The combination of BD Cell MAb medium with the CL-1000 flask is increasingly being used to generate a few hundred milligram
of antibody for early stage research projects. Cells are inoculated at 2 million per ml, and the antibody is harvested after
15 days or when the antibody concentration reaches above 10 mg ml
−1, whichever comes first. Currently, there is no means to scale up beyond this production level using this technology. In this
study, we evaluated hollow fiber technology as the scale up alternative. The hollow fiber system was run in batch mode to
mimic the method used for the CL-1000 with BD MAb medium. The FL-NS murine hybridoma cell line was simultaneously inoculated
at 2 million cells per ml in a CL-1000 and the Maximizer hollow fiber bioreactor system, a 21-fold theoretical scale up over
the CL-1000. The Maximizer produced 23-fold more antibody, very close to the expected theoretical amount. However, production
was complete after 9 days in the Maximizer, while the CL-1000 required the full 15 days for production. In summary, these
results demonstrate successful scale up of antibody production from the CL-1000 to a hollow fiber system.
Antibody - CL-1000 - Hollow fiber bioreactor - Hybridoma - Scale up
This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.