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52. Generation of the induced human pluripotent stem cell lines CSSi009-A from a patient with a GNB5 pathogenic variant, and CSSi010-A from a CRISPR/Cas9 engineered GNB5 knock-out human cell line.
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Malerba N, Benzoni P, Squeo GM, Milanesi R, Giannetti F, Sadleir LG, Poke G, Augello B, Croce AI, Barbuti A, and Merla G
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- CRISPR-Cas Systems, Cell Differentiation, Cell Line cytology, Cells, Cultured, Child, Female, Fibroblasts cytology, Fibroblasts metabolism, Frameshift Mutation, GTP-Binding Protein beta Subunits metabolism, Gene Editing, Gene Knockout Techniques, Genetic Diseases, Inborn metabolism, Genetic Diseases, Inborn physiopathology, Genetic Engineering, Humans, Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells cytology, Male, Middle Aged, Cell Line metabolism, GTP-Binding Protein beta Subunits genetics, Genetic Diseases, Inborn genetics, Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells metabolism
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GNB5 loss-of-function pathogenic variants cause IDDCA, a rare autosomal recessive human genetic disease characterized by infantile onset of intellectual disability, sinus bradycardia, hypotonia, visual abnormalities, and epilepsy. We generated human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) from skin fibroblasts of a patient with the homozygous c.136delG frameshift variant, and a GNB5 knock-out (KO) line by CRISPR/Cas9 editing. hiPSCs express common pluripotency markers and differentiate into the three germ layers. These lines represent a powerful cellular model to study the molecular basis of GNB5-related disorders as well as offer an in vitro model for drug screening., (Copyright © 2019 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
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- 2019
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53. Generation of a NESTIN-EGFP reporter human induced pluripotent stem cell line, KSCBi005-A-1, using CRISPR/Cas9 nuclease.
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Lee Y, Choi HY, Kwon A, Park H, Park M, Kim YO, Kwak S, and Koo SK
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- CRISPR-Cas Systems, Cell Differentiation, Cell Line cytology, Genes, Reporter, Green Fluorescent Proteins metabolism, Humans, Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells cytology, Male, Nestin metabolism, Cell Line metabolism, Green Fluorescent Proteins genetics, Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells metabolism, Nestin genetics
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NESTIN, an intermediate filament, is a neuroectodermal marker involved in induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) differentiation toward neural lineages. Here, we introduced an EGFP reporter into the C-terminus of NESTIN in KSCBi005-A hiPSCs through homologous recombination using CRISPR/Cas9 nuclease. The successfully edited line was confirmed by sequencing and had a normal karyotype. It expressed EGFP upon induction of neural differentiation and exhibited potential for differentiation into three germ layers. KSCBi005-A-1 cells could be used to monitor the expression of NESTIN in differentiated cell types. This cell line is available at the National Stem Cell Bank, Korea National Institute of Health., (Copyright © 2019 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
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54. Generation of genetically matched hiPSC lines from two mosaic facioscapulohumeral dystrophy type 1 patients.
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van der Wal E, den Hamer B, van der Vliet PJ, Tok M, Brands T, Eussen B, Lemmers RJLF, Freund C, de Klein A, Buijsen RAM, van Roon-Mom WMC, Tawil R, van der Maarel SM, and de Greef JC
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- Cell Differentiation, Cell Line metabolism, Cellular Reprogramming, Fibroblasts cytology, Fibroblasts metabolism, Homeodomain Proteins genetics, Homeodomain Proteins metabolism, Humans, Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells metabolism, Male, Middle Aged, Muscular Dystrophy, Facioscapulohumeral metabolism, Muscular Dystrophy, Facioscapulohumeral physiopathology, Mutation, Cell Line cytology, Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells cytology, Muscular Dystrophy, Facioscapulohumeral genetics
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Facioscapulohumeral dystrophy type 1 (FSHD1) is caused by contraction of the D4Z4 repeat array on chromosome 4q resulting in sporadic misexpression of the transcription factor DUX4 in skeletal muscle tissue. In ~4% of families, de novo D4Z4 contractions occur after fertilization resulting in somatic mosaicism with control and FSHD1 cell populations present within the same patient. Reprogramming of mosaic fibroblasts from two FSHD1 patients into human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) generated genetically matched control and FSHD1 hiPSC lines. All hiPSC lines contained a normal karyotype, expressed pluripotency genes and differentiated into cells from the three germ layers., (Copyright © 2019 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
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- 2019
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55. Generation of three human induced pluripotent stem cell sublines (MZT04D, MZT04J, MZT04C) for reproductive science research.
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Pandolfi EC, Rojas EJ, Sosa E, Gell JJ, Hunt TJ, Goldsmith S, Fan Y, Silber SJ, and Clark AT
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- Cell Differentiation, Cell Line metabolism, Cells, Cultured, Cellular Reprogramming, Female, Fibroblasts cytology, Fibroblasts metabolism, Homozygote, Humans, Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells metabolism, Male, Middle Aged, Octamer Transcription Factor-3 genetics, Octamer Transcription Factor-3 metabolism, SOXB1 Transcription Factors genetics, SOXB1 Transcription Factors metabolism, Cell Line cytology, Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells cytology
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We generated three human induced pluripotent stem cell (hiPSC) sublines from human dermal fibroblasts (HDFs) (MZT04) generated from a skin biopsy donated from a previously fertile woman. The skin biopsy was broadly consented for generating hiPSC lines for biomedical research, including unique consent specifically for studying human fertility, infertility and germ cells. hiPSCs were reprogrammed using Sendai virus vectors and were subsequently positive for markers of self-renewal including OCT4, NANOG, TRA-1-81 and SSEA-4. Pluripotency was further verified using teratomas and PluriTest. These sublines serve as controls for hiPSC research projects aimed at understanding the cell and molecular regulation of female fertility and infertility., (Copyright © 2019 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
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56. [At Home among Strangers: Is It Possible to Create Hypoimmunogenic Pluripotent Stem Cell Lines?]
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Bogomiakova ME, Eremeev AV, and Lagarkova MA
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- Cell Differentiation, Embryonic Stem Cells cytology, Embryonic Stem Cells immunology, Humans, Cell Line cytology, Cell Line immunology, Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells cytology, Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells immunology
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Human pluripotent stem cells, which include embryonic stem cells and induced pluripotent cells (iPSCs), are capable of unlimited division and differentiation into all cells of the body. These cells are considered as a potential source of various types of cells for transplantations. The use of autologous iPSCs is not potentially associated with immune rejection and does not require immunosuppression required for allogeneic grafts. However, the high cost of this technology and the duration of obtaining iPSCs and differentiated cells may limit the use of autologous iPSCs in clinical practice. In addition, full equivalence and immunological compatibility of autologous iPSCs and their derivatives have been repeatedly questioned. One approach to solving the problem of the immunological compatibility of allogeneic derivatives of iPSCs can be the establishment of cell lines with reduced immunogenicity. Differentiated derivatives of such iPSCs may be suitable for transplantation to any patient. This review discusses the strategies for evading immune surveillance in normal and tumor processes that can be used to establish stem cell lines with reduced immunogenicity.
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57. Establishment of immortalized primary cell from the critically endangered Bonin flying fox (Pteropus pselaphon).
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Tani T, Eitsuka T, Katayama M, Nagamine T, Nakaya Y, Suzuki H, Kiyono T, Nakagawa K, Inoue-Murayama M, Onuma M, and Fukuda T
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- Animals, Endangered Species, Humans, Cell Line cytology, Chiroptera, Embryo, Mammalian cytology, Primary Cell Culture methods
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The Bonin flying fox (Pteropus pselaphon) is one of the most critically endangered species of animals. The number of this species is estimated to be around 150; being classified at the top rank in the list by International Union of Animal Conservation. Our group previously showed that expression of CDK4, CYCLIN D1, and telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) efficiently induce immortalization of human, bovine, swine, monkey, and buffalo-derived cells. In this manuscript, we successfully established the primary cells from Bonin flying fox. We introduced CDK4, CYCLIN D1, and TERT into the primary cells. The established cells showed efficient expression of introduced genes at the protein level. Furthermore, the established cells were free from senescence, indicating it reached to immortalization. Moreover, we showed that interspecies somatic cell nuclear transfer of Bonin flying fox derived cell into bovine embryo allowed the development of the embryo to 8 cell stages. Our established cell has the potential to contribute to species conservation., Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
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58. A simplified approach for the determination of fitting constants in Oliver-Pharr method regarding biological samples.
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Kontomaris SV, Stylianou A, Nikita KS, Malamou A, and Stylianopoulos T
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- Animals, Microscopy, Atomic Force instrumentation, Models, Biological, Cell Line cytology, Elastic Modulus physiology, Glioma physiopathology, Microscopy, Atomic Force methods
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The atomic force microscopy (AFM) nanoindentation regarding biological samples is a challenging procedure. Biological samples at the nanoscale can be considered as purely elastic materials under the condition that the indentation depth is very small and the indenter is smooth. However, the indenters that are commonly used are pyramidal and in several cases the indentation depths are big comparing to the dimensions of the tip apex. Hence, pyramidal indenters usually cause a permanent damage to the sample. In this case, the best model that can be applied for the data processing is the Oliver-Pharr model which takes into account the elastic-plastic behavior of the sample. The Oliver-Pharr model is based on the fitting of the unloading load-indentation data to a power law equation. In this paper a simplified procedure which ensures the accurate fitting of the unloading load-indentation data to the Oliver-Pharr model is presented and validated on experimental data obtained from a human glioma cell line. It should be noted that the proposed method can be also applied for the data fitting in the case of purely elastic response.
