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Lecture 3 animal cell types
1. Lecture 3 - Introduction to Animal Cell Biotechnology continued
2. Lecture 3 Animal Cell Biotechnology
Characteristics of Cells in Culture
Primary Cultures
cells taken directly from animal tissue are added
directly to medium, establishing a primary culture
often established from embryonic tissue
→ easily dispersed, superior growth potential
tissues are broken up mechanically (scissors or
forceps)
fragmented tissures are treated with proteolytic
enzymes such as trypsin or collagenase (10-20
minutes)
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Characteristics of Cells in Culture
4. Lecture 3 Animal Cell Biotechnology
Characteristics of Cells in Culture
How to grow/select specific cells?
selective overgrowth of a particular cell type
controlling media composition
gradient centrifugation
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Characteristics of Cells in Culture
6. Lecture 3 Animal Cell Biotechnology
Characteristics of Cells in Culture – Cell Types
Fibroblasts
spindle-shaped, often striated, form parallel lines as
they attach to substratum/substrate
→ in vivo – wrap around collagen (fibrous protein)
→ in vitro – glass
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Characteristics of Cells in Culture – Cell Types
Epithelial
cover organs and line cavities (i.e. skin)
cobblestone morphology, form monolayer
anchorage dependent, need solid substratum
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Characteristics of Cells in Culture – Cell Types
Muscle cells
follows a series of differentiation steps from
precursor cells (myoblasts), leading to cell
fusion, form multinucleate complex
mature cells don‟t grow well, but are used to study
cell differentiation
cells are removed from animal embryo, subsequent
changes are monitored and studied
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Characteristics of Cells in Culture – Cell Types
Neuron
transmit electrical impulses
can grow embryonic neurons, not adult
addition of nerve growth factors cause the formation of
outgrowths called neurites
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Characteristics of Cells in Culture – Cell Types
Lymphocytes
large nuclei
found in vivo in blood (liquid suspension)
can grow in suspension in liquid medium in lab
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Characteristics of Cells in Culture – What‟s Normal
„Normal‟ mammalian cells have the following properties:
a diploid chromosome number (46 chromosomes for
human cells)
anchorage dependence
a finite lifespan
nonmalignant (non-cancerous)
density inhibition
12. Lecture 3 Animal Cell Biotechnology
Characteristics of Cells in Culture – What‟s Not
Transformed cell characteristics – a review
infinite growth potential
loss of anchorage-dependence
aneuploidy (chromosome fragmentation)
high capacity for growth in simple growth
medium, without the need for growth factors
called an “established” or “continuous” cell line
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Characteristics of Cells in Culture – Anchorage Dependence
Example of Anchorage Dependence
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Characteristics of Cells in Culture –
Anchorage Dependence
cells need to attach to solid substratum before growth
occurs
combination of electrostatic attraction and van der
Waal‟s forces
divalent cations (Ca2+) and basic proteins form layer
between cells and substratum
mediated by a range of nonspecific proteins which
form a layer on the substratum prior to cell attachment
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Characteristics of Cells in Culture –
Anchorage Dependence
substratum may be negatively or positively charged
alkali treatment (25 mM NaOH + 0.1 M EDTA) for
borosilicate glass to induce a negative charge:
Si-O-Si → Si-O-
sulfuric acid treatment or high-voltage electrical
treatment for polystyrene plastic to induce a negative
charge
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Characteristics of Cells in Culture –
Anchorage Dependence
to induce a positive charge on the substratum:
→ DEAE dextran
→ polylysine
→ polyarginine
→ polyhistidine
→ polyornithine
→ polyacrylamide
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Characteristics of Cells in Culture
Passaging - establishing Secondary → Tertiary
Cultures
growth of cells prolonged by inoculating some of the
cells into fresh medium
„cell line‟ refers to cell population that continues to
grow through passaging or subculturing
genetic alteration may occur during the first few
passages as cells adapt to a new chemical environment
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Characteristics of Cells in Culture
subculture within a day or two of maximum cell
density
must detach anchorage-dependent from growth
surface
→ trypsinization
→ EDTA in Ca 2+ - and Mg 2+ -free solution
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Characteristics of Cells in Culture
Oh No! Contamination!
