TESTING OF ARCTIC INSECT HEMOLYMPH AS A SECONDARY AGENT IN APPLIED CRYOPRESERVATION
Li N.G.
March 2024Cryo-Letters
Cryo-Letters
2024#45Issue 2106 - 113 pp.
BACKGROUND: Cold hardiness of insects from extremely cold regions is based on a principle of natural cryoprotection, which is associated with physiological mechanisms provided by cryoprotectants. OBJECTIVE: Since arctic cold-hardy insects are producers of highly effective cryoprotectants, in this study, the hemolymph of Aporia crataegi L. and Upis ceramboides L. from an extremely cold area (Yakutia) was tested as a secondary component of cryoprotective agents (CPA) for cryopreservation (-80°C) of human peripheral blood lymphocytes and skin fibroblasts. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Lymphocytes and skin fibroblasts were treated with various combinations of DMSO and hemolymph extract and step-wise cooled to -80°C. Post-cryopreservation cell viability was assessed by vital staining and morphological appearance. RESULTS: Viability was higher when cells were frozen with a mixture containing DMSO and Upis ceramboides hemolymph compared to the cells frozen in DMSO, while cells frozen with DMSO and Aporia crataegi hemolymph did not survive. The fact that hemolymph of not every cold-resistant insect can be used as a secondary agent along with DMSO indicates that only a unique combination of hemolymph components and its compatibility with cells might result in a positive effect. CONCLUSION: Although the use of insect hemolymph as a complementary agent in applied cryopreservation is a problem in terms of practical application, such studies could initiate new trends in the search for the most successful hemolymph-like cryoprotectant systems.
cryopreservation , fibroblasts , insect hemolymph , lymphocytes , natural cryoprotectants
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Department of Cryobiology and Germplasm of Animals from Kazakhstan, Institute of Zoology of Republic of Kazakhstan, 93 al-Farabi Str., Almaty, 050060, Kazakhstan
Cryoprotect LLC, Innovative Center Skolkovo, Merzlotnaya str., 29-43, Yakutsk, 677010, Russian Federation
Department of Cryobiology and Germplasm of Animals from Kazakhstan
Cryoprotect LLC
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