freezing retrovirus supernatant
levenson at northwestern.edu
Tue Sep 11 16:28:44 EST 2001
It all depends on the envelope. In my hands ecotropic virus can
withstand one freezing (better-flash in liqN2) and thawing at 37^C
after storage at -80^C; you don't need to add anything. Even so, the
titer drops ~4 fold. With VSVg pseudotyped titer stays pretty much the
same after one round.
Unlrafiltration helps but concentrating media proteins makes the final
product quite toxic <why?> to target cells and ecotropic virus was
destroyed <?> since the titer increase was insubstantial.
Your milage may vary....
On 10 Sep 2001 13:42:19 +0100, wolfsc at ibms.sinica.edu.tw ("Wolfgang
>a quick question, a quick answer is desired. I have some supernatant of
>retrovirus producing cells). Is it possible to simply freeze the supernatant or
>should I concentrate the virus (how? - this is another question) and add 50%
>Any ideas, recommendations ?
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