Source: Nielsen, S. S. E., et al. Improved Method for the Establishment of an In Vitro Blood-Brain Barrier Model Based on Porcine Brain Endothelial Cells. J. Vis. Exp. (2017).
This video demonstrates the isolation of capillaries from fresh porcine brains. The process involves removing the meninges, isolating the grey matter from the brain tissue, homogenizing and filtering the grey matter to isolate the capillaries, and finally using enzymatic digestion to purify the capillaries further.
All procedures involving sample collection have been performed in accordance with the institute's IRB guidelines.
1. Purification of Porcine Brain Capillaries
The authors have nothing to disclose.
DMEM/F-12 | Lonza | BE12-719F | |
Fetal bovine serum (FBS) | Gibco Invitrogen | 10-270-106 | |
Trypsin/EDTA | Gibco Invitrogen | 15090-046 | |
DMSO | Sigma-Aldrich | 34896 | |
PBS | Sigma-Aldrich | D8537 | |
DNAse 1 | Sigma-Aldrich | D4513 | |
Collagenase CLS2 | Sigma-Aldrich | C6885 | |
ddH2O | Made with Elga System | ||
15 ml centrifuge tubes | Cellstar | 188271 | |
50 ml centrifuge tubes | Cellstar | 227261 | |
Petri dishes | Thermo Scientific | 150350 | |
Cryo vials | Thermo Scientific | 377224 | |
500 ml bottle | Thermo Scientific | 159910/159920 | |
Scalpels | Swann-Morten | REF0211 | Type 24 |
Tissue homogenizer | Sigma | D9188 | |
140 μm filters | MERCK | NY4H04700 | |
Fine-tip curved forceps | KLS Martin | 12-409-12-07 | |
Broad tip forceps | VWR | 82027-390 | |
Filter holder | MERCK Milipore | Swinnex-47 | |
50 ml syringe | Braun | 4617509F |