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标题：Cryopreservation with sucrose maintains normal physical and biological properties of human plasma low density lipoproteins.
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作者：S C Rumsey ; N F Galeano ; Y Arad 等
期刊名称：JLR Papers In Press
印刷版ISSN：0022-2275
电子版ISSN：1539-7262
出版年度：1992
卷号：33
期号：10
页码：1551-1561
语种：English
出版社：American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
摘要：The ability to preserve low density lipoprotein (LDL) preparations frozen for weeks and months without changes in structure or biological properties is of potential use in long-term comparative studies of LDL. We demonstrate that freeze-thawing of LDL causes marked alterations in its structure and biological behavior, and that such changes can be prevented by the addition of sucrose to the LDL solution prior to freezing. Freezing LDL at -70 degrees C in the absence of sucrose resulted in aggregation and fusion of particles as measured by electron microscopy, spectrophotometric absorption, and column gel filtration. This was associated with increased binding affinity of monoclonal antibodies at epitopes distant from the receptor binding region. Functional changes induced by freezing included 3- to 10-fold increases in binding at 4 degrees C and 37 degrees C, and uptake of LDL in fibroblasts, attributable mainly to increases in nonspecific binding processes. Cryopreservation of LDL in 10% sucrose (w/v) completely prevented the structural and functional changes incurred after short-term freezing, and LDL cryopreserved in sucrose for as long as 18 months displayed cell binding, uptake, and degradation very similar to that of freshly obtained LDL.