This document discusses techniques for primary cell culture, including mechanical disaggregation, enzymatic disaggregation using trypsin or collagenase, and the primary explant technique. It provides details on each technique, such as how tissues are chopped or sliced, the use of enzymes at different temperatures, and factors that promote efficient development of primary cultures. The document also covers criteria for cell separation methods, cell differentiation, methods of cell transformation, and characteristics of transformed cells.
Role of serum and supplements in culture medium k.skailash saini
ROLE OF SERUM AND SUPPLEMENTS IN CULTURE MEDIA
Serum is a complex mix of albumins, growth factors and growth inhibitors.
Serum is one of the most important components of cell culture media and serves as a source for amino acids, proteins, vitamins (particularly fat-soluble vitamins such as A, D, E, and K), carbohydrates, lipids, hormones, growth factors, minerals, and trace elements.
Serum from fetal and calf bovine sources are commonly used to support the growth of cells in culture.
Fetal serum is a rich source of growth factors and is appropriate for cell cloning and for the growth of fastidious cells.
Calf serum is used in contact-inhibition studies because of its lower growth-promoting properties.
Normal growth media often contain 2-10% of serum.
Supplementation of media with serum serves the following functions :
Serum provides the basic nutrients (both in the solution as well as bound to the proteins) for cells.
Serum provides several growth factors and hormones involved in growth promotion and specialized cell function.
It provides several binding proteins like albumin, transferrin, which can carry other molecules into the cell. For example: albumin carries lipids, vitamins, hormones, etc. into cells.
It also supplies proteins, like fibronectin, which promote the attachment of cells to the substrate. It also provides spreading factors that help the cells to spread out before they begin to divide.
It provides protease inhibitors which protect cells from proteolysis.
It also provides minerals, like Na+, K+, Zn2+, Fe2+, etc.
It increases the viscosity of the medium and thus, protects cells from mechanical damages during agitation of suspension cultures.
It also acts a buffer.
Due to the presence of both growth factors and inhibitors, the role of serum in cell culture is very complex.
Unfortunately, in addition to serving various functions, the use of serum in tissue culture applications has several drawbacks .
Histotypic culture involves growing cell lines in a three-dimensional matrix at high density to form tissue-like structures. Common techniques include using gels, sponges, hollow fibers, spheroids, and rotating chambers to provide a 3D environment that allows cells to organize similarly to how they would in tissues. This allows for the study of processes like drug penetration and cell differentiation that are not possible with traditional 2D cultures. While histotypic cultures provide a model for certain tissue functions, they also face challenges like loss of cell differentiation over time.
Organ culture involves maintaining small fragments of whole organs or tissues in culture media while retaining their three-dimensional structure and spatial distribution of cells. There are several methods of organ culture including culturing on plasma clots, agar, liquid media, or raft methods. Organ culture has various applications and allows studying cell interactions in a way that mimics the in vivo organ. It is currently being used to develop replacement organs and tissues for applications such as growing bladders, lungs, and heart patches. While progress is being made, developing fully functional human organs remains a challenge.
Introduction
Primary Culture
Steps In Primary Culture
Isolation Of Tissue
Dissection And/Or Disaggregation
Types Of Primary Culture
Primary Explant Culture
Enzymatic Disaggregation
Mechanical Disaggregation
Cell Line( Finite & Continuous)
Naming A Cell Line
Choosing A Cell Line
Maintenance Of Cell Line
Conclusion
reference
This document discusses cell culture based vaccine production. It begins by introducing different types of vaccines and traditional egg-based vaccine production methods and their limitations. It then describes the importance and advantages of cell culture based methods, including types of cells used. The key steps of the cell culture based production process are outlined, including strain selection, bulk production, purification, virus inactivation, formulation, quality control testing, and lot release. Specific cell culture based vaccines for influenza, rabies, dengue, and Ebola are discussed. The conclusion emphasizes the potential for cell culture to replace egg-based methods by producing vaccines faster and in larger quantities to meet global demand.
The document provides instructions for setting up a cell culture laboratory, including key considerations like budget, space, and equipment. It discusses necessary rooms and areas like media preparation, culture, dissection/sterilization, storage, and lists important equipment such as CO2 incubators, biosafety cabinets, centrifuges, microscopes, and PCR machines. It also provides details on setting up and maintaining specific areas and equipment.
Primary and established cell line cultureKAUSHAL SAHU
Introduction
Primary Culture
Steps of Primary Culture
Isolation Of Tissue
Dissection And Disaggregation
Types Of Primary Culture
Primary Explants Culture
Enzymatic Disaggregation
Mechanical Disaggregation
Cell Line( Finite & Continuous)
Naming A Cell Line
Choosing A Cell Line
Maintenance Of Cell Line
Conclusion
Reference
This document discusses cell immobilization techniques for cell culture. It describes three main types of cell culture: adherent cell culture, suspension cell culture, and immobilized cell culture. Immobilized cell culture involves encapsulating, adsorbing, or entrapping cells within a polymeric or porous matrix. The document then discusses types of cell immobilization including encapsulation, entrapment, adsorption, and cross-linking. Specific examples provided include immobilizing yeast cells in calcium alginate beads and using immobilized cells in bioreactors. Benefits of immobilized cell culture include higher cell densities, longer culture stability, and protection from shear forces.
Role of serum and supplements in culture medium k.skailash saini
ROLE OF SERUM AND SUPPLEMENTS IN CULTURE MEDIA
Serum is a complex mix of albumins, growth factors and growth inhibitors.
Serum is one of the most important components of cell culture media and serves as a source for amino acids, proteins, vitamins (particularly fat-soluble vitamins such as A, D, E, and K), carbohydrates, lipids, hormones, growth factors, minerals, and trace elements.
Serum from fetal and calf bovine sources are commonly used to support the growth of cells in culture.
Fetal serum is a rich source of growth factors and is appropriate for cell cloning and for the growth of fastidious cells.
Calf serum is used in contact-inhibition studies because of its lower growth-promoting properties.
Normal growth media often contain 2-10% of serum.
Supplementation of media with serum serves the following functions :
Serum provides the basic nutrients (both in the solution as well as bound to the proteins) for cells.
Serum provides several growth factors and hormones involved in growth promotion and specialized cell function.
It provides several binding proteins like albumin, transferrin, which can carry other molecules into the cell. For example: albumin carries lipids, vitamins, hormones, etc. into cells.
It also supplies proteins, like fibronectin, which promote the attachment of cells to the substrate. It also provides spreading factors that help the cells to spread out before they begin to divide.
It provides protease inhibitors which protect cells from proteolysis.
It also provides minerals, like Na+, K+, Zn2+, Fe2+, etc.
