Phase transitions and mechanisms of cryoprotection of serum-/xeno-free media based on dextran and dimethyl sulfoxide.

The development of serum-/xeno-free media may help avoid the drawbacks of using serum and its components, such as probable contamination, instability of composition, or difficulty in sterilization. The objectives of this research were to investigate the use of combinations of a permeating cryoprotective agent (MeSO) and non-permeating polymers (polyvinyl alcohol, polyvinylpyrrolidone, polyethylene glycol, hydroxyethyl starch, dextran) for cryopreservation of interstitial cells (ICs) of rat testis, and to propose the mechanism of cryoprotection of such compositions. In the course of this study, the best combination was 100 mg/ml dextran (M.

Changes in the Content of Mononuclear Liver Cells Expressing Immune Proteasomes after Transplantation of Ovarian Tissues Depending on Donor-Recipient Differences in Rats.

Implantation of ovarian tissue allografts in outbred Wistar rats and inbred August rats against the background of induction of donor-specific tolerance was accompanied by an increase in liver content of mononuclear cells expressing LMP2 immune of proteasome subunit by day 37 after transplantation in comparison with day 0. Graft rejection, on the contrary, was associated with a decrease in the number of LMP2 cells in the liver of rats of both lines during this period. The difference in the content of these cells and the graft take rate were higher in Wistar rats.

Changes in the Expression of Immune Proteasomes in the Liver after the Induction of Portal Tolerance Depending on Donor-Recipient Differences in Rats.

Induction of donor-specific tolerance in outbred Wistar rats (RT1) and inbred August rats (RT1) increased the expression of immune proteasome subunits in liver with a peak on day 7 after beginning of the induction. The increase in the level of immune subunits LMP2 and LMP7 was more pronounced in the liver of August rats in comparison with Wistar rats (by 2 and 6 times, respectively), which was associated with higher concentrations of monoamines in the CNS of August rats. After induction of donor-specific tolerance in August and Wistar rats, the immune subunits were in cells of sinusoidal lining and in cells located in sinusoid lumens.

Change in the Content of Immunoproteasomes and Macrophages in Rat Liver At the Induction of Donor-Specific Tolerance.

Induction of donor specific tolerance (DST) by the introduction of donor cells into a recipient's portal vein is one of the approaches used to solve the problem of transplant engraftment. However, the mechanism of DST development remains unclear to this moment. In the present work, we first studied the change in the content of immunoproteasomes and macrophages of the liver at early stages of the development of allospecific portal tolerance in rats by Western blotting and flow cytofluorimetry.