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http://dx.doi.org/10.5010/JPB.2009.36.4.309

Production of biopharmaceuticals in transgenic plant cell suspension cultures  

Kwon, Jun-Young (Department of Biological Engineering, Inha University)
Cheon, Su-Hwan (Department of Biological Engineering, Inha University)
Lee, Hye-Ran (Department of Biological Engineering, Inha University)
Han, Ji-Yeon (Department of Biological Engineering, Inha University)
Kim, Dong-Il (Department of Biological Engineering, Inha University)
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Journal of Plant Biotechnology / v.36, no.4, 2009 , pp. 309-319 More about this Journal
Abstract
Transgenic plant cell cultures for the production of biopharmaceuticals including monoclonal antibodies, recombinant proteins have been regarded as an alternative platform in addition to traditional microbial fermentation and mammalian cell cultures. Plant-made pharmaceuticals (PMPs) have several advantages such as safety, cost-effectiveness, scalability and possibility of complex post-translational modifications. Increasing demand for the quantity and diversity of pharmaceutical proteins may accelerate the industrialization of PMP technology. Up to date, there is no plant-made recombinant protein approved by USFDA (Food and Drug Administration) for human therapeutic uses due to the technological bottlenecks of low expression level and slight differences in glycosylation. Regarding expression levels, it is possible to improve the productivity by using stronger promoter and optimizing culture processes. In terms of glycosylation, humanization has been attempted in many ways to reduce immune responses and to enhance the efficacy as well as stability. In this review article, all these respects of transgenic plant cell cultures were summarized. In addition, we also discuss the general characteristics of plant cell suspension cultures related with bioreactor design and operation to achieve high productivity in large scale which could be a key to successful commercialization of PMPs.
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