THE EFFECTS ON BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS OF FREEZING AND DRYING BY VACUUM SUBLIMATION .2. EFFECT ON INFLUENZA VIRUS
THE EFFECTS ON BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS OF FREEZING AND DRYING BY VACUUM SUBLIMATION .2. EFFECT ON INFLUENZA VIRUS
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DOI:
10.1084/jem.100.1.89
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发表时间:
1954-01-01
影响因子:
15.3
通讯作者:
PINKERTON, H
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作者:
GREIFF, D;BLUMENTHAL, H;PINKERTON, H
The infectivity titer of influenza virus-infected allantoic fluid was detd. after a variety of procedures involving cyclic slow freezing and thawing-freezing at various rates with subsequent storage at different temps., freezing at various rates with subsequent dehydration at various temps. and different degrees of dehydration. All these factors influenced survival rate of virus particles. Five freeze-thaw cycles resulted in a fall in titer from 10-8.6 to 10-0.8, cycles 2, 3, and 4 causing much greater losses than cycles 1 and 5. Rapid cooling to -40[degree]C or slow cooling to -80 or 190[degree]C did not cause significant titer loss, but rapid cooling to temp. above -40[degree] or slow cooling to temps. above -80[degree]C caused definite titer loss. Loss of titer on storage occurred only at temps. above -40[degree]C The effect of lyophilization depends both on preliminary treatment and dehydration temp. Better conservation of titer was obtained after preliminary cooling to -190 or-80[degree]C than preliminary cooling to higher temps. The most effective sublimation temps. were 0 and -80[degree].; the least effective was +20[degree]C. Titer losses in suspensions sublimated at -10, -30, and -60[degree]C were in general intermediate. No loss in titer occurred after preliminary cooling to -80 or -190[degree]C and subsequent dehydration at -80 or 0[degree]C. The degree of dehydration definitely affects survival of virus on storage at 0[degree]C , but sublimation for 4 hrs. at 0[degree]C gave complete protection against titer loss on storage at this temp. Possible explanations of the observations made are suggested, based on known physio-chemical phenomena such as supercooling, vitrification, variations in size and shape of ice crystals with different freezing speeds, differential enzyme inactivation, changes in salt concn., and changes in energy levels.