Fetal Bovine Serum Concentration Affects Δ9 Desaturase Activity of Trypanosoma cruzi

Lipids ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 275-283 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana L. Villasuso ◽  
Patricio Romero ◽  
Mariela Woelke ◽  
Patricia Moyano ◽  
Estela Machado ◽  
...  
2009 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
pp. 12-22
Author(s):  
Phuc Van Pham ◽  
Tam Thanh Nguyen ◽  
Nhung Thi Hong Vuong ◽  
Tuyet Thi Bach Duong ◽  
Ngoc Kim Phan

Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) can be derived from many different sources. Umbilical cord blood is a rich source of MSCs. The cryopreservation of MSCs that MSCs are still alive and differentiate into many different kinds of functional cells is very important. The aims of this research are to identify ratio of alive and dead cells as well as stemness of them after thaw. The results showed that the stemness was not affected by cryopreservative protocols or media. All cells being alive after thaw could form colonies and differentiate into adipocytes and osteoblasts. Ratio of alive and dead cells was affected very much by cryopreservative protocols and media.


1985 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-70
Author(s):  
Teiichi NISHIMURA ◽  
Motohiko SANO ◽  
Fuyuki MOTOYAMA ◽  
Yoshikazu KANAI ◽  
Tokuo SANO

1995 ◽  
Vol 41 (10) ◽  
pp. 951-954 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Racagni ◽  
M. G. de Lema ◽  
G. Hernández ◽  
E. E. Machado-Domenech

Fetal bovine serum (FBS) is a necessary constituent of the culture media employed to foster the growth of Trypanosoma cruzi epimastigote forms. In different laboratories, the serum is used at final concentrations of 5 or 10%. We have normally supplemented the complex medium with 10% FBS. Under this condition we have described the fatty acid composition of the total lipids and of the phosphoinositide fractions. Additionally, we have reported the increase of polyphosphoinositides and phosphatidic acid after cholinergic stimulation. Since further attempts to reproduce these results with 5% FBS in the culture medium were not successful, the effect of the FBS concentration on the fatty acid composition of phospholipids from the T. cruzi epimastigote forms was thoroughly examined. This work showed that when the FBS concentration supplementing the culture medium was reduced from 10 to 5%, the fatty acid composition of the phosphoinositides was altered while the other major phospholipids were not significantly affected. The most relevant result was the decrease in the content of linoleic acid (18:2) and the increase of palmitoleic acid (16:1) in phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate. Phosphatidylinositol (PI) and phosphatidylinositol phosphate also exhibited similar changes in the same fatty acids. The C2fatty acid composition of the phosphoinositides, under the same conditions, is also reported here for the first time.Key words: Trypanosoma cruzi, fatty acids, phosphoinositides, fetal bovine serum, phospholipids.


2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seon-A Choi ◽  
Seong-Eun Mun ◽  
Pil-Soo Jeong ◽  
Hae-Jun Yang ◽  
Seung-Bin Yoon ◽  
...  

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