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ArticleNucleic acids research2018

A multi-landing pad DNA integration platform for mammalian cell engineering.

Leonid Gaidukov, Liliana Wroblewska, Brian Teague, Tom Nelson, Xin Zhang, Yan Liu, Kalpana Jagtap, Selamawit Mamo, Wen Allen Tseng, Alexis Lowe and 7 more

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 76 papers.

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76citing papers in PubMed
6.2field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

76 citing papers in PubMed, 170 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Leonid GaidukovSynthetic Biology Center, Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Liliana WroblewskaBiomedicine Design, Pfizer Inc, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Brian TeagueSynthetic Biology Center, Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Tom NelsonCell Line Development, Biotherapeutics Pharmaceutical Science, Pfizer Inc, Andover, MA 01810, USA.
Xin ZhangBiomedicine Design, Pfizer Inc, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Yan LiuBiomedicine Design, Pfizer Inc, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Kalpana JagtapSynthetic Biology Center, Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Selamawit MamoSynthetic Biology Center, Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Wen Allen TsengSynthetic Biology Center, Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Alexis LoweBiomedicine Design, Pfizer Inc, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Jishnu DasDepartment of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Kalpanie BandaraCell Line Development, Biotherapeutics Pharmaceutical Science, Pfizer Inc, Andover, MA 01810, USA.
Swetha BaijurajCell Line Development, Biotherapeutics Pharmaceutical Science, Pfizer Inc, Andover, MA 01810, USA.
Nevin M SummersSynthetic Biology Center, Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Timothy K LuSynthetic Biology Center, Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Lin ZhangCell Line Development, Biotherapeutics Pharmaceutical Science, Pfizer Inc, Andover, MA 01810, USA.
Ron WeissSynthetic Biology Center, Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · USPfizer (United States) · USRagon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Engineering mammalian cell lines that stably express many transgenes requires the precise insertion of large amounts of heterologous DNA into well-characterized genomic loci, but current methods are limited. To facilitate reliable large-scale engineering of CHO cells, we identified 21 novel genomic sites that supported stable long-term expression of transgenes, and then constructed cell lines containing one, two or three 'landing pad' recombination sites at selected loci. By using a highly efficient BxB1 recombinase along with different selection markers at each site, we directed recombinase-mediated insertion of heterologous DNA to selected sites, including targeting all three with a single transfection. We used this method to controllably integrate up to nine copies of a monoclonal antibody, representing about 100 kb of heterologous DNA in 21 transcriptional units. Because the integration was targeted to pre-validated loci, recombinant protein expression remained stable for weeks and additional copies of the antibody cassette in the integrated payload resulted in a linear increase in antibody expression. Overall, this multi-copy site-specific integration platform allows for controllable and reproducible insertion of large amounts of DNA into stable genomic sites, which has broad applications for mammalian synthetic biology, recombinant protein production and biomanufacturing.

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Cell EngineeringAnimalsCHO CellsCricetulusCRISPR-Associated Protein 9CRISPR-Cas SystemsGenetic LociGenomeHomologous RecombinationRecombinant ProteinsTransgenesCRISPR-Associated Protein 9Recombinant Proteins

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PMCPMC5934685
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