Optimizing recovery of frozen human peripheral blood mononuclear cells for flow cytometry.
Live peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) can be frozen and thawed for later analyses by adding and removing a cryoprotectant, such as dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO). Laboratories across the world use various procedures, but published evidence of optimal thawing procedures is scarce.PBMCs were sepa...
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| author | Bo Langhoff Hønge Mikkel Steen Petersen Rikke Olesen Bjarne Kuno Møller Christian Erikstrup |
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| description | Live peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) can be frozen and thawed for later analyses by adding and removing a cryoprotectant, such as dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO). Laboratories across the world use various procedures, but published evidence of optimal thawing procedures is scarce.PBMCs were separated from blood collected from healthy Danish blood donors, and stored at -80°C after adding of DMSO. The essential steps in the thawing procedure were modified and performance was evaluated by flow cytometry with respect to the percentage and total yield of viable PMBCs.The best-performing washing medium was Roswell Park Memorial Institute (RPMI) 1640 at 37°C with 20% fetal bovine serum. When using 10 mL washing medium in a 15-mL Falcon tube, samples should be centrifuged for at least 10 minutes at 500 g. We failed to detect any differences between the tested methods of mixing PBMCs with washing medium. Likewise, neither the thawing duration nor centrifugation temperature (20°C and 37°C) had any effect. PBMCs could be incubated (rested) for up to eight hours in a 37°C 5% CO2 incubator without affecting cell counts, but incubating PBMCs for 16 hours significantly decreased viability and recovery. In general, high viability was not necessarily associated with high recovery.Changing the thawing procedure significantly impacted PBMC viability and live cell recovery. Evaluating both viability and live PBMC recovery are necessary to evaluate method performance. Investigation of differential loss of PBMC subtypes and phenotypic changes during thawing and incubation requires further evaluation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-67fad982d6494c7eb0828944c11a22192022-12-22T03:56:38ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032017-01-011211e018744010.1371/journal.pone.0187440Optimizing recovery of frozen human peripheral blood mononuclear cells for flow cytometry.Bo Langhoff HøngeMikkel Steen PetersenRikke OlesenBjarne Kuno MøllerChristian ErikstrupLive peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) can be frozen and thawed for later analyses by adding and removing a cryoprotectant, such as dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO). Laboratories across the world use various procedures, but published evidence of optimal thawing procedures is scarce.PBMCs were separated from blood collected from healthy Danish blood donors, and stored at -80°C after adding of DMSO. The essential steps in the thawing procedure were modified and performance was evaluated by flow cytometry with respect to the percentage and total yield of viable PMBCs.The best-performing washing medium was Roswell Park Memorial Institute (RPMI) 1640 at 37°C with 20% fetal bovine serum. When using 10 mL washing medium in a 15-mL Falcon tube, samples should be centrifuged for at least 10 minutes at 500 g. We failed to detect any differences between the tested methods of mixing PBMCs with washing medium. Likewise, neither the thawing duration nor centrifugation temperature (20°C and 37°C) had any effect. PBMCs could be incubated (rested) for up to eight hours in a 37°C 5% CO2 incubator without affecting cell counts, but incubating PBMCs for 16 hours significantly decreased viability and recovery. In general, high viability was not necessarily associated with high recovery.Changing the thawing procedure significantly impacted PBMC viability and live cell recovery. Evaluating both viability and live PBMC recovery are necessary to evaluate method performance. Investigation of differential loss of PBMC subtypes and phenotypic changes during thawing and incubation requires further evaluation.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5665600?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Bo Langhoff Hønge Mikkel Steen Petersen Rikke Olesen Bjarne Kuno Møller Christian Erikstrup Optimizing recovery of frozen human peripheral blood mononuclear cells for flow cytometry. PLoS ONE |
| title | Optimizing recovery of frozen human peripheral blood mononuclear cells for flow cytometry. |
| title_full | Optimizing recovery of frozen human peripheral blood mononuclear cells for flow cytometry. |
| title_fullStr | Optimizing recovery of frozen human peripheral blood mononuclear cells for flow cytometry. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Optimizing recovery of frozen human peripheral blood mononuclear cells for flow cytometry. |
| title_short | Optimizing recovery of frozen human peripheral blood mononuclear cells for flow cytometry. |
| title_sort | optimizing recovery of frozen human peripheral blood mononuclear cells for flow cytometry |
| url | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5665600?pdf=render |
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