Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK.
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China.
Chem Commun (Camb). 2023 Jul 20;59(59):9086-9089. doi: 10.1039/d3cc02252h.
Spheroids mimic 3-D tissue niches better than standard cell cultures. Cryopreserving spheroids, however, remains challenging as conventional cryoprotectants do not mitigate all damage mechanisms. Here chemically-programmed extracellular ice nucleation is used to prevent supercooling, alongside proline pre-conditioning, which are found to synergystically improve post-thaw recovery of spheroids. This validates the need to identify compounds and materials to address both biochemical and biophysical damage pathways beyond standard cryoprotectants.
球状体比标准细胞培养更能模拟 3-D 组织龛。然而,冷冻保存球状体仍然具有挑战性,因为传统的冷冻保护剂并不能减轻所有的损伤机制。在这里,化学编程的细胞外冰核形成被用来防止过冷,同时脯氨酸预处理被发现协同提高球状体的解冻后恢复。这证明了需要确定化合物和材料,以解决标准冷冻保护剂之外的生化和生物物理损伤途径。