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Janssen J, Chirico N, Ainsworth MJ, Cedillo-Servin G, Viola M, Dokter I, Vermonden T, Doevendans PA, Serra M, Voets IK, Malda J, Castilho M, van Laake LW, Sluijter JPG, Sampaio-Pinto V, van Mil A. Hypothermic and cryogenic preservation of cardiac tissue-engineered constructs. Biomater Sci 2024; 12:3866-3881. [PMID: 38910521 PMCID: PMC11265564 DOI: 10.1039/d3bm01908j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2023] [Accepted: 06/15/2024] [Indexed: 06/25/2024]
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Cardiac tissue engineering (cTE) has already advanced towards the first clinical trials, investigating safety and feasibility of cTE construct transplantation in failing hearts. However, the lack of well-established preservation methods poses a hindrance to further scalability, commercialization, and transportation, thereby reducing their clinical implementation. In this study, hypothermic preservation (4 °C) and two methods for cryopreservation (i.e., a slow and fast cooling approach to -196 °C and -150 °C, respectively) were investigated as potential solutions to extend the cTE construct implantation window. The cTE model used consisted of human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes and human cardiac fibroblasts embedded in a natural-derived hydrogel and supported by a polymeric melt electrowritten hexagonal scaffold. Constructs, composed of cardiomyocytes of different maturity, were preserved for three days, using several commercially available preservation protocols and solutions. Cardiomyocyte viability, function (beat rate and calcium handling), and metabolic activity were investigated after rewarming. Our observations show that cardiomyocytes' age did not influence post-rewarming viability, however, it influenced construct function. Hypothermic preservation with HypoThermosol® ensured cardiomyocyte viability and function. Furthermore, fast freezing outperformed slow freezing, but both viability and function were severely reduced after rewarming. In conclusion, whereas long-term preservation remains a challenge, hypothermic preservation with HypoThermosol® represents a promising solution for cTE construct short-term preservation and potential transportation, aiding in off-the-shelf availability, ultimately increasing their clinical applicability.
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- Jasmijn Janssen
- Department of Cardiology, Experimental Cardiology Laboratory, Circulatory Health Research Center, Regenerative Medicine Center Utrecht, University Utrecht, University Medical Center Utrecht, Uppsalalaan 8, Utrecht, 3584 CT, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Cardiology, Experimental Cardiology Laboratory, Circulatory Health Research Center, Regenerative Medicine Center Utrecht, University Utrecht, University Medical Center Utrecht, Uppsalalaan 8, Utrecht, 3584 CT, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Orthopedics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, Utrecht, 3584 CX, The Netherlands
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- Department of Orthopedics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, Utrecht, 3584 CX, The Netherlands
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- Department of Orthopedics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, Utrecht, 3584 CX, The Netherlands
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences (UIPS), Utrecht University, Universiteitsweg 99, 3508 TB Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Experimental Cardiology Laboratory, Circulatory Health Research Center, Regenerative Medicine Center Utrecht, University Utrecht, University Medical Center Utrecht, Uppsalalaan 8, Utrecht, 3584 CT, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences (UIPS), Utrecht University, Universiteitsweg 99, 3508 TB Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Netherlands Heart Institute (NLHI), Utrecht, 3511 EP, The Netherlands
- Centraal Militair Hospitaal (CMH), Utrecht, 3584 EZ, The Netherlands
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- iBET, Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, Oeiras, Portugal
- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal
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- Laboratory of Self-Organizing Soft Matter, Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry & Institute of Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven 5600 MB, PO box 513, The Netherlands
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- Department of Orthopedics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, Utrecht, 3584 CX, The Netherlands
- Department of Equine Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Utrecht University, Yalelaan 1, Utrecht, 3584 CL, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, 5612 AE, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Experimental Cardiology Laboratory, Circulatory Health Research Center, Regenerative Medicine Center Utrecht, University Utrecht, University Medical Center Utrecht, Uppsalalaan 8, Utrecht, 3584 CT, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Cardiology, Experimental Cardiology Laboratory, Circulatory Health Research Center, Regenerative Medicine Center Utrecht, University Utrecht, University Medical Center Utrecht, Uppsalalaan 8, Utrecht, 3584 CT, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Cardiology, Experimental Cardiology Laboratory, Circulatory Health Research Center, Regenerative Medicine Center Utrecht, University Utrecht, University Medical Center Utrecht, Uppsalalaan 8, Utrecht, 3584 CT, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Cardiology, Experimental Cardiology Laboratory, Circulatory Health Research Center, Regenerative Medicine Center Utrecht, University Utrecht, University Medical Center Utrecht, Uppsalalaan 8, Utrecht, 3584 CT, The Netherlands.
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Taggart MS, Tchir A, Van Dieren L, Chen H, Hassan M, Taveras C, Lellouch AG, Toner M, Sandlin RD, Uygun K. Parallelized Droplet Vitrification Enables Single-Run Vitrification of the Whole Rat Liver Hepatocyte Yield. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.07.14.603471. [PMID: 39071342 PMCID: PMC11275928 DOI: 10.1101/2024.07.14.603471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/30/2024]
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Drug discovery pipelines rely on the availability of isolated primary hepatocytes for investigating potential hepatotoxicity prior to clinical application. These hepatocytes are typically isolated from livers rejected for transplantation and subsequently cryopreserved for later usage. The gold-standard cryopreservation technique, slow-freezing, is a labor-intensive process, with significant post-storage viability loss. In this work, we introduce parallelized droplet vitrification, a technique for high-volumetric, rapid vitrification of suspended cells. We show the utility of this technique through the single-run vitrification of the whole-rate liver hepatocyte yield, resulting in a 1600% increase in single-batch vitrification and a 500% increase in droplet generation rate compared to previous droplet vitrification approaches. Additionally, we showed that these implementations maintained improved post-preservation outcomes in primary rat hepatocytes.
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Amini M, Benson JD. Analysis of cryopreservation media thermophysical characteristics after ultra-rapid cooling through differential scanning calorimetry. Cryobiology 2024; 116:104939. [PMID: 38971573 DOI: 10.1016/j.cryobiol.2024.104939] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2024] [Revised: 06/26/2024] [Accepted: 07/03/2024] [Indexed: 07/08/2024]
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Cryoprotective agents play a critical role in minimizing cell damage caused by ice formation during cryopreservation. However, high concentrations of CPAs are toxic to cells and tissues. Required concentrations of CPAs can be reduced by utilizing higher cooling and warming rates, but insight into the thermophysical properties of biological solutions in the vitrification method is necessary for the development of cryopreservation protocols. Most studies on thermophysical properties under ultra-rapid cooling conditions have been qualitatively based on visualization. Differential scanning calorimetry methods are ideal for studying the behavior of biomaterials in various freezing conditions quantitatively and accurately, though previous studies have been predominantly restricted to slower cooling rates. Here, we developed an ultra-rapid cooling method for DSC that can achieve minimal cooling rates exceeding 2000 °C/min. We investigated the thermophysical vitrification behavior of ternary solutions of phosphate buffer saline (1X), dimethyl sulfoxide or glycerol and ice blocking polymers (X-1000 or Z-1000). We quantified the impact of solute concentration on ice crystal formation during rapid cooling. Our findings support the expectation that increasing the solute concentration reduces the amount of ice formation, including devitrification. Devitrification increases from 0 % to 40 % (v/v) Me2SO and then reduces significantly. The relative amounts of devitrification to the total ice formation are 0 %, 60 %, 0 % in 20 %, 40 %, 60 % (v/v) Me2SO, and 2 %, 48 %, 49 % in 20 %, 40 %, 60 % (v/v) glycerol, respectively. The results suggest that at low concentrations, such as below 20 % (v/v) for Me2SO or glycerol, increasing the warming rate after ultra-rapid freezing is not essential to eliminate devitrification. Furthermore, ice blocking polymers do not reduce ice formation substantially and cannot eliminate devitrification under ultra-rapid cooling conditions. In conclusion, our results provide insights into the impact of solute concentration on ice formation and devitrification during rapid cooling, which can be practical for optimizing cryopreservation protocols.
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- Mohammad Amini
- Department of Biology, University of Saskatchewan, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of Saskatchewan, Canada.
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Takigawa T, Watanabe H, Akiyama Y. Disaccharide-assisted inkjet freezing for improved cell viability. Cryobiology 2024; 116:104932. [PMID: 38925357 DOI: 10.1016/j.cryobiol.2024.104932] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2024] [Revised: 05/21/2024] [Accepted: 06/22/2024] [Indexed: 06/28/2024]
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Non-permeable disaccharides are widely used as cryoprotectant agents due to their low cytotoxicity, but their protective effect is insufficient when the disaccharides are present only extracellularly. On the other hand, cryoprotectant agent (CPA)-free cryopreservation has been recently achieved by instantaneously inkjet-freezing cells as tiny droplets. However, CPA-free cryopreservation requires skilled handling operations due to instability of the vitreous water without the CPA. In this study, the effectiveness of separately adding two types of disaccharides in inkjet freezing of 3T3 cells was evaluated and the following results were obtained. First, trehalose showed the highest effect at 0.57 M, twice the plasma osmolarity, with a maximum cell viability of over 90 % when freezing 70 pL droplets. However, higher concentrations of trehalose decreased cell viability due to damage caused by dehydration. Similarly, sucrose gave cell viability close to 90 % at 0.57 M with 70 pL droplets, and higher concentrations decreased cell viability. Next, the relationship between minimum trehalose concentrations to prevent intracellular and extracellular ice crystal formation and droplet size was analyzed. The results indicated that trehalose of less than 0.57 M was able to inhibit intracellular ice crystal formation even in the largest droplet used in this study, 450 pL, while trehalose of nearly 0.57 M was required to inhibit extracellular ice crystal formation in the smallest droplet, 70 pL. In other words, the suppression of extracellular ice crystals by the addition of CPA was shown to be crucial in improving the viability of inkjet superflash freezing.
