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Muscle
Chicken
Chicken, 1-2 day
Dirksen W. , Vladic F. and Fisher S.
A Myosin Phosphatase Targeting Subunit Isoform Transition Defines a Smooth Muscle Developmental Phenotypic Switch ,
Am J Physiol/Cell
 278(3) , C589 , 2000
Cells
Gizzard and aorta smooth muscle
Enzymes
Medium
HBSS
Muscle
Chicken
Chick
Chamley-Campbell, J. , Campbell, G. and Ross, R.
The Smooth Muscle in Cell Culture ,
Physiol Res
 59 , 1 , 1979
Cells
Smooth muscle
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.05% - 0.1%
Medium
HBSS
Muscle
Chicken
Chick, white leghorn, 12 day
Bullaro, J. and Brookman, D.
Comparison of Skeletal Muscle Monolayer Cultures Initiated With Cells Dissociated by the Vortex and Trypsin Methods ,
In Vitro
 12 , 564 , 1976
Cells
Muscle
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.25%
Medium
Puck's saline A
Muscle
Chicken
Chick, white leghorn, embryos, 11 day
Tepperman, K. , Morris, G. , Essien, F. and Heywood, S.M.
A Mechanical Dissociation Method For Preparation of Muscle Cell Cultures ,
J Cell Physiol
 86 , 561 , 1975
Cells
Muscle
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.05%
Medium
Saline G
Muscle
Chicken
Chick embryo
Hilfer, S. and Brown, J.
Collagenase. Its Effectiveness as a Dispersing Agent for Embryonic Chick Thyroid and Heart ,
Exp Cell Res
 65 , 246 , 1971
Cells
Thyroid
Muscle
Heart
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.25%
Medium
Tyrode's saline, potassium free
Muscle
Chicken
Chick, embryonic
Hilfer, S.
Collagenase Treatment of Chick Heart and Thyroid , Tissue Cult Methods & Applications , Kruse, P., and Patterson, M. , 246 , 1971
Cells
Muscle
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.1%
Medium
CMF HBSS
Muscle
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
Muscle
Mouse

Mouse

Ghaibour, K. , Rizk, J. , Ebel, C. , Ye, T. , Philipps, M. , Schreiber, V. , Metzger, D. and Duteil, D.
An Efficient Protocol for CUT&RUN Analysis of FACS-Isolated Mouse Satellite Cells. ,
J Vis Exp
 , 2023
Cells
Satellite cells
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM/F-12
Muscle
Mouse
Huttner,S. , Ahrens, H. , Schmidt, M. , Henze, H. , Jung, M. , Schuler. S. and von Maltzahn, J.
Isolation and Culture of Individual Myofibers and Their Adjacent Muscle Stem Cells from Aged and Adult Skeletal Muscle. ,
Methods Mol Biol
 , 2019
Cells
Myofiber
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM
Muscle
Mouse
Mouse
Eckhardt, J. , Bachmann, C. , Sekulic-Jablanovic, M. , Enzmann, V. , Park, K. , Ma, J. , Takeshima, H. , Zorzato, F. and Treves, S.
Extraocular Muscle Function is Impaired in ryr3−/− Mice ,
J Gen Physiol
 151 , 929-943 , 2019
Cells
Extraocular muscles
Enzymes
Elastase : 0.0125-0.1%
Collagenase Type 2 : 0.03-0.2%
Medium
Ringer
Muscle
Mouse

