significantly increased at 24 h and decreased at 48 h. Moreover, siRNA-mediated AjBcl-2 knockdown significantly increased the coelomocytes apoptosis rates, which could be partially recovered by recombinant AjBcl-2 administration. Furthermore, there was an increase in the AjCyt c protein expression coupled with the downregulation expression of AjBcl-2 post AjBcl-2 silencing. Our results suggested that AjBcl-2 suppressed apoptosis by preventing the AjCyt c release in coelomocytes, and thus mediating V. splendidus infection in sea cucumbers.
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- Ming Guo
- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Ningbo University, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Ningbo University, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Ningbo University, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Ningbo University, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Ningbo University, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Ningbo University, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Ningbo University, PR China; Laboratory for Marine Fisheries Science and Food Production Processes, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266071, PR China.
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Chen J, Gong Y, Zheng H, Ma H, Aweya JJ, Zhang Y, Chen X, Li SK. SpBcl2 promotes WSSV infection by suppressing apoptotic activity of hemocytes in mud crab, Scylla paramamosain. DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 2019; 100:103421. [PMID: 31254562 DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2019.103421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2019] [Revised: 06/20/2019] [Accepted: 06/21/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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White spot syndrome virus (WSSV) is one of the most virulent and widespread pathogens that infect almost all marine crustaceans and therefore cause huge economic losses in aquaculture. The Bcl2 protein plays a key role in the mitochondrial apoptosis pathway, which is a crucial immune response in invertebrates. However, the role of Bcl2 in apoptosis and immunoregulation in mud crab, Scylla paramamosain, is poorly understood. Here, the Bcl2 homolog (SpBcl2) in S. paramamosain was cloned and its role in WSSV infection explored. The expression of SpBcl2 increased at both the transcriptional level and post-transcriptional level after WSSV infection, while the hemocytes apoptosis decreased significantly. Furthermore, there was increase in the level of cytochrome c coupled with an upregulation in the expression of SpBcl2. These results indicated that SpBcl2 suppressed apoptosis by preventing the release of cytochrome c from mitochondria, thereby promoting WSSV replication in mud crab. The findings here therefore provide novel insight into the immune response of mud crabs to WSSV infection.
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- Jiao Chen
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Marine Biology, Shantou University, Shantou, 515063, China; STU-UMT Joint Shellfish Research Laboratory, Shantou University, Shantou, 515063, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Marine Biology, Shantou University, Shantou, 515063, China; STU-UMT Joint Shellfish Research Laboratory, Shantou University, Shantou, 515063, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Marine Biology, Shantou University, Shantou, 515063, China; STU-UMT Joint Shellfish Research Laboratory, Shantou University, Shantou, 515063, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Marine Biology, Shantou University, Shantou, 515063, China; STU-UMT Joint Shellfish Research Laboratory, Shantou University, Shantou, 515063, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Marine Biology, Shantou University, Shantou, 515063, China; STU-UMT Joint Shellfish Research Laboratory, Shantou University, Shantou, 515063, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Marine Biology, Shantou University, Shantou, 515063, China; STU-UMT Joint Shellfish Research Laboratory, Shantou University, Shantou, 515063, China
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- Department of Food and Environmental Engineering, Yangjiang Polytechnic College, Key Laboratory for Marine Estuary Fishery Resources Protection of Yangjiang City, Yangjiang, 529500, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Marine Biology, Shantou University, Shantou, 515063, China; STU-UMT Joint Shellfish Research Laboratory, Shantou University, Shantou, 515063, China.
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Park HH, Choi J, Lee HJ, Ryu J, Park JH, Rhee WJ, Park TH. Enhancement of human erythropoietin production in Chinese hamster ovary cells through supplementation of 30Kc19-30Kc6 fusion protein. Process Biochem 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2015.03.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Brodsky AN, Caldwell M, Bae S, Harcum SW. Glycosylation-related genes in NS0 cells are insensitive to moderately elevated ammonium concentrations. J Biotechnol 2014; 187:78-86. [PMID: 25062658 PMCID: PMC4197068 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2014.07.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2014] [Revised: 07/05/2014] [Accepted: 07/15/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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NS0 and Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cell lines are used to produce recombinant proteins for human therapeutics; however, ammonium accumulation can negatively impact cell growth, recombinant protein production, and protein glycosylation. To improve product quality and decrease costs, the relationship between ammonium and protein glycosylation needs to be elucidated. While ammonium has been shown to adversely affect glycosylation-related gene expression in CHO cells, NS0 studies have not been performed. Therefore, this study sought to determine if glycosylation in NS0 cells were ammonium-sensitive at the gene expression level. Using a DNA microarray that contained mouse glycosylation-related and housekeeping genes, these genes were analyzed in response to various culture conditions - elevated ammonium, elevated salt, and elevated ammonium with proline. Surprisingly, no significant differences in gene expression levels were observed between the control and these conditions. Further, the elevated ammonium cultures were analyzed using real-time quantitative reverse transcriptase PCR (qRT-PCR) for key glycosylation genes, and the qRT-PCR results corroborated the DNA microarray results, demonstrating that NS0 cells are ammonium-insensitive at the gene expression level. Since NS0 are known to have elevated nucleotide sugar pools under ammonium stress, and none of the genes directly responsible for these metabolic pools were changed, consequently cellular control at the translational or substrate-level must be responsible for the universally observed decreased glycosylation quality under elevated ammonium.
