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Comparison of Three Transposons for the Generation of Highly Productive Recombinant CHO Cell Pools and Cell Lines

Florian Maria Wurm, David Hacker, Lucia Baldi Unser, Yashas Rajendra, Sowmya Balasubramanian

Several naturally occurring vertebrate transposable elements have been genetically modified to enable the transposition of recombinant genes in mammalian cells. We compared three transposonspiggyBac, Tol2, and Sleeping Beautyfor their ability to generate c ...

Wiley-Blackwell2016

Transcriptional and post-transcriptional limitations of high-yielding, PEI-mediated transient transfection with CHO and HEK-293E cells

Florian Maria Wurm, David Hacker, Lucia Baldi Unser, Yashas Rajendra, Divor Kiseljak

Transient gene expression (TGE) in human embryonic kidney (HEK-293) and Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells is a well-established technology for the rapid generation of recombinant proteins. Although the maximum TGE yields have reached 1 g/L or more, the amo ...

American Chemical Society2015

Dual therapy for amanita phalloides-induced acute liver failure in mice: A combination of etanercept and alpha-1 antitrypsin

Florian Maria Wurm

Background The toxin α-amanitin from Amanita phalloides induces hepatocyte death and disrupts local and systemic immune responses, key drivers of acute liver failure (ALF). Although TNF-α plays a central role in ALF, TNF-α-targeted therapies alone have sho ...

Elsevier BV2025

Scalable Production of AAV Vectors in Orbitally Shaken HEK293 Cells

Vivianne Padrun, Florian Maria Wurm, Bernard Schneider, Nicole Déglon

Adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors are currently among the most commonly applied for in vivo gene therapy approaches. The evaluation of vectors during clinical development requires the production of considerable amounts of highly pure and potent vectors. ...

2019

Alpha1-antitrypsin improves survival in murine abdominal sepsis model by decreasing inflammation and sequestration of free heme

Florian Maria Wurm

Background Excessive inflammation, hemolysis, and accumulation of labile heme play an essential role in the pathophysiology of multi-organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS) in sepsis. Alpha1-antitrypsin (AAT), an acute phase protein with heme binding capacity, i ...

Frontiers Media Sa2024

New disposable tubes for rapid and precise biomass assessment for suspension cultures of mammalian cells

Florian Maria Wurm, David Hacker, Martin Jordan, Mathieu Benjamin Stettler

We present a new approach for biomass assessment in cell culture using a disposable microcentrifuge tube. The specially designed tube is fitted with an upper chamber for sample loading and a lower 5 microL capillary for cell collection during centrifugatio ...

2006

Highly efficient production of the Alzheimer's γ-Secretase integral membrane protease complex by a multi-gene stable integration approach

Florian Maria Wurm, David Hacker, Lorène Aeschbach, Patrick Fraering, Mitko Dimitrov, Sowmya Balasubramanian

Inefficient production of membrane-embedded multi-protein complexes by conventional methods has largely prevented the generation of high-resolution structural information and the performance of high-throughput drug discovery screens for this class of prote ...

2013

Enhanced Plasmid DNA Utilization in Transiently Transfected CHO-DG44 Cells in the Presence of Polar Solvents

Florian Maria Wurm, David Hacker, Lucia Baldi Unser, Yashas Rajendra, Divor Kiseljak, Sowmya Balasubramanian

Although the protein yields from transient gene expression (TGE) with Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells have recently improved, the amount of plasmid DNA (pDNA) needed for transfection remains relatively high. We describe a strategy to reduce the pDNA amou ...

American Chemical Society2015

Structural analysis of intact monoclonal antibodies by electron transfer dissociation mass spectrometry

Florian Maria Wurm, Yury Tsybin, Luca Fornelli

Improving qualitative and quantitative characterization of monoclonal antibodies is essential, because of their increasing popularity as therapeutic drug targets. Electron transfer dissociation (ETD)-based top-down mass spectrometry (MS) is the method of c ...

2011

Production of active glycosylation-deficient gamma-secretase complex for crystallization studies

Florian Maria Wurm, David Hacker, Patrick Fraering, Mitko Dimitrov, Hermeto Gerber, Virginie Sandra Braman

Alzheimer's disease (AD)-associated gamma-secretase is a ubiquitously expressed multi-subunit protease complex embedded in the lipid bilayer of cellular compartments including endosomes and the plasma membrane. Although gamma-secretase is of crucial intere ...

