Abstract
Effective development of host cells for therapeutic protein production is hampered by the poor characterization of cellular transfection. Here, we employed a multi-omics-based systems biotechnology approach to elucidate the genotypic and phenotypic differences between a wild-type and recombinant antibody-producing Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cell line. At the genomic level, we observed extensive rearrangements in specific targeted loci linked to transgene integration sites. Transcriptional re-wiring of DNA damage repair and cellular metabolism in the antibody producer, via changes in gene copy numbers, was also detected. Subsequent integration of transcriptomic data with a genome-scale metabolic model showed a substantial increase in energy metabolism in the antibody producer. Metabolomics, lipidomics, and glycomics analyses revealed an elevation in long-chain lipid species, potentially associated with protein transport and secretion requirements, and a surprising stability of N-glycosylation profiles between both cell lines. Overall, the proposed knowledge-based systems biotechnology framework can further accelerate mammalian cell-line engineering in a targeted manner.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 530-542.e6 |
Journal | Cell Systems |
Volume | 4 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - May 24 2017 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2017 The Author(s)
Keywords
- Chinese hamster ovary
- genome-scale metabolic model
- genomic rearrangements
- glycosylation
- lipid metabolism
- monoclonal antibody-producing cell line
- systems biotechnology
- tricistronic vector