Biotechnology Bulletin ›› 2020, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (10): 62-71.doi: 10.13560/j.cnki.biotech.bull.1985.2020-0343

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Development and Optimization of Serum-Free Medium for High-density Culture of Suspended BHK-21 Cells and High-yield of FMD Virus

CHEN Min1(), LIU Xu-ping1, ZHAO Liang2   

  1. 1. Shanghai Bioengine Biotechnology Co. Ltd.,Shanghai 201203
    2. State Key Laboratory of Bioreacter Engineering,East China University of Science and Technology,Shanghai 200237
  • Received:2020-03-27 Online:2020-10-26 Published:2020-11-02

Abstract:

Based on the high-density suspension culture of BHK-21 cells,this study is to optimize the serum-free medium in order to improve proliferation of the BHK-21 cells and amplification of foot-and-mouth virus(FMDV). Firstly,the key nutrients in the serum-free medium were determined based on the metabolic characteristics and dynamics analysis of the BHK-21 cells. Then,the composition of the medium was optimized. Finally,the growth and FMDV-producing ability of the BHK-21 cells between before and after the optimization were compared and verified in bio-reactor. The maximum viable cell density reached 1.78×107 cells/mL during batch culturing of the BHK-21 cells in optimized serum-free medium(Opt-SFM),and the situation of accumulating metabolic by-products was improved. Compared with non-optimized medium containing 1%(V/V)serum, TCID50 of the produced FMDV in the Opt-SFM showed a similar level at 7.25 lgTCID50/0.1 mL,while the yield of 146s particals increased by 50.7% to 15.6 g/mL. In conclusion,based on the requirements of cell growth and metabolic characteristics,optimizing nutrients and reducing metabolic by-products accumulation may effectively eliminate “cell density effect” and achieve ultra-high cell density and high yield of foot-and-mouth virus.

Key words: BHK-21 suspended cells, serum-free medium, high-density cell culture, high yield of foot-and-mouth virus