Continuous antibody production by phytohemagglutinin-L-aggregated hybridoma cells

Phytohemagglutinin-L (PHA-L) induced aggregation of SP2 myeloma and antibody-producing hybridoma cells. The aggregates were of diverse shapes, and major-axis length of the hybridoma aggregates was mostly 50-80 μm at 1 μg/ml PHA-L and 100-150 μm at 5 μg/ml. PHA-L did not suppress growth rate at these...

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Main Authors: Takamatsu, Hiroyuki, Kawajiri, Hiroo, Takahashi, Yoshitaka, Ali, Abdul Manaf
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 1999
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author Takamatsu, Hiroyuki
Kawajiri, Hiroo
Takahashi, Yoshitaka
Ali, Abdul Manaf
author_facet Takamatsu, Hiroyuki
Kawajiri, Hiroo
Takahashi, Yoshitaka
Ali, Abdul Manaf
author_sort Takamatsu, Hiroyuki
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description Phytohemagglutinin-L (PHA-L) induced aggregation of SP2 myeloma and antibody-producing hybridoma cells. The aggregates were of diverse shapes, and major-axis length of the hybridoma aggregates was mostly 50-80 μm at 1 μg/ml PHA-L and 100-150 μm at 5 μg/ml. PHA-L did not suppress growth rate at these concentrations. The aggregated cells had almost the same antibody productivity as that of non-aggregated cells in a static culture. Essentially, identical results were obtained with soybean agglutinin (SBA). On the other hand, pokeweed mitogen (PWM) did not induce apparent aggregation at a concentration of 10 μg/ml. These results suggest that lectin binding to particular carbohydrate moiety on the cell surface is necessary for cell agglutination. Using PHA-L, a 200-ml suspension culture of aggregated hybridoma cells was successfully performed in a spinner flask over 10 days. The aggregates were mainly globular with a diameter of 50-100 μm at 1-2 μg/ml PHA-L. The aggregation greatly enhanced settlement of hybridoma cells by gravity, and medium exchanges were thereby easily performed in a short period. During a course of the semi-continuous culture, antibody concentrations of culture medium were maintained at approximately 10 μg/ml which was comparable to that of static culture of the aggregated hybridoma cells. Thus, the lectin aggregation is applicable to the separation of culture medium from anchorage-independent cells like hybridomas, and can be employed in a large-scale commercial production of biologically active proteins.
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spelling upm-1140722024-12-02T08:23:11Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/114072/ Continuous antibody production by phytohemagglutinin-L-aggregated hybridoma cells Takamatsu, Hiroyuki Kawajiri, Hiroo Takahashi, Yoshitaka Ali, Abdul Manaf Phytohemagglutinin-L (PHA-L) induced aggregation of SP2 myeloma and antibody-producing hybridoma cells. The aggregates were of diverse shapes, and major-axis length of the hybridoma aggregates was mostly 50-80 μm at 1 μg/ml PHA-L and 100-150 μm at 5 μg/ml. PHA-L did not suppress growth rate at these concentrations. The aggregated cells had almost the same antibody productivity as that of non-aggregated cells in a static culture. Essentially, identical results were obtained with soybean agglutinin (SBA). On the other hand, pokeweed mitogen (PWM) did not induce apparent aggregation at a concentration of 10 μg/ml. These results suggest that lectin binding to particular carbohydrate moiety on the cell surface is necessary for cell agglutination. Using PHA-L, a 200-ml suspension culture of aggregated hybridoma cells was successfully performed in a spinner flask over 10 days. The aggregates were mainly globular with a diameter of 50-100 μm at 1-2 μg/ml PHA-L. The aggregation greatly enhanced settlement of hybridoma cells by gravity, and medium exchanges were thereby easily performed in a short period. During a course of the semi-continuous culture, antibody concentrations of culture medium were maintained at approximately 10 μg/ml which was comparable to that of static culture of the aggregated hybridoma cells. Thus, the lectin aggregation is applicable to the separation of culture medium from anchorage-independent cells like hybridomas, and can be employed in a large-scale commercial production of biologically active proteins. Elsevier 1999 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/114072/1/114072.pdf Takamatsu, Hiroyuki and Kawajiri, Hiroo and Takahashi, Yoshitaka and Ali, Abdul Manaf (1999) Continuous antibody production by phytohemagglutinin-L-aggregated hybridoma cells. Journal of Immunological Methods, 223 (2). pp. 165-170. ISSN 0022-1759; eISSN: 0022-1759 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022175998002166?via%3Dihub 10.1016/s0022-1759(98)00216-6
spellingShingle Takamatsu, Hiroyuki
Kawajiri, Hiroo
Takahashi, Yoshitaka
Ali, Abdul Manaf
Continuous antibody production by phytohemagglutinin-L-aggregated hybridoma cells
title Continuous antibody production by phytohemagglutinin-L-aggregated hybridoma cells
title_full Continuous antibody production by phytohemagglutinin-L-aggregated hybridoma cells
title_fullStr Continuous antibody production by phytohemagglutinin-L-aggregated hybridoma cells
title_full_unstemmed Continuous antibody production by phytohemagglutinin-L-aggregated hybridoma cells
title_short Continuous antibody production by phytohemagglutinin-L-aggregated hybridoma cells
title_sort continuous antibody production by phytohemagglutinin-l-aggregated hybridoma cells
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