EP3833733A1 - Bioreactor with filter unit and method for treating a cell broth - Google Patents
Bioreactor with filter unit and method for treating a cell brothInfo
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Definitions
- the present invention relates to a bioreactor with a filter unit and a method for treating a cell broth.
- the present invention is therefore based on the object of providing a method for treating a cell broth which is suitable for continuous process control and is intended to protect the cells contained in the broth, and a bioreactor which is intended to be suitable for carrying out this method.
- the present invention relates to a bioreactor with a filter unit, the bioreactor having an interior and the filter unit arranged at least one supply channel, at least one first filter medium, at least one retentate channel, at least one second filter medium and at least one permeate channel such that the first filter medium delimits the supply channel and the retentate channel from one another and the second filter medium delimits the retentate channel and the permeate channel from one another, the supply channel being fluidly connected to at least one inlet for a supply medium, the retentate channel being fluidly connected to at least one inlet for a cell broth and with at least one outlet for the cell broth is connected, the permeate channel is fluidly connected to at least one outlet for a permeate, and the interior of the reactor is fluidly connected to the inlet for the cell broth and the outlet for the cell broth is connected.
- Both cell broth and supply medium can be added continuously in the filter unit of the bioreactor according to the invention, so that the bioreactor can be operated continuously.
- the bioreactor according to the invention enables efficient and economical process control.
- the invention leads in particular to a reduction in process times and the outlay on equipment.
- dead zones areas in which part of the cell broth settles over a long period of time
- the bioreactor according to the invention enables the integration of several steps (e.g. supplying fresh supply medium and separating products from the cell broth or separating a part of the cells (fractionation of the cells)) into a single step.
- a cell broth can contain, for example, cells and a culture medium, proteins, nucleotides, metabolic products of the cells and / or decay products of the cells. According to the present invention, the cell broth preferably contains a culture medium.
- cells include those that originate from humans, animals, plants, fungi, algae and bacteria, but also viruses.
- a culture medium is generally referred to as a nutrient medium which is used for the cultivation of cells.
- the culture medium is preferably an aqueous culture medium.
- a fluid is understood to mean a liquid or gaseous mixture or a liquid or gaseous compound.
- a washing buffer is a fluid.
- a culture medium or its liquid or gaseous components can also be a fluid.
- a “bioreactor” is understood to mean a reactor in the interior of which a cell broth can be cultivated.
- the interior can be closed, with “closed” in this context meaning that there is no free exchange of materials with the surroundings.
- the interior of the bioreactor can also be open.
- the interior is preferably closed.
- the filter unit is a flat filter, wound or hollow fiber module, a flat filter module being preferred. If the filter unit is designed as a flat filter module, the first filter medium and the second filter medium have a flat shape.
- the term "flat" indicates that the respective filter medium (filter material) is essentially on a single level. All filter media are preferably essentially in planes that are largely parallel to one another.
- the filter media suitable according to the invention are not subject to any particular restriction and can be, for example, ceramic membranes, nonwovens and polymer membranes.
- the filter unit can be arranged inside or outside the interior. According to a preferred embodiment, the filter unit is arranged within the interior of the bioreactor.
- an arrangement within the interior does not require any additional / separate measures, for example for tempering the cell broth or the supply medium supplied, or the like. Another advantage of this arrangement is that the space requirement is reduced.
- the bioreactor When the filter unit is arranged in the interior of the bioreactor, the bioreactor preferably has an external connection (16) for the supply medium. Supply medium can be supplied to the supply channel from the outside via the connection (16).
- the filter unit is arranged outside the bioreactor.
- a bioreactor with this structure is easier and faster to manufacture, so that a wide range of possible uses are available with great flexibility.
- This arrangement is also particularly suitable for repeated use (re-use).
- Another advantage is that a bioreactor with this arrangement has a low complexity.
- the inlet for the supply medium is fluidly connected to a pump for the supply medium and / or the inlet for the cell broth is fluidly connected to a pump for the cell broth.
