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Xing Z, Duane G, O'Sullivan J, Chelius C, Smith L, Borys MC, Khetan A. Validation of a CFD model for cell culture bioreactors at large scale and its application in scale-up. J Biotechnol 2024; 387:79-88. [PMID: 38582408 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2024.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2023] [Revised: 11/28/2023] [Accepted: 02/18/2024] [Indexed: 04/08/2024]
Abstract
Among all the operating parameters that control the cell culture environment inside bioreactors, appropriate mixing and aeration are crucial to ensure sufficient oxygen supply, homogeneous mixing, and CO2 stripping. A model-based manufacturing facility fit approach was applied to define agitation and bottom air flow rates during the process scale-up from laboratory to manufacturing, of which computational fluid dynamics (CFD) was the core modeling tool. The realizable k-ε turbulent dispersed Eulerian gas-liquid flow model was established and validated using experimental values for the volumetric oxygen transfer coefficient (kLa). Model validation defined the process operating parameter ranges for application of the model, identified mixing issues (e.g., impeller flooding, dissolved oxygen gradients, etc.) and the impact of antifoam on kLa. Using the CFD simulation results as inputs to the models for oxygen demand, gas entrance velocity, and CO2 stripping aided in the design of the agitation and bottom air flow rates needed to meet cellular oxygen demand, control CO2 levels, mitigate risks for cell damage due to shear, foaming, as well as fire hazards due to high O2 levels in the bioreactor gas outlet. The recommended operating conditions led to the completion of five manufacturing runs with a 100% success rate. This model-based approach achieved a seamless scale-up and reduced the required number of at-scale development batches, resulting in cost and time savings of a cell culture commercialization process.
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- Zizhuo Xing
- Biologics Development and Operations, Bristol Myers Squibb Company, Devens, MA 01434, USA.
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- Manufacturing Science and Technology Biologics, Bristol Myers Squibb Company, Mulhuddart, Ireland
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- Manufacturing Science and Technology Biologics, Bristol Myers Squibb Company, Mulhuddart, Ireland
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- Biologics Development and Operations, Bristol Myers Squibb Company, Devens, MA 01434, USA
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- Biologics Development and Operations, Bristol Myers Squibb Company, Devens, MA 01434, USA
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- Biologics Development and Operations, Bristol Myers Squibb Company, Devens, MA 01434, USA.
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- Biologics Development and Operations, Bristol Myers Squibb Company, Devens, MA 01434, USA
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Titova M, Popova E, Nosov A. Bioreactor Systems for Plant Cell Cultivation at the Institute of Plant Physiology of the Russian Academy of Sciences: 50 Years of Technology Evolution from Laboratory to Industrial Implications. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2024; 13:430. [PMID: 38337964 PMCID: PMC10857215 DOI: 10.3390/plants13030430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2023] [Revised: 01/29/2024] [Accepted: 01/29/2024] [Indexed: 02/12/2024]
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The cultivation of plant cells in large-scale bioreactor systems has long been considered a promising alternative for the overexploitation of wild plants as a source of bioactive phytochemicals. This idea, however, faced multiple constraints upon realization, resulting in very few examples of technologically feasible and economically effective biotechnological companies. The bioreactor cultivation of plant cells is challenging. Even well-growing and highly biosynthetically potent cell lines require a thorough optimization of cultivation parameters when upscaling the cultivation process from laboratory to industrial volumes. The optimization includes, but is not limited to, the bioreactor's shape and design, cultivation regime (batch, fed-batch, continuous, semi-continuous), aeration, homogenization, anti-foaming measures, etc., while maintaining a high biomass and metabolite production. Based on the literature data and our experience, the cell cultures often demonstrate cell line- or species-specific responses to parameter changes, with the dissolved oxygen concentration (pO2) and shear stress caused by stirring being frequent growth-limiting factors. The mass transfer coefficient also plays a vital role in upscaling the cultivation process from smaller to larger volumes. The Experimental Biotechnological Facility at the K.A. Timiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology has operated since the 1970s and currently hosts a cascade of bioreactors from the laboratory (20 L) to the pilot (75 L) and a semi-industrial volume (630 L) adapted for the cultivation of plant cells. In this review, we discuss the most appealing cases of the cell cultivation process's adaptation to bioreactor conditions featuring the cell cultures of medicinal plants Dioscorea deltoidea Wall. ex Griseb., Taxus wallichiana Zucc., Stephania glabra (Roxb.) Miers, Panax japonicus (T. Nees) C.A.Mey., Polyscias filicifolia (C. Moore ex E. Fourn.) L.H. Bailey, and P. fruticosa L. Harms. The results of cell cultivation in bioreactors of different types and designs using various cultivation regimes are covered and compared with the literature data. We also discuss the role of the critical factors affecting cell behavior in bioreactors with large volumes.
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- Maria Titova
- K.A. Timiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 127276 Moscow, Russia; (E.P.); (A.N.)
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- K.A. Timiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 127276 Moscow, Russia; (E.P.); (A.N.)
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- K.A. Timiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 127276 Moscow, Russia; (E.P.); (A.N.)