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- 2019
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59. A New Osteocytic Cell Line, Raising New Questions and Opportunities.
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Kalajzic I
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- Animals, Cell Culture Techniques, Green Fluorescent Proteins metabolism, Mice, Transgenic, Cell Line cytology, Osteocytes cytology
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- 2019
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60. A Novel Osteogenic Cell Line That Differentiates Into GFP-Tagged Osteocytes and Forms Mineral With a Bone-Like Lacunocanalicular Structure.
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Wang K, Le L, Chun BM, Tiede-Lewis LM, Shiflett LA, Prideaux M, Campos RS, Veno PA, Xie Y, Dusevich V, Bonewald LF, and Dallas SL
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- Animals, Biomarkers metabolism, Bone and Bones ultrastructure, Extracellular Matrix Proteins metabolism, Fibroblast Growth Factor-23, Gene Expression Regulation drug effects, Mice, Transgenic, Models, Biological, Osteocytes drug effects, Osteocytes ultrastructure, Parathyroid Hormone pharmacology, Time Factors, Bone and Bones anatomy & histology, Cell Differentiation drug effects, Cell Line cytology, Green Fluorescent Proteins metabolism, Minerals metabolism, Osteocytes cytology, Osteogenesis drug effects
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Osteocytes, the most abundant cells in bone, were once thought to be inactive, but are now known to have multifunctional roles in bone, including in mechanotransduction, regulation of osteoblast and osteoclast function and phosphate homeostasis. Because osteocytes are embedded in a mineralized matrix and are challenging to study, there is a need for new tools and cell models to understand their biology. We have generated two clonal osteogenic cell lines, OmGFP66 and OmGFP10, by immortalization of primary bone cells from mice expressing a membrane-targeted GFP driven by the Dmp1-promoter. One of these clones, OmGFP66, has unique properties compared with previous osteogenic and osteocyte cell models and forms 3-dimensional mineralized bone-like structures, containing highly dendritic GFP-positive osteocytes, embedded in clearly defined lacunae. Confocal and electron microscopy showed that structurally and morphologically, these bone-like structures resemble bone in vivo, even mimicking the lacunocanalicular ultrastructure and 3D spacing of in vivo osteocytes. In osteogenic conditions, OmGFP66 cells express alkaline phosphatase (ALP), produce a mineralized type I collagen matrix, and constitutively express the early osteocyte marker, E11/gp38. With differentiation they express osteocyte markers, Dmp1, Phex, Mepe, Fgf23, and the mature osteocyte marker, Sost. They also express RankL, Opg, and Hif1α, and show expected osteocyte responses to PTH, including downregulation of Sost, Dmp1, and Opg and upregulation of RankL and E11/gp38. Live cell imaging revealed the dynamic process by which OmGFP66 bone-like structures form, the motile properties of embedding osteocytes and the integration of osteocyte differentiation with mineralization. The OmGFP10 clone showed an osteocyte gene expression profile similar to OmGFP66, but formed less organized bone nodule-like mineral, similar to other osteogenic cell models. Not only do these cell lines provide useful new tools for mechanistic and dynamic studies of osteocyte differentiation, function, and biomineralization, but OmGFP66 cells have the unique property of modeling osteocytes in their natural bone microenvironment. © 2019 American Society for Bone and Mineral Research., (© 2019 American Society for Bone and Mineral Research.)
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61. Tissue-specific signatures in tick cell line MS profiles.
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Loginov DS, Loginova YF, Dycka F, Böttinger K, Vechtova P, and Sterba J
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- Animals, Electrophoresis, Gel, Two-Dimensional, Female, Insect Proteins metabolism, Proteomics, Salivary Glands cytology, Tandem Mass Spectrometry, Cell Line cytology, Cell Line metabolism, Ixodes cytology, Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization
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Background: The availability of tick in vitro cell culture systems has facilitated many aspects of tick research, including proteomics. However, certain cell lines have shown a tissue-specific response to infection. Thus, a more thorough characterization of tick cell lines is necessary. Proteomic comparative studies of various tick cell lines will contribute to more efficient application of tick cell lines as model systems for investigation of host-vector-pathogen interactions., Results: Three cell lines obtained from a hard tick, Ixodes ricinus, and two from I. scapularis were investigated. A cell mass spectrometry approach (MALDI-TOF MS) was applied, as well as classical proteomic workflows. Using PCA, tick cell line MS profiles were grouped into three clusters comprising IRE/CTVM19 and ISE18, IRE11 and IRE/CTVM20, and ISE6 cell lines. Two other approaches confirmed the results of PCA: in-solution digestion followed by nanoLC-ESI-Q-TOF MS/MS and 2D electrophoresis. The comparison of MS spectra of the cell lines and I. ricinus tick organs revealed 29 shared peaks. Of these, five were specific for ovaries, three each for gut and salivary glands, and one for Malpighian tubules. For the first time, characteristic peaks in MS profiles of tick cell lines were assigned to proteins identified in acidic extracts of corresponding cell lines., Conclusions: Several organ-specific MS signals were revealed in the profiles of tick cell lines.
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62. Cell lines from diamondback moth exhibiting differential susceptibility to baculovirus infection and expressing midgut genes.
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Ma XL, He WY, Wang P, and You MS
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- Animals, Cell Line metabolism, Cell Line virology, Moths metabolism, Moths virology, Nucleopolyhedroviruses, Cell Line cytology, Moths cytology
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Six new cell lines were established from embryonic tissues of the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (L.). The cell lines showed differential characteristics, including growth in attachment or in suspension, susceptibility to a baculovirus infection and expression of genes involved in the glucosinolate detoxification pathway in P. xylostella larvae. Five of the cell lines grew attached to the culture flask and one cell line grew unattached as a suspension cell line. The cell lines had population doubling times ranging from 18 to 23 h. Among five of the P. xylostella cell lines examined for infection of a nucleopolyhedrovirus from Autographa californica, AcMNPV, four cell lines were highly susceptible to AcMNPV infection, but one was only semi-permissive to AcMNPV infection. The production of two recombinant proteins, a β-galactosidase of bacterial origin and a secreted alkaline phosphatase of eukaryotic origin, in the P. xylostella cell lines was examined in comparison with that in the cell line Sf9 which is commonly used for recombinant protein production. In the P. xylostella cell lines, expression of three important midgut genes involved in the glucosinolate detoxification pathway, including the glucosinolate sulfatase genes GSS1 and GSS2 and the sulfatase modifying factor gene SUMF1, was detected. The P. xylostella cell lines developed in this study could be useful in in vitro research systems for studying insec-virus interactions and complex molecular mechanisms in glucosinolate detoxification and insect-plant interactions., (© 2017 Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.)
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63. Comparative Assessment of BGM and PLC/PRF/5 Cell Lines for Enteric Virus Detection in Biosolids.
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Abd-Elmaksoud S, Castro-Del Campo N, Gerba CP, Pepper IL, and Bright KR
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- Animals, Cercopithecinae, Polymerase Chain Reaction methods, Cell Line cytology, Cell Line virology, Enterovirus genetics, Enterovirus isolation & purification, Sewage virology, Virology methods
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The buffalo green monkey (BGM) cell line is required for the detection of enteric viruses in biosolids through a total culturable viral assay (TCVA) by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. In the present study, BGM and PLC/PRF/5 cell lines were evaluated for TCVA and for their use in determining the incidence of adenoviruses and enteroviruses in raw sludge and Class B biosolids. Six raw sludge and 17 Class B biosolid samples were collected from 13 wastewater treatment plants from seven U.S. states. Samples were processed via organic flocculation and concentrate volumes equivalent to 4 g total solids were assayed on BGM and PLC/PRF/5 cells. Cell monolayers were observed for cytopathic effect (CPE) after two 14-days passages. Cell lysates were tested for the presence of adenoviruses and enteroviruses by PCR or RT-PCR. The PLC/PRF/5 cells detected more culturable viruses than the BGM cells by CPE (73.9% vs. 56.5%, respectively). 52% of the samples were positive for CPE using both cell lines. No viruses were detected in either cell line by PCR in flasks in which CPE was not observed. No adenoviruses were detected in 13 CPE-positive samples from BGM lysates. In contrast, of the 17 samples exhibiting CPE on PLC/PRF/5 cells, 14 were positive for adenoviruses (82.4%). In conclusion, PLC/PRF/5 cells were superior for the detection of adenoviruses in both raw sludge and Class B biosolids. Thus, the use of BGM cells alone for TCVA may underestimate the viral concentration in sludge/biosolid samples.
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64. Isorhamnetin alleviates lipopolysaccharide-induced inflammatory responses in BV2 microglia by inactivating NF-κB, blocking the TLR4 pathway and reducing ROS generation.