It increases the viscosity of the medium and thus, protects cells from mechanical damages during agitation of suspension cultures.
It also acts a buffer.
Due to the presence of both growth factors and inhibitors, the role of serum in cell culture is very complex.
Unfortunately, in addition to serving various functions, the use of serum in tissue culture applications has several drawbacks .
Histotypic culture involves growing cell lines in a three-dimensional matrix at high density to form tissue-like structures. Common techniques include using gels, sponges, hollow fibers, spheroids, and rotating chambers to provide a 3D environment that allows cells to organize similarly to how they would in tissues. This allows for the study of processes like drug penetration and cell differentiation that are not possible with traditional 2D cultures. While histotypic cultures provide a model for certain tissue functions, they also face challenges like loss of cell differentiation over time.
Organ culture involves maintaining small fragments of whole organs or tissues in culture media while retaining their three-dimensional structure and spatial distribution of cells. There are several methods of organ culture including culturing on plasma clots, agar, liquid media, or raft methods. Organ culture has various applications and allows studying cell interactions in a way that mimics the in vivo organ. It is currently being used to develop replacement organs and tissues for applications such as growing bladders, lungs, and heart patches. While progress is being made, developing fully functional human organs remains a challenge.
Introduction
Primary Culture
Steps In Primary Culture
Isolation Of Tissue
Dissection And/Or Disaggregation
Types Of Primary Culture
Primary Explant Culture
Enzymatic Disaggregation
Mechanical Disaggregation
Cell Line( Finite & Continuous)
Naming A Cell Line
Choosing A Cell Line
Maintenance Of Cell Line
Conclusion
reference
This document discusses cell culture based vaccine production. It begins by introducing different types of vaccines and traditional egg-based vaccine production methods and their limitations. It then describes the importance and advantages of cell culture based methods, including types of cells used. The key steps of the cell culture based production process are outlined, including strain selection, bulk production, purification, virus inactivation, formulation, quality control testing, and lot release. Specific cell culture based vaccines for influenza, rabies, dengue, and Ebola are discussed. The conclusion emphasizes the potential for cell culture to replace egg-based methods by producing vaccines faster and in larger quantities to meet global demand.
The document provides instructions for setting up a cell culture laboratory, including key considerations like budget, space, and equipment. It discusses necessary rooms and areas like media preparation, culture, dissection/sterilization, storage, and lists important equipment such as CO2 incubators, biosafety cabinets, centrifuges, microscopes, and PCR machines. It also provides details on setting up and maintaining specific areas and equipment.
Primary and established cell line cultureKAUSHAL SAHU
Introduction
Primary Culture
Steps of Primary Culture
Isolation Of Tissue
Dissection And Disaggregation
Types Of Primary Culture
Primary Explants Culture
Enzymatic Disaggregation
Mechanical Disaggregation
Cell Line( Finite & Continuous)
Naming A Cell Line
Choosing A Cell Line
Maintenance Of Cell Line
Conclusion
Reference
This document discusses cell immobilization techniques for cell culture. It describes three main types of cell culture: adherent cell culture, suspension cell culture, and immobilized cell culture. Immobilized cell culture involves encapsulating, adsorbing, or entrapping cells within a polymeric or porous matrix. The document then discusses types of cell immobilization including encapsulation, entrapment, adsorption, and cross-linking. Specific examples provided include immobilizing yeast cells in calcium alginate beads and using immobilized cells in bioreactors. Benefits of immobilized cell culture include higher cell densities, longer culture stability, and protection from shear forces.
Introduction
Terminologies
Types of tissue culture
Applications
Culturing
Sub-culturing
Cryopreservation
Detection of contaminants
In vitro transformation of cells
Cell viability
Rules for working in the Lab
Advantages
Limitations
Biology and characterization of the cell cultureKAUSHAL SAHU
This document provides an overview of cell culture techniques. It discusses the history of cell culture beginning in the late 1800s. Key terms like cell line, normal cell line, and continuous cell line are defined. The document outlines the biology of cultured cells including adhesion, proliferation, differentiation, and energy metabolism. It also discusses the origin of cultured cells and characterization techniques for authenticating cell lines such as morphology, chromosome content, and DNA analysis. The applications of animal cell culture and conclusions are presented.
Introduction
What is cloning?
Why we want to do cloning?
History
Technique of cell cloning
Dolly – the sheep
Species cloned
Why persue animal cloning research?
Conclusion
Introduction
What is cloning?
Why we want to do cloning?
History
Technique of cell cloning
Dolly – the sheep
Species cloned
Why persue animal cloning research?
Conclusion
INTRODUCTION
HISTORY
NEED OF SYNCHRONIZATION
TYPES OF SYNCHRONIZATION
(I)PHYSICAL CELL SEPARATION
(II)BLOCKADE
PHYSICAL Vs BLOCKADE SYNCHRONIZATION
CONCLUSION
REFFERENCE
The document discusses the process of synthesizing cDNA from mRNA. It involves isolating mRNA, using reverse transcriptase to copy the mRNA into single-stranded cDNA, then converting it to double-stranded cDNA using DNA polymerase. The double-stranded cDNA can then be inserted into a vector and used to create a cDNA library through cloning in bacteria or phage. The library can be screened by hybridization or assays to identify clones containing genes of interest.
This document discusses various applications of tissue culture, including intracellular studies, elucidation of intracellular processes, studies of cell-cell interactions, and evaluation of environmental interactions. It also notes that animal cell culture can be used to produce medically important proteins like interferon, blood clotting factors, and monoclonal antibodies. Major developments in cell culture technology included the use of antibiotics, trypsin to subculture cells, and chemically defined culture media. Common cell culture media include Eagle's Minimum Essential Medium, Dulbecco's Modified Eagle's Medium, and RPMI-1640.
Organ culture technique in synthetic media- animal tissue culture neeru02
Organ culture is a development from tissue culture that allows for the culture of pieces of organs on artificial media to accurately model organ functions in various states. Special culture methods are required as organs require high oxygen levels. Organ pieces can be cultured on plasma clots, agar, raft methods using lens paper or rayon, grid methods, or in liquid media using supports like gauze or rafts. Organ culture faces limitations as results may not match whole animal studies due to lack of in vivo drug metabolism.
Types of animal cell culture; characterization & Their preservation.Santosh Kumar Sahoo
This document provides an overview of animal cell culture, including the different types (primary and secondary cell culture, cell lines), techniques used for primary culture, and characterization and preservation of animal cells. It discusses how primary cell culture involves separating cells directly from tissue and allowing them to grow under controlled conditions. Secondary cell culture refers to sub-culturing primary cells by transferring them to new vessels with fresh media. Cell lines can be propagated repeatedly and sometimes indefinitely. The document also describes cryopreservation as a method for preserving live cells and tissues at ultra-low temperatures in liquid nitrogen.
