Production of Virus in Insect Versus Mammalian Cells
Type
Blog Post
...AAV); 8–10 kb (lenti)
38 kb
Cells
HEK-293T
Sf9
Time to collection
2–4 days
5–10 days
Purification... R.M. (2002). Insect cells as a factory to produce adeno-associated virus type 2 vectors. Human Gene Therapy...Centrifugation
Titration time
~1 day (AAV); ~1 week (lenti)
2–10 days
Initial titers
Higher
Lower
Resources...that already do mammalian cell culture. HEK-293T cells are the most common cells used in viral production...versus insect cells for viral production
Consideration
Mammalian cells
Insect cells
Viruses
AAV ...type of cells that will be used to make the virus.
Viruses can be produced in many different cell types,...produced in bacteria cells. However, some viruses can be produced in multiple different cell types, including...