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- Tomona Takigawa
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shinshu University, 3-15-1 Tokida, Ueda, Nagano, 386-8567, Japan
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Graduate School of Medicine, Science and Technology, Shinshu University, 3-15-1 Tokida, Ueda, Nagano, 386-8567, Japan
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shinshu University, 3-15-1 Tokida, Ueda, Nagano, 386-8567, Japan; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Graduate School of Medicine, Science and Technology, Shinshu University, 3-15-1 Tokida, Ueda, Nagano, 386-8567, Japan; Department of Mechanical Engineering and Robotics, Shinshu University, 3-15-1 Tokida, Ueda, Nagano, 386-8567, Japan.
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Abdelhady AW, Mittan-Moreau DW, Crane PL, McLeod MJ, Cheong SH, Thorne RE. Ice formation and its elimination in cryopreservation of oocytes. RESEARCH SQUARE 2024:rs.3.rs-4144933. [PMID: 38826214 PMCID: PMC11142364 DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-4144933/v1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2024]
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Damage from ice and potential toxicity of ice-inhibiting cryoprotective agents (CPAs) are key issues in assisted reproduction of humans, domestic and research animals, and endangered species using cryopreserved oocytes and embryos. The nature of ice formed in bovine oocytes (similar in size to oocytes of humans and most other mammals) after rapid cooling and during rapid warming were examined using synchrotron-based time-resolved x-ray diffraction. Using cooling rates, warming rates and CPA concentrations of current practice, oocytes show no ice after cooling but always develop large ice fractions - consistent with crystallization of most free water - during warming, so most ice-related damage must occur during warming. The detailed behavior of ice at warming depended on the nature of ice formed during cooling. Increasing cooling rates allows oocytes soaked as in current practice to remain essentially ice free during both cooling and warming. Much larger convective warming rates are demonstrated and will allow routine ice-free cryopreservation with smaller CPA concentrations. These results clarify the roles of cooling, warming, and CPA concentration in generating ice in oocytes and establish the structure and grain size of ice formed. Ice formation can be eliminated as a factor affecting post-thaw oocyte viability and development in many species, improving outcomes and allowing other deleterious effects of the cryopreservation cycle to be independently studied.
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- Abdallah W Abdelhady
- Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
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- Physics Department, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
- MiTeGen, LLC, Ithaca, NY 14850
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Rolle K, Okotrub KA, Evmenova EA, Kuznetsov AG, Babin SA, Surovtsev NV. Reversal of crystallization in cryoprotected samples by laser editing. J Chem Phys 2024; 160:184506. [PMID: 38743430 DOI: 10.1063/5.0206117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/29/2024] [Accepted: 04/29/2024] [Indexed: 05/16/2024] Open
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Advances in cryobiology techniques commonly target either the cooling or the warming cycle, while little thought has been given to ≪repair≫ protocols applicable during cold storage. In particular, crystallization is the dominant threat to cryopreserved samples but proceeds from small nuclei that are innocuous if further growth is forestalled. To this end, we propose a laser editing technique that locally heats individual crystals above their melting point by a focused nanosecond pulse, followed by amorphization during rapid resolidification. As a reference, we first apply the approach to ice crystals in cryoprotected solution and use Raman confocal mapping to study the deactivation of crystalline order. Then, we examine dimethyl sulfoxide trihydrate crystals that can germinate at low temperatures in maximally freeze concentrated regions, as commonly produced by equilibrium cooling protocols. We show how to uniquely identify this phase from Raman spectra and evidence retarded growth of laser-edited crystals during warming.
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- K Rolle
- Institute of Automation and Electrometry SB RAS, Academician Koptyug av. 1, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Institute of Automation and Electrometry SB RAS, Academician Koptyug av. 1, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Institute of Automation and Electrometry SB RAS, Academician Koptyug av. 1, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Institute of Automation and Electrometry SB RAS, Academician Koptyug av. 1, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Institute of Automation and Electrometry SB RAS, Academician Koptyug av. 1, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Institute of Automation and Electrometry SB RAS, Academician Koptyug av. 1, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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Sirotinskaya V, Bar Dolev M, Yashunsky V, Bahari L, Braslavsky I. Extended Temperature Range of the Ice-Binding Protein Activity. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2024; 40:7395-7404. [PMID: 38527127 PMCID: PMC11008235 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c03710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2023] [Revised: 03/07/2024] [Accepted: 03/08/2024] [Indexed: 03/27/2024]
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Ice-binding proteins (IBPs) are expressed in various organisms for several functions, such as protecting them from freezing and freeze injuries. Via adsorption on ice surfaces, IBPs depress ice growth and recrystallization and affect nucleation and ice shaping. IBPs have shown promise in mitigating ice growth under moderate supercooling conditions, but their functionality under cryogenic conditions has been less explored. In this study, we investigate the impact of two types of antifreeze proteins (AFPs): type III AFP from fish and a hyperactive AFP from an insect, the Tenebrio molitor AFP, in vitrified dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) solutions. We report that these AFPs depress devitrification at -80 °C. Furthermore, in cases where devitrification does occur, AFPs depress ice recrystallization during the warming stage. The data directly demonstrate that AFPs are active at temperatures below the regime of homogeneous nucleation. This research paves the way for exploring AFPs as potential enhancers of cryopreservation techniques, minimizing ice-growth-related damage, and promoting advancements in this vital field.
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- Vera Sirotinskaya
- Institute
of Biochemistry, Food Science, and Nutrition, Robert H. Smith Faculty
of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Institute
of Biochemistry, Food Science, and Nutrition, Robert H. Smith Faculty
of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
- Faculty
of Biotechnology and Food Engineering, Technion, Haifa 3200003, Israel
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- Institute
of Biochemistry, Food Science, and Nutrition, Robert H. Smith Faculty
of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
- The
Swiss Institute for Dryland Environmental and Energy Research, Ben Gurion University, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel
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- Institute
of Biochemistry, Food Science, and Nutrition, Robert H. Smith Faculty
of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Institute
of Biochemistry, Food Science, and Nutrition, Robert H. Smith Faculty
of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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Parker JT, Consiglio AN, Rubinsky B, Mäkiharju SA. Direct comparison of isobaric and isochoric vitrification of two aqueous solutions with photon counting X-ray computed tomography. Cryobiology 2024; 114:104839. [PMID: 38097056 DOI: 10.1016/j.cryobiol.2023.104839] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2023] [Revised: 11/29/2023] [Accepted: 12/08/2023] [Indexed: 01/07/2024]
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Vitrification is a promising approach for ice-free cryopreservation of biological material, but progress is hindered by the limited set of experimental tools for studying processes in the interior of the vitrified matter. Isochoric cryopreservation chambers are often metallic, and their opacity prevents direct visual observation. In this study, we introduce photon counting X-ray computed tomography (CT) to compare the effects of rigid isochoric and unconfined isobaric conditions on vitrification and ice formation during cooling of two aqueous solutions: 50 wt% DMSO and a coral vitrification solution, CVS1. Previous studies have only compared vitrification in isochoric systems with isobaric systems that have an exposed air-liquid interface. We use a movable piston to replicate the surface and thermal boundary conditions of the isochoric system yet maintain isobaric conditions. When controlling for the boundary conditions we find that similar ice and vapor volume fractions form during cooling in isochoric and isobaric conditions. Interestingly, we observe distinct ice and vapor cavity morphology in the isochoric systems, possibly due to vapor outgassing or cavitation as rapid cooling causes the pressure to drop in the confined systems. These observations highlight the array of thermal-fluid processes that occur during vitrification in confined aqueous systems and motivate the further application of imaging techniques such as photon counting X-ray CT in fundamental studies of vitrification.
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- Jason T Parker
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA.
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA.
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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Amir A, Yehudit N, Pasquale P, Roy A. The Effect of Cryoprotectants Concentration on Ice Crystal Propagation Velocity. Biopreserv Biobank 2023; 21:547-553. [PMID: 36383132 DOI: 10.1089/bio.2022.0144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Background: Two physicochemical effects occur during vitrification: nucleation and crystallization. Nucleation is a statistical occurrence by its nature. Thus, the more water molecules that are present the higher are the chances for nucleation to occur. Crystallization is a first-order transition where a water molecule is incorporated into ice crystal. Intracellular viscosity, which is the combination of water, salts, and cryoprotectants (CPs), affects both the nucleation and crystal growth rates. Ice velocity is inversely correlated with the viscosity and directly proportional to the function of the system's supercooling. However, little is known about the speed of ice crystal propagation in vitrification solutions containing different concentrations of CPs. Methods: This article describes the ice crystal propagation velocity while referring to vitrification. Ice crystal propagation velocity was measured in solutions containing different CP (dimethyl sulfoxide [DMSO], propylene glycol [PG], ethylene glycol [EG], and glycerol) concentrations at a supercooled temperature. The different CPs solutions were inserted into 0.25 mL straws and placed in different temperatures of an alcohol bath (Tc) at supercooling temperatures of -8°C to -10°C. Results: We found that ice crystal propagation is inversely correlated to CP concentrations. Interestingly, PG showed, with statistically significant results, lower ice crystal growth velocities up to concentrations of 30% (v/v), compared with DMSO, and EG at the same concentrations. The combination of EG with PG showed better results (0.25 mm/s) than EG with DMSO (0.39 mm/s) in terms of decreasing the ice crystal growth velocity. When the concentration was increased to 40% (v/v), EG showed the lowest ice crystal propagation velocity (0.09 mm/s), although not significantly different than PG and glycerol but significantly lower than DMSO (0.13 mm/s). Conclusion: These results suggest that current vitrification solutions are not optimized. Based on our results, we suggest that combining PG with EG has advantages over the combination of DMSO and EG, which might promote successful cell and tissue vitrification.
