用昆虫细胞表达系统表达人组织激肽释放酶原

目的:利用杆状病毒-昆虫细胞表达系统表达proHUK,系统优化表达条件。方法:用改进的方法对昆虫细胞进行了无血清悬浮适应培养,用ELISA、SDS-PAGE方法对各种条件下proHUK的表达量进行检测。结果:Sf-9、Hi-5细胞在血清减量速度为5%、1%,接种密度分别为2×106cells/mL1、×106cells/mL时能很快适应无血清悬浮培养。在病毒感染复度MOI为10,细胞接种密度为1×106cells/mL条件下培养96h后,proHUK的表达量最高可达30mg/L。结论:改进的方法使昆虫细胞能更快适应无血清悬浮生长条件,获得了高表达proHUK的方法,为其大规模制备奠定了基础。     

昆虫细胞(Sf21)悬浮培养过程中生长限制性基质间歇补加技术的应用

基于Sf21昆虫细胞在悬浮培养过程中所表现出的生长代谢特征,提出以培养液中残糖浓度作为控制参数,并利用限制性基质(葡萄糖和蛋白水解物)的间歇补加技术调控细胞生长的方案。实际控制表明：与批培养相比,Sf21细胞在两种具代表性的昆虫细胞培养基(IPL-41和TC-100)中的生长期和稳定期都得到了有效的延长。TC-100培养液中最高细胞培养密度由3.0×10⁶ cells/mL提高到6.5×10⁶ cells/mL;IPL41培养液中最高细胞培养密度则由7.05×10⁶ cells/mL提高到9.0×10⁶cells/mL。由于限制性基质的间歇补加技术是利用较确定的营养成分来代替复杂昂贵的补料培养基,因此更适合于昆虫细胞的大规模高密度培养。     

人白血病抑制因子在昆虫细胞Sf9中的表达

人白血病抑制因子(hLIF)cDNA装入p2bac,受其多角蛋白启动子控制,并与野生型线性杆状病毒DNA共转染昆虫细胞Sf9。经ELISA和免疫印迹证实,该重组病毒感染Sf9 24h后(胞解液)和48h后(培养液),均可测得表达的hLIF,在72h时蛋白浓度可达每毫升(1×10~7细胞)4～10μg;经细胞活性观察表明,该蛋白可促进人白血病细胞U937分化,并使U937内信号分子STAT_3合成增加。结果表明,昆虫细胞表达的hLIF可分泌于培养液中且含量高。它的高表达、易纯化、强活性,有实用价值。     

模式原生动物浮萍棘尾虫纯培养体系的建立与优化

浮萍棘尾虫(Stylonychia lemnae)是一种营动物性营养的单细胞真核生物, 是研究细胞学、遗传学问题的重要模式原生动物, 而实现浮萍棘尾虫纯培养是开展棘尾虫生物学研究的重要基础。研究以建立高效棘尾虫无菌纯培养体系为目的, 参考嗜热四膜虫无菌纯培养基, 采用响应面分析方法, 对氮源、碳源和磷酸氢二钾的组分配比进行单因素实验和正交实验, 初步建立用于浮萍棘尾虫无菌培养的培养基, 并分别对培养温度、初始pH、培养液添加量和起始接种密度等培养条件进行了优化。结果表明: 起始接种量为100 cells, 培养基10 mL, 初始pH 7.0, 温度25℃, 静置培养168h, 可获得最大细胞数量约为3.0×103 cells。     

Vero细胞微载体培养的化学成分明确无血清培养基的设计

目的：设计适用于Vero细胞微载体培养的化学成分明确无血清培养基。方法：以商品化的DMEM／F12合成培养基为基础培养基,应用Plackett—Burman实验设计和响应面分析法设计支持Vero细胞微载体培养的化学成分明确无血清培养基。结果：以细胞密度为评价指标,在单因素实验的基础上采用Plackett-Burman实验设计考察10种培养基添加成分对Vero细胞生长的影响,确定了3种对Vero细胞生长起明显促进作用的培养基添加成分,为胰岛素、血清素和腐胺。继而利用响应面法分析了这3种添加成分的最佳水平范围,设计了一种支持Vero细胞贴附培养的无血清培养基（VERO—SFM—A）。在Bellco搅拌式培养瓶中采用VERO-SFM．A和Cytodex1微载体培养Vero细胞,细胞密度由接种时的4×10^5cells／ml增加到培养6d后的22．3×10^cells／ml,细胞活力保持在96％以上。结论：VERO—SFM—A能够有效地支持Vero细胞在微载体表面固定化生长并达到较高的细胞密度,具有实际应用于Vero细胞微载体规模化培养的应用潜力。     

