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ArticleHeliyon2024

Development and validation of a droplet digital PCR method for quantifying lentiviral vector infectious titer.

Xueling Wu, Xiaoya Zhou, Yueming Wang, Jian Wu, Qian Liang, Xu Yang, Kehua Zhang, Shufang Meng

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Article in Heliyon, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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8 authors.

Xueling WuNational Institutes for Food and Drug Control, Beijing, 100050, China.
Xiaoya ZhouBeijing Minhai Biotechnology Co., Ltd., Beijing, 102600, China.
Yueming WangNational Institutes for Food and Drug Control, Beijing, 100050, China.
Jian WuNational Institutes for Food and Drug Control, Beijing, 100050, China.
Qian LiangNational Institutes for Food and Drug Control, Beijing, 100050, China.
Xu YangNational Institutes for Food and Drug Control, Beijing, 100050, China.
Kehua ZhangNational Institutes for Food and Drug Control, Beijing, 100050, China.
Shufang MengNational Institutes for Food and Drug Control, Beijing, 100050, China.

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Abstract

Lentiviruses, with their high transduction efficiency and gene expression levels, are widely used as gene delivery vectors in the development of chimeric antigen receptor T cells (CAR-T) and other genetically modified cell therapies. Accurate determination of the lentiviral vector infectious titer is essential to ensure effective transduction and product consistency. In this study, we developed an efficient method for lentiviral vector titration based on digital droplet polymerase chain reaction (ddPCR) technology, enabling absolute quantification of the target gene. Benzonase treatment of non-transduced plasmids substantially shortened the experimental period, reducing cell culture duration from 10-14 days-3 days. The method was rigorously validated by assessing specificity, working range, limit of quantification, precision, accuracy, and robustness. This study demonstrates the feasibility of combining enzymatic digestion with ddPCR to quantify lentiviral vector infectious titer and provides a detailed and readily adaptable methodology for the scientific community.

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Digestive enzymesDigital droplet polymerase chain reaction (ddPCR)Infectious titerLentiviral vectorsMethod validation

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PMID39498040
PMCPMC11532291

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