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- Division Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA
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- A.A. Technology, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Abdelhady AW, Mittan-Moreau DW, Crane PL, McLeod MJ, Cheong SH, Thorne RE. Ice formation and its elimination in cryopreservation of bovine oocytes. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.11.15.567270. [PMID: 38014098 PMCID: PMC10680738 DOI: 10.1101/2023.11.15.567270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2023]
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Damage from ice and potential toxicity of ice-inhibiting cryoprotective agents (CPAs) are key issues in assisted reproduction using cryopreserved oocytes and embryos. We use synchrotron-based time-resolved x-ray diffraction and tools from protein cryocrystallography to characterize ice formation within bovine oocytes after cooling at rates between ∼1000 °C/min and ∼600,000°C /min and during warming at rates between 20,000 and 150,000 °C /min. Maximum crystalline ice diffraction intensity, maximum ice volume, and maximum ice grain size are always observed during warming. All decrease with increasing CPA concentration, consistent with the decreasing free water fraction. With the cooling rates, warming rates and CPA concentrations of current practice, oocytes may show no ice after cooling but always develop substantial ice fractions on warming, and modestly reducing CPA concentrations causes substantial ice to form during cooling. With much larger cooling and warming rates achieved using cryocrystallography tools, oocytes soaked as in current practice remain essentially ice free during both cooling and warming, and when soaked in half-strength CPA solution oocytes remain ice free after cooling and develop small grain ice during warming. These results clarify the roles of cooling, warming, and CPA concentration in generating ice in oocytes, establish the character of ice formed, and suggest that substantial further improvements in warming rates are feasible. Ice formation can be eliminated as a factor affecting post-thaw oocyte viability and development, allowing other deleterious effects of the cryopreservation cycle to be studied, and osmotic stress and CPA toxicity reduced. Significance Statement Cryopreservation of oocytes and embryos is critical in assisted reproduction of humans and domestic animals and in preservation of endangered species. Success rates are limited by damage from crystalline ice, toxicity of cryoprotective agents (CPAs), and damage from osmotic stress. Time-resolved x-ray diffraction of bovine oocytes shows that ice forms much more readily during warming than during cooling, that maximum ice fractions always occur during warming, and that the tools and large CPA concentrations of current protocols can at best only prevent ice formation during cooling. Using tools from cryocrystallography that give dramatically larger cooling and warming rates, ice formation can be completely eliminated and required CPA concentrations substantially reduced, expanding the scope for species-specific optimization of post-thaw reproductive outcomes.
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朱 文, 潘 平, 黄 永, 陈 威, 韩 厦, 李 铮, 程 锦. [Droplet freeze-thawing system based on solid surface vitrification and laser rewarming]. SHENG WU YI XUE GONG CHENG XUE ZA ZHI = JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING = SHENGWU YIXUE GONGCHENGXUE ZAZHI 2023; 40:973-981. [PMID: 37879927 PMCID: PMC10600432 DOI: 10.7507/1001-5515.202305004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2023] [Revised: 08/24/2023] [Indexed: 10/27/2023]
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Ultra-rapid cooling and rewarming rate is a critical technical approach to achieve ice-free cells during the freezing and melting process. A set of ultra-rapid solid surface freeze-thaw visualization system was developed based on a sapphire flim, and experiments on droplet freeze-thaw were carried out under different cryoprotectant components, volumes and laser energies. The results showed that the cooling rate of 1 μL mixed cryoprotectant [1.5 mol/L propylene glycol (PG) + 1.5 mol/L ethylene glycol (EG) + 0.5 mol/L trehalose (TRE)] could be 9.2×10 3 °C/min. The volume range of 1-8 μL droplets could be vitrified. After comparing the proportions of multiple cryoprotectants, the combination of equal proportion mixed permeability protectant and trehalose had the best vitrification freezing effect and more uniform crystallization characteristics. During the rewarming operation, the heating curve of glassy droplets containing gold nanoparticles was measured for the first time under the action of 400-1 200 W laser power, and the rewarming rate was up to the order of 10 6 °C/min. According to the droplet images of different power rewarming processes, the laser power range for ice-free rewarming with micron-level resolution was clarified to be 1 400-1 600 W. The work of this paper simultaneously realizes the ultra-high-speed temperature ramp-up, transient visual observation and temperature measurement of droplets, providing technical means for judging the ice free droplets during the freeze-thaw process. It is conducive to promoting the development of ultra-rapid freeze-thaw technology for biological cells and tissues.
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- 文欣 朱
- 上海交通大学 制冷与低温工程研究所(上海 200240)Institute of Refrigeration and Cryogenics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China
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- 上海交通大学 制冷与低温工程研究所(上海 200240)Institute of Refrigeration and Cryogenics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China
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- 上海交通大学 制冷与低温工程研究所(上海 200240)Institute of Refrigeration and Cryogenics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China
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- 上海交通大学 制冷与低温工程研究所(上海 200240)Institute of Refrigeration and Cryogenics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China
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- 上海交通大学 制冷与低温工程研究所(上海 200240)Institute of Refrigeration and Cryogenics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China
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- 上海交通大学 制冷与低温工程研究所(上海 200240)Institute of Refrigeration and Cryogenics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China
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- 上海交通大学 制冷与低温工程研究所(上海 200240)Institute of Refrigeration and Cryogenics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China
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Rolle K, Okotrub KA, Zaytseva IV, Babin SA, Surovtsev NV. Self-pressurised rapid freezing at arbitrary cryoprotectant concentrations. J Microsc 2023; 292:27-36. [PMID: 37615208 DOI: 10.1111/jmi.13220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2023] [Revised: 05/17/2023] [Accepted: 08/21/2023] [Indexed: 08/25/2023]
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Self-pressurised rapid freezing (SPRF) has been proposed as a simple alternative to traditional high-pressure freezing (HPF) protocols for vitrification of biological samples in electron microscopy and cryopreservation applications. Both methods exploit the circumstance that the melting point of ice reaches a minimum when subjected to pressure of around 210 MPa, however, in SPRF its precise quantity depends on sample properties and hence, is generally unknown. In particular, cryoprotective agents (CPAs) are expected to be a factor; though eschewed by many SPRF experiments, vitrification of larger samples notably cannot be envisaged without them. Thus, in this study, we address the question of how CPA concentration affects pressure inside sealed capillaries, and how to design SPRF experiments accordingly. By embedding a fibre-optic probe in samples and performing Raman spectroscopy after freezing, we first present a direct assessment of pressure build-up during SPRF, enabled by the large pressure sensitivity of the Raman shift of hexagonal ice. Choosing dimethyl sulphoxide (DMSO) as a model CPA, this approach allows us to demonstrate that average pressure drops to zero when DMSO concentrations of 15 wt% are exceeded. Since a trade-off between pressure and DMSO concentration represents an impasse with regard to vitrification of larger samples, we introduce a sample architecture with two chambers, separated by a partition that allows for equilibration of pressure but not DMSO concentrations. We show that pressure and concentration in the fibre-facing chamber can be tuned independently, and present differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) data supporting the improved vitrification performance of two-chamber designs. Lay version of abstract for 'Self-pressurised rapid freezing at arbitrary cryoprotectant concentrations' Anyone is familiar with pipes bursting in winter because the volume of ice is greater than that of liquid water. Less well known is the fact that inside a thick-walled container, sealed and devoid of air bubbles, this pressure build-up will allow a fraction of water to remain unfrozen if the sample is also cooled sufficiently rapidly far below the freezing point. This phenomenon has already been harnessed for specimen preparation in microscopy, where low temperatures are useful to immobilise the sample, but harmful if ice formation occurs. However, specimen preparation cannot always rely on this pressure-based effect alone, but sometimes requires addition of chemicals to inhibit ice formation. Not enough is known directly about how these chemicals affect pressure build-up: Indeed, rapid cooling below the freezing point is only possible for small sample volumes, typically placed inside sealed capillaries, so that space is generally insufficient to accommodate a pressure sensor. By means of a compact sensor, based on an optical fibre, laser and spectrometer, we present the first direct assessment of pressure inside sealed capillaries. We show that addition of chemicals reduces pressure build-up and present a two-chambered capillary to circumvent the resulting trade-off. Also, we present evidence showing that the two-chambered capillary design can avoid ice formation more readily than a single-chambered one.
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- Konrad Rolle
- Institute of Automation and Electrometry SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Institute of Automation and Electrometry SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Institute of Automation and Electrometry SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia
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Kumada T, Nakagawa H, Miura D, Sekine Y, Motokawa R, Hiroi K, Inamura Y, Oku T, Ohishi K, Morikawa T, Kawamura Y, Kawai K. Polarized Neutrons Observed Nanometer-Thick Crystalline Ice Plates in Frozen Glucose Solution. J Phys Chem Lett 2023; 14:7638-7643. [PMID: 37605312 PMCID: PMC10476184 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c01448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2023] [Accepted: 07/21/2023] [Indexed: 08/23/2023]
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Spin-contrast-variation (SCV) small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) is a technique to determine the nanostructure of composite materials from the scattering of polarized neutrons that changes with proton polarization of samples. The SCV-SANS enabled us to determine structure of nanoice crystals that were generated in rapidly frozen sugar solutions by separating the overlapped signals from the nanoice crystals and frozen amorphous solutions. In the frozen glucose solution, we found that the nanoice crystals formed a planar structure with a radius larger than several tens of nanometers and a thickness of 2.5 ± 0.5 nm, which was close to the critical nucleation size of ice crystals in supercooled water. This result suggests that the glucose molecules were preferentially bound to a specific face of nanoice crystals and then blocked the crystal growth perpendicular to that face.
