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Response of mammalian cells to controlled growth rates in steady-state continuous culture

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    Mouse LS cells grow in completely mixed steady-state continuous suspension (“chemostat”) culture in defined medium.

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    The steady-state concentration of cells is maximal at a dilution rate of 0.30 to 0.35 day−1.

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    Glucose can act as the limiting substrate for LS cells under chemostat conditions.

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    The glucose oxidation rate per cell does not vary with dilution rate.

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    Maintenance energy is 19 picomoles of ATP per cell per day. Growth energy is 22 picomoles of ATP per cell.

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    Slowly growing cells contain more protein and less RNA per cell than rapidly growing cells.

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    The “efficiency” of protein synthesis decreases in slowly growing cells, in which a lower proportion of ribosomes is present in the form of polysomes or ribosomal subunits.

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    Newly-made 18S RNA appears early in the cytoplasm of rapidly growing cells, but is greatly delayed in slowly growing cells.

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    Pulsed additions of a limiting substrate to steady-state populations may lead to synchronized cells that have a controlled interdivision time. Hence chemostat cultures may be used to investigate the interdependence of events in the cell cycle.

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Sinclair, R. Response of mammalian cells to controlled growth rates in steady-state continuous culture. In Vitro 10, 295–305 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02615311

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