ABSTRACT
This study focused on amino cross-linking as means of forming soy protein hydrogels with modifiable properties. The efficiency of glyceraldehyde, a potential food-grade cross-linking agent, was compared to glutaraldehyde, a well-known dialdehyde. The influence of the concentration of these agents on the degree of cross-linking as well as macroscopic and supramolecular properties was studied. The effect of increasing the cross-linker concentration was mainly an increase in degree of cross-linking and gel storage modulus (G') and a decrease in gel swelling ratio and increase in gel deswelling ratio. However, the cross-linking influence was less pronounced in the case of glyceraldehyde. Glutaraldehyde displayed greater ability to form hydrogels with modifiable properties. Finally, electron micrographs suggested that cross-linking agent type had no impact on gel microstructure.
Subject(s)
Amino Acids/chemistry , Cross-Linking Reagents/chemistry , Glutaral/chemistry , Glyceraldehyde/chemistry , Soybean Proteins/chemistry , Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel , Hydrogels/chemistry , Rheology , Soybean Proteins/ultrastructureABSTRACT
In order to develop a financially feasible process to produce Anticarsia gemmatalis Nuclear Polyhedrosis virus in cell culture, we developed a lipidic supplement to replace fetal calf serum in insect cell culture media. The supplement, prepared with an extract of lipids from hen egg yolk, allowed us to reduce the contents of serum in the culture medium from 10% to 1%. IPLB-Sf-21 cells could be kept along consecutive passages in serum-reduced medium. The replication of AgNPV in HEYLE-supplemented cultures was evaluated. Extracellular virions production was the same as in FCS-supplemented-cultures, but the production level of polyhedral inclusion bodies was significantly lowered in HEYLE-supplemented cultures. The reduced production of PIBs is related to a premature releasing of non-occluded particles as well as to a reduced synthesis of polyhedrin protein.
