title: Selective generation of antigen-specific human hybridomas optimized for large scale growth in serum-free medium.
abstract: The direct propagation of newly formed human hybridomas in serum-free medium selects for hybrids with a metabolism best suited to growth in this environment. Under optimal culture conditions, this procedure results in the generation of antigen-specific human hybridomas comparable in frequency, stability, and antibody secretion rate to that obtained with murine hybridomas. After a transient phase of a few days in the appropriate selection medium supplemented with 1% serum, hybridomas grow in serum-free medium in stationary cultures with a cell doubling time of 15-25 h and an antibody production rate averaging 12 micrograms/10(6) cells/day. Clones propagated in bioreactors exhibited a cell doubling time of 29-35 h and an antibody secretion rate of 10-21 micrograms/10(6) cells/day.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology, Swiss Serum and Vaccine Institute, Berne.
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Lang
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Schürch
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zimmermann
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Bruderer
mesh_terms: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000276:immunology; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D001402:B-Lymphocytes; D002455:Cell Division; D002459:Cell Fusion; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002999:Clone Cells; D016895:Culture Media, Serum-Free; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D006801:Humans; D006825:Hybridomas / Q000276:immunology*; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000096:biosynthesis; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000096:biosynthesis; D007145:Immunoglobulin kappa-Chains / Q000096:biosynthesis; D012641:Selection, Genetic
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D016895:Culture Media, Serum-Free; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007075:Immunoglobulin M; D007145:Immunoglobulin kappa-Chains