Patent Application: US-33714389-A

Abstract:
a high calcium chemically defined animal cell culture medium including vitamins a and d and a fatty acid or its ester . the medium is particularly adapted for the primary or secondary culture of epithelial cells . however , the medium may be utilized for establishing and maintaining cell lines , in partic background of the invention the united states government may have rights in this patent because of relevant developmental work supported by research grant no . ca43278 from national institutes of health .

Description:
the present invention is directed toward a &# 34 ; high &# 34 ; calcium chemically defined cell culture medium for establishing and cultivating animal cells , preferably epithelial cells . this cell culture medium does not contain serum or other undefined supplements and is suitable for both the primary culture of animal cells and for the establishment of cell lines from this primary culture or others . the present inventor has demonstrated that the addition of retinyl acetate , ergocalciferol and linoleic acid to a &# 34 ; high &# 34 ; calcium chemically defined media results in surprising and unexpected cell growth and differentiation . these results were superior to those previously observed in other &# 34 ; high &# 34 ; calcium chemically defined or serum supplemented cell culture medium . according to one preferred embodiment , a high calcium chemically defined animal cell culture medium is provided which includes : ( a ) a synthetic basal medium designed for animal cell culture ; ( b ) vitamin a at a concentration of about 0 . 01 to about 1 . 0 mg / l ; ( c ) vitamin d 2 at a concentration of about 0 . 01 to about 0 . 5 mg / l ; and ( d ) a fatty acid or its ester at a concentration of 0 . 01 to about 1 mg / l . the synthetic basal medium of the present invention may be one of several commercially available synthetic basal medium customarily used for the culture of animal cells . however , the most preferred synthetic basal medium is mcdb - 151 ( for example , catalog no . 9061 ; irvine scientific , santa ana , calif .). mcdb - 151 has the following composition : ______________________________________mcdb media 151 mcdb 151component mg / l______________________________________l - alanine 8 . 91l - arginine hcl 210 . 7l - asparagine . h . sub . 2 o 15 . 01l - aspartic acid 3 . 99l - cysteine hcl . h . sub . 2 o 42 . 02l - glutamic acid 14 . 71l - glutamine 877 . 2glycine 7 . 51l - histidine hcl . h . sub . 2 o 16 . 77l - isoleucine 1 . 97l - leucine 65 . 58l - lysine hcl 18 . 27l - methionine 4 . 48l - phenylalanine 4 . 96l - proline 34 . 53l - serine 63 . 06l - threonine 11 . 91l - tryptophan 3 . 06l - tyrosine , 2na . 2h . sub . 2 o 3 . 92l - valine 35 . 13d - biotin 0 . 0146d - ca pantothenate 0 . 238choline chloride 13 . 96folic acid 0 . 794i - inositol 18 . 02niacinamide 0 . 0366pyridoxine hcl 0 . 0617riboflavin 0 . 0376thiamine hcl 0 . 0337vitamin b . sub . 12 0 . 407adenine hcl 30 . 89dl - a - lipoic acid 0 . 206putrescine 2hcl 0 . 161thymidine 0 . 727cacl . sub . 2 ( anhyd ) 3 . 33kcl 111 . 83mgcl . sub . 2 . 6h . sub . 2 o 122 . 0nacl 7599 . na . sub . 2 hpo . sub . 4 ( anhyd ) 283 . 96cuso . sub . 4 . 5h . sub . 2 o 0 . 00250feso . sub . 4 . 7h . sub . 2 o 0 . 417znso . sub . 4 . 7h . sub . 2 o 0 . 863glucose 1081 . hepes 6600 . phenol red . sodium salts 1 . 242sodium acetate . 3h . sub . 2 o 500 . sodium pyruvate 55 . 02nahco . sub . 3 1176 . ph 7 . 4 before nahco . sub . 3 addition use 5 % co . sub . 2______________________________________ vitamin a ( retinol ) is included in the inventive medium in concentrations of 0 . 01 to about 1 . 0 mg / l . most preferably , however , vitamin a is present at a concentration of about 0 . 115 mg / l . vitamin a acid ( retinoic acid ) is a naturally - occurring metabolite of vitamin a which possesses substantially the same or greater biological activity in epithelial cells compared with the parent compound , vitamin a ( retinol ). the term &# 34 ; vitamin a &# 34 ;, for the purpose of this invention , includes the many other forms of retinol such as retinyl acetate , retinoic acid , retinal and the like . thus , any of the oxidation states of retinol , variants of retinol , retinoic acid , esters of retinoic acid , variants of retinoic acid or synthetic retinoids with biological activity substantially similar to retinol or retinoic acid may be utilized in the practice of the present invention . for example , the most preferred form of vitamin a is retinyl acetate . according to another preferred embodiment retinyl palmitate is included in the inventive medium . according to still another preferred embodiment retinal , the aldehyde of vitamin a , is present in the inventive medium . in a further preferred embodiment , retinoic acid is present in the inventive medium . accordingly , vitamin a ( retinol ), any of its derivative forms , retinoic acid , any of its derivative forms or synthetic retinoids with biological activity substantially similar to retinol or retinoic acid may be utilized in the practice of the present invention . vitamin d 2 ( ergocalciferol ), a form of vitamin d derived from vegetable sources , is present in the inventive medium at a concentration of from 0 . 