微载体浓度与细胞接种密度对ST细胞生长的影响

选择合适的微载体浓度、细胞接种密度以提高微载体利用率,优化微载体培养体系猪睾丸细胞(Swine testicle cells)的贴附生长与维持。使用DMEM补加10%血清、LSM(Low serum medium)两种培养基考察微载体浓度、细胞接种密度对细胞生长维持的影响,进而比较ST细胞在不同条件下对Cytodex1微载体的利用率。结果显示,使用LSM在T150方瓶中连续传代培养30d,平均比生长速率为0.626d~(0-1),是DMEM补加10%FBS培养基的1.15倍。选择10×10~5cells/mL细胞接种3g/LCytodex1搅拌瓶体系,最大细胞密度为38.3×10~5cells/mL,微载体利用率上升到58.8%。在灌注培养体系中培养ST细胞15d,最终细胞密度达到36.6×10~5cells/mL,扩增了13.6倍。微载体悬浮培养的使用一方面有利于ST细胞的贴附与生长,实现高密度生长,另一方面增加了微载体的使用成本,选择合适的微载体浓度、细胞接种密度,能够最大化利用微载体与培养基中的营养物质实现细胞的最优生长。     

喜树碱诱导的草地贪夜蛾Sf9细胞凋亡

传统植物源杀虫剂喜树碱具有优异的抑制昆虫生长发育活性, 其诱导昆虫细胞凋亡的作用方式和机制尚不明确, 极大地限制了喜树碱在植物保护领域的应用开发。本研究以1 μmol/L喜树碱诱导草地贪夜蛾Spodoptera frugiperda Sf9细胞呈现细胞皱缩、微绒毛消失和染色质边集等典型细胞凋亡早期超微结构形态特征, 中期凋亡小体逐渐出现并急剧增多, DNA电泳分析可见清晰DNA片段化凋亡特征。流式细胞术分析表明1 μmol/L喜树碱诱导Sf9细胞12 h凋亡率达到最大值39.67%, 是对照的13.13倍, 随后减小。喜树碱诱导Sf9细胞凋亡在12 h和24 h 时Sf caspase-1分别出现两个活性高峰, 表明其作为效应因子在细胞凋亡级联反应过程中具有影响作用。喜树碱显著抑制Sf9细胞拓扑异构酶Ⅰ活性, 阻断解旋负超螺旋pBR322 DNA, 导致DNA损伤进而启动细胞凋亡级联反应使Sf caspase-1活性增加, 提示其信号转导过程是细胞凋亡诱导机制之一。本研究通过分析喜树碱的诱导昆虫Sf9细胞凋亡, 对揭示喜树碱诱导昆虫细胞凋亡的作用机制具有重要启示和帮助。     

CHO细胞高密度流加工艺参数优化

[目的]优化细胞接种密度、培养基、细胞培养温度等参数,提高生产细胞株PCSK9蛋白表达滴度。[方法]试验分四步进行,(1)探讨几款市售培养基优化组合后对CHO细胞株蛋白表达滴度的影响;(2)探讨10.0×10⁶、15.0×10⁶、50.0×10⁶ cells/mL高密度接种流加过程培养基、降温时间等对CHO细胞蛋白滴度的影响;(3)在(2)实验数据基础上继续优化,通过更换培养基继续探讨高密度流加工艺的可行性;(4)在反应器对实验数据进行工艺验证。[结果](1)CHO细胞PCSK9蛋白滴度提升至2.6 g/L,蛋白滴度成倍增长;(2)15.0×10⁶ cells/mL接种,30.0×10⁶ cells/mL降温至34℃,继续优化培养基1^#、2^#配比,蛋白滴度提升至4.5 g/L,反应器工艺验证,细胞生长状态稳定,蛋白滴度突破3.8 g/L;(3)继续筛选市售培养基,成功实现80.0×10⁶ cells/mL高密度流...     

