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Cell lines authentication and mycoplasma detection as minimun quality control of cell lines in biobanking

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Corral-Vázquez, C., Aguilar-Quesada, R., Catalina, P., Lucena-Aguilar, G., Ligero, G., Miranda, B., Carrillo-Ávila, J. A.·2017·Cell and Tissue Banking

Abstract

Establishment of continuous cell lines from human normal and tumor tissues is an extended and useful methodology for molecular characterization of cancer pathophysiology and drug development in research laboratories. The exchange of these cell lines between different labs is a common practice that can compromise assays reliability due to contamination with microorganism such as mycoplasma or cells from different flasks that compromise experiment reproducibility and reliability. Great proportions of cell lines are contaminated with mycoplasma and/or are replaced by cells derived for a different origin during processing or distribution process. The scientific community has underestimated this problem and thousand of research experiment has been done with cell lines that are incorrectly identified and wrong scientific conclusions have been published. Regular contamination and authentication tests are necessary in order to avoid negative consequences of widespread misidentified and contaminated cell lines. Cell banks generate, store and distribute cell lines for research, being mandatory a consistent and continuous quality program. Methods implementation for guaranteeing both, the absence of mycoplasma and authentication in the supplied cell lines, has been performed in the Andalusian Health System Biobank. Specifically, precise results were obtained using real time PCR detection for mycoplasma and 10 STRs identification by capillary electrophoresis for cell line authentication. Advantages and disadvantages of these protocols are discussed.

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Authors
Corral-Vázquez, C., Aguilar-Quesada, R., Catalina, P., Lucena-Aguilar, G., Ligero, G., Miranda, B., & Carrillo-Ávila, J. A.
Affiliations
Biobanco del Sistema Sanitario Público de Andalucía (ES)
Corresponding author
Carrillo-Ávila, J. A.
Venue
Cell and Tissue Banking
Published
2017-03-02
Volume
18
Issue
2
Pages
271-280
ISSN
  • 1389-9333 (ISSN-L)
  • 1573-6814
OpenAlex
W2592131051
Cited by
47
References
50
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FWCI
4.43
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Cell and Tissue Banking (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • RISalud Institutional Health Repository of Andalucía (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Funders
Instituto de Salud Carlos III (IBS-PT13/0010/0050, IBS-PT130010040)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Microbiology › Microbial infections and disease research
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications
Keywords
cell line authentication, mycoplasma detection, cell line contamination, biobanking, quality control, short tandem repeat profiling, real-time PCR, capillary electrophoresis, cell line misidentification
MeSH terms
Cell Line, DNA, Bacterial, Humans, Mycoplasma, Mycoplasma Infections, Quality Control, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Biological Specimen Banks, Cell Culture Techniques

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