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Published on: October 26, 2011
[Optimization of chromosome flaking technique for mesenchymal stem cells]
Maosheng Chen1, Chuang Li, Dehua Cheng
1Institute of Reproductive and Stem cell Engineering, School of Basic Medicine, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410013, China. mmlamei@163.com.
Objective:
To optimize the condition for chromosome flaking of mesenchymal stem cells to ensure the cytogenetic quality control of expanding production and clinical application.
Methods:
Chromosomal flaking methods were optimized from current chromosome preparation techniques from the aspects of MSCs cell culture concentration, colchicine treatment time and low permeability time.
Results:
By repeated pre-experiments, the optimal MSCS chromosome flaking condition of MSCs was determined as cell culture concentration of (1-2)× 106 cells per T25 cell culture bottle, and the colchicines processing time was determined as 2 hours and 10 minutes, and the low permeability was 1 hour.
Conclusion:
The optimized chromosome flaking condition can fulfill the requirement of cytogenetic quality control for MSCs.
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