01 to about 0 . 5 mg / l . vitamin d 3 ( calciferol ) is the physiologically equivalent compound derived from animal sources . most preferably , vitamin d 2 is present at a concentration of about 0 . 10 mg / l . the term &# 34 ; vitamin d &# 34 ;, for the purpose of this invention , includes any and all vitamin d 2 and vitamin d 3 derivatives , including their hydroxylated metabolites , and synthetic or naturally - derived compounds which possess substantial vitamin d - like biological activity . thus , any of the pharmaceutically acceptable forms of vitamin d may be utilized in the practice of the present invention , for example , dihydrotachysterol ( a reduction product of vitamin d 2 ). however , according to the most preferred embodiment , ergocalciferol ( vitamin d 2 ) is included in the inventive medium . a fatty acid is present in the inventive medium at a concentration of from 0 . 01 mg to about 1 . 0 mg / l , and most preferably at a concentration of about 0 . 1 mg / l . the most preferred fatty acid is linoleic acid . it should be noted , however , that other fatty acids or their esters , for example , arachidonic acid , palmitic acid , stearic acid , and oleic acid may be utilized in the practice of the present invention . the chemically defined medium of the present invention is a &# 34 ; high &# 34 ; calcium medium . a &# 34 ; high &# 34 ; calcium medium is a medium having from about 0 . 1 mm to about 1 . 4 mm calcium . the media of the present invention are preferably within this range and most preferably have a calcium concentration of 1 . 2 mm . the cells cultivated in the inventive medium are animal cells , and are most preferably epithelial cells . however , cells lines , such as , hybrodomae and myelomae may also be cultivated in the inventive medium . according to another preferred embodiment , a chemically defined &# 34 ; high &# 34 ; calcium animal cell culture medium is provided which includes : a synthetic basal medium designed for animal cell culture ; retinyl acetate at a concentration of from about 0 . 01 to about 1 . 0 mg / l ; linoleic acid at a concentration of from about 0 . 01 to about 1 . 0 mg / l ; and ergocalciferol at a concentration of from about 0 . 1 to about 0 . 5 mg / l . according to a further preferred embodiment , a chemically defined cell culture medium is provided including : a synthetic basal medium designed for animal cell culture ; an amino acid supplement ; a vitamin supplement ; a mineral supplement ; a trace element supplement ; a growth factor supplement ; retinyl acetate at a concentration of from 0 . 01 to about 1 . 0 mg / l ; ergocalciferol at a concentration of from about 0 . 01 to about 0 . 5 mg / l ; and linoleic acid or its ester at a concentration of from about 0 . 01 to about 1 . 0 mg / l . an amino acid supplement is included in the inventive medium . the most preferred amino acid supplement is modified eagles media amino acid solution 50 ×( memaas ) ( for example , cat 13 - 606 whitaker , m . a . bioproducts ). the formulation of memaas is as follows : ______________________________________amino acids ( mg / l ) ______________________________________l - arginine . hcl 6320 . 00l - cystine 1200 . 00l - histidine hcl . h . sub . 2 o 2100 . 00l - isoleucine 2620 . 00l - leucine 2620 . 00l - lysine . hcl 3650 . 00l - methionine 750 . 00l - phenylalanine 1650 . 00l - threonine 2380 . 00l - tryptophan 510 . 00l - tyrosine 1810 . 00l - valine 2340 . 00______________________________________ according to one preferred embodiment , from about 5 to about 50 ml of the amino acid supplement is added per liter to the synthetic basal medium , most preferably , mcdb - 151 . according to the most preferred embodiment about 20 ml memaas is added to every 1000 ml of the synthetic basal cell medium . it should be noted , however , that the amino acid supplement set forth above , memaas , is illustrative of amino acid formulations which may be used in the present invention , and other amino acid supplements may be utilized in the practice of the present invention . a trace element supplement is included in the inventive medium . the most preferred formulation for the trace element supplement is provided in mckeehan , wl et al ., in vitro , 13 : 399 - 416 ( 1977 ) ( 9 ). according to the most preferred embodiment , the trace element supplement of the present invention is prepared according to the following recipe : a 1 liter stock solution is prepared for each of the following trace elements in the following concentrations : 0 . 