Mild hypothermic conditions (30ºC to 33ºC) have previously been shown to increase cell specific productivity (Qp) of recombinant proteins from mammalian cells. However, this is often associated with a lower growth rate which off-sets any potential advantage of higher product titres. This thesis describes the isolation of a novel population of Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) cells that have been adapted to low temperature growth by continuous subculture at low temperature for a duration of 400 days.
This adapted cell population achieved a growth rate 2-fold greater than non-adapted cells under low temperature conditions (32ºC) while maintaining an elevated level of cell specific expression of recombinant beta-interferon. The volumetric titre of beta-interferon was enhanced by 70% in stationary cultures and by more than 2-fold by application of a temperature-shift strategy involving a growth to production phase.
However, the low temperature-adapted cells were fragile and demonstrated an increased sensitivity to hydrodynamic stress in agitated cultures. This problem, caused by a weakened vimentin intermediate filament network, was resolved by the use of macroporous microcarriers which were demonstrated to entrap and protect the cold-adapted cells. Cold-adapted microcarrier cultures were able to achieve high cell densities (greater than 5x10^6 nuclei/mL) cultures under hypothermic conditions. This resulted in a 3-fold enhancement of volumetric titre of monomeric beta-interferon compared to the original control culture at 37ºC.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:MANITOBA/oai:mspace.lib.umanitoba.ca:1993/3192 |
| Date | 04 September 2009 |
| Creators | Sunley, Kevin |
| Contributors | Butler, Mike (Microbiology), Huebner, Erwin (Biological Sciences) Behie, Leo (University of Calgary) Mark, Brian (Microbiology) |
| Source Sets | University of Manitoba Canada |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
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