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- Arthur Nathan Brodsky
- Department of Bioengineering, 301 Rhodes Research Center, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634-0905, USA.
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- Department of Bioengineering, 301 Rhodes Research Center, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634-0905, USA.
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- Department of Bioengineering, 301 Rhodes Research Center, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634-0905, USA.
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- Department of Bioengineering, 301 Rhodes Research Center, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634-0905, USA.
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Effect of sodium butyrate on the assembly, charge variants, and galactosylation of antibody produced in recombinant Chinese hamster ovary cells. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2014; 98:5417-25. [PMID: 24557571 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-014-5596-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2013] [Revised: 02/03/2014] [Accepted: 02/04/2014] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Sodium butyrate (NaBu) is known to increase the specific productivity of recombinant Chinese hamster ovary (rCHO) cells. To understand the effects of NaBu on the product quality, rCHO cells producing monoclonal antibody (Mab) were cultivated at various concentrations of NaBu (0 to 4 mM). NaBu increased correctly assembled Mab. In the absence of NaBu, the proportions of intact Mab (2H2L) and heavy chain dimer (2H) were 81 and 15 %. At 1 mM NaBu, the proportion of 2H2L increased to 93 %, whereas the proportion of 2H decreased to 2 %. No further increase in the proportion of 2H2L was obtained at a higher NaBu concentration. NaBu also affected the charge heterogeneity of Mab, which may affect the efficacy of Mab. The basic charge variants of Mabs increased with an increase in the NaBu concentration. In addition, NaBu affected the galactosylation of Mab negatively. Overall, the data obtained here show that NaBu used in rCHO cell cultures for improved Mab production affects certain quality aspects of Mab, in this case, the charge heterogeneity and galactosylation.
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Datta P, Yang B, Linhardt RJ, Sharfstein ST. Modulation of heparan sulfate biosynthesis by sodium butyrate in recombinant CHO cells. Cytotechnology 2014; 67:223-35. [PMID: 24468831 DOI: 10.1007/s10616-013-9677-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2013] [Accepted: 12/14/2013] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Sodium butyrate, a histone deacetylase inhibitor, has been used to improve transgene expression in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells. The current study explores the impact of butyrate treatment on heparan sulfate (HS) biosynthesis and structural composition in a recombinant CHO-S cell line expressing enzymes in the heparin (HP)/(HS) biosynthetic pathway (Dual-10 stably expressing NDST2 and HS3st1). Flow cytometric analysis showed that antithrombin binding was increased in Dual-10 cells and basic fibroblast growth factor binding was decreased in response to sodium butyrate treatment. The results were in agreement with the AMAC-LCMS (2-aminoacridine-tagged HS/HP analysis by liquid chromatography mass spectrometry) data that showed that there was an increase in heparan sulfate tri-sulfated disaccharides and a decrease in N-sulfated disaccharides in the butyrate-treated cells. However, we could not detect any changes in the chondroitin sulfate pathway in Dual-10 cells treated with butyrate. The current study is the first to report the effect of butyrate on glycosaminoglycan profiles.
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- Payel Datta
- Department of Biology and Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 8th Avenue, Troy, NY, 12180, USA
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Establishment of a CpG island microarray for analyses of genome-wide DNA methylation in Chinese hamster ovary cells. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2013; 98:579-89. [PMID: 24146078 PMCID: PMC3890572 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-013-5282-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2013] [Revised: 09/12/2013] [Accepted: 09/19/2013] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Optimizing productivity and growth rates of recombinant Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells requires insight into the regulation of cellular processes. In this regard, the elucidation of the epigenetic process of DNA methylation, known to influence transcription by a differential occurrence in CpG islands in promoter regions, is increasingly gaining importance. However, DNA methylation has not yet been investigated on a genomic scale in CHO cells and suitable tools have not existed until now. Based on the genomic and transcriptomic CHO data currently available, we developed a customized oligonucleotide microarray covering 19598 CpG islands (89 % of total bioinformatically identified CpG islands) in the CHO genome. We applied our CHO-specific CpG island microarray to investigate the effect of butyrate treatment on differential DNA methylation in CHO cultures in a time-dependent approach. Supplementation of butyrate is known to enhance cell specific productivities in CHO cells and leads to alterations of epigenetic silencing events. Gene ontology clusters regarding, e.g., chromatin modification or DNA repair, were significantly overrepresented 24 h after butyrate addition. Functional classifications furthermore indicated that several major signaling systems such as the Wnt/β-catenin pathway were affected by butyrate treatment. Our novel CHO-specific CpG island microarray will provide valuable information in future studies of cellular processes associated with productivity and product characteristics.