- Department of Biology, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119234 Moscow, Russia
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Ihling N, Berg C, Paul R, Munkler LP, Mäkinen MEL, Chotteau V, Büchs J. Scale-down of CHO cell cultivation from shake flasks based on oxygen mass transfer allows application of parallelized, non-invasive, and time-resolved monitoring of the oxygen transfer rate in 48-well microtiter plates. Biotechnol J 2023; 18:e2300053. [PMID: 37424196 DOI: 10.1002/biot.202300053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2023] [Revised: 06/23/2023] [Accepted: 07/06/2023] [Indexed: 07/11/2023]
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Cultivating Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells in microtiter plates (MTPs) with time-resolved monitoring of the oxygen transfer rate (OTR) is highly desirable to provide process insights at increased throughput. However, monitoring of the OTR in MTPs has not been demonstrated for CHO cells, yet. Hence, a CHO cultivation process was transferred from shake flasks to MTPs to enable monitoring of the OTR in each individual well of a 48-well MTP. For this, the cultivation of an industrially relevant, antibody-producing cell line was transferred from shake flask to MTP based on the volumetric oxygen mass transfer coefficient (kL a). Culture behavior was well comparable (deviation of the final IgG titer less than 10%). Monitoring of the OTR in 48-well MTPs was then used to derive the cytotoxicity of dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) based on a dose-response curve in a single experiment using a second CHO cell line. Logistic fitting of the dose-response curve determined after 100 h was used to determine the DMSO concentration that resulted in a cytotoxicity of 50% (IC50). A DMSO concentration of 2.70% ± 0.25% was determined, which agrees with the IC50 previously determined in shake flasks (2.39% ± 0.1%). Non-invasive, parallelized, and time-resolved monitoring of the OTR of CHO cells in MTPs was demonstrated and offers excellent potential to speed up process development and assess cytotoxicity.
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- Nina Ihling
- AVT - Biochemical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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- AVT - Biochemical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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- AVT - Biochemical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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- KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Department of Industrial Biotechnology, School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health, Stockholm, Sweden
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- KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Department of Industrial Biotechnology, School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health, Stockholm, Sweden
- AdBIOPRO, Competence Centre for Advanced BioProduction by Continuous Processing, KTH, Stockholm, Sweden
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- AVT - Biochemical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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Schlaich EM, Thomas JA, Kandari L, Tremml G, Khetan A. Experimental and computational characterization of mass transfer in high turndown bioreactors. Biotechnol Prog 2023; 39:e3330. [PMID: 36751946 DOI: 10.1002/btpr.3330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2022] [Revised: 01/17/2023] [Accepted: 01/18/2023] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
Abstract
Single-use bioreactors (SUBs, or disposable bioreactors) are extensively used for the clinical and commercial production of biologics. Despite widespread application, minimal results have been reported utilizing the turndown ratio; an operation mode where the working range of the bioreactor can be expanded to include low fluid volumes. In this work, a systematic investigation into free surface mass transfer and cell growth in high turndown single-use bioreactors is presented. This approach, which combines experimental mass transfer measurements with numerical simulation, deconvolutes the combined effects of headspace mixing and the free surface convective mass transfer on cell growth. Under optimized conditions, mass transfer across the interface alone may be sufficient to satisfy oxygen demands of the cell culture. Within the context of high turndown bioreactors, this finding provides a counterpoint to traditional sparge-based bioreactor operational philosophy. Multiple monoclonal antibody-producing cell lines grown using this high turndown approach showed similar viable cell densities to those cells expanded using a traditional cell bag rocker. Furthermore, cells taken directly from the turndown expansion and placed into production showed identical growth characteristics to traditionally expanded cultures. Taken together, these results suggest that the Xcellerex SUB can be run at a 5:1 working volume as a seed to itself, with no need for system modifications, potentially simplifying preculture operations.
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- Evan M Schlaich
- Biologics Development, Bristol Myers Squibb, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
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- M-Star Simulations LLC, Ellicott City, Maryland, USA
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- Biologics Development, Bristol Myers Squibb, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
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- Biologics Development, Bristol Myers Squibb, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
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- Biologics Development, Bristol Myers Squibb, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
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Mutaf T, Oncel SS. Bubble column and airlift bioreactor systems for animal cell culture applications. ASIA-PAC J CHEM ENG 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/apj.2872] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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- Tugce Mutaf
- Department of Bioengineering,Faculty of Engineering Ege University Izmir Turkey
- Department of Bioengineering, Faculty of Engineering Manisa Celal Bayar University Manisa Turkey
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- Department of Bioengineering,Faculty of Engineering Ege University Izmir Turkey
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Sharma R, Collair W, Williams A, Harrison ST, Tai SL. Design and engineering characterization of a Horizontal Tubular Bioreactor with spiral impeller for cell cultivation. Biochem Eng J 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2022.108794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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A bench-scale rotating bioreactor with improved oxygen transfer and cell growth. Chem Eng Sci 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2022.117688] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Batista da Mota MC, Batista NN, Dias DR, Schwan RF. Impact of microbial self-induced anaerobiosis fermentation (SIAF) on coffee quality. FOOD BIOSCI 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fbio.2022.101640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Yuen JSK, Stout AJ, Kawecki NS, Letcher SM, Theodossiou SK, Cohen JM, Barrick BM, Saad MK, Rubio NR, Pietropinto JA, DiCindio H, Zhang SW, Rowat AC, Kaplan DL. Perspectives on scaling production of adipose tissue for food applications. Biomaterials 2022; 280:121273. [PMID: 34933254 PMCID: PMC8725203 DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2021.121273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2021] [Revised: 11/22/2021] [Accepted: 11/23/2021] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
Abstract
With rising global demand for food proteins and significant environmental impact associated with conventional animal agriculture, it is important to develop sustainable alternatives to supplement existing meat production. Since fat is an important contributor to meat flavor, recapitulating this component in meat alternatives such as plant based and cell cultured meats is important. Here, we discuss the topic of cell cultured or tissue engineered fat, growing adipocytes in vitro that could imbue meat alternatives with the complex flavor and aromas of animal meat. We outline potential paths for the large scale production of in vitro cultured fat, including adipogenic precursors during cell proliferation, methods to adipogenically differentiate cells at scale, as well as strategies for converting differentiated adipocytes into 3D cultured fat tissues. We showcase the maturation of knowledge and technology behind cell sourcing and scaled proliferation, while also highlighting that adipogenic differentiation and 3D adipose tissue formation at scale need further research. We also provide some potential solutions for achieving adipose cell differentiation and tissue formation at scale based on contemporary research and the state of the field.
