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Baust JM, Snyder KK, Van Buskirk RG, Baust JG. Assessment of the Impact of Post-Thaw Stress Pathway Modulation on Cell Recovery following Cryopreservation in a Hematopoietic Progenitor Cell Model. Cells 2022; 11:cells11020278. [PMID: 35053394 PMCID: PMC8773610 DOI: 10.3390/cells11020278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2021] [Revised: 12/23/2021] [Accepted: 01/11/2022] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The development and use of complex cell-based products in clinical and discovery science continues to grow at an unprecedented pace. To this end, cryopreservation plays a critical role, serving as an enabling process, providing on-demand access to biological material, facilitating large scale production, storage, and distribution of living materials. Despite serving a critical role and substantial improvements over the last several decades, cryopreservation often remains a bottleneck impacting numerous areas including cell therapy, tissue engineering, and tissue banking. Studies have illustrated the impact and benefit of controlling cryopreservation-induced delayed-onset cell death (CIDOCD) through various “front end” strategies, such as specialized media, new cryoprotective agents, and molecular control during cryopreservation. While proving highly successful, a substantial level of cell death and loss of cell function remains associated with cryopreservation. Recently, we focused on developing technologies (RevitalICE™) designed to reduce the impact of CIDOCD through buffering the cell stress response during the post-thaw recovery phase in an effort to improve the recovery of previously cryopreserved samples. In this study, we investigated the impact of modulating apoptotic caspase activation, oxidative stress, unfolded protein response, and free radical damage in the initial 24 h post-thaw on overall cell survival. Human hematopoietic progenitor cells in vitro cryopreserved in both traditional extracellular-type and intracellular-type cryopreservation freeze media were utilized as a model cell system to assess impact on survival. Our findings demonstrated that through the modulation of several of these pathways, improvements in cell recovery were obtained, regardless of the freeze media and dimethyl sulfoxide concentration utilized. Specifically, through the use of oxidative stress inhibitors, an average increase of 20% in overall viability was observed. Furthermore, the results demonstrated that by using the post-thaw recovery reagent on samples cryopreserved in intracellular-type media (Unisol™), improvements in overall cell survival approaching 80% of non-frozen controls were attained. While improvements in overall survival were obtained, an assessment on the impact of specific cell subpopulations and functionality remains to be completed. While work remains, these results represent an important step forward in the development of improved cryopreservation processes for use in discovery science, and commercial and clinical settings.
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- John M. Baust
- CPSI Biotech, 2 Court St., Owego, NY 13827, USA; (K.K.S.); (R.G.V.B.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +1-(607)-687-8701
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- CPSI Biotech, 2 Court St., Owego, NY 13827, USA; (K.K.S.); (R.G.V.B.)
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- CPSI Biotech, 2 Court St., Owego, NY 13827, USA; (K.K.S.); (R.G.V.B.)
- Center for Translational Stem Cell and Tissue Engineering, Binghamton University, 4400 Vestal Parkway East, Binghamton, NY 13902, USA;
- Department of Biological Sciences, Binghamton University, 4400 Vestal Parkway East, Binghamton, NY 13902, USA
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- Center for Translational Stem Cell and Tissue Engineering, Binghamton University, 4400 Vestal Parkway East, Binghamton, NY 13902, USA;
- Department of Biological Sciences, Binghamton University, 4400 Vestal Parkway East, Binghamton, NY 13902, USA
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Huang H, He X, Yarmush ML. Advanced technologies for the preservation of mammalian biospecimens. Nat Biomed Eng 2021; 5:793-804. [PMID: 34426675 PMCID: PMC8765766 DOI: 10.1038/s41551-021-00784-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2019] [Accepted: 06/23/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The three classical core technologies for the preservation of live mammalian biospecimens-slow freezing, vitrification and hypothermic storage-limit the biomedical applications of biospecimens. In this Review, we summarize the principles and procedures of these three technologies, highlight how their limitations are being addressed via the combination of microfabrication and nanofabrication, materials science and thermal-fluid engineering and discuss the remaining challenges.
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- Haishui Huang
- Center for Engineering in Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School and Shriners Hospitals for Children, Boston, MA, USA.
- Bioinspired Engineering and Biomechanics Center, The Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.
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- Fischell Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.
- Robert E. Fischell Institute for Biomedical Devices, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.
- Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, United States.
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- Center for Engineering in Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School and Shriners Hospitals for Children, Boston, MA, USA.
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, USA.
