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Muscle
Porcine
Porcine, Yorkshire, 30kg
Sirous ZN, Fleming JB, Khalil RA.
Endothelin-1 enhances eicosanoids-induced coronary smooth muscle contraction by activating specific protein kinase C isoforms ,
Hypertension
 37 , 497-504 , 2001
Cells
Coronary smooth muscle
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 2 : 150 u/ml
Elastase : 0.05%
Medium
HBSS
Muscle
Porcine
Porcine
Shieh CC, Feng J, Buckner SA, Brioni JD, Coghlan MJ, Sullivan JP, Gopalakrishnan M.
Functional implication of spare ATP-sensitive K(+) channels in bladder smooth muscle cells ,
J Pharmacol Exp Ther
 296 , 669-75 , 2001
Cells
Bladder smooth muscle
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 2 : 0.1-0.2%
Medium
Krebs-Ringer bicarbonate
Muscle
Porcine
Porcine, juvenile, 30kg
Huckle WR, Drag MD, Acker WR, Powers M, McFall RC, Holder DJ, Fujita T, Stabilito II, Kim D, Ondeyka DL, Mantlo NB, Chang RS, Reilly CF, Schwartz RS, Greenlee WJ, Johnson RG.
Effects of subtype-selective and balanced angiotensin II receptor antagonists in a porcine coronary artery model of vascular restenosis ,
Circulation
 93 , 1009-19 , 1996
Cells
Coronary smooth muscle cells
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.3%
Elastase : 0.05%
Medium
HBSS
Muscle
Porcine
Porcine
Xiong, Yimin, Xu, Shangzhe. and Slakey, Linda L
Modulation of Response to Adenosine in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells Cultured in Defined Medium ,
In Vitro Cell Dev Biol
 27 , 355 , 1991
Cells
Smooth muscle, aorta
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.3%
Medium
DMEM
Muscle
Porcine
Porcine
Fehr, T. , Dickinson, E. , Goldman, S. and Slakey, L.
Cyclic AMP Efflux is Regulated by Occupancy of The Adenosine Receptor in Pig Aortic Smooth Muscle Cells ,
J Biol Chem
 265 , 10974 , 1990
Cells
Smooth muscle
Aortic medial tissue
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.30%
Medium
DMEM
Muscle
Quail
Quail, embryo, 10 day
Konigsberg, I.
Skeletal Myoblasts in Culture ,
Methods Enzymol
 LVIII , 511 , 1979
Cells
Myoblasts
Enzymes
Medium
Puck's solution
Muscle
Rabbit
Rabbit, New Zealand
Al-Shboul, O. , Mahavadi, S. , Sriwai, W. , Grider, J. and Murthy, K.
Differential Expression of Multidrug Resistance Protein 5 and Phosphodiesterase 5 and Regulation of cGMP Levels in Phasic and Tonic Smooth Muscle. ,
Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol
 305 , G314-24 , 2013
Cells
Gastric smooth muscle
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM
Muscle
Rabbit
Rabbit, New Zealand White
Croons Valerie, Martinet Wim, Herman Arnold G, Timmermans Jean-Pierre, De Meyer Guido R Y.
Selective clearance of macrophages in atherosclerotic plaques by the protein synthesis inhibitor cycloheximide ,
J Pharmacol Exp Ther
 320 , 986-93 , 2007
Cells
Aortic smooth muscle
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 2 : 300 u/ml
Elastase : 5 u/ml
Medium
F10 Ham's
Muscle
Rat
Rat, day 7
Vilmont, V. , Cadot, B. , Ouanoumou, G. and Gomes, E.
A System for Studying Mechanisms of Neuromuscular Junction Development and Maintence ,
Development
 143 , 2464 , 2016
Cells
Skeletal muscle
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.05%
Medium
DMEM
Muscle
Rat
Rat, SD
Zeng, Y. , Liu, H. , Kang, K. , Wang, Z. , Hui, G. , Zhang, X. , Zhong, J. , Peng, W. , Ramchandran, R. , Raj, J. and Gou, D.