bacteria and fungi are main sources of contamination
culture contamination observed by:
→ drop in pH
→ turbidity of medium
→ may observe granules between mammalian cells
contamination by mycoplasma could be a huge
problem
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Characteristics of Cells in Culture
Mycoplasma contamination
commonly associated with mammalian cells
penicillin and streptomycin is ineffective, due to lack of
mycoplasma cell wall
slow growing, may affect cellular growth
rate, morphology, viability and metabolism
0.2-2 μm, infect cytoplasm of mammalian cells
high requirement for arginine, causes a rapid increase in
culture pH
should test every 3-6 months for mycoplasma
contamination
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Characteristics of Cells in Culture
must maintain aseptic techniques throughout process
of establishing primary culture
→ animal cells‟ doubling time ~24 hours
→ bacteria ~15-20 minutes
include antibiotics in growth media
dissection instruments must be sterile
all working surfaces should be wiped with 70% alcohol
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Characteristics of Cells in Culture –
Cell Differentiation
differentiation is the process by which non-
specialized cells become specialized, with
characteristic phenotypes
differentiated cells tend to lose ability to grow in
culture
→ undifferentiated stem cells continue to grow
→ nerve, muscle cells grow poorly
differentiated tumor cells retain the phenotypic
characteristics of normal cells but also grow quickly
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Characteristics of Cells in Culture –
Cell Differentiation
25. Lecture 3 Animal Cell Biotechnology
Characteristics of Cells in Culture –
Cell Differentiation
Maintaining Cultures of Differentiated Cells
use of hormones, growth factors, Ca 2+
chemical agents (i.e. DMSO)
cell to cell interactions (with high cell density)
interaction with the growth surface
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Characteristics of Cells in Culture –
Cell Differentiation
Embryonic stem cells have the following characteristics:
pluripotent
propagates indefinitely in a non-differentiated state
associated with specific cell markers
normal diploid karyotype
high activity of telomerase
forms a teratoma in immunocompromised mice
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Characteristics of Cells in Culture –
Cell Differentiation
Adult stem cells
undifferentiated cells found amongst differentiated
cells in tissue or organs
differentiate along a more limited pathway than
embryonic stem cells
associated with cell replacement or repair of tissue
damage
may be induced into cell types belonging to other
tissue (known as „transdifferentiation‟ or „plasticity‟)
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Characteristics of Cells in Culture –
Cell Differentiation
29. Cell culture collections
The American Type Culture Collection
(ATCC), 12301 Parklawn
Drive, Rockville, Maryland 20852, U.S.A.
web-site: www.atcc.org
The European Collection of Animal Cell Culture
(ECACC), Public Health Laboratory Service
(PHLS), Centre for Applied Microbiology
Research (CAMR), Porton Down, Salisbury SP4
OJG, U.K. web-site: www.ecacc.org
30. . Common cell lines obtainable from culture collections
Cell line Origin Cell type Comment
BHK Baby hamster kidney fibroblast Cells are anchorage-dependent but can be induced into suspension; used for vaccine production
CHO Chinese hamster ovary epithelial Cells will attach to a surface if available but will also grow in suspension; used extensively for
genetic engineering.
HeLa Human cervical carcinoma epithelial Fast-growing human cancer cell isolated in the 1950s
L Mouse connective tissue fibroblast Many culture techniques developed from the 1950s were based on this tumour cell line.
L6 Rat skeletal muscle myoblast Can be used to demonstrate the differentiation of a muscle cell.
MDCK (Madin Darby) canine kidney epithelial Anchorage-dependent cells with good growth characteristics; used for veterinary vaccine
production.
MRC-5 Human embryonic lung fibroblast Finite life-span, 'normal' cells; used for human vaccine production.
MPC-11 Mouse myeloma lymphoblast Derived from a mouse tumour; secretes immunoglobulin.
Namalwa Human lymphoma lymphoblast Derived from cells from a human suffering from Burkitt's lymphoma; used for alpha-interferon
production.
NB41A3 Mouse neuroblastoma neuronal Tumour cells with good growth rate. Cells have nerve cell characteristics including a response to
nerve growth factor.
3T3 Mouse connective tissue fibroblast Vigorous growth in suspension; Cells used widely in the development of cell culture techniques.
WI-38 Human embryonic lung fibroblast Finite life-span, 'normal' cells; used for human vaccine production.
Vero African green monkey kidney fibroblast An established cell line capable of continuous growth but with many 'normal' diploid
characteristics; used for human vaccine production.
31. CHO cell line
Chinese hamster ovary
anchorage-dependent, or grown in
suspension
high capacity for amplification and
expression of recombinant genes
glycosylation of proteins