- supply medium and / or cell broth can be added in a controlled manner.
- pumps are generally centrifugal or positive displacement pumps such as peristaltic pumps, diaphragm pumps and piston pumps.
- a pressurized container for example a bioreactor in the case of the inlet for the cell broth
- a means for generating heavy pressure can be fluid-conducting at inlets or outlets that can be connected to a pump in a fluid-conducting manner be connected to the inlet or outlet. This can also initiate and control the flow speed at inlets and outlets.
- the outlet for the cell broth has a valve or a pump.
- the valve or the pump can be used to set the filtration pressure within the retentate channel and thus the volume flow through the second filter medium.
- the outlet for the permeate has a valve. This allows the permeate outlet to be closed.
- the permeate outlet has a pump.
- the amount of permeate liquid discharged can be regulated by the pump (or the valve).
- the discharged amount can be adjusted, for example, depending on the target substance or contaminant concentration.
- a reversal of the permeate flow can be generated by a pump connected to the permeate outlet, as a result of which blocking of the filter medium can be counteracted and a cover layer that may have been created can be removed.
- the first and second filter media are suitable for filtering the supply medium and the cell broth.
- the first and second filter media are at least partially permeable to the supply medium and the cell broth.
- At least the second filter medium is not permeable to the cells contained in the cell broth. Because of this and due to the direction of flow of the supply medium (see FIGS. 1 and 2) prevents cells from getting into the adjacent channels (permeate channel and supply channel) from the retentate channel.
- the first filter medium is also preferably not permeable to the cells contained in the cell broth.
- the second filter medium is at least partially permeable to the cells and / or cell fragments contained in the cell broth.
- the cells can be fractionated using the filter unit of the bioreactor according to the invention.
- the first filter medium is preferably also not permeable to the cells contained in the cell broth.
- the first filter medium and the second filter medium preferably each have a pore size of 0.001 gm to 1 mm, particularly preferably 0.005 gm to 10 gm.
- “independent of one another” means that the first and second filter media are not the same pore size and / or must have material properties.
- capillary flow porometry is used according to the invention for pore sizes of at least 0.1 gm, ie for microfiltration membranes with an average pore size of 0.1 to 10 gm.
- This is a gas / liquid porosimetry in which the differential gas pressures and flow rates through a membrane sample are measured first in the moist and then in the dry state. Before the measurement, the membrane sample is brought into contact with a wetting liquid in such a way that all existing pores are filled with this liquid. After filling the pores and inserting the sample, the measuring cell must be closed and the measurement started. The gas pressure is automatically and gradually increased after the start of the measurement and the pore diameters corresponding to the applied pressure are emptied by the gas pressure.
- the method based on image analysis described in Journal of Membrane Science 372 (2011), pages 66 to 74, can be used to determine pore sizes of more than 10 pm to 1 mm.
- the liquid-liquid displacement method is used according to the invention. This shows similarities to capillary flow porometry. However, it is not the gas flow rates that are measured here, but the flow rates of the displacing liquid as a function of the differential pressure increase (see also R. Dävila, “Characterization of ultra and nanofiltration commercial filters by liquid-liquid displacement porosimetry”, 2013).
- cell broth and retentate can be used interchangeably for the mixture in the retentate channel.
- the first filter medium is a first filtration membrane.
- the second filter medium is preferably a second filtration membrane.
- the first filter medium is particularly preferably a first filtration membrane and the second filter medium is a second filtration membrane.
- the filtration membranes can consist, for example, of polyvinylidene fluoride, cellulose and its derivatives, polyether sulfone (PES) or polysulfone, with crosslinked cellulose hydrate being particularly preferred.
- the inlet for the cell broth is preferably located in a first edge area of the filter unit and the outlet for the cell broth in a second edge area of the filter unit, which is the first Edge area opposite, attached.
