Increasing vaccine production using pulsed ultrasound waves
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Authors
Xing, Jida
Singh, Shrishti
Zhao, Yupeng
Duan, Yan
Guo, Huining
Hu, Chenxia
Ma, Allan
George, Rajan
Xing, James Z.
Kalluri, Ankarao
Issue Date
2017-11-27
Type
Article
Language
en_US
Keywords
Vaccine production , Ultrasound , Mechanical stimulation , Protein production
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Abstract
Vaccination is a safe and effective approach to prevent deadly diseases. To increase vaccine production, we propose that a mechanical stimulation can enhance protein production. In order to prove this hypothesis, Sf9 insect cells were used to evaluate the increase in the expression of a fusion protein from hepatitis B virus (HBV S1/S2). We discovered that the ultrasound stimulation at a frequency of 1.5 MHz, intensity of 60 mW/cm2, for a duration of 10 minutes per day increased HBV S1/S2 by 27%. We further derived a model for transport through a cell membrane under the effect of ultrasound waves, tested the key assumptions of the model through a molecular dynamics simulation package, NAMD (Nanoscale Molecular Dynamics program) and utilized CHARMM force field in a steered molecular dynamics environment. The results show that ultrasound waves can increase cell permeability, which, in turn, can enhance nutrient / waste exchange thus leading to enhanced vaccine production. This finding is very meaningful in either shortening vaccine production time, or increasing the yield of proteins for use as vaccines.
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Citation
Xing J, Singh S, Zhao Y, Duan Y, Guo H, et al. (2017) Increasing vaccine production using pulsed ultrasound waves. PLOS ONE 12(11): e0187048. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0187048
Publisher
PLOS