Example 142
Human embryonic kidney epithelial (HEK293) (LGC standards GmbH, Wesel, Germany) are seeded on 24-well plates (Greiner Bio-one GmbH, Frickenhausen, Germany) precoated with collagen type1. HEK293 are seeded at a density of about 100,000 cells per well in 100 μl cell culture medium. Formulations containing 350 ng or 750 of Factor XI mRNA (modRNA FXI) (mRNA sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1625; polyA tail of approximately 160 nucleotides not shown in sequence; 5′cap, Cap1) are added directly after seeding the cells and incubated. A control of untreated cells was also evaluated.
Cells are harvested by transferring the culture media supernatants to a 96-well Pro-Bind U-bottom plate (Beckton Dickinson GmbH, Heidelberg, Germany). Cells are trypsinized with ½ volume Trypsin/EDTA (Biochrom AG, Berlin, Germany), pooled with respective supernatants and fixed by adding one volume PBS/2% FCS (both Biochrom AG, Berlin, Germany)/0.5% formaldehyde (Merck, Darmstadt, Germany). After a 12 hour incubation, cell culture supernatants of cells expressing Factor XI were collected and centrifuged at 10.000 rcf for 2 minutes. The cleared supernatants were then analyzed with a Factor XI-specific ELISA kit (Innovative Research, Novi, Mich.) according to the manufacturer instructions. The amount of protein produced is shown in