Biological activity of Friend spleen focus-forming virus after cold storage |
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Authors: | R A Steeves V R Grant |
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Institution: | Department of Developmental Biology and Cancer, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461 USA |
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Abstract: | Two stocks of Friend spleen focus-forming virus (SFFV) were prepared, one in saline and the other in Eagle's medium with 2% fetal calf serum, and the effects of different freezing, storage and thawing temperatures were determined for the recovery of infectious virus from each diluent. Once frozen, virus maintained its titer at ?70 and at ?170 °C for up to 13 weeks, while it lost titer at ?13 °C more rapidly if it had been prepared in saline than in medium. However, during the freezing process lower ambient temperatures (?70 and ?170 °C) gave lower virus yields than a higher temperature (?13 °C) did. Similarly, rapid thawing (in a 37 °C water bath) was less efficient than slow thawing (in 4 or 20 °C air) for the recovery of infectious SFFV, This study illustrates the importance, for efficient recovery of leukemogenic activity from stored murine leukemia virus stocks, of the temperature used for freezing or thawing, as well as for storage. |
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