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Production of recombinant human acetylcholinesterase (AChE) by a high producer human embryonic kidney cell line (293) was evaluated by three main cell propagation systems; surface propagator, fixed-bed reactor and stirred microcarrier cultures. The recombinant cell line expresses AChE levels as high as 10–20 mg/l/day. System productivities in either the surface propagator (multitray system), or in the fixed-bed reactor (polyurethane macroporous sponges) were 4–8 mg AChE/l/day during a production period of 8 days. Similar productive rates, yet longer production periods (up to 22 days), were obtained in microcarrier (MC) cultures using either polystyrene beads (Biosilon); collagen-coated dextran beads (Cytodex-3); or gelatin macroporous beads (Cultispher-G). Best results were obtained in an aggregate cculture using cellulose beads charged with diethylaminoethyl (DEAE) groups, (Servacel), as carriers. In this culture, a system productivity of 6–10 mg/l/day was maintained for 28 days.
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Lazar, A., Reuveny, S., Kronman, C. et al. Evaluation of anchorage-dependent cell propagation systems for production of human acetylcholinesterase by recombinant 293 cells. Cytotechnology 13, 115–123 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00749938
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