Production of rapamycin on agro-industrial substrates in benchtop bioreactor: Insights on process development and obstacles management | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Chemistry | ||
| Volume 67, Issue 13, December 2024, Pages 2143-2153 PDF (1.03 M) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejchem.2024.334914.10768 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Mohamed Abdel Aziz Mohamed Abdalla1; Mohamed I.A. Abo Alkasem2; Enas Mohamed Mostafa3; hassan Awad* 4 | ||
| 1Natural and Microbial Products Chemistry Department, National Research Centre, Dokki, Giza, Egypt. P.O. 12622 | ||
| 2Chemistry of Natural and Microbial Products Dept., Pharmaceutical and Drug Industries Research Div., National Research Centre, Dokki, Giza, Egypt P.O. Box: 12622 | ||
| 3Chemical Engineering and Pilot Plant Department, Engineering Research Institution, National Research Centre (NRC), Dokki, Giza, Egypt. | ||
| 4Chemistry of Microbial and Natural ProductsDepartment1, National Research Centre (NRC); Dokki, Cairo, Egypt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Rapamycin is a unique medication with an endless list of clinical bioactivities and special potency. One of the drawbacks restricting its widespread use was its relatively high price. The current study presents a pioneering production approach of rapamycin using costless agro-industrial by-products in a stirred-tank bioreactor, which is assumed to usher in a new era in the production, pricing, and distribution of rapamycin. A remarkable drop in rapamycin yield (≤0.81 mg/l) was recorded at the studied levels of agitation (100, 150 & 200 rpm). The clear signs of microbial growth and activity pointed to specific unfavorable conditions for rapamycin production in the fermentor. Cause analysis and basic differences between fermentations in a shaken-flask and fermentor were practically pursued, leading to valuable considerations about high working volume, oxygen availability, and shear stress in the fermentor. An interesting production of the drug (8.1 mg/l) after 72 hours was achieved at high agitation (600 rpm). Decreasing the aeration rate to 0.5v/v/m verified a daily productivity of 4.3 mg/l/day, which was surprisingly comparable to that in a flask (4.8 mg/l/day). The efficiency of different organic solvents in extracting rapamycin from cell debris and residues of natural substrates was clarified; ethanol for 60 minutes was the proper solvent and potentiated more than a 17% increase in the yield. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Rapamycin; Stirred-tank bioreactor; Fermentation; Agro-industrial by-products | ||
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