Applications of low-intensity pulsed ultrasound to increase monoclonal antibody production in CHO cells using shake flasks or wavebags.

Many technologies, such as cell line screening and host cell engineering, culture media optimization and bioprocess optimization, have been proposed to increase monoclonal antibody (mAb) production in Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) cells. Unlike the existing biochemical approaches, we investigated stimulation using low-intensity pulsed ultrasound (LIPUS) as a purely physical approach, offering enhanced scalability, contamination control and cost-efficiency, while demonstrating significantly increased cell growth and antibody production. It was found that daily ultrasound treatments at 40 mW/cm(2) for 5 min during cell culture increased the production of human anti-IL-8 antibody by more than 30% using 10 or 30 mL shake flasks.

Developing a thermoacoustic sensor adaptive to ambient temperatures.

In this paper, a simple and adaptive thermoacoustic sensor was designed to measure Low Intensity Pulsed Ultrasound (LIPUS). Compared to other thermoacoustic sensor designs, our novelty lies in (i) integrating an ultrasound medium layer during the measurement to simplify the complicated set-up procedures and (ii) taking the effect of ambient temperatures into design consideration. After measuring temperature increases with various ambient temperatures under different ultrasound intensities, a relationship among ultrasound intensities, ambient temperatures and coefficients of temporal temperature changes was calculated.

Design and characterization of a close-proximity thermoacoustic sensor.

Although the radiation force balance is the gold standard for measuring ultrasound intensity, it cannot be used for real-time monitoring in certain settings, for example, bioreactors or in the clinic to measure ultrasound intensities during treatment. Foreseeing these needs, we propose a close-proximity thermoacoustic sensor. In this article, we describe the design, characterization, testing and implementation of such a sensor.

The unfolded protein response is activated in Helicobacter-induced gastric carcinogenesis in a non-cell autonomous manner.

Mucous metaplasia (MM) is an aberrant secretory phenotype that arises during Helicobacter-induced gastric carcinogenesis. HSPA5, a key modulator of the unfolded protein response (UPR) activated by endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress is overexpressed in gastric cancer (GC). We studied activation of the UPR in MM and GC in humans and mice.

Ultrasound-enhanced monoclonal antibody production.

With the rapidly growing demand for monoclonal antibody (mAb)-based products, new technologies are urgently needed to increase mAb production while reducing manufacturing costs. To solve this problem, we report our research findings of using low-intensity pulsed ultrasound (LIPUS) to enhance mAb production. LIPUS with frequency of 1.

Low-intensity pulsed ultrasound-mediated stimulation of hematopoietic stem/progenitor cell viability, proliferation and differentiation in vitro.

Low-intensity pulsed ultrasound (LIPUS) stimulated the viability, proliferation and differentiation of hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells (HSPC) from fresh and cryopreserved peripheral blood leukapheresis product, as well as cord blood when applied for 10 min each day for 4 days. Cell viability, proliferation and differentiation were assessed on day 5 by viable cell counting, MTS proliferation assay, flow cytometry, and colony-forming unit assay. LIPUS stimulation: (i) enhanced the proliferation of fresh HSPC and maintained the viability of cryopreserved HSPC in vitro; (ii) did not affect the percentage of CD34(+) and CD14(+) cells; and (iii) enhanced burst-forming unit-erythroid colony formation.

Applications of ultrasound to enhance mycophenolic acid production.

Reducing production costs for fermentation-based drugs (e.g., antibiotics) is crucial for the long-term sustainability of healthcare.