草地贪夜蛾细胞系IPLB—Sf-9酵母双杂交cDNA文库的构建

草地贪夜蛾Spdoptera frugiperda是危害玉米、高粱等农作物的重要害虫.草地贪夜蛾卵巢细胞系IPLB-Sf-9(Sf9)广泛应用于病毒学研究和真核生物基因表达.本研究从Sf9细胞中提取总RNA,应用SMARTTM技术,构建以pGADT7-Rec为载体的sf9细胞酵母GAL4 AD融合cDNA文库.sf9细胞总RNA的电泳谱型与哺乳动物总RNA存在差异,其28S rRNA带弱于18S rRNA带,所合成的原始ds cDNA大小为0.1-4 kb.文库展现良好的多态性,载体质粒插入的cDNA片段大小大部分在0.3-2 kb之间.Sf9细胞酵母GAL4 AD融合cDNA文库的构建为草地贪夜蛾功能基因的识别和鉴定,为研究杆状病毒与宿主细胞的互作机制提供了重要研究工具.     

TF-1细胞增殖法测定神经生长因子生物学活性的建立与应用

目的：建立并优化用于检测神经生长因子（NGF）生物学活性的TF-1细胞增殖法,并应用于重组人NGF和鼠NGF制品的活性检测。方法：将梯度稀释的人NGF国际参考品与TF-1细胞相作用,通过MTT法测定细胞增殖情况,建立测定NGF活性的TF-1细胞增殖法;从粒细胞巨噬细胞集落刺激因子（CM-CSF）残留、NGF加样稀释率、TF-1细胞接种浓度、培养时间等多个环节对实验条件进行优化;将建立的TF-1细胞增殖法应用于重组人NGF和鼠NGF的活性检测。结果：建立了用于NGF活性检测的TF-1细胞增殖法;实验条件优化结果表明,在无GM-CSF残留的情况下,将稀释至1／4的NGF样品与4×10^5／mL的细胞相互作用,培养48h,可以得到更为典型的的四参数曲线;利用条件优化后建立的检测方法对重组入NGF和鼠NGF各2批样品分别进行4次测定,结果平均值分别为10．01×10^5、10．81×10^5和3．55×10^5、3．30×10^5U／mg,变异系数分别为7．5％、7．2％和7．2％、9．1％,检测结果稳定均一,表明检测方法具有很好的重复性。结论：建立并优化了用于NGF活性检测的TF-1细胞增殖法,该方法操作简便、定量准确、重复性好、稳定可靠,可有效应用于人NGF和鼠NGF制品的活性检测。     

Japanese encephalitis virus production in Vero cells with serum-free medium using a novel oscillating bioreactor.

A novel oscillating bioreactor, BelloCell, was successfully applied for the cultivation of Vero cells using serum-free medium, and the production of Japanese encephalitis virus. The BelloCell requires no air sparging, pumping, or agitation, and thus provides a low shear environment. Owing to its simple design, BelloCell is extremely easy to handle and operate. Using this BelloCell (500 ml culture), Vero cells reached a maximum number of 2.8 x 10(9) cells and the Japanese encephalitis virus yield reached 6.91 x 10(11) PFU, versus 9.0 x 10(8) cells and 2.98 x 10(11) PFU using a spinner flask (500 ml) with microcarriers. The cell yield and virus production using BelloCell were markedly higher than with microcarrier culture. The neutralizing capacity of the Japanese encephalitis virus produced using BelloCell was equal to that using a microcarrier system. Therefore, these benefits should enable BelloCell to be adopted as a simple system for high population density cell culture and virus production.     

A Novel Oscillating Bioreactor BelloCell: Implications for Insect Cell Culture and Recombinant Protein Production

BelloCell is a novel packed bed bioreactor that allows alternating nutrient and gas transfer to a culture. Spodoptera frugiperda Sf-9 grown in the BelloCell (300 ml culture) reached 1.3–1.5×10⁷ cells ml⁻¹ in 7–8 days and the total baculovirus-expressed protein yield was 2.3-times that in a stirred tank bioreactor (600 ml culture). The superior cell and protein yields underline the potential of BelloCell for cell culture and recombinant protein production.     

