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Domain 2 of Hepatitis C Virus Protein NS5A Activates Glucokinase and Induces Lipogenesis in Hepatocytes. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23020919. [PMID: 35055105 PMCID: PMC8780509 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23020919] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2021] [Revised: 01/05/2022] [Accepted: 01/12/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Hepatitis C virus (HCV) relies on cellular lipid metabolism for its replication, and actively modulates lipogenesis and lipid trafficking in infected hepatocytes. This translates into an intracellular accumulation of triglycerides leading to liver steatosis, cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma, which are hallmarks of HCV pathogenesis. While the interaction of HCV with hepatocyte metabolic pathways is patent, how viral proteins are able to redirect central carbon metabolism towards lipogenesis is unclear. Here, we report that the HCV protein NS5A activates the glucokinase (GCK) isoenzyme of hexokinases through its D2 domain (NS5A-D2). GCK is the first rate-limiting enzyme of glycolysis in normal hepatocytes whose expression is replaced by the hexokinase 2 (HK2) isoenzyme in hepatocellular carcinoma cell lines. We took advantage of a unique cellular model specifically engineered to re-express GCK instead of HK2 in the Huh7 cell line to evaluate the consequences of NS5A-D2 expression on central carbon and lipid metabolism. NS5A-D2 increased glucose consumption but decreased glycogen storage. This was accompanied by an altered mitochondrial respiration, an accumulation of intracellular triglycerides and an increased production of very-low density lipoproteins. Altogether, our results show that NS5A-D2 can reprogram central carbon metabolism towards a more energetic and glycolytic phenotype compatible with HCV needs for replication.
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Pech S, Rehberg M, Janke R, Benndorf D, Genzel Y, Muth T, Sickmann A, Rapp E, Reichl U. Tracking changes in adaptation to suspension growth for MDCK cells: cell growth correlates with levels of metabolites, enzymes and proteins. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2021; 105:1861-1874. [PMID: 33582836 PMCID: PMC7907048 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-021-11150-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2020] [Revised: 01/20/2021] [Accepted: 01/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Abstract Adaptations of animal cells to growth in suspension culture concern in particular viral vaccine production, where very specific aspects of virus-host cell interaction need to be taken into account to achieve high cell specific yields and overall process productivity. So far, the complexity of alterations on the metabolism, enzyme, and proteome level required for adaptation is only poorly understood. In this study, for the first time, we combined several complex analytical approaches with the aim to track cellular changes on different levels and to unravel interconnections and correlations. Therefore, a Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) suspension cell line, adapted earlier to growth in suspension, was cultivated in a 1-L bioreactor. Cell concentrations and cell volumes, extracellular metabolite concentrations, and intracellular enzyme activities were determined. The experimental data set was used as the input for a segregated growth model that was already applied to describe the growth dynamics of the parental adherent cell line. In addition, the cellular proteome was analyzed by liquid chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry using a label-free protein quantification method to unravel altered cellular processes for the suspension and the adherent cell line. Four regulatory mechanisms were identified as a response of the adaptation of adherent MDCK cells to growth in suspension. These regulatory mechanisms were linked to the proteins caveolin, cadherin-1, and pirin. Combining cell, metabolite, enzyme, and protein measurements with mathematical modeling generated a more holistic view on cellular processes involved in the adaptation of an adherent cell line to suspension growth. Key points • Less and more efficient glucose utilization for suspension cell growth • Concerted alteration of metabolic enzyme activity and protein expression • Protein candidates to interfere glycolytic activity in MDCK cells Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s00253-021-11150-z.
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- Sabine Pech
- Bioprocess Engineering, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Bioprocess Engineering, Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Bioprocess Engineering, Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Bioprocess Engineering, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Bioprocess Engineering, Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, Magdeburg, Germany.
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- Section S.3 eScience, Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM), Berlin, Germany
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- Leibniz-Institut für Analytische Wissenschaften - ISAS - e.V., Dortmund, Germany.,Medizinische Fakultät, Medizinisches Proteom-Center (MPC), Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany.,Department of Chemistry, College of Physical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
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- Bioprocess Engineering, Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, Magdeburg, Germany.,glyxera GmbH, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Bioprocess Engineering, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany.,Bioprocess Engineering, Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, Magdeburg, Germany
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Joseph JA, Akkermans S, Nimmegeers P, Van Impe JFM. Bioproduction of the Recombinant Sweet Protein Thaumatin: Current State of the Art and Perspectives. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:695. [PMID: 31024485 PMCID: PMC6463758 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.00695] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2018] [Accepted: 03/19/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
There is currently a worldwide trend to reduce sugar consumption. This trend is mostly met by the use of artificial non-nutritive sweeteners. However, these sweeteners have also been proven to have adverse health effects such as dizziness, headaches, gastrointestinal issues, and mood changes for aspartame. One of the solutions lies in the commercialization of sweet proteins, which are not associated with adverse health effects. Of these proteins, thaumatin is one of the most studied and most promising alternatives for sugars and artificial sweeteners. Since the natural production of these proteins is often too expensive, biochemical production methods are currently under investigation. With these methods, recombinant DNA technology is used for the production of sweet proteins in a host organism. The most promising host known today is the methylotrophic yeast, Pichia pastoris. This yeast has a tightly regulated methanol-induced promotor, allowing a good control over the recombinant protein production. Great efforts have been undertaken for improving the yields and purities of thaumatin productions, but a further optimization is still desired. This review focuses on (i) the motivation for using and producing sweet proteins, (ii) the properties and history of thaumatin, (iii) the production of recombinant sweet proteins, and (iv) future possibilities for process optimization based on a systems biology approach.