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- John S K Yuen
- Biomedical Engineering Department, Tissue Engineering Resource Center, Tufts University, 4 Colby St, Medford, MA, 02155, USA
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- Biomedical Engineering Department, Tissue Engineering Resource Center, Tufts University, 4 Colby St, Medford, MA, 02155, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California Los Angeles, 410 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA; Department of Integrative Biology & Physiology, University of California Los Angeles, Terasaki Life Sciences Building, 610 Charles E. Young Drive South, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
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- Biomedical Engineering Department, Tissue Engineering Resource Center, Tufts University, 4 Colby St, Medford, MA, 02155, USA
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- Biomedical Engineering Department, Tissue Engineering Resource Center, Tufts University, 4 Colby St, Medford, MA, 02155, USA
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- W. M. Keck Science Department, Pitzer College, 925 N Mills Ave, Claremont, CA, 91711, USA
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- Biomedical Engineering Department, Tissue Engineering Resource Center, Tufts University, 4 Colby St, Medford, MA, 02155, USA
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- Biomedical Engineering Department, Tissue Engineering Resource Center, Tufts University, 4 Colby St, Medford, MA, 02155, USA
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- Biomedical Engineering Department, Tissue Engineering Resource Center, Tufts University, 4 Colby St, Medford, MA, 02155, USA
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- Biomedical Engineering Department, Tissue Engineering Resource Center, Tufts University, 4 Colby St, Medford, MA, 02155, USA
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- Biomedical Engineering Department, Tissue Engineering Resource Center, Tufts University, 4 Colby St, Medford, MA, 02155, USA
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- Biomedical Engineering Department, Tissue Engineering Resource Center, Tufts University, 4 Colby St, Medford, MA, 02155, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California Los Angeles, 410 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA; Department of Integrative Biology & Physiology, University of California Los Angeles, Terasaki Life Sciences Building, 610 Charles E. Young Drive South, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
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- Biomedical Engineering Department, Tissue Engineering Resource Center, Tufts University, 4 Colby St, Medford, MA, 02155, USA.
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The challenges of hydrodynamic forces on cells used in cell manufacturing and therapy. CURRENT OPINION IN BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cobme.2021.100357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Sharma R, Harrison STL, Tai SL. Advances in Bioreactor Systems for the Production of Biologicals in Mammalian Cells. CHEMBIOENG REVIEWS 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/cben.202100022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Rajesh Sharma
- University of Cape Town Centre for Bioprocess Engineering Research (CeBER) Department of Chemical Engineering Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment Private Bag 7701 Rondebosch South Africa
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- University of Cape Town Centre for Bioprocess Engineering Research (CeBER) Department of Chemical Engineering Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment Private Bag 7701 Rondebosch South Africa
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- University of Cape Town Centre for Bioprocess Engineering Research (CeBER) Department of Chemical Engineering Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment Private Bag 7701 Rondebosch South Africa
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Zhan C, Bidkhori G, Schwarz H, Malm M, Mebrahtu A, Field R, Sellick C, Hatton D, Varley P, Mardinoglu A, Rockberg J, Chotteau V. Low Shear Stress Increases Recombinant Protein Production and High Shear Stress Increases Apoptosis in Human Cells. iScience 2020; 23:101653. [PMID: 33145483 PMCID: PMC7593556 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2020.101653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2019] [Revised: 08/07/2020] [Accepted: 10/05/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Human embryonic kidney cells HEK293 can be used for the production of therapeutic glycoproteins requiring human post-translational modifications. High cell density perfusion processes are advantageous for such production but are challenging due to the shear sensitivity of HEK293 cells. To understand the impact of hollow filter cell separation devices, cells were cultured in bioreactors operated with tangential flow filtration (TFF) or alternating tangential flow filtration (ATF) at various flow rates. The average theoretical velocity profile in these devices showed a lower shear stress for ATF by a factor 0.637 compared to TFF. This was experimentally validated and, furthermore, transcriptomic evaluation provided insights into the underlying cellular processes. High shear caused cellular stress leading to apoptosis by three pathways, i.e. endoplasmic reticulum stress, cytoskeleton reorganization, and extrinsic signaling pathways. Positive effects of mild shear stress were observed, with increased recombinant erythropoietin production and increased gene expression associated with transcription and protein phosphorylation.
