Invertebrate tissue culture methods

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Invertebrate tissue culture methods

Jun Mitsuhashi

(Springer lab manual)

Springer-Verlag, c2002

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I started insect cell culture work in 1962, when T. D. C. Grace reported the first establishment of invertebrate continuous cell lines. He obtained grow ing cells from pupal ovaries of the emperor gum moth, Antheraea euca lypti. At that time, I was trying to obtain growing cells from leafhoppers. Grace's method could not be applied directly to my culture because of the differences in species, the size of the insects, and the tissue to be cul tured. The vertebrate tissue culture methods gave me some ideas for pre paring cultures from leafhoppers, but those could not be used directly either. There were no textbooks and no manuals for invertebrate tissue culture, so I had to develop a method by myself. First, I considered what type and what size of vessels are suitable for insect tissue culture. Also, I had to look for suitable materials to construct the culture vessels. Sec ond, I had to examine various culture media, especially growth-promot ing substances, such as sera. Then I had to improve culture media by trial and error. The procedure to set up a primary culture was also a problem. How could I sterilize materials? How could I remove tissues from a tiny insect? How many tissues should I pool in order to set up one culture? I had to find out the answers. Naturally, it took a lot of time.

Table of Contents

Preface Introduction Part I. General Methods Chapter 1. Facilities and Equipment Chapter 2. Basic Information and Overview Chapter 3. Preparation of Media Chapter 4. General Cell Culture Methods Part II. Methods for Setting Up Primary Cultures Specific to Animal Groups Chapter 5. Insecta (Lepidoptera) Chapter 6. Insecta (Diptera) Chapter 7. Insecta (Coleoptera) Chapter 8. Insecta (Hemiptera) Chapter 9. Insecta (Hymenoptera) Chapter 10. Insecta (Blattaria) Chapter 11. Insecta (Orthoptera) Chapter 12. Arthropoda Other than Insecta Chapter 13. Prochordata Chapter 14. Echinodermata Chapter 15. Mollusca Chapter 16. Annelida Chapter 17. Nematoda Chapter 18. Plathelminthes Chapter 19. Coelenterata Chapter 20. Porifera Part III. Organ cultures Chapter 21. Insecta Chapter 22. Arthropoda other than Insecta Chapter 23. Prochordata Chapter 24. Echinodermata Chapter 25. Mollusca Chapter 26. Annelida Chapter 27. Nematoda Chapter 28. Plathelminthes Chapter 29. Coelenterata Chapter 30. Porifera Part IV. Related Techniques Chapter 30. Cell Cloning Chapter 32. Karyotype Analyses Chapter 33. Identification of Cell Lines Chapter 34. Viability of Cells Chapter 35. Viable Cell Enumeration Chapter 36. Growth Rate Chapter 37. Microscope Photography Chapter 38. Virus Inoculation-Plaque Assay Chapter 39. Examination of Drug Effects Chapter 40. Cell Fusion Chapter 41. Gene technology Chapter 42. Large Scale Cell Cultures I. Composition of Salt Solutions and Culture Meda A. Salt Solutions B. Culture Media II. List of Invertebrate Continuous Cell Lines Reported III. Commercial Products of Media and List of Suppliers A. Commercial Products of Media B. List of Suppliers Index.

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