• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제18권7호
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• pp.1342-1351
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• 2008

The feasibility of the use of Flp-mediated cassette exchange in the development of a CHO cell line, which produces erythropoietin (EPO) stably and largely, was investigated. A stable, high enhanced green fluorescence protein (EGFP)-producing clone was screened by extensive flow cytometric analysis. An EPO expression unit was targeted into the premarked locus of the stable parental clone by Flp-mediated cassette exchange and a correctly targeted clone (FC28T7) was obtained. The EPO production of FC28T7 was proven to be stable in long-term culture. Furthermore, the Flp-mediated cassette exchange did not alter the stable parental clone's characteristics concerning transgene expression level and stability. Taken together, the data obtained here indicated that the establishment of CHO cell lines stably producing a desired protein is achievable using Flp-mediated cassette exchange.

• 한국생물공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국생물공학회 2001년도 추계학술발표대회
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• pp.66-69
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• 2001

Previously we developed a CHO cell line (CHO-OTC1-A19) expressing the first two enzymes of urea cycle. This cell line showed higher ammonia removal activity and faster growth rate than the vector controlled CHO cells (CHO-neo-5). The purpose of this study was to develop a cell line with higher ammonia removal activity than the cell line developed previously. To accomplish this, we constructed stable CHO cell lines expressing the first three, the first four, or all five enzymes of urea cycle by the stable transfection method. We finally selected CHO-AL-19 cell line expressing the first three, the first four enzymes of the cycle with higher ammonia activity than CHO-OTC1-A19 and CHO-n대-5 cell lines: 40% and 15% higher than those of CHO-neo-5 and CHO-OTC1-A19 cell lines 72 hour after culture started, respectively. It also showed 44% and 10% higher cell viability than CHO-neo-5 and CHO- OTC1-A19 cell lines at higher cell density. In addition, CHO-AL-19 cells showed 45%-60% and about 20% lower ammonia concentration per cell than those of CHO-neo-% and CHO-OTC1-A19 cell lines, respectively. These results indicate that CHO-AL-19 could be used in the production of human therapeutic proteins with higher efficiency.

• Toxicological Research
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.189-193
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• 2009

Hypoxia inducible factor $1\alpha$ (HIF-$1\alpha$) is a potential marker of carcicnogenesis since it is overexpresssed in many human cancers such as brain, breast, and uterus, and its role has implicated in tumor cell growth and metastasis. In this study, we established a stable cell line that express green fluorescence protein (GFP)-fused hypoxia inducible factor $1\alpha$ (HIF-$1\alpha$) and evaluated the potential use of this cell line for assessment of carcinogenicity of chemical toxicants. Western blot analysis as well as fluorescence measurements showed that protein-level of GFP-HIF-$1\alpha$ was significantly enhanced in a dose-dependent manner upon treatment of hypoxia mimicking agents such as dexferrioxamine and $CoCl_2$. Well-Known tumor promoters such as mitomycin and methyl methanesulfonate. significantly induced the fluorescence intensity of GFP-HIF-$1\alpha$, whereas the known negative controls such as o-anthranilic acid and benzethonium chloride, did not. These results indicate that HIF-$1\alpha$ could be a biological parameter for detection of tumor initiators/promoters and suggest that the GFP-HIF-$1\alpha$ cell line is a useful system for screening of carcinogenic toxicants.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.55-58
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• 2019

Development of stable rCHO cell lines is still time consuming and labor intensive, although it is a critical step in the commercial development of recombinant antibodies. The current work demonstrates, for the first time, that electroporation of CHO cells with DMSO can enhance stable expression of recombinant antibodies in rCHO cells. Electroporation with DMSO resulted in an average 3.7-fold and 2.8-fold increases in expression levels of aflibercept and pembrolizumab, respectively, in pools of stable rCHO cells. It also resulted in an average of 2.2-fold and 2.6-fold increases in the expression of aflibercept and pembrolizumab, respectively, in single-cell derived rCHO clones. Simple batch cultures of rCHO cell clones with the highest expression produced 1.0 g/l for aflibercept and 1.4 g/l for pembrolizumab without a time-consuming gene amplification process. Electroporation with DMSO also shortened the development of rCHO cell lines to 2-3 months, allowing rapid establishment of stable rCHO cell lines with a desirable expression level antibodies.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권18호
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• pp.7825-7829
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• 2014