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- Takayuki Kumada
- Materials
Sciences Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy
Agency, Tokai, Ibaraki 319-1195, Japan
- J-PARC
Center, Japan Atomic Energy
Agency, Tokai, Ibaraki 319-1195, Japan
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- Materials
Sciences Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy
Agency, Tokai, Ibaraki 319-1195, Japan
- J-PARC
Center, Japan Atomic Energy
Agency, Tokai, Ibaraki 319-1195, Japan
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- Materials
Sciences Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy
Agency, Tokai, Ibaraki 319-1195, Japan
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- Materials
Sciences Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy
Agency, Tokai, Ibaraki 319-1195, Japan
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- Materials
Sciences Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy
Agency, Tokai, Ibaraki 319-1195, Japan
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- J-PARC
Center, Japan Atomic Energy
Agency, Tokai, Ibaraki 319-1195, Japan
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- J-PARC
Center, Japan Atomic Energy
Agency, Tokai, Ibaraki 319-1195, Japan
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- J-PARC
Center, Japan Atomic Energy
Agency, Tokai, Ibaraki 319-1195, Japan
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- Neutron
Science and Technology Center, Comprehensive
Research Organization for Science and Society (CROSS), Tokai, Ibaraki 319-1106, Japan
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- Neutron
Science and Technology Center, Comprehensive
Research Organization for Science and Society (CROSS), Tokai, Ibaraki 319-1106, Japan
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- Neutron
Science and Technology Center, Comprehensive
Research Organization for Science and Society (CROSS), Tokai, Ibaraki 319-1106, Japan
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- Graduate
School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8528, Japan
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Zhan T, Niu W, Cui M, Han H, Dang H, Guo N, Wang D, Hao Y, Zang C, Xu Y, Guo H. A study on the relationship between the crystallization characteristics of quenched droplets and the effect of cell cryopreservation with Raman spectroscopy. Analyst 2023. [PMID: 37337775 DOI: 10.1039/d3an00652b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/21/2023]
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The cryopreservation method of microdroplets has steadily become widely employed in the cryopreservation of microscale biological samples such as various types of cells due to its fast cooling rate, significant reduction of the concentration of cryoprotectants, and practical liquid handling method. However, it is still necessary to consider the corresponding relationship between droplet size and concentration and the impact of crystallization during the cooling process on cell viability. The key may be a misunderstanding of the influencing factors of crystallization and vitrification behavior with concentration during cooling on the ultimate cell viability, which may be attributable to the inability to analyze the freezing state inside the microdroplets. Therefore, in this work, an in situ Raman observation system for droplet quenching was assembled to obtain Raman spectra in the frozen state, and the spectral characteristics of the crystallization and vitrification processes of microdroplets with varied concentrations and volumes were investigated. Furthermore, the degree of crystallization inside the droplets was quantitatively analyzed, and it was found that the ratio of the crystalline peak to hydrogen bond shoulder could clearly distinguish the degree of crystallization and the vitrified state, and the Raman crystallization characteristic parameters gradually increased with the decrease of concentrations. By obtaining the cooling curve and the overall cooling rate of quenching droplets, the vitrification state of the microdroplets was confirmed by theoretical analysis of the cooling characteristics of a DMSO solution system. In addition, the effect of cell cryopreservation was investigated using the microdroplet quenching device, and it was found that the key to cell survival during the quenching process of low-concentration microdroplets was dominated by the cooling rate and the internal crystallization degree, while the main influencing factor on high concentration was the toxic effect of a protective agent. In general, this work introduces a new nondestructive evaluation and analysis method for the cryopreservation of quenching microdroplets.
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- Taijie Zhan
- Institute of Bio-thermal Science and Technology, Shanghai Co-innovation Center for Energy Therapy of Tumors, Shanghai Technical Service Platform for Cryopreservation of Biological Resources, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China.
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- Institute of Bio-thermal Science and Technology, Shanghai Co-innovation Center for Energy Therapy of Tumors, Shanghai Technical Service Platform for Cryopreservation of Biological Resources, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China.
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- Institute of Bio-thermal Science and Technology, Shanghai Co-innovation Center for Energy Therapy of Tumors, Shanghai Technical Service Platform for Cryopreservation of Biological Resources, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China.
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- Institute of Bio-thermal Science and Technology, Shanghai Co-innovation Center for Energy Therapy of Tumors, Shanghai Technical Service Platform for Cryopreservation of Biological Resources, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China.
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- Institute of Bio-thermal Science and Technology, Shanghai Co-innovation Center for Energy Therapy of Tumors, Shanghai Technical Service Platform for Cryopreservation of Biological Resources, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China.
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- Institute of Bio-thermal Science and Technology, Shanghai Co-innovation Center for Energy Therapy of Tumors, Shanghai Technical Service Platform for Cryopreservation of Biological Resources, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China.
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- School of Materials and Chemistry, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
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- Yinfeng Cryomedicine Technology Co. Ltd, Jinan, China
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- Yinfeng Cryomedicine Technology Co. Ltd, Jinan, China
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- Institute of Bio-thermal Science and Technology, Shanghai Co-innovation Center for Energy Therapy of Tumors, Shanghai Technical Service Platform for Cryopreservation of Biological Resources, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China.
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- School of Optical-Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
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Jaskiewicz JJ, Dayao DAE, Girouard D, Sevenler D, Widmer G, Toner M, Tzipori S, Sandlin RD. Scalable cryopreservation of infectious Cryptosporidium hominis oocysts by vitrification. PLoS Pathog 2023; 19:e1011425. [PMID: 37289815 PMCID: PMC10284403 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1011425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2023] [Revised: 06/21/2023] [Accepted: 05/15/2023] [Indexed: 06/10/2023] Open
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Cryptosporidium hominis is a serious cause of childhood diarrhea in developing countries. The development of therapeutics is impeded by major technical roadblocks including lack of cryopreservation and simple culturing methods. This impacts the availability of optimized/standardized singular sources of infectious parasite oocysts for research and human challenge studies. The human C. hominis TU502 isolate is currently propagated in gnotobiotic piglets in only one laboratory, which limits access to oocysts. Streamlined cryopreservation could enable creation of a biobank to serve as an oocyst source for research and distribution to other investigators requiring C. hominis. Here, we report cryopreservation of C. hominis TU502 oocysts by vitrification using specially designed specimen containers scaled to 100 μL volume. Thawed oocysts exhibit ~70% viability with robust excystation and 100% infection rate in gnotobiotic piglets. The availability of optimized/standardized sources of oocysts may streamline drug and vaccine evaluation by enabling wider access to biological specimens.
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- Justyna J. Jaskiewicz
- BioMEMS Resource Center, Center for Engineering in Medicine and Surgery, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and Shriners Children`s Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Department of Infectious Disease and Global Health, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University, North Grafton, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Infectious Disease and Global Health, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University, North Grafton, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Infectious Disease and Global Health, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University, North Grafton, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- BioMEMS Resource Center, Center for Engineering in Medicine and Surgery, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and Shriners Children`s Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Infectious Disease and Global Health, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University, North Grafton, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- BioMEMS Resource Center, Center for Engineering in Medicine and Surgery, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and Shriners Children`s Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Infectious Disease and Global Health, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University, North Grafton, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- BioMEMS Resource Center, Center for Engineering in Medicine and Surgery, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and Shriners Children`s Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Lin M, Cao H, Li J. Control strategies of ice nucleation, growth, and recrystallization for cryopreservation. Acta Biomater 2023; 155:35-56. [PMID: 36323355 DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2022.10.056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2022] [Revised: 10/20/2022] [Accepted: 10/26/2022] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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The cryopreservation of biomaterials is fundamental to modern biotechnology and biomedicine, but the biggest challenge is the formation of ice, resulting in fatal cryoinjury to biomaterials. To date, abundant ice control strategies have been utilized to inhibit ice formation and thus improve cryopreservation efficiency. This review focuses on the mechanisms of existing control strategies regulating ice formation and the corresponding applications to biomaterial cryopreservation, which are of guiding significance for the development of ice control strategies. Herein, basics related to biomaterial cryopreservation are introduced first. Then, the theoretical bases of ice nucleation, growth, and recrystallization are presented, from which the key factors affecting each process are analyzed, respectively. Ice nucleation is mainly affected by melting temperature, interfacial tension, shape factor, and kinetic prefactor, and ice growth is mainly affected by solution viscosity and cooling/warming rate, while ice recrystallization is inhibited by adsorption or diffusion mechanisms. Furthermore, the corresponding research methods and specific control strategies for each process are summarized. The review ends with an outlook of the current challenges and future perspectives in cryopreservation. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: Ice formation is the major limitation of cryopreservation, which causes fatal cryoinjury to cryopreserved biomaterials. This review focuses on the three processes related to ice formation, called nucleation, growth, and recrystallization. The theoretical models, key influencing factors, research methods and corresponding ice control strategies of each process are summarized and discussed, respectively. The systematic introduction on mechanisms and control strategies of ice formation is instructive for the cryopreservation development.
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- Min Lin
- Key Laboratory for Thermal Science and Power Engineering of Ministry of Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China; Beijing Key Laboratory for CO(2) Utilization and Reduction Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Key Laboratory for Thermal Science and Power Engineering of Ministry of Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China; Beijing Key Laboratory for CO(2) Utilization and Reduction Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
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- Key Laboratory for Thermal Science and Power Engineering of Ministry of Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China; Beijing Key Laboratory for CO(2) Utilization and Reduction Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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Large surface deformation due to thermo-mechanical effects during cryopreservation by vitrification - mathematical model and experimental validation. PLoS One 2023; 18:e0282613. [PMID: 36893176 PMCID: PMC9997942 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0282613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2022] [Accepted: 02/18/2023] [Indexed: 03/10/2023] Open
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This study presents a simplified thermal-fluids (TF) mathematical model to analyze large surface deformations in cryoprotective agents (CPA) during cryopreservation by vitrification. The CPA deforms during vitrification due to material flow caused by the combined effects of thermal gradients within the domain, thermal contraction due to temperature, and exponential increase in the viscosity of the CPA as it is cooled towards glass transition. While it is well understood that vitrification is associated with thermo-mechanical stress, which might lead to structural damage, those large deformations can lead to stress concentration, further intensifying the probability to structural failure. The results of the TF model are experimentally validated by means of cryomacroscopy on a cuvette containing 7.05M dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) as a representative CPA. The TF model presented in this study is a simplified version of a previously presented thermo-mechanics (TM) model, where the TM model is set to solve the coupled heat transfer, fluid mechanics and solid mechanics problems, while the TF model omits further deformations in the solid state. It is demonstrated in this study that the TF model alone is sufficient to capture large-body deformations during vitrification. However, the TF model alone cannot be used to estimate mechanical stresses, which become significant only when the deformation rates become so small that the deformed body practically behaves as an amorphous solid. This study demonstrates the high sensitivity of deformation predictions to variation in material properties, chief among which are the variations of density and viscosity with temperature. Finally, this study includes a discussion on the possibility of turning on and off the TF and TM models in respective parts of the domain, in order to solve the multiphysics problem in a computationally cost-effective manner.
