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BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING
Volume 104, Issue 2, Pages 360-370Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/bit.22405
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mammalian cells; shear response; apoptosis; necrosis; steady simple shear flow; oscillating extensional flow
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- Foundation Claude et Giuliana [85376-02]
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In this work we investigated whether the type of shear flow, to which cells are exposed, influences the initiation of cell death. It is shown that mammalian cells, indeed, distinguish between discrete types of flow and respond differently. Two flow devices were employed to impose accurate hydrodynamic flow fields: uniform steady simple shear flow and oscillating extensional flow. To distinguish between necrotic and apoptotic cell death, fluorescence activated cell sorting and the release of DNA in the culture Supernatant was used. Results show that Chinese Hamster Ovaries and Human Embryonic Kidney cells will enter the apoptotic pathway when subjected to low levels of hydrodynamic stress (around 2.0 Pa) in oscillating, extensional flow. In contrast, necrotic death prevails when the cells are exposed to hydrodynamic stresses around 1.0 Pa in simple shear flow or around 500 Pa in extensional flow. These threshold values at which cells enter the respective death pathway should be avoided when culturing cells for recombinant protein production to enhance culture longevity and productivity. Biotechnol. Bioeng. 2009;104: 360-370. (C) 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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