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Kim SY, Jin CY, Kim CH, Yoo YH, Choi SH, Kim GY, Yoon HM, Park HT, and Choi YH
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- Animals, Cell Line cytology, Cell Line drug effects, Cell Line metabolism, Cell Survival drug effects, Cyclooxygenase 2 metabolism, Dinoprostone antagonists & inhibitors, Interleukin-1beta antagonists & inhibitors, Lipopolysaccharides pharmacology, Mice, Microglia drug effects, Myeloid Differentiation Factor 88 antagonists & inhibitors, NF-kappa B metabolism, Nitric Oxide antagonists & inhibitors, Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II antagonists & inhibitors, Quercetin pharmacology, Reactive Oxygen Species metabolism, Toll-Like Receptor 4 metabolism, Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha antagonists & inhibitors, Antioxidants pharmacology, Microglia metabolism, NF-kappa B antagonists & inhibitors, Quercetin analogs & derivatives, Reactive Oxygen Species antagonists & inhibitors, Toll-Like Receptor 4 antagonists & inhibitors
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Isorhamnetin, which is a flavonoid predominantly found in fruits and leaves of various plants, including Hippophae rhamnoides L. and Oenanthe javanica (Blume) DC, is known to possess various pharmacological effects. However, the anti‑inflammatory potential of isorhamnetin remains poorly studied. Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate the inhibitory potential of isorhamnetin against inflammatory responses in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)‑stimulated BV2 microglia. To measure the effects of isorhamnetin on inflammatory mediators and cytokines, and reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation, the following methods were used: cell viability assay, griess assay, ELISA, reverse transcriptase‑polymerase chain reaction, flow cytometry, western blotting and immunofluorescence staining. The results revealed that isorhamnetin significantly suppressed LPS‑induced secretion of pro‑inflammatory mediators, including nitric oxide (NO) and prostaglandin E2, without exhibiting significant cytotoxicity. Consistent with these results, isorhamnetin inhibited LPS‑stimulated expression of regulatory enzymes, including inducible NO synthase and cyclooxygenase‑2 in BV2 cells. Isorhamnetin also downregulated LPS‑induced production and expression of pro‑inflammatory cytokines, such as tumor necrosis factor‑α and interleukin‑1β. The mechanism underlying the anti‑inflammatory effects of isorhamnetin was subsequently evaluated; this flavonoid inhibited the nuclear factor (NF)‑κB signaling pathway by disrupting degradation and phosphorylation of inhibitor κB‑α in the cytoplasm and blocking translocation of NF‑κB p65 into the nucleus. In addition, isorhamnetin effectively suppressed LPS‑induced expression of Toll‑like receptor 4 (TLR4) and myeloid differentiation factor 88. It also suppressed the binding of LPS with TLR4 in BV2 cells. Furthermore, isorhamnetin markedly reduced LPS‑induced generation of ROS in BV2 cells, thus indicating a strong antioxidative effect. Collectively, these results suggested that isorhamnetin may suppress LPS‑mediated inflammatory action in BV2 microglia through inactivating the NF‑κB signaling pathway, antagonizing TLR4 and eliminating ROS accumulation. Further studies are required to fully understand the anti‑inflammatory effects associated with the antioxidant capacity of isorhamnetin; however, the findings of the present study suggested that isorhamnetin may have potential benefits in inhibiting the onset and treatment of neuroinflammatory diseases.
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65. New cell lines for efficient propagation of koi herpesvirus and infectious salmon anaemia virus.
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Eckart V, Yamaguchi T, Franzke K, Bergmann SM, Boudinot P, Quillet E, Kawanobe M, de Haro NA, and Fischer U
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- Animal Fins cytology, Animal Fins virology, Animals, Carps virology, Cell Line virology, Female, Head Kidney cytology, Head Kidney virology, Oncorhynchus mykiss virology, Ovary cytology, Ovary virology, Cell Line cytology, Fish Diseases virology, Herpesviridae physiology, Isavirus physiology, Virus Replication
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The production of piscine viruses, in particular of koi herpesvirus (KHV, CyHV-3) and infectious salmon anaemia virus (ISAV), is still challenging due to the limited susceptibility of available cell lines to these viruses. A number of cell lines from different fish species were compared to standard diagnostic cell lines for KHV and ISAV regarding their capability to exhibit a cytopathic effect (CPE) and to accumulate virus. Two cell lines, so far undescribed, appeared to be useful for diagnostic purposes. Fr994, a cell line derived from ovaries of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), produced constantly high ISA virus (ISAV) titres and developed a pronounced CPE even at high cell passage numbers, while standard cell lines are reported to gradually loose these properties upon propagation. Another cell line isolated from the head kidney of common carp (Cyprinus carpio), KoK, showed a KHV induced CPE earlier than the standard cell line used for diagnostics. A third cell line, named Fin-4, established from the fin epithelium of rainbow trout did not promote efficient replication of tested viruses, but showed antigen sampling properties and might be useful as an in vitro model for virus uptake or phagocytosis., (© 2018 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.)
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66. The establishment of clonally derived chicken embryonic fibroblast cell line (CSC) with high transfection efficiency and ability as a feeder cell.
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Zhao R, Jin J, Sun X, Jin K, Wang M, Ahmed MF, Zuo Q, Zhang Y, Zhao Z, Chen G, and Li B
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- Animals, Cell Culture Techniques methods, Cell Cycle Checkpoints, Cell Proliferation physiology, Chick Embryo, Coculture Techniques, Embryo, Mammalian cytology, Embryonic Stem Cells physiology, Karyotype, Transfection, Cell Line cytology, Clone Cells cytology, Feeder Cells cytology, Fibroblasts cytology
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This study established a single cloned chicken embryonic fibroblast (CEF) cell line. It solves the main problem of the instability of a cultured primary cell and its impact on the experiment. In this study, CEF pass through this crisis and formed a continuous cell line after subculture. We isolated single postcrisis CEF by a mouth pipette under a convert microscope then established a single cloned cell line named CSC-1-5 which passaged continuously from 96-well plates to 60 mm culture plates. CSC has a normal chicken diploid karyotype, no tumorigenicity, and a high G2/M phase cell ratio. We found that Fugene could mediate the transfection of CSCs efficiently; it was significantly improved compared with the primary cells. It could also promote the proliferation of chicken embryonic stem cell as a feeder layer., (© 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.)
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- 2018
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67. Diversity among endothelial cell lines revealed by Raman and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopic imaging.
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Szafraniec E, Wiercigroch E, Czamara K, Majzner K, Staniszewska-Slezak E, Marzec KM, Malek K, Kaczor A, and Baranska M
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- Humans, Vibration, Cell Line cytology, Endothelial Cells cytology, Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared, Spectrum Analysis, Raman
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Growing interest in the role of endothelium under physiological and pathological conditions has led to an increasing demand for its representative in vitro models especially suitable for drug tests and medical diagnostics. There are several endothelial cell lines commercially available whose biochemistry, and hence response to various stimuli, can be different. Recently, two vibrational techniques, Raman and Fourier-transform infrared microscopy, have been found to be potent tools for studying the biochemical composition of a single cell in an easy, rapid and label-free way. However, depending on the applied technique, the results may exhibit some divergence due to different selection rules as well as distinct experimental conditions. This paper presents the methodology of examination and characterization of three popular human endothelial cell lines: HAoEC (primary cells), HMEC-1 and EA.hy926 (immortalized cells). Based on high lateral resolution Raman imaging together with standard and high magnification Fourier-transform infrared measurements, the differences in spectral information and the distribution of biomolecules are presented and discussed.
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- 2018
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68. Development, characterization and virus susceptibility of a continuous cell line from the caudal fin of marbled eel (Anguilla marmorata).
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Pao HY, Wu CY, Huang CH, and Wen CM
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- Animals, Cell Culture Techniques veterinary, Cell Line cytology, Culture Media chemistry, Disease Susceptibility, Epidermal Cells, Epidermis virology, Fish Diseases virology, Herpesviridae physiology, Myoblasts virology, Polyomavirus physiology, Reoviridae physiology, Anguilla anatomy & histology, Anguilla virology, Animal Fins cytology, Animal Fins virology, Cell Line virology, Tissue Culture Techniques
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A continuous cell line consisting mostly of epithelioid cells was established from the caudal fin of marbled eels (Anguilla marmorata) and designated as marbled eel caudal fin (MECF)-1. The cells multiplied well in Leibovitz's L-15 medium containing 2% to 15% foetal bovine serum at temperatures of 20°C to 35°C and were subcultured for >90 passages during a 5-year period from 2012 to 2017. Transcripts of ictacalcin, keratin 13, cd146, nestin, ncam1 and myod1 were demonstrated in the cells using reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction. The results indicated that MECF-1 was composed of epidermal and mesenchyme stem and progenitor cells including myoblasts. MECF-1 was susceptible to Japanese eel herpesvirus HVA980811, marbled eel polyoma-like virus (MEPyV), aquabirnavirus MEIPNV1310 and aquareovirus CSV. By contrast, MECF-1 was noted refractory to megalocytiviruses RSIV-Ku and GSIV-K1 infection. Moreover, the cells were resistant to betanodavirus infection. In conclusion, MECF-1 derived from marbled eel is suitable for studies on anguillid viruses and interaction with host cells., (© 2018 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.)
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69. Development of a continuous cell line from larval Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) and its use in the study of the microsporidian, Loma morhua.
