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Tryptone has multiple and complex effects on cell physiology and process performance in pulse fed-batch cultivation of recombinant Escherichia coli. By applying feedback control of dissolved oxygen signal responding to pulse in the feed rate, the production of acetate was avoided and the optimization of production of recombinant human epidermal growth factor (hEGF) was successfully achieved. With the addition of an optimum amount of tryptone along with glucose in the pulse fedbatch cultivation of E. coli, the ability of the cell to divide and the stability of the plasmid within the bacteria were improved. Consequently, segregation of the cells into a viable but non-culturable physiological state was alleviated. Addition of tryptone also enhanced cell respiration before and after hEGF expression and thus further benefited the production of recombinant hEGF. Excessive addition of tryptone resulted in low sensitivity of the oscillation of dissolved oxygen signal and poor operability of pulse fed-batch cultivation as this led to an accumulation of acetate, which weakened the dissolved oxygen signal responses. Consequently, the production of recombinant protein was considerably reduced. By combining the process performance and the positive effect of complex media pulse addition on bacterial metabolism, the optimal production conditions of hEGF were successfully determined. A high cell density of 91 g/L dry cell weight was obtained under these optimal production conditions. Furthermore, a high level of 0.24 g/L hEGF was attained leading to a 32.6% increase in product yield as compared to the controls.
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Zheng, ZY., Yao, SJ., Zhan, X. et al. Improvement of hEGF production with enhanced cell division ability using dissolved oxygen responses to pulse addition of tryptone. Biotechnol Bioproc E 14, 52–59 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12257-008-0052-1
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