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Correlation between secreted and membrane‐bound IgG in mouse myeloma cells transfected with chimeric immunoglobulin heavy and light chain genes
Author(s) -
Schläpfer Beatrice S.,
Brüggen Josef,
Ducarre Monique,
Pluschke Gerd
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
biotechnology and bioengineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.136
H-Index - 189
eISSN - 1097-0290
pISSN - 0006-3592
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-0290(19960220)49:4<467::aid-bit14>3.0.co;2-7
Subject(s) - microbiology and biotechnology , cell sorting , immunoglobulin light chain , antibody , population , biology , immunoglobulin heavy chain , transfection , polyclonal antibodies , cell culture , recombinant dna , gene , chemistry , biochemistry , flow cytometry , immunology , genetics , demography , sociology
Mouse myeloma cells were transfected with pSV2‐ gpt and pSV2‐ neo based immunoglobulin expression vectors. Double transfectants were selected using the xanthine‐guanine phosphoribosyl transferase ( gpt ) and the neomycin ( neo ) selection marker genes. A broad distribution in the level of mouse‐human chimeric IgG expression was observed with series of independently isolated transfectoma clones. The relative amounts of secreted to membrane‐bound antibodies correlated closely, which suggested, that fluorescence‐activated cell sorting could be a valuable tool for the selection of high‐yielding production cell lines. However, a single cycle of cell sorting did not steer the cloning process significantly toward cells that produce enhanced amounts of recombinant IgG. Only in cases in which the polyclonal transfectoma population contained a large percentage of nonproducing cells, these were successfully separated from the IgG‐producing cell population. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.