3869 g of h 2 seo 3 / liter h 2 o ; 0 . 0198g of mncl 2 . 4h 2 o / liter of water ; 14 . 2100 grams of na 2 sio 3 . 9h 2 o / liter of h 2 o ; 0 . 1236 grams of ( nh 4 ) 6mo 7 o 24 . 4h 2 o / liter h 2 o ; 0 . 0585 grams of nh 4 vo 3 / liter h 2 o ; 0 . 0131 grams of niso 4 . 6h 2 o / liter of h 2 o ; 0 . 0113 grams of sncl 2 . 2h 2 o / liter of 0 . 02n hcl ; and then add 1 ml from each liter of the above stock solutions and 0 . 1 ml of 1n hcl to 92 . 9 ml of h 2 o to make 100 ml of trace element supplement . the final solution should be filtered after the ph of the final solution is adjusted to between 7 and 7 . 5 . from 1 to about 30 ml of trace element supplement is added to every 1000 ml of the synthetic basal medium , most preferably the synthetic basal medium is , mcdb - 151 . according to the most preferred embodiment , 10 ml of trace element supplement is added to every 1000 ml of synthetic basal medium . a vitamin supplement is included in the inventive medium . the most preferred vitamin supplement of the present invention is modified eagles media vitamin solution ( memvs ) ( for example , 100 ×, cat . 13 - 607 , whitaker , m . a . bioproducts ). following is the formulation for eagles modified media vitamin solution : ______________________________________vitamins mg / l______________________________________d . ca . pantothenate 100 . 00choline chloride 100 . 00folic acid 100 . 00i - inositol 200 . 00nicotinamide 100 . 00pyridoxal . hcl 100 . 00riboflavin 10 . 00thiamine . hcl 100 . 00______________________________________ according to one preferred embodiment , from about 1 to about 30 ml of the vitamin supplement is added to about every 1000 ml of the synthetic basal medium . however , most preferably , about 10 ml of the vitamin supplement is added to every 1000 ml of the synthetic basal medium . the vitamin supplement formulation set forth above is illustrative of vitamin supplements which can be utilized in the practice of the present invention . a mineral supplement is included in the inventive medium . preferably , the mineral supplement includes calcium , iron , zinc , magnesium and sodium . according to the most preferred embodiment , the above minerals are present as the following salts : cacl 2 ; feso 4 . 7h 2 o ; mgcl 2 . 6h 2 o ; znso 4 . 7h 2 o ; na 2 so 4 . cacl 2 is preferably added to the synthetic basal medium in an amount from about 13 . 0 to about 150 mg 1 , and most preferably in an amount of about 130 mg / l . feso 4 . 7h 2 o is preferably added to the synthetic basal medium in an amount from about 0 . 04 to about 1 . 2 mg / l , and most preferably in an amount of about 0 . 4 mg / l . mgcl 2 . 6h 2 o is preferably added to the synthetic basal medium in an amount of from about 12 . 0 to about 244 . 0 mg / l , and most preferably in an amount of about 122 . 0 mg 1 . znso 4 . 7h 2 o is added to the basal medium in an amount of from about 0 . 08 to about 1 . 7 mg , and most preferably in an amount of about 0 . 86 mg / l . na 2 so 4 is added to the synthetic basal medium in an amount from about 0 . 35 to about 7 . 0 mg / l , and most preferably in an amount of about 3 . 50 mg / l . growth supplements are also included in the present invention . according to the most preferred embodiment , the growth supplement includes : delipidized bovine serum albumin ( bsa ), insulin , transferrin , epidermal growth factor , glutamine , phosphoethanolamine , ethanolamine , a broad spectrum antibiotic , and a corticosteroid . the individual constituents of the growth supplement may be added to the synthetic basal medium separately or together after mixing . regardless of how they are added , the amount of each growth supplement constituent added to 1000 ml of the synthetic basal medium is , according to one preferred embodiment , as follows : from about 0 . 50 to about 2 . 3 grams of delipidized bsa , and most preferably about 1 . 30 grams of delipidized bsa ; from about 1 . 0 to about 10 . 0 mg of insulin , and most preferably about 5 . 0 mg of insulin ; from about 2 to about 20 . 0 mg of transferrin , and most preferably about 10 . 0 mg transferrin ; from about 50 mm to about 200 mm glutamine , and most preferably about 120 mm of glutamine ; from about 1 . 0 to about 11 . 2 mg of phosphoethanolamine , and most preferably about 5 . 6 mg phosphoethanolamine ; from about 0 . 24 to about 7 . 2 mg of ethanolamine , and most preferably about 2 . 