Impact of cell culture on recombinant monoclonal antibody product heterogeneity |
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| Authors: | Hongcheng Liu Christine Nowak Mei Shao Gomathinayagam Ponniah Alyssa Neill |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Product Characterization, Global Analytical and Pharmaceutical Development, Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Cheshire;2. Late Stage Upstream Development, Global Process Development, Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Cheshire |
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| Abstract: | Recombinant monoclonal antibodies are commonly expressed in mammalian cell culture and purified by several steps of filtration and chromatography. The resulting high purity bulk drug substance still contains product variants differing in properties such as charge and size. Posttranslational modifications and degradations occurring during cell culture are the major sources of heterogeneity in bulk drug substance of recombinant monoclonal antibodies. The focus of the current review is the impact of cell culture conditions on the types and levels of various modifications and degradations of recombinant monoclonal antibodies. Understanding the relationship between cell culture and product variants can help to make consistently safe and efficacious products. © 2016 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Biotechnol. Prog., 32:1103–1112, 2016 |
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| Keywords: | cell culture posttranslational modifications recombinant monoclonal antibodies |
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