On-line determination of animal cell concentration.

A new approach for the indirect determination of cell concentration in the case of nonconstant metabolic rates has been developed. The specific glucose-uptake rate was shown to be nonconstant in batch cultures of free suspended and immobilized CHO SSF3 cells. Time-independent models correlating the specific rate to the limiting substrate concentration were established, thus providing a continuous determination of the specific rate through on-line measurement of the limiting substrate. The method could be applied to determine on-line cell concentration in both free suspended and immobilized cell cultures. Results were verified off-line by crystal violet nuclei counting. The predicted cell concentration was in very good agreement with the off-line reference during the whole exponential-growth phase, until the specific glucose-uptake rate tended to zero.

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