Abstract: Provided herein is a method for producing an antibody, such as an anti-TNF? antibody (e.g., infliximab) having a C-terminal lysine content of about 20% to about 70%, and a sialic acid content of about 1% to about 20%, comprising culturing a zinc-responsive host cell transfected with DNA encoding the antibody in a culture medium comprising at least 0.5 ?M zinc; and controlling the concentration of zinc in the culture medium, thereby producing the antibody.
Abstract: Provided herein is a method for producing an antibody, such as an anti-TNF? antibody (e.g., infliximab) having a C-terminal lysine content of about 20% to about 70%, and a sialic acid content of about 1% to about 20%, comprising culturing a zinc-responsive host cell transfected with DNA encoding the antibody in a culture medium comprising at least 0.5 ?M zinc; and controlling the concentration of zinc in the culture medium, thereby producing the antibody.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 13, 2014
Publication date:
September 18, 2014
Applicants:
Janssen Biologics B.V., Janssen Biotech, Inc.
Inventors:
Marcel Flikweert, Charles Goochee, Francis Maslanka, Franciscus Johannes Ignatius Nagel, James Ryland, Eugene Schaefer