Bioactivity Assay
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The proliferation assay of NFS-60 cells in response to the presence of hG-CSF measured by MTT [3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide] method was used to test the bioactivity of expressed hG-CSF in plants.
- NFS-60 cells were cultured with medium'>RPMI-1640 medium supplemented with 10% fatal bovine serum (FBS) and commercial recombinant hG-CSF (2 ng/ml) and kept under 5% CO2 at 37 °C in a humidified condition.
- For MTT test, total soluble protein extracted from leaves and seeds (see Protein extraction and immunoblot above) were used for analysis and NFS-60 cells (1 × 104 per well) were cultured in a 96 well plate and treated with the medium medium'>(RPMI-1640 medium supplemented with 10% FBS) containing the following samples: commercial recombinant hG-CSF (1 ng); total soluble protein extracted from leaf (TSP-L) and seed (TSP-S) of transgenic plant harboring the Construct USH containing 1…
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The proliferation assay of NFS-60 cells in response to the presence of hG-CSF measured by MTT [3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide] method was used to test the bioactivity of expressed hG-CSF in plants.
- NFS-60 cells were cultured with medium'>RPMI-1640 medium supplemented with 10% fatal bovine serum (FBS) and commercial recombinant hG-CSF (2 ng/ml) and kept under 5% CO2 at 37 °C in a humidified condition.
- For MTT test, total soluble protein extracted from leaves and seeds (see Protein extraction and immunoblot above) were used for analysis and NFS-60 cells (1 × 104 per well) were cultured in a 96 well plate and treated with the medium medium'>(RPMI-1640 medium supplemented with 10% FBS) containing the following samples: commercial recombinant hG-CSF (1 ng); total soluble protein extracted from leaf (TSP-L) and seed (TSP-S) of transgenic plant harboring the Construct USH containing 1 ng expressed hG-CSF; TSP-L and TSP-S from SH plant, containing the same amount of total protein as the USH samples while 0.8 and 0.9 ng expressed hG-CSF, respectively; TSP-L and TSP-S from transgenic plant harboring empty pBI121 plasmid (denoted as EP), containing the same amount of total protein as the USH samples; TSP-L and TSP-S from EP plant (as above) supplemented with 1 ng commercial hG-CSF; TSP-L and TSP-S from wildtype (WT) plants, containing the same amount of total protein as the USH samples; TSP-L and TSP-S fromWT plant (as above) supplemented with 1 ng commercial hG-CSF; extraction buffer (, in supplement with protein inhibitor); extraction buffer supplemented with 1 ng commercial hG-CSF.
- All treatments, including the untreated control, were carried out in triplicate.
- Cells were incubated at 37 °C for 72 hours.
- Finally, 20 μl of MTT (5 mg/ml) was added and the samples were left to incubate at 37 °C for 4 h. The medium was discarded and the formazan dye was dissolved in DMSO (100 μl) at 37 °C for 30 min.
- Absorbance was measured for all samples at 550 nm using a VICTOR3 V™ Multilabel Counter .
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CD34 Cord blood (CB) samples were obtained from the Hannover Medical School following written consent of the donors as approved by the Hannover Medical School local ethics committee.
- Total nucleated cells were isolated by a Ficoll gradient followed by enrichment for CD34+ cells employing MACS purification .
- Isolated cells were frozen until further usage.
- CB-CD34+ cells were cultured in medium'>StemSpan medium supplemented with 1% penicillin/streptomycin and one of four cytokine combinations using hSCF, hTHPO, hFLT3-L, hGCSF, hIGFBP2, hAngptl5, hFGF-1, and hIL6 .
- The StemRegenin compound was used at a concentration of 1 µmol/l as described.
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