- This arrangement defines a largely uniform flow direction of the cell broth from the inlet as the starting point to the outlet as the end point.
- the direction of flow of the cell broth is thus largely parallel to the flow path along the filter medium, that is to say essentially without deflections, as a result of which a stable and reliable flow of the cell broth through the filter unit can be ensured.
- the largely linear flow without deflections, loops or the like minimizes the pressure drop in the filter unit and undesirable effects of non-linear flows on target substances contained in the cell broth and in particular on the cells.
- the inlet for the supply medium is located in the first edge region of the filter unit.
- the outlet for the permeate is attached in the second edge area of the filter unit.
- at least one outlet for the permeate is in each case attached in the first and in the second edge region of the filter unit.
- the outlets for the permeate are alternatively or additionally attached in the third and / or fourth edge area of the filter unit.
- the third edge area is located on the left side of the flow direction when the filter unit is viewed from the top of the supply duct.
- the fourth edge area is accordingly on the right side and is therefore opposite the third edge area.
- the first edge region preferably comprises the outer third of the length of the filtration unit against the flow direction.
- the second edge region comprises the outer third of the length of the filtration unit along the flow direction.
- the edge regions therefore particularly preferably comprise the respective outer 20%, even more preferably the respective outer 10% and most preferably the respective outer 3%.
- the attachment of the inlets and outlets can be arranged such that the cell broth already enters the retentate channel in the flow direction and leaves it in the flow direction.
- the outlet for the permeate can be arranged in such a way that the permeate leaves the permeate channel in the flow direction and / or the inlet for the supply medium can be arranged in such a way that it enters the supply channel in the flow direction.
- the inlets and outlets are preferably arranged such that the supply medium enters the supply channel perpendicular to the direction of flow and the cell broth first enters the retentate channel perpendicular to the direction of flow and leaves it perpendicular to the direction of flow.
- Such an attachment of the inlets and outlets facilitates the arrangement of a plurality of the filtration units to form a filter cassette.
- the filter unit preferably has a plurality of inlets for the cell broth, a plurality of outlets for the cell broth and a plurality of outlets for the permeate.
- the filter unit is a flat filter module, the inlet for the supply medium and the inlet for the cell broth being arranged in a region in the middle of the filter unit, so that the first and the second filter medium in a direction away from the region in the middle are overflowed by the supply medium or the cell broth.
- the first and the second filter medium are preferably disk-shaped, so that the first and second filter media are used uniformly.
- the free volume of the supply channel and / or the retentate channel decreases in the flow direction from the inlet for the cell broth to the outlet for the cell broth. Due to the decreasing volume / volumes, the filter unit has a low pressure loss and an essentially deflection-free flow path of the supply medium and the cell broth. This makes it possible to increase the area performance of the filter unit and to operate the filter unit in "single-pass" mode (there is only one pass of the cell broth without circulation).
- the decrease in the free volume along the flow direction is realized by the width of the supply channel and / or the width of the retentate channel decreasing / decreasing in the flow direction.
- the width runs along the first filter material and perpendicular to the direction of flow.
- the width of the entire filter unit particularly preferably decreases in the flow direction.
- the retentate channel or the filter unit is preferably trapezoidal along a normal to the plane in which the first filter material lies.
- the trapezoid basic shape of the supply channel and / or the retentate channel or the filter unit can be unequal legs, for example right angles, and is preferably isosceles.
- the height of the supply channel and / or the retentate channel or the filter unit can decrease in the flow direction.
- the supply channel and / or the retentate channel can be designed in a wedge shape.
- the height of the supply channel and / or the retentate channel or the filter unit runs perpendicular to the first filter material and perpendicular to the direction of flow.
- the filter unit preferably has a length of at least 50 mm, preferably at least 150 mm, particularly preferably 500 mm, particularly preferably 750 mm or more.
- the free volume of the permeate channel changes in the flow direction.
- the free volume of the permeate channel particularly preferably decreases in the flow direction.