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- Jewel Ann Joseph
- BioTeC+, Chemical and Biochemical Process Technology and Control, Department of Chemical Engineering, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- Optimization in Engineering Center-of-Excellence, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- CPMF, Flemish Cluster Predictive Microbiology in Foods, Leuven, Belgium
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- BioTeC+, Chemical and Biochemical Process Technology and Control, Department of Chemical Engineering, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- Optimization in Engineering Center-of-Excellence, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- CPMF, Flemish Cluster Predictive Microbiology in Foods, Leuven, Belgium
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- BioTeC+, Chemical and Biochemical Process Technology and Control, Department of Chemical Engineering, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- Optimization in Engineering Center-of-Excellence, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- CPMF, Flemish Cluster Predictive Microbiology in Foods, Leuven, Belgium
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- BioTeC+, Chemical and Biochemical Process Technology and Control, Department of Chemical Engineering, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- Optimization in Engineering Center-of-Excellence, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- CPMF, Flemish Cluster Predictive Microbiology in Foods, Leuven, Belgium
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Physiological alterations of GS-CHO cells in response to adenosine monophosphate treatment. J Biotechnol 2019; 294:49-57. [PMID: 30768998 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2019.01.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2017] [Revised: 11/30/2018] [Accepted: 01/21/2019] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Growth-arrested strategies (e.g. hypothermia and hyperosmolarity) have been widely employed to enhance cell-specific productivity (qP) in mammalian cell culture bioprocess. In addition to enhanced qP, alterations in cell physiology, such as cell size and cell cycle phase, have also attracted extensive attention under growth-arrested conditions. However, to date, very few reports on associations between physiological changes in growth-inhibiting approaches have been published. In this study, we explored associations between the physiological changes of GS-CHO cells in response to adenosine monophosphate (AMP) treatment. In dose response studies, AMP treatment resulted in suppressed proliferation, accumulated S-phase cells, increased cell size and enhanced qP. Subsequently, six GS-CHO clones exhibited the physiological alterations in varying degrees when treated with 7 mM AMP. But more importantly, a significant positive correlation between total intracellular protein content and mean electronic volume, an indicator of cell size (P < 0.01) was found, indicating that total intracellular protein was the determining factor in increasing cell size in this growth-arrested strategy. Besides, our results provide additional evidence that treatment with growth-arrested agents may increase cell size; the agent per se did not cause the increased productivity.
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Zou W, Edros R, Al-Rubeai M. The relationship of metabolic burden to productivity levels in CHO cell lines. Biotechnol Appl Biochem 2017; 65:173-180. [PMID: 28681393 DOI: 10.1002/bab.1574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2017] [Accepted: 06/29/2017] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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The growing demand for recombinant therapeutics has driven biotechnologists to develop new production strategies. One such strategy for increasing the expression of heterologous proteins has focused on enhancing cell-specific productivity through environmental perturbations. In this work, the effects of hypothermia, hyperosmolarity, high shear stress, and sodium butyrate treatment on growth and productivity were studied using three (low, medium, and high producing) CHO cell lines that differed in their specific productivities of monoclonal antibody. In all three cell lines, the inhibitory effect of these parameters on proliferation was demonstrated. Additionally, compared to the control, specific productivity was enhanced under all conditions and exhibited a consistent cell line specific pattern, with maximum increases (50-290%) in the low producer, and minimum increases (7-20%) in the high producer. Thus, the high-producing cell line was less responsive to environmental perturbations than the low-producing cell line. We hypothesize that this difference is most likely due to the bottleneck associated with a higher metabolic burden caused by higher antibody expression. Increased recombinant mRNA levels and pyruvate carboxylase activities due to low temperature and hyperosmotic stress were found to be positively associated with the metabolic burden.
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- Wu Zou
- School of Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering, and Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- School of Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering, and Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- School of Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering, and Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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Sanuki R, Sueyoshi K, Endo T, Hisamoto H. Double Sweeping: Highly Effective Sample Preconcentration Using Cationic and Anionic Micelles and Its Application to a Multiple Enzyme Activity Assay. Anal Chem 2017; 89:6505-6512. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.7b00586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Ryota Sanuki
- Department of Applied
Chemistry,
Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka Prefecture University, 1-1 Gakuen-cho, Naka-ku,
Sakai-shi, Osaka 599-8531, Japan
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- Department of Applied
Chemistry,
Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka Prefecture University, 1-1 Gakuen-cho, Naka-ku,
Sakai-shi, Osaka 599-8531, Japan
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- Department of Applied
Chemistry,
Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka Prefecture University, 1-1 Gakuen-cho, Naka-ku,
Sakai-shi, Osaka 599-8531, Japan
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- Department of Applied
Chemistry,
Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka Prefecture University, 1-1 Gakuen-cho, Naka-ku,
Sakai-shi, Osaka 599-8531, Japan
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Zou W, Al-Rubeai M. Understanding central carbon metabolism of rapidly proliferating mammalian cells based on analysis of key enzymatic activities in GS-CHO cell lines. Biotechnol Appl Biochem 2016; 63:642-651. [PMID: 26108557 DOI: 10.1002/bab.1409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2014] [Accepted: 06/19/2015] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The central carbon metabolism (glycolysis, the pentose phosphate pathway [PPP], and the tricarboxylic acid [TCA] cycle) plays an essential role in the supply of biosynthetic precursors and energy. How the central carbon metabolism changes with the varying growth rates in the in vitro cultivation of rapidly proliferating mammalian cells, such as cancer cells and continuous cell lines for recombinant protein production, remains elusive. Based on relationships between the growth rate and the activity of seven key enzymes from six cell clones, this work reports finding an important metabolic characteristic in rapidly proliferating glutamine synthetase-Chinese hamster ovary cells. The key enzymatic activity involved in the TCA cycle that is responsible for the supply of energy became elevated as the growth rate exhibited increases, while the activity of key enzymes in metabolic pathways (glycolysis and the PPP), responsible for the supply of biosynthetic precursors, tended to decrease-suggesting that rapidly proliferating cells still depended predominantly on the TCA cycle rather than on aerobic glycolysis for their energetic demands. Meanwhile, the growth-limiting resource was most likely biosynthetic substrates rather than energy provision. In addition, the multifaceted role of glucose-6-phosphate isomerase (PGI) was confirmed, based on a significant correlation between PGI activity and the percentage of G2/M-phase cells.