Development and implementation of a perfusion-based high cell density cell banking process

A perfusion-based high cell density (HD) cell banking process has been developed that offers substantial advantages in time savings and simplification of upstream unit operations. HD cell banking provides the means to reduce the time required for culture inoculum expansion and scale-up by eliminating the need for multiple small to intermediate scale shake flask-based operations saving up to 9 days of operation during large-scale inoculum expansion. HD perfusion cultures were developed and optimized in a disposable Wave bioreactor system. Through optimization of perfusion rate, rocking speed and aeration rate, the perfusion system supported peak cell densities of >20 × 10(6) cells/mL while maintaining high cell viability (≥ 90%). The cells were frozen at HD (90-100 × 10(6) viable cells/mL) in 5-mL CryoTube vials. HD cell banks were demonstrated to enable direct inoculation of culture into a Wave bioreactor in the inoculum expansion train thus eliminating the need for intermediate shake flask expansion unit operations. The simplicity of the disposable perfusion system and high quality of the cell banks resulted in the successful implementation in a 2000 L scale manufacturing facility.     

Long-term,large scale cryopreservation of insect cells at −80 °C

Standard tissue culture methods advise freezing cells in small aliquots (≤1 × 10⁷ cells in 1 mL), and storing in liquid nitrogen. This is inconvenient for laboratories culturing large quantities of insect cells for recombinant baculovirus expression, owing to the length of time taken to produce large scale cultures from small aliquots of cells. Liquid nitrogen storage requires use of specialized cryovials, personal protective equipment and oxygen monitoring systems. This paper describes the long-term, large scale cryopreservation of 8 × 10⁸ insect cells at −80 °C, using standard 50 mL conical tubes to contain a 40 mL cell suspension. Sf9, Sf21 and High 5 cells were recovered with a viability > 90 % after storage for one year under these conditions, which compared favorably with the viability of cells stored in liquid nitrogen for the same length of time. Addition of green fluorescent protein encoding baculovirus demonstrated that cells were “expression ready” immediately post thaw. Our method enables large scale cultures to be recovered rapidly from stocks cryopreserved at −80 °C, thus avoiding the inconvenience, hazards and expense associated with liquid nitrogen.

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High cell density fed batch and perfusion processes for stable non-viral expression of secreted alkaline phosphatase (SEAP) using insect cells: comparison to a batch Sf-9-BEV system

The development of insect cells expressing recombinant proteins in a stable continuous manner is an attractive alternative to the BEV system for recombinant protein production. High cell density fed batch and continuous perfusion processes can be designed to maximize the productivity of stably transformed cells. A cell line (Sf-9SEAP) expressing high levels of the reporter protein SEAP stably was obtained by lipid-mediated transfection of Sf-9 insect cells and further selection and screening. The expression of the Sf-9SEAP cells was compared with the BEVS system. It was observed that, the yield obtained in BEVS was similar to the batch Sf-9SEAP at 8 and 7 IU/mL, respectively. The productivity of this foreign gene product with the stable cells was enhanced by bioprocess intensification employing the fed-batch and perfusion modes of culture to increase the cell density in culture. The fed batch process yielded a maximum cell density of 28 x 10(6) cells/mL and 12 IU/mL of SEAP. Further improvements in the productivity could be made using the perfusion process, which demonstrated a stable production rate for extended periods of time. The process was maintained for 43 days, with a steady-state cell density of 17-20 x 10(6) cells/mL and 7 IU/mL SEAP. The total yield obtained in the perfusion process (394 IU) was approximately 22 and 8 times higher than that obtained in a batch (17.6 IU) and fed batch (46.1 IU) process, respectively.     