This document discusses 3D cell culture techniques. It defines 3D cell culture as permitting biological cells to grow and interact in all three dimensions, mimicking their natural environment. This is an improvement over 2D cultures where cells grow unnaturally. The document describes various 3D culture methods including scaffold-based techniques using polymeric scaffolds or biological scaffolds, and non-scaffold methods like hanging drop plates, spheroid plates, microfluidics, and gels. It also discusses bioreactors and lists applications of 3D cultures.
INTRODUCTION
HISTORY
NEED OF SYNCHRONIZATION
SYNCHRONOUS CULTURES CAN BE OBTAINED IN SEVERAL WAYS:
Physical fractionation .
Chemical appro ach
CENTRIFUGAL ELUTRIATION
Inhibition of DNA synthesis
Nutritional deprivation
SYNCHRONIZATION AT LOW TEMPERATURE
CELLULAR TOTIPOTENCY
SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF CELL SYNCHRONIZATION
REFERENCES
The document summarizes key aspects of culturing cells outside of their native biological environment. Cultured cells experience changes to their microenvironment, cell-cell interactions, and exposure to stimuli. Their growth is influenced by factors like the substrate, medium composition, temperature, and gas phase. Most cells require attachment to a substrate to proliferate. Adhesion molecules like integrins and cadherins mediate attachment and formation of intercellular junctions. The extracellular matrix and cytoskeleton also influence cell behavior. Control of the cell cycle, proliferation, differentiation, motility, and response to the culture environment are described at a high level. Challenges like dedifferentiation and evolution of cell lines over multiple passages are also covered.
This document summarizes techniques for organ culture, histotypic culture, and apoptosis. It discusses how entire organs or embryos can be excised and cultured to maintain normal physiological functions and biochemical processes. Specific procedures are outlined for organ culture, including dissection, placement on supports, and incubation. Histotypic cultures allow growth of cell lines in 3D matrices to form tissue-like structures using methods like gel encapsulation, hollow fibers, or spheroid formation. Multicellular tumor spheroids are also described as a model for studying tumor cell proliferation, drug responses, and gene expression. Finally, apoptosis or programmed cell death is summarized as an orderly cell destruction process triggered via intrinsic or extrinsic pathways.
Scale up means increasing the quantity or volume of cell culture. For animal cells, the scale up strategies are dependent upon cell types or i.e. whether the cells requires matrix for attachment and growth ( adherent cell culture) or grows freely in suspended form in aqueous media. The scaling up principle for adherent cells are just to increase surface area for attachment while for suspension culture is to increase culture volume. This presentation enlightens the reader about different methods of scaling up of cells culture. Readers are also provided with sample questions for better understanding
8. Biology and characterization of cultured cellsShailendra shera
Immediate environment and environment of surrounding medium governs the various properties of cell. The in vitro condition markedly affects the cellular property of cultured cells. For e.g. Reduction in Cell–cell and cell-material interaction. Therefore, it is imperative to develop understanding of biology of cells in response to various environmental conditions. Characterization of cells helps to identify the origin, purity and authenticity of cells and cell lines.
This document provides an introduction to animal cell culture by Dr. Anu P. Abhimannue. It discusses the history and development of animal cell culture from the early 20th century. It describes different types of animal cell culture such as primary versus secondary culture and finite versus continuous cell lines. It also discusses various cell culture methods like monolayer, suspension, types of culture vessels used and morphology of cultured cells. The document provides advantages and limitations of animal cell culture techniques.
Introduction
History
Scale up in suspension:Stirred culture,Continuous flow culture,Air- lift culture,Nasa bioreactor
Scale up in monolayer culture: Roller bottle culture , multisurface culture,fixed -bed culture
Other type of culture for scaling up: HARV Vessels,STLV vessels
Monitoring of scale up
Conclusion
References
This document provides a history and overview of animal cell culture techniques. It discusses the development of cell culture media and reagents used to support cell growth in vitro. It also describes different techniques for culturing mammalian cells, tissues, and organs, including organ culture, explant culture, and cell culture. The goal of animal cell culture is to maintain cells, tissues, or organs outside of their natural environment for research purposes.
Aseptic Techniques and sterile handling in atc labAkshdeep Sharma
This document discusses aseptic techniques and sterile handling in animal cell culture. It explains that all cell culture procedures must be done aseptically under controlled conditions, such as a laminar flow hood. Basic aseptic techniques include cleaning the work area with ethanol and sterilizing all equipment. Materials used in cell culture must be carefully sterilized, with heat-stable components autoclaved and heat-labile materials filtered. Autoclaving is the preferred sterilization method as it is cheaper and more effective than filtration. Safety precautions for cell culture include keeping cultures antibiotic-free and never sharing media between cell lines.
Cell culture based vaccine??
Cell cultures involve growing cells in a culture dish, often with a supportive growth medium. A primary cell culture consists of cells taken directly from living tissue, and may contain multiple types of cells such as fibroblasts, epithelial, and endothelial cells.
In the United States, 10 different vaccines for chicken pox, hepatitis A, polio, rabies, and rubella are cultured on aborted tissue from two fetal cell lines known as WI-38 and MRC-5. These vaccines are chicken pox, hep-A, hep-A, hep-A/hep-B, polio, rabies, rubella, measles/rubella, mumps/rubella, and MMR II (measles/mumps/rubella).
There are three main types of cell culture: primary, secondary, and continuous. Primary cultures are derived directly from tissue and maintain characteristics of the original tissue but are heterogeneous. Secondary cultures are derived from primary cultures after the first subculture. Continuous cell lines can be subcultured indefinitely and have increased growth rates but lose tissue-specific properties. Various enzymes are commonly used to disaggregate tissues for primary culture, including trypsin and collagenase. Mechanical and explant methods are also used to establish primary cultures.
Introduction
Terminologies
Types of tissue culture
Applications
Culturing
Sub-culturing
Cryopreservation
Detection of contaminants
In vitro transformation of cells
Cell viability
Rules for working in the Lab
Advantages
Limitations
Biology and characterization of the cell cultureKAUSHAL SAHU
This document provides an overview of cell culture techniques. It discusses the history of cell culture beginning in the late 1800s. Key terms like cell line, normal cell line, and continuous cell line are defined. The document outlines the biology of cultured cells including adhesion, proliferation, differentiation, and energy metabolism. It also discusses the origin of cultured cells and characterization techniques for authenticating cell lines such as morphology, chromosome content, and DNA analysis. The applications of animal cell culture and conclusions are presented.
Introduction
What is cloning?
