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Brain
Insect
Drosophilia
Hadzic, T. , Park, D. , Abruzzi, K. , Yang, L. , Trigg, J. , Rohs, R. , Rosbash, M. and Taghert, P.
Genome-Wide Features of Neuroendocrine Regulation in Drosophila by the Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factor DIMMED. ,
Nucleic Acids Res
 43 , 2199-215 , 2015
Cells
Neurons
Enzymes
Papain : 50 u/ml
Medium
Modified Dissecting Saline
Brain
Insect
Drosophila
Gu, H. and O'Dowd, D.
Whole Cell Recordings from Brain of Adult Drosophila. ,
J Vis Exp
 6 , 248 , 2007
Cells
Neurons
Enzymes
Papain : 20 u/ml
Medium
Saline
Brain
Insect
Drosophila
Sicaeros, B. Campusano, J. and O'Dowd, D.
Primary Neuronal Cultures from the Brains of Late Stage Drosophila Pupae. ,
J Vis Exp
 4 , 200 , 2007
Cells
Neurons
Enzymes
Papain : 4 u/ml
Medium
DMEM
Brain
Insect
Drosophilia
Gu, H. and O'Dowd, D.
Cholinergic Synaptic Transmission in Adult Drosophila Kenyon Cells in Situ. ,
J Neurosci
 26 , 265-72 , 2006
Cells
Kenyon
Enzymes
Papain : 20 u/ml
Medium
Recording saline
Brain
Rat
Rat, SD, 1-2 day
Kurachi, M. , Mikuni, M. and Ishizaki, Y.
Extracellular Vesicles from Vascular Endothelial Cells Promote Survival, Proliferation and Motility of Oligodendrocyte Precursor Cells. ,
PLoS ONE
 11 , e0159158 , 2016
Cells
Oligodendrocyte precursor cells
Enzymes
Papain : 16.5 u/ml
Medium
HBSS
Brain
Rat
Rat, SD, E18
Folts, C. , Scott-Hewitt, N. , Proschel, C. , Mayer-Proschel, M. and Noble, M.
Lysosomal Re-acidification Prevents Lysosphingolipid-Induced Lysosomal Impairment and Cellular Toxicity. ,
PLoS Biol
 14 , e1002583 , 2016
Cells
Neurons
Enzymes
Papain : 20 u/ml
Medium
HBSS
Brain
Rat
Rat, P0-P15
Foo, L.
Purification of Rat and Mouse Astrocytes by Immunopanning. ,
Cold Spring Harb. Protoc.
 2013 , 421-32 , 2013
Cells
Astrocytes
Enzymes
Papain : 5 u/ml
Medium
DPBS
Brain
Rat
Rat, SD, neonatal
Kaiser, O. , Aliuos, P. , Wissel, K. , Lenarz, T. , Werner, D. , Reuter, G. , Kral, A. and Warnecke, A.
Dissociated Neurons and Glial Cells Derived from Rat Inferior Colliculi After Digestion with Papain. ,
PLoS ONE
 8 , e80490 , 2013
Cells
Neurons
Enzymes
Papain : 20 u/ml
Medium
Neuro medium
Brain
Rat
Rat, Fisher, 7-21 month
Chen, N. , Newcomb, J. , Garbuzova-Davis, S. , Davis Sanberg, C. , Sanberg, P. and Willing, A.
Human Umbilical Cord Blood Cells Have Trophic Effects on Young and Aging Hippocampal Neurons in Vitro. ,
Aging Dis
 1 , 173 , 2010
Cells
Hippocampal neurons
Enzymes
Papain : 0.2%
Medium
Hibernate A
Brain
Rat
Rat, SD, 19-21 day
Cao, R. , Li, A. , Cho, H. , Lee, B. and Obrietan, K.
Mammalian Target of Rapamycin Signaling Modulates Photic Entrainment of the Suprachiasmatic Circadian Clock. ,
J Neurosci
 30 , 6302 , 2010
Cells
Suprachiasmatic nucleus neurons
Enzymes
Papain : 100 u/ml
Medium
MEM
Brain
Rat
Rat, neonatal
Shigetomi, E. and Khakh, B.
Measuring Near Plasma Membrane and Global Intracellular Calcium Dynamics in Astrocytes. ,
J Vis Exp
 26 , 1142 , 2009
Cells
Astrocytes
Enzymes
Papain : 20 u/ml
Medium
EBSS
Brain
Rat
Rat, neonatal
Richler Esther, Chaumont Severine, Shigetomi Eiji, Sagasti Alvaro, Khakh Baljit S.
Tracking transmitter-gated P2X cation channel activation in vitro and in vivo ,
Nat Methods
 5 , 87-93 , 2008
Cells
Hippocampal neurons
Enzymes
Papain : 10 u/ml
Medium
EBSS
Brain
Rat
Rat, E18
Jekabsons MB, Nicholls DG.
