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BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING
Volume 102, Issue 1, Pages 161-167Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/bit.22030
Keywords
process analytical technology; PAT; Bordetella pertussis; vaccine; cultivation; biopharmaceutical; DNA microarray; virulence; oxygen limitation; dissolved oxygen concentration
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- Senter Novem,The Netherlands [TSGE3067]
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Modern (bio)pharmaceutical process development requires thorough investigation of all process parameters that are critical to product. quality. The impact of a disturbance of such a parameter during processing needs to be known so that a rational decision can be made about the release of the product. In cultivation processes the dissolved oxygen (DO) concentration is generally accepted as being a critical parameter. In this article the impact of a 90 min period of oxygen limitation during the cultivation of the strictly aerobic Bordetella pertussis bacterium is investigated. The cultivation is the most important process step for the Manufacturing of a vaccine against whooping cough disease. Samples were taken immediately before and after oxygen limitation and it the end of cultivation of four oxygen limited and three control cultivations. DNA microarray analysis of the full transcriptome of the B. pertussis bacterium revealed that a 90 min period of oxygen limitation has a substantial effect on overall gene expression patterns. In total 104 genes were identified as a significant hit at any of the sample points, of which 58 were directly related to oxygen limitation. The other genes were mainly affected towards the end of cultivation. Of all genes involved in oxygen limitation none were identified to show a significant difference between the oxygen limited and control cultivations at the end of the batch. This indicates a fully reversible effect of oxygen limitation on gene expression. This finding has implications for the risk assessment of dissolved oxygen concentration as a critical process parameter. Biotechnol. Bioeng. 2009,102: 161-167. (C) 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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