- the outer dimensions of the filter unit which is preferably designed as a filtration cassette, can be retained.
- the explanations for the design of the retentate channel apply accordingly to the permeate channel and vice versa.
- Free volume decreasing in the direction of flow means that a cross-sectional area Ai through which the supply medium or cell broth can flow and which lies in a plane that has a normal running parallel to the direction of flow, and a corresponding cross-sectional area kz that is parallel to Ai and is further away from the inlet for the supply medium or cell broth than Ai, the area Ai through which the supply medium or cell broth can flow being greater than kz, and there are no correspondingly defined levels Ai 'and kz' for which the Area of Ai 'is smaller than that of kz'.
- the decrease in the free volume can be continuous (for all Ai and kz Ai> A2 applies) or continuous (for all Ai and kz applies Ai> kz). It is also possible that the decrease in volume is discontinuous, that is to say that there is at least one discontinuous drop or jump in the cross-sectional area along the flow direction.
- the change in the free volume of the retentate channel in the flow direction is preferably in the range from 20 to 1 to 1.2 to 1, preferably 10 to 1, depending on the filtration task.
- the “change in the free volume of the retentate channel in the flow direction” means the ratio of the cross-sectional area Ai at the inlet for the cell broth to the cross-sectional area kz at the outlet for the cell broth.
- the thickness of the supply channel and / or the thickness of the retentate channel and possibly the thickness of the permeate channel decrease / decrease in the flow direction.
- the supply channel, the retentate channel and the permeate channel are usually kept open by spacers.
- Suitable spacers for filter units are known in the prior art and can be used in the supply channel, retentate channel and / or permeate channel of the filter unit of the bioreactor according to the invention.
- the spacers are preferably modified according to the invention in such a way that their volume increases in the direction of flow in order to achieve a decrease in volume of the free volume available for the supply medium or the cell broth.
- Preferred spacers can be textile materials made of organic or non-organic materials, such as woven fabrics, knitted fabrics, nonwovens or extruded nets.
- the spacer can advantageously be a non-flat plate.
- the non-flat plate can be a plate that has at least one non-flat main surface.
- the main surfaces of a plate are the opposing surfaces with the largest area.
- the at least one non-flat main surface can have unevenness in the form of a corrugated or serrated surface.
- the uneven surface can have protruding elements such as cones (stumps), pyramids (stumps), knobs or other geometrical figures.
- the non-flat plate can also be in a corrugated or serrated shape similar to a corrugated sheet, the waves or serrations preferably extending parallel to the direction of flow. Suitable materials for the non-flat plate are the same as listed below for spacers in the form of an open mesh matrix.
- the spacer consists of an open-mesh matrix or of an extruded mesh.
- Spacers of this type are known in the prior art and have been described, for example, in the publication of German patent application DE 100 22 259 A1.
- the spacers are preferably modified according to the invention in such a way that their volume increases in the direction of flow in order to decrease the volume of the free volume available for the supply medium or the cell broth achieve.
- conventional spacers can also be installed in the filter unit according to the invention, for example in the permeate channel and / or in the supply channel or in all channels of the filter unit with a width that decreases in the flow direction.
- a decreasing width can be achieved, for example, by a trapezoidal configuration of the channels or the filter unit.
- the mesh size of the open-mesh matrix or of the extruded network can decrease in the flow direction in order to achieve a decrease in the free volume along the flow direction.
- the number of stitches at the inlet for the supply medium or at the inlet for the cell broth is 5 / cm to 15 / cm, in the middle between the inlet for the supply medium or the inlet for the cell broth and the outlet for the cell broth 10 / cm to 30 / cm and at the outlet for the cell broth 20 / cm to 40 / cm.
- the open-mesh matrix or the extruded network can be made up of intersecting longitudinal and transverse threads and the number and / or thickness of the longitudinal and / or transverse threads increase in the direction of flow.
