Adaptation of Mammalian Cells to Chemically Defined Media.

This article focuses on the gradual adaptation of a mammalian suspension cell culture to a chemically defined medium. The first step is to transfer the cells cultured in medium supplemented with fetal bovine serum (FBS) to a chemically defined medium of your choice, containing the same amount of FBS. The next steps consist of progressively reducing the amount of FBS, while monitoring cell growth and viability up to the complete elimination of FBS. This protocol has been successfully used to adapt THP-1 cells to a chemically defined medium with similar maximum specific growth rate as those cultured with FBS. © 2019 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Basic Protocol: Gradual adaptation to chemically defined medium Alternate Protocol: Direct adaptation to chemically defined medium Support Protocol 1: Determining maximum specific growth rate of a cell culture Support Protocol 2: Cell freezing and thawing. PMID: 31756045 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Current Protocols in Toxicology - Category: Toxicology Tags: Curr Protoc Toxicol Source Type: research