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| Author(s): |
Guilherme Augusto Del Padre
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola Politécnica (EP/BC) |
| Defense date: | 2015-12-04 |
| Examining board members: |
Aldo Tonso;
Adriano Rodrigues Azzoni;
Marlinda Lobo de Souza
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| Advisor: | Aldo Tonso |
| Abstract | |
Investigate the cultivation of insect cells is related to its use in the production of biopesticides among others. For many years, chemical pesticides have contributed in pest control in agriculture. However, the use of these compounds for prolonged periods has resulted in the selection of resistant insects and environmental pollution. Therefore, it is necessary the development and improvement of biopesticides. In Brazil, the baculovirus Anticarsia gemmatalis multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus (AgMNPV) is the main biological control agent of the plague of soy Anticarsia gemmatalis. Thus, studies that enhance the production of these viruses in vitro would allow a more controlled production and better quality of biopesticides. In the present research, it was investigated the susceptibility of different Sf21 cell lines to infection by AgMNPV and the growth of these cells in different systems: cultivations in schotts, in spinner flasks and in bioreactor, varying the inoculum age (IA) and initial cell concentration (X0). Variation was observed in the lineage\'s infection profile. The most appropriate lineage for the production of biopesticida where the ones denominated EMBRAPA, UFRN and GibcoG, since these showed more than 40% of the infected cells with polyhedra, while the one denominated GibcoSF had less than 2% of the infected cells with polyhedra. When studying the effect of the number of subcultures in morphology and in cell growth, an increase of 10% of the diameter and 26% in the volume of the UFRN cells was observed compared to the GibcoSF cells. Moreover, the cell growth of UFRN was 49% lower than the GibcoSF\'s. When performed the Rotational Central Composite Design (RCCD) to analyze the effect of IA and X0, the maximum specific growth rate (?max) and the maximum cell concentration (Xvmax) in cultures in schott with UFRN cells, it was obtained an empirical model. When the IA and X0 were separately analysed, it was not found significant differences for Xvmax and ?max in relation to X0. For IA, however, it was achieved the most satisfactory results for inocula with IA of 72 and 96 hours: Xvmax equals to 5.97x106 cells/mL and to 5.99x106 cells/ml, and ?max of 0.70 day-1 and 0.63 day-1, respectively. Cultures in spinner with UFRN cells clumped what led to Xvmax of 2.00x106 cells/mL. In cultivation in bioreactor with UFRN cells, was reached Xvmax of 6.21x106 cells/mL, ?max of 0.70 day-1, Qo2 in the exponential phase of 67.3 ± 3.6x10-18 molO2/cell/s, glucose to the cell yield equal to 1.0x109 cell/g of glucose and glutamine to cell yield of 3.0x109 cell/g of glutamine. It was shown, therefore, the existence of the infection alterations among different lineages of Sf21, the importance of the physiological state of the cell for the subcultivation, the occurrence of changes in cell growth according to the cultivation systems and the effect of the number of subcultivation in morphology and in growth of Sf21 cells. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 13/08149-3 - Kinetic study of Sf21 insect cells growth and Anticarsia gemmatalis (AgMNPV) baculovirus bioinsecticide production in bioreactors |
| Grantee: | Guilherme Augusto Del Padre |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Master |