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Huang H, Rey-Bedón C, Yarmush ML, Usta OB. Deep-supercooling for extended preservation of adipose-derived stem cells. Cryobiology 2020; 92:67-75. [PMID: 31751557 PMCID: PMC7195234 DOI: 10.1016/j.cryobiol.2019.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2019] [Revised: 11/12/2019] [Accepted: 11/13/2019] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Cell preservation is an enabling technology for widespread distribution and applications of mammalian cells. Traditional cryopreservation via slow-freezing or vitrification provides long-term storage but requires cytotoxic cryoprotectants (CPA) and tedious CPA loading/unloading, cooling, and recovering procedures. Hypothermic storage around 0-4 °C is an alternative method but only works for a short period due to its high storage temperatures. Here, we report on the deep-supercooling (DSC) preservation of human adipose-derived stem cells at deep subzero temperatures without freezing for extended storage. Enabled by surface sealing with an immiscible oil phase, cell suspension can be preserved in a liquid state at -13 °C and -16 °C for 7 days with high cell viability, retention of stemness, attachment, and multilineage differentiation capacities. These results demonstrate that DSC is an improved short-term preservation approach to provide off-the-shelf cell sources for booming cell-based medicine and bioengineering.
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- Haishui Huang
- Center for Engineering in Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School and Shriners Hospitals for Children, Boston, MA, 02114, United States
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- Center for Engineering in Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School and Shriners Hospitals for Children, Boston, MA, 02114, United States
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- Center for Engineering in Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School and Shriners Hospitals for Children, Boston, MA, 02114, United States; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, 08854, United States.
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- Center for Engineering in Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School and Shriners Hospitals for Children, Boston, MA, 02114, United States.
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Beckmann E, Kensah G, Neumann A, Benecke N, Martens A, Martin U, Gruh I, Haverich A. Prolonged myocardial protection during hypothermic storage: potential application for cardiac surgery and myocardial tissue engineering. Biomed Phys Eng Express 2018. [DOI: 10.1088/2057-1976/aab055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Baust JM, Corwin W, Snyder KK, Van Buskirk R, Baust JG. Cryopreservation: Evolution of Molecular Based Strategies. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2017; 951:13-29. [PMID: 27837551 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-45457-3_2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Cryopreservation (CP) is an enabling process providing for on-demand access to biological material (cells and tissues) which serve as a starting, intermediate or even final product. While a critical tool, CP protocols, approaches and technologies have evolved little over the last several decades. A lack of conversion of discoveries from the CP sciences into mainstream utilization has resulted in a bottleneck in technological progression in areas such as stem cell research and cell therapy. While the adoption has been slow, discoveries including molecular control and buffering of cell stress response to CP as well as the development of new devices for improved sample freezing and thawing are providing for improved CP from both the processing and sample quality perspectives. Numerous studies have described the impact, mechanisms and points of control of cryopreservation-induced delayed-onset cell death (CIDOCD). In an effort to limit CIDOCD, efforts have focused on CP agent and freeze media formulation to provide a solution path and have yielded improvements in survival over traditional approaches. Importantly, each of these areas, new technologies and cell stress modulation, both individually and in combination, are now providing a new foundation to accelerate new research, technology and product development for which CP serves as an integral component. This chapter provides an overview of the molecular stress responses of cells to cryopreservation, the impact of the hypothermic and cell death continuums and the targeted modulation of common and/or cell specific responses to CP in providing a path to improving cell quality.
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- John M Baust
- CPSI Biotech, 2 Court St, Owego, NY, 13827, USA. .,Institute of Biomedical Technology, State University of New York at Binghamton, 4400 Vestal Parkway East, Binghamton, NY, 13902, USA.
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- Department of Immunology and Carole and Ray Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT, 06030, USA
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- CPSI Biotech, 2 Court St, Owego, NY, 13827, USA.,Institute of Biomedical Technology, State University of New York at Binghamton, 4400 Vestal Parkway East, Binghamton, NY, 13902, USA
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- CPSI Biotech, 2 Court St, Owego, NY, 13827, USA.,Institute of Biomedical Technology, State University of New York at Binghamton, 4400 Vestal Parkway East, Binghamton, NY, 13902, USA.,Department of Biological Sciences, Binghamton University, 4400 Vestal Parkway East, Binghamton, NY, 13902, USA
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- Institute of Biomedical Technology, State University of New York at Binghamton, 4400 Vestal Parkway East, Binghamton, NY, 13902, USA.,Department of Biological Sciences, Binghamton University, 4400 Vestal Parkway East, Binghamton, NY, 13902, USA
