MouseEmbryonicFibroblasts(MEF)areusedtosupportthegrowthofmouseandhumanpluripotentstemcells[1].MEFnotonlyprovideasubstrateforpluripotentstemcellstogrowon,butalsosecretecriticalgrowthfactorstomaintainstemcellpluripotency.MEFareisolatedfrommouseembryosandusedatearlypassages[2].Toserveasfeedercells,MEFmustbetreatedwithmitomycinCorbyirrADIationtopreventcellproliferation.Thetreatedcellscanalsobeusedtogenerateconditionedmediumforfeeder-freecultureofpluripotentstemcells.
MEFfromSciencellResearchLaboratoriesareisolatedfromembryonicday13CD1mouseembryos.Thesecellsarecryopreservedatprimarycultureanddeliveredfrozen.Eachvialcontains1x10^6cellsin1mlvolume.MEFarecharacterizedbyimmunofluorescencewithantibodyspecifictofibronectin.MEFarenegativeformycoplasma,bacteria,yeast,andfungi.MEFareguaranteedtofurtherexpandfor5populationdoublingsundertheconditionsprovidedbyScienCellResearchLaboratories.
RecommendedMedium
ItisrecommendedtouseDMEM(Cat.#09221)supplementedwith10%fetalbovineserum(FBS,Cat.#0010,0025,0500)forculturingMEFinvitro.
Specifications:
CatalogNo. | M7540 |
CountryofManufacture | |
ProductCode | MEF |
Size/Quantity | 1x10^6cells/vial |
ProductUse | MEFareusedasafeederlayerinmouseandhumanpluripotentstemcellculture.Theyareforresearchuseonly.Theyarenotapprovedforhumanoranimaluse,orforapplicationininvitrodiagnosticprocedures.. |
Storage | Uponreceiving,directlyandimmediatelytransferthecellsfromdryicetoliquidnitrogenandkeepthecellsinliquidnitrogenuntiltheyareneededforexperiments. |
ShippingInfo | Dryice. |
References | [1]BRADLEY,A.(1987).Productionandanalysisofchimaeras.InTeratocarcinomasandEmbryonicStemCells:APracticalApproach,(ed.E.J.Robertson),pp.113-151.Oxford:IRLPress.[2]Nagyetal.(2006)PreparingMouseEmbryoFibroblastsColdSpringHarborProtocols.2006:pdb.prot4398. |