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- Caijuan Zhan
- KTH - Cell Technology Group (CETEG), Department of Industrial Biotechnology, 106 91, Stockholm, Sweden
- Wallenberg Centre for Protein Research (WCPR), 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
- AdBIOPRO, Competence Centre for Advanced Bioproduction by Continuous Processing, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Science for Life Laboratory, KTH - Royal Institute of Technology, 171 21, Stockholm, Sweden
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- KTH - Cell Technology Group (CETEG), Department of Industrial Biotechnology, 106 91, Stockholm, Sweden
- Wallenberg Centre for Protein Research (WCPR), 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
- AdBIOPRO, Competence Centre for Advanced Bioproduction by Continuous Processing, Stockholm, Sweden
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- KTH - Royal Institute of Technology, Department of Protein Science, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
- Wallenberg Centre for Protein Research (WCPR), 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- KTH - Royal Institute of Technology, Department of Protein Science, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
- Wallenberg Centre for Protein Research (WCPR), 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- BioPharmaceutical Development, AstraZeneca, Cambridge, UK
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- BioPharmaceutical Development, AstraZeneca, Cambridge, UK
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- BioPharmaceutical Development, AstraZeneca, Cambridge, UK
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- Science for Life Laboratory, KTH - Royal Institute of Technology, 171 21, Stockholm, Sweden
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- KTH - Royal Institute of Technology, Department of Protein Science, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
- Wallenberg Centre for Protein Research (WCPR), 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
- AdBIOPRO, Competence Centre for Advanced Bioproduction by Continuous Processing, Stockholm, Sweden
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- KTH - Cell Technology Group (CETEG), Department of Industrial Biotechnology, 106 91, Stockholm, Sweden
- Wallenberg Centre for Protein Research (WCPR), 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
- AdBIOPRO, Competence Centre for Advanced Bioproduction by Continuous Processing, Stockholm, Sweden
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Nienow AW. The Impact of Fluid Dynamic Stress in Stirred Bioreactors – The Scale of the Biological Entity: A Personal View. CHEM-ING-TECH 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/cite.202000176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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- Alvin W. Nienow
- University of Birmingham School of Chemical Engineering B15 2TT Birmingham United Kingdom
- Loughborough University Biological Engineering Loughborough LE11 3TU Loughborough United Kingdom
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Gonzalez Gil LV, Singh H, da Silva JDS, dos Santos DP, Covas DT, Swiech K, Torres Suazo CA. Feasibility of the taylor vortex flow bioreactor for mesenchymal stromal cell expansion on microcarriers. Biochem Eng J 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2020.107710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Lucena-Thomas JPD, Boonprasirt P, Luetchford K, De Bank P, Ellis M. Bed expansion properties of tissue engineering particles in a fluidised bed bioreactor. Biochem Eng J 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2020.107632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Kazemzadeh A, Elias C, Tamer M, Lohi A, Ein-Mozaffari F. Mass transfer in a single-use angled-shaft aerated stirred bioreactor applicable for animal cell culture. Chem Eng Sci 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2020.115606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Möller J, Hernández Rodríguez T, Müller J, Arndt L, Kuchemüller KB, Frahm B, Eibl R, Eibl D, Pörtner R. Model uncertainty-based evaluation of process strategies during scale-up of biopharmaceutical processes. Comput Chem Eng 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2019.106693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Chaudhary G, Luo R, George M, Tescione L, Khetan A, Lin H. Understanding the effect of high gas entrance velocity on Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cell culture performance and its implications on bioreactor scale-up and sparger design. Biotechnol Bioeng 2020; 117:1684-1695. [PMID: 32086806 DOI: 10.1002/bit.27314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2019] [Revised: 01/28/2020] [Accepted: 02/20/2020] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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There are three main potential sources for cell shear damage existing in stirred tank bioreactors. One is the potential high energy dissipation in the immediate impeller zones; another from small gas bubble burst; and third is from high gas entrance velocity (GEV) emitting from the sparger. While the first two have been thoroughly addressed for the scale-up of Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cell culture knowing that a wide tolerable agitation range with non-damaging energy dissipation exists and the use of shear protectants like Pluronic F68 guard against cell damage caused by bubble burst, GEV remains a potential scale-up problem across scales for the drilled hole or open pipe sparger designs. GEV as high as 170 m/s due to high gas flow rates and relatively small sparger hole diameters was observed to be significantly detrimental to cell culture performance in a 12,000 L bioreactor when compared to a satellite 2 L bioreactor run with GEV of <1 m/s. Small scale study of GEV as high as 265 m/s confirmed this. Based on the results of this study, a critical GEV of >60 m/s for CHO cells is proposed, whereas previously 30 m/s has been reported for NS0 cells by Zhu, Cuenca, Zhou, and Varma (2008. Biotechnol. Bioeng., 101, 751-760). Implementation of new large scale spargers with larger diameter and more holes lowered GEV and helped improve the cell culture performance, closing the scale-up gap. Design of such new spargers was even more critical when hole plugging was discovered during large scale cultivation hence exacerbating the GEV impact. Furthermore, development of a scale down model based on mimicry of the large scale GEV profile as a function of time was proven to be beneficial for reproducing large scale results.