Why we want to do cloning?
History
Technique of cell cloning
Dolly – the sheep
Species cloned
Why persue animal cloning research?
Conclusion
Introduction
What is cloning?
Why we want to do cloning?
History
Technique of cell cloning
Dolly – the sheep
Species cloned
Why persue animal cloning research?
Conclusion
INTRODUCTION
HISTORY
NEED OF SYNCHRONIZATION
TYPES OF SYNCHRONIZATION
(I)PHYSICAL CELL SEPARATION
(II)BLOCKADE
PHYSICAL Vs BLOCKADE SYNCHRONIZATION
CONCLUSION
REFFERENCE
The document discusses the process of synthesizing cDNA from mRNA. It involves isolating mRNA, using reverse transcriptase to copy the mRNA into single-stranded cDNA, then converting it to double-stranded cDNA using DNA polymerase. The double-stranded cDNA can then be inserted into a vector and used to create a cDNA library through cloning in bacteria or phage. The library can be screened by hybridization or assays to identify clones containing genes of interest.
This document discusses various applications of tissue culture, including intracellular studies, elucidation of intracellular processes, studies of cell-cell interactions, and evaluation of environmental interactions. It also notes that animal cell culture can be used to produce medically important proteins like interferon, blood clotting factors, and monoclonal antibodies. Major developments in cell culture technology included the use of antibiotics, trypsin to subculture cells, and chemically defined culture media. Common cell culture media include Eagle's Minimum Essential Medium, Dulbecco's Modified Eagle's Medium, and RPMI-1640.
Organ culture technique in synthetic media- animal tissue culture neeru02
Organ culture is a development from tissue culture that allows for the culture of pieces of organs on artificial media to accurately model organ functions in various states. Special culture methods are required as organs require high oxygen levels. Organ pieces can be cultured on plasma clots, agar, raft methods using lens paper or rayon, grid methods, or in liquid media using supports like gauze or rafts. Organ culture faces limitations as results may not match whole animal studies due to lack of in vivo drug metabolism.
Types of animal cell culture; characterization & Their preservation.Santosh Kumar Sahoo
This document provides an overview of animal cell culture, including the different types (primary and secondary cell culture, cell lines), techniques used for primary culture, and characterization and preservation of animal cells. It discusses how primary cell culture involves separating cells directly from tissue and allowing them to grow under controlled conditions. Secondary cell culture refers to sub-culturing primary cells by transferring them to new vessels with fresh media. Cell lines can be propagated repeatedly and sometimes indefinitely. The document also describes cryopreservation as a method for preserving live cells and tissues at ultra-low temperatures in liquid nitrogen.
This document discusses 3D cell culture techniques. It defines 3D cell culture as permitting biological cells to grow and interact in all three dimensions, mimicking their natural environment. This is an improvement over 2D cultures where cells grow unnaturally. The document describes various 3D culture methods including scaffold-based techniques using polymeric scaffolds or biological scaffolds, and non-scaffold methods like hanging drop plates, spheroid plates, microfluidics, and gels. It also discusses bioreactors and lists applications of 3D cultures.
INTRODUCTION
HISTORY
NEED OF SYNCHRONIZATION
SYNCHRONOUS CULTURES CAN BE OBTAINED IN SEVERAL WAYS:
Physical fractionation .
Chemical appro ach
CENTRIFUGAL ELUTRIATION
Inhibition of DNA synthesis
Nutritional deprivation
SYNCHRONIZATION AT LOW TEMPERATURE
CELLULAR TOTIPOTENCY
SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF CELL SYNCHRONIZATION
REFERENCES
The document summarizes key aspects of culturing cells outside of their native biological environment. Cultured cells experience changes to their microenvironment, cell-cell interactions, and exposure to stimuli. Their growth is influenced by factors like the substrate, medium composition, temperature, and gas phase. Most cells require attachment to a substrate to proliferate. Adhesion molecules like integrins and cadherins mediate attachment and formation of intercellular junctions. The extracellular matrix and cytoskeleton also influence cell behavior. Control of the cell cycle, proliferation, differentiation, motility, and response to the culture environment are described at a high level. Challenges like dedifferentiation and evolution of cell lines over multiple passages are also covered.
This document summarizes techniques for organ culture, histotypic culture, and apoptosis. It discusses how entire organs or embryos can be excised and cultured to maintain normal physiological functions and biochemical processes. Specific procedures are outlined for organ culture, including dissection, placement on supports, and incubation. Histotypic cultures allow growth of cell lines in 3D matrices to form tissue-like structures using methods like gel encapsulation, hollow fibers, or spheroid formation. Multicellular tumor spheroids are also described as a model for studying tumor cell proliferation, drug responses, and gene expression. Finally, apoptosis or programmed cell death is summarized as an orderly cell destruction process triggered via intrinsic or extrinsic pathways.
Scale up means increasing the quantity or volume of cell culture. For animal cells, the scale up strategies are dependent upon cell types or i.e. whether the cells requires matrix for attachment and growth ( adherent cell culture) or grows freely in suspended form in aqueous media. The scaling up principle for adherent cells are just to increase surface area for attachment while for suspension culture is to increase culture volume. This presentation enlightens the reader about different methods of scaling up of cells culture. Readers are also provided with sample questions for better understanding
8. Biology and characterization of cultured cellsShailendra shera
Immediate environment and environment of surrounding medium governs the various properties of cell. The in vitro condition markedly affects the cellular property of cultured cells. For e.g. Reduction in Cell–cell and cell-material interaction. Therefore, it is imperative to develop understanding of biology of cells in response to various environmental conditions. Characterization of cells helps to identify the origin, purity and authenticity of cells and cell lines.
This document provides an introduction to animal cell culture by Dr. Anu P. Abhimannue. It discusses the history and development of animal cell culture from the early 20th century. It describes different types of animal cell culture such as primary versus secondary culture and finite versus continuous cell lines. It also discusses various cell culture methods like monolayer, suspension, types of culture vessels used and morphology of cultured cells. The document provides advantages and limitations of animal cell culture techniques.
Introduction
History
Scale up in suspension:Stirred culture,Continuous flow culture,Air- lift culture,Nasa bioreactor
Scale up in monolayer culture: Roller bottle culture , multisurface culture,fixed -bed culture
Other type of culture for scaling up: HARV Vessels,STLV vessels
Monitoring of scale up
Conclusion
References
This document provides a history and overview of animal cell culture techniques. It discusses the development of cell culture media and reagents used to support cell growth in vitro. It also describes different techniques for culturing mammalian cells, tissues, and organs, including organ culture, explant culture, and cell culture. The goal of animal cell culture is to maintain cells, tissues, or organs outside of their natural environment for research purposes.
