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. 2023:2598:9-19.
doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2839-3_2.

Chondrocyte Isolation and Expansion

Paul Harrison  1 , Timothy Hopkins  1   2 , Charlotte Hulme  1   2 , Helen McCarthy  1   2 , Karina Wright  3   4
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Chondrocyte Isolation and Expansion

Paul Harrison et al. Methods Mol Biol. 2023.

Abstract

Chondrocyte isolation requires a combination of enzymatic and mechanical digestion of cartilaginous tissues in order to release the chondrocytes. Extracted primary chondrocytes will then adhere to standard tissue culture plastics, typically in small clusters, over a period of a few days in monolayer culture. Chondrocyte populations are expanded in a basal medium containing serum, supplemented with ascorbic acid, antibiotics, and sometimes antifungal agents and growth factors. Here we describe the standard research grade and good manufacturing practice (GMP) protocols used for the isolation and expansion of chondrocytes by the Oswestry/Keele University Orthopaedic Research (OsKOR) group and John Charnley GMP and MHRA licensed laboratory, both based at the RJAH Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry, UK.

Keywords: Autologous serum; Cartilage; Chondrocytes; Mechanical and enzymatic cartilage digestion; Tissue culture; Trypsinization.

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