Hypoxia Inducible Factor-1 Mediates Expression of miR-322: Potential Role in Proliferation and Migration of Pulmonary Arterial Smooth Muscle Cells. ,
Sci Rep
 5 , 12098 , 2015
Cells
Pulmonary arterial smooth muscle
Enzymes
Elastase : 0.05%
Medium
Buffer
Muscle
Rat
Rat
Weisleder, N. , Zhou, J. and Ma, J.
Detection of Calcium Sparks in Intact and Permeabilized Skeletal Muscle Fibers. ,
Methods Mol Biol
 798 , 395 , 2012
Cells
Skeletal muscle fiber
Enzymes
Medium
Tyrode
Muscle
Rat
Rat
Weber, S. , Gratopp, A. , Akanbi, S. , Rheinlaender, C. , Sallmon, H. , Barikbin, P. and Koehne, P.
Isolation and Culture of Fibroblasts, Vascular Smooth Muscle, and Endothelial Cells From the Fetal Rat Ductus Arteriosus ,
Pediatr Res
 70 , 236 , 2011
Cells
Vascular smooth muscle
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM
Muscle
Rat
Rat
Pacak, C. and Cowan, D.
Fabrication of Myogenic Engineered Tissue Constructs. ,
J Vis Exp
 27 , e1137 , 2009
Cells
Myogenic
Enzymes
Medium
Ham's F-10
Muscle
Rat
Rat
Larkin, L. , Calve, S. , Kostrominova, T. and Arruda, E.
Structure and Functional Evaluation of Tendon-Skeletal Muscle Constructs Engineered In Vitro. ,
Tiss Eng
 12 , 3149-58 , 2006
Cells
myogenic
Enzymes
Neutral Protease : 8 u/ml
Collagenase Type 4 : 200 u/ml
Medium
DMEM
Muscle
Rat
Rat, Lewis, neonatal
Kim, J. , Hadlock, T. , Cheney, M. , Varvares, M. and Marler, J.
Muscle Tissue Engineering for Partial Glossectomy Defects. ,
Arch Facial Plast Surg
 5 , 403 , 2003
Cells
Myoblasts
Enzymes
Medium
Ham's F-10
Muscle
Rat
Rat, SD, 250 g
Jaggar JH.
Intravascular pressure regulates local and global Ca(2+) signaling in cerebral artery smooth muscle cells ,
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol
 281 , C439-48 , 2001
Cells
Arterial smooth muscle
Enzymes
Papain : 0.03%
Collagenase : 0.1%
Medium
see reference
Muscle
Rat
Rat, SD, 3 month
Stevenson S. , Rollence M. , Marshall-Neff J. and Liau G.
A Genetically Modified Adenoviral Vector Exhibits Enhanced Gene Transfer of Human Smooth Muscle Cells ,
J Vasc Res
 38(5) , 471 , 2001
Cells
Smooth muscle cells
Enzymes
Medium
M-199
Muscle
Rat
Rat, SD, male, 250-350 g
Hrometz, S. , Edelmann, S. , McCune, D. , Olges, J. , Hadley, R. , Perez ,D. and Piascik, M.
Expression of Multiple Alpha1-Adrenoceptors on Vascular Smooth Muscle: Correlation with the Regulation of Contraction ,
J Pharmacol Exp Ther
 290(1) , 452 , 1999
Cells
Vascular smooth muscle
Enzymes
Elastase : 0.0125%
Medium
DMEM
Muscle
Rat
Rat, Wistar, female, 10 weeks
Boulanger-Saunier, C. , Kattenburg, D. and Stoclet, J.
Cyclic AMP-dependent Phosphorylation of a 16kDa Protein in a Plasma Membrane-enriched Fraction of Rat Aortic Myocytes ,
F.E.B.S. Lett.
 193 , 283 , 1985
Cells
Myocytes
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.1%
Medium
HBSS
Muscle
Rat
Rat, SD, 225-250g
Gunther S, Alexander RW, Atkinson WJ. and Gimbrone MA Jr.
