Process Development for Newcastle Disease Virus-Vectored Vaccines in Serum-Free Vero Cell Suspension Cultures

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic drew global attention to infectious diseases, attracting numerous resources for development of pandemic preparedness plans and vaccine platforms—technologies with robust manufacturing processes that can quickly be pivoted to target emerging diseases. Newcastle Disease V...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:b7aba1817a4c4c60b48596beb30861ff2021-11-25T19:11:24ZProcess Development for Newcastle Disease Virus-Vectored Vaccines in Serum-Free Vero Cell Suspension Cultures10.3390/vaccines91113352076-393Xhttps://doaj.org/article/b7aba1817a4c4c60b48596beb30861ff2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/9/11/1335https://doaj.org/toc/2076-393XThe ongoing COVID-19 pandemic drew global attention to infectious diseases, attracting numerous resources for development of pandemic preparedness plans and vaccine platforms—technologies with robust manufacturing processes that can quickly be pivoted to target emerging diseases. Newcastle Disease Virus (NDV) has been studied as a viral vector for human and veterinary vaccines, but its production relies heavily on embryonated chicken eggs, with very few studies producing NDV in cell culture. Here, NDV is produced in suspension Vero cells, and analytical assays (TCID<sub>50</sub> and ddPCR) are developed to quantify infectious and total viral titer. NDV-GFP and NDV-FLS (SARS-CoV-2 full-length spike protein) constructs were adapted to replicate in Vero and HEK293 suspension cultures using serum-free media, while fine-tuning parameters such as MOI, temperature, and trypsin concentration. Shake flask productions with Vero cells resulted in infectious titers of 1.07 × 10<sup>8</sup> TCID<sub>50</sub>/mL for NDV-GFP and 1.33 × 10<sup>8</sup> TCID<sub>50</sub>/mL for NDV-FLS. Production in 1 L batch bioreactors also resulted in high titers in culture supernatants, reaching 2.37 × 10<sup>8</sup> TCID<sub>50</sub>/mL for NDV-GFP and 3.16 × 10<sup>7</sup> TCID<sub>50</sub>/mL for NDV-FLS. This shows effective NDV production in cell culture, building the basis for a scalable vectored-vaccine manufacturing process that can be applied to different targets.Julia Puppin Chaves FulberOmar FarnósSascha KiesslichZeyu YangShantoshini DashLeonardo SustaSarah K. WoottonAmine A. KamenMDPI AGarticleNewcastle Disease VirusVero suspension cultureviral vaccine bioprocessbioreactor productionvaccine production platformCOVID-19MedicineRENVaccines, Vol 9, Iss 1335, p 1335 (2021)
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topic Newcastle Disease Virus
Vero suspension culture
viral vaccine bioprocess
bioreactor production
vaccine production platform
COVID-19
Medicine
R
spellingShingle Newcastle Disease Virus
Vero suspension culture
viral vaccine bioprocess
bioreactor production
vaccine production platform
COVID-19
Medicine
R
Julia Puppin Chaves Fulber
Omar Farnós
Sascha Kiesslich
Zeyu Yang
Shantoshini Dash
Leonardo Susta
Sarah K. Wootton
Amine A. Kamen
Process Development for Newcastle Disease Virus-Vectored Vaccines in Serum-Free Vero Cell Suspension Cultures
description The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic drew global attention to infectious diseases, attracting numerous resources for development of pandemic preparedness plans and vaccine platforms—technologies with robust manufacturing processes that can quickly be pivoted to target emerging diseases. Newcastle Disease Virus (NDV) has been studied as a viral vector for human and veterinary vaccines, but its production relies heavily on embryonated chicken eggs, with very few studies producing NDV in cell culture. Here, NDV is produced in suspension Vero cells, and analytical assays (TCID<sub>50</sub> and ddPCR) are developed to quantify infectious and total viral titer. NDV-GFP and NDV-FLS (SARS-CoV-2 full-length spike protein) constructs were adapted to replicate in Vero and HEK293 suspension cultures using serum-free media, while fine-tuning parameters such as MOI, temperature, and trypsin concentration. Shake flask productions with Vero cells resulted in infectious titers of 1.07 × 10<sup>8</sup> TCID<sub>50</sub>/mL for NDV-GFP and 1.33 × 10<sup>8</sup> TCID<sub>50</sub>/mL for NDV-FLS. Production in 1 L batch bioreactors also resulted in high titers in culture supernatants, reaching 2.37 × 10<sup>8</sup> TCID<sub>50</sub>/mL for NDV-GFP and 3.16 × 10<sup>7</sup> TCID<sub>50</sub>/mL for NDV-FLS. This shows effective NDV production in cell culture, building the basis for a scalable vectored-vaccine manufacturing process that can be applied to different targets.
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author Julia Puppin Chaves Fulber
Omar Farnós
Sascha Kiesslich
Zeyu Yang
Shantoshini Dash
Leonardo Susta
Sarah K. Wootton
Amine A. Kamen
author_facet Julia Puppin Chaves Fulber
Omar Farnós
Sascha Kiesslich
Zeyu Yang
Shantoshini Dash
Leonardo Susta
Sarah K. Wootton
Amine A. Kamen
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title Process Development for Newcastle Disease Virus-Vectored Vaccines in Serum-Free Vero Cell Suspension Cultures
title_short Process Development for Newcastle Disease Virus-Vectored Vaccines in Serum-Free Vero Cell Suspension Cultures
title_full Process Development for Newcastle Disease Virus-Vectored Vaccines in Serum-Free Vero Cell Suspension Cultures
title_fullStr Process Development for Newcastle Disease Virus-Vectored Vaccines in Serum-Free Vero Cell Suspension Cultures
title_full_unstemmed Process Development for Newcastle Disease Virus-Vectored Vaccines in Serum-Free Vero Cell Suspension Cultures
title_sort process development for newcastle disease virus-vectored vaccines in serum-free vero cell suspension cultures
publisher MDPI AG
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/b7aba1817a4c4c60b48596beb30861ff
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