Application of novel gill cell line from Lates calcarifer for recognizing metals using probes

Mithra, Sivaraj and Abdul Majeed, S and Mujthaba Aatif, A and Selvam, S and Abdul Nafeez, A and Taju, Gani and Abdul Wazith, M J and Ramesh Kumar, P and Sahul Hameed, Azeez Sait (2024) Application of novel gill cell line from Lates calcarifer for recognizing metals using probes. Biological Trace Element Research, 203. pp. 1-16. ISSN 1559-0720

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Abstract

Lates calcarifer (Bloch) is a potential candidate fish species for culture in marine and brackishwater. A continuous gill cell line was derived from L. calcarifer by the explant culture method and has been passaged for 132 times, in Leibovitz’s L-15 medium containing 10% fetal bovine serum (FBS) at 28 °C. The cells showed a rate of recovery between 90 and 95% after being successfully cryopreserved at various passage levels and formed monolayer in 2–3 days without any morphological changes. Immunophenotypic analysis of the SBG cell line revealed that they are of epithelial origin. Polymerase chain reaction assay using mitochondrial 12S rRNA primer specific to L. calcarifer was used to confirm the authenticity of the established gill cell line origin from seabass. The transfection efficiency was evaluated in Seabass Gill (SBG) cell line using pEGFP-N1 and Lipofectamine™ 3000. Transfection efficiency was found to be between 13 and 16%. The cytotoxicity of three different metal detecting probes was evaluated by MTT and Alamar blue assays to determine safe concentration. The result revealed that SBG cell line can be applied for recognition of metals using probes. The current study established, for the first time, a gill-derived cell line (SBG) from Lates calcarifer and its application for the detection of intracellular indium, mercury, and lutetium ions by specific fluorescent probes.

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