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Correia C, Koshkin A, Carido M, Espinha N, Šarić T, Lima PA, Serra M, Alves PM. Effective Hypothermic Storage of Human Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Cardiomyocytes Compatible With Global Distribution of Cells for Clinical Applications and Toxicology Testing. Stem Cells Transl Med 2016; 5:658-69. [PMID: 27025693 DOI: 10.5966/sctm.2015-0238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2015] [Accepted: 01/13/2016] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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UNLABELLED To fully explore the potential of human pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (hPSC-CMs), efficient methods for storage and shipment of these cells are required. Here, we evaluated the feasibility to cold store monolayers and aggregates of functional CMs obtained from different PSC lines using a fully defined clinical-compatible preservation formulation and investigated the time frame that hPSC-CMs could be subjected to hypothermic storage. We showed that two-dimensional (2D) monolayers of hPSC-CMs can be efficiently stored at 4°C for 3 days without compromising cell viability. However, cell viability decreased when the cold storage interval was extended to 7 days. We demonstrated that hPSC-CMs are more resistant to prolonged hypothermic storage-induced cell injury in three-dimensional aggregates than in 2D monolayers, showing high cell recoveries (>70%) after 7 days of storage. Importantly, hPSC-CMs maintained their typical (ultra)structure, gene and protein expression profile, electrophysiological profiles, and drug responsiveness. SIGNIFICANCE The applicability of human pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (hPSC-CMs) in the clinic/industry is highly dependent on the development of efficient methods for worldwide shipment of these cells. This study established effective clinically compatible strategies for cold (4°C) storage of hPSC-CMs cultured as two-dimensional (2D) monolayers and three-dimensional (3D) aggregates. Cell recovery of 2D monolayers of hPSC-CMs was found to be dependent on the time of storage, and 3D cell aggregates were more resistant to prolonged cold storage than 2D monolayers. Of note, it was demonstrated that 7 days of cold storage did not affect hPSC-CM ultrastructure, phenotype, or function. This study provides important insights into the cold preservation of PSC-CMs that could be valuable in improving global commercial distribution of hPSC-CMs.
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- Cláudia Correia
- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal iBET, Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, Oeiras, Portugal
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- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal iBET, Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, Oeiras, Portugal
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- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal iBET, Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, Oeiras, Portugal
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- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal iBET, Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, Oeiras, Portugal
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- Center for Physiology and Pathophysiology, Institute for Neurophysiology, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Nova Medical School, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal iBET, Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, Oeiras, Portugal
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- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal iBET, Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, Oeiras, Portugal
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Ostrowska A, Gu K, Bode DC, Van Buskirk RG. Hypothermic storage of isolated human hepatocytes: a comparison between University of Wisconsin solution and a hypothermosol platform. Arch Toxicol 2009; 83:493-502. [PMID: 19296088 DOI: 10.1007/s00204-009-0419-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2009] [Accepted: 03/03/2009] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Until now little is known about the functional integrity of human hepatocytes after hypothermic storage. In order to address this limitation, we evaluated several commercially available hypothermic preservation media for their abilities to protect freshly isolated hepatocytes during prolonged cold storage. Human hepatocytes were isolated from non-transplantable/rejected donor livers and resuspended in ice-cold University of Wisconsin solution (UW), HypoThermosol-Base (HTS-Base), or HypoThermosol-FRS (HTS-FRS) with or without the addition of fetal bovine serum. Cells were stored at 4 degrees C for 24-72 h, and evaluated for hepatocyte viability (trypan blue exclusion, or labeling with fluorochromes), cell attachment, and function. The energy status of hepatocytes was evaluated by measurement of intracellular adenosine 5'-triphosphate. To determine whether the test cells expressed metabolic functions of freshly isolated cells, the activities of major phase I (cytochromes P450, FMO) and phase II (UGT, ST) drug-metabolizing enzymes were examined. Although hepatocytes are shown to be satisfactory after 24 h storage in all of the tested solutions, the cell viability, energy status, and xenobiotic metabolism following cold preservation in HTS-FRS was consistently and, in some cases, markedly higher when compared with other systems. The same metabolites for each of the tested substrates were detected in all groups of cells. Moreover, the use of HTS-FRS eliminates the need for serum in preservation solutions. HTS-FRS represents an improved solution compared to HTS-Base and UW for extending the shipping/storage time of human hepatocytes.
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- Alina Ostrowska
- Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Wrocław, Poland.
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García V, García-Pérez E, Belyakova E, Llames S, Pevida M, Tevar F, Otero J, Meana A. Room Temperature Storage of Cultured Human Articular Chondrocytes. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008. [DOI: 10.1089/cpt.2008.0009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Verónica García
- Centro Comunitario de Sangre y Tejidos, Principado de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
- Fundación INCLINICA, Oviedo, Spain
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- Centro Comunitario de Sangre y Tejidos, Principado de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología Funcional e Instituto Universitario de Oncología del Principado de Asturias (IUOPA), Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain
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- Centro Comunitario de Sangre y Tejidos, Principado de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
- CIBER de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER, V714), Oviedo, Spain
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- Centro Comunitario de Sangre y Tejidos, Principado de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
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- Centro Comunitario de Sangre y Tejidos, Principado de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
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- Coordinación de Transplantes, Hospital Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
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- Centro Comunitario de Sangre y Tejidos, Principado de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
- CIBER de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER, V714), Oviedo, Spain
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