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- Wu Zou
- School of Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering, and Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland
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- School of Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering, and Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland.
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Sueyoshi K, Nogawa Y, Sugawara K, Endo T, Hisamoto H. Highly Sensitive and Multiple Enzyme Activity Assay Using Reagent-release Capillary-Isoelectric Focusing with Rhodamine 110-based Substrates. ANAL SCI 2016; 31:1155-61. [PMID: 26561260 DOI: 10.2116/analsci.31.1155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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In this study, a simple and highly sensitive enzyme activity assay based on reagent-release capillary-isoelectric focusing is described. Reagent-release capillaries containing a fluorescent substrate, which produces fluorescent products possessing an isoelectric point after reaction with enzymes, provides a simple procedure. This is because it allows to spontaneously inject a sample solution into the capillary by capillary action, mixing reagents, and subsequently concentrating the fluorescent products based on isoelectric focusing. Fluorescent rhodamine 110 and its monoamide derivative, which were generated as a final product and an intermediate, respectively, were then focused and separated by reagent-release capillary-isoelectric focusing. After 30 min of enzyme reactions, two focused fluorescent bands were clearly isolated along the prepared capillaries. Employing the focused band of rhodamine 110 monoamide allowed for highly sensitive detection of enzyme activity in the 10 pg mL(-1) order, while that of the conventional assay using a microplate was in the ng mL(-1) order. Furthermore, arraying reagent-release capillaries of different substrates on a chip allowed for simultaneous multi-assay of enzyme activity with good sensitivity in the pg mL(-1) order for each protein.
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- Kenji Sueyoshi
- Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka Prefecture University
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Impact of Adenovirus infection in host cell metabolism evaluated by (1)H-NMR spectroscopy. J Biotechnol 2016; 231:16-23. [PMID: 27215342 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2016.05.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2016] [Revised: 05/12/2016] [Accepted: 05/19/2016] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Adenovirus-based vectors are powerful vehicles for gene transfer applications in vaccination and gene therapy. Although highly exploited in the clinical setting, key aspects of the adenovirus biology are still not well understood, in particular the subversion of host cell metabolism during viral infection and replication. The aim of this work was to gain insights on the metabolism of two human cell lines (HEK293 and an amniocyte-derived cell line, 1G3) after infection with an adenovirus serotype 5 vector (AdV5). In order to profile metabolic alterations, we used (1)H-NMR spectroscopy, which allowed the quantification of 35 metabolites in cell culture supernatants with low sample preparation and in a relatively short time. Significant differences between both cell lines in non-infected cultures were identified, namely in glutamine and acetate metabolism, as well as by-product secretion. The main response to AdV5 infection was an increase in glucose consumption and lactate production rates. Moreover, cultures performed with or without glutamine supplementation confirmed the exhaustion of this amino acid as one of the main causes of lower AdV5 production at high cell densities (10- and 1.5-fold less specific yields in HEK293 and 1G3 cells, respectively), and highlighted different degrees of glutamine dependency of adenovirus replication in each cell line. The observed metabolic alterations associated with AdV5 infection and specificity of the host cell line can be useful for targeted bioprocess optimization.
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Microplate based assay for thrombin detection using an RNA aptamer as affinity ligand and cleavage of a chromogenic or a fluorogenic peptide substrate. Mikrochim Acta 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/s00604-016-1833-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Regulation of cell growth and apoptosis through lactate dehydrogenase C over-expression in Chinese hamster ovary cells. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2016; 100:5007-16. [PMID: 26841889 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-016-7348-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2015] [Revised: 01/17/2016] [Accepted: 01/22/2016] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Lactate has long been credited as a by-product, which jeopardizes cell growth and productivity when accumulated over a certain concentration during the manufacturing process of therapeutic recombinant proteins by Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells. A number of efforts to decrease the lactate concentration have been developed; however, the accumulation of lactate is still a critical issue by the late stage of fed-batch culture. Therefore, a lactate-tolerant cell line was developed through over-expression of lactate dehydrogenase C (LDH-C). In fed-batch culture, sodium lactate or sodium pyruvate was supplemented into the culture medium to simulate the environment of lactate accumulation, and LDH-C over-expression increased the highest viable cell density by over 30 and 50 %, respectively, on day 5, meanwhile the viability was also improved significantly since day 5 compared with that of the control. The percentages of cells suffering early and late apoptosis decreased by 3.2 to 12.5 and 2.0 to 4.3 %, respectively, from day 6 onwards in the fed-batch culture when 40 mM sodium pyruvate was added compared to the control. The results were confirmed by mitochondrial membrane potential assay. In addition, the expression of cleaved caspases 3 and 7 decreased in cells over-expressing LDH-C, suggesting the mitochondrial pathway was involved in the LDH-C regulated anti-apoptosis. In conclusion, a novel cell line with higher lactate tolerance, lowered lactate production, and alleviated apoptosis response was developed by over-expression of LDH-C, which may potentially represent an efficient and labor-saving approach in generating recombinant proteins.
