Journal
CELLS
Volume 11, Issue 9, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/cells11091453
Keywords
spheroid; myosphere; porcine muscle; mid-scale bioreactor; 3D cell culture
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- German Ministry of Education and Research [IBo-07, 031B1041]
- Open Access Fund of the FBN
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This study used a mid-scale incubator and bioreactor system to produce spheroids from primary porcine muscle cells and C2C12 cells, and compared their characteristics. The results showed that both cell types formed spheroids after 24 hours, but C2C12 cells had larger spheroid diameter and lower number of aggregates. After dissociation and differentiation, both cell types were able to proliferate and differentiate into the myogenic lineage. This suggests that the mid-scale incubator and bioreactor system is suitable for spheroid cultivation of primary muscle cells.
Three-dimensional cell culture techniques mimic the in vivo cell environment more adequately than flat surfaces. Spheroids are multicellular aggregates and we aimed to produce scaffold-free spheroids of myogenic origin, called myospheres, using a mid-scale incubator and bioreactor hybrid. For the first time, we obtained spheroids from primary porcine muscle cells (PMCs) with this technology and compared their morphology and growth parameters, marker expression, and myogenic potential to C2C12-derived spheroids. Both cell types were able to form round-shaped spheroids in the bioreactor already after 24 h. The mean diameter of the C2C12 spheroids (44.6 mu m) was larger than that of the PMCs (32.7 mu m), and the maximum diameter exceeded 1 mm. C2C12 cells formed less aggregates than PMCs with a higher packing density (cell nuclei/mm(2)). After dissociation from the spheroids, C2C12 cells and PMCs started to proliferate again and were able to differentiate into the myogenic lineage, as shown by myotube formation and the expression of F-Actin, Desmin, MyoG, and Myosin. For C2C12, multinucleated syncytia and Myosin expression were observed in spheroids, pointing to accelerated myogenic differentiation. In conclusion, the mid-scale incubator and bioreactor system is suitable for spheroid formation and cultivation from primary muscle cells while preserving their myogenic potential.
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