PMID- 32831621 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20240329 IS - 1369-703X (Print) IS - 1369-703X (Linking) VI - 150 DP - 2019 Oct 15 TI - Effect of Monocyte Seeding Density on Dendritic Cell Generation in an Automated Perfusion-Based Culture System. LID - 107291 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.bej.2019.107291 [doi] AB - Dendritic cells (DCs) are increasingly important for research and clinical use but obtaining sufficient numbers of dendritic cells is a growing challenge. We systemically investigated the effect of monocyte (MO) seeding density on the generation of monocyte-derived immature DCs (iDCs) in MicroDEN, a perfusion-based culture system, as well as 6-well plates. Cell surface markers and the ability of the iDCs to induce proliferation of allogeneic T cells were examined. The data shows a strong relationship between iDC phenotype, specifically CD80/83/86 expression, and T cell proliferation. MicroDEN generated iDCs proved better than well plate generated iDCs at inducing T cell proliferation within the 200k-600k MO/cm(2) seeding density range studied. We attribute this to perfusion in MicroDEN which supplies fresh differentiation medium continuously to the differentiating MOs while concurrently removing depleted medium and toxic byproducts of cellular respiration. MicroDEN generated fewer iDCs on a normalized basis than the well plates at lower MO seeding densities but generated equivalent numbers of iDCs at 600k MO seeding density. These results demonstrate that MicroDEN is capable of generating greater numbers of iDCs with less manual work than standard well plate culture and the MicroDEN generated iDCs have greater ability to induce T cell proliferation. FAU - Kozbial, Andrew AU - Kozbial A AD - Northeastern University, Department of Chemical Engineering, Boston, MA 02115. FAU - Bhandary, Lekhana AU - Bhandary L AD - Northeastern University, Department of Chemical Engineering, Boston, MA 02115. FAU - Murthy, Shashi K AU - Murthy SK AD - Northeastern University, Department of Chemical Engineering, Boston, MA 02115. LA - eng GR - U24 AI118665/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article DEP - 20190705 PL - Netherlands TA - Biochem Eng J JT - Biochemical engineering journal JID - 9891831 PMC - PMC7441814 MID - NIHMS1535680 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Monocyte seeding density OT - T cell expansion OT - automated cell culture OT - dendritic cell functionality OT - dendritic cells OT - perfusion EDAT- 2020/08/25 06:00 MHDA- 2020/08/25 06:01 PMCR- 2020/10/15 CRDT- 2020/08/25 06:00 PHST- 2020/08/25 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2020/08/25 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/08/25 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2020/10/15 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 107291 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.bej.2019.107291 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Biochem Eng J. 2019 Oct 15;150:107291. doi: 10.1016/j.bej.2019.107291. Epub 2019 Jul 5.