A serum-free,chemically-defined medium for function and growth of primary neonatal rat heart cell cultures |
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Authors: | S N W Mohamed R Holmes C R Hartzell |
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Institution: | (1) Alfred I. duPont Institute of the Neomours Foundation, 19899 Wilmington, Delaware |
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Abstract: | Summary A serum-free, chemically defined medium for supporting rhythmic contraction, maximum survival, and moderate growth of cardiac
cells was achieved by using a combination of hormones and growth supplements in a mixture of equal volumes of Ham’s F12 and
Dulbecco’s modified Eagle’s medium. The hormones and growth supplements included insulin, transferrin, selenium, fetuin, bovine
serum albumin, hydrocortisone (HC),l-thyroxine (T4), and epidermal growth factor (EGF). Cardiac cells were grown on fibronectin-precoated plates using the above serum-free
medium. Cells grow in this medium exhibited a higher beating rate and were maintained for a longer time compared to those
cells grown in serum.
The effects of T4, EGF, and HC on beating rate and survival time of both cultures of mixed cell population and enriched myoblast cell population
were studied. In the enriched myoblast cell cultures grown in serum-supplemented medium, the beating rate ranged from 40 to
200 beats/min, and these cultures survived for 30 d. When these enriched cell cultures were grown in serum-free hormone-supplemented
medium, the beating rate ranged from 190 to 240 beats/min, and these cultures survived for more than 90 d. These results show
that some hormones affect growth, whereas others affect function. |
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Keywords: | serum-free medium cardiac muscle cells hydrocortisone primary cultures |
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