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Baniasadi F, Hajiaghalou S, Shahverdi A, Ghalamboran MR, Pirhajati V, Fathi R. The Beneficial Effects of Static Magnetic Field and Iron Oxide Nanoparticles on the Vitrification of Mature Mice Oocytes. Reprod Sci 2022:10.1007/s43032-022-01144-1. [PMID: 36562985 DOI: 10.1007/s43032-022-01144-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2022] [Accepted: 11/26/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of static magnetic field (SMF) and nanoparticles (NPs) on the vitrification of cumulus-oocyte-complex (COC). To this end, the non-vitrified (nVit) and vitrified groups (Vit) that contain NPs, with or without SMF were labeled nVit_NPs, nVit_NPs_SMF, Vit_NPs, and Vit_NPs_SMF, respectively. The non-toxic dosages of NPs were first determined to be 0.008% w/v. The survival, apoptosis, and necrosis, mitochondrial activity, fertilization rate, subsequent-derived embryo development, and gene expressions were examined. The viability rates obtained by trypan blue and Anx-PI staining were meaningfully smaller in the Vit groups, compared to the nVit groups. The JC1 red/green signal ratios were reduced considerably in the Vit group, compared to the nVit. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) was performed to assess the entry of the NPs into the oocytes. TEM images showed that NPs were present in nVit_NPs, and Vit_NPs. Thereafter, the effects of NPs and SMF on in vitro fertilization (IVF) were examined. The difference in blastocyst rates between nVit and Vit_NPs_SMF groups was significant. Finally, Nanog, Cdx2, Oct4, and Sox2 genes were evaluated. There were substantial differences in Cdx2 gene expressions between the Vit_NPs and nVit groups. The expression of Nanog in Vit was significantly higher than those of the Vit_NPs, Vit_NPs_SMF, and nVit groups. The data presented here provide deeper insight into the application of iron oxide nanoparticles in COC vitrification. It appears that using SMF and supplemented CPA by NPs inhibits cryoinjury and promote the embryo development capacity of vitrified-warmed COCs.
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- F Baniasadi
- Department of Embryology, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Embryology, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Embryology, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.
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- Neuroscience Research Center, Iran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran.,Cellular and Molecular Research Center, Iran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Embryology, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, ACECR, Tehran, Iran.
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Insights into the crystallization and vitrification of cryopreserved cells. Cryobiology 2022; 106:13-23. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cryobiol.2022.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2021] [Revised: 02/05/2022] [Accepted: 04/30/2022] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Kwizera EA, Stewart S, Mahmud MM, He X. Magnetic Nanoparticle-Mediated Heating for Biomedical Applications. JOURNAL OF HEAT TRANSFER 2022; 144:030801. [PMID: 35125512 PMCID: PMC8813031 DOI: 10.1115/1.4053007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2021] [Revised: 11/03/2021] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Magnetic nanoparticles, especially superparamagnetic nanoparticles (SPIONs), have attracted tremendous attention for various biomedical applications. Facile synthesis and functionalization together with easy control of the size and shape of SPIONS to customize their unique properties, have made it possible to develop different types of SPIONs tailored for diverse functions/applications. More recently, considerable attention has been paid to the thermal effect of SPIONs for the treatment of diseases like cancer and for nanowarming of cryopreserved/banked cells, tissues, and organs. In this mini-review, recent advances on the magnetic heating effect of SPIONs for magnetothermal therapy and enhancement of cryopreservation of cells, tissues, and organs, are discussed, together with the non-magnetic heating effect (i.e., high Intensity focused ultrasound or HIFU-activated heating) of SPIONs for cancer therapy. Furthermore, challenges facing the use of magnetic nanoparticles in these biomedical applications are presented.
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- Elyahb Allie Kwizera
- Fischell Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland, 8278 Paint Branch Drive, College Park, MD 20742
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- Fischell Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland, 8278 Paint Branch Drive, College Park, MD 20742
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- Fischell Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland, 8278 Paint Branch Drive, College Park, MD 20742
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- Fischell Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland, 8278 Paint Branch Drive, College Park, MD 20742; Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 21201
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Kangas J, Zhan L, Liu Y, Natesan H, Khosla K, Bischof J. Ultra-Rapid Laser Calorimetry for the Assessment of Crystallization in Low-Concentration Cryoprotectants. JOURNAL OF HEAT TRANSFER 2022; 144:031207. [PMID: 35833150 PMCID: PMC8823201 DOI: 10.1115/1.4052568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2021] [Revised: 09/16/2021] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Cryoprotective agents (CPAs) are routinely used to vitrify, attain an amorphous glass state void of crystallization, and thereby cryopreserve biomaterials. Two vital characteristics of a CPA-loaded system are the critical cooling and warming rates (CCR and CWR), the temperature rates needed to achieve and return from a vitrified state, respectively. Due to the toxicity associated with CPAs, it is often desirable to use the lowest concentrations possible, driving up CWR and making it increasingly difficult to measure. This paper describes a novel method for assessing CWR between the 0.4 × 105 and 107 °C/min in microliter CPA-loaded droplet systems with a new ultrarapid laser calorimetric approach. Cooling was achieved by direct quenching in liquid nitrogen, while warming was achieved by the irradiation of plasmonic gold nanoparticle-loaded vitrified droplets by a high-power 1064 nm millisecond pulsed laser. We assume "apparent" vitrification is achieved provided ice is not visually apparent (i.e., opacity) upon imaging with a camera (CCR) during cooling or highspeed camera (CWR) during warming. Using this approach, we were able to investigate CWRs in single CPA systems such as propylene glycol (PG), glycerol, and Trehalose in water, as well as mixtures of glycerol-trehalose-water and propylene glycol-trehalose-water CPA at low concentrations (20-40 wt %). Further, a phenomenological model for determining the CCRs and CWRs of CPAs was developed which allowed for predictions of CCR or CWR of single component CPA and mixtures (within and outside of the regime their constituents were measured in), providing an avenue for optimizing CCR and CWR and perhaps future CPA cocktail discovery.
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- Joseph Kangas
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN 55408
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN 55408
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN 55408
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN 55408
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN 55408
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN 55408; Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN 55408
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Hayashi Y, Kino-oka M, Sugiyama H. Hybrid-model-based design of fill-freeze-thaw processes for human induced pluripotent stem cells considering productivity and quality. Comput Chem Eng 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2021.107566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Bojic S, Murray A, Bentley BL, Spindler R, Pawlik P, Cordeiro JL, Bauer R, de Magalhães JP. Winter is coming: the future of cryopreservation. BMC Biol 2021; 19:56. [PMID: 33761937 PMCID: PMC7989039 DOI: 10.1186/s12915-021-00976-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2020] [Accepted: 02/03/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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The preservative effects of low temperature on biological materials have been long recognised, and cryopreservation is now widely used in biomedicine, including in organ transplantation, regenerative medicine and drug discovery. The lack of organs for transplantation constitutes a major medical challenge, stemming largely from the inability to preserve donated organs until a suitable recipient is found. Here, we review the latest cryopreservation methods and applications. We describe the main challenges-scaling up to large volumes and complex tissues, preventing ice formation and mitigating cryoprotectant toxicity-discuss advantages and disadvantages of current methods and outline prospects for the future of the field.
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- Sanja Bojic
- School of Computing, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.,Biosciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.,Department of Genetics, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, Kragujevac, Serbia
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
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- Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK.,Magdalene College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Cancer Genome Evolution Research Group, University College London Cancer Institute, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Computer Science, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK.
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- Integrative Genomics of Ageing Group, Institute of Ageing and Chronic Disease, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
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Rolle K, Butt HJ, Fytas G. Flash Brillouin Scattering: A Confocal Technique for Measuring Glass Transitions at High Scan Rates. ACS PHOTONICS 2021; 8:531-539. [PMID: 33634207 PMCID: PMC7898954 DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.0c01533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Glass transition temperatures T g are most commonly measured by differential scanning calorimetry, a method that has been extended to the flash scanning calorimetry (FSC) regime by reducing sample volumes. However, significant manual preparation effort can render FSC impractical for, e.g., local probing of spatially heterogeneous specimens. Another strategy can be to select a small volume by focusing down a laser beam, where Brillouin Light Scattering (BLS) is a proven method for confocal T g measurement. Here, we introduce Flash Brillouin Scattering, which extends BLS to fast scan rates, achieved by periodically heating the probed region with an infrared laser. For comparison with conventional BLS, we first characterize T g of pure glycerol, and show how rapid quenching produces a less packed glass with downshifted sound velocity. We then turn toward its aqueous solutions, which crystallize too fast for a nonflash approach, and demonstrate scan rates in excess of 105 K/s. These results are of interest not only because glycerol is a model system for hydrogen-bonded glass formers, but also because of its applications as a cryoprotectant for frozen biological samples. Light scattering studies of the latter, currently limited to cryo-Raman spectroscopy, are likely to be complemented by the technique introduced here.
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Ito A, Yoshioka K, Masumoto S, Sato K, Hatae Y, Nakai T, Yamazaki T, Takahashi M, Tanoue S, Horie M. Magnetic heating of nanoparticles as a scalable cryopreservation technology for human induced pluripotent stem cells. Sci Rep 2020; 10:13605. [PMID: 32788637 PMCID: PMC7423927 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-70707-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2020] [Accepted: 07/28/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Scale-up of production is needed for industrial applications and clinical translation of human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs). However, in cryopreservation of hiPSCs, successful rewarming of vitrified cells can only be achieved by convective warming of small volumes (generally 0.2 mL). Here, we present a scalable nano-warming technology for hiPSC cryopreservation employing inductive heating of magnetic nanoparticles under an alternating magnetic field. The conventional method by water bath heating at 37 °C resulted in a decrease of cell viability owing to devitrification caused by slow warming of samples with large volumes (≥ 20 mL). Nano-warming showed uniform and rapid rewarming of vitrified samples and improved viability of hiPSCs in the 20-mL system. In addition to single cells, hiPSC aggregates prepared using a bioreactor-based approach were successfully cryopreserved by the nano-warming technique. These results demonstrate that nano-warming is a promising methodology for cryopreservation in mass production of hiPSCs.
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- Akira Ito
- Department of Chemical Systems Engineering, School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8603, Japan.
- Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology (PRESTO), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawacughi, Saitama, 332-0012, Japan.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Systems Engineering, School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8603, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Systems Engineering, School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8603, Japan
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- Technical Department, Dai-Ichi High Frequency Co., Ltd., 1-45 Mizue-cho, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki, 210-0866, Japan
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- Technical Department, Dai-Ichi High Frequency Co., Ltd., 1-45 Mizue-cho, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki, 210-0866, Japan
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- Division of Biochemical Engineering, Radioisotope Research Center, Kyoto University, Yoshida Konoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan
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Jaskiewicz JJ, Sevenler D, Swei AA, Widmer G, Toner M, Tzipori S, Sandlin RD. Cryopreservation of infectious Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts achieved through vitrification using high aspect ratio specimen containers. Sci Rep 2020; 10:11711. [PMID: 32678171 PMCID: PMC7366687 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-68643-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2020] [Accepted: 06/16/2020] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Infection with protozoa of the genus Cryptosporidium is a leading cause of child morbidity and mortality associated with diarrhea in the developing world. Research on this parasite has been impeded by many technical limitations, including the lack of cryopreservation methods. While cryopreservation of Cryptosporidium oocysts by vitrification was recently achieved, the method is restricted to small sample volumes, thereby limiting widespread implementation of this procedure. Here, a second-generation method is described for cryopreservation of C. parvum oocysts by vitrification using custom high aspect ratio specimen containers, which enable a 100-fold increase in sample volume compared to previous methods. Oocysts cryopreserved using the described protocol exhibit high viability, maintain in vitro infectivity, and are infectious to interferon-gamma (IFN-γ) knockout mice. Importantly, the course of the infection is comparable to that observed in mice infected with unfrozen oocysts. Vitrification of C. parvum oocysts in larger volumes will expedite progress of research by enabling the sharing of isolates among different laboratories and the standardization of clinical trials.
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- Justyna J Jaskiewicz
- Department of Infectious Disease and Global Health, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University, North Grafton, MA, USA
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- Center for Engineering in Medicine, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and Shriners Hospitals for Children, Boston, MA, USA
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- Center for Engineering in Medicine, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and Shriners Hospitals for Children, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Infectious Disease and Global Health, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University, North Grafton, MA, USA
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- Center for Engineering in Medicine, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and Shriners Hospitals for Children, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Infectious Disease and Global Health, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University, North Grafton, MA, USA.
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- Center for Engineering in Medicine, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and Shriners Hospitals for Children, Boston, MA, USA.
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Arav A. From cryo-preservation to dry-preservation of reproductive cells. Theriogenology 2020; 150:263-267. [PMID: 32088027 DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2020.01.060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2020] [Accepted: 01/28/2020] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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- Amir Arav
- FertileSafe, 11 Haharash, Ness Ziona, Israel.
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Gao Z, Ring HL, Sharma A, Namsrai B, Tran N, Finger EB, Garwood M, Haynes CL, Bischof JC. Preparation of Scalable Silica-Coated Iron Oxide Nanoparticles for Nanowarming. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2020; 7:1901624. [PMID: 32099753 PMCID: PMC7029634 DOI: 10.1002/advs.201901624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2019] [Revised: 10/15/2019] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Cryopreservation technology allows long-term banking of biological systems. However, a major challenge to cryopreserving organs remains in the rewarming of large volumes (>3 mL), where mechanical stress and ice formation during convective warming cause severe damage. Nanowarming technology presents a promising solution to rewarm organs rapidly and uniformly via inductive heating of magnetic nanoparticles (IONPs) preloaded by perfusion into the organ vasculature. This use requires the IONPs to be produced at scale, heat quickly, be nontoxic, remain stable in cryoprotective agents (CPAs), and be washed out easily after nanowarming. Nanowarming of cells and blood vessels using a mesoporous silica-coated iron oxide nanoparticle (msIONP) in VS55, a common CPA, has been previously demonstrated. However, production of msIONPs is a lengthy, multistep process and provides only mg Fe per batch. Here, a new microporous silica-coated iron oxide nanoparticle (sIONP) that can be produced in as little as 1 d while scaling up to 1.4 g Fe per batch is presented. sIONP high heating, biocompatibility, and stability in VS55 is also verified, and the ability to perfusion load and washout sIONPs from a rat kidney as evidenced by advanced imaging and ICP-OES is demonstrated.
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- Zhe Gao
- Department of Mechanical EngineeringUniversity of Minnesota111 Church St.MinneapolisMN55455USA
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- Center for Magnetic Resonance ResearchDepartment of RadiologyUniversity of Minnesota2021 6th Street S.E.MinneapolisMN55455USA
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- Department of Mechanical EngineeringUniversity of Minnesota111 Church St.MinneapolisMN55455USA
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- Department of SurgeryUniversity of Minnesota420 Delaware Street SEMinneapolisMN55455USA
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of Minnesota207 Pleasant St SEMinneapolisMN55455USA
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- Department of SurgeryUniversity of Minnesota420 Delaware Street SEMinneapolisMN55455USA
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- Center for Magnetic Resonance ResearchDepartment of RadiologyUniversity of Minnesota2021 6th Street S.E.MinneapolisMN55455USA
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of Minnesota207 Pleasant St SEMinneapolisMN55455USA
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- Department of Mechanical EngineeringUniversity of Minnesota111 Church St.MinneapolisMN55455USA
- Department of Biomedical EngineeringUniversity of Minnesota111 Church St.MinneapolisMN55455USA
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Khosla K, Zhan L, Bhati A, Carley-Clopton A, Hagedorn M, Bischof J. Characterization of Laser Gold Nanowarming: A Platform for Millimeter-Scale Cryopreservation. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2019; 35:7364-7375. [PMID: 30299961 PMCID: PMC6536355 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b03011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Preventing ice formation during cryopreservation by vitrification has led to the successful storage and banking of numerous cellular- and tissue-based biomaterials. In their breakthrough work, Peter Mazur's group achieved over 90% survival by using a laser warming technique for 100 μm mice oocytes that were cooled in 0.1 μL droplets with 2.3 M CPA and extracellularly loaded India ink (laser absorber). Laser warming can provide rapid and uniform warming rates to "outrun" damaging ice crystal growth. Here we generalize Mazur's technique for microliter-sized droplets using laser nanowarming to rewarm millimeter-scale biomaterials when loaded extracellularly and/or intracellularly with biocompatible 1064 nm resonant gold nanoparticles. First, we show that droplets containing low-concentration cryoprotectants (such as 2 M propylene glycol ± 1 M trehalose) can be rapidly cooled at rates up to 90 000 °C/min by plunging into liquid nitrogen to achieve either a visually transparent state (i.e., vitrified) or a cloudy with ice (i.e., nonvitrified) state. Both modeling and experiments were then used to characterize the laser nanowarming process for different laser energy (2-6 J), pulse length (1-20 ms), droplet volume (0.2-1.8 μL), cryoprotectant (2-3 M), and gold concentration (0.77 × 1017-4.8 × 1017 nps/m3) values to assess physical and biological success. Physical success was achieved by finding conditions that minimize cloudiness and white spots within the droplets during cooling and warming as signs of damaging ice formation and ice crystallization, respectively. Biological success was achieved using human dermal fibroblasts to find conditions that achieve ≥90% cell viability normalized to controls postwarming. Thus, physical and biological success can be achieved using this platform cryopreservation approach of rapid cooling and laser gold nanowarming in millimeter-scale systems.
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- Kanav Khosla
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55408
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55408
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55408
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55408
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- Department of Reproductive Sciences, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, Smithsonian National Zoological Park, Washington DC 20008
- Center for Species Survival, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, Smithsonian National Zoological Park, Washington DC 20008
- Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawaii, 46-007 Lilipuna Road, Kaneohe, Hawaii 96744
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55408
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN 55408
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de Vries RJ, Banik PD, Nagpal S, Weng L, Ozer S, van Gulik TM, Toner M, Tessier SN, Uygun K. Bulk Droplet Vitrification: An Approach to Improve Large-Scale Hepatocyte Cryopreservation Outcome. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2019; 35:7354-7363. [PMID: 30514081 PMCID: PMC6548701 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b02831] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Loss of hepatocyte viability and metabolic function after cryopreservation is still a major issue. Although vitrification is a promising alternative, it has generally been proven to be unsuitable for vitrification of large cell volumes which is required for clinical applications. Here, we propose a novel bulk droplet (3-5 mm diameter) vitrification method which allows high throughput volumes (4 mL/min), while using a low preincubated CPA concentration (15% v/v) to minimize toxicity and loss of cell viability and function. We used rapid (1.25 s) osmotic dehydration to concentrate a low preincubated intracellular CPA concentration ahead of vitrification, without the need of fully equilibrating toxic CPA concentrations. We compared direct postpreservation viability, long-term viability, and metabolic function of bulk droplet vitrified, cryopreserved, and fresh hepatocytes. Simulations and cooling rate measurements confirmed an adequate concentration of the intracellular CPA concentration (up to 8.53 M) after dehydration in combination with high cooling rates (960-1320 °C/min) for successful vitrification. In comparison to cryopreserved hepatocytes, bulk droplet vitrified hepatocytes had a significantly higher viability, directly after preservation and after 1 day in culture. Moreover, bulk droplet vitrified hepatocytes had evidently better morphology and showed significantly higher metabolic activity than cryopreserved hepatocytes in long-term collagen sandwich cultures. In conclusion, we developed a novel bulk droplet vitrification method of which we validated the theoretical background and demonstrated the feasibility to use this method to vitrify large cell volumes. Moreover, we showed that this method results in improved hepatocyte viability and metabolic function as compared to cryopreservation.
