title: Comparison of the different strategies for cryopreserving and storage of the bone marrow CD34+ cells. Possibility of unprogrammed rate freezing and storage at -80 degrees C mechanical freezer.
abstract: We have compared the efficiency of the different strategies allowing for a long term storage of a human CD34+ bone marrow cells. Accordingly, the aliquots of CD34+ cells isolated from bone marrow were frozen using: controlled rate freezing equipment, or freezer unprogrammed in a -80 degrees C mechanical freezer. After freezing, CD34+ cells were subsequently stored for one month in a liquid nitrogen tank at -196 degrees C or in mechanical freezer at -80 degrees C. We have found that both the viability and the recovery of clonogeneic progenitors of CD34+ cells samples stored at different temperature were similar. Therefore, regarding the costs and simplicity, we recommend the unprogrammed freezing and storage of human CD34+ cells at -80 degrees C in a mechanical freezer as a convenient, inexpensive, and reliable method for storing marrow for transplantation. This data also indirectly indicate that the aliquots of the CD34+ cells can be shipped frozen on dry ice (-80 degrees C), and that these cells will maintain viability under this conditions. Furthermore, in this study we have confirmed validity of our earlier observation that human CFU-Meg progenitors are more sensitive to cryopreservation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Pathology Pomeranian Medical Academy, Szczecin, Poland.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ratajczak
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Marlicz
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Rozmysłowicz
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Machalinski
authors.forename: M Z
authors.initials: MZ
authors.lastname: Ratajczak
mesh_terms: D015703:Antigens, CD; D018952:Antigens, CD34; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells / Q000166:cytology; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation; D003114:Colony-Forming Units Assay; D015925:Cryopreservation / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology*; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D015703:Antigens, CD; D018952:Antigens, CD34