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Rodrigues AF, Guerreiro MR, Formas-Oliveira AS, Fernandes P, Blechert AK, Genzel Y, Alves PM, Hu WS, Coroadinha AS. Increased titer and reduced lactate accumulation in recombinant retrovirus production through the down-regulation of HIF1 and PDK. Biotechnol Bioeng 2015; 113:150-62. [PMID: 26134455 DOI: 10.1002/bit.25691] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2015] [Revised: 06/15/2015] [Accepted: 06/24/2015] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
Abstract
Many mammalian cell lines used in the manufacturing of biopharmaceuticals exhibit high glycolytic flux predominantly channeled to the production of lactate. The accumulation of lactate in culture reduces cell viability and may also decrease product quality. In this work, we engineered a HEK 293 derived cell line producing a recombinant gene therapy retroviral vector, by down-regulating hypoxia inducible factor 1 (HIF1) and pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase (PDK). Specific productivity of infectious viral titers could be increased more than 20-fold for single gene knock-down (HIF1 or PDK) and more than 30-fold under combined down-regulation. Lactate production was reduced up to 4-fold. However, the reduction in lactate production, alone, was not sufficient to enhance the titer: high-titer clones also showed significant enrollment of metabolic routes not related to lactate production. Transcriptome analysis indicated activation of biological amines metabolism, detoxification routes, including glutathione metabolism, pentose phosphate pathway, glycogen biosynthesis and amino acid catabolism. The latter were validated by enzyme activity assays and metabolite profiling, respectively. High-titer clones also presented substantially increased transcript levels of the viral genes expression cassettes. The results herein presented demonstrate the impact of HIF1 and PDK down-regulation on the production performance of a mammalian cell line, reporting one of the highest fold-increase in specific productivity of infectious virus titers achieved by metabolic engineering. They additionally highlight the contribution of secondary pathways, beyond those related to lactate production, that can be also explored to pursue improved metabolic status favoring a high-producing phenotype.
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- A F Rodrigues
- Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, Apartado 12, 2781-901 Oeiras, Portugal.,Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Av. da República, 2780-157 Oeiras, Portugal
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- Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, Apartado 12, 2781-901 Oeiras, Portugal.,Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Av. da República, 2780-157 Oeiras, Portugal
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- Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, Apartado 12, 2781-901 Oeiras, Portugal.,Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Av. da República, 2780-157 Oeiras, Portugal
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- Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, Apartado 12, 2781-901 Oeiras, Portugal.,Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Av. da República, 2780-157 Oeiras, Portugal
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- Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, Bioprocess Engineering Group, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, Bioprocess Engineering Group, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, Apartado 12, 2781-901 Oeiras, Portugal.,Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Av. da República, 2780-157 Oeiras, Portugal
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
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- Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, Apartado 12, 2781-901 Oeiras, Portugal. .,Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Av. da República, 2780-157 Oeiras, Portugal.
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Lohr V, Hädicke O, Genzel Y, Jordan I, Büntemeyer H, Klamt S, Reichl U. The avian cell line AGE1.CR.pIX characterized by metabolic flux analysis. BMC Biotechnol 2014; 14:72. [PMID: 25077436 PMCID: PMC4124504 DOI: 10.1186/1472-6750-14-72] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2013] [Accepted: 07/16/2014] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Background In human vaccine manufacturing some pathogens such as Modified Vaccinia Virus Ankara, measles, mumps virus as well as influenza viruses are still produced on primary material derived from embryonated chicken eggs. Processes depending on primary cell culture, however, are difficult to adapt to modern vaccine production. Therefore, we derived previously a continuous suspension cell line, AGE1.CR.pIX, from muscovy duck and established chemically-defined media for virus propagation. Results To better understand vaccine production processes, we developed a stoichiometric model of the central metabolism of AGE1.CR.pIX cells and applied flux variability and metabolic flux analysis. Results were compared to literature dealing with mammalian and insect cell culture metabolism focusing on the question whether cultured avian cells differ in metabolism. Qualitatively, the observed flux distribution of this avian cell line was similar to distributions found for mammalian cell lines (e.g. CHO, MDCK cells). In particular, glucose was catabolized inefficiently and glycolysis and TCA cycle seem to be only weakly connected. Conclusions A distinguishing feature of the avian cell line is that glutaminolysis plays only a minor role in energy generation and production of precursors, resulting in low extracellular ammonia concentrations. This metabolic flux study is the first for a continuous avian cell line. It provides a basis for further metabolic analyses to exploit the biotechnological potential of avian and vertebrate cell lines and to develop specific optimized cell culture processes, e.g. vaccine production processes.
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- Verena Lohr
- Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, Sandtorstr, 1, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany.
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The influence of cell growth and enzyme activity changes on intracellular metabolite dynamics in AGE1.HN.AAT cells. J Biotechnol 2014; 178:43-53. [PMID: 24657347 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2014.03.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2013] [Revised: 02/27/2014] [Accepted: 03/04/2014] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
Abstract
Optimization of bioprocesses with mammalian cells mainly concentrates on cell engineering, cell screening and medium optimization to achieve enhanced cell growth and productivity. For improving cell lines by cell engineering techniques, in-depth understandings of the regulation of metabolism and product formation as well as the resulting demand for the different medium components are needed. In this work, the relationship of cell specific growth and uptake rates and of changes in maximum in vitro enzyme activities with intracellular metabolite pools of glycolysis, pentose phosphate pathway, citric acid cycle and energy metabolism were determined for batch cultivations with AGE1.HN.AAT cells. Results obtained by modeling cell growth and consumption of main substrates showed that the dynamics of intracellular metabolite pools is primarily linked to the dynamics of specific glucose and glutamine uptake rates. By analyzing maximum in vitro enzyme activities we found low activities of pyruvate dehydrogenase and pyruvate carboxylase which suggest a reduced metabolite transfer into the citric acid cycle resulting in lactate release (Warburg effect). Moreover, an increase in the volumetric lactate production rate during the transition from exponential to stationary growth together with a transient accumulation of fructose 1,6-bisphosphate, fructose 1-phosphate and ribose 5-phosphate point toward an upregulation of PK via FBP. Glutaminase activity was about 44-fold lower than activity of glutamine synthetase. This seemed to be sufficient for the supply of intermediates for biosynthesis but might lead to unnecessary dissipation of ATP. Taken together, our results elucidate regulation of metabolic networks of immortalized mammalian cells by changes of metabolite pools over the time course of batch cultivations. Eventually, it enables the use of cell engineering strategies to improve the availability of building blocks for biomass synthesis by increasing glucose as well as glutamine fluxes. An additional knockdown of the glutamine synthetase might help to prevent unnecessary dissipation of ATP, to yield a cell line with optimized growth characteristics and increased overall productivity.