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MacLeod MJ, Vo NTK, Mikhaeil MS, Monaghan SR, Alexander JAN, Saran MK, and Lee LEJ
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- Animals, Aquaculture, Cell Culture Techniques veterinary, Cell Line cytology, Culture Media chemistry, Fish Diseases microbiology, Gadus morhua physiology, Gills microbiology, Microsporidiosis veterinary, Myofibroblasts microbiology, Cell Line microbiology, Gadus morhua microbiology, Larva cytology, Larva microbiology, Loma physiology, Tissue Culture Techniques
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In vitro cell culture methods are crucial for the isolation, purification and mass propagation of intracellular pathogens of aquatic organisms. Cell culture infection models can yield insights into infection mechanisms, aid in developing methods for disease mitigation and prevention, and inform commercial-scale cultivation approaches. This study details the establishment of a larval cell line (GML-5) from the Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) and its use in the study of microsporidia. GML-5 has survived over 100 passages in 8 years of culture. The line remains active and viable between 8 and 21°C in Leibovitz-15 (L-15) media with 10% foetal bovine serum and exhibits a myofibroblast phenotype as indicated by immuno-positive results for vimentin, α-smooth muscle actin, collagen I and S-100 proteins, while being desmin-negative. GML-5 supports the infection and development of two microsporidian parasites, an opportunistic generalist (Anncaliia algerae) and cod-specific Loma morhua. Using GML-5, spore germination and proliferation of L. morhua was found to require exposure to basic pH and cool incubation temperatures (8°C), in contrast to A. algerae, which required no cultural modifications. Loma morhua-associated xenoma-like structures were observed 2 weeks postexposure. This in vitro infection model may serve as a valuable tool for cod parasitology and aquaculture research., (© 2018 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.)
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- 2018
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70. Induction and Validation of Cellular Senescence in Primary Human Cells.
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Hernandez-Segura A, Brandenburg S, and Demaria M
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- Cell Line cytology, Humans, Cell Line metabolism, Cellular Senescence physiology
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Cellular senescence is a state of permanent cell cycle arrest activated in response to different damaging stimuli. Activation of cellular senescence is a hallmark of various pathophysiological conditions including tumor suppression, tissue remodeling and aging. The inducers of cellular senescence in vivo are still poorly characterized. However, a number of stimuli can be used to promote cellular senescence ex vivo. Among them, most common senescence-inducers are replicative exhaustion, ionizing and non-ionizing radiation, genotoxic drugs, oxidative stress, and demethylating and acetylating agents. Here, we will provide detailed instructions on how to use these stimuli to induce fibroblasts into senescence. This protocol can easily be adapted for different types of primary cells and cell lines, including cancer cells. We also describe different methods for the validation of senescence induction. In particular, we focus on measuring the activity of the lysosomal enzyme Senescence-Associated β-galactosidase (SA-β-gal), the rate of DNA synthesis using 5-ethynyl-2'-deoxyuridine (EdU) incorporation assay, the levels of expression of the cell cycle inhibitors p16 and p21, and the expression and secretion of members of the Senescence-Associated Secretory Phenotype (SASP). Finally, we provide example results and discuss further applications of these protocols.
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71. Dissection of Enhancer Function Using Multiplex CRISPR-based Enhancer Interference in Cell Lines.
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Carleton JB, Berrett KC, and Gertz J
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- Animals, Cell Line cytology, Humans, CRISPR-Cas Systems genetics, Cell Line metabolism, Enhancer Elements, Genetic genetics
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Multiple enhancers often regulate a given gene, yet for most genes, it remains unclear which enhancers are necessary for gene expression, and how these enhancers combine to produce a transcriptional response. As millions of enhancers have been identified, high-throughput tools are needed to determine enhancer function on a genome-wide scale. Current methods for studying enhancer function include making genetic deletions using nuclease-proficient Cas9, but it is difficult to study the combinatorial effects of multiple enhancers using this technique, as multiple successive clonal cell lines must be generated. Here, we present Enhancer-i, a CRISPR interference-based method that allows for functional interrogation of multiple enhancers simultaneously at their endogenous loci. Enhancer-i makes use of two repressive domains fused to nuclease-deficient Cas9, SID and KRAB, to achieve enhancer deactivation via histone deacetylation at targeted loci. This protocol utilizes transient transfection of guide RNAs to enable transient inactivation of targeted regions and is particularly effective at blocking inducible transcriptional responses to stimuli in tissue culture settings. Enhancer-i is highly specific both in its genomic targeting and its effects on global gene expression. Results obtained from this protocol help to understand whether an enhancer is contributing to gene expression, the magnitude of the contribution, and how the contribution is affected by other nearby enhancers.
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72. Development, characterization and application of a new epithelial cell line from caudal fin of Pangasianodon hypophthalmus (Sauvage 1878).
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Soni P, Pradhan PK, Swaminathan TR, and Sood N
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- Animals, Cell Line cytology, Cytotoxicity, Immunologic, Electron Transport Complex IV genetics, RNA, Ribosomal, 16S genetics, Catfishes, Cell Line physiology, Epithelial Cells physiology
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A cell line, designated as PHF, has been established from caudal fin of Pangasianodon hypophthalmus. The cell line was developed using explant method and PHF cells have been subcultured for more than 72 passages over a period of 14 months. The cells were able to grow at temperatures between 24 and 32° C, with an optimum temperature of 28° C. The growth rate of PHF cells was directly proportional to FBS concentration, with optimum growth observed at 20% FBS concentration. On the basis of immunophenotyping assay, PHF cells were confirmed to be of epithelial type. Karyotyping of PHF cells revealed diploid number of chromosomes (2n = 60) at 39th and 65th passage, which indicated that the developed cell line is chromosomally stable. The origin of the cell line was confirmed by amplification and sequencing of cytochrome oxidase c subunit I and 16S rRNA genes. The cell line was tested for Mycoplasma contamination and found to be negative. The cells were successfully transfected with GFP reporter gene suggesting that the developed cell line could be utilized for gene expression studies in future. The cell line could be successfully employed for evaluating the cytotoxicity of heavy metals, namely mercuric chloride and sodium arsenite suggesting that PHF cell line can be potential surrogate for whole fish for studying the cytotoxicity of water soluble compounds. The result of virus susceptibility to tilapia lake virus (TiLV) revealed that PHF cells were refractory to TiLV virus. The newly established cell line would be a useful tool for investigating disease outbreaks particularly of viral etiology, transgenic as well as cytotoxicity studies., (Copyright © 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
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73. Enhanced expression of a biosimilar monoclonal antibody with a novel NS0 platform.
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Sampey D, Courville P, Acree D, Hausfeld J, and Bentley WE
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- Antibodies, Monoclonal immunology, Biosimilar Pharmaceuticals, Antibodies, Monoclonal biosynthesis, Batch Cell Culture Techniques methods, Bioreactors, Cell Line cytology
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The precise product quality and lower cost of goods demands of the growing biosimilars industry are driving biomanufacturing innovation. Biosimilar cell lines that produce complex glycoproteins such as monoclonal antibodies must be both highly productive and express a product with critical quality attributes closely matching those of the innovator reference. In this work, a biomanufacturing platform is described that harnesses the commercially-established NS0 host cell in new ways to create stable, highly productive cell lines with characteristics meeting the current demands. A cholesterol metabolic selection marker and implementation strategy that can be generically applied are shown to yield high expressing cell lines as well as eliminate the need for cholesterol addition, which has been a significant barrier in both stainless steel reactors as well as in single-use plastic systems. Additionally, for the first time, a multiplex selection strategy was implemented that served to increase NS0 cell line specific productivity >10-fold and volumetric yields >6-fold. The best overall performing cell line had a Qp of 28.5 picograms per cell per day and was rapidly adapted to a lean production medium. Yields in l-glutamine fed-batch shaker cultures exceeded 500 mg/L. An initial screening of four feeding strategies resulted in a final 13-day yield of over 1.4 g/L in small shaker culture. Overall, this work shows both the strategy to develop biosimilar cell lines and the commercial potential of a novel expression system highly suited for the manufacture of biosimilars of reference biologics currently produced in murine cells. © 2018 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Biotechnol. Prog., 34:455-462, 2018., (© 2018 American Institute of Chemical Engineers.)
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74. Best practices for authenticating cell lines.
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Nims RW and Reid Y
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- Animals, Cytogenetic Analysis, Humans, Molecular Biology methods, Phenotype, Ploidies, Cell Culture Techniques methods, Cell Line cytology
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Experiments using cell cultures are only valid to the extent that the cell culture is a true model system for the biological system being investigated. To assure that a cell line is and remains an appropriate biological model, its identity, purity, ploidy, and phenotype must be maintained. These characteristics comprise and determine the authenticity of a cell line. Routine monitoring of the cell line through microscopic examination of morphology can help to determine authenticity, as can the determination of phenotypic status. Assays designed to confirm cell identity and ploidy and freedom from cross-contaminating cell types may need to be performed at certain times, as such information may not be obtained through morphologic and phenotypic examinations alone. The best practices associated with establishing cell line authenticity are described in this article.
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75. Establishment and characterization of a brain cell line from sea perch, Lateolabrax japonicus.
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Le Y, Li Y, Jin Y, Jia P, Jia K, and Yi M
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- Animals, Brain ultrastructure, Brain virology, Cell Proliferation, Cell Shape, Cryopreservation, Cytogenetic Analysis, Green Fluorescent Proteins metabolism, Nodaviridae physiology, Nodaviridae ultrastructure, Perches virology, Temperature, Transfection, Virus Replication, Brain cytology, Cell Culture Techniques methods, Cell Line cytology, Perches metabolism
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A continuous cell line, designated LJB, derived from the brain of sea perch (Lateolabrax japonicus) was established. LJB cells have been subcultured for more than 60 times in Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium (DMEM) supplemented with 15% fetal bovine serum (FBS) since the initial primary culture. LJB cells exhibited maximum growth rate at 28°C in DMEM supplemented with 20% FBS. Cytogenetic analysis indicated that the modal chromosome number was 48, which was identical with the chromosome number of embryonic stem-like cells of sea perch. Comparison of the 18S ribosomal RNA gene sequences of LJB cells and sea perch confirmed that LJB cells originated from sea perch. After transfected with pEGFP-N3 plasmid, LJB cells showed a transfection efficiency of about 40% which was indicated by the percentage of cells expressing green fluorescence protein, indicating the potential application of LJB cells in gene expression studies. Cytopathic effect was clearly observed, and RNA-dependent RNA polymerase gene was also detected in LJB cells post red-spotted grouper nervous necrosis virus (RGNNV) infection. Furthermore, virus replication was confirmed by quantitative RT-PCR, virus titer, and transmission electron microscopy assay in RGNNV-infected LJB cells. The LJB cell line might be used as an ideal in vitro tool for analyzing and understanding the mechanisms of nervous necrosis virus-host interaction.
