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Mouse Embryonic Fibroblast (MEF) Conditioned Media

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Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Grown in MEF Conditioned Media Express Pluripotent Stem Cell Markers SSEA-4, Oct-3/4, Oct-4A, and E-Cadherin. 
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Human Emryonic Fibroblast Conditioned Media Express Pluripotent Markers SSEA-4 and Oct-3/4.
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Assay Procedure

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Briefly, MEF Conditioned Media can be used to culture human pluripotent stem cells using the following procedure:

  • Supplement MEF Conditioned Media with 4 ng/mL FGF basic
  • Culture cells in supplemented media
  • Replace media daily and passage cells as needed
 

 

Reagents Provided

Reagents Supplied in Mouse Embryonic Fibroblast (MEF) Conditioned Media (Catalog # AR005)

  • 100 mL MEF Conditioned Media

 

Other Supplies Required

Reagents

  • Recombinant Human FGF basic (Catalog # 233-FB) or tissue culture grade Recombinant Human FGF basic (Catalog # 4114-TC)
  • Accutase® (Innovative Cell Technologies)
  • Cultrex® Reduced Growth Factor Basement Membrane Extract (BME) (Catalog # 3433-005-01)
  • DMEM/F12

Materials

  • BG01V human embryonic stem cells or equivalent
  • 60 or 100 mm tissue culture plates
  • 15 mL centrifuge tubes
  • Pipettes and pipette tips

Equipment

  • 37 °C and 5% CO2 incubator
  • Centrifuge (low speed clinical or equivalent)
  • Hemocytometer
  • Microscope

 

Procedure Overview

Preparation of BME-coated Plates

  1. Thaw Cultrex BME on ice at 2 °C to 8 °C overnight.
  2. Aliquot thawed Cultrex BME into pre-cooled tubes and store at -20° C.
  3. Thaw the aliquot on ice at 2 °C to 8 °C.
  4. Dilute Cultrex BME 1:40 in DMEM/F12. This can be stored at 4 °C for up to 2 weeks.
  5. Coat the desired number of plates with diluted Cultrex BME (approximately 2.5 mL/60 mm plate) and incubate for 1-2 hours at room temperature.
  6. Remove the Cultrex BME solution immediately prior to plating the cells.

I. Preparation and plating of BG01V Human Embryonic Stem Cells

Gently transfer thawed BG01V human embryonic stem cells to a 15 mL centrifuge tube containing pre-warmed MEF Conditioned Media.

Centrifuge at 200 x g for 4 minutes.

Gently transfer thawed BG01V human enbryonic stem cells

Resuspend the cell pellet in MEF Conditioned Media supplemented with 4 ng/mL FGF basic.

Resuspend the cell pellet

Add the BG01V human embryonic stem cells to the Cultrex BME- or StemXVivo-Culture Matrix-coated plates.

Add the BG01V human embryonic stem cells to the Cultrex BME- or StemXVivo-Culture Matrix-coated plates.

Culture the cells at 37 °C and 5% CO2 and change the media daily.

Perform a cell count

II. Passaging BG01V Human Embryonic Stem Cells

Coat plates with Cultrex BME or StemXVivo Culture Matrix as described.

Remove the media from cells and add 1 mL of Accutase solution to each 60 mm plate.

Pipette gently over the plate until all of the cells have detached.

Coat plates with Cultrex BME or StemXVivo Culture Matrix as described

Transfer the cell suspension to a 15 mL centrifuge tube containing < 5 mL of MEF Conditioned Media.

Centrifuge at 200 x g for 4 minutes.

Transfer the cell suspension

Resuspend the cell pellet in MEF Conditioned Media.

Perform a cell count.

Resuspend the cell pellet

Plate the desired number of cells (approximately 1.0 x 106 cells/60 mm plate) on Culture BME- or StemXVivo Culture Matrix-coated plates in MEF Conditioned Media containing 4 ng/mL FGF basic.

Plate the desired number of cells

Culture the cells at 37 °C and 5% CO2 and change the media daily.

Culture the cells

 

BG01V cells are licensed from ViaCyte, Inc.

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  • Mouse Embryonic Fibroblast (MEF) Conditioned Media
    Name: Anonymous
    Verified Customer | Posted 09/13/2019
    We used to make are own, however the quality would often vary. This commercial media enables us to standardise the protocol and we have used a number of lots with equal results. We usually use the media for 24 hours before starting a iPSC differentiation in order to 'prime' the cells. I would recommend for those who wish to increase the efficiency of iPSC differentiation.
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    Name: Leslie Priddy
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FAQs for Mouse Embryonic Fibroblast (MEF) Conditioned Media

  • Have you tried the StemXVivo® Cardiomyocyte Differentiation Kit with other human ES cell lines or human iPS cell lines?

    This kit has been tested both in-house and by outside groups in multiple iPS cell lines. This kit is expected to work with most cell lines as long as the starting stem cell population is of high quality and has pluripotency. For optimal performance using this kit, it is recommended that pluripotent  stem cells are grown in Mouse Embryonic Fibroblast (MEF) Conditioned Media (Catalog # AR005), however successful differentiation has been observed in cells grown with mTeSR™ medium.  We have had difficulties with cells grown in TeSR™-E8 media.  An anti-human Cardiac Troponin T antibody is provided in the kit to help determine the efficiency of differentiation.

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