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Table 3 Composition of different cell culture media and Krebs-Henseleit buffer

From: Aggravation of cold-induced injury in Vero-B4 cells by RPMI 1640 medium – Identification of the responsible medium components

 

RPMI

DMEM

L-15

M199

KHG

Na +

139.0

157.0

145.1

144.1

143.6

K +

5.3

5.8

5.8

5.4

5.9

Mg 2+

0.4

0.8

1.8

0.8

1.2

Ca 2+

0.4

1.8

1.3

1.8

2.5

Cl -

109.5

120.9

146.8

125.8

128.3

SO 4 2-

0.4

0.8

0.8

0.8

1.2

HCO3-

24.0

44.0

14.3

26.2

25.0

H 2 PO 4 - /HPO 4 2-

5.6

0.9

2.0

0.9

1.2

NO 3 -

0.9

0.7*10 -3

-

4*10 -3

-

HEPES

-

-

-

-

20.0

Glucose

11.1

25.0

8.3

5.6

11.1

Galactose

-

-

5.0

-

-

Deoxyribose

-

-

-

4*10-3

-

Ribose

-

-

-

3*10-3

-

p-Aminobenzoic Acid

7*10 -3

-

-

0.4*10 -3

-

Biotin

0.8*10 -3

-

-

4*10 -5

-

Choline

20*10-3

29*10-3

10*10-3

4*10-3

-

Folic Acid

2*10-3

9*10-3

2*10-3

2*10-5

-

i-Inositol

0.2

40*10 -3

10*10 -3

0.3*10 -3

-

Niacin

-

-

-

0.2*10-3

-

Niacinamide

8*10-3

33*10-3

10.0*10-3

0.2*10-3

-

Pantothenate

0.5*10-3

8*10-3

4*10-3

2*10-5

-

Pyridoxine

5*10-3

20*10-3

5*10-3

0.1*10 -3

-

Riboflavin

5*10-4

1*10-3

-

3*10-5

-

Thiamine

3*10-3

12*10-3

3*10-3

3*10-5

-

Vitamin B 12

4*10 -6

-

-

-

-

Glutathione

3*10 -3

-

-

2*10 -3

-

Pyruvate

-

1.0

5.0

-

-

Phenol red

13*10-3

40*10-3

30*10-3

50*10-3

-

Vitamin A

-

-

-

3*10-5

-

Calciferol

-

-

-

0.3*10-3

-

Menadione

-

-

-

6*10-5

-

α-Tocopherol phosphate

-

-

-

2*10-5

-

Ascorbic acid

-

-

-

0.3*10-3

-

ATP

-

-

-

2*10-3

-

AMP

-

-

-

0.6*10-3

-

Adenine sulfate

-

-

-

30*10-3

-

Guanine

-

-

-

2*10-3

-

Hypoxanthine

-

-

-

2*10-3

-

Thymine

-

-

-

2*10-3

-

Uracil

-

-

-

3*10-3

-

Xanthine

-

-

-

2*10-3

-

Pyridoxal

-

-

-

1*10-4

-

Cholesterol

-

-

-

5*10-4

-

L-Arginine

1.2

0.4

2.5

0.3

-

L-Asparagine

0.4

-

1.9

-

-

L-Aspartic acid

0.2

-

-

0. 5

-

L-Cysteine

-

-

1

1*10-3

-

Cystine

0.2

0.2

-

0.1

-

L-Glutamic acid

0.1

-

-

0.9

-

L-Glutamine

2.1

4.0

2.1

0.7

-

Glycine

0.1

0.4

2.7

0.7

-

L-Histidine

0.1

0.2

1.6

0.1

-

L-Hydroxyproline

0.2

-

-

0.1

-

L-Isoleucine

0.4

0.8

1.0

0.3

-

L-Leucine

0.4

0.8

1.0

0.9

-

L-Lysine

0.3

0.8

0.6

0.4

-

L-Methionine

0.1

0.2

0.5

0.2

-

L-Phenylalanine

0.1

0.4

0.8

0.3

-

L-Proline

0.2

-

-

0.4

-

L-Serine

0.3

0.4

1.9

0.5

-

L-Threonine

0.2

0.8

2.5

0.5

-

L-Tryptophan

25*10-3

0.1

0.1

0.1

-

L-Tyrosine

0.1

0.4

1.7

0.2

-

L-Valine

0.2

0.8

0.9

0.4

-

  1. All concentrations are given in mM. Concentrations of RPMI components printed in italics are outside the range of concentrations in the other media (cell culture media, Krebs-Henseleit buffer with 11.1 mM glucose (KHG)), bold printing highlighting the most likely culprits for the enhanced cold-induced cell injury in RPMI.