A nanowell platform to identify, sort and expand high antibody-producing cells

Fikri Abali, Richard Schasfoort, Sanne Nijland, Jelle Wittenberns, Arjan G.J. Tibbe, Marcel den Hartog, Louis Boon, Leon W.M.M. Terstappen*

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Abstract

Increased use of therapeutic monoclonal antibodies and the relatively high manufacturing costs fuel the need for more efficient production methods. Here we introduce a novel, fast, robust, and safe isolation platform for screening and isolating antibody-producing cell lines using a nanowell chip and an innovative single-cell isolation method. An anti-Her2 antibody producing CHO cell pool was used as a model. The platform; (1) Assures the single-cell origin of the production clone, (2) Detects the antibody production of individual cells and (3) Isolates and expands the individual cells based on their antibody production. Using the nanowell platform we demonstrated an 1.8–4.5 increase in anti-Her2 production by CHO cells that were screened and isolated with the nanowell platform compared to CHO cells that were not screened. This increase was also shown in Fed-Batch cultures where selected high production clones showed titers of 19–100 mg/L on harvest day, while the low producer cells did not show any detectable anti-Her2 IgG production. The screening of thousands of single cells is performed under sterile conditions and the individual cells were cultured in buffers and reagents without animal components. The time required from seeding a single cell and measuring the antibody production to fully expanded clones with increased Her-2 production was 4–6 weeks.

Original languageEnglish
Article number9457
JournalScientific reports
Volume14
Issue number1
Early online date24 Apr 2024
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2024

Keywords

  • Antibody secretion
  • CHO cells
  • Clonal expansion
  • Nanowell chip
  • Single-cell analysis

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