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ECFG21 Cell Fusion Generator
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ECFG21 Super Electro Cell Fusion Generator
Hybridoma Production, Somatic-Cell Nuclear Transfer and More
The world first device that can automatically read out delivered voltage and current.
The fusion efficiency is dramatically higher than PEG!
ECFG21 Applications
- Hybridoma Production
- lymphocytes and myeloma cells for monoclonal antibodies
- *a large volume chamber is available.
- Somatic-Cell Nuclear Transfer (SCNT)
- enucleated oocytes and somatic cells for animal cloning
- Tetraploid embryo complementation
- two-cell embryos for ES-cell-derived mice
- Anti-cancer immunity
- dendritic cells and tumor cells for cancer vaccines
- Others
- ES/EG cells and thymocytes for nuclear reprogramming of somatic cells
- plant protoplasts for hybrid vegetables
- liposome/droplets
- yeasts/fungi
- cell-culture transfection (electroporation)
*The ECFG21 can cover all application range of the old-type LF201 and so on.
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ECFG21 Hybridoma Production for Monoclonal Antibodies
The fusion efficiency achieved by the ECFG21 for hybridoma production is dramatically higher than PEG. New electrode chambers correspond to a large volume solution (one-mouse lymphocytes).
| AC ==> 2-Step DC Pulses with Voltage Decay ==> Post Fusion AC | |
| 1) | Alternating Current (AC) |
| The AC is applied so that the cells are aligned in a chain for touching on each side: "Pearl Chain" Formation |
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| 2) | Direct Current (DC) Pulses for Fusion |
| The aligned cells are high-efficiently fusioned by the 2-step DC pulses with voltage decay. | |
| 3) | Post-Fusion AC |
| The post-fusion AC is applied so that the fusion process begins to mature and high fusion efficeincy is achieved with low cell damage. | |
ECFG21 vs PEG Small Molecule Antigens or Peptide Antigens
The efficiency by the ECFG21 is 25-100 times higher than PEG.
These three antigens were all classified as difficult to obtain positive clones. The ECFG21 vastly increased the number of clones in all cases, and in at least one case, resulted in positive clones when none resulted with the traditional PEG method.
1) Antigen used: 20 kDa immunosuppressive protein with high homology
2) Antigen used: Hydrophobic octapeptide
3) Antigen used: Highly hydrophobic 17 amino acid peptide.
| Fusion/M: | Number of hybridomas generated per 1 x 10^6 lymphocytes |
| Positive clone/M: | Number of clones producing monoclonal antibodies against the antigen per 1 x 10^6 lymphocytes |
| ECFG21 w/CUY497P2: | Electrofusion performed using CUY497P2 electrode (for up to 5 x 10^7 lymphocytes) |
| ECFG21 w/CUY497P8X10: | Electrofusion performed using CUY497P8X10 electrode (for large volumes: one-mouse lymphocytes) |
Data provided courtesy of Jun Hayashi, Ph.D., VP of Precision Antibody precisionantibody.com
ECFG21 Tetraploid Chimera Production
Reprogramming of a melanoma genome by nuclear transplantation
Two-step cloning procedure to produce mice from cancer cells.
Different tumor cells were used as donors for nuclear transfer into enucleated oocytes. Resultant blastocysts were explanted in culture to produce ES cell lines. The tumorigenic and differentiation potential of these ES cells was assayed in vitro by inducing teratomas in SCID mice (1), and in vivo by injecting cells into diploid (2) or tetraploid (3) blastocysts to generate chimeras and entirely ES-cell-derived mice, respectively.
Genes Dev. 2004 Aug 1;18(15):1875-85.
Hochedlinger K et al., Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, and Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
ECFG21 Liposome/droplet Fusion
Timing controllable electrofusion device for aqueous droplet-based microreactors
High speed camera images of the fusion process
This fusion process is almost instantaneous. The two droplets combined into one single ''peanut-shaped'' droplet within about 1ms. It took about another 5ms for the droplet to adopt a spherical shape under the effect of surface tension. Throughout the fusion process, the darker colored blue ink droplet (leftmost) was distinctly separated from the lighter colored water droplet (rightmost).
Lab Chip. 2006 Jun;6(6):757-63. Epub 2006 Mar 31.
Tan WH, Takeuchi S., CIRMM/IIS, Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo
ECFG21 Nuclear Transfer for Animal Cloning
Generation of cloned calves and transgenic chimeric embryos from bovine embryonic stem-like cells
Photographs of calves obtained after nuclear transfer.
A: Two days after birth
B: Four weeks after birth
C: Fingerprinting of DNA from cloned calves, recipient cows, and donor ES-like W3 cells.
Electrophoretograms show amplified fragments of DNA derived from leukocytes from recipient cows (panels a, c and e) and cloned calves (panels b, d and f) and from donor ES-like W3 cells (panel g). Upper and right-side scales indicate the sizes of DNAs (bp) and the intensities of DNA fragments, respectively. Numbers in boxes indicate the sizes of DNAs (upper) and the intensities of DNA fragments (lower).
After insertion of donor ES-like cells into the perivitelline space of oocytes, cells and cytoplasts were fused electrically in fusion medium.
(DC: 20V, Pulse length: 50us, Pulse interval: 100ms, 2 Pulses)
Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2003 Sep 12;309(1):104-13.
Saito S et al., Saito Laboratory of Cell Technology, Japan
ECFG21 Specifications
Alternate Current (AC)
| Voltage | 0 - 80 Vrms |
| Frequency | 1 MHz |
| Duration | 0 - 99 sec |
| Post-Fusion Duration | 0 - 99 sec |
| Post-Fusion Decay Mode | On/Off |
| Pause between AC / DC | 5 μsec |
Direct Current (DC) Pulse
| Pulse Wave | Square Wave |
| Voltage | 1 - 1500 V |
| Pulse Length | 1 - 99 μsec |
| Pulse Interval | 0.1 - 9.9 sec |
| Number of Pulses | 0 - 99 |
| Decay Rate | 0 - 99 % |
| Polarity Switching | On/Off |
Output Measurements
| Voltage | AC / DC |
| Current | AC / DC |
| Energy (J) | DC |
Others
| Impedance Measurement | 0.01 - 50 kΩ |
| Operation Mode | Automatic / Manual |
| Memory | 99 programs |
| Dimensions / Weight | 386W x 370D x 121H mm / 8.6kg |
All features and specifications subject to change without notice.
