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Abstract
In the present study, effects of iso-osmolar alginate and trehalose solutions on electroporated or unpulsed control murine myeloma cells (Sp2) during the freezing-thawing process are discussed. To investigate the effects of each cryoprotectant, the freezing-thawing process of electroporated or intact cells were observed, which were suspended in alginate-NaCl solution, alginate-trehalose solution or trehalose solution. The microscopic observation took place also at various cooling rates (-1℃/min, -90℃/min, -5℃/min). It was found that extracellular ice grains in the solution containing trehalose did not mechanically suppress cells even at lowest cooling rate. Further, only a seldom intracellular ice nucleation was observed at all cooling rate for the pulsed or unpulsed cells which were suspended in trehalose solution.
Journal
- Transactions of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers. B [List of Volumes]
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Transactions of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers. B 68(672), 2369-2376, 2002-08-25 [Table of Contents]
The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers