title: Effect of Bcl-2 overexpression on cell cycle and antibody productivity in chemostat cultures of myeloma NS0 cells.
abstract: Chemostat cultures of NS0 cell lines were carried out at dilution rates ranging from 0.8 d(-1) to 0.2 d(-1). Compared with the control, the viable cell density of the Bcl-2 cell line was approximately 10% higher at 0.8 d(-1) and increased to 55% when the dilution rate was reduced to 0.2 d(-1). As the dilution rate was reduced, the viability of the two cultures diverged reaching a difference of 43% at 0.2 d(-1). The specific growth rate of the control cells was the same as the dilution rate down to a value of 0.6 d(-1). By contrast, the specific growth rate of Bcl-2 cells was parallel to the dilution rate down to a value as low as 0.3 d(-1). For both NS0 cell lines, the G1 cell population decreased, while the S and G2/M cell populations increased as the dilution rate was reduced. The antibody titer of the control cells increased from 7 to 21 microg.ml(-1) as the dilution rate was reduced from 0.8 to 0.2 d(-1). With an initial increase from 2 to 15 microg.ml(-1) as the dilution rate was reduced from 0.8 to 0.4 d(-1), the antibody titer of the Bcl-2 cells remained constant as the dilution rate was further reduced to 0.2 d(-1). A good correlation between specific antibody production rate and the percentage of G2/M cells was observed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia. btey@eng.upm.edu.my
authors.forename: Beng Ti
authors.initials: BT
authors.lastname: Tey
authors.forename: Mohamed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Al-Rubeai
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D019149:Bioreactors; D001709:Biotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D002453:Cell Cycle; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D006825:Hybridomas / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D009101:Multiple Myeloma; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D015533:Transcriptional Activation; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2