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ArticlePloS one2011

Cryopreservation of spin-dried mammalian cells.

Nilay Chakraborty, Michael A Menze, Jason Malsam, Alptekin Aksan, Steven C Hand, Mehmet Toner

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Article in PloS one, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Emerging Manufacturing Technologies in Freeze-Drying of Pharmaceuticals.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2026
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  7. Late embryogenesis abundant proteins protect human hepatoma cells during acute desiccation.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2012
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Nilay ChakrabortyCenter for Engineering in Medicine and BioMEMS Resource Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School and Shriners Hospital for Children, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America. chakraborty.nilay@mgh.harvard.edu
Michael A Menze
Jason Malsam
Alptekin Aksan
Steven C Hand
Mehmet Toner

Funding

The impact of HIV viral diversity and cellular immunity on HIV pathogenesisP30AI060354 · NIAID · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI ROBERT A. PARKER · 2004 to 2026
$94.4M
Heptocellular Response to CryopreservationR01DK046270 · NIDDK · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI TONER, MEHMET · 1999 to 2011
$3.4M
Mathematical Modeling of Cell Biopreservation by DesiccationR01GM086886 · NIGMS · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · PI DAVIS, STEPHEN HOWARD · 2008 to 2011
$1.4M
NIAID NIH HHS P30 AI060354NIDDK NIH HHS 2 RO1 DK046270-14A1NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK046270NIGMS NIH HHS 5 R01 GM086886NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM086886
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study reports an alternative approach to achieve vitrification where cells are pre-desiccated prior to cooling to cryogenic temperatures for storage. Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) cells suspended in a trehalose solution were rapidly and uniformly desiccated to a low moisture content (<0.12 g of water per g of dry weight) using a spin-drying technique. Trehalose was also introduced into the cells using a high-capacity trehalose transporter (TRET1). Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) was used to examine the uniformity of water concentration distribution in the spin-dried samples. 62% of the cells were shown to survive spin-drying in the presence of trehalose following immediate rehydration. The spin-dried samples were stored in liquid nitrogen (LN(2)) at a vitrified state. It was shown that following re-warming to room temperature and re-hydration with a fully complemented cell culture medium, 51% of the spin-dried and vitrified cells survived and demonstrated normal growth characteristics. Spin-drying is a novel strategy that can be used to improve cryopreservation outcome by promoting rapid vitrification.

Indexed as

Cell Culture TechniquesAnimalsCells, CulturedCell SurvivalCHO CellsCricetinaeCryopreservationCulture MediaNitrogenPolymersSpectroscopy, Fourier Transform InfraredTemperatureTrehaloseVitrificationWaterCulture MediaNitrogenPolymersTrehaloseWater

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PMID21966385
PMCPMC3178566

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