Bioenergetic analysis of cerebellar granule neurons undergoing apoptosis by potassium/serum deprivation ,
Cell Death Differ
 13 , 1595-610 , 2006
Cells
Hippocampal neurons
Enzymes
Papain : 0.2%
Medium
Hibernate
Brain
Rat
Rat, E19
Khakh Baljit S, Fisher James A, Nashmi Raad, Bowser David N, Lester Henry A.
An angstrom scale interaction between plasma membrane ATP-gated P2X2 and alpha4beta2 nicotinic channels measured with fluorescence resonance energy transfer and total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy ,
J Neurosci
 25 , 6911-20 , 2005
Cells
Hippocampal neuron
Enzymes
Papain : 10 u/ml
Medium
MEM
Brain
Rat
Rat, SD, E18
Behar, T, Smith, S, Kennedy, R, Mckenzie, J, Maric, I. and Barker, J
GABA(B) receptors mediate motility signals for migrating embryonic cortical cells ,
Cereb Cortex
 11 , 744-53 , 2001
Cells
Cortical cells
Enzymes
Papain : 20 u/ml
Medium
EBSS
Brain
Rat
Rat, wistar, 250-300 g
Brzezinska AK, Gebremedhin D, Chilian WM, Kalyanaraman B, Elliott SJ.
Peroxynitrite reversibly inhibits Ca(2+)-activated K(+) channels in rat cerebral artery smooth muscle cells ,
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol
 278 , H1883 , 2000
Cells
Cerebral artery smooth muscle cells
Enzymes
Papain : 1.5 mg/ml
Collagenase Type 4 : 1.5 mg/ml
Medium
Physiological Salt Solution
Brain
Rat
Rat, wistar, neonatal
Boehm S, Betz H.
Somatostatin inhibits excitatory transmission at rat hippocampal synapses via presynaptic receptors ,
J Neurosci
 17 , 4066 , 1997
Cells
Hippocampal cells
Enzymes
Papain : 1 mg/ml
Medium
DMEM
Brain
Rat
Rat, SD, Fisher
Brewer, G.J.
Isolation and culture of adult rat hippocampal neurons of any age ,
J Neurosci Methods
 71 , 143 , 1997
Cells
Hippocampal neurons
Enzymes
Papain : 0.2%
Medium
HibernateA/B27
Epithelial
Rat
Rat, adult
(also hamster)
Heimann, T. and Githens, S.
Rat Pancreatic Duct Epithelium Cultured on a Porous Support Coated with Extracellular Matrix ,
Pancreas
 6 (5) , 514 , 1991
Cells
Interlobular duct fragments
Medium
DMEM/Ham's F-12
Eye
Rat

Rat, SD, 1-2 day

Lian, W. , Hu, X. , Zhang, J. , Wu, Y. , Zhao, N. , Ma, H. , He, H. and Lu, Q.
Fucoxanthin Protects Retinal Ganglion Cells and Promotes Parkin-mediated Mitophagy against Glutamate Excitotoxicity. ,
Neuroreport
 34 , 385-394 , 2023
Cells
Retinal ganglion
Enzymes
Papain : 0.5%
Medium
MEM
Eye
Rat
Rat, Wister, 3-30 wk
Cameron, M. , Kekesi, O. , Morley, J. , Tapson, J. , Breen, P. , Van Schaik, A. and Buskila, Y.
Calcium Imaging of AM Dyes Following Prolonged Incubation in Acute Neuronal Tissue. ,
PLoS ONE
 11 , e0155468 , 2016
Cells
Retinal
Enzymes
Papain : 30 u/ml
Medium
EBSS
Eye
Rat
Rat, SD, 180-220g
Ma, J. , Yu, W. , Wang, Y. , Cao, G. , Cai, S. , Chen, X. , Yan, N. , Yuan, Y. , Zeng, H. , Fleenor, D. , Liu, X. and Pang, I.
Neuroprotective Effects of C-type Natriuretic Peptide on Rat Retinal Ganglion Cells. ,
Inv Ophthal Visual Sci
 51 , 3544-53 , 2010
Cells
Retinal ganglion
Enzymes
Papain : 0.2%
Medium
Neurobasal
Eye
Rat
Rat, SD
Jing, S. , Wen, D. , Yu, Y. , Holst, P. , Luo, Y. , Fang, M. , Tamir, R. , Antonio, L. , Hu, Z. and et al.
GDNF-Induced Activation of the Ret Protein Tyrosine Kinase is Mediated by GDNFR-a, a Novel Receptor for GDNF ,
Cell
 85 , 1113 , 1996
Cells
Retina
Enzymes
Papain : 120 U
Medium
HBSS, PBS
Eye
Rat
Rat, Long Evans, 1-15 days
Huettner, J. and Baughman, R.
