title: Impact of cell culture on recombinant monoclonal antibody product heterogeneity.
abstract: Recombinant monoclonal antibodies are commonly expressed in mammalian cell culture and purified by several steps of filtration and chromatography. The resulting high purity bulk drug substance still contains product variants differing in properties such as charge and size. Posttranslational modifications and degradations occurring during cell culture are the major sources of heterogeneity in bulk drug substance of recombinant monoclonal antibodies. The focus of the current review is the impact of cell culture conditions on the types and levels of various modifications and degradations of recombinant monoclonal antibodies. Understanding the relationship between cell culture and product variants can help to make consistently safe and efficacious products. © 2016 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Biotechnol. Prog., 32:1103-1112, 2016.
authors.affiliation: Product Characterization, Global Analytical and Pharmaceutical Development, Alexion Pharmaceuticals, CT06410, Cheshire. LiuH@alxn.com.
authors.forename: Hongcheng
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Product Characterization, Global Analytical and Pharmaceutical Development, Alexion Pharmaceuticals, CT06410, Cheshire.
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nowak
authors.affiliation: Late Stage Upstream Development, Global Process Development, Alexion Pharmaceuticals, CT06410, Cheshire.
authors.forename: Mei
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shao
authors.affiliation: Product Characterization, Global Analytical and Pharmaceutical Development, Alexion Pharmaceuticals, CT06410, Cheshire.
authors.forename: Gomathinayagam
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ponniah
authors.affiliation: Product Characterization, Global Analytical and Pharmaceutical Development, Alexion Pharmaceuticals, CT06410, Cheshire.
authors.forename: Alyssa
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Neill
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D018929:Cell Culture Techniques; D006801:Humans; D009844:Oligosaccharides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D011499:Protein Processing, Post-Translational; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D009844:Oligosaccharides; D011994:Recombinant Proteins
keywords: cell culture; posttranslational modifications; recombinant monoclonal antibodies