Isolating adult stem cells from musculoskeletal soft tissues based on the cell’s adherence speed to flask.
It has been recognized that some adult tissues contain multiple stem cells. Over the past few years of study, stem cells have been detected in the soft musculoskeletal tissues, including skeletal muscle and tendon. This current protocol details a procedure, known as the modified preplate technique, that has been successfully used in our laboratory to isolate adult stem cells from tendons and skeletal muscle. Using the modified preplate technique described above the cells can be divided into several populations based on t…
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The authors are greatly appreciative of Ms. Haiying Pan and Mr. Ian Bellayr for their technical help on cell isolation for the current films and Mr. Kyle Holden and Mr. Jonathan Lucas for their help on slide editing. Many thanks to the following list of persons who have been involved with the development of the modified preplate techniques over the past years: Drs. Burhan Gharaibeh, BaoHong Cao, Deasy Bridget, Thomas R. Payne, Aiping Lu, Hairong Peng, Hideki Oshima, Bo Zeng, Xiaodong Mu, Kimimasa Tobita, Ron Jankowski, Makato Ikezawa. We are grateful for the technical assistance from James H. Cummins, Ryan Pruchnic, Joseph Feduska, Rebecca C. Schugar, Haiying Pan and Jessica Tebbets. The author also would like to acknowledge the financial support for this work from the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Department of Defense (DOD), the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, and the University of Pittsburgh.
Material Name | Tipo | Company | Catalogue Number | Comment |
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DMEM | Invitrogen | #11995-073 | ||
FBS | Invitrogen | #10437-028 | ||
Heat-inactivated horse serum | Invitrogen | #26050-088 | ||
Chick embryo extract | Accurate Chemical | #CE650T-10 | ||
100U ml penicillin/streptomycin | Invitrogen | #15140-122 | ||
Dulbecco’s PBS | Invitrogen | #14190-250 | ||
Hank’s Buffered Salt Solution | Invitrogen | #24020-117 | ||
Collagenase type XI 0.2%(wt/vol) | Sigma-Aldrich | #C7657 | ||
Dispase2.4U ml | Invitrogen | #17105-041 | ||
Trypsin-EDTA0.5%(wt/vol) (10x;5g liter trypsin (1:250) | Invitrogen | #15400-054 | ||
Collagen for coating flask : Type I collagen derived from calf skin 0.1 g liter | Sigma-Aldrich | #C-9791 | ||
DMSO | Sigma | #D-2650 |