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.
Authors
- Qing Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5774-7397)
- Yanfei Qi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1391-4111)
- Yuxiang Qiu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-9210-405X)
- Zhenxiang Zhu
- Fan Jia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7779-5556)
- Dan Han (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0408-9175)
- Jianhao Deng
- Pengjie Wen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-6903-8818)
- Fuqiang Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4382-9797)
- Chang Li
- Peipei Wang
- Peng Chen
- Jingjing Liu
- Huadong Wang
- Qiang Ren
- Li Liu
- Jingqi Wang
- Xutao Zhu
- Yang Wu
Institutions
- 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)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Communications Biology
- Published
- 2026-10-31
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-026-11275-9
- Primary Topic
- Virus-based gene therapy research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- 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