Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://doi.org/10.1634/stemcells.2008-0009
Title: Cryopreservation of neurospheres derived from human glioblastoma multiforme
Authors: Chong, Y.-K.
Toh, T.-B.
Zaiden, N.
Poonepalli, A. 
Siew, H.L.
Ong, C.E.L.
Yu, Y.
Tan, P.B. 
See, S.-J.
Ng, W.-H.
Ng, I.
Hande, M.P.
Oi, L.K. 
Ang, B.-T. 
Tang, C. 
Keywords: Cancer stem cell
Cryopreservation
Glioma
Neurosphere
Vitrification
Issue Date: Jan-2009
Citation: Chong, Y.-K., Toh, T.-B., Zaiden, N., Poonepalli, A., Siew, H.L., Ong, C.E.L., Yu, Y., Tan, P.B., See, S.-J., Ng, W.-H., Ng, I., Hande, M.P., Oi, L.K., Ang, B.-T., Tang, C. (2009-01). Cryopreservation of neurospheres derived from human glioblastoma multiforme. Stem Cells 27 (1) : 29-39. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.1634/stemcells.2008-0009
Abstract: Cancer stem cells have been shown to initiate and sustain tumor growth. In many instances, clinical material is limited, compounded by a lack of methods to preserve such cells at convenient time points. Although brain tumor-initiating cells grown in a spheroid manner have been shown to maintain their integrity through serial transplantation in immunecompromised animals, practically, it is not always possible to have access to animals of suitable ages to continuously maintain these cells. We therefore explored vitrification as a cryopreservation technique for brain tumor-initiating cells. Tumor neurospheres were derived from five patients with glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). Cryopreservation in 90% serum and 10% dimethyl sulfoxide yielded greatest viability and could be explored in future studies. Vitrification yielded cells that maintained self-renewal and multipotentiality properties. Karyotypic analyses confirmed the presence of GBM hallmarks. Upon implantation into NOD/SCID mice, our vitrified cells reformed glioma masses that could be serially transplanted. Transcriptome analysis showed that the vitrified and nonvitrified samples in either the stem-like or differentiated states clustered together, providing evidence that vitrification does not change the genotype of frozen cells. Upon induction of differentiation, the transcriptomes of vitrified cells associated with the original primary tumors, indicating that tumor stem-like cells are a genetically distinct population from the differentiated mass, underscoring the importance of working with the relevant tumor-initiating population. Our results demonstrate that vitrification of brain tumor-initiating cells preserves the biological phenotype and genetic profiles of the cells. This should facilitate the establishment of a repository of tumor-initiating cells for subsequent experimental designs. ©AlphaMed Press.
Source Title: Stem Cells
URI: http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/52854
ISSN: 10665099
DOI: 10.1634/stemcells.2008-0009
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