Torres-Acosta, MA;
Aguilar-Yáñez, JM;
Rito-Palomares, M;
Titchener-Hooker, NJ;
(2016)
Economic analysis of Uricase production under uncertainty: Contrast of chromatographic purification and aqueous two-phase extraction (with and without PEG recycle).
Biotechnology Progress
, 32
(1)
pp. 126-133.
10.1002/btpr.2200.
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Abstract
Uricase is the enzyme responsible for the breakdown of uric acid, the key molecule leading to gout in humans, into allantoin, but it is absent in humans. It has been produced as a PEGylated pharmaceutical where the purification is performed through three sequential chromatographic columns. More recently an aqueous two-phase system (ATPS) was reported that could recover Uricase with high yield and purity. Although the use of ATPS can decrease cost and time, it also generates a large amount of waste. The ability, therefore, to recycle key components of ATPS is of interest. Economic modelling is a powerful tool that allows the bioprocess engineer to compare possible outcomes and find areas where further research or optimization might be required without recourse to extensive experiments and time. This research provides an economic analysis using the commercial software BioSolve of the strategies for Uricase production: chromatographic and ATPS, and includes a third bioprocess that utilises material recycling. The key parameters that affect the process the most were located via a sensitivity analysis and evaluated with a Monte Carlo analysis. Results show that ATPS is far less expensive than chromatography, but that there is an area where the cost of production of both bioprocesses overlap. Furthermore, recycling doesn't impact the cost of production. This study serves to provide a framework for the economic analysis of Uricase production using alternative techniques. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Economic analysis of Uricase production under uncertainty: Contrast of chromatographic purification and aqueous two-phase extraction (with and without PEG recycle) |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1002/btpr.2200 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/btpr.2200 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © The Authors. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| Keywords: | Aqueous two-phase system (ATPS), Monte Carlo simulation, PEG back-extraction, Uricase, economic analysis under uncertainty |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Biochemical Engineering |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1475047 |
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