Abstract
Basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) is a crucial supplement for culture media of human pluripotent stem cells. However, bFGF is extremely unstable under cell culture conditions, which makes frequent (generally every day) medium refreshment requisite. We recently developed a water-floatable, bFGF-releasing membrane via a simple bFGF adsorption process following oxygen plasma treatment by utilizing a polyethylene nonwoven fabric as an adsorbent. This membrane allowed sustained release of bFGF while floating on medium, thereby keeping the bFGF concentration in the medium sufficient for maintaining human-induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) in a proliferative and pluripotent state for as long as 3 days. In this study, lyophilization was applied to the membrane to stabilize bFGF. The sustained bFGF-releasing function of the membrane was kept unchanged even after lyophilization and subsequent cryopreservation at −30 °C for 3 months. The cryopreserved membrane supported proliferation and colony formation of human iPSCs while retaining their viability and pluripotency in a medium-change-free continuous culture for 3 days. The present bFGF-releasing membrane is ready-to-use, storable for at least 3 months, and obviates daily medium refreshment. Therefore, it is a new and more practical bFGF supplement for culture media of human stem cells.
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