2002 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Osmotic Injury of Cells by the Solution Effect
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13650226
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Thermal engineering
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| Research Institution | Kyushu University |
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Principal Investigator |
TAKAMATSU Hiroshi Kyushu University, Institute of Advanced Material Study, Associate Professor, 機能物質科学研究所, 助教授 (20179550)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
SUMIMOTO Hideki Kyushu University, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Professor, 生体防御医学研究所, 教授 (30179303)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2001 – 2002
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| Keywords | Cell injury / Freezing damage / Osmotic injury / Solution effect / Perfusion microscope / Viability / Membrane permeability / Cryopreservation |
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| Research Abstract |
To develop a fundamental understanding of cell damage due to the hypertonic solution during freezing, we have developed a new perfusion technique that isolates the effect of exposure to hypertonic solutions from other effects associated with ice crystals. This technique employs two speed-variable syringe pumps to give arbitrary change in the solution tonicity around the cells in a new perfusion chamber.
Experiments were performed with a human prostatic adenocarcinoma cell line PC-3. First, the cells were exposed suddenly to a hypertonic HEPES buffered NaCl solution for variety of time between 3 and 40 minutes, and then returned to the isotonic condition. The post-hypertonic viability gradually decreased with increasing the time of exposure in 2. OM NaCl solution, while at 3.8 M viability decreased to 50 % after exposure of only 3 minutes and further decreased with increasing the time of exposure. Next, three patterns of change in tonicity were applied to the cells : the NaCl concentration was linearly increased with time and suddenly decreased, suddenly increased and linearly decreased, and linearly increased and decreased. In each experiment the cells are kept in the highest concentration, 2.0 or 3.8 M, for 12 minutes. No statistical difference was found between the viability obtained with sudden changes and linear changes with the rate of 1.0 M/min. At 0.1 M/min, however, more cells survived after the linear increase of NaCl concentration compared with the sudden increase. The viability was however independent of the decrease manner in concentration. The result that showed time-dependent survival indicates that the cell might be damaged chemically in part. On the other hand, the fact that the cell damage depends not on the decrease manner but the increase manner in concentration at lower rate is interesting and important. It may suggest that the cell is injured mechanically during osmotic shrinking.
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Research Products
(2 results)