Aseptic Techniques and sterile handling in atc labAkshdeep Sharma
This document discusses aseptic techniques and sterile handling in animal cell culture. It explains that all cell culture procedures must be done aseptically under controlled conditions, such as a laminar flow hood. Basic aseptic techniques include cleaning the work area with ethanol and sterilizing all equipment. Materials used in cell culture must be carefully sterilized, with heat-stable components autoclaved and heat-labile materials filtered. Autoclaving is the preferred sterilization method as it is cheaper and more effective than filtration. Safety precautions for cell culture include keeping cultures antibiotic-free and never sharing media between cell lines.
Cell culture based vaccine??
Cell cultures involve growing cells in a culture dish, often with a supportive growth medium. A primary cell culture consists of cells taken directly from living tissue, and may contain multiple types of cells such as fibroblasts, epithelial, and endothelial cells.
In the United States, 10 different vaccines for chicken pox, hepatitis A, polio, rabies, and rubella are cultured on aborted tissue from two fetal cell lines known as WI-38 and MRC-5. These vaccines are chicken pox, hep-A, hep-A, hep-A/hep-B, polio, rabies, rubella, measles/rubella, mumps/rubella, and MMR II (measles/mumps/rubella).
There are three main types of cell culture: primary, secondary, and continuous. Primary cultures are derived directly from tissue and maintain characteristics of the original tissue but are heterogeneous. Secondary cultures are derived from primary cultures after the first subculture. Continuous cell lines can be subcultured indefinitely and have increased growth rates but lose tissue-specific properties. Various enzymes are commonly used to disaggregate tissues for primary culture, including trypsin and collagenase. Mechanical and explant methods are also used to establish primary cultures.
It's about animal biotechnology Primary cell culture is the ex vivo culture of cells freshly obtained from a multicellular organism, as opposed to the culture of immortalized cell lines. ... When whole or partial tissues are isolated and maintained ex vivo, the procedure is termed primary tissue culture.
Cell culture involves cultivating cells outside the body in an artificial environment that mimics in vivo conditions. Some key developments include the use of antibiotics to prevent contamination, trypsin to detach adherent cells for subculturing, and chemically defined media. Primary cultures have a finite lifespan while continuous cell lines can divide indefinitely. Tissue is enzymatically or mechanically broken up before culturing, and cells require nutrients, oxygen, pH balance, and humidity to grow.
This document provides information on various techniques for disaggregating animal tissue into single cells for cell culture, including mechanical, enzymatic, warm trypsinization, cold trypsinization, and using collagenase. It also discusses subculturing cells, cell counting using a hemocytometer, viability assays with trypan blue staining, maintaining aseptic technique to prevent contamination, and cryopreserving cells in liquid nitrogen with DMSO. The key steps and principles of each technique are explained.
Culture techniq and type of animal cell culturePankaj Nerkar
A primary culture refers to the initial culture of cells directly taken from an organism before the first subculture. A cell line refers to the propagation of cells after the first subculture. Primary cultures contain a variety of differentiated cell types and require higher cell quantities due to lower survival rates. Tissues are disaggregated into single cells using mechanical or enzymatic techniques for primary culture. Organ cultures involve culturing whole organs or tissues to preserve their structure and function in vitro. Various techniques like plasma clot, raft, and grid methods are used to culture different organ explants.
Single cell culture involves isolating single cells from plant tissue and culturing them on a nutrient medium. There are mechanical and chemical methods for isolation. Cells can be cultured using various techniques like microchamber, microdroplet, or nurse culture techniques. The paper raft nurse culture places isolated cells on nutrient-soaked paper placed on actively growing callus tissue. Single cell culture is important for fundamental studies, mutation analysis, and industrial applications like crop improvement and production of medicinal compounds.
Protoplasts are naked plant cells without the cell wall, but they possess plasma membrane and all other cellular components. They represent the functional plant cells but for the lack of the barrier, cell wall. Protoplasts of different species can be fused to generate a hybrid and this process is referred to as somatic hybridization (or protoplast fusion). Cybridization is the phenomenon of fusion of a normal protoplast with an enucleated (without nucleus) protoplast that results in the formation of a cybrid or cytoplast (cytoplasmic hybrids).
This slide explains the various basic aspect of animal cell culture, cell line and cell strain, initiation and maintenance of primary cell culture, characteristic of primary cell culture and their applications. It also contains MCQs for practice.
This document provides an overview of cell cloning techniques. It begins with definitions of cloning and describes the different types including cell cloning. The key techniques discussed are dilution cloning, which involves diluting cells to isolate colonies, and microtitration plate cloning. Factors that influence plating efficiency are also covered. The document then discusses methods to improve clonal growth like using conditioned medium or feeder layers. Suspension cloning in agar or methylcellulose is also introduced. Applications of cell cloning and conclusions about ongoing improvements in cloning techniques are presented at the end.
Introduction to Cell Culture anjana.pptanjana goel
Tissue culture involves growing cells and tissues outside of their natural environment in laboratory conditions. Some key points:
- Tissue culture originated in the late 19th/early 20th century with experiments maintaining animal and plant cells.
- It allows cloning of cells with the same genotype and study of cell/tissue growth and behavior.
- Primary cultures have a finite lifespan while continuous cell lines are immortalized and can proliferate indefinitely.
- Cells must be subculture when confluent to maintain healthy growth, and can be cryopreserved for long-term storage.
- Proper aseptic technique and controlled conditions like temperature, pH, gas exchange are required to prevent contamination.
The document provides step-by-step instructions for primary cell culture and passaging cells. It describes removing tissues from animals or humans, digesting the tissues to isolate individual cells, and culturing the primary cells in vitro. As the primary cells grow to confluence, they are passaged by treating them with trypsin-EDTA to detach the cells, then transferring them to new culture vessels with fresh medium to continue growing and multiplying. The document lists the main reagents, equipment, and experimental materials needed and provides detailed protocols for primary culture establishment and subsequent cell passaging.
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Prabhakar Singh- IV_SEM-Basic Techniques of Mammalian cell culture in vitro
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Paper XII: CLINICAL AND DIAGNOSTIC BIOCHEMISTRY
Dr. Prabhakar Singh. D.Phil. Biochemistry
Department of Biochemistry, VBSPU, Jaunpur
Basic techniques of mammalian cell culture in vitro; disaggregation of tissue,
primary culture, cell separation. Methods of generation of transformed cells.
Biology and characterization of cultured cells.
2. TECHNIQUE USED FOR PRIMARY CELL
CULTURE
The three types of technique are:
(1)Mechanical Disaggregation
(2) Enzymatic Disaggregation
(3) Primary Explant Technique.
