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Factors Causing Compositional Changes in Soy Protein Hydrolysates and the Effects on Cell Culture Functionality Abhishek J. Gupta, Harry Gruppen, Dominick Maes, Jan-Willem Boots, and Peter A. Wierenga J. Agric. Food Chem., Just Accepted Manuscript • Publication Date (Web): 12 Oct 2013 Downloaded from http://pubs.acs.org on October 13, 2013

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Factors Causing Compositional Changes in Soy Protein Hydrolysates and the

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Effects on Cell Culture Functionality

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Abhishek J. Gupta

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Wierenga 1*

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, Harry Gruppen 1, Dominick Maes 2, Jan-Willem Boots 2, Peter A.

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The Netherlands

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Wageningen University, Laboratory of Food Chemistry, P.O. Box 17, 6700 AA Wageningen,

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* Corresponding author:

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Dr. ir. Peter A. Wierenga

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Wageningen University, Laboratory of Food Chemistry, P.O. Box 17, 6700 AA Wageningen,

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Email: [email protected]; Tel: +31 317 483 786

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Abstract

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Soy protein hydrolysates significantly enhance cell growth and recombinant protein production in

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cell cultures. The extent of this enhancement in cell growth and IgG production is known to vary

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from batch-to-batch. This can be due to differences in the abundance of different classes of

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compounds (e.g. peptide content), the quality of these compounds (e.g. glycated peptides), or the

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presence of specific compounds (e.g. furosine). These quantitative and qualitative differences

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between batches of hydrolysates result from variation in the seed composition and seed/ meal

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processing. Although a considerable amount of literature is available which describes these

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factors, this knowledge has not been combined in an overview yet. The aim of this review is to

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identify the most dominant factors that affect hydrolysate composition and functionality. While

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there is a limited influence of variation in the seed composition, the overview shows that the

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qualitative changes in hydrolysate composition result in the formation of minor compounds (e.g.

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Maillard reaction products). In pure systems, these compounds have a profound effect on the cell

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culture functionality. This suggests that presence of these compounds in soy protein hydrolysates

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may affect hydrolysate functionality as well. This influence on the functionality can be of direct

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or indirect nature. For instance, some minor compounds (e.g. maillard reaction products) are

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cytotoxic; while other compounds (e.g. phytates) suppress protein hydrolysis during hydrolysate

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production resulting in altered peptide composition, and thus, affect the functionality.

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Keywords

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Meal Processing. Soybeans.

Enzymatic hydrolysis. Compositional changes. Maillard reaction. Racemization.

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Introduction

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The performance of a mammalian cell culture system is primarily determined by the product

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yield (production of recombinant proteins, such as immunoglobulins (IgG) and interferon γ) and

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product quality (glycosylation of recombinant proteins).1 In many cell culture studies, viable cell

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growth is used as a second parameter to describe the cell culture performance.1, 2 This is because

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the recombinant protein production can be affected by cell growth. In some studies, recombinant

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protein production has been reported to increase with an increase in cell growth,3 while in other

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studies, recombinant protein production increased following a suppression in the cell growth.4

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To improve the performance of mammalian cell culture processes, fetal calf serum has been used

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as a supplement for several decades. This supplement provides growth factors, proteins, lipids,

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attachment factors, minerals, hormones, and several trace elements that are important for

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promoting cell growth and enhancing recombinant protein production.1,

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fetal calf serum has become restricted due to the risk of transmissible diseases like bovine

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spongiform encephalopathy. As a result, substantial research has been performed to identify

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alternatives for fetal calf serum. Currently, two alternatives have been described in literature: 1)

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to use chemically defined medium,6-9 or 2) Supplement the basal chemically defined medium

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with plant protein hydrolysates.10-13 The latter approach has become a common practice in the

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biopharma industry. In table 1, an overview of the influence of soy protein hydrolysate

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supplementation to chemically defined medium on cell growth and recombinant protein

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production is provided. In this overview, the cell growth and recombinant protein production for

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chemically defined medium is set to 100%. The cell growth and IgG production in hydrolysate-

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supplemented chemically defined medium ranged from 90-178% and 95-300%, respectively as

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compared to that in the chemically defined medium (100%) (Table 1).

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However, the use of

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Commercially, plant protein hydrolysates from several sources such as soy, cotton, rice, wheat

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gluten, pea, and rapeseed proteins are available for cell culture applications.14-16 The cell growth

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of the Chinese hamster ovary (CHO, CHO DG44/ dhfr-/-) cells cultivated in HyQ® CDM4-CHO

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medium supplemented with 16 hydrolysates obtained from different sources varied from 106% to

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144% relative to that in the chemically defined medium (100%).2 Although, the enhancement in

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cell growth in culture supplemented with soy protein hydrolysate was the highest, the reason why

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soy protein hydrolysates performed better than other hydrolysates were not explained.

