尽管Expi293培养基能够支持更高的细胞密度,但我们并不推荐以超出5–6 x 10e6个细胞/毫升的密度来培养Expi293细胞,因为这会降低后续的转染和蛋白表达效率。在更高的细胞密度时,遇到培养活力降低临界点的可能性也会增加。如果您培养的细胞超出5–6 x 10e6个细胞/毫升,请按照手册中的描述传代一至两次,监控它们的活力和生长速率。使用蛋白表达对照IgG或得率已知的表达载体来测试转染效果,从而确定细胞表达性能是否受到影响。
Can I leave my Expi293F culture expressing for more than 7 days?
The growth and expression characteristics of Expi293F cells are such that, by 7 days post-transfection, the culture medium should be close to being spent and maximal protein expression should have already been achieved. Continued incubation will result in a large decrease in cell culture viability.
If I let my Expi293F cells grow to a higher density than recommended, will they be okay?
While the Expi293 Expression Medium can support much higher cell densities, we do not recommend growing your Expi293F cultures beyond 5-6 x 10e6 cells/mL, as subsequent transfection and protein expression efficiencies may be reduced. At higher densities, there is also the increased possibility of reaching the point of reduced culture viability. If your seed culture does exceed 5-6 x 10e6 cells/mL, passage them once or twice as detailed in the manual, monitoring them for viability and growth rate. Perform a test transfection using the Protein Expression Control IgG or an expression construct of known yield to determine if cell expression performance has been impacted.
What is the difference between the Expi293F Inducible Cell Line and the T-REx -293 Cell Line?
The Expi293F Inducible Cell Line was created using the same technology as the T-REx -293 Cell Line. Both cell lines have been created by stable transfection with the pcDNA 6/TR vector; thus, they ubiquitously express the tetracycline repressor (TetR) protein. The parental cell line of Expi293F Inducible cells is Expi293F Cells (Cat. No. A14527). The key differences between these 2 cell lines are:
- Expi293F Inducible cells are grown in suspension and are adapted to high-density culture (> 15x10E6 cells/mL).
- Expi293F Inducible cells grow in Expi293 Expression System and perform equivalently to parental Expi293F cells, thus making them ideal for high-yield, inducible protein expression.