Abstract
The antibody productivity of the human–human hybridoma cell line AE6, which produces the lung cancer specific human monoclonal antibody AE6F4, was enhanced fourfold upon stimulation with 1 μg/ml of vitamin A acetate for one day. The enhancement lasted for about two weeks, and could be repeated by another stimulation with vitamin A acetate. The enhancing effect of vitamin A acetate was influenced by the cell density. Enhancement was clearly observed when the cell density was under 106 cells/ml. However, when the cell density was over 107 cells/ml, enhancement was observed weakly or not at all. Although the enhancing effect of vitamin A acetate is not unique to AE6 cells, not all human–human hybridoma cell lines show increased productivity upon VA acetate stimulation. This study suggests that the response to vitamin A acetate may be related to the properties of a particular fusion partner which the hybridoma cell inherits. The efficacy of vitamin A acetate for production of human monoclonal antibodies using human–human hybridomas is discussed.
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Inoue, Y., Fujisawa, M., Kawamoto, S. et al. Effectiveness of vitamin A acetate for enhancing the production of lung cancer specific monoclonal antibodies. Cytotechnology 31, 77–83 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008016020785
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