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Several cell culture studies have been performed, in which various cell lines (e.g. CHO 320, ME

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750, and WuT3),11,

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IMDM:Ham’s F12:NCTC, and 2:1:1 (v/v) of DMEM:F12:RPMI)7, 9, 10 supplemented with soy

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protein hydrolysates10,

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comparison of results obtained in these studies is limited, because these chemically defined

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media and hydrolysates have different chemical compositions and different cell lines have

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diverse nutritional requirements.1 This comparison is further complicated by the fact that

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although, the chemically defined media to which hydrolysates are supplemented are called

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‘chemically defined’, an exact definition, or composition of such a medium is not reported in the

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scientific literature. This lack of comparability limits the understanding of the role of soy protein

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hydrolysates in enhancing cell culture functionality. Moreover, this results in wide variability in

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the functionality of soy protein hydrolysates in cell culture (Table 1). For several studies, while

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the cell growth was low in hydrolysate supplemented cultures as compared to the chemically

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defined media, the recombinant protein production was always higher in the former than the

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latter. The beneficial effects of soy protein hydrolysate are attributed to its complex composition,

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wherein it contains a large variety of different classes of compounds (e.g. peptides and

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chemically defined media (e.g. RPMI 1640, 5:5:1 (v/v) of

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produced using different processes have been tested. The

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carbohydrates). Typically, soy protein hydrolysates (60% peptides/ amino acids and 20%

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carbohydrates)17 are supplemented to chemically defined medium at 0.1-1.0% (w/v). A typical

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chemically defined medium like Iscove’s modified Dulbecco’s medium has an amino acid and

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glucose content of 1.2 g/ L and 4.5 g/ L, respectively.19 The hydrolysate supplementation to

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chemically defined medium significantly increases the protein content (50-500%) and

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carbohydrate content (4-44%) of the supplemented medium. As a result, these compounds

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considerably enhance the cell culture functionality of chemically defined medium. Firstly, these

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compounds provide carbon and nitrogen to cells resulting in enhanced cell growth and/ or

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recombinant protein production;16, 20 Secondly, there might be certain specific (key) compounds

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in hydrolysates that specifically enhance cell growth, recombinant protein production, or both.13,

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annotated peptide) were identified as key compounds in soy protein hydrolysates that correlated

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positively with CHO (CRL-11397) cell growth.13 Lactate, ferulate, syringic acid, galactarate,

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adenine, and X-198 (an un-annotated peptide) were shown to be the key compounds that

In previous work, phenyllactate, lactate, trigonelline, chiro-inositol, and X-190 (an un-

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correlated positively with IgG production.13,

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concentration of the key compounds was linked to the batch-to-batch variability in the cell

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culture performance of soy protein hydrolysates. A comparison of supplementation of thirty

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batches of soy protein hydrolysate to chemically defined media to culture CHO (CRL-11397)

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cells showed that the cell growth and IgG production varied from 148-438% and 117-283%

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relative to the chemically defined medium (100%), respectively.13 For 29 batches of another soy

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protein hydrolysate, the recombinant protein production ranged from 52-164% of the average

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recombinant protein production of all hydrolysates.23

In these studies, the variation in the

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The extent of variability in the cell culture performance between different batches of a

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hydrolysate also depends on the cell lines used and the test concentration of hydrolysates. The

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IgG production in CHO cells ranged from 103-138% and that in avian cells ranged from 93-

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115% as measured for 16 batches of a soy protein hydrolysate.24 When the same set of

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hydrolysates were supplemented at 0.5% (w/v) to CHO cells, the IgG production ranged from

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103-138%, while it was 83-138% when hydrolysates were supplemented at 1.5% (w/v)

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concentration, respectively.24

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In addition to cell line and hydrolysate concentration, batch-to-batch variation in the hydrolysate

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functionality is influenced by variability in the gross composition and qualitative changes that

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occur in the chemical composition of hydrolysates. The gross composition includes the total

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content and composition of each class of compound present in the hydrolysate, for instance, total

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peptide content and content of individual peptides. The qualitative changes refer to the chemical

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modification reactions (e.g. cross-linking, and glycation of proteins) that occur in hydrolysates.