4 mg of ethanolamine ; from about 1 to about 30 micrograms of epidermal growth factor , and most preferably about 10 micrograms of epidermal growth factor ; from about 50 , 000 to about 1 , 000 , 000 units of penicillin , and most preferably about 100 , 000 units of penicillin ; from about 50 , 000 to about 1 , 000 , 000 of streptomycin , and most preferably about 100 , 000 units of streptomycin , and from 0 . 1 to about 5 mg of hydrocortisone , and most preferably about 1 . 0 mg of hydrocortisone . the following examples are included to further describe the present invention and are not intended to limit the invention unless otherwise specifically indicated herein . a chemically defined , &# 34 ; high &# 34 ; calcium culture medium was formulated to investigate the outgrowth and subsequent long term maintenance or normal adult murine epidermal cells from explants of dorsal skin . in this investigation , the relative diameters of explants from normal skin were used together with the morphological appearance of the cultures at three weeks to evaluate several medium . vitamins a and d , as well as linoleic acid were added separately or together to the sprd - 110 medium at concentrations of 0 . 115 mg / l , 0 . 100 mg / l , and 0 . 100 mg / l , respectively . cutaneous explants of one square millimeter from medium treated with a supplement or control medium ( sprd - 110 alone ) all demonstrated epidermal outgrowth within one week . some explants achieved diameters of seven millimeters by three weeks , and thereafter proliferated to confluence with concomitant terminal differentiation . untreated female ssin mice seven to nine weeks of age were sacrificed by cervical dislocation , dorsal hair clipped , and washed with prepodine ( american sterilizer co ., erie , penna .) and 70 % ethanol in water . the dorsal skin was excised and placed in sterile calcium and magnesium free dulbecco &# 39 ; s phosphate - buffered saline . each skin was removed to a sterile petri dish and every trace of subcutaneous fat and muscle removed by scraping with a scalpel . pieces of one square mm were cut with a sharp scalpel and placed onto corning tissue culture dishes previously coated with a collagen - fibronectin mixture according to lechner , j . et al . in vitro 18 : 633 - 642 , 1982 ( 10 ). approximately ten minutes were allowed for the pieces to adhere to the dish before addition of the culture medium . the explants were cultured in sprd - 110 medium alone , sprd - 110 medium and 0 . 115 mg / 1 retinyl acetate , sprd - 110 medium and 0 . 100 mg / l linoleic acid , sprd - 110 medium and 0 . 1 mg / l ergocalciferol , or sprd - 110 medium and 0 . 115 mg / l retinyl acetate , 0 . 100 mg / l linoleic acid , and 0 . 1 mg / l ergocalciferol . retinyl acetate was obtained from gibco , grand island , n . y . linoleic acid was obtained as linoleic acid conjugated bovine serum albumin from sigma chemical company , st . louis , mo . ergocalciferol was obtained from sigma chemical company , st . louis , mo . sprd - 110 medium is a &# 34 ; high &# 34 ; calcium , chemically defined medium previously developed by the present inventor to support long - term primary cultures of adult murine epidermal cells under conditions permissive of both proliferation and terminal differentiation ( 1 ). the formula of sprd - 110 may be described as follows : sprd - 110 is a modified mcdb - 151 medium supplemented by the addition of ( suppliers given as examples ): c ) 10 ml / l trace element supplement , prepared according to mckeehan , wl . et al ., in vitro 13 : 399 - 416 , 1977 ; r ) enough distilled h 2 o to make a final volume of 1135 ml . all cutaneous explants from adult mice were established on dishes coated with vitrogen - fibronectin ( 10 ). this coating had been shown to be important for establishing and maintaining cultures of freshly harvested adult murine epidermal cells ( 1 ). the explants were incubated at 36 ° c . in an atmosphere of 5 % co 2 and 95 % air . the medium was changed twice weekly beginning three days after the explants were prepared . as appropriate , the cultures were treated at each medium change with sprd - 110 medium alone , with sprd - 110 medium and retinyl acetate ( 0 . 115 mg / l ; gibco , grand island , n . y . ), with sprd - 110 medium and linoleic acid conjugated bovine serum albumin ( 0 . 100 mg / l linoleic acid ; sigma chemical company , st . louis , mo . ), with sprd - 110 medium and ergocalciferol ( 0 . 100 mg / l ; sigma chemical company , st . louis , mo . ), or with sprd - 110 medium and retinyl acetate 0 . 115 mg / l , linoleic acid 0 . 001 g / l , and ergocalciferol 0 . 