============================================= rpc00051: *Glycine max* DG330 callus culture ============================================= :download:`Download a PDF version (140 KB) <../cell_lines/rpc00051_DG330_3_1.pdf>` .. note:: * Components * A 9-cm plastic Petri dish, containing cells placed on semi-solid medium * Notice * Subculture the cells to fresh medium immediately after arrival. * Do not store the cell culture in a refrigerator and a freezer. * Maintain aseptic conditions of the cell culture, and work in a laminar flow cabinet. * Method * Culture medium: MS medium, 0.25% (w/v) gellan gum, pH 5.7 (\ :doc:`medium no. 44 `\ ) * Culture conditions: 24--25°C, continuous light * Subculture: 28-day intervals * Citation of cell line When results obtained by using this cell line are published in a scientific journal, it should be cited in the following manner: “*Glycine max* DG330 cell line (rpc00051) was provided by the RIKEN BRC through the National BioResource Project of the MEXT, Japan.” Introduction ============= Soybean DG330 cell line was established from a hypocotyl of *Glycine max* (L.) Merr. Japanese cultivar Tanbaguro (Asano 2011 [1]_, Asano and Otobe 2011 [2]_). The DG330 callus cells are yellow-green and produce isoflavones, namely daidzein and genistein. The DG330 cells are grown on a phytohormone-free Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium solidified with 0.25% (w/v) gellan gum, pH 5.7. Our DG330 cell culture has been maintained under the continuous light at 24--25°C and subcultured at 28-day intervals. Materials ========== Chemicals and stock solutions ------------------------------ (All stock solutions are stored at 4°C) * MS salt mix Murashige and Skoog Plant Salt Mixture, FUJIFILM Wako Pure Chemical Corporation (#392-00591) * Sucrose * MS_VT .. csv-table:: :header: "Chemical", "Concentration (mg/mL)" :widths: auto "Nicotinic acid", "0.5" "Pyridoxine·HCl", "0.5" "Thiamine·HCl", "0.1" "Glycine", "2" * MS_inositol .. csv-table:: :header: "Chemical", "Concentration (mg/mL)" :widths: auto "*myo*-Inositol", "40" * Gellan gum * KOH (1 N) Glassware and equipment ------------------------ * Erlenmeyer flask (200 mL), capped with two layers of aluminum foil * Forceps, sterilized before use Preparation of MS medium (medium no. 44) ----------------------------------------- :doc:`/media/medium_44` #. Dissolve the following chemicals in approximately 800 mL of distilled water. .. csv-table:: :header: "Chemical", "Amount" :widths: auto "MS salt mix", "1 bag (1 L)" "Sucrose", "30 g" #. Add following stock solutions, and fill up to approximately 950 mL with distilled water. .. csv-table:: :header: "Stock solution", "Volume (mL)" :widths: auto "MS_VT", "1" "MS_inositol", "2.5" #. Adjust the pH of the solution to 5.7 with KOH (1 N), and fill up to 1 L with distilled water. #. Pour 60 mL of the medium into a 200-mL flask containing 0.15 g of gellan gum. #. Autoclave the flask at 121°C for 20 min. Methods ======== #. Pick up an appropriate amount of callus cells from a 28-day-old culture with a forceps and place the cells onto fresh MS medium. #. Incubate cell cultures under the continuous light condition (photosynthetic photon flux density 55--60 µmol m\ :sup:`−2` s\ :sup:`−1`\ ) at 24--25°C. Notes ====== * We send DG330 cells on semi-solid MS medium in a 9-cm disposable Petri dish. The cells should be subcultured to fresh MS medium immediately after arrival. * In order to maintain DG330 callus culture stably, it is essential to observe the growth of cells carefully. Because proliferation of DG330 cells is affected by culture conditions, such as a room temperature, aeration conditions of the culture and so on, an amount of cells transferred to fresh medium and the subculture intervals may vary from one lab to another. We usually inoculate four pieces of DG330 callus (about 10-mm in diameter) on 60 mL of MS medium in a 200-mL flask, and culture them for 28 days. * It is important to subculture good healthy cells. Brownish DG330 cells near the upper part of a callus should not be used. Genotyping =========== :doc:`/genotyping/g_rpc00051` Maintenance history ==================== :doc:`/maintenance/m_rpc00051` References =========== .. [1] Asano S (2011) Research into pigment production using cultured plant cells grown without phytohormones. PhD thesis, University of Tsukuba, Japan (in Japanese). `http://hdl.handle.net/2241/114680 `_ .. [2] Asano S, Otobe K (2011) Production of phytochemicals by using habituated and long-term cultured cells. Plant Biotechnology 28: 51--62. DOI: `10.5511/plantbiotechnology.10.1109a `_ Protocols ========== * Genotyping of plant cell lines: :doc:`/protocols/genotyping/glycine` External links =============== * `World Flora Online: Glycine max (L.) Merr. `_ * `Wikipedia: Glycine max `_ .. index:: single: Glycine max single: Soybean single: DG330