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Heart
Rat
Rat, SD, 2-4 day
Entcheva, E. , Bien, H, Yin L. , Chung, C. , Farrell, M. and Kostov, Y.
Functional Cardiac Cell Constructs on Cellulose-based Scaffolding ,
Biomaterials
 25(26) , 5753 , 2004
Cells
Cardiomyocytes, fibroblasts
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.1%
Collagenase : 0.1%
Medium
Medium 199
Heart
Rat
Rat, 50 g
Aberle II NS. and Ren J.
Experimental Assessment of the Role of Acetaldehyde in Alcoholic Cardiomyopathy ,
Biol Proced Online
 5 , 1 , 2003
Cells
Ventricular myocytes
Enzymes
Collagenase : 223 u/ml
Hyaluronidase : 0.01%
Trypsin : 0.002%
Medium
Medium 199
Heart
Rat
Rat, adult
Ren J. and Wold LE.
Measurement of Cardiac Mechanical Function in Isolated Ventricular Myocytes from Rats and Mice by Computerized Video-Based Imaging ,
Biol Proced Online
 3 , 43 , 2001
Cells
Ventricular myocytes
Enzymes
Collagenase : 223 u/ml
Hyaluronidase : 0.01%
Trypsin : 0.002%
Medium
Tyrode solution
Heart
Rat
Rat, Harlan SD, pup
Schwartzbauer, G. and Robbins, J.
The Tumor Suppressor Gene PTEN Can Regulate Cardiac Hypertrophy and Survival ,
J Biol Chem
 276 , 35786 , 2001
Cells
Cardiomyocytes
Medium
DMEM/Ham's F-12
Heart
Rat
Rat, SD, 1-2 day
Arutunyan A, Webster D, Swift L, Sarvazyan N.
Localized injury in cardiomyocyte network: a new experimental model of ischemia-reperfusion arrhythmias ,
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol
 280 , H1905-15 , 2001
Cells
Cardiomyocytes
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.01%
Medium
HBSS
Heart
Rat
Rat, newborn
Kim, D. and Pleumsamran, A.
Cytoplasmic Unsaturated Free Fatty Acids Inhibit ATP-Dependent Gating of the G Protein-gated K+ Channel ,
J Gen Physiol
 115 , 287 , 2000
Cells
Atrial
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.06%
Medium
DMEM
Heart
Rat
Rat, Lewis, adult male, 300-350-g
Kim, B. , Nikolovski, J. , Bonadio, J. , Smiley, E. and Mooney, D.
Engineered Smooth Muscle Tissues: Regulating Cell Phenotype with the Scaffold ,
Exp Cell Res
 251 , 318 , 1999
Cells
Aorta, smooth muscle
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.025%
Medium
Medium 199 with 20% FBS medium
Heart
Rat
Rat, 10-15 newborn, 1-2 days old
Nemec, J. , Wickman, K. and Clapham, D.
GBy Binding Increases the Open Time of IKACh: Kinetic Evidence for Multiple GBy Binding Sites ,
Biophys J
 76 , 246 , 1999
Cells
Atrial
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.03%
Medium
HBSS or EBSS
Heart
Rat
Rat, neonatal, 5-day
Vanwinkle, W. , Snuggs, M. and Buja, L.
Cardiogel: A Biosynthetic Extracellular Matrix for Cardiomyocyte Culture ,
In Vitro Cell Dev Biol Anim
 32 , 478 , 1996
Cells
Cardiomyocytes
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.05%
Medium
DMEM
Heart
Rat
Rat, SD, fetal and neonatal
Li RK, Mickle DA, Weisel RD, Zhang J, Mohabeer MK.
In vivo survival and function of transplanted rat cardiomyocytes ,
Circ Res
 78 , 283-8 , 1996
Cells
Cardiomyocytes
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.1%
Trypsin : 0.2%
Medium
PBS
Heart
Rat
Rat
(also bovine)
Trifaro, J. , Tang, R. and Novas, M.
Monolayer Co-Culture of Rat Heart Cells and Bovine Adrenal Chromaffin Paraneurons ,
In Vitro Cell Dev Biol
 26 , 335 , 1990
Cells
Heart
Adrenal chromaffin
Paraneurons
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.06%
Medium
25mM HEPES buffered Locke's solution, CMF
Heart
Rat
Rat, SD, 2-4 day old
Toraason, M. , Luken, M. , Breitenstein, M. , Krueger, J. and Biagini, R.
