The stable expression of the humanized antibody was obtained as previously described [47 (link)]. Briefly, YB2/0 were stably transfected with the linearized expression vectors. The humanized IgGs were produced in YB2/0 over 5 to 7 days using EMS (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, USA), 5% Ultra low IgG FCS (PAA) and 0.5 g/L G418. The antibodies were purified from culture supernatant by affinity chromatography onto protein A sepharose (GE-Healthcare, Chalfont St Giles, UK). The level of aggregates and endotoxins were determined by gel filtration on Superdex HR/200 (GE-Healthcare, Chalfont St Giles, UK) and by LAL (limulous amoebocyte lysate) testing [48 (link)], respectively. Antibody quality and purity was also monitored by SDS-PAGE and Coomassie staining. In addition, glycosylation patterns and the core fucose percentage were determined for each purified antibody by high performance capillary electrophoresis laser induced fluorescence (HPCE-Lif) [49 (link),50 (link)] confirming the EMABling characteristic.
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