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- Garima Chaudhary
- Cell Culture, Process Science, Boehringer Ingelheim Fremont, Inc., 6701 Kaiser Drive, Fremont, California
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- Cell Culture, Process Science, Boehringer Ingelheim Fremont, Inc., 6701 Kaiser Drive, Fremont, California
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- Cell Culture, Process Science, Boehringer Ingelheim Fremont, Inc., 6701 Kaiser Drive, Fremont, California
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- Cell Culture, Process Science, Boehringer Ingelheim Fremont, Inc., 6701 Kaiser Drive, Fremont, California
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- Cell Culture, Process Science, Boehringer Ingelheim Fremont, Inc., 6701 Kaiser Drive, Fremont, California
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- Cell Culture, Process Science, Boehringer Ingelheim Fremont, Inc., 6701 Kaiser Drive, Fremont, California
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Suleiko A, Vanags J, Konuhova M, Dubencovs K, Grigs O. The application of novel magnetically coupled mixer drives in bioreactors of up to 15 m3. Biochem Eng J 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2019.107464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Gallardo-Rodríguez J, Astuya-Villalón A, Avello V, Llanos-Rivera A, Krock B, Agurto-Muñoz C, Sánchez-Mirón A, García-Camacho F. Production of extracts with anaesthetic activity from the culture of Heterosigma akashiwo in pilot-scale photobioreactors. ALGAL RES 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.algal.2019.101760] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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A conceptual air-lift reactor design for large scale animal cell cultivation in the context of in vitro meat production. Chem Eng Sci 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2019.115269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Chen P, Demirji J, Ivleva VB, Horwitz J, Schwartz R, Arnold F. The transient expression of CHIKV VLP in large stirred tank bioreactors. Cytotechnology 2019; 71:1079-1093. [PMID: 31560090 DOI: 10.1007/s10616-019-00346-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2019] [Accepted: 09/19/2019] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Transient gene expression (TGE) bioprocesses have been difficult to scale up in large stirred tank bioreactors with volumes of more than 1.5 L. Low production levels are often observed, but the causes have not been investigated (Gutierrez-Granados et al. in Crit Rev Biotechnol 38:918-940, 2018). Chikungunya Virus-like particle (VLP), expressed by DNA-PEI transient transfection, is a representative case study for these difficulties. Clinical materials were produced in shake flasks, but the process suffered when transferred to large stirred tank bioreactors. The resulting process was not operationally friendly nor cost effective. In this study, a systematic approach was used to investigate the root causes of the poor scale up performance. The transfection conditions were first screened in ambr® 15 high throughput mini bioreactors then examined in 3 L stirred-tank systems. The studies found that production level was negatively correlated with inoculum cell growth status (P < 0.05). The pH range, DNA and PEI levels, order of the reagent addition, and gas-sparging systems were also studied and found to affect process performance. Further hydromechanical characterizations (Re, energy dissipation rates, and P/V, etc.) of shake flasks, ambr® 15, and 3-L stirred tank systems were performed. Overall, the study discovered that the shear stress (caused by a microsparger) and PEI toxicity together were the root causes of scale-up failure. Once the microsparger was replaced by a macrosparger, the scale-up was successful.
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- Peifeng Chen
- Vaccine Production Program, Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, 9 West Watkins Mill Rd, Gaithersburg, MD, 20878, USA.
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- Vaccine Production Program, Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, 9 West Watkins Mill Rd, Gaithersburg, MD, 20878, USA
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- Vaccine Production Program, Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, 9 West Watkins Mill Rd, Gaithersburg, MD, 20878, USA
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- Amicus Therapeutics, 1 Cedarbrook Dr, Cranbury, NJ, 08512, USA
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- Tunnell Consulting, 900 E. 8th Ave, King of Prussia, PA, 19406, USA
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Process intensification for Peste des Petites Ruminants Virus vaccine production. Vaccine 2019; 37:7041-7051. [PMID: 31402239 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.07.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2019] [Revised: 05/17/2019] [Accepted: 07/02/2019] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Process intensification for Peste des Petites Ruminants Virus (PPRV) vaccine production in anchorage dependent Vero cells is challenging, involving substantial amount of bioprocess development. In this study, we describe the implementation of a new, scalable bioprocess for PPRV vaccine production in Vero cells using serum-free medium (SFM), microcarrier technology in stirred-tank bioreactors (STB), in-situ cell detachment from microcarriers and perfusion. Vero cells were successfully adapted to ProVero™-1 SFM, reaching growth rates similar to serum-containing cultures (0.030 1/h vs 0.026 1/h, respectively). An in-situ cell detachment method was successfully implemented, with efficiencies above 85%. Up to 2.5-fold increase in maximum cell concentration was obtained using perfusion when compared to batch culture. Combining perfusion with the in-situ cell detachment method enabled the scale-up to 20 L STB directly from a 2 L STB, surpassing the need for a mid-scale platform (i.e. 5 L STB) and thus reducing seed train duration. Head-to-head comparison of cell growth and PPRV production in the 2 L and 20 L STB was performed, and no significant differences could be observed. Estimated infectious PPRV titers in Tissue Culture Infection Dose (TCID50) (TCID50/mL = 5 × 106 and TCID50/cell = 5) are within the log-range reported in literature for PPRV production in STB and SFM by Silva et al. (2008), thus confirming the feasibility and scalability of the seed train designed [1]. The novel and scalable vaccine production process herein proposed has the potential to assist the upcoming Peste des Petites Ruminants (PPR) Global Eradication Program (targeted by FAAO for 2030) by providing African local and/or regional manufacturers with a platform capable of generating over 25,000 doses of Nigeria 75/1 strain in just 19 days using a 20 L STB.
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He C, Ye P, Wang H, Liu X, Li F. A systematic mass-transfer modeling approach for mammalian cell culture bioreactor scale-up. Biochem Eng J 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2018.09.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Kazemzadeh A, Elias C, Tamer M, Ein-Mozaffari F. Hydrodynamic performance of a single-use aerated stirred bioreactor in animal cell culture: applications of tomography, dynamic gas disengagement (DGD), and CFD. Bioprocess Biosyst Eng 2018; 41:679-695. [PMID: 29445862 DOI: 10.1007/s00449-018-1902-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2017] [Accepted: 01/27/2018] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The hydrodynamics of gas-liquid two-phase flow in a single-use bioreactor were investigated in detail both experimentally and numerically. Electrical resistance tomography (ERT) and dynamic gas disengagement (DGD) combined with computational fluid dynamics (CFD) were employed to assess the effect of the volumetric gas flow rate and impeller speed on the gas-liquid flow field, local and global gas holdup values, and Sauter mean bubble diameter. From the results obtained from DGD coupled with ERT, the bubble sizes were determined. The experimental data indicated that the total gas holdup values increased with increasing both the rotational speed of impeller and volumetric gas flow rate. Moreover, the analysis of the flow field generated inside the aerated stirred bioreactor was conducted using CFD results. Overall, a more uniform distribution of the gas holdup was obtained at impeller speeds ≥ 100 rpm for volumetric gas flow rates ≥ 1.6 × 10-5 m3/s.