- the open-mesh matrix preferably consists of an organic polymer such as, for example, polypropylene, polyethylene, polyester, polyvinyl chloride or polyvinylidene fluoride or blends thereof. It is also possible that the open-mesh matrix is made up of fibers of different types of polymers.
- several layers of textile materials are arranged one above the other in the retentate channel in such a way that the free channel volume decreases in the direction of flow.
- This can be achieved, for example, in that the layers arranged one above the other start offset in the direction of flow.
- the layers arranged one above the other preferably extend to the second edge region.
- an increasing volume of the textile materials is used in the retentate channel in the flow direction, so that the free volume decreases in the flow direction.
- the textile materials such as fabrics, knitted fabrics, or nonwovens extruded nets can consist of organic or non-organic materials.
- the retentate channel is delimited by a first filter material and a second filter material.
- the supply channel is limited by at least a first filter material.
- the permeate channel is limited by at least a second filter material.
- a supply channel and a permeate channel are adjacent to a retentate channel.
- the filter unit of the biorector according to the invention preferably consists of a plurality of stacked arrangements of supply channel, first filter material, retentate channel, second filter material, permeate channel, second filter material, retentate channel and first filter material, preferably closed by a further supply channel, so that the stacked arrangements are combined to form a filter cassette are. Suitable configurations for filter cartridges are known in the prior art.
- Each supply channel of these arrangements is preferably delimited on both sides by a filter material, which corresponds to the first filter material, from two retentate channels. Accordingly, each permeate channel of these arrangements is preferably delimited on both sides by two filter material, which corresponds to the second filter material, from two retentate channels.
- the first filter media and second filter media can each be different from one another. This means that fundamentally different first filter media and different second filter media can be used.
- First filter media of the same type and / or second filter media of the same type are preferably used.
- the first and second filter media independently of one another each have a largely uniform thickness of preferably 50 pm to 10000 pm, particularly preferably 150 pm to 1000 pm.
- the supply channel is limited by the first filter material and the further one Limitation of the supply channel and / or the limits of the retentate channel through the first and second filter material do not run parallel to one another, the free volume of the supply channel and / or the retentate channel can be designed in a wedge shape so that the free volume decreases in the direction of flow.
- the supply channel, the retentate channel and the permeate channel are particularly preferably delimited on both sides by largely parallel surfaces.
- the present invention relates to a method for treating a cell broth, comprising the steps (A) providing a filter unit, the filter unit comprising at least one supply channel, at least one first filter medium, at least one retentate channel, at least one second filter medium and at least one permeate channel, arranged in such a way that the first filter medium delimits the supply channel and the retentate channel and the second filter medium delimits the retentate channel and the permeate channel, the supply channel being fluidly connected to at least one inlet for a supply medium, the retentate channel being fluidly connected to at least one inlet for the cell broth and is connected to at least one outlet for the cell broth, the permeate channel is fluidly connected to at least one outlet for a permeate; (B) feeding the supply medium into the supply medium inlet; (C) feeding the cell
- the supply medium is not subject to any particular restriction and can be a Be fluid or a suspension.
- the supply medium preferably contains water and optionally a gaseous fluid.
- gaseous fluids suitable according to the invention are oxygen, nitrogen, air and noble gases such as argon.
- the supply medium is particularly preferably an aqueous suspension or an aqueous solution.
- Concrete exemplary embodiments of the supply medium are aqueous culture media (nutrient solution), (washing) buffer solutions, water, which, if appropriate, can be demineralized or distilled.
- the treatment of the cell broth comprises washing the cells, adding or changing a culture medium, changing the concentration of the cells in the cell broth, fractionating the cells and / or gassing the cells.
- the treatment is particularly preferably a washing of the cells (cell washing).
- Cell washing means that at least one component of the cell broth, apart from the cells, is at least partially removed.
- a cell broth which contains a culture medium and (biological) cells and metabolic products of the cells and / or contaminants can be at least partially freed from the metabolic products and / or the contaminants.