Objective: To investigate the effect of high expression of XAF1 in vivo or in vitro on lung cancer cell growth and apoptosis. Methods: 1. The A549 human lung cancer cell line was transfected with Ad5/F35 - XAF1, or Ad5/F35 - Null at the same multiplicity of infection (MOI); (hereinafter referred to as transient transfected cell strain); XAF1 gene mRNA and protein expression was detected by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and Western blotting respectively. 2. Methyl thiazolyl tetrazolium (MTT) and annexin V-FITC/PI double staining were used to detect cell proliferation and apoptosis before and after infection of Ad5/F35 - XAF1 with Western blotting for apoptosis related proteins, caspase 3, caspase - 8 and PARP. 3. After the XAF1 gene was transfected into lung cancer A549 cells by lentiviral vectors, and selected by screening with Blasticidin, reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and Western blotting were applied to detect mRNA and protein expression, to establish a line with a stable high expression of XAF1 (hereinafter referred to as stable expression cell strain). Twenty nude mice were randomly divided into groups A and B, 10 in each group: A549/XAF1 stable expression cell strain was subcutaneously injected in group A, and A549/Ctrl stable cell line stable expression cell strain in group B (control group), to observe transplanted tumor growth in nude mice. Results: The mRNA and protein expression of XAF1 in A549 cells transfected by Ad5/F35 - XAF1 was significantly higher than in the control group. XAF1 mediated by adenovirus vector demonstrated a dose dependent inhibition of lung cancer cell proliferation and induction of apoptosis. This was accompanied by cleavage of caspase -3, -8, -9 and PARP, suggesting activation of intrinsic or extrinsic apoptotic pathways. A cell strain of lung cancer highly expressing XAF1 was established, and this demonstrated delayed tumor growth after transplantation in vivo. Conclusion: Adenovirus mediated XAF1 gene expression could inhibit proliferation and induce apoptosis in lung cancer cells in vitro; highly stable expression of XAF1 could also significantly inhibit the growth of transplanted tumors in nude mouse, with no obvious adverse reactions observed. Therefore, the XAF1 gene could become a new target for lung cancer treatment.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.456-465
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• 2012

유전자 재조합 이형이합체 인간 뼈 형성촉진인자(rhBMP)들은 뼈 재생을 위한 조직공학연구에 중요한 요소들이다. 그러나 실제 뼈 재생에 관한 연구를 수행함에 이들을 이용하는 것은 뼈 형성 촉진인자들이 짧은 반감기를 가지며 비교적 고농도의 단백질을 사용해야 하기 때문에 그만큼 많은 비용이 소요된다는 문제점을 가지고 있다. 이러한 한계를 뛰어넘기 위하여, 본 연구에서는 단백질 전달 서열(PTD)이 융합된 인간 뼈 형성촉진인자 2와 7이 이형이합체 유전자 재조합 단백질(rhBMP2/7-PTD)을 발현하는 세포주를 확립하였다. 이형이합체의 형성은 BMP 2와 BMP 7 단백질 및 PTD 영역의 사이에 각각 4개의 glycine 아미노산 염기서열이 첨가될 수 있도록 하여 각 단백질의 folding이 자유롭도록 디자인하였다. 이렇게 개발된 세포주는 고농도의 rhBMP2/7-PTD을 지속적으로 발현하여 배양액 내로 분비함으로 조직공학용 연구 및 개발에 효율적으로 이용 할 수 있다. 이상의 세포주에서 발현된 rhBMP2/7-PTD 단백질은 뼈 세포분화 유도를 확인 할 수 있는 ALP 활성을 나타냄으로써 뼈 성장촉진 단백질로서 생물학적인 활성을 가지고 있음을 보였다. 본 연구의 결과로 개발된 rhBMP2/7-PTD 형질전환 세포주는 향후 뼈 조직 재생과 같은 연구에 중요하고 효과적인 도구로 이용될 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.660-661
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• 1990

