Optimization of main factors using response surface method for the enhanced production of hGM-CSF from transgenic Nicotiana tabacum cell suspension cultures

Response surface methodology was employed to study the interactive effect of sucrose, nitrogen, temperature and to optimize their levels to enhance the production of human granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulation factor from Nicotiana tabacum cell suspension cultures. A 15-runs Box-Behnken design including three center points was the response surface method selected for the initial set of experiments. The analysis of the data from the Box-Behnken experiments showed interactive effects of sucrose:nitrogen, sucrose:temperature and nitrogen:temperature. The optimal combinations of sucrose, nitrogen and temperature for hGM-CSF production from surface plot were sucrose 90 g/L, nitrogen 41 mM and 22$^{\circ}C$, respectively. The optimization of there factors enhanced the hGM-CSF production by 2 times because high sucrose concentration stimulated the secretion of hGM-CSF and low temperature prevented hGM-CSF degradation in media by pretenses.

Screening 실험을 통하여 결정된 주요인자인 sucrose, nitrogen, 배양온도로 인자의 최적수준을 결정하는 표면반응법중 하나인 Box-Behnken design을 수행하였다. 각 인자의 상관관계를 통하여 sucrose는 90 g/L, nitrogen은 41 mM, 온도는 $22^{\circ}C$가 최적수준으로 결정이 되었으며 확인실험을 통하여 대조구보다 세포생장이 증가하였을 뿐만 아니라 hGM-CSF의 생산도 약 2배 정도 증가되었음을 확인하였다. 이것은 고농도의 sucrose로 인해 배지내로의 hGM-CSF의 분비가 촉진되었기 때문이며 또한 저온으로 인해 분비된 hGM-CSF를 분해하는 protease 활성이 감소되었기 때문인 것으로 사료된다.