Culture of Human Embryonic Stem Cells (hESC)

 

All cell lines are initially grown according to the supplier's protocols, but we are adapting them to one simple protocol outlined below:

 

6-well plates (Falcon Cat #353046) are coated for 20 to 60 minutes at room temperature with 0.1% gelatin (Sigma Cat #G1890) in dH2O.

 

Mouse embryonic fibroblasts (CF1 strain), cultured in MEF medium, are mitotically inactivated by treatment with 10¦Ìg/ml mitomycin C (Roche Cat #107 409) for 2 to 3 hours at 37¡ãC. Cells are washed three to four times with PBS, trypsinized (Invitrogen Cat #25300-054), and plated at a density of 0.75 x 105/ml with 2.5ml per well of a gelatin-coated 6-well dish.

Alternatively, cells may be inactivated by exposure to 8000rads of X-irradiation and plated at the same density.

 

Immediately before plating hESC, MEFs are rinsed once or twice with PBS. hESC are plated onto MEFs as small clumps in 2.5ml per well of hESC medium containing 4ng/ml bFGF (R&D Systems Cat #233-FB).

 

Cells are fed every day until ready to passage which is determined by the size of colonies, the age of MEFs (should not be older than 2 weeks) or differentiation status of the cells.

 

Colonies which appear to be differentiating, are manually removed before passaging.

 

To passage hESC, cells are washed once or twice with PBS and incubated with filter-sterilized 1mg/ml collagenase IV (Invitrogen Cat #17104-019) in DMEM/F12 for 10 to 30 minutes. Plates should be agitated every 10 minutes until colonies begin to detach. When moderate tapping of the plate causes the colonies to dislodge, they are collected and the wells washed with hESC medium to collect any remaining hESC. Alternatively, colonies may be removed using a cell scraper and collected.

 

Colonies are allowed to sediment for 5 to 10 minutes. The supernatant, containing residual MEFs, is aspirated, and the colonies are washed with 5ml hESC medium and allowed to sediment again. This is repeated once more.

After the final sedimentation, the colonies are resuspended in 1ml of hES medium and triturated gently to break up the colonies to approximately 100-cell size. Generally, cell lines are passaged at a ratio of between 1:3 and 1:6 every four to seven days.

 

MEF Medium

DMEM

Invitrogen 11965-092

450ml

Heat-inactivated FBS

Invitrogen 16000-044

50ml

Non-essential amino acids

Invitrogen 11140-050

5ml

L-Glutamine

Invitrogen 25030-081

5ml

 

hESC Medium

DMEM/F12

Invitrogen 11330-032

400ml

Knockout Serum Replacer

Invitrogen 10828-028

100ml

Non-essential amino acids

Invitrogen 11140-050

5ml

L-Glutamine

Invitrogen 25030-081

2.5ml

¦Â-mercaptoethanol

Sigma 7522

3.5¦Ìl

 

Protocol: Culturing human embryonic stem cells
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Feeder-independent culture of human embryonic stem cells - Nature ...

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JoVE: Passaging HuES Human Embryonic Stem Cell-lines with Trypsin ...

In this video we demonstrate how our lab routinely passages HuES human embryonic stem cell lines with trypsin. Human embryonic stem cells are artifacts of ...
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Human Embryonic Stem Cell Protocols
HH. UUMMAANN. EE. MMBBRRYYOONNIICC. SS. TTEEMM. CC. EELLLL. PP. RROOTTOOCCOOLLSS. 2. Table of Contents. Contact Information. ...
stemcells.nih.gov/staticresources/research/protocols/BresaGen_hESC_manual_2.1.pdf -

Human Embryonic Stem Cells (video)

 

Protocols

 

  1. Culture of Human Embryonic Stem Cells (hESC)
  2. Establishment and characterization of human embryonic stem cell line
  3. Rat stem cell isolation and culture 
  4. Mouse stem cell isolation and culture 
  5. Induction of Stem Cell Differentiation   
  6. Cancer stem cells
  7. Video Data on Stem Cell Research (click to show)

 

 

 
 

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