Abstract
Cryoprotection of suspension cultures of sugarcane cells (Saccharum sp.) during freezing to various temperatures was tested using glucose, dimethylsulfoxide, and ethylene glycol at various concentrations, alone and in combinations. Viability of the thawed cells was assessed by triphenyltetrazolium chloride reduction, cell growth, and microscopic examination. Enhanced cryoprotection—as much as a doubling in viability value—was achieved by employing glucose and dimethylsulfoxide in mixtures, as compared with the lesser cryoprotective effect of either compound alone, at 1.9 molar total concentration in all cases; the mixture was most effective at a concentration of about 1.9 molar, with a molar ratio of the two components of about 1:3, respectively. Much of the increase in viability value arose from a decrease in toxic effect that came about through mixing the cryoprotective agents. Binary mixtures containing ethylene glycol and either glucose or dimethylsulfoxide were less effective and more toxic than comparable glucose-dimethylsulfoxide mixtures. Use of the optimized latter mixture allowed freezing of these tropical cells to −23 C with little decrease in survival, or to −40 C, still with the capability for delayed growth.
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