PMID- 20562528 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20150416 LR - 20211020 IS - 1942-0870 (Electronic) IS - 1942-0862 (Print) IS - 1942-0862 (Linking) VI - 2 IP - 4 DP - 2010 Jul-Aug TI - EB66 cell line, a duck embryonic stem cell-derived substrate for the industrial production of therapeutic monoclonal antibodies with enhanced ADCC activity. PG - 405-15 LID - 12350 [pii] AB - Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) represent the fastest growing class of therapeutic proteins. The increasing demand for mAb manufacturing and the associated high production costs call for the pharmaceutical industry to improve its current production processes or develop more efficient alternative production platforms. The experimental control of IgG fucosylation to enhance antibody dependent cell cytotoxicity (ADCC) activity constitutes one of the promising strategies to improve the efficacy of monoclonal antibodies and to potentially reduce the therapeutic cost. We report here that the EB66 cell line derived from duck embryonic stem cells can be efficiently genetically engineered to produce mAbs at yields beyond a 1 g/L, as suspension cells grown in serum-free culture media. EB66 cells display additional attractive grown characteristics such as a very short population doubling time of 12 to 14 hours, a capacity to reach very high cell density (> 30 million cells/mL) and a unique metabolic profile resulting in low ammonium and lactate accumulation and low glutamine consumption, even at high cell densities. Furthermore, mAbs produced on EB66 cells display a naturally reduced fucose content resulting in strongly enhanced ADCC activity. The EB66 cells have therefore the potential to evolve as a novel cellular platform for the production of high potency therapeutic antibodies. FAU - Olivier, Stephane AU - Olivier S AD - VIVALIS;France. FAU - Jacoby, Marine AU - Jacoby M AD - VIVALIS;France. FAU - Brillon, Cedric AU - Brillon C AD - VIVALIS;France. FAU - Bouletreau, Sylvana AU - Bouletreau S AD - VIVALIS;France. FAU - Mollet, Thomas AU - Mollet T AD - VIVALIS;France. FAU - Nerriere, Olivier AU - Nerriere O AD - VIVALIS;France. FAU - Angel, Audrey AU - Angel A AD - VIVALIS;France. FAU - Danet, Severine AU - Danet S AD - VIVALIS;France. FAU - Souttou, Boussad AU - Souttou B AD - VIVALIS;France. FAU - Guehenneux, Fabienne AU - Guehenneux F AD - VIVALIS;France. FAU - Gauthier, Laurent AU - Gauthier L AD - Innate-Pharma; France. FAU - Berthome, Mathilde AU - Berthome M AD - IRT1 INSERM U892;France. FAU - Vie, Henri AU - Vie H AD - IRT1 INSERM U892;France. FAU - Beltraminelli, Nicola AU - Beltraminelli N AD - VIVALIS;France. FAU - Mehtali, Majid AU - Mehtali M AD - VIVALIS;France. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20100701 PL - United States TA - MAbs JT - mAbs JID - 101479829 RN - 0 (Antibodies, Monoclonal) RN - 28RYY2IV3F (Fucose) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Antibodies, Monoclonal/chemistry/*therapeutic use MH - Antibody-Dependent Cell Cytotoxicity/genetics MH - Cell Growth Processes MH - Cell Line MH - Drug Industry/*methods MH - Ducks MH - *Embryonic Stem Cells MH - Fucose/*chemistry/metabolism MH - Genetic Engineering MH - Humans MH - Immunotherapy/*methods MH - Quality Improvement MH - Stem Cells/metabolism PMC - PMC3180087 EDAT- 2010/06/22 06:00 MHDA- 2015/04/17 06:00 PMCR- 2011/07/01 CRDT- 2010/06/22 06:00 PHST- 2010/06/22 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2010/06/22 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/04/17 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2011/07/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 12350 [pii] AID - 1942-0862-2-4-6 [pii] AID - 10.4161/mabs.12350 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - MAbs. 2010 Jul-Aug;2(4):405-15. doi: 10.4161/mabs.12350. Epub 2010 Jul 1.