Efficient amplification of chimeric adenovirus 5/40S vectors carrying the short fiber protein of Ad40 in suspension cell cultures

PLoS One. 2012;7(7):e42073. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042073. Epub 2012 Jul 31.

Abstract

The human adenovirus 40 (Ad40) is a promising tool for gene therapy of intestinal diseases. Since the production of Ad40 in vitro is extremely inefficient, chimeric Adenovirus 5/40S vectors carrying the Ad40 short fiber on the Ad5 capsid have been developed. However, Ad5/40S productivity is low. We hypothesized that low productivity was a result of inefficient viral entry into producer cells during amplification. To this end, we have developed a production strategy based on using 211B cells (expressing Ad5 fiber) during amplification steps, while Ad5/40S infectivity is further improved by adding polybrene during infections. In addition, the optimal harvesting time was determined by evaluating the Ad5/40S viral cycle. The developed production strategy significantly reduces the number of amplification cycles and duration of the process. Finally, to further facilitate Ad5/40S production, 211B cells were adapted to suspension thus allowing to easily upscale the production process in bioreactors.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adenoviridae / genetics*
  • Adenoviridae / physiology
  • Cell Line
  • Chimera*
  • Genetic Vectors*
  • Humans
  • Viral Proteins / genetics*

Substances

  • Viral Proteins

Grants and funding

This work was supported by ISCIII-PI081162 and ISCIII-PI10-00561, SGR2009-1300 and Association Francaise contre les Myopathies (AFM#12277). M.M. is a recipient of an FPU fellowship from the Ministerio de Educación de España (AP2007-01563). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.