Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology – Animal cell – per se ; composition thereof; process of...
Reexamination Certificate
2002-03-28
2004-09-14
Naff, David M. (Department: 1651)
Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology
Animal cell, per se ; composition thereof; process of...
C435S395000, C435S404000, C435S408000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06790659
ABSTRACT:
FIELD OF INVENTION
The present invention relates process for the in vitro culture for the production of Indian horseshoe crab (
Tachypleus gigas
) amoebocytes.
BACKGROUND AND PRIOR ART REFERENCES
The blood or haemolymph of the horseshoe crab is an important source for the preparation of a diagnostic reagent—the amoebocyte lysate useful in the detection gram-negative bacteria.
The preparation of amoebocyte lysate where the haemolymph is directly collected from the wild Indian horseshoe crab, though the technology is viable, as the technology requires regular supply of the blood from the live horseshoe cabs which may lead to indiscriminate killing.
The process of production of amoebocyte in vitro from the American horseshoe crab (
Limulus polyphemus
) was also patented (U.S. Pat. No. 5,082,782).
Reference may be made to a publication wherein amoebocytes were cultured in liquid media from open surface of the gill lamellae of
Limulus polyphemus
. The drawback of the process was short termed culture (seven days only of the amoebocytes (Hilly J. B; Gibson III D. G.,1989. Culture of amoebocytes on opened gill lamellae of the horseshoe crab,
Limulus polphemus. American Zoologist,
29 (4) 112 A.
Reference may be made to another publication wherein culture of amoebocyte was carried out in a nutrient mist bioreactor with little growth amoebocyte restricted to only seven day. The drawback of this process was fungal contamination (Friberg J. A; Weathers P. J; Gibson III D. G., 1992. Culture of amoebocytes in a nutrient mist bioreator. In vitro 28 A3 pp 215-217.
Reference may be made to a publication wherein gill flaps removed from American horseshoe crabs were cultured using Grace's Insect medium at pH 7.6, maintaining the culture on a shaker table for 5-12 days at 23-37° C. and obtaining the amoebocytes by pulsing with a solution of 10-20% Limulus serum (Daniel G. Gibson, III, Teaticket, Joan B., Hilly, Uxbridge, 1992, U.S. Pat. No. 5,082,782. The drawback of the present invention is that the Grace's Insect medium retains the culture viable only for 5-12 days.
Reference may be made to our earlier patents where the amoebocytes were separated from the haemolymph directly collected from the wild horseshoe crab. The drawbacks of the invention were primarily fluctuating trend in the availability of the horseshoe crab for the collection of haemolymph, seasonal variations in the sensitivity of lysate and threat for depletion of this valuable animals due to over exploitation (Chatterji, A. 1997, An improved process for the preparation of
Tachypleus Amoebocyte
Lysate (TAL) useful for detection of pyrogens in vitro, NF-235/97).
Accordingly, the present invention provides a new medium for the production of Indian horseshoe crab (
Tachypleus gigas
) amoebocytes in vitro to one reported earlier wherein Grace's Insect Medium was used to cultivate the gill flaps. In the new medium, the Grace's Insect medium was replaced by sterilized normal saline with 720 mOsm, followed by culturing in (2×) L-15 medium Leibovitz medium (L-15) 2× concentration.
OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION
The main object of the present investigation is to provide a process for the production of Indian horseshoe crab (
Tachypleus gigas
) amoebocytes in vitro.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a new medium to keep amoebocytes viable for 90 days without any morphological change.
Yet another object of the present invention is to obtain large-scale production of amoebocyte in vitro from horseshoe crab.
Still another object of the present invention is to prepare high quality amoebocyte lysate without seasonal variability.
Yet another object of the present invention is to avoid batch to batch variability in the sensitivity of amoebocyte lysate.
