Peptone Supplementation of Culture Medium Has Variable Effects on the Productivity of CHO Cells

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
1 Laboratory of Cellular Biotechnology, Ècole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
2 Biotechnology Research Center, Pasteur Institute of Iran (IPI), Tehran, Iran
Abstract
The optimization of cell culture conditions for growth and productivity of recombinant Chinese hamster ovary
(CHO) cells is a critical step in biopharmaceutical manufacturing. In the present study, the effects of the timing
and amount of peptone feeding of a recombinant CHO cell line grown in a basal medium in serum-free
suspension culture were determined for eight peptones of different origin (plant and casein). The amino acid
content and the average molecular weight of the peptones chosen were available. In optimized feeding strategies
with single peptones, increase 100 % volumetric productivity and 40 % in cell number were achieved. In feeding
strategies with two peptones, several combinations stimulated protein productivity more than either peptone
alone, depending on the peptone concentration and time of feeding. Some peptones, which did not stimulate
productivity when added alone proved to be effective when used in combination. The combined peptones
feeding strategies were more effective with peptones of different origin. Our data support the notion that the
origin of peptones provides some guidance in identifying the most effective feeding strategies for recombinant
CHO cells.
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