Nutrient regulation using continuous growth adjusted feeding improves growth rates of mammalian cell spheroids compared to intermittent batch feeding for cultures in stirred suspension bioreactors. This study demonstrates the methods required for establishing simple adjusted rate fed cultures.
In this demonstration, spheroids formed from the β-TC6 insulinoma cell line were cultured as a model of manufacturing a mammalian islet cell product to demonstrate how regulating nutrient levels can improve cell yields. In previous studies, bioreactors facilitated increased culture volumes over static cultures, but no increase in cell yields were observed. Limitations in key nutrients such as glucose, which were consumed between batch feedings, can lead to limitations in cell expansion. Large fluctuations in glucose levels were observed, despite the increase in glucose concentrations in the media. The use of continuous feeding systems eliminated fluctuations in glucose levels, and improved cell growth rates when compared with batch fed static and SSB culture methods. Additional increases in growth rates were observed by adjusting the feed rate based on calculated nutrient consumption, which allowed the maintenance of physiological glucose over three weeks in culture. This method can also be adapted for other cell types.
For at skabe et stort antal af levedygtige og funktionelle humane celler til transplantation, regulering af dyrkningsbetingelser er bydende nødvendigt. Udtømning af næringsstoffer, sammen med opbygning af metaboliske affald er væsentlige bidragydere til ældning og metaboliske ændringer, som reducerer kvaliteten af cellen produkt 1 – 3 ud. Denne procedure belyser en fremgangsmåde til kultur pattedyrceller i sfæroider ved anvendelse af en omrørt bioreaktor kombineret med en justeret sats perfusion fodringssystem at regulere glucose i en fysiologisk område 4 under hele kulturen. Med henblik på disse undersøgelser blev det fysiologiske område defineret som mellem 100 og 200 mg / dl. De samme fremgangsmåder kan anvendes til at regulere andre næringsstoffer og metaboliske affald såsom lactat.
Statiske kulturer i små volumener (1 – 30 ml) anvendes typisk i indstillingen laboratorium for at opretholde og differentiere cellelinier til experimental formål. Cell passage udføres med komplet medium ændringer efter behov med jævne mellemrum. Mest "konventionelle" dyrkningsmedium har en høj glucosekoncentration (450 mg / dl for DMEM anvendt i disse undersøgelser) for at muliggøre mindre hyppige udskiftning af medium uden risiko for begrænsninger næringsstoffer. Men denne batch-fodring metode kræver stadig hyppige manipulation, introducerer variation i cellen miljø, og øger risikoen for forurening 5 – 9. Omrørt suspension bioreaktorer (SSB) give bedre blanding og faldt håndtering 3,10 – 20, men ligesom statiske kulturer, kræver manuelle medium ændringer, der bidrager til potentielt skadelige udsving i næringsstoffer og spildprodukt niveauer. Perfusion fodring af SSB kulturer reducerer disse problemer ved kontinuerlig infusion og fjernelse af medium, men store ændringer i næringsstoffer niveauer på grund af cellevækst fortsat være et problem. Anvendelsen af en justeret fodring rate fra beregninger af forbrug af næringsstoffer baseret på estimerede celle krav kan give den stabile celle miljø kræves for at optimere cellernes levedygtighed og funktion 21 – 24.
Der er en stor mængde litteratur, der beskriver metoder til skalerbare SSB kulturer af pattedyrceller specielt til kultur og udvidelse af pluripotente celler 25-32, med andre fokuserede på holmen (beta) celler 17,33,34, eller produktion af biologiske produkter 24, 35-38. Mange af disse undersøgte celletyper kan dyrkes i kugleformede kulturer, og særlige procedurer for den celletype, der bruges bør optimeres før at gennemføre en kontinuerlig fodring system. I denne demonstration blev en perfusion fodring metode bruges til at udvide en beta-cellelinie dyrket som sfæroider i en omrørt bioreaktor 39-43. Den heri beskrevne fremgangsmåde tilvejebringer enligetil implementering af fodring sats justeringer baseret på off-line glucose målinger for at opnå målrettede dyrkningsbetingelser. Justering af tilførselshastigheden med denne metode til at opretholde en fysiologisk glucose niveau vises til stigninger celleudbytter. Mammale celler er afhængige af en nøgle næringsstof, glucose, til energiproduktion, så brugen af denne cellelinie er en model for mange dyrkede pattedyrceller 44. Derudover denne linje eksemplificerer yderligere kompleksitet af beta-celler, som er følsomme for kroniske høje niveauer af glucose 45. Til denne undersøgelse blev p-TC6 celler lov at dannes sfæroider i kultur at tilnærme den gennemsnitlige størrelse af Langerhanske øer in vivo. Den perfusionsbioreaktor systemet 17 – 19,21,46 med en fødehastighed justeret til glucose forbrug, i bevarelse fysiologiske betingelser og højere celleudbytter uden ændringer i levedygtighed.
Generering pattedyrcellelinjer produkter til fremstilling af biologiske agenser og for celleterapi kræver kulturen og overvågning af pattedyrceller i stor skala 55-58. Endvidere disse applikationer kræver definerede og validerede dyrkningsbetingelser. Blot øge mængden af celler ved hjælp af forskning teknologier vil ikke opfylde alle disse krav. Manuelle mellemstore ændringer forårsager udsving i næringsstoffer og ophobning af affaldsstoffer reducere cellernes kvalitet, le…
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The authors thank Michael Garwood and Sam Stein for their helpful comments, and Kristen M. Maynard for assistance with manuscript preparation.