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Damiani R, Almeida BE, Oliveira JE, Bartolini P, Ribela MTCP. Enhancement of human thyrotropin synthesis by sodium butyrate addition to serum-free CHO cell culture. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 2013; 171:1658-72. [PMID: 23996121 DOI: 10.1007/s12010-013-0467-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2013] [Accepted: 08/22/2013] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The influence of sodium butyrate (NaBu) on the synthesis of recombinant human thyrotropin (r-hTSH) by CHO cells was investigated for the first time. A volumetric productivity of ~10 μg hTSH/mL was repeatedly obtained, with a 3.3-fold increase over a control culture carried out in the absence of NaBu. Since NaBu can induce CHO cell apoptosis and cell growth arrest, the increase in specific productivity was even higher, i.e., ca. 5-fold. Analysis of the N-glycan composition of r-hTSH obtained with the addition of NaBu to the culture medium showed an approximately 12 % increase in the amount of sialic acid, as well as in total carbohydrate, partly due to the increase in the site occupancy from 2.77 to 2.93 glycans per mole of hTSH. The two hormone preparations were characterized by N-glycan structural analysis, which showed that NaBu increased the bi-antennary structures by ca. 13 % while decreasing the tri-antennary structures by approximately the same amount. The in vivo biological activity and pharmacokinetic behavior (clearance) were found to be similar for the two hormone preparations.
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- Renata Damiani
- Biotechnology Department, IPEN-CNEN, Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes 2242, Cidade Universitária, 05508-900, São Paulo, Brazil
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Read EK, Bradley SA, Smitka TA, Agarabi CD, Lute SC, Brorson KA. Fermentanomics informed amino acid supplementation of an antibody producing mammalian cell culture. Biotechnol Prog 2013; 29:745-53. [PMID: 23606649 DOI: 10.1002/btpr.1728] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2012] [Revised: 03/07/2013] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Fermentanomics, or a global understanding of a culture state on the molecular level empowered by advanced techniques like NMR, was employed to show that a model hybridoma culture supplied with glutamine and glucose depletes aspartate, cysteine, methionine, tryptophan, and tyrosine during antibody production. Supplementation with these amino acids prevents depletion and improves culture performance. Furthermore, no significant changes were observed in the distribution of glycans attached to the IgG3 in cultures supplemented with specific amino acids, arguing that this strategy can be implemented without fear of impact on important product quality attributes. In summary, a targeted strategy of quantifying media components and designing a supplementation strategy can improve bioprocess cell cultures when enpowered by fermentanomics tools.
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- Erik K Read
- Div. of Monoclonal Antibodies, CDER, FDA, Silver Spring, MD, USA
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Sonoda H, Kumada Y, Katsuda T, Yamaji H. Production of single-chain Fv–Fc fusion protein in stably transformed insect cells. Biochem Eng J 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2012.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Mohan C, Sathyamurthy M, Lee GM. A role of GADD153 in ER stress-induced apoptosis in recombinant Chinese hamster ovary cells. BIOTECHNOL BIOPROC E 2012. [DOI: 10.1007/s12257-011-0653-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Wuest DM, Harcum SW, Lee KH. Genomics in mammalian cell culture bioprocessing. Biotechnol Adv 2012; 30:629-38. [PMID: 22079893 PMCID: PMC3718848 DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2011.10.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2011] [Revised: 09/20/2011] [Accepted: 10/30/2011] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Explicitly identifying the genome of a host organism including sequencing, mapping, and annotating its genetic code has become a priority in the field of biotechnology with aims at improving the efficiency and understanding of cell culture bioprocessing. Recombinant protein therapeutics, primarily produced in mammalian cells, constitute a $108 billion global market. The most common mammalian cell line used in biologic production processes is the Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cell line, and although great improvements have been made in titer production over the past 25 years, the underlying molecular and physiological factors are not well understood. Confident understanding of CHO bioprocessing elements (e.g. cell line selection, protein production, and reproducibility of process performance and product specifications) would significantly improve with a well understood genome. This review describes mammalian cell culture use in bioprocessing, the importance of obtaining CHO cell line genetic sequences, and the current status of sequencing efforts. Furthermore, transcriptomic techniques and gene expression tools are presented, and case studies exploring genomic techniques and applications aimed to improve mammalian bioprocess performance are reviewed. Finally, future implications of genomic advances are surmised.
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- Diane M. Wuest
- Chemical Engineering and Delaware Biotechnology Institute, University of Delaware, 15 Innovation Way, Newark, DE 19711, USA
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- Bioengineering, Clemson University, 301 Rhodes Research Center, Clemson, SC 29634, USA
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- Chemical Engineering and Delaware Biotechnology Institute, University of Delaware, 15 Innovation Way, Newark, DE 19711, USA
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Brodsky AN, Caldwell M, Harcum SW. Glycosylation and post-translational modification gene expression analysis by DNA microarrays for cultured mammalian cells. Methods 2011; 56:408-17. [PMID: 22033470 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2011.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2011] [Revised: 10/07/2011] [Accepted: 10/11/2011] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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DNA microarray analysis of gene expression has become a valuable tool for bioprocessing research aimed at improving therapeutic protein yields. The highly parallel nature of DNA microarray technology allows researchers to assess hundreds of gene simultaneously, essentially enabling genome-wide snapshots. The quality and amount of therapeutic proteins produced by cultured mammalian cells rely heavily on the culture environment. In order to implement beneficial changes to the culture environment, a better understanding of the relationship between the product quality and culture environment must be developed. By analyzing gene expression levels under various environmental conditions, light can be shed on the underlying mechanisms. This paper describes a method for evaluating gene expression changes for cultured NS0 cells, a mouse-derived myeloma cell line, under culture environment conditions, such as ammonia buildup, known to affect product quality. These procedures can be easily adapted to other environmental conditions and any mammalian cell lines cultured in suspension, so long as a sufficient number of gene sequences are publicly available.