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- Reinier J. de Vries
- Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Center for Engineering in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston MA, USA
- Department of Surgery, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Center for Engineering in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston MA, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Center for Engineering in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston MA, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Center for Engineering in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston MA, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Center for Engineering in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston MA, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Center for Engineering in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston MA, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Center for Engineering in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston MA, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Center for Engineering in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston MA, USA
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Liu K, Xu Y, Yu H. Research on Ice Crystal Growth Inside the Vitrified Vs55 with Magnetic Nanoparticles During Devitrification by Cryomicroscopy. Chem Res Chin Univ 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s40242-019-8230-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Akiyama Y, Shinose M, Watanabe H, Yamada S, Kanda Y. Cryoprotectant-free cryopreservation of mammalian cells by superflash freezing. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2019; 116:7738-7743. [PMID: 30936320 PMCID: PMC6475437 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1808645116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Cryopreservation is widely used to maintain backups of cells as it enables the semipermanent storage of cells. During the freezing process, ice crystals that are generated inside and outside the cells can lethally damage the cells. All conventional cryopreservation methods use at least one cryoprotective agent (CPA) to render water inside and outside the cells vitreous or nanocrystallized (near-vitrification) without forming damaging ice crystals. However, CPAs should ideally be avoided due to their cytotoxicity and potential side effects on the cellular state. Herein, we demonstrate the CPA-free cryopreservation of mammalian cells by ultrarapid cooling using inkjet cell printing, which we named superflash freezing (SFF). The SFF cooling rate, which was estimated by a heat-transfer stimulation, is sufficient to nearly vitrify the cells. The experimental results of Raman spectroscopy measurements, and observations with an ultrahigh-speed video camera support the near-vitrification of the droplets under these conditions. Initially, the practical utility of SFF was demonstrated on mouse fibroblast 3T3 cells, and the results were comparable to conventional CPA-assisted methods. Then, the general viability of this method was confirmed on mouse myoblast C2C12 cells and rat primary mesenchymal stem cells. In their entirety, the thus-obtained results unequivocally demonstrate that CPA-free cell cryopreservation is possible by SFF. Such a CPA-free cryopreservation method should be ideally suited for most cells and circumvent the problems typically associated with the addition of CPAs.
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- Yoshitake Akiyama
- Department of Mechanical Engineering and Robotics, Faculty of Textile Science and Technology, Shinshu University, 3-15-1, Tokida, Ueda, Nagano 386-8567, Japan;
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering and Robotics, Faculty of Textile Science and Technology, Shinshu University, 3-15-1, Tokida, Ueda, Nagano 386-8567, Japan
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering and Robotics, Faculty of Textile Science and Technology, Shinshu University, 3-15-1, Tokida, Ueda, Nagano 386-8567, Japan
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- Division of Pharmacology, National Institute of Health Sciences, 3-25-26 Tonomachi, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa 210-9501, Japan
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- Division of Pharmacology, National Institute of Health Sciences, 3-25-26 Tonomachi, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa 210-9501, Japan
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Messner F, Guo Y, Etra JW, Brandacher G. Emerging technologies in organ preservation, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine: a blessing or curse for transplantation? Transpl Int 2019; 32:673-685. [PMID: 30920056 DOI: 10.1111/tri.13432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2018] [Revised: 01/18/2019] [Accepted: 03/21/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Since the beginning of transplant medicine in the 1950s, advances in surgical technique and immunosuppressive therapy have created the success story of modern organ transplantation. However, today more than ever, we are facing a huge discrepancy between organ supply and demand, limiting the potential for transplantation to save and improve the lives of millions. To address the current limitations and shortcomings, a variety of emerging new technologies focusing on either maximizing the availability of organs or on generating new organs and organ sources hold great potential to eventully overcoming these hurdles. These advances are mainly in the field of regenerative medicine and tissue engineering. This review gives an overview of this emerging field and its multiple sub-disciplines and highlights recent advances and existing limitations for widespread clinical application and potential impact on the future of transplantation.
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- Franka Messner
- Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation (VCA) Laboratory, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.,Department of Visceral, Transplant and Thoracic Surgery, Center of Operative Medicine, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation (VCA) Laboratory, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.,Department of Orthopedics, Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan Province, China
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- Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation (VCA) Laboratory, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.,Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation (VCA) Laboratory, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Especially in the field of autologous transplantation, it has been found necessary to develop methods that ensure long-term storage with maintenance of functionality of the cells to bridge the therapy-related temporal separation of collection and application.Based on the experiences of more than 40 years, some practical considerations, especially regarding the cell concentration, final volume, and possibly other exogenous substances, should be considered when establishing a protocol for the routine cryopreservation of peripheral blood stem cells. In the following chapter, we describe a freezing protocol for cryopreservation of peripheral blood stem cells which was used and optimized over the past 8 years and was applied to the cryopreservation of more than 2000 peripheral stem cell transplants.
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- Petra Pavel
- Stem Cell Laboratory, Institute of Clinical Transfusion Medicine and Cell Therapy Heidelberg GmbH, Heidelberg, Germany.
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- Stem Cell Laboratory, Institute of Clinical Transfusion Medicine and Cell Therapy Heidelberg GmbH, Heidelberg, Germany
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Cai H, Niringiyumukiza JD, Li Y, Lai Q, Jia Y, Su P, Xiang W. Open versus closed vitrification system of human oocytes and embryos: a systematic review and meta-analysis of embryologic and clinical outcomes. Reprod Biol Endocrinol 2018; 16:123. [PMID: 30522492 PMCID: PMC6284284 DOI: 10.1186/s12958-018-0440-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2018] [Accepted: 11/19/2018] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The objective of this study was to carry out a systematic review and meta-analysis of embryologic and clinical outcomes following open versus closed vitrification of human oocytes and embryos. METHODS An electronic literature search was conducted in main electronic databases up to June 30, 2018 using the following key terms: 'oocyte', 'embryo', 'blastocyst', 'vitrification', 'cryopreservation', 'device', 'survival rate', 'pregnancy rate', etc. A meta-analysis was performed using a random effect model to estimate the value of risk ratios (RRs) and 95% confidence interval (CI). Subgroup analyses and sensitivity analyses were carried out to further confirm the results. RESULTS Twelve (Eight prospective and four retrospective) studies comparing open versus closed vitrification of human oocytes or embryos were included. For prospective studies on oocytes, no evidence for a significant difference in cryosurvival rate (RR = 0.91, 95% CI: 0.80-1.03, P = 0.14; n = 2048) or clinical pregnancy rate (RR = 1.29, 95% CI: 0.80-2.06, P = 0.30; n = 150) was observed. Additionally, there were no significant differences between the two methods concerning secondary endpoints included positive βHCG rate, implantation rate, miscarriage rate, ongoing pregnancy rate, live birth rate, cancellation rate, babies born per transferred blastocysts, or multiple birth rate (P > 0.05). The results of the retrospective studies were similar as the prospective studies. CONCLUSIONS It is still impossible to conclude that closed vitrification system could be a substitution for open system in human oocyte and embryo cryopreservation based on current evidence. Therefore, more well-designed prospective studies addressing these issues are still warranted.
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- Hongcai Cai
- Family Planning Research Institute/Center of Reproductive Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, Hubei, China
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- Family Planning Research Institute/Center of Reproductive Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, Hubei, China
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- Family Planning Research Institute/Center of Reproductive Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, Hubei, China
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- Center of Reproductive Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, Hubei, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, Hubei, China
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- Family Planning Research Institute/Center of Reproductive Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, Hubei, China.
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- Family Planning Research Institute/Center of Reproductive Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, Hubei, China.
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Abidalla M, Roversi PF. Vitrification Assessment: Thermal Analysis of Cryoprotective Aqueous Solutions 1,2 Propanediol and Ethylene Glycol. Biopreserv Biobank 2018; 16:207-216. [PMID: 29746148 DOI: 10.1089/bio.2018.0004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Cryopreservation of viable cells and cell materials is being developed for biological and biopharmaceutical applications. The inhibition of ice formation during the cooling and warming phase of vitrified living biological samples is important for their survival. The tendency to form glasses (glass transition temperature, Tg) upon cooling in the vitrification solution and the stability of the amorphous state upon warming to determine the critical cooling rate (Vccr) and critical warming rates (Vcwr) are evaluated. The study of thermal properties of ethylene glycol (EG) and 1,2-propanediol (PD) solutions were performed to improve vitrification through better understanding of their molecular mobility and viscosity. Two sets of aqueous solutions were tested. In group A, 35% EG (w/w) was added to different PD concentrations (5%, 10%, and 15%). In group B, 20% PD (w/w) was combined with varying concentrations of EG (20%, 24%, 27%, and 30%). Using the semiempirical model of Boutron, the values of Vccr and Vcwr for group A were 10, 8, <2.5°C/min, and 1.65 × 105, 678, 32°C/min, respectively. For group B, the values were 24, 10, <2.5, <2.5°C/min, and 9.5 × 103, 144, 48, 7°C/min, respectively. While the values of Vccr and Vcwr for 40% EG were 123 and 8.84 × 105°C/min, respectively. The methyl group in PD enhanced the vitreous state, lowering the melting point. Adding a small concentration of PD (3%) to VM3 vitrification solution improved and increased the Tg and enhanced their thermal stability. Analyzing the thermal properties of cryoprotectant is useful when designing the cryopreservation protocols.
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- Muhamad Abidalla
- Consiglio per la Ricerca in Agricoltura E l'analisi Dell'economia Agraria, Centro di ricerca Difesa e Certificazione, Florence, Italy
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- Consiglio per la Ricerca in Agricoltura E l'analisi Dell'economia Agraria, Centro di ricerca Difesa e Certificazione, Florence, Italy
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Tyree TJ, Dan R, Thorne RE. Density and electron density of aqueous cryoprotectant solutions at cryogenic temperatures for optimized cryoprotection and diffraction contrast. Acta Crystallogr D Struct Biol 2018; 74:471-479. [PMID: 29717718 PMCID: PMC5930352 DOI: 10.1107/s2059798318003078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2017] [Accepted: 02/22/2018] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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The glass-phase densities at T = 77 K of aqueous solutions of the common cryoprotective agents (CPAs) methanol, ethanol, 2-propanol, glycerol, 2-methyl-2,4-pentanediol (MPD), ethylene glycol, polyethylene glycol 200 and polypropylene glycol 425 were measured as a function of CPA concentration. Individual drops with volumes as small as ∼65 pl were rapidly cooled to achieve the glass phase, and their densities at T = 77 K were determined by cryoflotation. These densities were used to determine the glass-phase electron density of each solution and its volume thermal contraction between room temperature and 77 K. When combined with data for the critical cooling rates required to achieve the glass phase versus CPA concentration, these yield alternative measures of cryoprotectant effectiveness. These reference data will aid in minimizing sample stresses and mechanical damage in cryocrystallography, in cryogenic temperature X-ray imaging and in vitrification-based cryopreservation protocols, and in maximizing electron-density contrast between cryoprotectant solutions and biomolecules in cryogenic temperature small-angle X-ray scattering experiments and cryo-electron microscopy.
