Comparison of conventional and directional freezing for the cryopreservation of human umbilical vein endothelial cells
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(1.Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Pamukkale University, Denizli 20070, Turkey;2.Department of Medical Genetics, School of Medicine, Pamukkale University, Denizli 20070, Turkey;3.Department of Medical Biology, School of Medicine, Pamukkale University, Denizli 20070, Turkey)

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Supported by Science and Technology Foundation of Zhuhai (No.PB20051014; 2013D0401990017)
Conflicts of Interest: Qi B, None; Ji QS, None; Hou GH, None; Li L, None; Cao XF, None; Wu J, None.

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    AIM:To compare conventional slow equilibrium cooling and directional freezing (DF) by gauze package for cryopreservation of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs).METHODS: HUVECs were randomly assigned to conventional freezing (CF) and DF by gauze package group. The two groups of HUVECs were incubated with a freezing liquid consisting of 10% dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO), 60% fetal bovine serum(FBS) and 30% Dulbecco’s modified Eagle’s medium(DMEM) and then put into cryopreserved tubes. CF group, slow equilibrium cooling was performed with the following program:precool in 4℃ for 30min, -20℃ for 1h, and then immersion in -80℃ refrigerator. DF group, the tubes were packaged with gauze and then directional freezing in -80℃ refrigerator straightly. One month later, the vitality of HUVECs were calculated between two groups.RESULTS: There was no significant difference in the survival rate and growth curve between CF and DF groups. The DF group was significantly better than CF group in adherent rates, morphological changes and proliferative ability.CONCLUSION:In the conventional cryopreserved method, cells are slow equilibrium cooling by steps (4℃, -20℃ and finally -80℃), which is a complicated and time-consuming process. But the improved DF by gauze package method is better than conventional method, for which is convenient and easy to operate.

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Bing Qi, Qing-Shan Ji, Guang-Hui Hou, et al. Comparison of conventional and directional freezing for the cryopreservation of human umbilical vein endothelial cells. Int J Ophthalmol, 2014,7(5):768-772

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  • Received:July 26,2013
  • Revised:May 28,2014
  • Adopted:May 28,2014
  • Online: October 20,2014
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