Comparative Toxicity of Allylamine and Acrolein in Cultured Myocytes and Fibroblasts from Neonatal Rat Heart ,
Toxicology
 56 , 107 , 1989
Cells
Cardiomyocytes
Fibroblasts
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.1%
Medium
HBSS
Heart
Rat
Rat, SD, male
Cornwell, T. and Lincoln, T.
Regulation of Intracellular Ca2+ Levels in Cultured Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells ,
J Biol Chem
 264 (2) , 1146 , 1989
Cells
Aortic smooth muscle
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.05%
Medium
DMEM
Heart
Rat
Rat, Wistar, 2-4 day neonates
Grynberg, A. , Degois, M. , Guenot, L. and Athias, P.
Primary Rat Cardiac Cell Culture: Diet of the Mother Rats as a Determinant Parameter of Cardiomyoblast Production from Neonates ,
Biol Cell
 57 , 89 , 1986
Cells
Myoblast, cardiac
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.1%
Medium
Standardized Medium
(see reference)
Heart
Rat
Rat, SD, timid-pregnant
Freerksen, D. , Schroedl, N. and Hartzell, C.
Control of Enzyme Activity Levels by Serum and Hydrocortisone in Neonatal Rat Heart Cells Cultured in Serum-Free Medium ,
J Cell Physiol
 120 , 126 , 1984
Cells
Myocytes
Enzymes
Trypsin : 2.4 u/ml
Medium
DMEM
Heart
Rat
Rat, Hebrew Un strain, 3 & 17 months, 150-210 g
Bierman, E.L. , Stein, O. and Stein, Y.
Lipoprotein Uptake and Metabolism by Rat Aortic Smooth Muscle Cells in Tissue Culture ,
Circ Res
 35 , 136 , 1974
Cells
Myocytes
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.05%
Medium
Versene buffer
Heart
Rat
Rat, 2-5 day
Speicher, D. and McCarl, R.
Pancreatic Enzyme Requirements for the Dissociation of Rat Hearts for Culture ,
In Vitro
 10 , 30 , 1974
Cells
Myocytes
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.01%
Medium
Saline A
Heart
Rat
Rat, adult, male, 250 g
Vahouny, G.V. , Wei, R. , Starkweather, R. and Davis, C.
Preparation of Beating Heart Cells From Adult Rats ,
Science
 167 , 1616 , 1970
Cells
Myocytes
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.1%
Medium
Saline A
Heart
Rat
Rat, Wistar, 1-4 day old
Mark, G. and Strasser, F.
Pacemaker Activity and Mitosis in Cultures of Newborn Rat Heart Ventricle Cells ,
Exp Cell Res
 44 , 217 , 1966
Cells
Myocytes
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.125%
Medium
Gey's BSS
Heart
Shellfish
Pacific Oysters
Le Duff, R. , Lipart, C. and Renault, T.
Primary Culture of Pacific Oyster, Crassostrea gigas, heart cells ,
J Tiss Cul Meth
 16 , 67 , 1994
Cells
Haemocytes
Medium
L15 medium
Intestine
Mouse
Zhang, Y. and Hu, W.
Mouse Enteric Neuronal Cell Culture. ,
Methods Mol Biol
 1078 , 55-63 , 2013
Cells
Enteric neurons
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.05%
Deoxyribonuclease I : 400 u/ml
Medium
DMEM/F12
Intestine
Mouse
Mouse, 7 week
Goto Kazunori, Matsuoka Satoshi, Noma Akinori.
Two types of spontaneous depolarizations in the interstitial cells freshly prepared from the murine small intestine ,
J Physiol
 559 , 411-22 , 2004
Cells
Interstitial cells
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.04%
Trypsin : 0.02%
Medium
see reference
Intestine
Rat
Rat, postnatal, adult
Kruger, G. , Mosher, J. , Bixby, S. , Joseph, N. , Iwashita, T. and Morrison, S.
Neural Crest Stem Cells Persist in the Adult Gut but Undergo Changes in Self-Renewal, Neuronal Subtype Potential, and Factor Responsiveness. ,
Neuron
 35 , 657 , 2002
Cells
Gut neural crest stem
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.025%
Medium
HBSS
Intestine
Rat
Rat, SD, embryonic
Bixby, S. , Kruger, G. , Mosher, J. , Joseph, N. and Morrison, S.