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76. Variability of human pluripotent stem cell lines.
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Ortmann D and Vallier L
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- Cell Line cytology, Humans, Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells cytology, Cell Differentiation genetics, Cellular Reprogramming genetics, Embryonic Stem Cells cytology
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Human pluripotent stem cells derived from embryos (human Embryonic Stem Cells or hESCs) or generated by direct reprogramming of somatic cells (human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells or hiPSCs) can proliferate almost indefinitely in vitro while maintaining the capacity to differentiate into a broad diversity of cell types. These two properties (self-renewal and pluripotency) confers human pluripotent stem cells a unique interest for clinical applications since they could allow the production of infinite quantities of cells for disease modelling, drug screening and cell based therapy. However, recent studies have clearly established that human pluripotent stem cell lines can display variable capacity to differentiate into specific lineages. Consequently, the development of universal protocols of differentiation which could work efficiently with any human pluripotent cell line is complicated substantially. As a consequence, each protocol needs to be adapted to every cell line thereby limiting large scale applications and precluding personalised therapies. Here, we summarise our knowledge concerning the origin of this variability and describe potential solutions currently available to bypass this major challenge., (Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)
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77. Characterization of immortalized human mammary epithelial cell line HMEC 2.6.
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Joshi PS, Modur V, Cheng J, Robinson K, and Rao K
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- Breast Neoplasms genetics, Breast Neoplasms pathology, Cell Transformation, Neoplastic, Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 4 genetics, Humans, Karyotyping, Mammary Glands, Human growth & development, Telomerase genetics, Transduction, Genetic, Cell Culture Techniques methods, Cell Line cytology, Epithelial Cells cytology, Mammary Glands, Human cytology
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Primary human mammary epithelial cells have a limited life span which makes it difficult to study them in vitro for most purposes. To overcome this problem, we have developed a cell line that was immortalized using defined genetic elements, and we have characterized this immortalized non-tumorigenic human mammary epithelial cell line to establish it as a potential model system. human mammary epithelial cells were obtained from a healthy individual undergoing reduction mammoplasty at SIU School of Medicine. The cells were transduced with CDK4R24C followed by transduction with human telomerase reverse transcriptase. Post all manipulation, the cells displayed a normal cell cycle phase distribution and were near diploid in nature, which was confirmed by flow cytometry and karyotyping. In vitro studies showed that the cells were anchorage dependent and were non-invasive in nature. The cell line expressed basal epithelial markers such as cytokeratin 7, CD10, and p63 and was negative for the expression of estrogen receptor and progesterone receptor. Upon G-band karyotyping, the cell line displayed the presence of a few cytogenic abnormalities, including trisomy 20 and trisomy 7, which are also commonly present in other immortalized mammary cell lines. Furthermore, the benign nature of these cells was confirmed by multiple in vitro and in vivo experiments. Therefore, we think that this cell line could serve as a good model to understand the molecular mechanisms involved in the development and progression of breast cancer and to also assess the effect of novel therapeutics on human mammary epithelial cells.
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78. Bead-based flow-cytometry for semi-quantitative analysis of complex membrane vesicle populations released by bacteria and host cells.
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Volgers C, Benedikter BJ, Grauls GE, Savelkoul PHM, and Stassen FRM
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- Antibodies, Cell Line microbiology, Cell Membrane, Colony Count, Microbial, Epitopes, Humans, Macrophages cytology, Macrophages immunology, Macrophages microbiology, Moraxella catarrhalis classification, Pseudomonas aeruginosa cytology, Transport Vesicles immunology, Bacteria cytology, Cell Line cytology, Flow Cytometry methods, Transport Vesicles chemistry
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During infection, the release of nano-sized membrane vesicle is a process which is common both for bacteria and host cells. Host cell-derived membrane vesicles can be involved in innate and adaptive immunity whereas bacterial membrane vesicles can contribute to bacterial pathogenicity. To study the contribution of both membrane vesicle populations during infection is highly complicated as most vesicles fall within a similar size range of 30-300nm. Specialized techniques for purification are required and often no single technique complies on its own. Moreover, techniques for vesicle quantification are either complicated to use or do not distinguish between host cell-derived and bacterial membrane vesicle subpopulations. Here we demonstrate a bead-based platform that allows a semi-quantitatively analysis by flow-cytometry of bacterial and host-cell derived membrane vesicles. We show this method can be used to study heterogeneous and complex vesicle populations composed of bacterial and host-cell membrane vesicles. The easy accessible design of the protocol makes it also highly suitable for screening procedures to assess how intrinsic and environmental factors affect vesicle release., (Copyright © 2017 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.)
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79. Generation of Immortalized Equine Chondrocytes With Inducible Sox9 Expression Allows Control of Hypertrophic Differentiation.
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Gurusinghe S, Hilbert B, Trope G, Wang L, Bandara N, and Strappe P
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- Animals, Cell Differentiation, Cell Line metabolism, Cell Proliferation, Chondrocytes metabolism, Collagen Type II genetics, Collagen Type X genetics, Glycosaminoglycans metabolism, Horses, Cell Culture Techniques methods, Cell Line cytology, Chondrocytes cytology, SOX9 Transcription Factor metabolism
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Immortalization of chondrocytes enables long term in vitro culture; however, the chondrogenic capacity of transformed cells varies, thus highlighting the need to develop a proliferative and tuneable chondrocyte cell line where hypertrophic differentiation can be controlled. In this study the SV40 large T antigen and human telomerase reverse transcriptase were employed to immortalize pooled equine chondrocytes through lentiviral vector mediated transduction either singly or on combination. Transformed chondrocytes proliferated stably over multiple passages, but resulted in significantly lower expression of chondrocyte specific collagen II mRNA (P < 0.0001) and up regulation of the hypertrophic marker collagen X (P < 0.0001) in three dimensional cultures. A Col2a1 promoter driven GFP reporter was constructed for real time monitoring of chondrogenic differentiation and a significant increase in promoter activation was observed in cultures treated with the growth factor TGFβ-3 (P < 0.05). To recapitulate the native articular chondrocyte phenotype we further transduced large T antigen immortalized chondrocytes with lentiviral vectors allowing either constitutive or doxycycline inducible expression of Sox9. In 3D cultures, the Sox9 over-expressing chondrocytes secreted significantly higher levels of extracellular matrix polysaccharide glycosaminoglycan (P < 0.05), while up-regulating collagen II and Aggrecan mRNA (P < 0.05) in both expression systems with a similar patterns observed with imunohistochemical staining. High levels of collagen X mRNA and protein were maintained with constitutive sox9 reflecting hypetrophic differentiation but significantly lower expression could be achieved with inducible Sox9. In conclusion, immortalization of equine chondrocytes results in stable proliferation but a reduction of chondrogenic potential whilst modulation of sox9 expression enabled control of hypertrophic characteristics. J. Cell. Biochem. 118: 1201-1215, 2017. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc., (© 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.)
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80. Prostaglandin actions in established insect cell lines.
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Li YF, Zhang H, Ringbauer JA Jr, Goodman CL, Lincoln TR, Zhou K, and Stanley D
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- Animals, Cell Line drug effects, Hemiptera cytology, Hemiptera drug effects, Indomethacin pharmacology, Lepidoptera cytology, Prostaglandins metabolism, Arachidonic Acid pharmacology, Cell Line cytology, Fatty Acids, Unsaturated pharmacology, Prostaglandins pharmacology
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Prostaglandins (PGs) are oxygenated metabolites of arachidonic acid (AA) and two other C20 polyunsaturated fatty acids that serve as biochemical signals mediating physiological functions. We reported that PGs influence protein expression in insect cell lines, which prompted the question: do PGs influence cell proliferation or viability in insect cell lines? Here, we report on the outcomes of experiments designed to address the question in cell lines from three insect orders: Hemiptera (squash bug, Anasa tristis, BCIRL-AtE-CLG15A), Coleoptera (red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum, BCIRL-TcA-CLG1), and Lepidoptera (tobacco budworm, Heliothis virescens, BCIRL-HvAM1). Treating the insect cell lines with PGA
1 , PGA2 , or PGD2 led to dose-dependent reductions in cell numbers. All three cell lines were sensitive to PGA1 and PGA2 (IC50 s = 9.9 to 26.9 μM) and were less sensitive to PGD2 (IC50 s = 31.6 to 104.7 μM). PG treatments also led to cell death at higher concentrations, as seen in mammalian cell lines. PGE1 , PGE2 , and PGF2α treatments did not influence AtE-CLG15A or HvAM1 cell numbers at lower concentrations, but led to dose-related reductions in TcA-CLG1 cells at higher concentrations. Similar treatments with pharmaceutical inhibitors of PG biosynthesis also led to reduced cell numbers: MAFP (inhibits phospholipase A2 ), indomethacin (inhibits PG biosynthesis), and esculetin (inhibits lipoxygenase). Because these pharmaceuticals are used to relieve inflammation and other medical issues in human medicine, they are not toxic to animal cells. We infer PGs are necessary in optimal quantities for ongoing homeostatic functions in established cell lines; in quantities outside the optimal concentrations, PGs are deleterious.- Published
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81. Invitromatics, invitrome, and invitroomics: introduction of three new terms for in vitro biology and illustration of their use with the cell lines from rainbow trout.
