Physical modeling of animal cell damage by hydrodynamic forces in suspension cultures |
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Authors: | Lu G Z Gray M R Thompson B G |
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Affiliation: | Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2G6. |
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Abstract: | Physical damage of animal cells in suspension culture, due to stirring and sparging, is coupled with complex metabolic responses. Nylon microcapsules, therefore, were used as a physical model to study the mechanisms of damage in a stirred bioreactor and in a bubble column. Microcapsule breaskage folowed first-order kinetices in all experiments Entrainment of bubbles into the liquid phase in the stirred bioreactor gave more microcapsule breakage. In the bubble column, the bubble bursting zone at gas-liquid interface was primarilu responsible for microcapsule breakage. The forces on the microcapsules were equivalent to an external pressure of approximately 4 x 10(4) N . m(-2), based on the critical microcapsule diameter for survival of 190 mum. A stable foam layer, however, was found to be effective in protecting microcapsules from damage. The microcapsule transport to the gas-liquid interface and entrainment into the foam phase was consistent with flotation by air bubbles. This result implies that additives and operation of bioreactors should be selected to minimize flotation of cells. (c) 1992 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. |
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Keywords: | microcapsule physical model animal cell suspension culutre hydrodynamic force damage |
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