A mMono-Bac1.0 system for recombinant adeno-associated virus vectors with higher flexibility, throughput and yield

Recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV) holds immense promise for therapeutic applications, but high production costs limit its widespread clinical use, underscoring the urgent need for manufacturing breakthroughs. Here, we establish a modular Mono-Bac system with the p24 -NanoLuciferase (Nluc) reporter Bacmid for rAAV production, named mMono-Bac1.0, enhancing manufacturing flexibility, throughput and yield simultaneously. The system introduces two key technology to the pFD/Cap-(ITR-GOI)-Rep transfer vector-based Mono-Bac framework. First, a modular pGB-AAV Donor construction strategy enables one-step all-in-one AAV transfer vector assembly and effortless switching of capsids or GOIs, thus facilitating high-throughput combinatorial production. Second, an engineered p24 -Nluc Bacmid enables rapid (<5 min) quantification of infectious recombinant baculovirus (rBV) titers and real-time monitoring of Nluc activity in culture supernatants to determine the optimal harvest point (log RLU ~ 6.5), thereby maximizing rAAV yield. This system has the potential to advance baculovirus expression vector (BEV)-based rAAV manufacturing into a data-driven era, supporting efficient industrial-scale production.

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Communications Biology
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2026-10-31
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-026-11275-9
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Virus-based gene therapy research
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A mMono-Bac1.0 system for recombinant adeno-associated virus vectors with higher flexibility, throughput and yield

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Abstract

Recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV) holds immense promise for therapeutic applications, but high production costs limit its widespread clinical use, underscoring the urgent need for manufacturing breakthroughs. Here, we establish a modular Mono-Bac system with the p24 -NanoLuciferase (Nluc) reporter Bacmid for rAAV production, named mMono-Bac1.0, enhancing manufacturing flexibility, throughput and yield simultaneously. The system introduces two key technology to the pFD/Cap-(ITR-GOI)-Rep transfer vector-based Mono-Bac framework. First, a modular pGB-AAV Donor construction strategy enables one-step all-in-one AAV transfer vector assembly and effortless switching of capsids or GOIs, thus facilitating high-throughput combinatorial production. Second, an engineered p24 -Nluc Bacmid enables rapid (<5 min) quantification of infectious recombinant baculovirus (rBV) titers and real-time monitoring of Nluc activity in culture supernatants to determine the optimal harvest point (log RLU ~ 6.5), thereby maximizing rAAV yield. This system has the potential to advance baculovirus expression vector (BEV)-based rAAV manufacturing into a data-driven era, supporting efficient industrial-scale production.

Communications Biology
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN), Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics (CN), Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology (CN), Shenzhen University of Advanced Technology (CN), Shenzhen-Hong Kong Institute of Brain Science (CN), Guangzhou Medical University (CN), Tsinghua University (CN)
National Natural Science Foundation of China, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, Shenzhen Fundamental Research Program, National Science and Technology Major Project, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Openalex Percentile: Top 15%
Virus-based gene therapy research
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