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- Argang Kazemzadeh
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Ryerson University, 350 Victoria Street, Toronto, M5B 2K3, Canada
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- Sanofi Pasteur Company, 1755 Steels Avenue West, North York, Toronto, M2R 3T4, Canada
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- Sanofi Pasteur Company, 1755 Steels Avenue West, North York, Toronto, M2R 3T4, Canada
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Ryerson University, 350 Victoria Street, Toronto, M5B 2K3, Canada.
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Goldrick S, Lee K, Spencer C, Holmes W, Kuiper M, Turner R, Farid SS. On-Line Control of Glucose Concentration in High-Yielding Mammalian Cell Cultures Enabled Through Oxygen Transfer Rate Measurements. Biotechnol J 2018; 13:e1700607. [DOI: 10.1002/biot.201700607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2017] [Revised: 11/27/2017] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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- Stephen Goldrick
- The Advanced Centre of Biochemical Engineering, Department of Biochemical Engineering; University College London; Gower Street, WC1E 6BT London United Kingdom
- MedImmune; Milstein Building, Granta Park Cambridge, CB21 6GH United Kingdom
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- MedImmune LLC; Gaithersburg Headquarters Gaithersburg MD 20878 USA
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- MedImmune; Milstein Building, Granta Park Cambridge, CB21 6GH United Kingdom
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- MedImmune; Milstein Building, Granta Park Cambridge, CB21 6GH United Kingdom
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- MedImmune; Milstein Building, Granta Park Cambridge, CB21 6GH United Kingdom
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- MedImmune; Milstein Building, Granta Park Cambridge, CB21 6GH United Kingdom
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- The Advanced Centre of Biochemical Engineering, Department of Biochemical Engineering; University College London; Gower Street, WC1E 6BT London United Kingdom
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Ritchie EK, Martin EB, Racher A, Jaques C. Extraction of indirectly captured information for use in a comparison of offline pH measurement technologies. J Biotechnol 2017; 251:160-165. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2017.04.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2016] [Revised: 03/31/2017] [Accepted: 04/21/2017] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Kent JA, Bommaraju TV, Barnicki SD, Kyung YS, Zhang GG. Industrial Production of Therapeutic Proteins: Cell Lines, Cell Culture, and Purification. HANDBOOK OF INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY 2017. [PMCID: PMC7121293 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-52287-6_29] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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A central pillar of the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries continues to be the development of biological drug products manufactured from engineered mammalian cell lines. Since the hugely successful launch of human tissue plasminogen activator in 1987 and erythropoietin in 1988, the biopharmaceutical market has grown immensely. In 2014, biotherapeutics made up a significant portion of global drug sales as 7 of the top 10 and 21 of top 50 selling pharmaceuticals in the world were biologics with over US$100 billion in global sales (Table 1, [1]).
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Xing Z, Lewis AM, Borys MC, Li ZJ. A carbon dioxide stripping model for mammalian cell culture in manufacturing scale bioreactors. Biotechnol Bioeng 2017; 114:1184-1194. [DOI: 10.1002/bit.26232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2016] [Revised: 10/14/2016] [Accepted: 11/28/2016] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Zizhuo Xing
- Biologics Development and Operations; Bristol-Myers Squibb Company; 38 Jackson Road Devens 01434 Massachusetts
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- Biologics Development and Operations; Bristol-Myers Squibb Company; 38 Jackson Road Devens 01434 Massachusetts
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- Biologics Development and Operations; Bristol-Myers Squibb Company; 38 Jackson Road Devens 01434 Massachusetts
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- Biologics Development and Operations; Bristol-Myers Squibb Company; 38 Jackson Road Devens 01434 Massachusetts
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Sieblist C, Jenzsch M, Pohlscheidt M. Equipment characterization to mitigate risks during transfers of cell culture manufacturing processes. Cytotechnology 2016; 68:1381-401. [PMID: 26231834 PMCID: PMC4960186 DOI: 10.1007/s10616-015-9899-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2014] [Accepted: 06/18/2015] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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The production of monoclonal antibodies by mammalian cell culture in bioreactors up to 25,000 L is state of the art technology in the biotech industry. During the lifecycle of a product, several scale up activities and technology transfers are typically executed to enable the supply chain strategy of a global pharmaceutical company. Given the sensitivity of mammalian cells to physicochemical culture conditions, process and equipment knowledge are critical to avoid impacts on timelines, product quantity and quality. Especially, the fluid dynamics of large scale bioreactors versus small scale models need to be described, and similarity demonstrated, in light of the Quality by Design approach promoted by the FDA. This approach comprises an associated design space which is established during process characterization and validation in bench scale bioreactors. Therefore the establishment of predictive models and simulation tools for major operating conditions of stirred vessels (mixing, mass transfer, and shear force.), based on fundamental engineering principles, have experienced a renaissance in the recent years. This work illustrates the systematic characterization of a large variety of bioreactor designs deployed in a global manufacturing network ranging from small bench scale equipment to large scale production equipment (25,000 L). Several traditional methods to determine power input, mixing, mass transfer and shear force have been used to create a data base and identify differences for various impeller types and configurations in operating ranges typically applied in cell culture processes at manufacturing scale. In addition, extrapolation of different empirical models, e.g. Cooke et al. (Paper presented at the proceedings of the 2nd international conference of bioreactor fluid dynamics, Cranfield, UK, 1988), have been assessed for their validity in these operational ranges. Results for selected designs are shown and serve as examples of structured characterization to enable fast and agile process transfers, scale up and troubleshooting.