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These reactions result in the formation of minor compounds, such as furosine, lysinoalanine

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(LAL), peptide-phytate complexes, and peptide-polyphenol complexes. Conventionally, these

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compounds are not included in the gross compositional analysis of hydrolysates. Therefore,

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qualitative changes could result in large differences in the hydrolysate functionality, while the

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gross composition of different batches of hydrolysate stays identical. Both gross and qualitative

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compositional changes occur in soy protein hydrolysates due to variations in processing and raw

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material (seed and/ or meal) composition. While there is a lot of literature available on

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compositional (gross and qualitative) changes in soybean and its derived products, this

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knowledge, in relation to cell culture functionality, has not been combined in an overview yet.

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In this review, we first discuss the effects of hydrolysate composition- both gross and qualitative

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on cell growth and recombinant protein production in cell culture applications. Subsequently, it is

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discussed how variations in the hydrolysate composition may be induced by variations in the raw

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material and processing.

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Chemical composition of soy protein hydrolysates

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The major compounds present in soy protein hydrolysates are peptides, carbohydrates, and

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minerals. The typical gross composition of a commercial soy protein hydrolysate produced from

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defatted soybean meal is 60 ± 5% (w/w) peptides/ amino acids, 20 ± 5% (w/w) carbohydrates and

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10% (w/w) minerals†.17 While the total carbohydrate and mineral content of soy protein

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hydrolysate is known, the monosaccharide and mineral composition is not yet reported. For 30

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batches of another commercial soy protein hydrolysate ‘Proyield Soy SE50MAF-UF’ produced

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from defatted soybean meal, the protein content varied in a narrow range of 56-58% (w/w).13

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This suggests that the batch-to-batch variability in the gross composition of a specific hydrolysate

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produced by a particular manufacturer is relatively small (< 5%).

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In addition to peptides, carbohydrates, and minerals, several compounds like phytates ( 10 kDa) and less-

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extensively hydrolyzed (18% peptides < 1 kDa; 26% peptides > 10 kDa) rapeseed protein

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hydrolysates supplemented to chemically defined media showed cell growth of 133% and 85%,

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respectively.30 Similar observations were reported when rapeseed protein hydrolysates made with

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Esperase 7.5L®, Neutrase 0.8L®, and Orientase 90N® were tested in cell culture. Esperase is a

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serine protease from Bacillus lentus, Neutrase is a neutral metallo-protaese from Bacillus

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amyloliquefaciens, and Orientase is a serine protease from Bacillus subtilis.30 All of the enzymes

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had low specificities.30 The activity of the enzymes was standardized using a hemoglobin

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standard allowing comparison of different enzymes. The hydrolysates had similar molecular size

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distribution of peptides but the cell growth observed was not similar. For e.g. the hydrolysate 10

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made with Esperase enhanced the cell growth 1.5 times higher than hydrolysates made with

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Neutrase.30 This showed that hydrolysis with different enzymes resulted in formation of different

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peptides which affected the functionality of hydrolysates.

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carbohydrates differ in the rates at which they are consumed by cells and hence, the maximum

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achievable cell growth differs.31,

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concentration were tested in a media formulation used for CHO-TF-70R cells. While the average

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cell concentration after 140 hours of culturing in media containing glucose or mannose was 1.2 *

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106 cells/ mL, it was 0.7 * 106 cells/ mL in media with galactose or fructose.31 Furthermore, the

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consumption rate of glucose or mannose was much faster than galactose or fructose. After 150

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hours of culturing, 12.5 mM of glucose/ mannose and 2.5mM of galactose/ fructose was

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consumed by CHO-TF-70R cells.31 In a similar study, Barngrover et al. (1985) studied the

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influence of fructose and galactose concentration on cell growth of Vero African green monkey

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cells. After 6 days culture, the cell growth was 27.5, 23.8, 11.3, and 16.3 * 105 cells/ mL in 5, 10,

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15, and 20 mM of galactose in L-15 (Leibovitz) medium.33 On the other hand, the cell growth

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was 23.8, 27.5, 23.8, and 16.8 * 105 cells/ mL in 5, 10, 15, and 20 mM of fructose concentration

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in L-15 (Leibovitz) medium.33 Therefore, a strategic selection of carbohydrates and concentration

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in cell culture can be used to enhance the recombinant protein production.34 While the maximum

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cell growth and tissue plasminogen activator production in 20 mM glucose medium was 1.6 * 106

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cells/ mL and 3.9 µg/ mL, it was 1.9 * 106 cells/ mL and 4.5 µg/ mL in 5 mM glucose and 20 mM