Cell-Intrinsic Differences Between Stem Cells from Different Regions of the Peripheral Nervous System Regulate the Generation of Neural Diversity. ,
Neuron
 35 , 643 , 2002
Cells
Sciatic nerve and gut neural crest stem
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.005%
Medium
HBSS
Kidney
Fish
Winter flounder (Pseudopleur-onectes americanus)
200 - 500 g
Dickman, K. and Renfro, J.
Primary Culture of Flounder Renal Tubule Cells:Transepithelial Transport ,
Am J Physiol
 251 , 424 , 1986
Cells
Renal tubule
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.2%
Trypsin : 0.2%
Medium
CMF solution
Kidney
Guinea-Pig
Guinea-pig, male, 100 g
Phillips, H.
Dissociation of Single Cells from Lung or Kidney Tissue with Elastase ,
In Vitro
 8 , 101 , 1972
Cells
Single cells
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.25%
Medium
CF salt solution
Kidney
Human
Human
McAteer, J, Kempson, S. and Evan, A
Culture of Human Renal Cortex Epithelial Cells ,
J Tiss Cul Meth
 13 , 143 , 1991
Cells
Renal cortex
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.1%
Medium
Tissue Culture Grade Water
Kidney
Human
Human
Heieren, M. , van der Woude, F. and Balfour Jr., H.
Cytomegalovirus Replicates Efficiently in Human Kidney Mesangial Cells ,
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
 85 , 1642 , 1988
Cells
Mesangial
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.25%
Medium
DMEM/Ham's F-12
Kidney
Human
Human, 24 newborn and stillborn
(also rabbit)
De Oca, H. and Malinin, T.
Dispersion and Cultivation of Renal Cells After Short-Term Storage of Kidneys ,
J Clin Microbiol
 2 , 243 , 1975
Cells
Renal
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.25%
Medium
See reference
Kidney
Monkey
Monkey
Melnick, J. and Wallis, C.
Problems Related to the Use of Serum and Trypsin in the Growth of Monkey Kidney Cells ,
Dev Biol
 37 , 77 , 1976
Cells
Kidney
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.01% - 0.00001%
Medium
Eagle's MEM
Kidney
Mouse
Mouse, 3-7 month
Bradshaw AD, Francki A, Motamed K, Howe C, Sage EH.
Primary mesenchymal cells isolated from SPARC-null mice exhibit altered morphology and rates of proliferation ,
Mol Biol Cell
 10 , 1569-79 , 1999
Cells
Fibroblasts, mesangial, smooth muscle
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.25%
Collagenase : see reference
Medium
DMEM
Kidney
Rabbit
Rabbit, New Zealand, white
Grenier, F. and Smith, W.
Formation of 6-keto-PGF-1aby Collecting Tubule Cells Isolated from Rabbit Renal Papillae ,
Prostaglandins
 16 , 759 , 1978
Cells
Collecting tubule
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.05%
Medium
Kreb's Ringer buffer
Kidney
Rat
Rat
Wallach, D. , Anderson, W. and Pastan, I.
Activation of Adenylate Cyclase in Cultured Fibroblasts by Trypsin ,
J Biol Chem
 253 , 24 , 1978
Cells
Fibroblasts
Kidney
Enzymes
Trypsin : up to 0.25%
Medium
Dulbecco-Vogt MEM
Liver
Canine
Dog, adult
Vickrey, H. , Ramon, J. and McCann, D.
Continuous Culture of Normal Adult Mammalian Hepatocytes Exhibiting Parenchymal Functions ,
In Vitro
 15 , 120 , 1979
Cells
Hepatocytes
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.1%
Medium
HBSS, CMF
Liver
Chicken
Chick embryos, 5 day
Steinberg, M.
"ECM": Its Nature, Origin, And Function in Cell Aggregation ,
Exp Cell Res
 30 , 257 , 1963
Cells
Heart
Liver
Enzymes
Trypsin : 3.0%
Medium
Tyrode's solution, CMF
Liver
Chicken
Chick embryonic
Rinaldini, L.
An Improved Method for the Isolation and Quantitative Cultivation of Embryonic Cells ,
Exp Cell Res
 16 , 477 , 1959
Cells
Various tissues (heart, liver, skeletal, cardiac)
Enzymes
Trypsin : various grades
Medium
CMF Tyrode's 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.