Fusion and Cloning
Add 1 ml of PEG solution to the pellet over a 1 minute period, continually stirring the cells.
Continue stirring for an additional 1 minutes.
Stop the fusion by adding Medium B while constantly stirring.
1 ml over 1 minute
3 ml over 1 minute
10 ml over 1 minute
Incubate for 5 minutes in a water bath at 37oC.
Slowly add 40 ml of Medium A.
Centrifuge the cells at 400 g for 7 minutes.
Discard the supernatant and wash the cell in 40 ml of Medium A.
Slowly resuspend the pellet in 10 ml of Medium C.
Transfer to a T75 flask containing 40 ml of Medium C.
Incubate 16-24 hours at 37oC, 5% CO2.
Thaw Medium D and mix.
Transfer the cells from the flask into 2x50 ml centrifuge tubes and centrifuge at 400 g for 10 minutes.
Discard the supernatants and tap to loosen the pellets.
Combine the pellets and transfer the cells to Medium D. Mix gently by swirling the tube.
Let sit for 30 minutes at 37oC, 5% CO2.
Plate 9.5 ml of cells into 10-100 mm Petri dishes. Tilt the plates to level the mixture.
Transfer the plates to a Tupperware container containing a Petri dish with 10 ml sterile water.
Incubate plates at 37oC, 5% CO2.
Maintenance
After 10-14 days, examine the plates for the presence of colonies.
Remove isolated colonies from the plates using a pipettor with a sterile tips. Set the pipettor for 10 ml.
Pipet each colony into a separate well of 96-well plates contain 200 ml of Medium E.
Incubate the plates at 37oC, 5% CO2 for 1-4 days without feeding.
Remove the supernatants from the wells and test. Refeed the wells with 200 ml Medium E or other Hybridoma expansion medium.
Recloning in ClonaCell-HY
Note: More than 95% of the colonies will be monoclonal when selected by ClonaCell-HY. Recloning can be done to ensure stability.
Once the cells are growing well in 24-well plates, resuspend the cells with a 1 ml pipet.
Remove 10 ml of the cell suspension and add to 1.0 ml of Medium A. Mix well.
Remove 100 ml of this suspension and add to a tube containing 10 ml of Medium D. Mix well and add to a 100 mm Petri dish.
Spread evenly by tilting the plates. Incubate at 37oC, 5% CO2 as previously described.
Repeat for each clone.
After 10-14 days, select colonies and transfer to 96-well plates before testing.
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