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Du J, Cleghorn WM, Contreras L, Lindsay K, Rountree AM, Chertov AO, Turner SJ, Sahaboglu A, Linton J, Sadilek M, Satrústegui J, Sweet IR, Paquet-Durand F, Hurley JB. Inhibition of mitochondrial pyruvate transport by zaprinast causes massive accumulation of aspartate at the expense of glutamate in the retina. J Biol Chem 2013; 288:36129-40. [PMID: 24187136 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m113.507285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Transport of pyruvate into mitochondria by the mitochondrial pyruvate carrier is crucial for complete oxidation of glucose and for biosynthesis of amino acids and lipids. Zaprinast is a well known phosphodiesterase inhibitor and lead compound for sildenafil. We found Zaprinast alters the metabolomic profile of mitochondrial intermediates and amino acids in retina and brain. This metabolic effect of Zaprinast does not depend on inhibition of phosphodiesterase activity. By providing (13)C-labeled glucose and glutamine as fuels, we found that the metabolic profile of the Zaprinast effect is nearly identical to that of inhibitors of the mitochondrial pyruvate carrier. Both stimulate oxidation of glutamate and massive accumulation of aspartate. Moreover, Zaprinast inhibits pyruvate-driven O2 consumption in brain mitochondria and blocks mitochondrial pyruvate carrier in liver mitochondria. Inactivation of the aspartate glutamate carrier in retina does not attenuate the metabolic effect of Zaprinast. Our results show that Zaprinast is a potent inhibitor of mitochondrial pyruvate carrier activity, and this action causes aspartate to accumulate at the expense of glutamate. Our findings show that Zaprinast is a specific mitochondrial pyruvate carrier (MPC) inhibitor and may help to elucidate the roles of MPC in amino acid metabolism and hypoglycemia.
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Changes in intracellular metabolite pools during growth of adherent MDCK cells in two different media. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2013; 98:385-97. [PMID: 24169951 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-013-5329-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2013] [Revised: 09/27/2013] [Accepted: 10/10/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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In bioprocess engineering, the growth of continuous cell lines is mainly studied with respect to the changes in cell concentration, the resulting demand for substrates, and the accumulation of extracellular metabolites. The underlying metabolic process rests upon intracellular metabolite pools and their interaction with enzymes in the form of substrates, products, or allosteric effectors. Here, we quantitatively analyze time courses of 29 intracellular metabolites of adherent Madin-Darby canine kidney cells during cultivation in a serum-containing medium and a serum-free medium. The cells, which originated from the same pre-culture, showed similar overall growth behavior and only slight differences in their demand for the substrates glucose (GLC), glutamine (GLN), and glutamate (GLU). Analysis of intracellular metabolites, which mainly cover the glycolytic pathway, the citric acid cycle, and the nucleotide pools, revealed surprisingly similar dynamics for both cultivation conditions. Instead of a strong influence of the medium, we rather observed a growth phase-specific behavior in glycolysis and in the lower citric acid cycle. Furthermore, analysis of the lower part of glycolysis suggests the well-known regulation of pyruvate kinase by fructose 1,6-bisphosphate. The upper citric acid cycle (citrate, cis-aconitate, and isocitrate) is apparently uncoupled from the lower part (α-ketoglutarate, succinate, fumarate, and malate), which is in line with the characteristics of a truncated cycle. Decreased adenosine triphosphate and guanosine triphosphate pools, as well as a relatively low energy charge soon after inoculation of cells, indicate a high demand for cellular energy and the consumption of nucleotides for biosynthesis. We finally conclude that, with sufficient availability of substrates, the dynamics of GLC and GLN/GLU metabolism is influenced mainly by the cellular growth regime and regulatory function of key enzymes.
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Tung S, Shi Y, Wong K, Zhu F, Gorczynski R, Laister RC, Minden M, Blechert AK, Genzel Y, Reichl U, Spaner DE. PPARα and fatty acid oxidation mediate glucocorticoid resistance in chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Blood 2013; 122:969-80. [PMID: 23814018 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2013-03-489468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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High-dose glucocorticoids (GCs) can be a useful treatment for aggressive forms of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). However, their mechanism of action is not well understood, and resistance to GCs is inevitable. In a minimal, serum-free culture system, the synthetic GC dexamethasone (DEX) was found to decrease the metabolic activity of CLL cells, indicated by down-regulation of pyruvate kinase M2 (PKM2) expression and activity, decreased levels of pyruvate and its metabolites, and loss of mitochondrial membrane potential. This metabolic restriction was associated with decreased size and death of some of the tumor cells in the population. Concomitant plasma membrane damage increased killing of CLL cells by DEX. However, the nuclear receptor peroxisome proliferator activated receptor α (PPARα), which regulates fatty acid oxidation, was also increased by DEX, and adipocyte-derived lipids, lipoproteins, and propionic acid protected CLL cells from DEX. PPARα and fatty acid oxidation enzyme inhibitors increased DEX-mediated killing of CLL cells in vitro and clearance of CLL xenografts in vivo. These findings suggest that GCs prevent tumor cells from generating the energy needed to repair membrane damage, fatty acid oxidation is a mechanism of resistance to GC-mediated cytotoxicity, and PPARα inhibition is a strategy to improve the therapeutic efficacy of GCs.
