ClonaCell™-TCS Medium

Procedures and instruction manuals:

•  MANUAL: ClonaCell™-TCS Transfected Cell Selection Kit Technical Manual
•  PRODUCT INFORMATION SHEET - 03814, Lot# All:29525-PIS_1_1_0.pdf

Educational resources:

•  VIDEO: ClonaCell™ EasyPick: Automated High Throughput Cell Line Generation
•  BROCHURE: ClonaCell™ Products for Cell Line Development
•  TECH BULLETIN: Technical Note: ClonaCell™-CHO 96-Well Plate Semi-Solid Cloning
•  VIDEO: Video Tutorial: Probability of Monoclonality
•  WEBINAR: A Smarter Way To Clone: What You Don't Know About Limiting Dilution Can Hurt Your Probability of Monoclonality

MSDS:

•  03814-MSDS.pdf

FAQS:

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  • Q. WHY DO I GET MORE CELLS WHEN I SELECT MY FUSION IN LIQUID MEDIUM RATHER THAN IN METHYLCELLULOSE-BASED SEMI-SOLID MEDIUM?
    Cells grown in liquid medium may appear to grow more rapidly than in methylcellulose-based medium. This is often due to the presence of a few rapidly growing clones that multiply quickly and become abundant in liquid culture, overgrowing clones that grow more slowly. In methylcellulose cultures, the rapidly growing cells remain in close proximity to each other, resulting in large colonies, each derived from a single fusion or transfection product. The large clones don't overgrow smaller, slower growing colonies, which can be separately isolated.
  • Q. HOW DO I THAW CLONACELL™ METHYLCELLULOSE-BASED SEMI-SOLID MEDIUM?
    We recommend thawing the medium overnight in a refrigerator at 4°C and mixing well.
  • Q. HOW DO I MEASURE AND DISPENSE METHYLCELLULOSE SEMI-SOLID MEDIUM?
    We recommend using a 12 mL syringe with a 16 gauge needle attached (blunt end needles are recommended for safety purposes). Do not dispense the semi-solid media/cell mixture using serological pipettes as the media will stick to the pipette walls, resulting in inaccurate dispensed volumes and loss of cells.
  • Q. MY CLONACELL™ METHYLCELLULOSE SEMI-SOLID MEDIUM APPEARS RUNNY. WHY DOES THIS HAPPEN?
    "Runny" methylcellulose could be a result of improper handling. Diluting the methylcellulose with too much liquid medium, or insufficient mixing before use, will result in methylcellulose with altered viscosity. Excessive condensation on the inside of the cell culture dish lid can result in water dripping onto the cultures, lowering viscosity. Additionally, bumping, shaking or other sudden movement of the culture may also disrupt the colonies. Note: methylcellulose is less viscous at room temperature than at 37°C.
  • Q. WHAT IS THE OPTIMAL NUMBER OF COLONIES PER PLATE?
    We recommend 50-150 colonies per plate. As it is difficult to anticipate the numbers of colonies after a fusion or transfection, we recommend plating at three different densities to increase the likelihood of achieving a plating density of approximately 100 colonies per plate. This density allows sufficient space between the colonies to allow for easy colony picking.
  • Q. THERE ARE STILL BUBBLES IN THE MEDIA AFTER I PLATE MY CELLS. DO I NEED TO DISRUPT THE BUBBLES?
    We recommend that you avoid creating large bubbles during plating, but there is no need to manually pop or disperse the small bubbles after plating. They will disperse over the incubation period of 10-14 days.
  • Q. DO I EVER NEED TO RE-CLONE CULTURES GROWN WITH CLONACELL™ SEMI-SOLID MEDIUM?
    Re-cloning is a good practice to observe and is recommended if the number of colonies in the original dishes was very high.
  • Q. ONCE I PICK THE COLONIES AND GROW THE CELLS IN PLATES, WILL THE RESIDUAL METHYLCELLULOSE INTERFERE WITH CHARACTERIZATION? FOR EXAMPLE, WILL I HAVE PROBLEMS DOING AN ELISA?
    There will likely be some residual methylcellulose contamination when colonies are picked and transferred to the 96-well plate with the liquid growth medium. The concentration of methylcellulose, however, should be low enough that it should not interfere with most assays.
  • Q. HOW IMPORTANT IS THE INCUBATOR HUMIDITY WHEN CULTURING IN METHYLCELLULOSE-BASED MEDIUM?
    A. Very important. In situations where the humidity is not high enough, we recommend that the 100 mm Petri dishes should be placed with an open dish containing sterile water inside a larger plastic container with a lid. Without very high humidity, the media will dry out over the culture period and this will impede the growth of the colonies.
  • Q. DO I HAVE TO USE 100 mm PETRI DISHES OR CAN I USE OTHER CULTUREWARE?
    We recommend 100 mm Petri dishes as these have been used to develop and test ClonaCell™ semi-solid media. We have found that the surface area of these dishes allows for easy colony picking. Other sizes of dish (e.g. 6-well plates) can be used. It is important to use non-coated dishes to prevent cells from sticking to the bottom of the plate and obscuring the colonies. The volume of media plated should be adjusted to reflect the surface area of the dish being used.
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  • Q. IS THE SERUM IN CLONACELL™-TCS MEDIUM HEAT INACTIVATED?
    A. Yes, all serum used in ClonaCell™ is heat inactivated.
  • Q. IS THERE ANY IgG IN CLONACELL™ TCS?
    A. While we don't add IgG to the ClonaCell™ media, we do add serum, which contains an undefined amount of IgG. We selectively use serum lots with low IgG levels in the production of ClonaCell™ media, however, levels vary from lot to lot. IgG levels in a specific lot of ClonaCell™ TCS medium are available in the lot-specific Certificate of Analysis.
  • Q. CAN CLONACELL™-TCS BE USED WITH ANY CELL LINE?
    A. A list of recommended cell lines can be found in the manual. Other cell lines may be compatible with ClonaCell™-TCS. It will be necessary, however, to determine the plating cell density and growth efficiency of the desired cells in ClonaCell™-TCS.

This product has been used in:

1. Johann Kern et al. GRP-78 secreted by tumor cells blocks the antiangiogenic activity of bortezomib.Blood 114 (18) 3960-3967 (October 29, 2009)
2. Johann Kern et al. Alternative splicing of vasohibin-1 generates an inhibitor of endothelial cell proliferation, migration, and capillary tube formation.Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 28 (3) 478-484 (March 2008)
3. Daniel R Hostetter et al. Hip is a pro-survival substrate of granzyme B.J Biol Chem 282 (38) 27865-27874 (September 21, 2007)
4. Dallas C Jones et al. Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha negatively regulates T-bet transcription through suppression of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase activation.J Immunol 171 (1) 196-203 (July 1, 2003)