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- Arthur Nathan Brodsky
- Department of Bioengineering, 301 Rhodes Research Center, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634-0905, USA
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Jeon MK, Yu DY, Lee GM. Combinatorial engineering of ldh-a and bcl-2 for reducing lactate production and improving cell growth in dihydrofolate reductase-deficient Chinese hamster ovary cells. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2011; 92:779-90. [PMID: 21792592 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-011-3475-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2011] [Revised: 06/27/2011] [Accepted: 07/13/2011] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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In Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells, rapid glucose metabolism normally leads to inefficient use of glucose, most of which is converted to lactate during cell cultures. Since lactate accumulation during the culture often exerts a negative effect on cell growth and valuable product formation, several genetic engineering approaches have been developed to suppress lactate dehydrogenase-A (LDH-A), the enzyme converting pyruvate into lactate. However, despite the reduced lactate accumulation, such cell cultures are eventually terminated in the late period of the culture, mainly due to apoptosis. Therefore, we developed an apoptosis-resistant, less lactate-producing dhfr(-) CHO cell line (CHO-Bcl2-LDHAsi) by overexpressing Bcl-2, one of the most well-known anti-apoptotic proteins, and by downregulating LDH-A in a dhfr(-) CHO cell line. When the dhfr(-) CHO-Bcl2-LDHAsi cell line was used as a host cell line for the development of recombinant CHO (rCHO) cells producing an Fc-fusion protein, the culture longevity of the rCHO cells was extended without any detrimental effect of genetic engineering on specific protein productivity. Simultaneously, the specific lactate production rate and apparent yield of lactate from glucose were reduced to 21-65% and 37-78% of the control cells, respectively. Taken together, these results show that the use of an apoptosis-resistant, less lactate-producing dhfr(-) CHO cell line as a host cell line saves the time and the effort of establishing an apoptosis-resistant, less lactate-producing rCHO cells for producing therapeutic proteins.
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- Min Kyoung Jeon
- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Nanoscience and Technology (WCU), KAIST, 373-1 Kusong-Dong, Yusong-gu, Daejon 305-701, South Korea.
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Hong JK, Lee GM, Yoon SK. Growth factor withdrawal in combination with sodium butyrate addition extends culture longevity and enhances antibody production in CHO cells. J Biotechnol 2011; 155:225-31. [PMID: 21723342 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2011.06.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2011] [Revised: 06/15/2011] [Accepted: 06/17/2011] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The effect of growth factor (GF) and sodium butyrate (NaBu) on Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cell growth, cell viability and antibody production was investigated using shaking flasks in GF-containing and GF-deficient medium containing 0, 1 and 3mM NaBu. The withdrawal of GF and the addition of NaBu suppressed cell growth, but they significantly increased specific antibody productivity, q(Ab). Interestingly, the withdrawal of GF in combination with the addition of NaBu markedly retarded cell death, leading to extended culture longevity. For instance, at 3mM NaBu, cell viability fell below 80% after day 4 in GF-containing medium, but it remained over 80% until day 18 in GF-deficient medium. Due to the enhanced q(Ab) and the extended culture longevity, approximately 2-fold increase in total antibody production was achieved in pseudo-perfusion culture with 1mM NaBu in GF-deficient medium, compared to the culture in GF-containing medium. The effect of GF and NaBu on the change in the expression and activity of cellular proteins, c-Myc, Bcl-2 and pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH), was also investigated. Both the withdrawal of GF and the addition of NaBu decreased the expression of c-Myc. The expression of Bcl-2 was enhanced by the addition of NaBu in a dose-dependent manner while it was not affected by the withdrawal of GF. In addition, both the withdrawal of GF and the addition of NaBu reduced metabolic rates, q(Glc), q(Lac) and Y(Lac/Glc), and increased PDH activity while not affecting PDH expression, suggesting that they may reduce the glycolytic rates, but enhance the conversion rates of pyruvate to TCA intermediates. Taken together, the withdrawal of GF in combination with the addition of NaBu can be considered as a relevant strategy for alleviating NaBu-induced cell apoptosis and enhancing antibody production since it can be easily implemented as well as enhance q(Ab) and extend culture longevity.
