Example 9
A2M variants were expressed in HEK293F cells (Gibco) by transient transfection of each construct in suspension cells. Cells were grown to a density of 550,000 cells/mL in a Erlenmeyer cell culture flask containing 20 mL of FreeStyle F17 medium (Invitrogen) containing 1× GlutaMax (Gibco) on a rotator at a speed of 125 rpm inside a 37° C. incubator containing an 8% CO2/air mixture. Cells were transfected by mixing 20 μg of plasmid DNA of each construct (wild-type or variant) in a 1:2 (w/v) ratio with TransIT Pro plus 10 μL TransIT Boost (Mirus) 15 minutes before addition to media. Cells were maintained in the same conditions for three days after transfection before the media containing secreted recombinant protein was removed for protein purification (