Longitudinal monitoring of cell metabolism in biopharmaceutical production using label-free fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy

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Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells are routinely used in the biopharmaceutical industry for production of therapeutic monoclonal antibodies (mAbs). Although multiple offline and time-consuming measurements of spent media composition and cell viability assays are used to monitor the status of culture in biopharmaceutical manufacturing, the day-to-day changes in the cellular microenvironment need further in-depth characterization. In this study, two-photon fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (2P-FLIM) was used as a tool to directly probe into the health of CHO cells from a bioreactor, exploiting the autofluorescence of intracellular nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NAD(P)H), an enzymatic cofactor that determines the redox state of the cells. A custom-built multimodal microscope with two-photon FLIM capability was utilized to monitor changes in NAD(P)H fluorescence for longitudinal characterization of a changing environment during cell culture processes. Three different cell lines were cultured in 0.5 L shake flasks and 3 L bioreactors. The resulting FLIM data revealed differences in the fluorescence lifetime parameters, which were an indicator of alterations in metabolic activity. In addition, a simple principal component analysis (PCA) of these optical parameters was able to identify differences in metabolic progression of two cell lines cultured in bioreactors. Improved understanding of cell health during antibody production processes can result in better streamlining of process development, thereby improving product titer and verification of scale-up. To our knowledge, this is the first study to use FLIM as a label-free measure of cellular metabolism in a biopharmaceutically relevant and clinically important CHO cell line.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:16

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Biotechnology journal - 16(2021), 7 vom: 05. Juli, Seite e2000629

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Sternisha, Shawn M [VerfasserIn]
Mukherjee, Prabuddha [VerfasserIn]
Alex, Aneesh [VerfasserIn]
Chaney, Eric J [VerfasserIn]
Barkalifa, Ronit [VerfasserIn]
Wan, Boyong [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Jang Hyuk [VerfasserIn]
Rico-Jimenez, Jose [VerfasserIn]
Žurauskas, Mantas [VerfasserIn]
Spillman, Darold R [VerfasserIn]
Sripada, Sobhana A [VerfasserIn]
Marjanovic, Marina [VerfasserIn]
Arp, Zane [VerfasserIn]
Galosy, Sybille S [VerfasserIn]
Bhanushali, Dharmesh S [VerfasserIn]
Hood, Steve R [VerfasserIn]
Bose, Sayantan [VerfasserIn]
Boppart, Stephen A [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

0U46U6E8UK
Biological Products
Bioreactor
Fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy
Journal Article
MAb production
NAD
Principal component analysis
Process analytical technology

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Date Completed 09.07.2021

Date Revised 09.07.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/biot.202000629

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM325041105