Functional angiotensin II receptors in cultured vascular smooth muscle cells ,
J Cell Biol
 92 , 289 , 1982
Cells
Mesenteric artery smooth muscle cells
Enzymes
Medium
HBSS
Neural
Avian
Quail and Chicken, embryonic
Rollo, B. , Zhang, D. , Simkin, J. , Menheniott, T. and Newgreen, D.
Why are Enteric Ganglia so Small? Role of Differential Adhesion of Enteric Neurons and Enteric Neural Crest Cells. ,
F1000Res
 4 , 113 , 2015
Cells
Midgut DRG
Enzymes
Medium
Ham's F12
Neural
Avian
Chick, White Leghorn, embryos
Temburni, M. , Rosenberg, M. , Pathak, N. , McConnell, R. and Jacob, M.
Neuronal Nicotinic Synapse Assembly Requires the Adenomatous Polyposis Coli Tumor Suppressor Protein. ,
J Neurosci
 24 , 6776 , 2004
Cells
Cilary ganglion neurons
Enzymes
Medium
PBS
Neural
Bovine
Bovine
Bowman, P. , Betz, A. and Goldstein, G.
Primary Culture of Microvascular Endothelial Cells From Bovine Retina ,
In Vitro
 18 (7) , 626 , 1982
Cells
Microvascular endothelial
Enzymes
Medium
MEM
Neural
Canine
Canine
Tongtako, W. , Lehmbecker, A. , Wang, Y. , Hahn, K. , Baumgartner, W. and Gerhauser, I.
Canine Dorsal Root Ganglia Satellite Glial Cells Represent an Exceptional Cell Population with Astrocytic and Oligodendrocytic Properties. ,
Sci Rep
 7 , 13915 , 2017
Cells
Satellite glial
Enzymes
Medium
HBSS
Neural
Chicken
Chick, White Leghorn, embryos
Watt, P. , Mullen, Y. , Benhamou, P. , Hober, C. , Nomura, Y. , Watanabe, Y. , Passaro, E. , Zinner, M. and Brunicardi, F.
Simplified Semiautomated Method For Isolating Islets From the Human Pancreas ,
Transplant Proc
 26 (2) , 582 , 1994
Cells
Islets
Enzymes
Trypsin : Trypsin: 0.125-0.25%
Collagenase : 0.2%
Deoxyribonuclease I : 200 u/ml
Medium
Eurocollins solution
Neural
Chicken
Chicken, embryos, 9-10 days old
Mudge, A. , Leeman, S. and Fischbach, G.
Enkephalin Inhibits Release of Substance P From Sensory Neurons in Culture and Decreases Action Potential Duration ,
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
 76 (1) , 526 , 1979
Cells
Dorsal root ganglia neurons
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.01%
Medium
Eagle's MEM
Neural
Chicken
Chick, White Leghorn, embryos, 7 day
Wiseman, L. and Hammond, W.
The Reacquisition of Cell Adhesiveness Following Tissue Disaggregation by Eleven Different Agents ,
J Exp Zool
 197 , 429 , 1976
Cells
Neural retina
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.25%
Elastase : 0.2%
Hyaluronidase : 1.0%
Papain : 1.0%
Protease : 0.1%
Trypsin : 0.05%
Medium
HBSS
Neural
Fish
Zebrafish
Sakowski, S. , Lunn, J. , Busta, A. , Palmer, M. , Dowling, J. and Feldman, E.
A Novel Approach to Study Motor Neurons from Zebrafish Embryos and Larvae in Culture. ,
J Neurosci Methods
 205 , 277-82 , 2012
Cells
Motor neurons
Enzymes
Medium
See reference
Neural
Frog
Xenopus, embryonic
Takahashi, T. , Nakajima, Y. , Hirosawa, K. , Nakajima, S. and Onodera, K.
Structure and Physiology of Developing Neuromuscular Synapses in Culture ,
J Neurosci
 7 , 473 , 1987
Cells
Neuron
Enzymes
Medium
Steinberg's solution
Neural
Hamster
Hamster, male
Liman ER.