- the culture medium of the cell broth fed in step (C) is at least partially replaced by the supply medium.
- the metabolic products of the cells and / or the impurities leave the filter unit as components of the permeate.
- the supply medium is preferably a washing liquid such as a washing buffer solution (e.g.
- the supply medium can also be a nutrient medium.
- a stabilizing buffer solution e.g. sodium phosphate, citrate, acetate buffer
- the supply medium can also be a nutrient medium.
- the metabolic products include both undesired or unnecessary metabolic products as well as desired metabolic products produced by the cells.
- a desired metabolic product of the cells can be, for example, an active pharmaceutical ingredient.
- the bioreactor according to the invention with filter unit described above is provided in step (A); in step (C) the cell broth is fed from the interior of the bioreactor into the inlet for the cell broth; and in step (D) the cell broth is discharged from the outlet for the cell broth into the interior of the bioreactor.
- the ratio of the volume flow of the supply medium supplied in step (B) to the volume flow of the cell broth supplied in step (C) the ratio of the number of cells in the permeate to the number in the case of fractionation of the cells at a constant volume flow at the outlet for the cell broth of cells that remain in the cell broth (degree of separation).
- the exchange ratio of the cell broth (volume fraction of the supplied cell broth which is replaced by the supply medium) can be set via the above volume flow ratio.
- the ratio of the volume flow of the supply medium supplied in step (B) to the volume flow of the cell broth supplied in step (C) is preferably 1:10 to 10: 1.
- the concentration of the cells in the discharged cell broth can be adjusted by adjusting the ratio of the volume flow of the cell broth supplied in step (C) to the volume flow of the cell broth discharged in step (D).
- the method according to the invention thus enables a decrease and an increase in the cell concentration in the discharged cell broth.
- the ratio of the volume flow of the cell broth fed in step (C) to the volume flow of the cell broth discharged in step (D) is 1:10 to 10: 1.
- the concentration of the cell broth discharged in step (D) is preferably 2 to 10 times the concentration of the cell broth fed in step (C).
- the method according to the invention further comprises step (C) of feeding the cell broth into the outlet for the cell broth and step (D ') of removing the cell broth from the inlet for the cell broth.
- This flow reversal can be carried out, for example, by one or two pumps, connected in a fluid-conducting manner to the inlet for the cell broth and / or the outlet for the cell broth.
- the reversal of the flow direction through the preferred steps (C) and (D ') can advantageously lead to the removal of a lead the second filter medium (5) or first filter medium formed top layer. Blocking of the second filter medium (5) can thereby be avoided or reversed.
- a reversal can be repeated as required, ie steps (C) and (D 1 ) can be repeated.
- a pump connected to the permeate outlet can reverse the permeate flow and thus also reverse the flow through the second filter medium (5). This can also counteract blocking of the second filter medium (5) and remove a cover layer that may have formed thereon.
- different supply media can be supplied in step (B) at different times.
- the composition of the supply medium supplied in step (B) can vary over time.
- a first supply medium eg fresh culture medium
- a second supply medium eg a washing buffer
- the outlet for the permeate is preferably closed so that no added culture medium is lost.
- washing buffer is added again as the supply medium, the permeate channel can be opened again for the purpose of cell washing.
- the supply medium is supplied at a pressure of 0.1 to 4 bar.
- the supply medium is particularly preferably supplied at a pressure which is greater than the retentate outlet pressure.
- the pressure between the retentate channel and the permeate channel is preferably 0.1 to 1.5 bar.
- the method according to the invention is preferably operated continuously, that is to say with constant / continuous addition of the supply medium and the cell broth, as a result of which a particularly efficient and economical method for treating a cell broth can be provided.
- a “continuous” process for treating a cell broth is understood to mean a process in which both the supply medium and the cell broth are added continuously.
- a plurality of filter units which are independent of one another are provided in step (A) and are connected in series in such a way that the outlet for the cell broth of the respective upstream filter unit is fluidly connected to the inlet for the cell broth of a downstream filter unit.
