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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2012
Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA (US);
Meixia Zhou, Foster City, CA (US);
Bradley Richard Snedecor, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Chi Kin Domingos Ng, San Francisco, CA (US);
Amy Shen, San Mateo, CA (US);
Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides methods and compositions for reducing lactate production and increasing polypeptide production in cultured cells. In one aspect, the invention provides a method comprising culturing cells expressing a) a small interfering RNA (siRNA) specific for a lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and b) an siRNA specific for a pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase (PDHK). In another aspect, the invention provides cultured cells or vectors comprising an siRNA specific for a LDH and an siRNA specific for a PDHK.