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galactose medium.34

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has been investigated in few studies. In HeLa35 and chick embryo cell culture36 racemized D-

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amino acids did not inhibit or enhance cell growth. Similarly, Naylor et al. (1976) tested

Carbohydrates: Carbohydrates are a source of carbon that supports cell growth. Different

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Racemized amino acids/ peptides: The influence of racemized amino acids on cell growth

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racemized amino acids in several mammalian cell lines (e.g. LM (TK-), A9, HTC+, 6TG-11,

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CHO, and B16) and reported that racemized amino acids did not affect cell growth.37

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phytates,40 and MRP41, 42 have been shown to chelate cations. Cations have an important role in

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mammalian cell culture, for e.g. magnesium controls the activities of many glycolytic enzymes in

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the Krebs cycle,43 and calcium and zinc are essential for cell growth and differentiation, apoptosis

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and recombinant protein production.44, 45 For instance, the supplementation of phytic acid (0.27

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mM to 2.7 mM) resulted in decreased BALB/c mouse 3T3 fibroblast cell growth (93% to 45%)

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as compared to the non-supplemented control (100%).46

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amino acids (e.g. lysine), as the MRP cannot be metabolized in cell cultures. Moreover, Maillard

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reaction also results in formation of new compounds, such as pyrazines and hydroxymethyl

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furfural, which affect cell cultures. Pyrazine and its derivatives at 1% (w/v) concentration

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induced genotoxicity in the range of 0.4-29% in CHO cells.47 More than 1% (w/v) pyrazine

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concentration was toxic and completely inhibited cell growth. Another MRP, hydroxymethyl

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furfural, at 0.1% (w/v) concentration exhibited similar genotoxic and growth inhibition effects in

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chick-embryo fibroblasts.48

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investigated by supplementing growth medium with sunflower meal hydrolysates containing 1%

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and 6% (w/w) of polyphenols. While the cell growth and recombinant protein production for the

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former hydrolysate was 9 g biomass/ L and 180 units of streptokinase/ mL-1 hour-1, it was only 2

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g biomass/ L and 40 units of streptokinase/ mL-1 hour-1 for the latter, respectively.49 This clearly

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showed that high levels of polyphenol in hydrolysates inhibited cell growth and productivity.

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Although a large but similar extent of variability is reported for polyphenol content in sunflower

Chelating compounds (LAL, phytates, and MRP): In human and animal studies, LAL,38, 39

Maillard reaction products (MRP): The Maillard reaction results in loss of essential

Peptide-polyphenol complexes: The influence of peptide-polyphenol complexes was

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(1.4-6.1%)49-52 and soybean meal (0.02-9%)53-55, the polyphenol composition between the two

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meals differ greatly. While the sunflower meal primarily contains chlorogenic acid, caffeic and

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quinic acids, soybean meals are rich in isoflavones such as daidzein, glycitein, and genistein. In

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chemically defined cell cultures, influence of soy isoflavones on the cell culture functionality has

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also been investigated. The supplementation with genistein at > 10µM concentration (2.7 µg/mL)

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to the cell culture media resulted in drastic reduction of CHO cell viability, and apoptosis and

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genotoxicity was induced.56 In addition to cytotoxicity, genotoxic effects on cell cultures due to

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polyphenols are reported. A 40-fold increase in chlorogenic acid concentration from 0.01 mg/ mL

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to 0.4 mg/ mL resulted in 40-fold increase in genotoxicity in CHO cells.57 These effects increased

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further in the presence of metal ions like manganese and copper.57

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In addition to a direct effect, the above-mentioned minor compounds influence the cell culture

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functionality by affecting hydrolysate composition. These compounds interfere with the

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production of peptides during enzymatic hydrolysis in hydrolysate production (Figure 1).

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Production of soy protein hydrolysates

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Soy protein hydrolysates for cell culture applications are produced by enzymatic hydrolysis of

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defatted soybean meal, soy protein concentrate, or protein isolate, followed by enzyme

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inactivation, coarse-filtration, ultra-filtration, and spray drying (Figure 2).58 The industrial

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enzyme preparations that are used for hydrolysis may contain carbohydrase side activities. Such

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side activities in Neutrase (0.025% on protein basis) resulted in release of 14% neutral sugars

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from the water unextractable solids fraction obtained from toasted soybean meal.59 The

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hydrolysis reaction is stopped by inactivating the enzyme using a heat treatment. After enzyme

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inactivation, the solution is coarse-filtered to remove large and insoluble impurities, mainly