Mouse, adult

Altman, T. , Geller, D. , Kleeblatt, E. , Gradus-Perry, T. and Perlson, E.
An in vitro Compartmental System Underlines the Contribution of Mitochondrial Immobility to the ATP Supply in the NMJ. ,
J Cell Sci
 132 , 2019
Cells
Skeletal muscle
Enzymes
Medium
See reference
Muscle
Mouse
Mouse, 6-8 week
Sachdeva, J. , Mahajan, A. , Cheng, J. , Baeten, J. , Lilly, B. , Kuivaniemi, H. and Hans, C.
Smooth Muscle Cell-Specific Notch1 Haploinsufficiency Restricts the Progression of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm by Modulating CTGF Expression. ,
PLoS ONE
 12 , e0178538 , 2017
Cells
vascular smooth muscle
Enzymes
Elastase : 0.75 u/ml
Medium
DMEM/F12
Muscle
Mouse
Mouse, GFP transgenic
Birbrair, A, Sattiraju, A, Zhu, D, Zulato, G, Batista, I, Nguyen, V, Messi M, Solingapuram Sai, K, Marini, F, Delbono, O. and Mintz, A.
Novel Peripherally Derived Neural-Like Stem Cells as Therapeutic Carriers for Treating Glioblastomas. ,
Stem Cells Transl Med
 , 2016
Cells
Muscle derived NLSC
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM
Muscle
Mouse
Mouse, 2-4 month
Randolph, M. , Phillips, B. , Choo, H. , Vest, K. , Vera, Y. and Pavlath, G.
Pharyngeal Satellite Cells Undergo Myogenesis Under Basal Conditions and Are Required for Pharyngeal Muscle Maintenance. ,
Stem Cells
 33 , 3581-95 , 2015
Cells
Pharyngeal myofiber
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 1 : 400-800 u/ml
Medium
DMEM
Muscle
Mouse
Mouse, 2 month
Abou-Khalil, R. , Yang, F. , Lieu, S. , Julien, A. , Perry, J. , Pereira, C. , Relaix, F. , Miclau, T. , Marcucio, R. and Colnot, C.
Role of Muscle Stem Cells During Skeletal Regeneration. ,
Stem Cells
 33 , 1501-11 , 2015
Cells
Myoblasts
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 2 : 400 u/ml
Neutral Protease : 0.5 u/ml
Medium
Hams F-10
Muscle
Mouse
Mouse, 6-8 week
Pasut, A. , Jones, A. and Rudnicki, M.
Isolation and Culture of Individual Myofibers and their Satellite Cells from Adult Skeletal Muscle. ,
J Vis Exp
 73 , e50074 , 2013
Cells
Myofibers
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM
Muscle
Mouse
Mouse, 10 week
Rezk, B. , Yoshida, T. , Semprun-Prieto, L. , Higashi, Y. , Sukhanov, S. and Delafontaine, P.
Angiotensin II Infusion Induces Marked Diaphragmatic Skeletal Muscle Atrophy. ,
PLoS ONE
 7 , e30276 , 2012
Cells
Diaphragm cells
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 2 : 100 u/ml
Pronase : 0.125%
Medium
PBS
Muscle
Mouse
Mouse
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
Mouse
Mouse
Metz, R. , Patterson, J. and Wilson, E.
Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells: Isolation, Culture, and Characterization. ,
Methods Mol Biol
 843 , 169 , 2012
Cells
Vascular smooth muscle
Enzymes
Medium
Basal Culture
Muscle
Mouse
Mouse
Shi, H. , Boadu, E. , Mercan, F. , Le, A. , Roth Flach, R. , Zhang, L. , Tyner, K. , Olwin, B. and Bennett, A.
MAP Kinase Phosphatase-1 Deficiency Impairs Skeletal Muscle Regeneration and Exacerbates Muscular Dystrophy. ,
FASEB J
 24 , 2985 , 2010
Cells
Myoblast
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM
Muscle
Mouse
Mouse, 1-25 month
Ieronimakis Nicholas, Balasundaram Gayathri, Reyes Morayma.
Direct isolation, culture and transplant of mouse skeletal muscle derived endothelial cells with angiogenic potential ,
PLoS ONE
 3 , e0001753 , 2008
Cells
Myocytes, endothelial
Enzymes
Medium
PBS
Muscle
Mouse
Mouse, neonatal
Johnson, B. , Scheuer, T. and Catterall, W.
Convergent Regulation of Skeletal Muscle Ca2+ Channels by Dystrophin, the Actin Cytoskeleton, and cAMP-Dependent Protein Kinase. ,
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
 102 , 4191 , 2005
Cells
Skeletal muscle myotubes
Enzymes
NCIS kit : per instructions
Medium
L-15
Muscle
Mouse
Mouse, male, 6-14 week
Winitsky, S. , Gopal, T. , Hassanzadeh, S. , Takahashi, H. , Gryder, D. , Rogawski, M. , Takeda, K. , Yu, Z. , Xu, Y. and Epstein, N.
Adult Murine Skeletal Muscle Contains Cells That Can Differentiate into Beating Cardiomyocytes In Vitro. ,
PLoS Biol
 3 , e87 , 2005
Cells
Precursor cells
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM/F12
Muscle
Mouse
Mouse, 15-20 day
Li CX, Liu BH, Tong WD, Zhang LY. and Jiang YP
Dissociation, culture and morphologic changes of interstitial cells of Cajal in vitro ,
World J Gastroenterol
 11 , 2838 , 2005
Cells
Intersitial cells of Cajal
Enzymes
Medium
M199
Muscle
Mouse
Mouse, 6-8 week
Majka S. , Jackson K. , Kienstra K. , Majesky M. , Goodell M. and Hirschi K.
Distinct Progenitor Populations in Skeletal Muscle Are Bone Marrow Derived and Exhibit Different Cell Fates During Vascular Regeneration ,
J Clin Invest
 111 , 71 , 2003
Cells
Skeletal muscle progenitor
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM
Muscle
Mouse
Mouse, 6-8 week
McKinney-Freeman SL, Jackson KA, Camargo FD, Ferrari G, Mavilio F, Goodell MA.
Muscle-derived hematopoietic stem cells are hematopoietic in origin ,
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
 99 , 1341 , 2002
Cells
Myocytes
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.25%
Medium
HBSS
Muscle
Mouse
Mouse, neonatal
Fukada S. , Miyagoe-Suzuki Y. , Tsukihara H. , Yuasa K. , Higuchi S. , Ono S. , Tsujikawa K. , Takeda S. and Yamamoto H.
Muscle Regeneration by Reconstitution with Bone Marrow or Fetal Liver Cells from Green Fluorescent Protein-gene Transgenic Mice ,
J Cell Sci
 115 , 1285 , 2002
Cells
Myocytes
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM

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.