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Bols NC, Pham PH, Dayeh VR, and Lee LEJ
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- Animals, Macrophages cytology, Macrophages virology, Monocytes cytology, Oncorhynchus mykiss virology, Cell Line cytology, Epithelial Cells cytology, In Vitro Techniques, Oncorhynchus mykiss growth & development
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The literature on cell lines that have been developed from rainbow trout (RT) (Oncorhynchus mykiss) is reviewed to illustrate three new terms: invitromatics, invitrome, and invitroomics. Invitromatics is defined as the history, development, characterization, engineering, storage, and sharing of cell lines. RT invitromatics differs from invitromatics for humans and other mammals in several ways. Nearly all the RT cell lines have developed through spontaneous immortalization. No RT cell line undergoes senescence and can be described as being finite, whereas many human cell lines undergo senescence and are finite. RT cell lines are routinely grown at 18-22°C in free gas exchange with air in basal media developed for mammalian cells together with a supplement of fetal bovine serum. An invitrome is defined as the grouping of cell lines around a theme or category. The broad theme in this article is all the cell lines that have ever been created from O. mykiss, or in other words, the RT invitrome. The RT invitrome consists of approximately 55 cell lines. These cell lines can also be categorized on the basis of their storage and availability. A curated invitrome constitutes all the cell lines in a repository and for RT consists of 11 cell lines. These consist of epithelial cell lines, such as RTgill-W1, and fibroblast cell lines, such as RTG-2. RTG-2 can be purchased from a scientific company and constitutes the commercial RT invitrome. Cell lines that are exchanged between researchers are termed the informally shared invitrome and for RT consists of over 35 cell lines. Among these is the monocyte/macrophage cell line, RTS11. Cell lines whose existence is in doubt are termed the zombie invitrome, and for RT, approximately 12 cell lines are zombies. Invitroomics is the application of cell lines to a scientific problem or discipline. This is illustrated with the use of the RT invitrome in virology. Of the RT invitrome, RTG-2 was the most commonly used cell line to isolate viruses. Fifteen families of viruses were studied with RT invitrome. RT cell lines were best able to support replication of viruses from the Herpesviridae, Iridoviridae, Birnaviridae, Togaviridae, and Rhabdoviridae families.
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82. Cell lines derived from the squash bug, Anasa tristis (Coreidae: Hemiptera).
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Goodman CL, Ringbauer JA Jr, Li YF, Lincoln TR, and Stanley D
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- Animals, Cell Line drug effects, Cucurbita parasitology, Hemiptera pathogenicity, Seasons, Cell Line cytology, Hemiptera cytology, Hemiptera drug effects, Insecticides pharmacology
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The squash bug, Anasa tristis, is a pest of cucurbits that exerts direct damage on crops and is a vector of plant pathogens. We established cell lines from this insect to serve as tools for basic biology, including virology and immunology, as well as applied studies, such as insecticide development programs. We initiated 15 cell cultures, using nine media or combinations of media. The media yielding the best results were a modification of Kimura's medium and a combination of two commercially available cell culture media (EX-CELL 420 and L15). We designated the two cell lines as BCIRL-AtE-CLG11 and BCIRL-AtE-CLG15. From the AtE-CLG15 line, we isolated two sub-lines, A and B. Of these, the most consistently replicating line was AtE-CLG15A. We determined the doubling time of this line (190 h) and its mean cell diameter (14.5 ± 0.7 μm). We characterized the AtE-CLG15A line using DAF-PCR. The BCIRL-AtE-CLG15A cell line is now available for researchers world-wide.
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83. Are your results valid? Cellular authentication a need from the past, an emergency on the present.
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Cosme B, Falagan-Lotsch P, Ribeiro M, Napoleão K, Granjeiro JM, and Moura-Neto R
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- Animals, Cell Line classification, Humans, Cell Line cytology, DNA Contamination, Microsatellite Repeats genetics
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The cultures of immortalized cells have been established in the 50s and become popular as a biological model for in vitro assays. The success and popularization brought side effects. Still, in the 60 years emerge the first cases of misidentification/contamination of cell line. Because of that, the scientific community has been oriented to authenticate their lines before performing assays. The use of cells with incorrect identification or contamination has been identified as responsible for an increasing number of unmatched results and a waste of resources. For this reason, we implemented the Cell Line Authentication Service at Brazilian Metrology Institute (Inmetro), open to Brazilian scientific community and society in general. From 2012 to 2014 were conducted 111 cell line authentication test, of which 13.8% had some problem. Here are the description and discussion of these data and simple guidelines to minimize the risk of contamination and misidentification, and invite the scientific community to maintain an alert system to avoid spending unnecessary resources and produce unreliable data.
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84. Establishment and characterization of a mid-kidney cell line derived from golden pompano Trachinotus ovatus, a new cell model for virus pathogenesis and toxicology studies.
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Zhou L, Li P, Liu J, Ni S, Yu Y, Yang M, Wei S, and Qin Q
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- Animals, Base Sequence, Cell Death drug effects, Cell Proliferation drug effects, Disease Susceptibility, Fish Diseases virology, Kidney ultrastructure, Metals, Heavy toxicity, Transfection, Virus Replication drug effects, Cell Line cytology, Kidney cytology, Models, Biological, Nodaviridae physiology, Perciformes virology, Toxicity Tests
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Golden pompano Trachinotus ovatus, a popularly cultured and commercially important marine fish worldwide, has been recognized as a promising candidate for mariculture. However, outbreaks of infectious bacterial or viral diseases and environmental deterioration have led to great economic losses in T. ovatus aquaculture recently. In our research, we established a new mid-kidney cell line, designated as TOK, from golden pompano, T. ovatus. The optimized growth temperature and working concentration of fetal bovine serum (FBS) were 28°C and 10-20%, respectively. Foreign genes could express well in TOK cells. The modal number of TOK cells was 54. The TOK cells were susceptive to Singapore grouper iridovirus (SGIV) and red-spotted grouper nervous necrosis virus (RGNNV), and the virus could propagate in cells. Propagation was verified by qRT-PCR, and virions were observed under electron microscopy. Cytotoxicity analysis revealed that TOK cells were sensitive to different concentrations of extracellular products (ECPs) from Vibrio alginolyticus and V. anguillarum. Moreover, heavy metals (Cd, Cu, and Hg) also showed dose-dependent cytotoxicity to the TOK cell line. We established a mid-kidney cell line from T. ovatus which could be applied to cytotoxicity assays of heavy metals. The newly established TOK cell line possesses great application potential in genetic manipulation, virus-host interaction studies, and toxicity assays of bacterial extracellular products and heavy metals.
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85. Generating stable cell lines with quantifiable protein production using CRISPR/Cas9-mediated knock-in.
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Lo CA, Greben AW, and Chen BE
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- Fluorescence, Gene Knock-In Techniques, Genetic Engineering methods, Genome, Humans, Promoter Regions, Genetic, CRISPR-Cas Systems genetics, Cell Line cytology, Gene Expression Regulation genetics, Recombinant Proteins biosynthesis
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Cell lines expressing foreign genes have been widely used to produce a variety of recombinant proteins. However, generating recombinant protein-expressing cell lines is usually a lengthy process and the resulting protein expression levels are often inconsistent. Here, we describe an efficient method for making stable cell lines expressing any recombinant protein of interest in a controllable and quantifiable manner. We integrate transgenes into specific genomic loci using CRISPR/Cas9 such that transgene expression is driven by endogenous promoters to ensure consistent and predictable expression of the recombinant protein. Expression levels can be predetermined by selecting promoters from genes with the desired level of expression. To quantify recombinant protein expression, a protein quantitation reporter (PQR) is incorporated between the endogenous and foreign genes. The PQR allows equimolar production of the endogenous protein, the recombinant protein, and a fluorescent reporter. As a result, expression levels of both the endogenous and recombinant proteins can be continuously monitored using fluorescence.
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86. Manufacturing Clinical Grade Recombinant Adeno-Associated Virus Using Invertebrate Cell Lines.
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Kotin RM and Snyder RO
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- Animals, Cell Line cytology, Dependovirus growth & development, Genetic Vectors biosynthesis, Humans, Dependovirus genetics, Genetic Therapy methods, Genetic Vectors therapeutic use, Invertebrates cytology
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Recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV) vectors are proving to be a reliable gene transfer system for several clinical applications, with an increasing body of evidence supporting safety and efficacy. Realizing the clinical and commercial potential of rAAV depends on a reliable source of high-quality, well-characterized rAAV lots. This requirement has been very challenging to achieve due to limits of manufacturing platforms, lot-to-lot variability, or differences in the rigor applied to quality-control assays. In addition to reliable, high-quality vectors, limited quantities of rAAV have hampered clinical development and discouraged investigations into applications that require large therapeutic doses or quantities needed to treat large patient populations. A minimal number of vector production runs should be sufficient to support all phases of clinical development, including non-clinical, pharmacological, and toxicological studies, as well as clinical studies and commercial supply. The production platform using the Sf9 invertebrate cell line has emerged as a scalable and economical source of rAAV. Access to larger quantities of rAAV has now enabled evaluation of gene therapeutics for diseases that require large doses per patient or diseases with large patient populations. The only licensed rAAV product, Glybera, was produced in Sf9 cells, and other rAAV products are in clinical trials in the United States and Europe. The development of the Sf9 rAAV genetics, processes, and overview of the current system are described.