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- Jong Kwang Hong
- Department of Biological Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology, 373-1 Guseong-Dong, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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Yu M, Hu Z, Pacis E, Vijayasankaran N, Shen A, Li F. Understanding the intracellular effect of enhanced nutrient feeding toward high titer antibody production process. Biotechnol Bioeng 2011; 108:1078-88. [DOI: 10.1002/bit.23031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2010] [Revised: 11/10/2010] [Accepted: 11/22/2010] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Dorai H, Ellis D, Keung YS, Campbell M, Zhuang M, Lin C, Betenbaugh MJ. Combining high-throughput screening of caspase activity with anti-apoptosis genes for development of robust CHO production cell lines. Biotechnol Prog 2011; 26:1367-81. [PMID: 20945491 DOI: 10.1002/btpr.426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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A set of anti-apoptotic genes were over-expressed, either singly or in combination, in an effort to develop robust Chinese Hamster Ovary host cell lines suitable for manufacturing biotherapeutics. High-throughput screening of caspase 3/7 activity enabled a rapid selection of transfectants with reduced caspase activity relative to the host cell line. Transfectants with reduced caspase 3/7 activity were then tested for improved integrated viable cell count (IVCC), a function of peak viable cell density and longevity. The maximal level of improvement in IVCC could be achieved by over-expression of either single anti-apoptotic genes, e.g., Bcl-2Δ (a mutated variant of Bcl-2) or Bcl-XL, or a combination of two or three anti-apoptotic genes, e.g., E1B-19K, Aven, and XIAPΔ. These cell lines yielded higher transient antibody production and a greater number of stable clones with high antibody yields. In a 5 L fed-batch bioreactor system, BΔ31-1, a stable clone expressing Bcl-2Δ, had a product titer that was 180% as compared to an optimal clone (Con-1) from the control cell line. Although lactate accumulated to more than 5 g/L in the control culture, its concentration was reduced in the anti-apoptotic BΔ31-1 cultures to below 1 g/L, confirming our earlier findings that cells over-expressing anti-apoptotic genes consume the lactate that would otherwise accumulate as a by-product in the culture medium. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to use the high throughput caspase screening method to identify CHO host cell lines with superior anti-apoptotic characteristics.
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- Haimanti Dorai
- Pharmaceutical Development, Centocor R&D, Radnor, PA 19087, USA.
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Park JH, Park HH, Park TH. Cellular engineering for the high-level production of recombinant proteins in mammalian cell systems. KOREAN J CHEM ENG 2010. [DOI: 10.1007/s11814-010-0278-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Enhancement of human prolactin synthesis by sodium butyrate addition to serum-free CHO cell culture. J Biomed Biotechnol 2010; 2010:405872. [PMID: 20625486 PMCID: PMC2896677 DOI: 10.1155/2010/405872] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2009] [Revised: 02/09/2010] [Accepted: 04/01/2010] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Sodium butyrate (NaBu) has been used as a productivity enhancer for the synthesis of recombinant proteins in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells. Thus, the influence of NaBu on the production of recombinant human prolactin (hPRL) from CHO cells was investigated for the first time. CHO cell cultures were submitted to a treatment with different concentrations of NaBu (0.25 to 4 mM). Quantitative and qualitative analyses by reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC) and Western blot or SDS-PAGE, carried out directly on CHO-conditioned medium, showed that the highest hPRL expression was obtained with 1 mM NaBu. In vitro biological assays based on noble rat lymphoma (Nb2) and mouse pro-B lymphoma (Ba/F3-LLP) cells were carried out on purified hPRL. Its bioactivity in the presence of NaBu was not apparently different from that of the First International Reference Reagent of recombinant hPRL (WHO 97/714). Our results show that NaBu increased the synthesis of recombinant hPRL in CHO cells, apparently without compromising either its structure or function.
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Baik JY, Lee GM. A DIGE approach for the assessment of differential expression of the CHO proteome under sodium butyrate addition: Effect of Bcl-xLoverexpression. Biotechnol Bioeng 2010; 105:358-67. [DOI: 10.1002/bit.22534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Surzyn M, Symes J, Medin JA, Sefton MV. IL-10 secretion increases signal persistence of HEMA-MMA-microencapsulated luciferase-modified CHO fibroblasts in mice. Tissue Eng Part A 2009; 15:127-36. [PMID: 18710337 DOI: 10.1089/ten.tea.2008.0028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Microencapsulation of cells in a polymer membrane [e.g., poly(hydroxyethyl methacrylate-co-methyl methacrylate) (HEMA-MMA)] has been proposed as a vehicle for the delivery of therapeutic biomolecules, but cells (especially xenogeneic cells) survive only for short times, limiting the utility of this approach. Murine interleukin-10 (mIL-10) has been shown to downregulate the xenogeneic immune response, and we tested the hypothesis that mIL-10 produced by microencapsulated Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells would modulate the transplant-site environment leading to prolonged cell function in a xenogeneic model without other immunomodulatory agents. Prior to encapsulation, CHO cells were genetically engineered to express mIL-10 and a firefly bioluminescence protein, luciferase, which allowed for noninvasive tracking of transplanted cells in vivo with the Xenogen IVIS Imaging System. This nondestructive imaging system was sufficiently sensitive to detect photon signal emitted by a single capsule containing around 800 luciferase-transduced CHO (CHO(LUC)) cells in vitro, and to track changes in luciferase expression in vivo over time. Effective modulation of the transplantation-site environment with mIL-10 secreted from capsules was evident by greater luciferase expression at 10 and 21 days after transplantation relative to encapsulated luciferase-transfected cells that did not produce mIL-10. Longer duration effects require further investigation to extend this proof-of-concept study.
