Perfusion-Based Antibody Production in the Ambr® 250 Modular

The perfusion mode has become increasingly important in biopharmaceutical production in recent years. A bioreactor system used in many laboratories for the development of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) production processes is the Sartorius’ Ambr. 250 system. Vessels designed for perfusion mode are onl...

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Main Authors: Vivian Ott, Jan Ott, Andry D. Mannone, Regine Eibl
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Published: Swiss Chemical Society 2025-05-01
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description The perfusion mode has become increasingly important in biopharmaceutical production in recent years. A bioreactor system used in many laboratories for the development of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) production processes is the Sartorius’ Ambr. 250 system. Vessels designed for perfusion mode are only available for its high throughput version, while the modular version of the Ambr 250 is not designed for perfusion mode. In this study, perfusion processes for the production of a mAb with Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) cells were realized in the Ambr 250 Modular in combination with Repligen’s ATF 1 single-use device for the first time, to the authors’ knowledge. After testing a semi-perfusion setup in well plates and the Ambr 250, an N−1 perfusion process was developed to produce ultra-high cell densities of more than 150 Å~ 106 cells mL−1 for the inoculation of subsequent mAb production processes. In a second step, continuous mAb production was successfully realized over 23 days in a proof-of-concept experiment, achieving a volumetric productivity of 0.65 g L−1 d−1. The results of the N−1 and continuous perfusion processes were comparable to a 3 L HyPerformaTM Glass bioreactor (Thermo Scientific) with an ATF 2 (Repligen).
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spelling doaj-art-e8be6d345d1a4ab593dc04565a4cbe772025-08-20T03:55:24ZdeuSwiss Chemical SocietyCHIMIA0009-42932673-24242025-05-0179510.2533/chimia.2025.330Perfusion-Based Antibody Production in the Ambr® 250 ModularVivian Ott0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0208-3909Jan Ott1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2854-9604Andry D. Mannone2https://orcid.org/0009-0000-0264-8706Regine Eibl3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1840-8253ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences, School of Life Sciences and Facility Management, CH-8820 Wädenswil, SwitzerlandZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences, School of Life Sciences and Facility Management, CH-8820 Wädenswil, SwitzerlandZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences, School of Life Sciences and Facility Management, CH-8820 Wädenswil, SwitzerlandZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences, School of Life Sciences and Facility Management, CH-8820 Wädenswil, SwitzerlandThe perfusion mode has become increasingly important in biopharmaceutical production in recent years. A bioreactor system used in many laboratories for the development of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) production processes is the Sartorius’ Ambr. 250 system. Vessels designed for perfusion mode are only available for its high throughput version, while the modular version of the Ambr 250 is not designed for perfusion mode. In this study, perfusion processes for the production of a mAb with Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) cells were realized in the Ambr 250 Modular in combination with Repligen’s ATF 1 single-use device for the first time, to the authors’ knowledge. After testing a semi-perfusion setup in well plates and the Ambr 250, an N−1 perfusion process was developed to produce ultra-high cell densities of more than 150 Å~ 106 cells mL−1 for the inoculation of subsequent mAb production processes. In a second step, continuous mAb production was successfully realized over 23 days in a proof-of-concept experiment, achieving a volumetric productivity of 0.65 g L−1 d−1. The results of the N−1 and continuous perfusion processes were comparable to a 3 L HyPerformaTM Glass bioreactor (Thermo Scientific) with an ATF 2 (Repligen). https://www.chimia.ch/chimia/article/view/7518ATFCHO cellsContinuous perfusionN−1 perfusionScale-down model
spellingShingle Vivian Ott
Jan Ott
Andry D. Mannone
Regine Eibl
Perfusion-Based Antibody Production in the Ambr® 250 Modular
CHIMIA
ATF
CHO cells
Continuous perfusion
N−1 perfusion
Scale-down model
title Perfusion-Based Antibody Production in the Ambr® 250 Modular
title_full Perfusion-Based Antibody Production in the Ambr® 250 Modular
title_fullStr Perfusion-Based Antibody Production in the Ambr® 250 Modular
title_full_unstemmed Perfusion-Based Antibody Production in the Ambr® 250 Modular
title_short Perfusion-Based Antibody Production in the Ambr® 250 Modular
title_sort perfusion based antibody production in the ambr r 250 modular
topic ATF
CHO cells
Continuous perfusion
N−1 perfusion
Scale-down model
url https://www.chimia.ch/chimia/article/view/7518
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