Dissociation solution (make fresh and filter sterilize)
Reagent
Amount
Final concentration
Wash Solution
100 mL
DNase
1 vial (2000 U)
20 U/mL
Collagenase
100 mg
125 digestion units/mL
Name of the reagent
Company
Catalogue number
Comments
Collagenase
Sigma
C9891
This is Clostridium collagenase.
Bovine pancreatic collagenase would likely work as well
NCTC-135
Sigma
D4263
Add FBS to 10%
Matrigel invasion chambers
BD Biosciences
354481
10x Medium 199
Sigma
M9163
Penicillin-Streptomycin
Invitrogen
15140
DNase
Sigma
D4263
100 μm Cell strainer
Fisher
22363549
Antibody to cytokeratin 7
DAKO
M7018
Used at 1:100 dilution
Equipment Standard cell culture equipment including a CO2 incubator is required. In addition, a centrifuge rotor capable of spinning 50 ml tubes at 30,000 x g is needed. Note that this exceeds the maximum speed of most conical centrifuge tubes and will likely require an Oak Ridge style tube.
Pennington, K. A., Schlitt, J. M., Schulz, L. C. Isolation of Primary Mouse Trophoblast Cells and Trophoblast Invasion Assay. J. Vis. Exp. (59), e3202, doi:10.3791/3202 (2012).