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TH-1, Subline B1

CCL-50

Product category
Animal cells
Organism
Terrapene carolina, turtle, box
Morphology
epithelial
Tissue
Heart
Disease
Normal
Applications
3D cell culture
Cardiovascular disease research
Product format
Frozen
Mission Collection Item
This is a Mission Collection Item.

Documentation

ATCC determines the biosafety level of a material based on our risk assessment as guided by the current edition of Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories (BMBL), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It is your responsibility to understand the hazards associated with the material per your organization’s policies and procedures as well as any other applicable regulations as enforced by your local or national agencies.

ATCC highly recommends that appropriate personal protective equipment is always used when handling vials. For cultures that require storage in liquid nitrogen, it is important to note that some vials may leak when submersed in liquid nitrogen and will slowly fill with liquid nitrogen. Upon thawing, the conversion of the liquid nitrogen back to its gas phase may result in the vial exploding or blowing off its cap with dangerous force creating flying debris. Unless necessary, ATCC recommends that these cultures be stored in the vapor phase of liquid nitrogen rather than submersed in liquid nitrogen.

Detailed product information

Characteristics

Growth properties
Adherent
Comments
Growth is inhibited at alkaline pH. Medium should be adjusted to neutrality after plating.

Handling information

Unpacking and storage instructions
  1. Check all containers for leakage or breakage.
  2. Remove the frozen cells from the dry ice packaging and immediately place the cells at a temperature below ­-130°C, preferably in liquid nitrogen vapor, until ready for use.
Complete medium
The base medium for this cell line is ATCC-formulated Eagle's Minimum Essential Medium, Catalog No. 30-2003. To make the complete growth medium, add the following components to the base medium: fetal bovine serum to a final concentration of 10%.
Handling procedure
HANDLING PROCEDURE FOR FROZEN CELLS

- Initiate culture as soon as possible upon receipt.

- Thaw by rapid agitation in 23°C water bath. Thawing should be rapid (within
40-60 seconds). As soon as the ice is melted, remove the ampule from the water
bath and immerse in 70% ethanol at room temperature. All of the operations from
this point on should be carried out under strict aseptic conditions.

- Transfer the cell suspension and dilute it with the recommended culture
medium in a culture flask (see specific batch information above for dilution
ratio); incubate at 23°C in a closed system without CO2 in air atmosphere.
Since it is important to avoid excessive alkalinity of the medium during
recovery of the cells, it is suggested that the culture medium be placed into
the culture flask, tube, etc. and the pH be adjusted, as necessary, prior to
the addition of the ampule contents. Note that the bicarbonate content of the
culture medium will determine whether an atmosphere containing CO2 will be
required.

- It is not necessary to remove the freezing additive. However, if desired, the
culture medium may be changed to remove the protective freezing additive
(dimethylsulfoxide) 24 hours after thawing. If it is desired that the freezing
additive be removed immediately, or that a more concentrated cell suspension be
obtained, centrifuge the above diluted suspension at approximately 125 x g for
10 minutes, discard the fluid and resuspend the cells with growth medium at the
dilution ratio given in the specific batch information above.

FLUID RENEWAL
Every 10-14 days.

SUBCULTURE PROCEDURE
Remove medium, add fresh trypsin (0.25%) solution for 2-3 minutes. Remove and
place culture at room temperature for 5-10 minutes until cells detach. Add fresh
culture medium, aspirate and dispense into new flasks.
Subcultivation ratio: 1:2.
Subculturing procedure
Subcultivation Ratio: A subcultivation ratio of 1:2 is recommended
Medium Renewal: Every 10 to 14 days
Remove medium, add fresh 0.25% trypsin for 2 to 3 minutes, remove trypsin and allow the culture to stand for 5 to 10 minutes at room temperature. Add fresh medium, aspirate and dispense into new flasks.

Quality control specifications

Mycoplasma contamination
Not detected

History

Deposited as
Terrapene carolina
Depositors
HF Clark

Legal disclaimers

Intended use
This product is intended for laboratory research use only. It is not intended for any animal or human therapeutic use, any human or animal consumption, or any diagnostic use.
Warranty

The product is provided 'AS IS' and the viability of ATCC® products is warranted for 30 days from the date of shipment, provided that the customer has stored and handled the product according to the information included on the product information sheet, website, and Certificate of Analysis. For living cultures, ATCC lists the media formulation and reagents that have been found to be effective for the product. While other unspecified media and reagents may also produce satisfactory results, a change in the ATCC and/or depositor-recommended protocols may affect the recovery, growth, and/or function of the product. If an alternative medium formulation or reagent is used, the ATCC warranty for viability is no longer valid.  Except as expressly set forth herein, no other warranties of any kind are provided, express or implied, including, but not limited to, any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, manufacture according to cGMP standards, typicality, safety, accuracy, and/or noninfringement.

Disclaimers

This product is intended for laboratory research use only. It is not intended for any animal or human therapeutic use, any human or animal consumption, or any diagnostic use. Any proposed commercial use is prohibited without a license from ATCC.

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Please see the material transfer agreement (MTA) for further details regarding the use of this product. The MTA is available at www.atcc.org.

Permits & Restrictions

Import Permit for the State of Hawaii

If shipping to the U.S. state of Hawaii, you must provide either an import permit or documentation stating that an import permit is not required. We cannot ship this item until we receive this documentation. Contact the Hawaii Department of Agriculture (HDOA), Plant Industry Division, Plant Quarantine Branch to determine if an import permit is required.

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Frequently Asked Questions

References

Curated Citations

Clark HF, Karzon DT. Acquired tolerance to elevated temperatures in a poikilothermic cell line (terrapene heart, TH-1). Exp. Cell Res. 48: 269-275, 1967. PubMed: 6082311

Clark HF, Karzon DT. Terrapene heart (TH-1), a continuous cell line from the heart of the box turtle Terrapene carolina. Exp. Cell Res. 48: 263-268, 1967. PubMed: 4295486

Huang CC, Clark HF. Chromosome changes in cell lines of the box turtle (Terrapene carolina) grown at two different temperatures. Can. J. Genet. Cytol. 9: 449-461, 1967. PubMed: 6082587

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