Primary culture broadly involves the culturing techniques carried following
the isolation of the cells, but before the first subculture. Primary cultures are
usually prepared from large tissue masses. Thus, these cultures may contain
a variety of differentiated cells e.g. fibroblasts, lymphocytes, macrophages,
epithelial cells.
3.
4. TECHNIQUE # 1. MECHANICAL DISAGGREGATION:
For the disaggregation of soft tissues (e.g. spleen, brain, embryonic
liver, soft tumors), mechanical technique is usually employed. This
technique basically involves careful chopping or slicing of tissue into
pieces and collection of spill out cells.
The cells can be collected by two ways:
i. Pressing the tissue pieces through a series of sieves with a gradual
reduction in the mesh size.
ii. Forcing the tissue fragments through a syringe and needle.
Although mechanical disaggregation involves the risk of cell damage,
the procedure is less expensive, quick and simple. This technique is
particularly useful when the availability of the tissue is in plenty,
and the efficiency of the yield is not very crucial. It must however,
be noted that the viability of cells obtained from mechanical techniques
is much lower than the enzymatic technique.
5. TECHNIQUE # 2. ENZYMATIC DISAGGREGATION
Enzymatic disaggregation is mostly used when high recovery of cells is required from a
tissue. Disaggregation of embryonic tissues is more efficient with higher yield of cells by
use of enzymes. This is due to the presence of less fibrous connective tissue and
extracellular matrix. Enzymatic disaggregation can be carried out by using trypsin,
collagenase or some other enzymes.
Disaggregation by trypsin:
The term trypsinization is commonly used for disaggregation of tissues by the enzyme,
trypsin.
Many workers prefer to use crude trypsin rather than pure trypsin for the following
reasons:
i. The crude trypsin is more effective due to the presence of other proteases
ii. Cells can tolerate crude trypsin better.
iii. The residual activity of crude trypsin can be easily neutralized by the serum of the culture
media (when serum-free media are used, a trypsin inhibitor can be used for neutralization).
Disaggregation of cells can also be carried out by using pure trypsin which is less toxic and
more specific in its action. The desired tissue is chopped to 2-3 mm pieces and then subjected
to disaggregation by trypsin. There are two techniques of trypsinization-warm trypsinization
and cold trypsinization
6.
7. WARM TRYPSINIZATION
This method is widely used for disaggregation of cells. The chopped tissue is
washed with dissection basal salt solution (DBSS), and then transferred to a
flask containing warm trypsin (37° C). The contents are stirred, and at an
interval of every thirty minutes, the supernatant containing the dissociated
cells can be collected. After removal of trypsin, the cells are dispersed in a
suitable medium and preserved (by keeping the vial on ice).
The process of addition of fresh trypsin (to the tissue pieces), incubation
and collection of dissociated cells (at 30 minutes intervals) is carried out for
about 4 hours. The disaggregated cells are pooled, counted, appropriately
diluted and then incubated.
8. COLD TRYPSINIZATION
This technique is more appropriately referred to as trypsinization with cold pre-
exposure. The risk of damage to the cells by prolonged exposure to trypsin at 37°C
(in warm trypsinization) can be minimized in this technique.
After chopping and washing, the tissue pieces are kept in a vial (on ice) and soaked
with cold trypsin for about 6-24 hours. The trypsin is removed and discarded.
However, the tissue pieces contain residual trypsin. These tissue pieces in a medium
are incubated at 37°C for 20-30 minutes. The cells get dispersed by repeated pi-
pettings. The dissociated cells can be counted, appropriately diluted and then used.
The cold trypsinization method usually results in a higher yield of viable cells with
an improved survival of cells after 24 hours of incubation. This method does not
involve stirring or centrifugation, and can be conveniently adopted in a laboratory.
The major limitation of cold trypsinization is that it is not suitable for
disaggregation of cells from large quantities of tissues.
LIMITATIONS OF TRYPSIN DISAGGREGATION
Disaggregation by trypsin may damage some cells (e.g. epithelial cells) or it may be
almost ineffective for certain tissues (e.g. fibrous connective tissue). Hence other
enzymes are also in use for dissociation of cells.
9. DISAGGREGATION BY COLLAGENASE
Collagen is the most abundant structural protein in higher animals. It is mainly present in the
extracellular matrix of connective tissue and muscle. The enzyme collagenase (usually a
crude one contaminated with non-specific proteases) can be effectively used for the
disaggregation of several tissues (normal or malignant) that may be sensitive to trypsin.
Highly purified grades of collagenase have been tried, but they are less effective
when compared to crude collagenase. The important stages in collagenase disaggregation,
depicted in Fig. 36.3, are briefly described hereunder.
The desired tissue suspended in basal salt solution, containing antibiotics is chopped into pieces.
These pieces are washed by settling, and then suspended in a complete medium containing
collagenase. After incubating for 1-5 days, the tissue pieces are dispersed by pipetting. The
clusters of cells are separated by settling. The epithelial cells and fibroblastic cells can be
separated.
Collagenase disaggregation has been successfully used for human brain, lung and several
other epithelial tissues, besides various human tumors, and other animal tissues. Addition of
another enzyme hyaluronidase (acts on carbohydrate residues on cell surfaces)
promotes disaggregation.
Collagenase in combination with hyaluronidase is found to be very effective for
dissociating rat or rabbit liver. This can be done by per-fusing the whole organ in situ. Some
workers use collagenase in conjunction with trypsin, a formulation developed in chick serum, for
disaggregation of certain tissues.
10. USE OF OTHER ENZYMES IN DISAGGREGATION
Trypsin and collagenase are the most widely used enzymes for
disaggregation.
Certain bacterial proteases (e.g. pronase, dispase) have been used with limited success.
Besides hyaluronidase, neuraminidase is also used in conjunction with
collagenase for effective degradation of cell surface carbohydrates.
11. Technique # 3. PRIMARY EXPLANT TECHNIQUE
The primary explant
technique was, in fact
the original method,
developed by
Harrison in 1907.
This technique has
undergone several
modifications, and is
still in use. The
simplified procedure
adopted for primary
explant culture is
depicted in Fig. 36.4,
and briefly described
below.
12. The tissue in basal salt solution is finely chopped, and washed by settlings. The basal salt solution is
then removed. The tissue pieces are spread evenly over the growth surface. After addition of
appropriate medium, incubation is carried out for 3-5 days. Then the medium is changed at weekly
intervals until a substantial outgrowth of cells is observed.
Now, the explants are removed and transferred to a fresh culture vessel.
The primary explant technique is particularly useful for disaggregation of small quantities of
tissues (e.g. skin biopsies). The other two techniques mechanical or enzymatic disaggregation
however, are not suitable for small amounts of tissues, as there is a risk of losing the cells.
