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Subcultivation of Vero cells grown in a proprietary animal component-free medium named IPT-AFM, on microcarriers, was studied. TrypLE Select, a non-animal-derived protease, was used as an alternative to trypsin for cell passaging. We first studied the effect of increasing concentrations of TrypLE Select toward cell growth and then studied the inactivation of the protease using either soybean trypsin inhibitor (STI) or the soy hydrolysate Hypep 1510, in six-well plates. Data showed that cell growth was impaired by residual level of TrypLE Select; STI was identified as an efficient agent to neutralize this effect. To restore cell growth and inactivate TrypLE Select, STI should be added to the medium at least at 0.2 g L−1. Cells were also grown in spinner flask on 2 g L−1 Cytodex1 in IPT-AFM. In these conditions, the cell detachment yield was equal to 78 ± 8 %. Furthermore, cells exhibited a typical growth profile when using the dislodged cells to seed a new culture. A cell detachment yield of 70 ± 19 % was also achieved when the cells were grown in a 2-L stirred bioreactor in IPT-AFM, on 3 g L−1 Cytodex1. This protocol can be of great interest to scale-up the process of Vero cells cultivation in IPT-AFM on Cytodex1 from one stirred bioreactor culture to another.
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We are grateful for Arno van der Ark and Tiny van der Velden from RIVM (Bilthoven, The Netherlands) for fruitful discussion. We also thank Sheffield-Bioscience for supplying the Hypeps.
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Rourou, S., Riahi, N., Majoul, S. et al. Development of an In Situ Detachment Protocol of Vero Cells Grown on Cytodex1 Microcarriers Under Animal Component-Free Conditions in Stirred Bioreactor. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 170, 1724–1737 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12010-013-0307-y
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