TY - JOUR
T1 - Nanoscale characterization coupled to multi-parametric optimization of Hi5 cell transient gene expression
AU - Puente-Massaguer, Eduard
AU - Lecina, Martí
AU - Gòdia, Francesc
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to thank Dr. Paula Alves (Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, Oeiras, Portugal) for providing the BTI-TN-5B1-4 cell line and pITV5-eGFP plasmid vector. We also would like to thank Martí de Cabo and Mónica Roldán from Servei de Microscòpia of UAB for his support with the Cryo-EM and confocal microscopy, respectively. The help of Llorenç Badiella (Servei d’Estadística Aplicada, UAB) in developing the R code and on statistical analysis is also acknowledged. The help of José Amable Bernabé (Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona, CSIC), Manuela Costa (Institut de Biotecnologia i Biomedicina, UAB), and Dr. Salvador Bartolomé (Departament de Bioquímica i de Biologia Molecular, UAB) for the assistance with DLS, cytometry, and fluorometry, respectively, are also appreciated. Eduard Puente-Massaguer is a recipient of a FPU grant from Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte of Spain (FPU15/03577). The research group is recognized as 2017 SGR 898 by Generalitat de Catalunya.
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© 2018, Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2018/12/1
Y1 - 2018/12/1
N2 - Polyethylenimine (PEI)-based transient gene expression (TGE) is nowadays a well-established methodology for rapid protein production in mammalian cells, but it has been used to a much lower extent in insect cell lines. A fast and robust TGE methodology for suspension Hi5 (Trichoplusia ni) cells is presented. Significant differences in size and morphology of DNA:PEI polyplexes were observed in the different incubation solutions tested. Moreover, minimal complexing time (< 1 min) between DNA and PEI in 150 mM NaCl solution provided the highest transfection efficiency. Nanoscopic characterization by means of cryo-EM revealed that DNA:PEI polyplexes up to 300–400 nm were the most efficient for transfection. TGE optimization was performed using eGFP as model protein by means of the combination of advanced statistical designs. A global optimal condition of 1.5 × 106 cell/mL, 2.1 μg/mL of DNA, and 9.3 μg/mL PEI was achieved through weighted-based optimization of transfection, production, and viability responses. Under these conditions, a 60% transfection and 0.8 μg/106 transfected cell·day specific productivity were achieved. The TGE protocol developed for Hi5 cells provides a promising baculovirus-free and worthwhile approach to produce a wide variety of recombinant proteins in a short period of time.
AB - Polyethylenimine (PEI)-based transient gene expression (TGE) is nowadays a well-established methodology for rapid protein production in mammalian cells, but it has been used to a much lower extent in insect cell lines. A fast and robust TGE methodology for suspension Hi5 (Trichoplusia ni) cells is presented. Significant differences in size and morphology of DNA:PEI polyplexes were observed in the different incubation solutions tested. Moreover, minimal complexing time (< 1 min) between DNA and PEI in 150 mM NaCl solution provided the highest transfection efficiency. Nanoscopic characterization by means of cryo-EM revealed that DNA:PEI polyplexes up to 300–400 nm were the most efficient for transfection. TGE optimization was performed using eGFP as model protein by means of the combination of advanced statistical designs. A global optimal condition of 1.5 × 106 cell/mL, 2.1 μg/mL of DNA, and 9.3 μg/mL PEI was achieved through weighted-based optimization of transfection, production, and viability responses. Under these conditions, a 60% transfection and 0.8 μg/106 transfected cell·day specific productivity were achieved. The TGE protocol developed for Hi5 cells provides a promising baculovirus-free and worthwhile approach to produce a wide variety of recombinant proteins in a short period of time.
KW - Cryo-electron microscopy
KW - Design of experiments
KW - Dynamic light scattering
KW - High Five cells
KW - Polyethylenimine
KW - Transient gene expression
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U2 - 10.1007/s00253-018-9423-5
DO - 10.1007/s00253-018-9423-5
M3 - Article
C2 - 30317441
AN - SCOPUS:85057165419
SN - 0175-7598
VL - 102
SP - 10495
EP - 10510
JO - Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
JF - Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
IS - 24
ER -