Tissue Culture Techniques

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Introduction

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   Pages 1-3

3. Sterility

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   Pages 5-27

4. Routine Cell Culture

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   Pages 29-90

5. Experiments in Culture

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6. Primary Cell Culture

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   Pages 113-136

7. Cell Preservation

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   Pages 137-142

8. Cell Cloning

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9. Culture Changes

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   Pages 153-184

10. Information for New Cell Studies

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    Pages 185-190

11. Back Matter

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Xl II INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I STERILITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Aseptic Technique . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Physical manipulations • Use of the sterile cabinet (hood) Sterilization Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Heat • Radiation • Toxic gas • Filtration • Antibiotics Quality Control of Sterilization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Routine labeling Suggested Readings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Exercises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 vi CONTENTS ROUTINE CELL CULTURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Feeding Schedules and Media Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 General properties of media and salt solutions • water as a reagent· Establishingfeeding schedules Subcultivation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Solutions and methods for adherent cells • Common enzyme solutions • Inoculating (seeding) the cultures Cell Enumeration and Cell Viability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Hemocytometer • Particle counter • Cell viability Putting Routine Methods to Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Normal cell growth characteristics Detecting and Disposing of Contamination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Bacteria and fUngi • Fungi •Mycoplasma • Viruses • Dealing with contamination Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Inadequate cell growth • Recurrent contamination • When to call your vendor Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Biological hazards • Chemical hazards Suggested Readings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Problem Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Exercises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 EXPERIMENTS IN CULTURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 II Alterations of the Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Serum • Treatments of serum • Plasma-derived serum • Serum-free and low-protein media Substrata. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Coatingplasticware with solutions • Alterations with polymers • Using cells to coat the plasticware • Culturing cells on microcarriers Altering the Environment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Temperature changes • Gaseous changes Problem Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Exercises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 CONTENTS vii PRIMARY CELL CULTURE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Isolation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Dissection • Enzymatic dissociation methods• Nonenzymatic isolation • Purification of cell suspensions • Consideringyield and survival Chatacterization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• aging
• antibiotic
• antibiotics
• cell
• cells
• fixation
• fungi
• gene transfer
• growth
• mortality
• plasma
• quality control
• radiation
• treatment
• water

• Department of Biochemistry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, USA

  Bernice M. Martin

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