- the cell broth is also fed in step (C) into the inlet for the cell broth of that filter unit which is not preceded by another filter unit (first filter unit), and in step (D) the cell broth is fed out of the outlet for the cell broth of that filter unit, which is not followed by another filter unit (last filter unit).
- the cell broth thus passes through the filter units connected in series from the first to the last.
- the supply medium is fed separately to each of the filter units connected in series. Although it is possible to use different types of supply media, it is preferred to supply the same supply medium to each of the filter units.
- Each of the filter units connected in series, as described above, is preferably in the form of a filter cassette.
- a plurality of filter units according to the invention which are independent of one another are provided in step (A) and connected in parallel. Parallel and series connection can be combined.
- the retentate (cell broth) removed in step (D) is at least partially returned directly to the inlet for the cell broth.
- An improved result of the method can be achieved by a circulation process, if a single pass through the filter unit is not sufficient.
- the supply medium and the permeate are removed without recirculation. If several filter units are connected in series, basically every retentate stream can be returned to every inlet for the cell broth.
- the cell broth of each individual filter unit is preferably returned to the inlet for the cell broth of the same filter unit.
- the process according to the invention is preferably operated under the following conditions:
- PEVK 2 PER
- PEVK is the pressure at which the supply medium is added
- PER is the retentate inlet pressure, i. H. the pressure at which the cell broth is added to the filtration device,
- VAR is the volume flow of the discharged cell broth
- VEVK is the volume flow of the supply medium
- VER is the volume flow of the supplied cell broth
- k is the so-called concentration factor.
- At least one further filter unit (20 ') is connected in a fluid-conducting manner to the aforementioned filter unit (13, 20) via the permeate outlet (25) (see FIG. 6). Otherwise, the statements relating to the filter unit (13, 20) apply accordingly to the at least one further filter unit (20 ').
- the permeate (36) removed in step (E) in the process according to the invention can be worked up in the at least one further filter unit (20 ').
- the at least one further filter unit (20 ') is operated in accordance with the filter unit (13, 20).
- a pore size is particularly preferably selected for the filter media used for the at least one further filter unit (20 ') in which one or more target substances (product) contained in the permeate (36) from the filter unit (13, 20) are / are from the inlet for the retentate of the at least one further filter unit (20 ', corresponds to the inlet (7) for the cell broth of the filter unit (13, 20)) via the retentate channel to the outlet for the retentate (23') of the at least one further filter unit (20 ', corresponds to the outlet (8, 15, 23) for the cell broth of the filter unit (13, 20)).
- the at least one target substance preferably remains in the retentate of the filter unit (20 ').
- the supply channel of the at least one further filter unit (20 ') is fluidly connected to at least one inlet for a further supply medium.
- a buffer solution is preferably used as the supply medium.
- the at least one further filter unit (20 ') can in particular be used to remove / separate remaining constituents (eg residues of a culture medium) from the permeate (36) from the first filter unit (13, 20).
- FIGS. 1 to 4 schematically show preferred embodiments of the method according to the invention for treating a cell broth or a (filter unit of a) preferred embodiment (s) of the bioreactor according to the invention, material flows or flow directions being indicated by arrows.
- the second filter medium holds back the cells (10) and allows impurities (1 1) to pass through, so that the cell broth leaves the retentate channel (1) cleaned.
- the cell broth is fed into the filter unit via the inlet (7) to the retentate channel (1).
- a fluid (liquid / gas) is pumped into the filter unit via the inlet (6) to the supply channel (2).
- the fluid (supply medium) is introduced into the retentate channel (1) via a pressure gradient; at the same time, a filtration into the permeate channel (3) takes place via the pressure gradient between the retentate channel (1) and the permeate channel (3).
- the pressure gradient can be controlled, for example, via a valve or a pump at the outlet (8) of the retentate channel.