Primary Culture of Identified Neurons From the Visual Cortex of Postnatal Rats ,
J Neurosci
 6 , 3044 , 1986
Cells
Neurons, visual cortex
Enzymes
Papain : 20 u/ml
Medium
BSS
(see reference)
Heart
Rat
Rat, SD, 200-250 g
Lu Tong, Ye Dan, Wang Xiaoli, Seubert John M, Graves Joan P, Bradbury J Alyce, Zeldin Darryl C, Lee Hon-Chi.
Cardiac and vascular KATP channels in rats are activated by endogenous epoxyeicosatrienoic acids through different mechanisms ,
J Physiol
 575 , 627-44 , 2006
Cells
Ventricular myocytes and mesenteric arterial SMC
Enzymes
Papain : 0.175%
Medium
Krebs-Ringer
Heart
Rat
Rat, SD, adult female
Puri S, Bansal DD, Uskokovic MR. and MacGregor RR.
Induction of tissue plasminogen activator secretion from rat heart microvascular cells by fM 1,25(OH)(2)D(3) ,
Am J Physiol/Endo
 278(2) , E293 , 2000
Cells
Heart microvascular cells
Enzymes
CLSPA : 250u/ml
Papain : 5 u/ml
Elastase : 0.8 u/ml
Medium
L-15
Lung
Rat
Rat, male, 200-250g
Bakhramov, A, Evans, M. and Kozlowski, R
Differential effects of hypoxia on the intracellular Ca2+ concentration of myocytes isolated from different regions of the rat pulmonary arterial tree ,
Exp Physiol
 83 , 337-47 , 1998
Cells
Pulmonary arterial myocytes
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.15%
Papain : 0.15%
Elastase : 0.05%
Medium
PBS
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, SHRs and WKY, male, 10 - 14 weeks
Bolzon, B. and Cheung, D.
Isolation and Characterization of Single Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells From Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats ,
Hypertension
 14 , 137 , 1989
Cells
Smooth muscle, tail arteries
Enzymes
Papain : 0.1%
Medium
HEPES buffer
(see reference)
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
Neural
Rat
Rat, embryonic
Oyanagi, K. , Tashiro, T. and Negishi, T.
Cell-Type-Specific and Differentiation-Status-Dependent Variations in Cytotoxicity of Tributyltin in Cultured Rat Cerebral Neurons and Astrocytes. ,
J Toxicol Sci
 40 , 459-68 , 2015
Cells
Cerebral neurons
Enzymes
Papain : 2 u/ml
Medium
DMEM-PBS
Neural
Rat
Rat, SD
Wei, X. , Yan, J. , Tillu, D. , Asiedu, M. , Weinstein, N. , Melemedjian, O. , Price, T. and Dussor, G.
Meningeal Norepinephrine Produces Headache Behaviors in Rats via Actions Both on Dural Afferents and Fibroblasts. ,
Cephalalgia
 35 , 1054-64 , 2015
Cells
Trigeminal ganglion
Enzymes
Papain : 20 u/ml
Medium
DMEM/F12
Neural
Rat
Rat, 1-3 day
Thurner, P. , Gsandtner, I. , Kudlacek, O. , Choquet, D. , Nanoff, C. , Freissmuth, M. and Zezula, J.
A Two-State Model for the Diffusion of the A2A Adenosine Receptor in Hippocampal Neurons: Agonist-Induced Switch to Slow Mobility is Modified by Synapse-Associated Protein 102 (SAP102). ,
J Biol Chem
 289 , 9263-74 , 2014
Cells
Hippocampal neurons
Enzymes
Papain : 25 u/ml
Medium
L-15
Neural
Rat
Rat, E18
Todd, G. , Boosalis, C. , Burzycki, A. , Steinman, M. , Hester, L. , Shuster, P. and Patterson, R.
Towards Neuronal Organoids: A Method for Long-Term Culturing of High-Density Hippocampal Neurons. ,
PLoS ONE
 8 , e58996 , 2013
Cells
Hippocampal neurons
Enzymes
Papain : 0.2%
Medium
Hibernate
Neural
Rat
Rat, SD, 175-200 g
Yan, J. , Melemedjian, O. , Price, T. and Dussor, G.
Sensitization of Dural Afferents Underlies Migraine-Related Behavior Following Meningeal Application of Interleukin-6 (IL-6). ,
Mol Pain
 8 , 6 , 2012
Cells
Trigeminal ganglia
Enzymes
Papain : 20 u/ml
Medium
HBSS
Neural
Rat
Rat, Wistar, E18
Giacomello, M. , Girardi, S. , Scorzeto, M. , Peruffo, A. , Maschietto, M. , Cozzi, B. and Vassanelli, S.
Stimulation of Ca²+ Signals in Neurons by Electrically Coupled Electrolyte-Oxide-Semiconductor Capacitors. ,
J Neurosci Methods
 198 , 1 , 2011
Cells
Neurons
Enzymes
Papain : 0.05%
Medium
Neurobasal

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.