Regulation by voltage and adenine nucleotides of a Ca2+-activated cation channel from hamster vomeronasal sensory neurons ,
J Physiol
 548 , 777 , 2003
Cells
Vomeronasal organ neurons
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.02%
Medium
PBS
Neural
Human

Human

David, E. , Yousuf, M. , Mei, H. , Jain, A. , Krishnagiri, S. , Elahi, H. , Venkatesan, R. , Srikanth, K. , Dussor, G. , Dalva, M. and Price, T.
Ephrin-B2 promotes Nociceptive Plasticity and Hyperalgesic Priming Through EphB2-MNK-eIF4E Signaling in Both Mice and Humans. , Pharmacol Res Vol. 206 , 107284 , 2024
Cells
DRG neurons
Enzymes
Medium
HBSS
Neural
Human

Human

Park, S. , Eber, M. , Fonseca, M. , Patel, C. , Cunnane, K. , Ding, H. , Hsu, F. and Peters, C.
Usefulness of the Measurement of Neurite Outgrowth of Primary Sensory Neurons to Study Cancer-Related Painful Complications. ,
Biochem Pharmacol
 188 , 114520 , 2021
Cells
Dorsal root ganglia
Neural
Enzymes
Papain : 30 u/ml
Medium
HBSS
Neural
Human
Human
Panchision David M, Chen Hui-Ling, Pistollato Francesca, Papini Daniela, Ni Hsiao-Tzu, Hawley Teresa S.
Optimized flow cytometric analysis of central nervous system tissue reveals novel functional relationships among cells expressing CD133, CD15, and CD24 ,
Stem Cells
 25 , 1560-70 , 2007
Cells
Neural, various
Enzymes
Papain : 12 u/ml
Collagenase/Dispase : see reference
Trypsin : see reference
Medium
see reference
Neural
Human
Human, 9 month
Dietrich J, Lacagnina M, Gass D, Richfield E, Mayer-Proschel M, Noble M, Torres C, Proschel C.
EIF2B5 mutations compromise GFAP+ astrocyte generation in vanishing white matter leukodystrophy ,
Nat Med
 11 , 277 , 2005
Cells
Neurons
Enzymes
Papain : 0.07 u/ml
Neutral Protease : 1 mg/ml
Medium
DMEM/F12
Neural
Human
Human
Dib-Hajj SD, Tyrrell L, Cummins TR, Black JA, Wood PM, Waxman SG.
Two tetrodotoxin-resistant sodium channels in human dorsal root ganglion neurons ,
F.E.B.S. Lett.
 462 , 117 , 1999
Cells
Dorsal root ganglion neurons
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM/F-12
Neural
Insect
Drosophila, larval
Berger, C. , Harzer, H. , Burkard, T. , Steinmann, J. , van der Horst, S. , Laurenson, A. , Novatchkova, M. , Reichert, H. and Knoblich, J.
FACS Purification and Transcriptome Analysis of Drosophila Neural Stem Cells Reveals a Role for Klumpfuss in Self-Renewal. ,
Cell Rep
 2 , 407 , 2012
Cells
Neuroblasts
Enzymes
Papain : 0.1%
Medium
Rinaldini solution

Tissue Tables (references, grouped by tissue type and species)

Adipose/Fat
Adrenal
Bone
Brain
Cartilage
Colon
Endothelial
Epithelial
Eye
Heart
Intestine
Kidney
Liver
Lung
Lymph nodes
Mammary
Miscellaneous
Muscle
Neural
Organoids
Pancreas
Parotid
Pituitary
Prostate
Reproductive
Scales
Skin
Spleen
Stem
Thymus
Thyroid/Parathyroid
Tonsil
Tumor
Note: We have not limited the references listed to only those papers using Worthington enzymes. Generally speaking, the tissue dissociation enzymes offered by Worthington can be used interchangeably for most preparations cited.