Figure 4. Comparing Sf21 and Hi5 insect cells.
To optimize the expression system Sf21 cells were compared to Hi5 cells. (A) There was no significant difference in the amount of secreted NA activity observed for construct 3 or 4 in both cell lines. (B) Cell viability seemed to drop faster for Hi5 compared to Sf21 cells without affecting the amount of secreted NA activity. (C, D) Anti-FLAG western blot of construct 3- or 4-containing media showed a strong signal for both cell lines. Activity and viability data are duplicates of three independent infections. For the respective western blots the supernatants of all three infections were pooled.