Immobilization can improve the stability of hybridoma antibody productivity in serum-free media.
Hybridoma cells (S3H5/gamma2bA2) were cultivated in spinner flasks with 1% serum media and serum-free media. Monoclonal antibody productivity was maintained in 1% serum media. However, cells in serum-free media showed a decrease in antibody productivity, and it completely disappeared in IMDM-based low protein medium. This loss of antibody productivity was not observed when the cells were immobilized in alginate beads. In fact, immobilization enhanced the specific MAb productivity.
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Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Herbert H. Dow Building, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA.
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