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MESH Headings
- Adipocytes/cytology
- Animals
- Carrier Proteins/metabolism
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Cell Membrane/metabolism
- Culture Media, Conditioned
- Dexamethasone/pharmacology
- Drug Resistance, Neoplasm
- Fatty Acids/metabolism
- Gene Expression Regulation, Leukemic
- Glucocorticoids/pharmacology
- Humans
- Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell/drug therapy
- Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell/metabolism
- Lipid Metabolism
- Membrane Potential, Mitochondrial
- Membrane Proteins/metabolism
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred NOD
- Mice, SCID
- Oxygen/metabolism
- PPAR alpha/metabolism
- Phosphorylation
- Propionates/chemistry
- Thyroid Hormones/metabolism
- Thyroid Hormone-Binding Proteins
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- Stephanie Tung
- Division of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Sunnybrook Research Institute, 2075 Bayview Ave., Toronto, ON, Canada
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Mitochondrial SIRT4-type proteins in Caenorhabditis elegans and mammals interact with pyruvate carboxylase and other acetylated biotin-dependent carboxylases. Mitochondrion 2013; 13:705-20. [PMID: 23438705 DOI: 10.1016/j.mito.2013.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2012] [Revised: 02/03/2013] [Accepted: 02/08/2013] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The biological and enzymatic function of SIRT4 is largely uncharacterized. We show that the Caenorhabditis elegans SIR-2.2 and SIR-2.3 orthologs of SIRT4 are ubiquitously expressed, also localize to mitochondria and function during oxidative stress. Further, we identified conserved interaction with mitochondrial biotin-dependent carboxylases (PC, PCC, MCCC), key enzymes in anaplerosis and ketone body formation. The carboxylases were found acetylated on multiple lysine residues and detailed analysis of mPC suggested that one of these residues, K748ac, might regulate enzymatic activity. Nevertheless, no changes in mPC acetylation levels and enzymatic activity could be detected upon overexpression or loss of functional SIRT4.
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Tilley D, Levit I, Samis JA. Measurement of factor v activity in human plasma using a microplate coagulation assay. J Vis Exp 2012:3822. [PMID: 22987015 PMCID: PMC3490243 DOI: 10.3791/3822] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022] Open
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In response to injury, blood coagulation is activated and results in generation of the clotting protease, thrombin. Thrombin cleaves fibrinogen to fibrin which forms an insoluble clot that stops hemorrhage. Factor V (FV) in its activated form, FVa, is a critical cofactor for the protease FXa and accelerator of thrombin generation during fibrin clot formation as part of prothrombinase (1, 2). Manual FV assays have been described (3, 4), but they are time consuming and subjective. Automated FV assays have been reported (5-7), but the analyzer and reagents are expensive and generally provide only the clot time, not the rate and extent of fibrin formation. The microplate platform is preferred for measuring enzyme-catalyzed events because of convenience, time, cost, small volume, continuous monitoring, and high-throughput (8, 9). Microplate assays have been reported for clot lysis (10), platelet aggregation (11), and coagulation Factors (12), but not for FV activity in human plasma. The goal of the method was to develop a microplate assay that measures FV activity during fibrin formation in human plasma. This novel microplate method outlines a simple, inexpensive, and rapid assay of FV activity in human plasma. The assay utilizes a kinetic microplate reader to monitor the absorbance change at 405 nm during fibrin formation in human plasma (Figure 1) (13). The assay accurately measures the time, initial rate, and extent of fibrin clot formation. It requires only μl quantities of plasma, is complete in 6 min, has high-throughput, is sensitive to 24-80 pM FV, and measures the amount of unintentionally activated (1-stage activity) and thrombin-activated FV (2-stage activity) to obtain a complete assessment of its total functional activity (2-stage activity - 1-stage activity). Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) is an acquired coagulopathy that most often develops from pre-existing infections (14). DIC is associated with a poor prognosis and increases mortality above the pre-existing pathology (15). The assay was used to show that in 9 patients with DIC, the FV 1-stage, 2-stage, and total activities were decreased, on average, by 54%, 44%, and 42%, respectively, compared with normal pooled human reference plasma (NHP). The FV microplate assay is easily adaptable to measure the activity of any coagulation factor. This assay will increase our understanding of FV biochemistry through a more accurate and complete measurement of its activity in research and clinical settings. This information will positively impact healthcare environments through earlier diagnosis and development of more effective treatments for coagulation disorders, such as DIC.
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- Derek Tilley
- Applied Bioscience Program, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Ontario.
