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TISSUE ENGINEERING PART C-METHODS
Volume 15, Issue 3, Pages 373-386Publisher
MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC
DOI: 10.1089/ten.tec.2008.0410
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- European project Cell Programming by Nanoscaled Devices [NMP4-CT-2004-500039]
- Fundacao para a Ciencia e Tecnologia [010.6/A006/2005, SFRH/BD/22647/2005]
- Bundesministerium fur Bildung und Forschung [03N8707]
- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia [SFRH/BD/22647/2005] Funding Source: FCT
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The commonly applied cryopreservation protocols routinely used in laboratories worldwide were developed for simple cell suspensions, and their application to complex systems, such as cell monolayers, tissues, or biosynthetic constructs, is not straightforward. In particular for monolayer cultures, cell detachment and membrane damage are often observed after cryopreservation. In this work, combined strategies for the cryopreservation of cells attached to Matrigel-coated well plate's surfaces were investigated based on cell entrapment in clinical-grade, ultra-high viscosity alginate using two cell lines, neuroblastoma N2a and colon adenocarcinoma Caco-2, with distinct structural and functional characteristics. As the cryopreservation medium, serum-free CryoStor (TM) solution was compared with serum-supplemented culture medium, both containing 10% DMSO. Using culture medium, entrapment beneath an alginate layer was needed to improve cell recovery by minimizing membrane damage and cell detachment after thawing; nevertheless, up to 50% cell death still occurred within 24 h after thawing. The use of CryoStor (TM) solution represented a considerable improvement of the cryopreservation process for both cell lines, allowing the maintenance of high postthaw membrane integrity as well as full recovery of metabolic activity and differentiation capacity within 24 h postthawing; in this case, entrapment beneath an alginate layer did not confer further protection to cryopreserved Caco-2 cells, but was crucial for maintenance of attachment and integrity of N2a neuronal networks.
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