A simple cryopreservation method for the maintenance of cell viability and mechanical integrity of a cultured cartilage analog

Theodore R. Oegema, Laurel B. Deloria, Michelle M. Fedewa, John C. Bischof, Jack L. Lewis

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Abstract

A method for cryopreserving a 100-μm-thick sheet of tissue produced by cultured rabbit chondrocytes has been developed. The method maintains cell viability and avoids tissue fracture and degradation of mechanical properties. A slow-freeze, fast-thaw procedure with 2 M Me2SO as the cryoprotectant resulted in no tissue fracture and approximately 90% viable cells after storage in culture flasks at -80°C. The cells in the retrieved tissue remained responsive to IL-1β, and tensile and fracture toughness properties of the tissue were not degraded by cryopreservation. (C) 2000 Academic Press.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)370-375
Number of pages6
JournalCryobiology
Volume40
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2000

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work was supported by the SOTA-TEC Fund of the Blandin Foundation and The Catherine Mills Davis Endowment to the Bioengineering Program of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery.

Keywords

  • Biology
  • Biomechanics
  • Cartilage
  • Cryoprotection

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