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Stable expression of human insulin-like growth factor of binding protein-1 (hIGFBP-1)at high levels has been achieved in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells by co-transfection and subsequent co-amplification of expression vectors containing the hIGFBP-1 cDNA and a dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) cDNA gene into DHFR-deficient cells. Stepwise selection of the DHFR+ transformants in increasing concentrations of methotrexate (MTX) generated cells which had high copy numbers of the hIGFBP-1 gene (around 100 copies in cells amplified in medium containing 100 nM MTX). Expression of hIGFBP-1 in mixed clones was found to increase with increasing copy number and an apparent correlation between intra- and extracellular levels of hIGFBP-1 produced by these cells was observed. It was further observed that continuous cultivation over eight months in medium supplemented with 100 nM MTX increased the production of hIGFBP-1 25 times. The productivity did not increase further after five more months cultivation in MTX containing medium. A subcloning of this cell line gave clones with an even higher productivity. Further amplification in 500 nM or 1 uM MTX did not increase the hIGFBP-1 production.
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Dyring, C., Mellström, K. Stable, recombinant expression of human insulin-like growth factor binding protein-1 (hIGFBP-1) in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells. Cytotechnology 24, 193–200 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1007999512662
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