Optimizing the transient transfection process of HEK-293 suspension cells for protein production by nucleotide ratio monitoring

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作者
Bassani Molinas, Maria de los Milagros [1 ]
Beer, Christiane [2 ]
Hesse, Friedemann [3 ]
Wirth, Manfred [4 ]
Wagner, Roland [5 ]
机构
[1] UOCCB ANLIS Dr Carlos G Malbran, RA-1281 Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina
[2] Aarhus Univ, Inst Mol Biol, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
[3] Biberach Univ Appl Sci, D-88400 Biberach, Germany
[4] Helmholtz Ctr Infect Res, D-38124 Braunschweig, Germany
[5] Rentschler Biotechnol GmbH, Bioproc Dev, D-88471 Laupheim, Germany
关键词
Mammalian biotechnology; Cell culture; Gene expression; Transient transfection; INTRACELLULAR RIBONUCLEOTIDE POOLS; RECOMBINANT HUMAN INTERLEUKIN-2; HIGH-LEVEL EXPRESSION; MAMMALIAN-CELLS; GENE-EXPRESSION; IN-VIVO; HUMAN ERYTHROPOIETIN; NONVIRAL VECTOR; DELIVERY; POLYETHYLENIMINE;
D O I
10.1007/s10616-013-9601-3
中图分类号
Q81 [生物工程学(生物技术)]; Q93 [微生物学];
学科分类号
071005 ; 0836 ; 090102 ; 100705 ;
摘要
Large scale, transient gene expression (TGE) is highly dependent of the physiological status of a cell line. Therefore, intracellular nucleotide pools and ratios were used for identifying and monitoring the optimal status of a suspension cell line used for TGE. The transfection efficiency upon polyethyleneimine (PEI)-mediated transient gene delivery into HEK-293 cells cultured in suspension was investigated to understand the effect of different culture and transfection conditions as well as the significance of the culture age and the quality of the cell line used. Based on two different bicistronic model plasmids expressing the human erythropoietin gene (rHuEPO) in the first position and green fluorescent protein as reporter gene in the second position and vice versa, a completely serum-free transient transfection process was established. The process makes use of a 1:1 mixture of a special calcium-free DMEM and the FreeStyle (TM) 293 Expression Medium. Maximum transfectability was achieved by adjusting the ratio for complex formation to one mass part of DNA and three parts of PEI corresponding to an N/P (nitrogen residues/DNA phosphates) ratio of 23 representing a minimum amount of DNA for the polycation-mediated gene delivery. Applying this method, maximum transfectabilities between 70 and 96 % and a rHuEPO concentration of 1.6 mu g mL(-1) 72 h post transfection were reached, when rHuEPO gene was expressed from the first position of the bicistronic mRNA. This corresponded to 10 % of the total protein concentration in the cell-free supernatant of the cultures in protein-free medium. Up to 30 % higher transfectabilities were found for cells of early passages compared to those from late passages under protein-free culture conditions. In contrast, when the same cells were propagated in serum-containing medium, higher transfectabilities were found for late-passage cells, while up to 40 % lower transfectabilities were observed for early-passage cells. Nucleotide pools were measured during all cell cultivations and the nucleoside triphosphate/uridine ratios were calculated. These 'nucleotide ratios' changed in an age-dependent manner and could be used to distinguish early- from late-passage cells. The observed effects were also dependent on the presence of serum in the culture. Nucleotide ratios were shown being applied to investigate the optimal passage number of cultured cell lines for achieving a maximum productivity in cultures used for transient gene expression. Furthermore, these nucleotide ratios proved to be different for transfected and untransfected cells, providing a high potential tool to monitor the status of transfection under various culture conditions.
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