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Zhang Z, Wang H, Zhu J, Suneethi S, Zheng J. Swine manure vermicomposting via housefly larvae (Musca domestica): the dynamics of biochemical and microbial features. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2012; 118:563-571. [PMID: 22728759 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.05.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2012] [Revised: 05/06/2012] [Accepted: 05/11/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Improper handling of animal manure generated from concentrated swine operations greatly deteriorates water ecosystems. In this study, a full-scale vermireactor using housefly larvae (Musca domestica) was designed to investigate the effectiveness and efficiency of swine manure reduction, and to explore the associated biochemical-biological mechanisms. The one-week larvae vermireactor resulted in a total weight reduction rate of 106±17 kg/(m(3) d) and moisture reduction of 80.2%. Microbial activities in manure decreased by 45% after vermicomposting, while the activities of cellulose, proteases, and phosphatases in the vermicompost were significantly 69 times, 48%, and 82% lower than those in raw manure, respectively. The vermicompost was exclusively dominated by Entomoplasma somnilux, Proteobacterium, and Clostridiaceae bacterium where the microbial diversity was decreased from 2.57 in raw manure to 1.77. Correlation coefficients statistic showed that organic C might be a key indicator of the biochemical features and microbial functions of the larvae vermireactor.
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- ZhiJian Zhang
- College of Natural Research and Environmental Sciences, Center of Water Ecosystem and Watershed Sustainability, ZheJiang University, YuHangTang Ave. 688, HangZhou, ZheJiang Province 310058, China.
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Carinhas N, Oliveira R, Alves PM, Carrondo MJ, Teixeira AP. Systems biotechnology of animal cells: the road to prediction. Trends Biotechnol 2012; 30:377-85. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2012.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2012] [Revised: 03/11/2012] [Accepted: 03/14/2012] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Janke R, Genzel Y, Wetzel M, Reichl U. Effect of influenza virus infection on key metabolic enzyme activities in MDCK cells. BMC Proc 2011; 5 Suppl 8:P129. [PMID: 22373286 PMCID: PMC3284985 DOI: 10.1186/1753-6561-5-s8-p129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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- Robert Janke
- Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, Bioprocess Engineering group, Sandtorstraße 1, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, Bioprocess Engineering group, Sandtorstraße 1, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany
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- Chair for Bioprocess Engineering, Otto von Guericke University of Magdeburg, Universitätsplatz 2, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, Bioprocess Engineering group, Sandtorstraße 1, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany ; Chair for Bioprocess Engineering, Otto von Guericke University of Magdeburg, Universitätsplatz 2, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany
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Niklas J, Melnyk A, Yuan Y, Heinzle E. Selective permeabilization for the high-throughput measurement of compartmented enzyme activities in mammalian cells. Anal Biochem 2011; 416:218-27. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2011.05.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2011] [Revised: 05/23/2011] [Accepted: 05/24/2011] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Tilley D, Levit I, Samis JA. Development of a microplate coagulation assay for Factor V in human plasma. Thromb J 2011; 9:11. [PMID: 21711555 PMCID: PMC3148952 DOI: 10.1186/1477-9560-9-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2011] [Accepted: 06/28/2011] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Background Factor V (FV) in its activated form, FVa, is a critical regulator of thrombin generation during fibrin clot formation. There is a need of a simple, fast, and inexpensive microplate-based coagulation assay to measure the functional activity of FV in human plasma. The objective of this study was to develop a microplate-based assay that measures FV coagulation activity during clot formation in human plasma, which is currently not available. Methods The FV assay requires a kinetic microplate reader to measure the change in absorbance at 405nm during fibrin formation in human plasma. The FV assay accurately measures the time, initial rate, and extent of fibrin clot formation in human plasma. Results The FV microplate assay is simple, fast, economical, sensitive to approx 24-80pM, and multiple samples may be analyzed simultaneously. All the required materials are commercially available. Standard curves of time or initial rate of fibrin clot formation vs FV activity in the 1-stage assay (Without activation by thrombin) may be used to measure FV activity in samples of human plasma. The assay was used to demonstrate that in nine patients with disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC), the FV 1-stage, 2-stage (With activation by thrombin), and total (2-stage activity - 1-stage activity) activities were decreased, on average, by approximately 54%, 44%, and 42%, respectively, from prolonged clot times when compared to normal pooled human reference plasma (NHP). The results indicate that the FV in the DIC patient plasmas supported both a delayed and slower rate of fibrin clot formation compared with NHP; however, the extent of fibrin clot formation in the DIC patients remained largely unchanged from that observed with NHP. Conclusions The FV microplate assay may be easily adapted to measure the activity of any coagulation factor using the appropriate factor-deficient plasma and clot initiating reagent. The microplate assay will find use in both research and clinical laboratories to provide measurement of the functional coagulation activity of FV in human plasma.
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- Derek Tilley
- Applied Bioscience, Faculty of Science, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Oshawa, ON, L1H7K4, Canada.
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Janke R, Genzel Y, Händel N, Wahl A, Reichl U. Metabolic adaptation of MDCK cells to different growth conditions: effects on catalytic activities of central metabolic enzymes. Biotechnol Bioeng 2011; 108:2691-704. [PMID: 21618469 DOI: 10.1002/bit.23215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2011] [Revised: 04/18/2011] [Accepted: 05/10/2011] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Lactate and ammonia are the most important waste products of central carbon metabolism in mammalian cell cultures. In particular during batch and fed-batch cultivations these toxic by-products are excreted into the medium in large amounts, and not only affect cell viability and productivity but often also prevent growth to high cell densities. The most promising approach to overcome such a metabolic imbalance is the replacement of one or several components in the culture medium. It has been previously shown that pyruvate can be substituted for glutamine in cultures of adherent Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cells. As a consequence, the cells not only released no ammonia but glucose consumption and lactate production were also reduced significantly. In this work, the impact of media changes on glucose and glutamine metabolism was further elucidated by using a high-throughput platform for enzyme activity measurements of mammalian cells. Adherent MDCK cells were grown to stationary and exponential phase in six-well plates in serum-containing GMEM supplemented with glutamine or pyruvate. A total number of 28 key metabolic enzyme activities of cell extracts were analyzed. The overall activity of the pentose phosphate pathway was up-regulated during exponential cell growth in pyruvate-containing medium suggesting that more glucose-6-phosphate was channeled into the oxidative branch. Furthermore, the anaplerotic enzymes pyruvate carboxylase and pyruvate dehydrogenase showed higher cell specific activities with pyruvate. An increase in cell specific activity was also found for NAD(+)-dependent isocitrate dehydrogenase, glutamate dehydrogenase, and glutamine synthetase in MDCK cells grown with pyruvate. It can be assumed that the increase in enzyme activities was required to compensate for the energy demand and to replenish the glutamine pool. On the other hand, the activities of glutaminolytic enzymes (e.g., alanine and aspartate transaminase) were decreased in cells grown with pyruvate, which seems to be related to a decreased glutamine metabolism.