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87. Identification of newly established Spodoptera littoralis cell lines by two DNA barcoding markers.
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Ahmed I, Huebner H, Mamoori YI, and Buchholz R
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- Animals, Base Sequence, Electron Transport Complex IV genetics, Electrophoresis, Agar Gel, Genetic Markers, Phylogeny, Sequence Alignment, Cell Line cytology, DNA Barcoding, Taxonomic, Spodoptera cytology, Spodoptera genetics
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Cell line authentication is crucial in determining the identity of cell lines and detecting any cross-contamination. The identity of three newly established Spodoptera littoralis cell lines (Spli-C, Spli-B, and Spli-S) was confirmed by DNA fingerprinting. In this study, we used two universal primers sets to amplify two DNA fragments in different positions in the mitochondrial cytochrome C oxidase 1 gene (COI). The PCR reaction succeeded in amplifying two target DNA amplicons. The first amplicon had ~650 bp, while the second had ~410 bp. By comparing the obtained informative sequences with those in the GenBank sequence database, the results showed 100% similarity between the S. littoralis cell lines and their host. The same similarity ratio was observed between the Sf21, Tni, and Cp cell lines, which are used widely, and their hosts. The informative sequences were then used for phylogenetic analyses. In addition to the high efficiency of this technique, it showed high reproducibility in two different laboratories. DNA barcoding using the two sets of the universal primers used in this study can be a fast and a reliable method for insect cell line identification.
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88. Characterization of human hybrid cell line, F2N78, through a comparison of culture performances and protein qualities.
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Seo JS, Min BS, Kim YJ, Cho JM, Kwon GS, Lim BP, Chang SJ, and Kim DI
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- Animals, Antibodies, Monoclonal chemistry, CHO Cells, Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid, Cricetulus, Humans, Hybrid Cells cytology, Neuraminic Acids chemistry, Polysaccharides chemistry, Sialic Acids chemistry, Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization, Antibodies, Monoclonal biosynthesis, Cell Line cytology, Glycosylation
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Objectives: To evaluate the characteristics of a novel human cell line, F2N78, including growth performance, physicochemical properties, and biological activity via direct comparison with CHO cells., Results: The culture performance and physicochemical properties of antibodies produced from F2N78 and CHO cells were compared. For charge variants, antibodies produced from F2N78 cells contained a greater acidic charge variants than CHO cells. Regarding main glycoforms, degree of galactosylation was 52% in CT-A produced from F2N78 cells compared to CHO cells (37%). For sialic acid forms, α-2,6-linked sialic acid and N-acetylneuraminic acid (NANA) residues were observed in antibodies produced from F2N78 cells. In contrast, only α-2,3 linked sialic acid forms were detected in antibodies produced from CHO cells, and NANA and N-glycolylneuraminic acid were detected. Hybrid structure and bisecting structure were only observed in F2N78 cells., Conclusions: F2N78 cells stably produced antibodies with human specific N-glycan. The novel expression system based on human cells may facilitate the development of an alternative host cell for production of recombinant proteins.
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89. Development of an Atlantic salmon heart endothelial cell line (ASHe) that responds to lysophosphatidic acid (LPA).
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Pham PH, Vo NT, Tan EJ, Russell S, Jones G, Lumsden JS, and Bols NC
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- Animals, Capillaries drug effects, Capillaries growth & development, Cell Proliferation drug effects, Collagen pharmacology, Colony-Forming Units Assay, Cytoskeletal Proteins metabolism, Drug Combinations, Endothelial Cells drug effects, Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Laminin pharmacology, Proteoglycans pharmacology, Salmo salar, Tight Junction Proteins metabolism, Wound Healing drug effects, von Willebrand Factor metabolism, Cell Culture Techniques methods, Cell Line cytology, Endothelial Cells cytology, Lysophospholipids pharmacology, Myocardium cytology
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As diseases and abnormalities of the heart can interfere with the aquaculture of Atlantic salmon, the heart was investigated as a source of cell lines that could be used to study the cellular basis of these conditions. An Atlantic salmon heart endothelial cell line, ASHe, was developed and characterized for growth properties, endothelial cell characteristics, and responsiveness to lysophosphatidic acid (LPA). AHSe cells stained negative for senescence associated ß-galactosidase and grew well in 10 and 20% FBS/L15 at high cell density, but not in L15 medium supplemented with calf serum. It displayed many endothelial cell-like characteristics including a cobblestone morphology, capillary-like structures formation on Matrigel, and expression of von Willebrand factor and endothelial cell-related tight junction proteins ZO-1, claudin 3, and claudin 5. ASHe cells responded to the cardiovascular modulator, LPA, in two contrasting ways. LPA at 5 and 25 μM inhibited the ability of ASHe cells to heal a wound but stimulated their proliferation, especially as evaluated by colony formation in low-density cultures. The enhancement of proliferation by LPA parallels what has been observed previously in mammalian endothelial cell cultures exposed to LPA, whereas the LPA slowing of ASHe cell migration contrasted with the LPA-enhanced migration of some mammalian cells. Therefore, this cell line is a potentially useful model for future comparative studies on piscine and mammalian cardiovascular cell biology and for studies on diseases of Atlantic salmon in aquaculture.
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- 2017
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90. Reproducibility: Respect your cells!
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Baker M
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- Animals, Artifacts, Cattle, Cell Line cytology, Cell Line drug effects, Cell Line metabolism, Culture Media pharmacology, Culture Media standards, Culture Media, Serum-Free chemistry, Culture Media, Serum-Free pharmacology, Female, Humans, Mice, Muscle Fibers, Skeletal cytology, Muscle Fibers, Skeletal metabolism, Pregnancy, Quality Control, Reproducibility of Results, Research Design, Cell Culture Techniques methods, Cell Culture Techniques standards, Culture Media chemistry
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- 2016
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91. Establishment of an in vitro cell line experimental system for the study of inhalational anesthetic mechanisms.
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Nagamoto S, Iijima N, Ishii H, Takumi K, Higo S, Aikawa S, Anzai M, Matsuo I, Nakagawa S, Takashima N, Shigeyoshi Y, Sakamoto A, and Ozawa H
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- Animals, Cell Culture Techniques, Circadian Rhythm, Luminescent Measurements, Mice, Rats, Sevoflurane, Transgenes, Anesthetics pharmacology, Anesthetics, Inhalation pharmacology, Cell Line cytology, Cell Line drug effects, Methyl Ethers pharmacology
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General anesthesia affects the expression of clock genes in various organs. Expression of Per2, a core component of the circadian clock, is markedly and reversibly suppressed by sevoflurane in the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN), and is considered to be a biochemical marker of anesthetic effect in the brain. The SCN contains various types of neurons, and this complexity makes it difficult to investigate the molecular mechanisms of anesthesia. Here, we established an in vitro experimental system using a cell line to investigate the mechanisms underlying anesthetic action. Development of the system comprised two steps: first, we developed a system for application of inhalational anesthetics and incubation; next, we established cultures of anesthetic-responsive cells expressing mPer2 promoter-dLuc. GT1-7 cells, derived from the mouse hypothalamus, responded to sevoflurane by reversibly decreasing mPer2-promoter-driven bioluminescence. Interestingly, the suppression of bioluminescence was found only in the serum-starved GT1-7 cells, which showed neuron-like morphology, but not in growing cells, suggesting that neuron-like characteristics are required for anesthetic effects in GT1-7 cells., (Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.)
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- 2016
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92. Development of a Microforce Sensor and Its Array Platform for Robotic Cell Microinjection Force Measurement.
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Xie Y, Zhou Y, Lin Y, Wang L, and Xi W
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- Animals, Cell Line cytology, Cell Line transplantation, Mice, Stress, Mechanical, Zebrafish embryology, Biosensing Techniques instrumentation, Cell Transplantation instrumentation, Microinjections instrumentation, Robotics instrumentation
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Robot-assisted cell microinjection, which is precise and can enable a high throughput, is attracting interest from researchers. Conventional probe-type cell microforce sensors have some real-time injection force measurement limitations, which prevent their integration in a cell microinjection robot. In this paper, a novel supported-beam based cell micro-force sensor with a piezoelectric polyvinylidine fluoride film used as the sensing element is described, which was designed to solve the real-time force-sensing problem during a robotic microinjection manipulation, and theoretical mechanical and electrical models of the sensor function are derived. Furthermore, an array based cell-holding device with a trapezoidal microstructure is micro-fabricated, which serves to improve the force sensing speed and cell manipulation rates. Tests confirmed that the sensor showed good repeatability and a linearity of 1.82%. Finally, robot-assisted zebrafish embryo microinjection experiments were conducted. These results demonstrated the effectiveness of the sensor working with the robotic cell manipulation system. Moreover, the sensing structure, theoretical model, and fabrication method established in this study are not scale dependent. Smaller cells, e.g., mouse oocytes, could also be manipulated with this approach.
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- 2016
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93. Development of a cell line from the American eel brain expressing endothelial cell properties.
