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Heat‐inactivated coelomic fluid of the earthworm Perionyx excavatus is a possible alternative source for fetal bovine serum in animal cell culture
Author(s) -
Chellathurai Vasantha Niranjan,
Rajagopalan Kamarajan,
Selvan Christyraj Jackson Durairaj,
Subbiahanadar Chelladurai Karthikeyan,
Ganesan Mijithra,
Azhagesan Ananthaselvam,
Rajaian Pushpabai Rajesh,
Mohan Manikandan,
Selvan Christyraj Johnson Retnaraj Samuel
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
biotechnology progress
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.572
H-Index - 129
eISSN - 1520-6033
pISSN - 8756-7938
DOI - 10.1002/btpr.2817
Subject(s) - earthworm , fetal bovine serum , cell culture , hela , in vitro , viability assay , biology , chemistry , cell , andrology , microbiology and biotechnology , biochemistry , ecology , medicine , genetics
Fetal Bovine Serum (FBS) is used as a major supplement in culturing animal cells under in vitro conditions. Due to ethical concern, high cost, biosafety, and geographical as well as batchwise result variations, it is important to reduce or replace the use of FBS in animal cell culture. The major objective of this work is to evaluate the feasibility of heat‐inactivated coelomic fluid (HI‐CF) of the earthworm, Perionyx excavatus as a possible alternative for FBS in animal cell culture experiments. The coelomic fluid (CF) was extruded from the earthworm using electric shock method and used for the experiments. Electric shock method is a simple non‐invasive technique, which has no harmful effect on earthworms. Mouse primary fibroblast and HeLa cell lines were used in this study. Among HI‐CF, autoclaved CF and crude CF, the supplement of medium with HI‐CF shows positive results. The processed HI‐CF (90°C for 5 min) at 10% supplement in cell culture medium promote maximum cell growth but cells need the initial support of FBS for the attachment to the culture flask. Microscopic observation and immunofluorescence assay with actin and lamin A confirm that the cellular and molecular morphology of the cells is maintained intact. The HI‐CF of earthworm, P. excavatus has shown better cellular viability when compared with FBS and making it possible as an alternative supplement to minimize the use of FBS.