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- Martin Surzyn
- Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Mohan C, Lee GM. Calnexin overexpression sensitizes recombinant CHO cells to apoptosis induced by sodium butyrate treatment. Cell Stress Chaperones 2009; 14:49-60. [PMID: 18663604 PMCID: PMC2673906 DOI: 10.1007/s12192-008-0054-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2007] [Revised: 05/07/2008] [Accepted: 05/14/2008] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Sodium butyrate (NaBu) can enhance the expression of foreign genes in recombinant Chinese hamster ovary (rCHO) cells, but it can also inhibit cell growth and induce cellular apoptosis. In this study, the potential role of calnexin (Cnx) expression in rCHO cells treated with 5 mM NaBu was investigated for rCHO cells producing tumor necrosis factor receptor FC. To regulate the Cnx expression level, a tetracycline-inducible system was used. Clones with different Cnx expression levels were selected and investigated. With regard to productivity per cell (q (p)), NaBu enhanced the q (p) by over twofold. Under NaBu treatment, Cnx overexpression further enhanced the q (p) by about 1.7-fold. However, under NaBu stress, the cells overexpressing Cnx showed a poorer viability profile with a consistent difference of over 25% in the viability when compared to the Cnx-repressed condition. This drop in the viability was attributed to increased apoptosis seen in these cells as evidenced by enhanced poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase cleavage and cytochrome C release. Ca(2+) localization staining and subsequent confocal imaging revealed elevated cytosolic Ca(2+) ([Ca(2+)](c)) in the Cnx-overexpressing cells when compared to the Cnx-repressed condition, thus endorsing the increased apoptosis observed in these cells. Taken together, Cnx overexpression not only improved the q (p) of cells treated with NaBu, but it also sensitized cells to apoptosis.
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- Chaya Mohan
- Department of Biological Sciences, KAIST, 373-1 Kusong-Dong, Yusong-Gu, Daejon, 305-701 South Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences, KAIST, 373-1 Kusong-Dong, Yusong-Gu, Daejon, 305-701 South Korea
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Hwang SO, Lee GM. Effect of Akt overexpression on programmed cell death in antibody-producing Chinese hamster ovary cells. J Biotechnol 2009; 139:89-94. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2008.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2008] [Revised: 09/22/2008] [Accepted: 09/26/2008] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Park HJ, Yoon JR, Vo HT, Lee SJ, Kim MH, Jeong YH. The improvement of iduronate 2-sulphatase (IDS) productivity by addition of sodium butyrate with temperature shift in serum-free suspension culture of recombinant cho cells. J Biotechnol 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2008.07.290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Influence of a Reduced CO2 Environment on the Secretion Yield, Potency and N-Glycan Structures of Recombinant Thyrotropin from CHO Cells. Mol Biotechnol 2008; 39:159-66. [DOI: 10.1007/s12033-008-9047-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Hwang SO, Lee GM. Nutrient deprivation induces autophagy as well as apoptosis in Chinese hamster ovary cell culture. Biotechnol Bioeng 2008; 99:678-85. [PMID: 17680685 DOI: 10.1002/bit.21589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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During Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cell culture for foreign protein production, cells are subjected to programmed cell death (PCD). A rapid death at the end of batch culture is accelerated by nutrient starvation. In this study, type II PCD, autophagy, as well as type I PCD, apoptosis, was found to take place in two antibody-producing CHO cell lines, Ab1 and Ab2, toward the end of batch culture when glucose and glutamine were limiting. The evidence of autophagy was observed from the accumulation of a common autophagic marker, a 16 kDa form of LC3-II during batch culture. Moreover, a significant percentage of the total cells (80% of Ab1 cells and 86% of Ab2 cells) showed autophagic vacuoles containing cytoplasmic material by transmission electron microscopy. An increased level of PARP cleavage and chromosomal DNA fragmentation supported that starvation-induced apoptosis also occurred simultaneously with autophagy.
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- Sun Ok Hwang
- Department of Biological Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 335 Gwahangno, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-701, Republic of Korea
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Nivitchanyong T, Martinez A, Ishaque A, Murphy JE, Konstantinov K, Betenbaugh MJ, Thrift J. Anti-apoptotic genes Aven and E1B-19K enhance performance of BHK cells engineered to express recombinant factor VIII in batch and low perfusion cell culture. Biotechnol Bioeng 2007; 98:825-41. [PMID: 17514750 DOI: 10.1002/bit.21479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The engineering of production cell lines to express anti-apoptotic genes has been pursued in recent years due to potential process benefits, including enhanced cell survival, increased protein expression, and improved product quality. In this study, a baby hamster kidney cell line secreting recombinant factor VIII (BHK-FVIII) was engineered to express the anti-apoptotic genes Aven and E1B-19K. In high cell density shake flask culture evaluation, 11 clonal cell lines expressing either E1B-19K or a combination of Aven and E1B-19K showed improved survival compared to both parental and blank vector cell line controls. These cell lines exhibited lower caspase-3 activation and reduced Annexin-V binding compared to the controls. Parental and blank vector cell lines were less than 50% viable after 48 h of exposure to thapsigargin while cell lines expressing E1B-19K with or without Aven maintained viabilities approaching 90%. Subsequently, the best Aven-E1B-19K candidate cell line was compared to the parental cell line in 12-L perfusion bioreactor studies. Choosing the appropriate perfusion rates in bioreactors is a bioprocess optimization issue, so the bioreactors were operated at sequentially lower specific perfusion rates, while maintaining a cell density of 2 x 10(7) viable cells/mL. The viability of the parental cell line declined from nearly 100% at a perfusion rate of 0.5 nL/cell/day to below 80% viability, with caspase-3 activity exceeding 15%, at its lower perfusion limit of 0.15 nL/cell/day. In contrast, the Aven-E1B-19K cell line maintained an average viability of 94% and a maximum caspase-3 activity of 2.5% even when subjected to a lower perfusion minimum of 0.1 nL/cell/day. Factor VIII productivity, specific growth rate, and cell size decreased for both cell lines at lower perfusion rates, but the drop in all cases was larger for the parental cell line. Specific consumption of glucose and glutamine and production of lactate were consistently lower for the Aven-E1B-19K culture. Furthermore, the yield of ammonia from glutamine increased for the Aven-E1B-19K cell line relative to the parent to suggest altered metabolic pathways following anti-apoptosis engineering. These results demonstrate that expression of anti-apoptotic genes Aven and E1B-19K can increase the stability and robustness of an industrially relevant BHK-FVIII mammalian cell line over a wide range of perfusion rates.