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- R Janke
- Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, Bioprocess Engineering Group, Sandtorstraße 1, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany.
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Janke R, Genzel Y, Freund S, Wolff MW, Grammel H, Rühmkorf C, Seidemann J, Wahl A, Reichl U. Expression, purification, and characterization of a His6-tagged glycerokinase from Pichia farinosa for enzymatic cycling assays in mammalian cells. J Biotechnol 2010; 150:396-403. [PMID: 20933549 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2010.09.963] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2010] [Revised: 09/23/2010] [Accepted: 09/30/2010] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The GUT1 gene of the halotolerant yeast Pichia farinosa, encoding glycerokinase (EC 2.7.1.30), was expressed in Pichia pastoris. A purification factor of approximately 61-fold was achieved by a combination of nickel affinity and anion exchange chromatography. The specific activity of the final preparation was 201.6 units per mg protein with a yield of about 21%. A nearly homogeneous enzyme preparation was confirmed by SDS-polyacrylamide gels and mass spectrometry analysis. Glycerol stabilized the purified enzyme for long-term storage at -80°C. The pH and temperature optima were in the range of 6.5-7.0 and 45-50°C, respectively. ATP was the most effective phosphoryl group donor tested. Additionally, the enzyme phosphorylated glycerol also with ITP, UTP, GTP and CTP. The K(m) values of the enzyme for ATP and ITP were 0.428 and 0.845 mM, respectively. The kinetic properties of the enzyme with respect to UTP, GTP, and CTP suggested that glycerokinase exhibited negative cooperativity as double reciprocal plots showed a biphasic response to increasing nucleoside triphosphate concentrations. The application as a coupling enzyme in the determination of pyruvate kinase activity in cell extracts of Madin-Darby canine kidney cells showed good reproducibility when compared with a commercially available preparation of bacterial glycerokinase.
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- R Janke
- Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, Bioprocess Engineering Group, Sandtorstrasse 1, 39106 Magdeburg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany.
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Genzel Y, Dietzsch C, Rapp E, Schwarzer J, Reichl U. MDCK and Vero cells for influenza virus vaccine production: a one-to-one comparison up to lab-scale bioreactor cultivation. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2010; 88:461-75. [PMID: 20617311 PMCID: PMC7080112 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-010-2742-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2010] [Revised: 06/16/2010] [Accepted: 06/16/2010] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Over the last decade, adherent MDCK (Madin Darby canine kidney) and Vero cells have attracted considerable attention for production of cell culture-derived influenza vaccines. While numerous publications deal with the design and the optimization of corresponding upstream processes, one-to-one comparisons of these cell lines under comparable cultivation conditions have largely been neglected. Therefore, a direct comparison of influenza virus production with adherent MDCK and Vero cells in T-flasks, roller bottles, and lab-scale bioreactors was performed in this study. First, virus seeds had to be adapted to Vero cells by multiple passages. Glycan analysis of the hemagglutinin (HA) protein showed that for influenza A/PR/8/34 H1N1, three passages were sufficient to achieve a stable new N-glycan fingerprint, higher yields, and a faster increase to maximum HA titers. Compared to MDCK cells, virus production in serum-free medium with Vero cells was highly sensitive to trypsin concentration. Virus stability at 37 degrees C for different virus strains showed differences depending on medium, virus strain, and cell line. After careful adjustment of corresponding parameters, comparable productivity was obtained with both host cell lines in small-scale cultivation systems. However, using these cultivation conditions in lab-scale bioreactors (stirred tank, wave bioreactor) resulted in lower productivities for Vero cells.
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- Yvonne Genzel
- Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, Magdeburg, Germany.
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Lohr V, Genzel Y, Behrendt I, Scharfenberg K, Reichl U. A new MDCK suspension line cultivated in a fully defined medium in stirred-tank and wave bioreactor. Vaccine 2010; 28:6256-64. [PMID: 20638458 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2010.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2009] [Revised: 03/29/2010] [Accepted: 07/02/2010] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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An adherently growing MDCK cell line was adapted in a two-step process in a fully defined medium and in suspension. The resulting MDCK.SUS2 cells were subsequently evaluated for their potential as host cells for influenza vaccine production in two lab-scale bioreactors (wave and stirred-tank). Cell concentrations up to 2.3 x 10(6)cells/mL were obtained after 96 h, which is slightly higher than cell concentrations obtained with adherent MDCK cells cultivated on microcarriers (2g/L). Infections with influenza A/PR/8/34 and B/Malaysia resulted in high virus titers (2.90 and 2.75 log HA units/100 microL, respectively). The monitoring of extracellular metabolites, including amino acids, revealed a change in some of the metabolite consumption or release profiles, which indicates changes in metabolism during the adaptation process. Overall, the MDCK.SUS2 cell line represents a new cell substrate for a robust influenza vaccine production in a fully defined process.
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- V Lohr
- Bioprocess Engineering, Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, Magdeburg, Sandtorstr. 1, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany.
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