The limitation of explant technique is the poor adhesiveness of certain tissues to the growth
surface, and the selection of cells in the outgrowth. It is however, observed that the primary
explant technique can be used for a majority of embryonic cells e.g. fibroblasts, myoblasts,
epithelial cells, glial cells.
SEPARATION OF VIABLE AND NON-VIABLE CELLS:
It is a common practice to remove the nonviable cells while the primary culture is prepared from
the disaggregated cells. This is usually done when the first change of the medium is carried out.
The very few left over non-viable cells get diluted and gradually disappear as the proliferation of
viable cells commences.
Sometimes, the non-viable cells from the primary cultures may be removed by centrifugation. The
cells are mixed with ficoll and sodium metrizoate, and centrifuged. The dead cells form a pellet at
the bottom of the tube.
15. CRITERIA/ CHARACTERISTICS FOR EFFICIENT
DEVELOPMENT OF PRIMARY CULTURES:
1. Embryonic tissues rather than adult tissues are preferred for primary
cultures. This is due to the fact that the embryonic cells can be disaggregated
easily and yield more viable cells, besides rapidly proliferating in vitro.
2. The quantity of cells used in the primary culture should be higher since their
survival rate is substantially lower (when compared to subcultures).
3. The tissues should be processed with minimum damage to cells for use in
primary culture. Further, the dead cells should be removed.
4. Selection of an appropriate medium (preferably a nutrient rich one) is
advisable. For the addition of serum, fetal bovine source is preferred rather
than calf or horse serum.
5. It is necessary to remove the enzymes used for disaggregation of cells by
centrifugation.
16. They are broadly categorized into two groups:
1. Physical fractionation for cell separation.
2. Chemical blockade for cell separation.
CELL SEPARATION
Cell Separation by Physical Means:
Physical fractionation or cell separation techniques, based on
the following characteristics are in use:
a. Cell density.
b. Cell size.
c. Affinity of antibodies on cell surface epitopes.
d. Light scatter or fluorescent emission by labeled cells.
The two commonly used techniques namely centrifugal
elutriation and fluorescence-activated cell separation are
briefly described hereunder.
17. Cell Differentiation:
The various cell culture conditions favour maximum cell proliferation and
propagation of cell lines.
Among the factors that promote cell proliferation, the following are
important:
i. Low cell density
ii. Low Ca2+ concentration
iii. Presence of growth factors
For the process of cell differentiation to occur, the proliferation of cells has to be
severely limited or completely abolished.
Cell differentiation can be promoted (or induced) by the following
factors:
i. High cell density.
ii. High Ca2+ concentration.
iii. Presence of differentiation inducers (e.g. hydrocortisone, nerve growth factor).
As is evident from the above, different and almost opposing conditions are
required for cell proliferation, and for cell differentiation. Therefore if cell
differentiation is required two distinct sets of conditions are necessary.
1. To optimize cell proliferation.
2. To optimize cell differentiation.
18. METHODS OF CELL TRANSFORMATION AND CHARACTERISTICS OF
TRANSFORMED CELLS
Cell transformation due to changes in the genetic material, and
cell cloning involving the production of a population single cell
are described here.
The four aspects of Cell Transformation are:
(1) Genetic Instability
(2) Immortalization
(3) Aberrant Growth Control and
(4) Tumorigenicity.
Transformation of Cells:
Transformation broadly refers to the change in phenotype of a cell due to a
new genetic material. As regards the cultured cells, transformation involves
spontaneous or induced permanent phenotypic alterations as a result of
heritable changes in DNA, and consequently gene expression.
Transformed Cells:
Transformation is the phenomenon of the change in phenotype due to the
acquirement of new genetic material. Transformation is associated with
promotion of genetic instability.
19. 1. Growth rate
2. Mode of growth
3. Longevity
4. Tumorigenicity
5. Specialized product formation.
While characterizing the cell
lines, it is necessary to
consider the above characters
to determine whether the cell
line has originated from
tumor cells or has undergone
transformation in culture
The transformed and cultured cells exhibit alterations in many
characters with reference to
20. Transformation of cells may occur due to any one of the following
causes that ultimately result in a changed genetic material:
i. Spontaneous.
ii. Infection with transforming virus.
iii. From gene transfection.
iv. Exposure to chemical carcinogens.
v. Exposure to ionizing radiations.
The normally occurring genetic variations in the
cultured cells are due to the following causes:
1. High rate of spontaneous mutations in the in vitro conditions, possibly
due to high rate of cell proliferation.
2. The continued presence of mutant cells in the culture, as they are not
normally eliminated.
21. CHARACTERISTICS OF TRANSFORMED
CELLS
The general characters of transformed
cells are given in Table.They are
grouped as genetic, structural, growth
and neoplastic, and listed.
Transformation is associated with genetic
instability, immortalization, aberrant
growth control and malignancy. These
aspects are briefly described.
Genetic Instability:
In general, the cell lines in culture are
prone to genetic instability. A majority of
normal finite cell lines are usually
genetically stable while cell lines from
other species (e.g. mouse) are genetically
unstable, and can get easily transformed.
The continuous cell lines derived from
tumors of all species are unstable.
22. Immortalization
The acquisition of an infinite life span by a cell is referred to as
immortalization. Most of the normal cells (from different
species) have a finite life span of 20-100 generations. But some
cells from mouse, most of the tumor cells have infinite life
span, as they go on producing continuous cell lines.
Control of finite life span of cells
The finite life span of cultured cells is regulated by about 10
senescence genes. These dominantly acting genes synthesize
products which inhibit the cell cycle progression. It is strongly
believed that immortalization occurs due to inactivation of
some of the cell cycle regulatory genes e.g. Rb, p53 genes.
23. Among the above viral genes, SV40LT is most commonly used to induce
immortalization. The product of this gene (T antigen) binds to senescence genes
such as Rb and p53. This binding restricts surveillance activity of senescence
genes. The result is an increased genomic instability and activity, leading to
further mutations favouring immortalization.
For the process of immortalization, the cells are infected with retroviruses
containing immortalizing gene before they enter senescence. By this way, the life
span of the cells can be extended by 20-30 population doublings. Thereafter, the
cells cease to proliferate, and enter a crisis phase that may last for several
months. At the end of the crisis phase, a small portion of cells can grow, and
eventually become immortalized.
Immortalization of cells by viral genes:
Several viral genes can be used to immortalize cells. Some of these
genes are listed below.
1. SV40LT
2. HPV16E6/E7
3. hTRT
4. Ad5E1a
5. EBV.
24. Immortalization of human fibroblasts:
The human fibroblasts are most successfully immortalized by the viral
gene namely SV40LT. The process of fibroblast immortalization is
complex and indirect with a very low probability i.e. about 1 in 107cells.