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- Toey Nivitchanyong
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
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Sung YH, Lee JS, Park SH, Koo J, Lee GM. Influence of co-down-regulation of caspase-3 and caspase-7 by siRNAs on sodium butyrate-induced apoptotic cell death of Chinese hamster ovary cells producing thrombopoietin. Metab Eng 2007; 9:452-64. [PMID: 17892962 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2007.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2007] [Revised: 08/07/2007] [Accepted: 08/10/2007] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Previously, the expression of caspase-3 siRNA could not effectively inhibit sodium butyrate (NaBu)-induced apoptotic cell death of recombinant Chinese hamster ovary (rCHO) cells producing human thrombopoietin (hTPO). Caspase-3 siRNA expressing cells appeared to compensate for the lack of caspase-3 by increasing active caspase-7 levels. For the successful inhibition of NaBu-induced apoptosis of rCHO cells, both caspase-3 and caspase-7 were down-regulated using the siRNA expression vector system. Co-down-regulation of caspase-3 and caspase-7 increased cell viability and extended culture longevity in serum-free culture in the presence or absence of 1mM NaBu addition. In the cultures with 1mM NaBu addition, the maximum hTPO concentration in rCHO cells with down-regulation of both caspases was approximately 55% higher than that in rCHO cells without down-regulation of caspases and approximately 16% higher than rCHO cells with down-regulation of only caspase-3. However, in the culture with 3mM NaBu, this strategy could not dramatically enhance the culture longevity and hTPO production, compared to Bcl-2 overexpression. The different result in hTPO production between down-regulation of caspases and Bcl-2 overexpression may be because the down-regulation of caspase-3 and caspase-7, unlike Bcl-2 overexpression, could not maintain mitochondrial membrane potential in the presence of 3mM NaBu. Taken together, co-down-regulation of caspase-3 and caspase-7 is effective in regard to extension of culture longevity and enhancement of hTPO production in a serum-free culture in the presence or absence of 1mM NaBu addition.
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- Yun Hee Sung
- Department of Biological Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 373-1 Kusong-Dong, Yusong-Gu, Daejon 305-701, Republic of Korea
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Gammell P. MicroRNAs: recently discovered key regulators of proliferation and apoptosis in animal cells : Identification of miRNAs regulating growth and survival. Cytotechnology 2007; 53:55-63. [PMID: 19003190 PMCID: PMC2267611 DOI: 10.1007/s10616-007-9049-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2006] [Accepted: 01/25/2007] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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The relatively recent discovery of miRNAs has added a completely new dimension to the study of the regulation of gene expression. The mechanism of action of miRNAs, the conservation between diverse species and the fact that each miRNA can regulate a number of targets and phenotypes clearly indicates the importance of these molecules. In this review the current state of knowledge relating to miRNA expression and gene regulation is presented, outlining the key morphological and biochemical features controlled by miRNAs with particular emphasis on the key phenotypes that impact on cell growth in bioreactors, namely proliferation and apoptosis.
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- Patrick Gammell
- National Institute for Cellular Biotechnology, Dublin City University, Glasnevin, Dublin, 11, Ireland,
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Kim EJ, Kramer SF, Hebert CG, Valdes JJ, Bentley WE. Metabolic engineering of the baculovirus-expression system via inverse “shotgun” genomic analysis and RNA interference (dsRNA) increases product yield and cell longevity. Biotechnol Bioeng 2007; 98:645-54. [PMID: 17274062 DOI: 10.1002/bit.21353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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RNA interference (RNAi) is as powerful tool for characterizing gene function in eukaryotic organisms and cultured cell lines. Its use in metabolic engineering has been limited and few reports have targeted protein expression systems to increase yield. In this work, we examine the use of in vitro synthesized double stranded RNA (dsRNA) in the baculovirus expression vector system (BEVS), using commercially relevant cultured cells (Spodoptera frugiperda, Sf-9) and larvae (Trichoplusia ni) as hosts. First, we employed an inverse "shotgun" genomic analysis to "find" an array of 16 putative insect gene targets. We then synthesized dsRNA in vitro targeting these genes and investigated the effects of injected dsRNA on larval growth, development, and product yield. Growth and development was at times stunted and in several cases, the effects were lethal. However, dsRNA targeting an acidic juvenile hormone-suppressible protein (AJHSP1), and translational elongation factor 2 (Ef-2) resulted in significantly increased yield of model product, GFP. Next, we targeted known genes, v-cath and apoptosis inducer, sf-caspase 1, in cultured Sf-9 cells. We confirm RNAi-mediated sf-caspase 1 suppression in Sf-9 cells, but not in baculovirus-infected cells, likely due to the overriding effects of inhibitor of apoptosis protein, p35. We also demonstrate suppression of v-cath in infected cells, which leads to a approximately 3-fold increase in product yield. Overall, our results support the application of RNAi in metabolic engineering, specifically for enhancing protein productivity in the baculovirus expression vector system.
