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Application of a Cell‐Once‐Through Perfusion Strategy for Production of Recombinant Antibody from rCHO Cells in a Centritech Lab II Centrifuge System
Author(s) -
Kim Byoung Jin,
Chang Ho Nam,
Oh Duk Jae
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
biotechnology progress
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.572
H-Index - 129
eISSN - 1520-6033
pISSN - 8756-7938
DOI - 10.1021/bp0700861
Subject(s) - bioreactor , centrifuge , chinese hamster ovary cell , perfusion , chemistry , cell culture , microcarrier , chromatography , cell , biochemistry , biology , medicine , physics , receptor , organic chemistry , nuclear physics , genetics
Based upon the results of scale‐down intermittent perfusion processes, a cell‐once‐through (COT) perfusion concept was applied to a dual bioreactor system coupled to a Centritech Lab II centrifuge for culture of recombinant Chinese hamster ovary (rCHO) cells for monoclonal antibody production. In this new culture mode, i.e., the COT perfusion process, total spent medium was transferred to the centrifuge and a fixed percentage was removed. Approximately 99% of the viable cells are transferred to another bioreactor filled with fresh medium by single operation of the Centritech Lab II centrifuge system for about 30 min. Accordingly, a significant reduction of the cell‐passage frequency to the centrifuge led to minimization of cell damage caused by mechanical shear stress, oxygen limitation, nutrient limitation, and low temperature outside the bioreactor. The effects of culture temperature shift and fortified medium on cell growth and recombinant antibody production in the COT perfusion process were investigated. Although the suppressive effects of low culture temperature on cell growth led to a loss of stability in a long‐term COT perfusion culture system, the average antibody concentration at 33 °C was 157.8 mg/L, approximately 2.4‐fold higher than that at 37 °C. By the use of a fortified medium at 37 °C, rCHO cells were maintained at high density above 1.2 × 10 7 cells/mL, and antibody was produced continuously in a range of 260–280 mg/L in a stable long‐term COT perfusion culture. The proposed new culture mode, the COT perfusion approach, guarantees the recovery of rCHO cells damaged by lowered temperature or high lactate and ammonium concentration. It will be an attractive choice for minimization of cell damage and stable long‐term antibody production with high cell density.

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