Wiley-Blackwell2015

NMR spectroscopy and perfusion of mammalian cells using surface microprobes

Jürgen Brugger, Florian Maria Wurm, Radivoje Popovic, Kristopher Pataky, Pierre-André Besse, Mathieu Benjamin Stettler, Klaus Ehrmann

NMR spectra of mammalian cells are taken using surface microprobes that are based on microfabricated planar coils. The surface microprobe resembles a miniaturized Petri dish commonly used in biological research. The diameter of the planar coils is 1 mm. Ch ...

2007

Manufacturing recombinant proteins in kg-ton quantities using animal cells in bioreactors

Florian Maria Wurm

Mammalian cells in bioreactors as production host are the focus of this review. We wish to briefly describe today's technical status and to highlight emerging trends in the manufacture of recombinant therapeutic proteins, focusing on Chinese hamster ovary ...

Elsevier2011

Sustained activation and tumor targeting of NKT cells using a CD1d-anti-HER2-scFv fusion protein induce antitumor effects in mice

Florian Maria Wurm, Lucia Baldi Unser

Invariant NKT (iNKT) cells are potent activators of DCs, NK cells, and T cells, and their antitumor activity has been well demonstrated. A single injection of the high-affinity CD1d ligand α-galactosylceramide (αGalCer) leads to short-lived iNKT cell activ ...

2008

Virus-free transient protein production in Sf9 cells

Florian Maria Wurm, David Hacker, Lucia Baldi Unser, Xiao Shen

A method for virus-free transient gene expression from suspension-adapted Sf9 insect cells was developed with the gene of interest being expressed from a plasmid carrying the homologous region 5 enhancer (hr5) and the immediate early 1 (ie1) promoter from ...

Elsevier2014

The Delivery of alpha 1-Antitrypsin Therapy Through Transepidermal Route: Worthwhile to Explore

Florian Maria Wurm

Human alpha 1-antitrypsin (AAT) is an abundant acute phase glycoprotein expressing anti-protease and immunomodulatory activities, and is used as a biopharmaceutical to treat patients with inherited AAT deficiency. The pleiotropic properties of AAT provide ...

FRONTIERS MEDIA SA2020

Lactate metabolism shift in CHO cell culture: the role of mitochondrial oxidative activity

Florian Maria Wurm, Martin Jordan, Mathieu Benjamin Stettler

Lactate production is monitored in industrial processes as a crucial metabolite for cultured mammalian cells. Typically lactate is strongly produced during the exponential growth phase, while its net consumption is frequently observed when cells enter into ...

Elsevier2013

Microfabricated solenoids and Helmholtz coils for NMR spectroscopy of mammalian cells

Florian Maria Wurm, Radivoje Popovic, Martin Jordan, Pierre-André Besse, Mathieu Benjamin Stettler, Franck Vincent, Klaus Ehrmann

NMR-microprobes based on solenoids and Helmholtz coils have been microfabricated and NMR-spectra of mammalian cells have successfully been taken. The microfabrication technology developed for these probes consists of three electroplated copper levels for l ...

2007

Compressed collagen gel: a novel scaffold for human bladder cells

Jeffrey Alan Hubbell, Florian Maria Wurm, Peter Frey

Collagen is highly conserved across species and has been used extensively for tissue regeneration; however, its mechanical properties are limited. A recent advance using plastic compression of collagen gels to achieve much higher concentrations significant ...

Wiley-Blackwell2010

DNA delivery with hyperbranched polylysine: A comparative study with linear and dendritic polylysine

Harm-Anton Klok, Florian Maria Wurm, David Hacker, Lucia Baldi Unser, Yashas Rajendra, Zuzana Kadlecova

PEI and polylysine are among the most investigated synthetic polymeric carriers for DNA delivery. Apart from their practical use, these 2 classes of polymers are also of interest from a fundamental point of view as they both can be prepared in different ar ...

Elsevier2013

Multiple glycerol shocks increase the calcium phosphate transfection of non-synchronized CHO cells

Florian Maria Wurm, David Hacker, Martin Bertschinger, Frédéric Grosjean

The exposure of CHO DG44 cells to an osmotic shock, after DNA uptake, results in a cellular volume decrease of approx. 55%. Repetitive osmotic shocks targeted different sub-populations of cells as was demonstrated using two different fluorescent reporter g ...

2006