Dissolved oxygen concentration in serum-free continuous culture affects N-linked glycosylation of a monoclonal antibody

J Biotechnol. 1998 Jun 11;62(1):55-71. doi: 10.1016/s0168-1656(98)00044-3.

Abstract

The murine B-lymphocyte hybridoma, CC9C10, was grown at steady state in serum-free continuous culture at dissolved oxygen (DO) concentrations of 10, 50, and 100% of air saturation. The secreted mAb, an IgG1, was purified and subjected to both enzymatic deglycosylation using PNGase F and chemical deglycosylation by hydrazinolysis. Both methods resulted in complete removal of N-linked oligosaccharide chains. Isolated N-glycan pools were analyzed by fluorophore-assisted carbohydrate electrophoresis (FACE) and high pH anion exchange chromatography with pulsed amperometric detection (HPAEC-PAD). The FACE profiles and corresponding HPAEC-PAD chromatograms of N-linked oligosaccharides obtained by PNGase F digestion and hydrazinolysis provided complementary and corroborating information. The predominant N-linked structures were core-fucosylated asialo biantennary chains with varying galactosylation. There were also minor amounts of monosialylated, and trace amounts of afucosyl, oligosaccharides. A definite shift towards decreased galactosylation of glycan chains was observed as DO concentration in continuous culture was reduced. The vast majority of N-linked glycosylation occurred on the heavy chain. There was no evidence for N-linked glycosylation of the light chain or for O-linked glycosylation of the mAb.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal / chemistry
  • B-Lymphocytes / metabolism*
  • Carbohydrate Sequence
  • Cell Culture Techniques / methods
  • Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
  • Glycoside Hydrolases / metabolism
  • Glycosylation / drug effects
  • Hybridomas / metabolism*
  • Immunoglobulin G / chemistry
  • Mice
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Oligosaccharides / chemistry
  • Oxygen / pharmacology*
  • Polysaccharides / chemistry

Substances

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal
  • Immunoglobulin G
  • Oligosaccharides
  • Polysaccharides
  • Glycoside Hydrolases
  • Oxygen