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Cell Culture: History, Development and Prospects

Since its inception, the animal cell culture in the twentieth century is related to its usefulness in research. Early methods such as Harrison culture of the inverted drop, Carrel’s and Lindbergh’s innovations made with the introduction of the use of the infusion pump, the culture of HeLa cells and vaccine design using animal cell cultures are approach which revolutioned the implementation and study of the cell culture. One of the important steps in this technique is the selection of the culture media, which provides the physical and chemical conditions close to those occurring in the natural environment for cell growth, which are crucial for the adhesion, proliferation and cell survival in vitro. In this review, the essential aspects that define this technique are shown, offering a historical overview of the most relevant events and the current prospect in the development of the cell culture, that have been enabled the progress in both, basic and applied research.

Animal Cell Culture and Cryopreservation

Basic and Applied Aspects of Biotechnology, 2016

Cell culture is a process by which cells are grown under laboratory conditions outside their natural environment. The historical development of methods of cell culture is closely interrelated with tissue and organ culture. Animal cell culture has a long history of over 100 years, although major advancements have been accomplished in the last 30 years. It has become one of the major tools in life sciences. Almost 50 % of the biological products produced today or planned to be produced in the near future are based on animal cell culture. Therefore, there is an increasing interest in developing technologies for cultivation and maintenance of animal cells. Apart from developing new technologies for culturing and manipulating animal cells for producing biologics, researchers are also interested to look into developmental processes using animal cells as a model system. This chapter is designed to serve as a basic introduction to animal cell culture for the students and the laboratory workers who are interested to understand the key concepts and terminologies in this rapidly growing fi eld.

Media for cultivation of animal cells: an overview

Cytotechnology, 1988

The increasing interest in products from animal cells has caused an extensive research effort towards development of media for cell cultivation.The basic components in the media used for cultivation of animal cells vary depending upon the characters of the cells and the cultivation method. Basic components consist of an energy source, nitrogen source, vitamins, fats and fatty soluble components, inorganic salts, nucleic acid precursors, antibiotics, oxygen, pH buffering systems, hormones, growth factors and serum. Extensive efforts are directed towards developing serum-free or chemically defined media. Among the serum substitutes is a long list of hormones and growth factors.

The Bulk Growth of Animal Cells in Continuous Suspension Culture

Journal of General Microbiology, 1959

Several methods for growing animal cells in suspension culture were examined, to find the most efficient in terms of cells produced in a given time for the minimum of medium and attention. Continuous medium flow was more efficient than batch-culture, and the preferred system was to add medium to a culture vessel regularly in small doses via a time-switch-controlled solenoid closure a t a rate similar to the growth rate; a turbidimetric safety device ensured that cell density did not drop below levels permitting growth. A mixture of galactose or fructose (6 g./l.) and glucose (2 g./l.) allowed better pH control than glucose alone (6 g./l.). Doubling times of 14-16 hr. were obtained on occasion; the gas-phase oxygen concentration for fastest growth depended on cell density and was frequently less than atmospheric, suggesting that these cells can behave as microaerophils. ' maximal ' medium (medium CSV.6, Table 1) giving fastest growth and highest

Improvement of the culture stability of non-anchorage-dependent animal cells grown in serum-free media through immobilization

Cytotechnology, 1995

A murine hybridoma cell line producing a monoclonal antibody against penicillin-G-amidase and a murine transfectoma cell line secreting a monovalent chimeric human/mouse Fab-antibody fragment were cultivated in three different media (serum-containing, low protein serum-free, and iron-rich protein-free) in flask cultures, stirred reactors and a fixed bed reactor. In static batch cultures in flasks both cell lines showed similar good growth in all three media. In suspension in a stirred reactor, the hybridoma cell line could be cultivated satisfactory only in serum-containing medium. In low protein serum-free medium, Pluronic F68 had to be added to protect the hybridoma cells against shear stress. But even with this supplement only batch, not chemostat mode was possible. In iron-rich protein-free medium the hybridoma cells grew also in continuous chemostat mode, but the stability of the culture was low. The transfectoma cell line did not grow in stirred reactors in any of the three media. Good results with both cell lines were obtained in fixed bed experiments, where the cells were immobilized in macroporous Siran |-carriers. The media, which were optimized in flask cultures, could be used without any further adaptation in the fixed bed reactor. Immobilization improved the stability and reliability of cultures of non-adherent animal cells in serum-free media tremendously compared to suspension cultures in stirred reactors. The volume-specific glucose uptake rate, an indicator of the activity of the immobilized cells, was similar in all three media. Deviations in the metabolism of immobilized and suspended cells seem to be mainly due to low oxygen concentrations within the macroporous carriers, where the cells are supplied with oxygen only by diffusion.

An animal cell culture: Advance technology for modern research

At the present time animal cell culture is more significant and multifarious application tool for current research streams. A lot of field assorted from animal cell culture such: stem cell biology, IVF technology, cancer cell biology, monoclonal antibody production, recombinant protein production, gene therapy, vaccine manufacturing, novel drug selection and improvement. In this review conclude animal cell culture as well as its requirements.

Basics of animal cell culture: Foundation for modern science

Biotechnology and Molecular Biology Reviews, 2016

The culture of animal cells is one of the major aspects of science which serves as a foundation for most of our recent discoveries. The major areas of application include cancer research, vaccine manufacturing, recombinant protein production, drug selection and improvement, gene therapy, stem cell biology, monoclonal antibody production, in vitro fertilization technology, cryopreservation and in vitro production of hormones. Cells can be propagated, expanded and divided into identical replicates, which can be characterized, purified and preserved by freezing. This article reviews the basic aspects of animal cell culture for modern day research.