Immortalization of cells by telomerase-induction:
The most important cause of finite life span of cells (i.e. senescence) is
due to telomeric shortening, followed by cell death (apoptosis). If the
cells are transfected with telomerase gene htrt, the life span of the cells
can be extended. And a small proportion of these cells become
immortal.
25. CELL CULTURE
The cell culture can be initiated by the cells derived from a tissue through
enzymatic or mechanical treatments. Primary culture is a selective process that
finally results in a relatively uniform cell line. The selection occurs by virtue of the
capacity of the cells to survive as monolayer cultures (by adhering to substrates) or
as suspension cultures.
Among the cultured cells, some cells can grow and proliferate while some are
unable to survive under the culture environment. The cells continue to grow in
monolayer cultures, till the availability of the substrate is occupied.
The term confluence is used when the cultured cells make close contact with one
another by fully utilizing the available growth area. For certain cells, which are
sensitive to growth limitation due to density, the cells stop growing once
confluence is reached. However, the transformed cells are insensitive to confluence
and continue to overgrow.
When the culture becomes confluent, the cells possess the following
characters:
1. The closest morphological resemblance to the tissue of origin (i.e. parent tissue).
2. The expression of specialized functions of the cells comparable to that of the
native cells.
26. BIOLOGY OF CULTURED CELLS.
Development of continuous cell lines:
Certain alterations in the culture collectively referred to as transformation, can give rise to
continuous cell lines. Transformation may be spontaneously occurring, chemically or
virally- induced. Transformation basically involves an alteration in growth characteristics
such as loss of contact inhibition, density limitation of growth and anchorage
independence. The term immortalization is frequently used for the acquisition of infinite
life span to cultured cells.
Genetic variations:
The ability of the cells to grow continuously in cell lines represents genetic variation in the
cells. Most often, the deletion or mutation of the p53 gene is responsible for continuous
proliferation of cells. In the normal cells, the normal p53 gene is responsible for the arrest
of cell cycle. Most of the continuous cell lines are aneuploid, possessing chromosome
number between diploid and tetraploid value.
Normal cells and continuous cell lines:
A great majority of normal cells are not capable of giving rise to continuous cell lines. For
instance, normal human fibroblasts go on proliferating for about 50 generations, and then
stop dividing. However, they remain viable for about 18 months. And throughout their life
span, fibroblasts remain euploid. Chick fibroblasts also behave in a similar fashion.
Epidermal cells and lymphoblastic cells are capable of forming continuous cell lines.
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29. Evolution and Development of Cell Lines: The primary culture grown after the first
subculture is referred to as cell line. A given cell line may be propagated by further sub
culturing. As the subcultures are repeated, the most rapidly proliferating cells dominate
while the non- proliferating or slowly proliferating cells will get diluted, and consequently
disappear.
Senescence: The genetically determined event of cell divisions for a limited number of
times (i.e. population doublings), followed by their death in a normal tissue is referred to as
senescence. However, germ cells and transformed cells are capable of continuously
proliferating. In the in vitro culture, transformed cells can give rise to continuous cell lines.
The evolution of a continuous cell line is depicted in Fig. 35.4. The cumulative cell number
in a culture is represented on Y-axis on a log scale, while the X-axis represents the time in
weeks. The time for development of a continuous cell line is variable. For instance, for
human diploid fibroblasts, the continuous cell line arises at about 14 weeks while the
senescence may occur between 10 to 20 weeks; usually after 30 and 60 cell doublings.
Dedifferentiation: Dedifferentiation refers to the irreversible loss of specialized
properties of cells when they are cultured in vitro. This happens when the differentiated in
vitro cells lose their properties In the in vivo situation, a small group of stem cells give rise
to progenitor cells that are capable of producing differentiated cell pool. On the other hand,
in the in vitro culture system, progenitor cells are predominantly produced which go on
proliferating. Very few of the newly formed cells can form differentiated cells. The net result
is a blocked differentiation. Dedifferentiation implies an irreversible loss of specialized
properties of the cells. On the other hand, de-adaptation refers to the re-induction of
specialized properties of the cells by creating appropriate conditions.
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31. CHARACTERIZATION OF CULTURED CELLS
Characterization of cultured cells or cell lines is important for dissemination of cell lines through cell
banks, and to establish contacts between research laboratories and commercial companies.
Characterization of cell lines with special reference to the following aspects is
generally done:
1. Morphology of cells, 2. Species of origin, 3. Tissue of origin.
4. Whether cell line is transformed or not, 5. Identification of specific cell lines.
Morphology of Cells: A simple and direct identification of the cultured cells can be done by
observing their morphological characteristics. However, the morphology has to be viewed with
caution since it is largely dependent on the culture environment. For instance, the epithelial cells
growing at the center (of the culture) are regular polygonal with clearly defined edges, while those
growing at the periphery are irregular and distended (swollen).
The composition of the culture medium and the alterations in the substrate also influence the
cellular morphology. In a tissue culture laboratory, the terms fibroblastic and epithelial are
commonly used to describe the appearance of the cells rather than their origin.
Fibroblastic cells: For these cells, the length is usually more than twice of their width. Fibroblastic
cells are bipolar or multipolar in nature.
Epithelial cells: These cells are polygonal in nature with regular dimensions and usually grow in
monolayers. The terms fibroblastoid (fibroblast-like) and epitheloid (epithelial-like) are in use for
the cells that do not possess specific characters to identify as fibroblastic or epithelial cells.
32. Measurement of Growth Parameters of Cultured Cells:
Information on the growth state of a given culture is required to:
a. Design culture experiments.
b. Routine maintenance of culture.
c. Measurement of cell proliferation.
d. Know the time for subculture.
e. Determine the culture response to a particular stimulus or toxin.
Some of the commonly used terms in relation to the measurement of growth of cultured cells are
explained.
Population doubling time (PDT):
The time interval for the cell population to double at the middle of the logarithmic (log) phase.
Cell cycle time or generation time:
The interval from one point in the cell division to the same point in the cycle, one division later.
Thus cell cycle time is measured form one point in the cell cycle until the same point is reached
again.
Confluence:
It denotes the culture stage wherein all the available substrate (growth area) is utilized, and the
cells are in close contact with each other.
Contact inhibition:
Inhibition of cell motility and plasma membrane ruffling when the cells are in complete contact
with other adjacent cells. This mostly occurs at confluence state, and results in the ceasation of
the cell proliferation.
Cell density:
The number of cells per ml of the medium.
Saturation density:
The density of the cells (cells/ml2, surface area) in the plateau phase.