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Debottlenecking and reformulating feed media for improved CHO cell growth and titer by data-driven and model-guided analyses
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  • Seo-Young Park,
  • Dong-Hyuk Choi,
  • Jinsung Song,
  • Uiseon Park,
  • Hyeran Cho,
  • Bee Hak Hong,
  • Yaron R. Silberberg,
  • Dong-Yup Lee
Seo-Young Park
Sungkyunkwan University College of Natural Science
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Dong-Hyuk Choi
Sungkyunkwan University College of Natural Science
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Jinsung Song
Sungkyunkwan University College of Natural Science
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Uiseon Park
Ajinomoto Genexine
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Hyeran Cho
Ajinomoto Genexine
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Bee Hak Hong
Ajinomoto Genexine
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Yaron R. Silberberg
Ajinomoto Genexine
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Dong-Yup Lee
Sungkyunkwan University College of Natural Science

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Abstract

Designing and selecting cell culture media and their feeding are a key strategy to maximize culture performance in industrial biopharmaceutical processes. However, mammalian cells are very sensitive to their culture environment, requiring specific nutritional needs to grow and produce high-quality proteins such as antibodies, depending on cell lines and operational conditions. In this regard, previously we developed data-driven and in-silico model-guided systematic framework to investigate the effect of growth media on Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cell culture performance, allowing us to design and reformulate basal media. To expand our exploration for media development research further, we evaluated two chemically defined feed media, A and B, in ambr15 bioreactor runs using a monoclonal antibody-producing CHO K1 cell line. We observed a significant impact of feed media on cell growth, longevity, viability, productivity and toxic metabolites production. Specifically, concentrated feed A was not sufficient to support prolonged cell culture and high titer compared to feed B. The framework systematically characterized the major metabolic bottlenecks in the TCA cycle and its related amino acid transferase reactions, thereby identifying key design components, such as asparagine, aspartate, and glutamate, which are needed for highly productive cell cultures. Based on our results, we subsequently reformulated the feeds by adjusting the amounts of those amino acids and successfully validated their effectiveness in promoting cell growth and/or titer.
17 Mar 2023Submitted to Biotechnology Journal
20 Mar 2023Submission Checks Completed
20 Mar 2023Assigned to Editor
30 Mar 2023Reviewer(s) Assigned
13 May 2023Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
25 May 2023Editorial Decision: Revise Major
12 Jul 20231st Revision Received
12 Jul 2023Submission Checks Completed
12 Jul 2023Assigned to Editor
12 Jul 2023Reviewer(s) Assigned
02 Aug 2023Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
02 Aug 2023Editorial Decision: Revise Minor
11 Aug 20232nd Revision Received
14 Aug 2023Submission Checks Completed
14 Aug 2023Assigned to Editor
14 Aug 2023Reviewer(s) Assigned
16 Aug 2023Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
17 Aug 2023Editorial Decision: Accept