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- Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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Natesan H, Bischof JC. Multiscale Thermal Property Measurements for Biomedical Applications. ACS Biomater Sci Eng 2017; 3:2669-2691. [PMID: 33418696 DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.6b00565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Bioheat transfer-based innovations in health care include applications such as focal treatments for cancer and cardiovascular disease and the preservation of tissues and organs for transplantation. In these applications, the ability to preserve or destroy a biomaterial is directly dependent on its temperature history. Thus, thermal measurement and modeling are necessary to either avoid or induce the injury required. In this review paper, we will first define and discuss thermal conductivity and calorimetric measurements of biomaterials in the cryogenic (<-40 °C), subzero (<0 °C), hypothermic (<37 °C), and hyperthermic (>37 °C) regimes. For thermal conductivity measurements, we review the use of 3ω and laser flash techniques for measurement of thermal conductivity in thin (1 μm-2 mm thick), anisotropic, and/or multilayered tissues. At the nanoscale, we review the use of pump-probe and scanning probe methods to measure thermal conductivity at short temporal scales (10 ps-100 ns) and spatial scales (1 nm-1 μm), particularly in the coating and surrounding medium around metallic nanoparticles (1 nm-20 nm). For calorimetric techniques, we review differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), which is intrinsically at the microscale (e.g., tissue pieces or millions of cells in media). DSC is used with large sample mass (∼3-100 mg) over wide temperature ranges (-180 to 750 °C) with low-temperature scanning rates (<750 °C/min). The need to assess smaller samples at higher rates has led to the development of nanocalorimetry on a silicon based membrane. Here the sample weight is as low as 10 ng, thereby allowing ultra-rapid heating rates (∼1 × 107 C/min). Finally, we discuss various opportunities that are driving the need for new micro- and nanoscale thermal measurements.
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- Harishankar Natesan
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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Eisenberg DP, Bischof JC, Rabin Y. Thermomechanical Stress in Cryopreservation Via Vitrification With Nanoparticle Heating as a Stress-Moderating Effect. J Biomech Eng 2016; 138:2473569. [PMID: 26592974 DOI: 10.1115/1.4032053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2015] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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This study focuses on thermomechanical effects in cryopreservation associated with a novel approach of volumetric heating by means on nanoparticles in an alternating electromagnetic field. This approach is studied for the application of cryopreservation by vitrification, where the crystalline phase is completely avoided-the cornerstone of cryoinjury. Vitrification can be achieved by quickly cooling the material to cryogenic storage, where ice cannot form. Vitrification can be maintained at the end of the cryogenic protocol by quickly rewarming the material back to room temperature. The magnitude of the rewarming rates necessary to maintain vitrification is much higher than the magnitude of the cooling rates that are required to achieve it in the first place. The most common approach to achieve the required cooling and rewarming rates is by exposing the specimen's surface to a temperature-controlled environment. Due to the underlying principles of heat transfer, there is a size limit in the case of surface heating beyond which crystallization cannot be prevented at the center of the specimen. Furthermore, due to the underlying principles of solid mechanics, there is a size limit beyond which thermal expansion in the specimen can lead to structural damage and fractures. Volumetric heating during the rewarming phase of the cryogenic protocol can alleviate these size limitations. This study suggests that volumetric heating can reduce thermomechanical stress, when combined with an appropriate design of the thermal protocol. Without such design, this study suggests that the level of stress may still lead to structural damage even when volumetric heating is applied. This study proposes strategies to harness nanoparticles heating in order to reduce thermomechanical stress in cryopreservation by vitrification.
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Direct Measurement of Water States in Cryopreserved Cells Reveals Tolerance toward Ice Crystallization. Biophys J 2015; 110:840-9. [PMID: 26541066 PMCID: PMC4775837 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2015.09.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2015] [Revised: 09/04/2015] [Accepted: 09/23/2015] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Complex living systems such as mammalian cells can be arrested in a solid phase by ultrarapid cooling. This allows for precise observation of cellular structures as well as cryopreservation of cells. The state of water, the main constituent of biological samples, is crucial for the success of cryogenic applications. Water exhibits many different solid states. If it is cooled extremely rapidly, liquid water turns into amorphous ice, also called vitreous water, a glassy and amorphous solid. For cryo-preservation, the vitrification of cells is believed to be mandatory for cell survival after freezing. Intracellular ice crystallization is assumed to be lethal, but experimental data on the state of water during cryopreservation are lacking. To better understand the water conditions in cells subjected to freezing protocols, we chose to directly analyze their subcellular water states by cryo-electron microscopy and tomography, cryoelectron diffraction, and x-ray diffraction both in the cryofixed state and after warming to different temperatures. By correlating the survival rates of cells with their respective water states during cryopreservation, we found that survival is less dependent on ice-crystal formation than expected. Using high-resolution cryo-imaging, we were able to directly show that cells tolerate crystallization of extra- and intracellular water. However, if warming is too slow, many small ice crystals will recrystallize into fewer but bigger crystals, which is lethal. The applied cryoprotective agents determine which crystal size is tolerable. This suggests that cryoprotectants can act by inhibiting crystallization or recrystallization, but they also increase the tolerance toward ice-crystal growth.
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Gurina TM, Pakhomov AV, Polyakova AL, Legach EI, Bozhok GA. The development of the cell cryopreservation protocol with controlled rate thawing. Cell Tissue Bank 2015; 17:303-16. [PMID: 26384675 DOI: 10.1007/s10561-015-9533-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2015] [Accepted: 09/09/2015] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Thawing in the water bath is often considered as a standard procedure. The thermal history of samples thawed in this way is poorly controlled, but cryopreservation and banking of cell-based products require standardization, automation and safety of all the technological stages including thawing. The programmable freezers allow implementation of the controlled cooling as well as the controlled thawing. As the cell damage occurs during the phase transformation that takes place in the cryoprotectant medium in the process of freezing-thawing, the choice of warming rates within the temperature intervals of transformations is very important. The goal of the study was to investigate the influence of warming rates within the intervals of the phase transformations in the DMSO-based cryoprotectant medium on the cell recovery and to develop a cryopreservation protocol with controlled cooling and warming rates. The temperature intervals of phase transformations such as melting of the eutectic mixture of the cryoprotectant solution (MEMCS), melting of the eutectic salt solution (MESS), melting of the main ice mass (MMIM), recrystallization before MEMCS, recrystallization before MESS and recrystallization before MMIM were determined by thermo-mechanical analysis. The biological experiments were performed on the rat testicular interstitial cells (TIC). The highest levels of the cell recovery and metabolic activity after cryopreservation were obtained using the protocol with the high (20 °C/min) warming rate in the temperature intervals of crystallization of the eutectics as well as recrystallizations and the low (1 °C/min) warming rate in the temperature intervals of melting of the eutectics as well as MMIM. The total cell recovery was 65.3 ± 2.1 %, the recovery of the 3-beta-HSD-positive (Leydig) cells was 82.9 ± 1.8 %, the MTT staining was 32.5 ± 0.9 % versus 42.1 ± 1.7 %; 57.4 ± 2.1 % and 24.0 ± 1.1 % respectively, when compared to the thawing in the water bath.
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- Tatyana M Gurina
- The Institute for Problems of Cryobiology and Cryomedicine, The National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kharkiv, Ukraine
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- The Institute for Problems of Cryobiology and Cryomedicine, The National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kharkiv, Ukraine
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- The Institute for Problems of Cryobiology and Cryomedicine, The National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kharkiv, Ukraine
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- The Institute for Problems of Cryobiology and Cryomedicine, The National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kharkiv, Ukraine
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- The Institute for Problems of Cryobiology and Cryomedicine, The National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kharkiv, Ukraine.
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Ehrlich LE, Feig JSG, Schiffres SN, Malen JA, Rabin Y. Large Thermal Conductivity Differences between the Crystalline and Vitrified States of DMSO with Applications to Cryopreservation. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0125862. [PMID: 25985058 PMCID: PMC4436132 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0125862] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2014] [Accepted: 03/24/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Thermal conductivity of dimethyl-sulfoxide (DMSO) solution is measured in this study using a transient hot wire technique, where DMSO is a key ingredient in many cryoprotective agent (CPA) cocktails. Characterization of thermal properties of cryoprotective agents is essential to the analysis of cryopreservation processes, either when evaluating experimental data or for the design of new protocols. Also presented are reference measurements of thermal conductivity for pure water ice and glycerol. The thermal conductivity measurement setup is integrated into the experimentation stage of a scanning cryomacroscope apparatus, which facilitates the correlation of measured data with visualization of physical events. Thermal conductivity measurements were conducted for a DMSO concentration range of 2M and 10M, in a temperature range of -180°C and 25°C. Vitrified samples showed decreased thermal conductivity with decreasing temperature, while crystalline samples showed increased thermal conductivity with decreasing temperature. These different behaviors result in up to a tenfold difference in thermal conductivity at -180°C. Such dramatic differences can drastically impact heat transfer during cryopreservation and their quantification is therefore critical to cryobiology.
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- Lili E. Ehrlich
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213, United States of America
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213, United States of America
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213, United States of America
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213, United States of America
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213, United States of America
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Meisburger SP, Warkentin M, Chen H, Hopkins JB, Gillilan RE, Pollack L, Thorne RE. Breaking the radiation damage limit with Cryo-SAXS. Biophys J 2013; 104:227-36. [PMID: 23332075 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2012.11.3817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2012] [Revised: 11/27/2012] [Accepted: 11/29/2012] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Small angle x-ray scattering (SAXS) is a versatile and widely used technique for obtaining low-resolution structures of macromolecules and complexes. SAXS experiments measure molecules in solution, without the need for labeling or crystallization. However, radiation damage currently limits the application of SAXS to molecules that can be produced in microgram quantities; for typical proteins, 10-20 μL of solution at 1 mg/mL is required to accumulate adequate signal before irreversible x-ray damage is observed. Here, we show that cryocooled proteins and nucleic acids can withstand doses at least two orders of magnitude larger than room temperature samples. We demonstrate accurate T = 100 K particle envelope reconstructions from sample volumes as small as 15 nL, a factor of 1000 smaller than in current practice. Cryo-SAXS will thus enable structure determination of difficult-to-express proteins and biologically important, highly radiation-sensitive proteins including light-activated switches and metalloenzymes.
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- Steve P Meisburger
- School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
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