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- Eun Jeong Kim
- Center for Biosystems Research, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, 5115 Plant Science Building, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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Liu CH, Chen LH. Promotion of recombinant macrophage colony stimulating factor production by dimethyl sulfoxide addition in Chinese hamster ovary cells. J Biosci Bioeng 2007; 103:45-9. [PMID: 17298900 DOI: 10.1263/jbb.103.45] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2006] [Accepted: 10/12/2006] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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A Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cell line is the primary choice for the production of recombinant protein drugs with glycosylation modification. Recombinant protein productivity was enhanced by the addition of dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) in CHO cells. However, DMSO induced G0/G1 phase growth arrest and reduced cell growth rate. A two-stage process was developed to utilize the stimulatory effect of DMSO on recombinant protein production and mitigate the problem of growth inhibition in this study. In the first stage, cells are cultured without DMSO for a certain period in order to obtain a high cell density. Sequentially, DMSO is added to achieve a high specific productivity in the second stage. Using this approach, we found that by adding 1% DMSO after 24 h of growth, macrophage colony-stimulating factor (M-CSF) volumetric productivity is increased by 57% compared with the value obtained without the addition of DMSO.
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- Chi-Hsien Liu
- Graduate Institute of Biochemical and Biomedical Engineering, Chang Gung University, 259 Wen-Hwa First Road, Kwei-Shan, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
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Barnes LM, Dickson AJ. Mammalian cell factories for efficient and stable protein expression. Curr Opin Biotechnol 2006; 17:381-6. [PMID: 16806893 DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2006.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2006] [Revised: 06/01/2006] [Accepted: 06/14/2006] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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As the commercial market for therapeutic protein production from mammalian cells has expanded, so has the requirement for improved efficiency and stability of production. Rapid developments have been made in understanding the molecular environment of transgenes in chromatin, including elucidation of the contribution of epigenetic modifications to expression, and this understanding is being used to enhance expression from host cells. Technical advances surrounding the 'omics' revolution are enabling the rational identification of complex control factors that define the flow of information from transgene to desired protein. Using information from 'omics' interrogations, directed cell engineering has been employed to enhance the translational and secretory capacity of host cells. Taken together, these recent advances are likely to lead to improved routes for protein production in the future.
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- Louise M Barnes
- Faculty of Life Sciences, The Michael Smith Building, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, UK.
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Kwaks THJ, Otte AP. Employing epigenetics to augment the expression of therapeutic proteins in mammalian cells. Trends Biotechnol 2006; 24:137-42. [PMID: 16460822 DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2006.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2005] [Revised: 11/09/2005] [Accepted: 01/16/2006] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Recombinant proteins form an increasingly large part of the portfolio of biopharmaceutical companies. Production of these often complex transgenic proteins is achieved predominantly in mammalian cell lines but the process is hampered by low yields and unstable expression. Some of these problems are caused by gene silencing at the level of chromatin - so-called epigenetic gene silencing. Here, we describe approaches, which have emerged during the past few years, designed to interfere with epigenetic gene silencing with the aim of enhancing and stabilizing transgene expression. These include targeting histones, the inclusion of specific DNA elements and targeting sites of high gene-expression. We conclude that employing epigenetic gene regulation tools, in combination with further process optimization, might represent the next step forward in the production of therapeutic proteins.
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- Ted H J Kwaks
- ChromaGenics, Kruislaan 406, 1098 SM, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Sung YH, Hwang SJ, Lee GM. Influence of down-regulation of caspase-3 by siRNAs on sodium-butyrate-induced apoptotic cell death of Chinese hamster ovary cells producing thrombopoietin. Metab Eng 2005; 7:457-66. [PMID: 16169764 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2005.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2005] [Revised: 08/04/2005] [Accepted: 08/09/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Sodium butyrate (NaBu) can enhance the expression of foreign protein of recombinant Chinese hamster ovary (rCHO) cells, but it can also inhibit cell growth and induce cellular apoptosis. Thus, the beneficial effect of using a higher concentration of NaBu on foreign protein expression in rCHO cells is compromised by its growth inhibitory and cytotoxic effects. To overcome this cytotoxic effect of NaBu, an expression vector of small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) targeting against caspase-3, a key effector component in apoptosis, was constructed and transfected into rCHO cells producing human thrombopoietin (hTPO). Using this siRNA strategy, rCHO cells (F21 cells) expressing a low level of caspase-3 proenzyme determined by RT-PCR and Western blot analysis were established. Under the condition of 1-5 mM NaBu addition at the exponential growth phase, down-regulation of caspase-3 in F21 cells could not effectively inhibit NaBu-induced apoptotic cell death. This NaBu-induced apoptotic cell death occurred because F21 cells appeared to compensate for the lack of caspase-3 by increasing the active caspase-7 level. These results suggest that the intracellular caspase's interconnectivity should be taken into consideration for the successful inhibition of apoptosis of rCHO cells.
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- Yun Hee Sung
- Department of Biological Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 373-1 Kusong-Dong, Yusong-Gu, Daejon 305-701, Korea
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