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Relationship between cell size and specific thrombopoietin productivity in chinese hamster ovary cells during dihydrofolate reductase-mediated gene amplification

Relationship between cell size and specific thrombopoietin productivity in chinese hamster ovary... When parental Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cell clones that are capable of producing thrombopoietin (TPO) were subjected to high methotrexate (MTX) concentrations, clonal variations in cell growth were apparent. In the clones that had no significant enhancement in specific TPO productivity (qTpo) when a higher level of MTX was administered, their growth was not depressed significantly nor their cell size changed significantly. On the other hand, those clones that showed a significant enhancement inqTpo at higher a MTX dosage, cell growth was depressed initially but recovered during successive sub-cultures. Furthermore, their cell size increased, which suggested that changes in cell size may be indicative of an enhancedqTpo. When the enhancement of theqTpo of 9 clones after a high MTX dosage was plotted against the extent of the increase of their size, there was a linear correlation (r2=0.80,P<0.001, ANOVA), which suggested that an enhancement ofqTpo after high MTX administration can be measured by the increase in their cell size. Taken together, our data demonstrate that the selection of amplified CHO cell clones with enhancedqTpo can be done based upon their increased size and growth pattern. This facilitates the development of highly productive recombinant CHO cell lines. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering Springer Journals

Relationship between cell size and specific thrombopoietin productivity in chinese hamster ovary cells during dihydrofolate reductase-mediated gene amplification

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Springer Journals
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Copyright © The Korean Society for Biotechnology and Bioengineering 2001
ISSN
1226-8372
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1976-3816
DOI
10.1007/bf02933001
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Abstract

When parental Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cell clones that are capable of producing thrombopoietin (TPO) were subjected to high methotrexate (MTX) concentrations, clonal variations in cell growth were apparent. In the clones that had no significant enhancement in specific TPO productivity (qTpo) when a higher level of MTX was administered, their growth was not depressed significantly nor their cell size changed significantly. On the other hand, those clones that showed a significant enhancement inqTpo at higher a MTX dosage, cell growth was depressed initially but recovered during successive sub-cultures. Furthermore, their cell size increased, which suggested that changes in cell size may be indicative of an enhancedqTpo. When the enhancement of theqTpo of 9 clones after a high MTX dosage was plotted against the extent of the increase of their size, there was a linear correlation (r2=0.80,P<0.001, ANOVA), which suggested that an enhancement ofqTpo after high MTX administration can be measured by the increase in their cell size. Taken together, our data demonstrate that the selection of amplified CHO cell clones with enhancedqTpo can be done based upon their increased size and growth pattern. This facilitates the development of highly productive recombinant CHO cell lines.

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Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering – Springer Journals

Published: Oct 1, 2001

Keywords: cell size; CHO cells; gene amplification

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