Rational scale-up of a baculovirus-insect cell batch process based on medium nutritional depth

We have developed a serum-free cell culture process utilizing a recombinant baculovirus (AcNPV) expression vector to infect Trichoplusia ni insect cells for the production of the human lysosomal enzyme, glucocerebrosidase. The enzyme, which is harvested as a secreted protein in this process, can serve as a replacement therapy for the genetic deficiency Gaucher disease. In the course of pilot scale-up of a batch glucocerebrosidase process from 25-mL working volume shaker flask units to 25-L working volume stirred bioreactor units, a semi-empirical model was developed for the rational determination of scaleable process parameters, including host cell density at infection, multiplicity of infection (MOI), and harvest time. A key assumption of the model is that maximum protein production is limited by the serum-free medium's nutritional capacity, which can, in turn, be determined from the growth of uninfected cells. For the host cell/medium combination used in this study, the nutritional limit was determined to be 1.3 x 10(7) to 1.7 x 10(7) viable-cell-days/mL. Based on this, the model predicts that optimal protein expression is consistent with a 4-day batch process where the host cell density at the time of infection is 1.5 x 10(6) to 2.0 x 10(6) cells/mL and the MOI is 0.09-0.3. These parameters were empirically confirmed to give the highest achievable batch product yield, first in shaker flasks and then at larger scales. The low MOI allows at least one population doubling to take place post viral addition, so that the effective infected cell density producing product generally exceeds 4 x 10(6) cells/mL. It was also interesting to note that this process consistently achieved the same level of maximum protein production at the 25-L bioreactor scale in 4 days compared to 5 days at the shaker flask scale. This may be attributable to better control of the culture environment in the bioreactor. Unlike some other lepidopteran insect cells, such as Sf-9, T. ni cells were found to produce significant levels of the inhibitory metabolites ammonia and lactate. Our results suggest that reduction and/or removal of inhibitory metabolites might be beneficial for infection of high-density cultures of these cells and might also facilitate application of more sophisticated culture strategies, including fed-batch. (c) 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Effects of cell density and glucose and glutamine levels on the respiration rates of hybridoma cells

The effects of cell density as well as the concentration levels of glucose and glutamine on the specific respiration rate of a hybridoma cell line were investigated. The experimental oxygen consumption rate was found to be constant over a wide range of dissolved oxygen levels if the suspension medium contained glutamine. In glutamine-free medium, however, the rate of oxygen consumption decreased slowly with time.In a stationary flask batch culture, the specific respiration rate decreased from about 7 to 2.9 mumol/min per 10(9) cells as the cell density increased exponentially from 1 x 10(5) to 1.2 x 10(6)/mL. To isolate the effect of cell density, cells were re suspended in fresh culture medium so that nutrient concentrations were the same for all experiments. The specific respiration rate decreased with increasing cell density in the same manner as in the stationary flask culture, falling from 8 to 4 mumol/min per 10(9) cells as the cell density increased from 10(5) to 10(6) cells/mL, then declining to 2 mumol/min per 10(9) cells when the cell density reached 10(7) cells/mL.Cells suspended in Hanks balanced sale solution (HBSS) were used to elucidate the effect of glucose and glutamine levels on respiration. The addition of glucose in concentrations of 0.25, 0.50, and 0.75 g/L had no observable effect on the specific oxygen uptake rate; however, a glucose concentration of 1 g/L reduced the uptake rate by 22%. Glutamine in a concentration of 0.30 g/L increased the specific respiration rate in HBSS containing 0 and 1 g/L glucose by approximately 13%.     

Comparisons of microcarrier cell culture processes in one hundred mini-liter spinner flask and fifteen-liter bioreactor cultures

Microcarrier cell culture process can be used to culture anchorange-dependent cells in large bioreactor vessels. The process performance in large bioreactors is usually less prominent than that in spinner flask vessels and bench scale reactors. In this study we investigated the microcarrier cell culture processes in 100?ml spinner flask and 15-liter bioreactor cultures, including the kinetics for cell attachment, cell growth and the production of Japanese encephaltilis vaccine strain (Beijing-1) virus. Under a fixed concentration of microcarrier and cell density used in inoculations, the attachment kinetics of Vero cells on Cytodex 1 microcarrier in a 15-liter bioreactor vessel was 2 folds slower than with 100?ml spinner flask culture. Virus replication in 15-liter bioreactor culture also revealed an approximately one day lag-time compared to 100?ml spinner flask culture. Findings presented herein provide valuable information for designing and operating microcarrier cell culture processes in large bioreactor vessels.