- the cells (10) are retained and do not pass through the second filter medium.
- Smaller molecules such as proteins, on the other hand, pass through the filter medium.
- Smaller components components of the cell broth and the supply medium which can pass through the second filter material
- the permeate outlet (9) are discharged via the permeate outlet (9).
- the concentration of smaller components in the cell broth / in the retentate decreases accordingly towards the retentate outlet (8).
- FIGS 3 and 4 show preferred embodiments of the present invention.
- FIG. 5 shows an exploded view of a possible construction of a filter unit suitable for the bioreactor (12) according to the invention and the method according to the invention with flat first filter medium (4) and flat second filter medium (5), the flows of supply medium (38), cell broth (34, 40) and permeate (36) are illustrated by arrows.
- the supply channel (2), the retentate channel (1) and the permeate channel (3) are kept open by spacers (32) for the supply medium (38), cell broth (34, 40) and permeate (36).
- the components of the filter unit are shifted against each other for better visibility.
- the components / layers of this embodiment are arranged one above the other in such a way that the holes (through openings) form channels in the edge regions.
- FIG. 6 shows a preferred embodiment of the present invention, wherein at least one further filter unit (20 ') is connected to the filter unit (20) in a fluid-conducting manner via the permeate outlet (25).
- the filter unit (13) is located inside the interior of the bioreactor (12).
- the filter unit (20) is located outside the interior of a tank (19).
- Filter unit integrated in a bioreactor for the production of monoclonal antibodies and culture medium exchange
- FIG. 3 This preferred embodiment is shown in FIG. 3.
- the cell broth (34, 40) in the bioreactor (12) is fed via a pump (14) into the retentate channel (1) of the filter unit (13) and leaves it again directly into the perfusion bioreactor (12) via the retentate outlet (15) ,
- the cells (10) only pass through the retentate channel (1) without reaching the supply or permeate channel (3).
- the product and contaminants pass through the filter medium into the permeate channel (3).
- Culture medium and / or wash buffer are / are supplied via a connection (16) to the perfusion biorector.
- the process control also enables the change of the supplied media in different phases via connection (16).
- the permeate outlet (18) can be closed, e.g. B. in the phase of supplying fresh culture medium.
- the permeate outlet (18) is opened again and washing buffer is added.
- the filtration pressure is set via a valve (17) or a pump (not shown in FIG. 3) at the outlet (15) of the retentate channel.
- Product and contaminants are derived via the permeate outlet (18) for further processing.
- the retentate channel (1) of the filter unit (20) is connected to a tank (19) containing a cell broth by a pump (21).
- the cell broth from the tank (19) is the
- Retentate channel (1) fed to the filter unit (20). Via a valve (22) or a pump (not shown in FIG. 4) at the outlet of the retentate channel (23), the filtration pressure is set and the volume flow at the outlet (23) is regulated in relation to the input volume flow.
- a solution is supplied to the supply channel (2) as a supply medium (38) via the connection (24). Contaminants and most of the solution are removed via the permeate outlet (25).
- cells (10) in the retentate can be fed to the next step or a further tank or can be returned to the original tank (19).
- the cell broth is preferably concentrated 2 to 10 times.
- FIGS. 1 and 2 Cell washing of a yeast cell suspension with bovine serum albumin as product.
- the underlying experimental setup is shown in FIGS. 1 and 2.
- a membrane made of PES with a pore size of 0.1 miti was used as the first (4) and second (5) filter medium.
- the membrane area was 0.216 m 2 in each case.
- a cell broth (30 g / L baker's yeast, 10.6 g / L bovine serum albumin (protein) and 0.9% NaCl solution in water) was fed into the inlet (7).
- Tap water was fed into the supply channel (2) as a supply medium.
- the protein concentration and mass of the respective total volume of the cell broth before and after washing and the permeate were determined. The results are shown in Tables 1 and 2.
- the result shows a decrease in the NaCI and protein concentration in the cell suspension (retentate).
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