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To determine the influence of the inoculum age on the kinetics of hybridoma growth and metabolism, spinner flasks have been inoculated with cells previously propagated in T flasks for 43, 52, 62 and 71 hr respectively. Increasing the age of the inoculum is found to result in a longer lag phase, in a lower maximum specific growth rate and in a reduced maximal cell density. During the growth phase specific rates of glucose and glutamine uptake and of ammonia and lactate production are similar. However, with the older inoculum, much higher metabolic activities are observed during the lag phase. The production of antibodies is delayed with increasing inoculum age, but the final antibody concentrations are similar, which indicates a higher specific antibody production rate when inoculating with older cells.
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Martial, A., Dardenne, M., Engasser, JM. et al. Influence of inoculum age on hybridoma culture kinetics. Cytotechnology 5, 165–171 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00365433
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00365433