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Friday, February 28, 2014

Questions & Answer Practical - Cells

The system used to culture viruses depends on?
          Availability
          laboratory facilities
          personnel and viral agent being studied
What is the most common tissue used in cell culture to grow viruses in?
          Kidney cells
What is contact inhibition phenomen and when does it occur?
          As the cells multiply and begin to come into contact with one another, there is a feedback effect cause them to stop growing. 
          It takes about 10 - 4 days for this to occur.
          Contact inhibition will cause the production of a confluent monolayer of cells in a cell culture.

What are the two types of media used to produce confluent cell sheets to be used for viral research?
1.  Growth media - used when the cell sheet is forming
2.  Maintenance medium - used when the cell sheets are confluent and they are to be infected with the virus.

The system used to culture viruses depends on?
          Availability
          laboratory facilities
          personnel and viral agent being studied
What is the most common tissue used in cell culture to grow viruses in?
          Kidney cells
What is contact inhibition and when does it occur?
          As the cells multiply and begin to come into contact with one another, there is a feedback effect cause them to stop growing. 
          It takes about 10 - 4 days for this to occur.
          Contact inhibition will cause the production of a confluent monolayer of cells in a cell culture.
What are the two types of media used to produce confluent cell sheets to be used for viral research?
1.  Growth media - used when the cell sheet is forming
2.  Maintenance medium - used when the cell sheets are confluent and they are to be infected with the virus.
True or False:  when the monolayer is established, the growth media is removed.
          T - growth media is removed and replaced by maintenance media
What are types of cells used in T.C, their origins, and their no. of chromosomes?
·         Primary cell culture: Plant, animal, insect or human Diploid (2n)
·         Diploid cell strain: Remnant of primary cell culture Diploid (2n)
·         Established cell line: tumor cells or mutagenesed normal cells Heteroploid (>2n)
Define primary cell culture.
          Cultures established initially from tissue taken directly from animals,
           e.g. fetal organs or tissues.  They contain several cell types.
Define Diploid cell strain.
          Sereially propagated primary cell lines that are capable of undergoing many more divisions.
           They retain their diploid chromosome number.
Define Continuous cell line.
          Cells of a single type that are capable of indefinite propagation in vitro.
           An immortal cell line originating from cancers, or by spontaneous transformation of a diploid cell strain. 
          Do not resemble parent cell because of mutations and are often aneuploid (abnormal) in chromosome number.

What is anchorage phenomenon and when does it occur?
Mean the ability of cells to settle down and attached firmly to T. C. vessels

What are the factors affecting anchorage phenomenon ?
1-Type of the cell (adherent).
2- Viability of the cell (viable).
3- Culture vessel surface charge (+ve).
4- Incubation temperature (37 oC).
5- Component of the media: as Calcium and Fibrinonectin

True or False: 
MDBK – BHK and Vero (African green monkey kidney) cells are anchored cells while,

Myeloma cells - SF-9 cells and High Five cells are non  anchored cells  (T)

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