Still another object of the present invention is to continuously produce amoebocyte in vitro reducing the cost of production of amoebocyte lysate.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention comprises dissecting gill flaps from the Indian horseshoe crab (
T. gigas
), washing the organ at first with an antibiotic (5% betadine) solution for 10 minutes, further washing the organ with 70% alcohol for 10 minutes, culturing the organ in 6 well tissue culture plates containing sterilized normal saline 720 mOsm on a Rocker platform at 23-28° C. for 48 hours, followed by culturing in 2×L-15 for another 48 hours. Gill flaps were purged with 1% Tween 80 solution followed by further purging with 10% horseshoe crab serum (haemolymph without amoebocyte), leading to release of amoebocyte within and outside the gill flaps. The cultures were fed at an interval of 5-10 days with fresh medium. In this present invention, the culture of amoebocyte was maintained for 90 days and there was no change observed in their morphology and viability.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Accordingly, the present invention provides a process for large scale in vitro production of amoebocytes of Indian Horseshoe Crab (
Tachypleus gigas
) from dissected gill flaps of
T. gigas
, in Leibovitz culture medium concentration (2×L-15), having enhanced generation of amoebocytes, said process comprising the steps of:
(a) dissecting gill flaps of
T. gigas;
(b) washing the gill flaps initially with an antibiotic solution for 10 minutes followed by alcohol;
(c) culturing the gill flaps in tissue culture plates of sterile saline on a Rocker platform at a temperature ranging between 23-28° C.;
(d) culturing further the gill flaps of step (c) in Leibovitz culture medium (2×L-15);
(e) purging the gill flaps with Tween 80 solution; and
(f) purging again the gill flaps with horse crab serum, keeping the culture viable for 90 days by feeding with fresh medium at an interval of 10-15 days to enable the enhanced release of amoebocytes both within and outside the gill flaps.
In an embodiment of the invention provides a process, wherein in step (a) the gill flaps from the Indian horseshoe crab (
T. gigas
) are removed and dissected under highly aseptic condition.
Still another embodiment of the invention, the preferable antibiotic for washing of gill flaps in step (b) is selected from betadine 5-10% solution.
Still another embodiment of the invention, alcohol used for further washing in step (b) is having a concentration ranging between (70-90%) for about 10-15 minutes. Still another embodiment, the gill flaps in step (c), are cultured in 6-well tissue culture plates containing sterilized normal saline 720 mOsm on a Rocker platform for a period of 48-72 hours.
Yet another embodiment of the invention, further culturing of gill flaps in step (d) are performed in 2×L-15 for a period of 48 hours.
Yet another embodiment, purging of gill flaps in step (e) is done with 1-5% Tween 80 solution.
Yet another embodiment of the invention, further purging in step (f) is performed with 10-15% horseshoe crab serum, leading to enhanced release of amoebocytes within and outside the gill flaps.
Yet another embodiment, the horse crab serum in step (f) is a haemolymph without amoebocytes.
Yet another embodiment of the invention, the culture is in step (f) maintained for 90 days with intermittent feeding of fresh medium.
Yet another embodiment, the said process is performed in pyrogen free atmosphere.
In an embodiment, the gill flaps from the Indian horseshoe crab (
T. gigas
) is removed under highly aseptic condition.
In an embodiment, the gill flaps are washed with an antibiotic (5-8% betadine) solution for 10-15 minutes.
In an embodiment, the gill flaps are further washed with 70-90% alcohol for 10-15 minutes.
In an embodiment, the gill flaps are cultured in 6 well tissue culture plates containing sterilized normal saline 720 mOsm on a Rocker platform at 23-28° C. for 48-72 hours, followed by culturing in 2×L-15 medium.
In an embodiment, the gill flaps are purged with 1-5% Tween 80 solution followed by further purging with 10-15% horseshoe crab serum (haemolymph without amoebocyte), leading to release of amoebocyte within and outside the gill flaps.
In an embodiment, the culture of amoeboc
Bhonde Ramesh Ramchandra
Chatterji Anil
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
Ladas & Parry
Naff David M.
Ware Deborah K.
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