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polysaccharides, non-hydrolyzed proteins, and aggregated peptides. Coarse filtration is usually

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performed using filter aids, which are available in wide range of particle sizes (median particle

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size from 1.5-26 µm).60 The coarse filtration can be substantially hindered by polysaccharides

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and protein-lysophospholipids complexes.61 After coarse filtration, the hydrolysate solution is

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ultra-filtered, typically using a 10 kDa membrane, to remove large molecular weight compounds,

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such

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lipopolysaccharides, which are a major component of the cell wall membrane of most gram

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negative bacteria. The presence of endotoxin in hydrolysate adversely affects its functionality. In

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B-9 cells, presence of 20 ng/ mL endotoxins resulted in 30% reduced production of a

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recombinant human protein called Mullerian inhibiting substance.62 After ultra-filtration, the

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hydrolysate is composed of only water-soluble compounds (including the minor compounds

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described in previous sections). Finally, the hydrolysate solution is concentrated and spray dried.

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Conventionally, commercial soy protein hydrolysates are characterized for molecular weight

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distribution of peptides. Other analyses may include determination of protein, ash, moisture, and

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amino acids.63

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Compounds affecting enzymatic hydrolysis of the soybean meal

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The enzymatic hydrolysis of the soybean meal is affected by the minor compounds following

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three mechanisms: firstly, due to processing treatments, the substrate protein may get modified

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(e.g. MRP and cross-linked proteins). Secondly, compounds present in the soybean meal (e.g.

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protease inhibitors) may inhibit the enzyme used for hydrolysis. Thirdly, some compounds (e.g.

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polyphenols and phytates) can both modify the substrate and inhibit the enzyme (Figure 1).

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Since systematic data on soy protein hydrolysis in relation to these mechanisms are not available,

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references that describe effects on other types of proteins are included (Table 2). In addition, data

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on in vitro protein digestibility is not available and therefore, results from in vivo animal nutrition

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studies are used to illustrate the effects of these mechanisms on protein digestibility. These

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effects are then used as an indication to state that similar effects can be expected in in vitro

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protein hydrolysis during hydrolysate production.

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Specific substrate modification

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been shown to occur in amino acids and peptides. In these studies, combinations of extreme

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experimental conditions (pH 2-12; temperature = 25 °C-130 °C; heating time = 1-24 hours) have

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been used to induce racemization.64, 65 However, these processing conditions never occur during

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hydrolysate production. The extent of racemization has not been investigated under

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representative conditions (neutral pH; temperature = 50 °C-100 °C; heating time = 0.5-1 hour).

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This is important because, the occurrence of even very small extent of racemization in proteins

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and/or peptides greatly affects its hydrolysis.66 In vitro hydrolysis of synthetic racemized and

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non-racemized tripeptides (Ala-L-Glu-Ala, Ala-D-Glu-Ala, Ala-L-Asp-Ala, Ala- D-Asp-Ala,

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Val-L-Asp-Val, Val-D-Asp-Val, Ala-L-Phe-Leu, Ala-D-Phe-Leu, Ala-Met-Ala.HCl, Ala-D-Met-

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Ala.HCl, Val-Met-Phe.HCl, and Val-D-Met-Phe.HCl) using intestinal peptidases was

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investigated. While, tripeptides containing L-amino acid residues were completely hydrolyzed,

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the tripeptides containing D-amino acid residues were not hydrolyzed at all.67, 68 In another study,

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peptic hydrolysis of benzyloxycarbonyl-L-Ala-L-Phe-L-Tyr, benzyloxycarbonyl-L-Ala-L-Phe-L-

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Leu-L-Ala, benzyloxycarbonyl-L-Ala-L-Gly-L-Phe-L-Tyr and their corresponding D-isomers

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was studied. While the rate of hydrolysis was 22, 95, and 584 nmoles/minute/mg pepsin for L-

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isomers, it was 1, 7, and 4 nmoles/minute/mg pepsin for D-isomers, respectively.69

Racemization: In several studies, racemization, i.e. conversion of L-form to D-form, has

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Lysinoalanine (LAL) formation: The processing treatments used during oil extraction

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from soybeans, production of the meal and hydrolysates can lead to formation of compounds

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such as LAL, lanthionine, dehydroalanine, and β-aminoalanine. The cross-linking reaction and

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formation of these compounds is well described in literature.70, 71 Soy proteins (Defatted soy flour

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precipitated at pH 4.5, washed with water and freeze dried) were heat treated at 100 °C-120 °C,

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pH 6.5 for 1-3 hours. The LAL content in these heat processed soy proteins was