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- Christian Sieblist
- Pharma Biotech Production, Roche Diagnostics GmbH, 82377, Penzberg, Germany.
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- Pharma Biotech Production, Roche Diagnostics GmbH, 82377, Penzberg, Germany
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Löffelholz C, Kaiser SC, Kraume M, Eibl R, Eibl D. Dynamic Single-Use Bioreactors Used in Modern Liter- and m(3)- Scale Biotechnological Processes: Engineering Characteristics and Scaling Up. ADVANCES IN BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING/BIOTECHNOLOGY 2016; 138:1-44. [PMID: 23609177 DOI: 10.1007/10_2013_187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/17/2023]
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During the past 10 years, single-use bioreactors have been well accepted in modern biopharmaceutical production processes targeting high-value products. Up to now, such processes have mainly been small- or medium-scale mammalian cell culture-based seed inoculum, vaccine or antibody productions. However, recently first attempts have been made to modify existing single-use bioreactors for the cultivation of plant cells and tissue cultures, and microorganisms. This has even led to the development of new single-use bioreactor types. Moreover, due to safety issues it has become clear that single-use bioreactors are the "must have" for expanding human stem cells delivering cell therapeutics, the biopharmaceuticals of the next generation. So it comes as no surprise that numerous different dynamic single-use bioreactor types, which are suitable for a wide range of applications, already dominate the market today. Bioreactor working principles, main applications, and bioengineering data are presented in this review, based on a current overview of greater than milliliter-scale, commercially available, dynamic single-use bioreactors. The focus is on stirred versions, which are omnipresent in R&D and manufacturing, and in particular Sartorius Stedim's BIOSTAT family. Finally, we examine development trends for single-use bioreactors, after discussing proven approaches for fast scaling-up processes.
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- Christian Löffelholz
- School of Life Sciences and Facility Management, Institute of Biotechnology, Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW), 8820, Wädenswil, Switzerland,
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- Adam W. Feinberg
- Department of Biomedical Engineering and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213;
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Chalmers JJ. Mixing, aeration and cell damage, 30+ years later: what we learned, how it affected the cell culture industry and what we would like to know more about. Curr Opin Chem Eng 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.coche.2015.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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The present state of the art in expression, production and characterization of monoclonal antibodies. Mol Divers 2015; 20:255-70. [DOI: 10.1007/s11030-015-9625-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2015] [Accepted: 07/21/2015] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Dreher T, Husemann U, Adams T, de Wilde D, Greller G. Design space definition for a stirred single-use bioreactor family from 50 to 2000 L scale. Eng Life Sci 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/elsc.201300067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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- Sartorius Stedim Biotech GmbH; Goettingen Germany
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Minow B, Seidemann J, Tschoepe S, Gloeckner A, Neubauer P. Harmonization and characterization of different single-use bioreactors adopting a new sparger design. Eng Life Sci 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/elsc.201300130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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- Department of Biotechnology; Technische Universität; Berlin Germany
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Hydrodynamics and mass transfer characteristics in an internal loop airlift reactor with sieve plates. Chem Eng Res Des 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2013.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Costa A, Sarmento B, Seabra V. An evaluation of the latestin vitrotools for drug metabolism studies. Expert Opin Drug Metab Toxicol 2013; 10:103-19. [DOI: 10.1517/17425255.2014.857402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Bulnes-Abundis D, Alvarez MM. The simplest stirred tank for laminar mixing: Mixing in a vessel agitated by an off-centered angled disc. AIChE J 2013. [DOI: 10.1002/aic.14064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- D. Bulnes-Abundis
- Centro de Biotecnología-FEMSA; Escuela de Biotecnología y Alimentos, Tecnológico de Monterrey at Monterrey; Monterrey NL C.P. 64849 México
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- Centro de Biotecnología-FEMSA; Escuela de Biotecnología y Alimentos, Tecnológico de Monterrey at Monterrey; Monterrey NL C.P. 64849 México
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Development of a Scale-Down Model of hydrodynamic stress to study the performance of an industrial CHO cell line under simulated production scale bioreactor conditions. J Biotechnol 2013; 164:41-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2012.11.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2012] [Revised: 10/27/2012] [Accepted: 11/26/2012] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Löffelholz C, Husemann U, Greller G, Meusel W, Kauling J, Ay P, Kraume M, Eibl R, Eibl D. Bioengineering Parameters for Single-Use Bioreactors: Overview and Evaluation of Suitable Methods. CHEM-ING-TECH 2012. [DOI: 10.1002/cite.201200125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Kondragunta B, Joshi BH, Han J, Brorson KA, Puri RK, Moreira AR, Rao G. Bioreactor environment-sensitive sentinel genes as novel metrics for cell culture scale-down comparability. Biotechnol Prog 2012; 28:1138-51. [DOI: 10.1002/btpr.1606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2012] [Revised: 07/11/2012] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Gallardo-Rodríguez J, Sánchez-Mirón A, García-Camacho F, López-Rosales L, Chisti Y, Molina-Grima E. Bioactives from microalgal dinoflagellates. Biotechnol Adv 2012; 30:1673-84. [PMID: 22884890 DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2012.07.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2012] [Revised: 07/27/2012] [Accepted: 07/29/2012] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Dinoflagellate microalgae are an important source of marine biotoxins. Bioactives from dinoflagellates are attracting increasing attention because of their impact on the safety of seafood and potential uses in biomedical, toxicological and pharmacological research. Here we review the potential applications of dinoflagellate toxins and the methods for producing them. Only sparing quantities of dinoflagellate toxins are generally available and this hinders bioactivity characterization and evaluation in possible applications. Approaches to production of increased quantities of dinoflagellate bioactives are discussed. Although many dinoflagellates are fragile and grow slowly, controlled culture in bioreactors appears to be generally suitable for producing many of the metabolites of interest.
