Bead Sprouting Assay for Early-Stage Angiogenesis Assessment: An In Vitro Bead-Based Model to Study Endothelial Sprouting in the Presence of Pericytes
Published: April 30, 2023
Abstract
Source: Azam, S. H. et al. Incorporating Pericytes into an Endothelial Cell Bead Sprouting Assay. J. Vis. Exp. (2018).
This video demonstrates a modified microcarrier beads-based assay incorporating pericytes to study endothelial sprouting during the early stages of angiogenesis. The assay provides an in vitro experimental model to understand molecular mechanisms of angiogenesis and the effect of anti-angiogenetic therapeutics.
Protocol
1. Preparing Beads for Gel Implantation Take a culture containing microcarrier beads coated with Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells (HUVEC) and pericytes. Examine the dishes containing the microcarrier-coated beads under the microscope using the 20X objective to ensure that all beads have been sufficiently coated by endothelial cells. Vigorously pipette the plated solution of cells to detach them from the 6-cm plate and place the solution into a tube. Wash the plate 2X additional times…
Disclosures
The authors have nothing to disclose.
Materials
| Sterile Pipette tips | VWR | ||
| Pipettors | Eppendorf | ||
| Complete EGM2 Media Bullet Kit | Lonza | CC-3162 | HUVEC Media |
| MEM | Gibco | 11095114 | 10T1/2 Media |
| DMEM | Gibco | 11965118 | NHLF Media |
| Tissue culture-grade PBS | Gibco | 14190-144 | Magnesium and calcium free |
| Accutase | Life Technologies | A1110501 | For lifting HUVEC |
| Trypsin | Life Technologies | 15050065 | For lifting 10T 1/2 and NHLF |
| HUVEC | Lonza | C2517A | |
| 10T 1/2 | ATCC | ||
| NHLF | ATCC | ||
| Cytodex 3 microcarrier beads | Sigma | C3275 | |
| Tissue culture-coated 6 and 10 cm plates | Corning | ||
| Fibrinogen from bovine plasma | Sigma | F8630 | |
| Thrombin | Sigma | t9549 | |
| Aprotinin | Sigma | a3428 | |
| Falcon Round-Bottom Tubes | Corning | ||
| Tissue culture incubator and hood | |||
| 24-well glass bottom plates | MatTek | P24G1.513F | Glass-bottom plates are needed only if the sprouts are going to be imaged. If not, tissue culture plastic is also acceptable. |
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Bead Sprouting Assay for Early-Stage Angiogenesis Assessment: An In Vitro Bead-Based Model to Study Endothelial Sprouting in the Presence of Pericytes. J. Vis. Exp. (Pending Publication), e21168, doi: (2023).