Background and novelty Coagulation Factor VIII (FVIII) is an essential cofactor in the blood coagulation cascade. Inability to produce functional FVIII results in haemophilia A which can be treated with recombinant FVIII [1]. Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) cells are the most used cell line for producing complex biopharmaceuticals due to its ability to perform complex post-translational modificatio...

In this work, we studied alpha-particle induced and medium-mediated bystander effects in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells through micronucleus (MN) assay. We showed that signal transduction from irradiated cells to bystander cells occur within a short time after irradiation. We then studied the effects of ROS (reactive oxygen species)-scavenging catechins in the medium before irradiation. We o...

New mu-opioid receptor (MOR) agonists containing piperazine and homopiperazine moieties in the structures were synthesized and their affinities to and agonist potencies on MOR were evaluated. Among the synthesized compounds, 4-[4-(2-methoxyphenyl)piperazin-1-yl]-N,N-dimethyl-2,2-diphenylbutanamide (20 Aa) showed the highest affinity to the human MOR expressed in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO)-K1 c...

A current focus of biopharmaceutical research and production is seed train process intensification. This allows for intermediate cultivation steps to be avoided or even the direct inoculation a bioreactor with cells from cryovials cryobags. Based on preliminary investigations regarding suitability high cell densities cryopreservation perfusion cultivations as inoculum further cultivations, an u...

Data are presented indicating that the adhesion of Chinese hamster ovary cells (CHO) to films of denatured type I collagen occurs by a fibronectin-dependent mechanism, whereas the adhesion of these cells to 3-dimensional gels of native type I collagen fibres may occur by either a rapid, fibronectin-dependent mechanism or by a slower, fibronectin-independent mechanism, whereas the adhesion of th...

The phosphorylation of H1 histone subtypes was studied in 3 Chinese hamster cell lines (CHO, V79, and CHW). Chromatographic resolution of H1 subtypes showed that all 3 cell lines contained 1 homologous (coeluting) H1 subtype (CHO-1, V79-1, and CHW-1) while V79 and CHW cells contained 2 additional H1 subtypes not found in CHO cells (V79-2,3 and CHW-2,3). N-Bromosuccinimide cleavage of 32P-labele...

A 3D structured light sheet microscope using a four-faceted symmetric pyramid is presented. The sample is illuminated by the resulting four beam interference field. This approach combines advantages of standing wave and structured illumination microscopy. Examples of micrographs of fluorescently labeled Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells as well as of the compound eyes of drosophila are shown an...

From the types of ring chromosomes induced in x-irradiated Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells, we deduce the existence of switches in the polarity of chromosomal DNA; if there is a continuous DNA double helix along the full length of the chromosome then the polarity switches imply 3'-3' and 5'-5' phosphodiester linkages. The resolution of the method is such that we estimate that there is one pol...

Background:The premature termination of high producer clones, which will be killed due to cell proliferation and proteins production antagonism, is one of the basic drawback in recombinant proteins technology. Furtheremore, it is supposed some toxic proteins like interferon which we intended to clone and express, inhibit host cells’ proliferation. So, it is necessary to tightly control IFN-γ pr...