Differentiating Neural Stem Cells into Astrocytes
Title |
Differentiating Neural Stem Cells into Astrocytes |
Date Submitted |
May 5, 2012 |
Submitted by - |
Efthymiou, Anastasia - anastasia.efthymiou@nih.gov |
Adapted from - |
Gibco Protocol |
Contributors - |
Efthymiou, Anastasia |
Affiliation(s) - |
NIH CRM - NIAMS – Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology |
Introduction:
Human astrocyte, courtesy of Dr. Riccardo Cassiani-Ingoni, NIH NINDS
Protocol:
Neural stem cells (NSCs) will proliferate as progenitors a few times even after the complete growth medium is replaced with the appropriate differentiation medium. If the cells reach 90% confluency, it might be necessary to split the cells at a 1:2 ratio. However, do not split the cells once they reach day 9-10 of differentiation when they can get damaged during the passaging process.
- Plate the NSCs on a Geltrex - coated culture dish in complete StemPro NSC SFM at 2.5 × 10^4 cells/cm2.
- After 2 days, change medium to astrocyte differentiation medium. Change the spent medium every 3 to 4 days.
Materials:
Geltrex-coated culture dish |
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StemPro NSC SFM complete Medium |
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astrocyte differentiation medium |
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StemPro NSC SFM Complete Media |
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Component |
Final concentration |
Amount |
KnockOutTM D-MEM/F-12 |
1X |
97 mL |
GlutaMAXTM-I Supplement |
2 mM |
1 mL |
bFGF (prep as 100 µg/mL stock) |
20 ng/mL |
20 μL |
EGF (prep as 100 µg/mL stock) |
20 ng/mL |
20 μL |
StemPro® Neural Supplement |
2% |
2 mL |
| Astrocyte Differentiation Medium | ||
Component |
Final concentration |
Amount |
| D-MEM | 1X | 97 mL |
| N-2 Supplement | 1% | 1 mL |
| GlutaMAXTM-I Supplement | 2 mM | 1 mL |
| FBS | 1% | 1 mL |
