Martin Lock - Southampton PA, US Luc H. Vandenberghe - Philadelphia PA, US James M. Wilson - Gladwyne PA, US
Assignee:
The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania - Philadelphia PA
International Classification:
C12N 7/02 C12N 7/00
US Classification:
435239, 4352351
Abstract:
A method for producing AAV, without requiring cell lysis, is described. The method involves harvesting AAV from the supernatant. For AAV having capsids with a heparin binding site, the method involves modifying the AAV capsids and/or the culture conditions to ablate the binding between the AAV heparin binding site and the cells, thereby allowing the AAV to pass into the supernatant, i.e., media. Thus, the method of the invention provides supernatant containing high yields of AAV which have a higher degree of purity from cell membranes and intracellular materials, as compared to AAV produced using methods using a cell lysis step.
Lock Martin (February 22, 1916 January 19, 1959) was the stage name of American actor Joseph Lockard Martin, Jr. He is best remembered for playing the ...