Efficient large volume lentiviral vector production using flow electroporation

Hum Gene Ther. 2012 Feb;23(2):243-9. doi: 10.1089/hum.2011.088. Epub 2011 Oct 24.

Abstract

Lentiviral vectors are beginning to emerge as a viable choice for human gene therapy. Here, we describe a method that combines the convenience of a suspension cell line with a scalable, nonchemically based, and GMP-compliant transfection technique known as flow electroporation (EP). Flow EP parameters for serum-free adapted HEK293FT cells were optimized to limit toxicity and maximize titers. Using a third generation, HIV-based, lentiviral vector system pseudotyped with the vesicular stomatitis glycoprotein envelope, both small- and large-volume transfections produced titers over 1×10(8) infectious units/mL. Therefore, an excellent option for implementing large-scale, clinical lentiviral productions is flow EP of suspension cell lines.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Bioreactors
  • Cell Survival
  • Culture Media, Serum-Free
  • Deoxyribonuclease I / metabolism
  • Electroporation
  • Genetic Vectors / biosynthesis*
  • Genetic Vectors / genetics
  • HEK293 Cells
  • Humans
  • Lentivirus / genetics*
  • Plasmids
  • Recombinant Proteins / metabolism
  • Rheology
  • Transfection
  • Vesiculovirus / chemistry
  • Vesiculovirus / genetics*
  • Viral Proteins / chemistry
  • Viral Proteins / genetics*

Substances

  • Culture Media, Serum-Free
  • Recombinant Proteins
  • Viral Proteins
  • Deoxyribonuclease I
  • dornase alfa