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Advanced microscale bioreactor system: a representative scale-down model for bench-top bioreactors. Cytotechnology 2012; 64:667-78. [PMID: 22451076 DOI: 10.1007/s10616-012-9446-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2011] [Accepted: 02/27/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022] Open
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In recent years, several automated scale-down bioreactor systems have been developed to increase efficiency in cell culture process development. ambr™ is an automated workstation that provides individual monitoring and control of culture dissolved oxygen and pH in single-use, stirred-tank bioreactors at a working volume of 10-15 mL. To evaluate the ambr™ system, we compared the performance of four recombinant Chinese hamster ovary cell lines in a fed-batch process in parallel ambr™, 2-L bench-top bioreactors, and shake flasks. Cultures in ambr™ matched 2-L bioreactors in controlling the environment (temperature, dissolved oxygen, and pH) and in culture performance (growth, viability, glucose, lactate, Na(+), osmolality, titer, and product quality). However, cultures in shake flasks did not show comparable performance to the ambr™ and 2-L bioreactors.
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Industrial production of recombinant therapeutics in Escherichia coli and its recent advancements. J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol 2012; 39:383-99. [PMID: 22252444 DOI: 10.1007/s10295-011-1082-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 270] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2011] [Accepted: 12/29/2011] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Nearly 30% of currently approved recombinant therapeutic proteins are produced in Escherichia coli. Due to its well-characterized genetics, rapid growth and high-yield production, E. coli has been a preferred choice and a workhorse for expression of non-glycosylated proteins in the biotech industry. There is a wealth of knowledge and comprehensive tools for E. coli systems, such as expression vectors, production strains, protein folding and fermentation technologies, that are well tailored for industrial applications. Advancement of the systems continues to meet the current industry needs, which are best illustrated by the recent drug approval of E. coli produced antibody fragments and Fc-fusion proteins by the FDA. Even more, recent progress in expression of complex proteins such as full-length aglycosylated antibodies, novel strain engineering, bacterial N-glycosylation and cell-free systems further suggests that complex proteins and humanized glycoproteins may be produced in E. coli in large quantities. This review summarizes the current technology used for commercial production of recombinant therapeutics in E. coli and recent advances that can potentially expand the use of this system toward more sophisticated protein therapeutics.
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Hu W, Berdugo C, Chalmers JJ. The potential of hydrodynamic damage to animal cells of industrial relevance: current understanding. Cytotechnology 2011; 63:445-60. [PMID: 21785843 PMCID: PMC3176934 DOI: 10.1007/s10616-011-9368-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2008] [Accepted: 06/11/2011] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Suspension animal cell culture is now routinely scaled up to bioreactors on the order of 10,000 L, and greater, to meet commercial demand. However, the concern of the 'shear sensitivity' of animal cells still remains, not only within the bioreactor, but also in the downstream processing. As the productivities continue to increase, titer of ~10 g/L are now reported with cell densities greater than 2 × 10(7) cells/mL. Such high, and potentially higher cell densities will inevitably translate to increased demand in mass transfer and mixing. In addition, achieving productivity gains in both the upstream stage and downstream processes can subject the cells to aggressive environments such as those involving hydrodynamic stresses. The perception of 'shear sensitivity' has historically put an arbitrary upper limit on agitation and aeration in bioreactor operation; however, as cell densities and productivities continue to increase, mass transfer requirements can exceed those imposed by these arbitrary low limits. Therefore, a better understanding of how animal cells, used to produce therapeutic products, respond to hydrodynamic forces in both qualitative and quantitative ways will allow an experimentally based, higher, "upper limit" to be created to guide the design and operation of future commercial, large scale bioreactors. With respect to downstream hydrodynamic conditions, situations have already been achieved in which practical limits with respect to hydrodynamic forces have been experienced. This review mainly focuses on publications from both the academy and industry regarding the effect of hydrodynamic forces on industrially relevant animal cells, and not on the actual scale-up of bioreactors. A summary of implications and remaining challenges will also be presented.
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- Weiwei Hu
- Cell Culture Development, Biogen Idec Inc., 5000 Davis Drive, RTP, NC 27709 USA
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- Scientist / Research & Development, BD Biosciences, 54 Loveton Circle, Sparks, MD 21152 USA
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- William G. Lowrie Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The Ohio State University, 140 West 19th Ave., Columbus, OH 43210 USA
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Sieblist C, Jenzsch M, Pohlscheidt M, Lübbert A. Insights into large-scale cell-culture reactors: I. Liquid mixing and oxygen supply. Biotechnol J 2011; 6:1532-46. [DOI: 10.1002/biot.201000408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2011] [Revised: 07/21/2011] [Accepted: 07/26/2011] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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