Development of media and feeds for CHO cells The present invention provides
a DNA array-based method for assessing the effect of at least one test component of a
cell culture medium on at least one
phenotype of interest in a test
mammalian cell line cultured in the
cell culture medium comprising the test component, comprising: (a) measuring a test
methylation profile of one or more preselected
methylation sites within the
DNA of a test
cell line; (b) comparing the test
methylation profile obtained from (a) with at least one control methylation profile obtained from the same
mammalian cell line cultured in a
cell culture medium that does not contain the test component. and a significant similarity between the test methylation profile and the control methylation profile in (a) indicates that the test cell has the
phenotype of interest and that the test component does not affect the
phenotype of interest; a
significant difference between the test methylation profile of (a) and the control methylation profile indicates that the test cell has a phenotype of interest and that the test component affects the phenotype of interest; (c) The test methylation profile obtained from (a) (i) at least one first control methylation profile obtained from a first mammalian
control cell line exhibiting at least one phenotype of interest; and / or (ii) at least one second control methylation profile obtained from a second mammalian
control cell line that does not exhibit the phenotype of interest; Process to compare with and The
control cell line was not in contact with the test component. a significant similarity between the test methylation profile of (a) and the first or second control methylation profile indicates that the test cell has a phenotype of interest or does not have a phenotype of interest, respectively; wherein a difference between the test methylation profile of (a) and the first or second control methylation profile indicates that the test cell does not have a phenotype of interest or that the test cell has a phenotype of interest.