Abstract
We describe a one-liter transfection of suspension-adapted Chinese hamster ovary (CHO-DG44) cells using polyethyleneimine (PEI) for DNA delivery. The method involves transfection at a high cell density (5 × 106 cells/mL) by direct addition of plasmid DNA (pDNA) and PEI to the culture and subsequent incubation at 31 °C with agitation by orbital shaking. We also describe an alternative method in which 90% of the pDNA is replaced by nonspecific (filler) DNA, and the production phase is performed at 31 °C in the presence of 0.25% N, N-dimethylacetamide (DMA).
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Rajendra, Y., Balasubramanian, S., Hacker, D.L. (2017). Large-Scale Transient Transfection of Chinese Hamster Ovary Cells in Suspension. In: Meleady, P. (eds) Heterologous Protein Production in CHO Cells. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1603. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-6972-2_3
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