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Towards dynamic metabolic flux analysis in CHO cell cultures. 2012

Woo Suk Ahn, and Maciek R Antoniewicz

Department of Chemical Engineering, Metabolic Engineering and Systems Biology Laboratory, University of Delaware, Newark DE, USA.

Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells are the most widely used mammalian cell line for biopharmaceutical production, with a total global market approaching $100 billion per year. In the pharmaceutical industry CHO cells are grown in fed-batch culture, where cellular metabolism is characterized by high glucose and glutamine uptake rates combined with high rates of ammonium and lactate secretion. The metabolism of CHO cells changes dramatically during a fed-batch culture as the cells adapt to a changing environment and transition from exponential growth phase to stationary phase. Thus far, it has been challenging to study metabolic flux dynamics in CHO cell cultures using conventional metabolic flux analysis techniques that were developed for systems at metabolic steady state. In this paper we review progress on flux analysis in CHO cells and techniques for dynamic metabolic flux analysis. Application of these new tools may allow identification of intracellular metabolic bottlenecks at specific stages in CHO cell cultures and eventually lead to novel strategies for improving CHO cell metabolism and optimizing biopharmaceutical process performance.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D006224	Cricetinae	A subfamily in the family MURIDAE, comprising the hamsters. Four of the more common genera are Cricetus, CRICETULUS; MESOCRICETUS; and PHODOPUS.	Cricetus,Hamsters,Hamster
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D016466	CHO Cells	CELL LINE derived from the ovary of the Chinese hamster, Cricetulus griseus (CRICETULUS). The species is a favorite for cytogenetic studies because of its small chromosome number. The cell line has provided model systems for the study of genetic alterations in cultured mammalian cells.	CHO Cell,Cell, CHO,Cells, CHO
D061249	Batch Cell Culture Techniques	Methods for cultivation of cells, usually on a large-scale, in a closed system for the purpose of producing cells or cellular products to harvest.	Batch Culture Techniques,Batch Culture,Continuous Batch Culture,Fed Batch Culture Techniques,Fed-Batch Culture,Fed-Batch Culture Techniques,Shake-Flask Culture,Batch Culture Technique,Batch Culture, Continuous,Batch Cultures,Batch Cultures, Continuous,Continuous Batch Cultures,Culture Technique, Batch,Culture Technique, Fed-Batch,Culture Techniques, Batch,Culture Techniques, Fed-Batch,Culture, Batch,Culture, Continuous Batch,Culture, Fed-Batch,Culture, Shake-Flask,Cultures, Batch,Cultures, Continuous Batch,Cultures, Fed-Batch,Cultures, Shake-Flask,Fed Batch Culture,Fed-Batch Culture Technique,Fed-Batch Cultures,Shake Flask Culture,Shake-Flask Cultures,Technique, Batch Culture,Technique, Fed-Batch Culture,Techniques, Batch Culture,Techniques, Fed-Batch Culture