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Purification and Analytics of a Monoclonal Antibody from Chinese Hamster Ovary Cells Using an Automated Microbioreactor System
Published on: May 1, 2019
Culture temperature modulates monoclonal antibody charge variation distribution in Chinese hamster ovary cell
Xintao Zhang1, Ya-Ting Sun2, Hongping Tang3
1The State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China. hongpingjiangnan@163.com.
Objective:
To investigate the effect of lowering culture temperature on monoclonal antibody charge variation distribution in Chinese hamster ovary cell cultures.
Results:
In both batch and fed-batch cultures, lowering the culture temperature decreased the antibody acidic variant levels. The acidic variant levels (defined as variants eluting earlier than the main peak of an antibody during HPLC) at 32 °C were about 10 % lower than those at 37 °C at the end of both batch and fed-batch cultures. Additionally, lowering the culture temperature increased the lysine variant level, which further increased basic variant level. The lysine variant levels at 32 °C were about 8 % (batch culture) and 3 % (fed-batch culture) higher than those at 37 °C at the end of cultures. Real-time PCR results suggests that the decrease in carboxypeptidase B transcription level might be partially responsible for the increased lysine variant level at sub-physiological temperatures.
Conclusion:
Culture temperature exhibits noticeable impact on antibody charge variation distribution, especially the acidic variants and lysine variants.
