Creation of Tenecteplase-Producing CHO Cell Line Using Site-Specific Integrase from the Phage φC31

Objective: The aim of this study was to produce a stable CHO cell line expressing tenecteplase.Materials and Methods: In the first step, the tenecteplase coding sequence was clonedin a pDB2 vector containing attB recognition sites for the phage φC31 integrase. Then,using lipofection, the CHO cells were co-transfected with constructed recombinant plasmidencoding tenecteplase and attB recognition sites and the integrase coding sequencecontaining pCMV-Int plasmid. As the recombinant plasmid contained the neomycin resistancegene (neo), stable cells were then selected using G418 as an antibiotic. Stabletransformed cells were assessed using genomic PCR and RT-PCR. Finally, the functionalityof tenecteplase was evaluated on the cell culture media.Results: our results indicated that tenecteplase coding sequence was inserted into theCHO cell genome and was successfully expressed. Moreover, tenecteplase activity assessmentindicated the presence of our functional tenecteplase in the cell culture medium.Conclusion: Considering the data obtained from this study, φC31 integrase can be usedfor the production of a stable cell line and it be used to introduce ectopic genes into mammaliancells