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Oxidative stress in cell culture: an under-appreciated problem?
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  12681474     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Cell culture studies have given much valuable information about mechanisms of metabolism and signal transduction and of regulation of gene expression, proliferation, senescence, and death. However, cells in culture may behave differently from cells in vivo in many ways. One of these is that cell culture imposes a state of oxidative stress on cells. I argue that cells that survive and grow in culture might use ROS-dependent signal transduction pathways that rarely or never operate in vivo. A further problem is that cell culture media can catalyse the oxidation of compounds added to them, resulting in apparent cellular effects that are in fact due to oxidation products such as ROS. Such artefacts may have affected many studies on the effects of ascorbate, thiols, flavonoids and other polyphenolic compounds on cells in culture.
Authors:
Barry Halliwell
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  FEBS letters     Volume:  540     ISSN:  0014-5793     ISO Abbreviation:  FEBS Lett.     Publication Date:  2003 Apr 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2003-04-08     Completed Date:  2003-04-30     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0155157     Medline TA:  FEBS Lett     Country:  Netherlands    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  3-6     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
Copyright 2003 Federation of European Biochemical Societies
Affiliation:
Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, MD 7 #03-07, 8 Medical Drive, Singapore 117597, Singapore. bchbh@nus.edu.sg
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Cells, Cultured
Culture Media
Oxidative Stress*
Reactive Oxygen Species / pharmacology
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Culture Media; 0/Reactive Oxygen Species

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