Autographa californica nuclear polyhedrosis virus(AcNPV) L-1주의 extracellular nonoccluded virion (NOV)을 보관하는 방법을 연구하였다. AcNPV NOVs을 Spodoptera frugiperda cell line에 감염을 시킨 후에 배양액을 원심분리하여 AcNPV NOVs가 들어 있는 상등액을 취하여 $4^{\circ}C$에서 약 11년간 보관하였다. 보관되어 있는 AcNPV NOV을 Spodoptera frugiprda cell line에 재감염하여 관찰한 결과 NOVs의 감염과 증식이 정상적이었으며, NOV의 역가가 $8.9 \times 10^7$pfu/ml에서 $3.8 \times 10^5$pfu/ml로 떨어졌을 뿐이다. 또한 HindIII와 EcoRI 제한효소로 AcNPV genome DNA을 절단하여 패턴을 조사한 결과 DNA제한 효소 패턴은 변하지 않았다. 즉 AcNPV NOVs는 $4^{\circ}C$에서 보존하면 10년 이상 안정성이 있고, 취급이 용이하다는 것을 알 수 있었다.

• Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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• 제4권3호
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• pp.123-127
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• 2002

Herbicide tolerant rice (Oryza sativa L. cv. Ilpumbyeo) cell lines were selected from $\gamma$-ray-irradiated anther-derived cell cultures. The anther-derived cell clusters were small (300 to 400 ${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$ in diameter) and uniform ones that were screened by miracloth filtering. The cell suspensions were very efficient to plate one layer onto agar medium and to screen target cell lines. Herbicide tolerant cell lines were selected by 5 mg/L cyhalofop butyl (CHB) treatment by using the small cell suspensions on agar N6 medium containing 1 mg/L 2,4-D and 0.2 mg/L kinetin. Of the cell lines, one line (CHB-1) showed stable tolerance at 10 mg/L concentration after 6-month culture without herbicide suspension. Growth stability of CHB-1 was similar to that of control cell line on 10 mg/L CHB containing medium. In this experiment we established herbicide tolerant cell line selection system by using anther-derived uniform-cell suspensions with $\gamma$-ray-irradiation.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.217-224
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• 2003

Previously, we developed a CHO cell line (CHO-OTC1-Al9) that expresses the first two enzymes in the urea cycle and exhibits a higher ammonia-removing ability and faster growth rate than a vector-controlled CHO cell line (CHO-neo-5). The current study was undertaken to develop a cell line with an ammonia-removing ability higher than the cell line developed previously. To accomplish this, CHO cell lines expressing the first three, first four, or all five enzymes of the urea cycle were constructed using a stable transfection method. Finally, the CHO-AS-16, CHO-AL-19, and CHO-Arg-11 cell lines expressing the first three, first four, and all five enzymes of the urea cycle, respectively, were selected and found to exhibit higher ammonia-removing ability than the CHO-OTC1-Al9 cell line. Among the three selected cell lines, CHO-AL-19 showed the highest ammonia-removing ability and highest cell viability at a higher cell density, with 40% and 15% lower ammonia concentration in the, culture media than that of CHO-neo-5 and CHO-OTC1-A19 cell lines, respectively. CHO-AL-19 also showed 44% and 10% higher cell viability than the CHO-neo-5 and CHO-OTC-Al9 cell lines, at a higher cell density, respectively. The ammonia concentrations in the culture media were expressed as the ammonia concentration/cell, and the CHO-AL-19 cells revealed 45-60% and 20% lower ammonia concentration/cell than the CHO-neo-5 and CHO-OTC1-Al9 cells, respectively.

• 한국어병학회지
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.165-173
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• 2003

감성돔 (Acanthopagrus schlegeli)의 비장에서 주화세포인 BSBS를 확립하고 세포의 특성을 검사하였다. BSBS세포는 60회 이상의 계대배양이 가능하였고 형태학적으로는 상피성 세포였다. 세포는 20℃, 10%의 FBS가 든 L-15배지에서 배양하는 조건에서 잘 자랐다. BSBS세포는 해양버나바이러스 (MABV Y-6), 잉어의 봄바이러스병바이러스 (SVCV), 넙치의 랍도바이스 (HIRRV)와 연어바이러스 (CSV)를 접종했을 때 세포변성효과가 나타났다. 새로 확립된 주화세포는 앞으로 많은 바이러스병의 연구에 유용하게 사용할 수 있을 것으로 생각된다.