Name of Reagent/ Equipment | Company | Catalog Number / Link | Comments/Description |
BTC-6 Cells | ATCC, Manassas, VA | CRL-11506 | Mouse Insulinoma cell line (adherent cell type) |
DPBS No CA, No Mg | Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA | 14190-144 | https://www.lifetechnologies.com/order/catalog/product/14190144?ICID=search-14190144 |
Dulbecco's Modified Eagles Medium | Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA | See below for product numbers | |
DMEM High Glucose (500mM) | Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA | 11965-092 | http://www.lifetechnologies.com/order/catalog/product/11965092 |
DMEM Low Glucose (100mM) | Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA | 11885-084 | http://www.lifetechnologies.com/order/catalog/product/11885084 (note that this medium already contains pyruvate) |
L-gultamine | Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA | 25030081 | http://www.lifetechnologies.com/order/catalog/product/25030081?ICID=search-product |
Sodium Pyruvate | Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA | 11360070 | https://www.lifetechnologies.com/order/catalog/product/11360070?ICID=search-product |
Heat Inactivated Porcine Serum | Gibco – Life Technologies | 10082147 | http://www.lifetechnologies.com/order/catalog/product/10082147 |
Trypsin-EDTA | Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA | 25200056 | https://www.lifetechnologies.com/order/catalog/product/25200056?ICID=search-product |
T-150 Tissue Culture Treated Flasks | Corning, Corning, NY | 430825 | http://catalog2.corning.com/LifeSciences/en-US/Shopping/ProductDetails.aspx?productid=430825(Lifesciences) &categoryname= |
NuAire Cell culture incubator | Princeton, MN | US Autoflow , Any water-jacketed CO2 regulating cell culture incubator could be used | |
Centrifuge | Sorvall RT 7 (Any similar benchtop centrifuge may be used) | ||
Refrigerator | Any laboratory refrigerator could be used (a small table-top version was used for these studies) | ||
1L Glass Bottle | Corning, Corning, NY | 1395-1L | Any vendor could be used http://catalog2.corning.com/LifeSciences/en-US/Shopping/ProductDetails.aspx?productid=1395-1L(Lifesciences) &categoryname= |
2L Glass Bottle | Corning, Corning, NY | 1395-2L | Any vendor could be used |
250 ml stirred bioreactors | Corning, Corning, NY | 4500-250 | http://catalog2.corning.com/LifeSciences/en-US/Shopping/ProductDetails.aspx?productid=4500-250(Lifesciences) &categoryname= |
Stir Plate | Fisher Scientific | 11-496-104A | Any incubator safe stir-plate can be used, any vendor |
Tissue Culture Dishes 100mm Diameter | Nunc, Rochester, NY (Fisher Scientific) | 1256598 | Any vendor could be used (ordered through Fisher Sci) |
FALCON 50 ml Conical Tubes | Falcon, San Jose, CA | 1256598 | Any vendor could be used |
Delran Plastic Used for Custom Parts | McMaster Carr | Various | Any material of choice could be used, but Deran is chosen because it is autoclave safe, non-reactive, and easy to machine, http://www.mcmaster.com/#acetal-homopolymer-sheets/=rjrcac |
Stainless Steel Pipe for custom lids | McMaster Carr | Various | Any vendor could be used, http://www.mcmaster.com/#standard-stainless-steel-tubing/=rjrd91 |
Custom Modified Delran Bioreactor Lids for Continuous Feeding | Custom made | Not aware of any vendors producing a similar product | |
Custom Modified Glass Bottle Lids for Continuous feeding | Custom made | Some vendors (eg. Fischer Sci, Corning) make similar products in the links below | |
Masterflex Digital Peristaltic Pump | Cole Parmer, Vernon Hills, IL | EW-77919-25 | Any precision peristaltic pump could be used, http://www.coleparmer.com/Product/L_S_Eight_Channel_Four_Roller_ Cartridge_Pump_System_115_230 _VAC/EW-77919-25 |
PVDF Tubing Connectors (various) | Cole Parmer, Vernon Hills, IL | see link | Any vendor could be used, http://www.coleparmer.com/Category/Cole_Parmer_PVDF_Premium _Luer_Fittings/55889 |
Pharmed BPT Tubing L/S 16 | Cole Parmer, Vernon Hills, IL | WU-06508-16 | Any vendor could be used, http://www.coleparmer.com/Product/Masterflex_PharMed_BPT_Tubing _L_S_13_25/WU-06508-16 |
Pharmed BPT Tubing L/S 14 | Cole Parmer, Vernon Hills, IL | WU-06508-14 | Any vendor could be used, http://www.coleparmer.com/Product/Masterflex_PharMed_BPT_Tubing _L_S_13_25/WU-06508-14 |
Pharmed BPT Tubing L/S 13 | Cole Parmer, Vernon Hills, IL | WU-06508-13 | Any vendor could be used, http://www.coleparmer.com/Product/Masterflex_PharMed_BPT_Tubing _L_S_13_25/WU-06508-13 |
Millipore Millex GP PES membrane 0.22ul sterile syringe filter (used for venting, and medium filtration) | Fisher Scientific | SLGP033RS | Any vendor could be used |
25ml Graduated Pipette | Fisher Scientific | 13-678-11 | Any vendor could be used, and various sizes may be used |
Pipetter | Fisher Scientific | 13-681-15E | Any vendor, or similar product could be used |
Hemocytometer | Fisher Scientific | 02-671-6 | Any vendor, or similar product could be used |
Trypan Blue | Gibco – Life Technologies | 15250-061 | Any vendor, or similar product could be used, https://www.lifetechnologies.com/order/catalog/product/15250061 |
Inverted Light Microscope | Leica | Any vendor, or similar product could be used | |
One Touch Ultra Blood Glucose Meter | Fisher Scientific | 22-029-293 | Any vendor, or similar product could be used (eg. Bayer) |
One Touch Ultra-Strips | Fisher Scientific | 22-029-292 | Any vendor, or similar product could be used (eg. Bayer) |