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Bloch SR, Vo NT, Walsh SK, Chen C, Lee LE, Hodson PV, and Bols NC
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- Animals, Capillaries metabolism, Cell Proliferation, Cell Shape, Cellular Senescence, Chromosomes metabolism, Endothelial Cells metabolism, Immunohistochemistry, Staining and Labeling, Temperature, Tight Junction Proteins metabolism, Vimentin metabolism, beta-Galactosidase metabolism, Brain cytology, Cell Line cytology, Eels metabolism, Endothelial Cells cytology
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A cell line (eelB) was developed from the outgrowth of adherent cells from brain explants of the American eel, Anguilla rostrata (Lesueur). EelB cells have been grown routinely in L-15 with 10% fetal bovine serum (FBS), undergone over 100 passages, and cryopreserved successfully. The cells from late-passage cultures (>45) were polygonal, formed capillary-like structures (CLS) on Matrigel, and stained immunocytochemically for von Willebrand factor (vWF) and for three tight junction proteins, zonula occludens-1 (ZO-1), claudin 3, and claudin 5. These results suggest that eelB is an endothelial cell line, one of the few from fish and the first from the brain. Despite this, eelB did not respond to 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) with the induction of CYP1A protein. The cells from early-passage cultures (<20) had more varied shapes and did not form CLS on Matrigel. Only cells from early-passage cultures formed in suspension three-dimensional aggregates that had some cells expressing alkaline phosphatase and nestin. These cells are thought to be neural stem cells and the aggregates neurospheres. The emergence of endothelial-like cells upon the continued subcultivation of cells from early-passage cultures that had neural stem cells has been described previously for mammals, but this is a first for teleosts. Remarkably, cells from all passage levels were stained strongly for senescence-associated β-galactosidase (SA β-Gal) activity.
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- 2016
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94. [Construction of Fat-1 eukaryotic expression vector of excision markers and the establishment of transgenic sheep cell lines].
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Lima A, Zhu H, Wang R, Yan T, Su X, Li L, Wang B, Na S, Qi G, and Zhou H
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- Animals, Electroporation, Polymerase Chain Reaction, RNA, Messenger genetics, Transfection, Animals, Genetically Modified, Cadherins genetics, Cell Line cytology, Fibroblasts cytology, Genetic Vectors, Sheep genetics
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In order to establish marker-free transgenic cell lines, we cloned Fat-1 gene, attB and Loxp sequences by PCR. Then we inserted these sequences to pN1-EGFP vector and got pEGFP-N1-Fat-1 expression vector. PhiC31 integrase mRNA which was generated by in vitro transcription and a pEGFP-N1-Fat-1 expression vector co-electroporated into sheep fetal fibroblasts, and then we got transgenic cell lines expressing green fluorescence. Prokaryotic expression and purification of Cre recombinant protein was performed. Cre recombinant protein was transducted into stably-transfected cell colonies. We identified cell colonies by sequencing and established marker-free transgenic cell lines and eventually- established marker-free transgenic cell lines which were building more safely basic for producing Fat-1 transgenic animals.
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- 2016
95. Establishment and Characterization of a New Muscle Cell Line of Zebrafish (Danio rerio) as an In Vitro Model for Gene Expression Studies.
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Kumar A, Singh N, Goswami M, Srivastava JK, Mishra AK, and Lakra WS
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- Animals, Cell Culture Techniques, Cell Cycle, Cell Proliferation, Cryopreservation, Gene Expression Profiling, Immunohistochemistry, Male, Transfection, Cell Line cytology, Models, Biological, Muscles cytology, Zebrafish
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A new continuous fibroblast cell line was established from the muscle tissue of healthy juvenile Danio rerio (Zebrafish) through explant method. Fish cell lines serve as useful tool for investigating basic fish biology, as a model for bioassay of environmental toxicant, toxicity ranking, and for developing molecular biomarkers. The cell line was continuously subcultured for a period of 12 months (61 passages) and maintained at 28 °C in L-15 medium supplemented with 10% FBS and 10 ng/mL of basic fibroblastic growth factor (bFGF) without use of antibiotics. Its growth rate was proportional to the FBS concentration, with optimum growth at 15% FBS. DNA barcoding (16SrRNA and COX1) was used to authenticate the cell line. Cells were incubated with propidium iodide and sorted via flow cytometry to calculate the DNA content to confirm the genetic stability. Significant green fluorescent protein (GFP) signals confirmed the utility of cell line in transgenic and genetic manipulation studies. In vitro assay was performed with MTT to examine the growth potential of the cell line. The muscle cell line would provide a novel invaluable in vitro model to identify important genes to understand regulatory mechanisms that govern the molecular regulation of myogenesis and should be useful in biomedical research.
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- 2016
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96. Generation of KCL032 clinical grade human embryonic stem cell line.
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Miere C, Wood V, Kadeva N, Cornwell G, Codognotto S, Stephenson E, and Ilic D
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- Biomarkers metabolism, Cell Differentiation, Humans, Cell Culture Techniques methods, Cell Line cytology, Human Embryonic Stem Cells cytology
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The KCL032 human embryonic stem cell line was derived from a normal healthy blastocyst donated for research. The ICM was isolated using laser microsurgery and plated on γ-irradiated human foreskin fibroblasts. Both the derivation and cell line propagation were performed in an animal product-free environment and under current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP) standards. Pluripotent state and differentiation potential were confirmed by in vitro assays., (Copyright © 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
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- 2016
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97. Derivation of Genea016 human embryonic stem cell line.
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Dumevska B, Chami O, McKernan R, Goel D, Peura T, and Schmidt U
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- Alkaline Phosphatase metabolism, Cell Shape, Comparative Genomic Hybridization, DNA metabolism, Humans, Karyotyping, Reproducibility of Results, Staining and Labeling, Cell Culture Techniques methods, Cell Line cytology, Human Embryonic Stem Cells cytology
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The Genea016 human embryonic stem cell line was derived from a donated, fully commercially consented ART blastocyst, through ICM outgrowth on inactivated human feeders. The line showed pluripotent cell morphology and genomic analysis verified a 46, XX karyotype and female Allele pattern through traditional karyotyping, CGH and STR analysis. Pluripotency of Genea016 was demonstrated with 77% of cells expressing Nanog, 95% Oct4, 53% Tra1-60 and 98% SSEA4, a PluriTest Pluripotency score of 28.4, Novelty score of 1.37 and Alkaline Phosphatase activity. The cell line was negative for Mycoplasma and any visible contamination., (Copyright © 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
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- 2016
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98. Generation of human control iPS cell line CHOPWT9 from healthy adult peripheral blood mononuclear cells.
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Maguire JA, Gagne A, Mills JA, Gadue P, and French DL
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- Adult, Animals, Female, Humans, Kruppel-Like Factor 4, Mice, Mice, Inbred NOD, Mice, SCID, Cell Culture Techniques methods, Cell Line cytology, Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells cytology, Leukocytes, Mononuclear cytology
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The CHOPWT9 induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cell line was generated for use as a control for applications such as differentiation analyses to the three germ layers and derivative tissues. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) obtained from a healthy adult female were reprogrammed using non-integrating Sendai viral vectors expressing Oct3/4, Sox2, c-Myc, and Klf4., (Copyright © 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
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- 2016
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99. Generation of KCL016 research grade human embryonic stem cell line carrying a mutation in VHL gene.
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Miere C, Hewitson H, Wood V, Kadeva N, Cornwell G, Codognotto S, Stephenson E, and Ilic D
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- Biomarkers metabolism, Cell Differentiation, Female, Humans, Male, Pedigree, Cell Culture Techniques methods, Cell Line cytology, Human Embryonic Stem Cells cytology, Mutation genetics, Von Hippel-Lindau Tumor Suppressor Protein genetics
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The KCL016 human embryonic stem cell line was derived from an embryo donated for research that carried an autosomal dominant mutation affecting splicing site of the VHL gene encoding von Hippel-Lindau tumor suppressor E3 ubiquitin protein ligase (676+3A>T). The ICM was isolated using laser microsurgery and plated on γ-irradiated human foreskin fibroblasts. Both the derivation and cell line propagation were performed in an animal product-free environment. Pluripotent state and differentiation potential were confirmed by in vitro assays., (Copyright © 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
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- 2016
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100. Screening and assessment of performance and molecule quality attributes of industrial cell lines across different fed-batch systems.
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Rouiller Y, Bielser JM, Brühlmann D, Jordan M, Broly H, and Stettler M
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- Animals, Antibodies chemistry, Bioreactors, Cell Line cytology, Antibodies metabolism, Batch Cell Culture Techniques methods, High-Throughput Screening Assays methods
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The major challenge in the selection process of recombinant cell lines for the production of biologics is the choice, early in development, of a clonal cell line presenting a high productivity and optimal cell growth. Most importantly, the selected candidate needs to generate a product quality profile which is adequate with respect to safety and efficacy and which is preserved across cell culture scales. We developed a high-throughput screening and selection strategy of recombinant cell lines, based on their productivity in shaking 96-deepwell plates operated in fed-batch mode, which enables the identification of cell lines maintaining their high productivity at larger scales. Twelve recombinant cell lines expressing the same antibody with different productivities were selected out of 470 clonal cell lines in 96-deepwell plate fed-batch culture. They were tested under the same conditions in 50 mL vented shake tubes, microscale and lab-scale bioreactors in order to confirm the maintenance of their performance at larger scales. The use of a feeding protocol and culture conditions which are essentially the same across the different scales was essential to maintain productivity and product quality profiles across scales. Compared to currently used approaches, this strategy has the advantage of speeding up the selection process and increases the number of screened clones for getting high-producing recombinant cell lines at manufacturing scale with the desired performance and quality., (© 2015 American Institute of Chemical Engineers.)
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- 2016
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