100 g / l . after three weeks , the cultures were fixed with formalin , stained with rhodamine b , and the diameters of the explants measured . the diameter of each explant was calculated from measurement in two dimensions . statistical significance was determined by student &# 39 ; s t test . other cultures were prepared for light and electron microscopy ( 1 ). regardless of the medium , by four days in vitro , epidermal outgrowth had usually begun in many of the explants and was present in most by seven days . many mitotic figures were present in the radially advancing outgrowth . although some stratification accompanied the advancing outgrowth , it was greatest in the regions closest to the explant itself . electron microscopy of the epithelial outgrowth disclosed many of the typical morphological characteristics of proliferating and differentiating epidermal cells in vivo including : basal cells with mitochondria , ribosomes , microtubules , desmosomes , and numerous keratin bundles throughout the cytoplasm . the proliferative layer was overlayed by a variable number of differentiating cells of which the most superficial demonstrate keratohyalin granules , nuclear degeneration , and cornified envelopes . the diameters of the explants were recorded at three weeks and the morphology of the cultures was studied using an electron microscope morphological characteristics , such as , shape , size , and adherence were recorded . these results are summarized in table i . table i______________________________________effects of retinyl acetate , calciferol andlinoleic acid on adult murine epidermal outgrowth . sup . 1 number of diameter . sup . 3 mor - longev - supplement explants . sup . 2 ( mm ) phology . sup . 5 ity . sup . 6______________________________________sprd - 110 25 2 . 7 ± 0 . 90 + + medium0 . 115 mg / l 42 4 . 8 ± 2 . 0 . sup . 4 ++ + retinyl acetate ( a ) 0 . 100 mg / l 19 2 . 7 ± 0 . 93 + ++ linoleic acid ( la ) 0 . 1 mg / l 11 2 . 3 ± 0 . 41 ++ + ergocalciferol ( d2 ) sprd - 110 51 4 . 8 ± 1 . 6 . sup . 4 +++ +++ medium + a + la + d . sub . 2______________________________________ . sup . 1 cutaneous explants from untreated adult mice were established on dishes coated with vitrogen fibronectin , cultured for three weeks in supplemented or unsupplemented sprd110 medium , fixed in formalin , stained and measured . . sup . 2 total number of explants measured in three to four separate experiments . . sup . 3 average ± s . d . . sup . 4 values are significantly larger than that of sprd110 medium alone ( p 0 . 0001 by student &# 39 ; s . sub .- t test ). . sup . 5 favorable morphological considerations include uniformly compact , polygonal proliferative cells with slightly rounded rather than flat appearance . differentiated cells are flat and platelike , and generally adherent to the proliferating cells . . sup . 6 the relative abundance of mitotic figures in the epithelial outgrowth after two weeks , and eventual proliferation to confluence were considerations used to evaluate longevity . the addition of the retinyl acetate alone to sprd - 110 medium nearly doubled the explant diameter . light microscopy confirmed that this increase was due primarily to an increase in the number of proliferative cells rather than to an increase in the relative size of the cells . although the addition of linoleic acid alone to sprd - 110 medium did not increase the size of the epidermal outgrowths , its addition resulted in an apparent increase in the longevity of the cultures . longevity was determined by the relative abundance of mitotic figures in the epithelial outgrowth after two weeks , and eventual proliferation to confluence . the addition of ergocalciferol ( vitamin d 2 ) alone to sprd - 110 medium resulted in an improved morphology and uniformity of the epidermal outgrowth rather than in an increased diameter of the explants . the addition of all three of the supplements to the sprd - 110 medium nearly doubled the explant diameter and improved morphology and longevity beyond what was observed in trials using the supplements separately . moreover , epidermal outgrowth from explants cultured in this formulation grew to confluence by seven to nine weeks , this was not observed in any other medium . thus , on the basis of the data set forth above , the present inventor has demonstrated that the addition of retinyl acetate , ergocalciferol , and linoleic acid to a synthetic basal medium , surprisingly and unexpectedly resulted in improved epithelial cell morphology , proliferation , differentiation and longevity . changes obvious to those skilled in the art may be made in the various components , steps and procedures described herein without departing from the concept and scope of the invention as defined in the following claims . the citations in the following list are incorporated by reference herein for the reasons cited . 1 . rebecca j . morris , kay c . tacker , james k . baldwin , susan m . fischer and thomas j . slaga , &# 34 ; 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