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Heart
Rabbit
Rabbit, New Zealand, 3-3.5 kg
Fowler, E. , Wang, N. , Hezzell, M. , Chanoit, G. , Hancox, J. and Cannell, M.
Arrhythmogenic Late Ca2+ Sparks in Failing Heart Cells and Their Control by Action Potential Configuration ,
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
 117 , 2687-2692 , 2020
Cells
Cardiac Myocytes
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.08%
Protease XIV : 0.005%
Collagenase Type 1 : 0.1-0.2%
Medium
HEPES
Heart
Rabbit
Rabbit, New Zealand, 2.3-2.9 kg
Farkas, A. , Acsai, K. , Nagy, N. , Toth, A. , Fulop, F. , Seprenyi, G. , Birinyi, P. , Nanasi, P. , Forster, T. , Csanady, M. , Papp, J. , Varrro, A. and Farkas, A.
Na(+)/Ca(2+) Exchanger Inhibition Exerts a Positive Inotropic Effect in the Rat Heart, but Fails to Influence the Contractility of the Rabbit Heart. ,
Br J Pharmacol
 154 , 93 , 2008
Cells
Cardiomyocytes
Enzymes
Hyaluronidase : see reference
Protease : see reference
Medium
Krebs-Henseleit
Heart
Rabbit
Rabbit
Verheye, S. , Martinet, W. , Kockx, M. , Knaapen, M. , Salu, K. , Timmermans, J. , Ellis, J. , Kilpatrick, D. and DeMayer, G.
Selective Clearance of Macrophages in Atherosclerotic Plaques by Autophagy ,
J Am Coll Cardiol
 49 , 706 , 2007
Cells
Smooth muscle cells
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 2 : 300 u/ml
Elastase : 5 u/ml
Medium
F10 Ham
Heart
Rabbit
Rabbit, New Zealand, 2 kg
Driesen Ronald B, Dispersyn Gerrit D, Verheyen Fons K, van den Eijnde Stefan M, Hofstra Leo, Thone Fred, Dijkstra Petra, Debie Wiel, Borgers Marcel, Ramaekers Frans C S.
Partial cell fusion: a newly recognized type of communication between dedifferentiating cardiomyocytes and fibroblasts ,
Cardiovasc Res
 68 , 37-46 , 2005
Cells
Cardiomyocytes and fibroblasts
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.06%
Medium
Medium 199
Heart
Rabbit
Rabbit, New Zealand, white, either sex
Sedarat, F. , Xu, L. , Moore, E. and Tibbits, G.
Colocalization of Dihydropyridine and Ryanodine Receptors in Neonate Rabbit Heart Using Confocal Microscopy ,
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol
 279 , H202 , 2000
Cells
Myocytes
Enzymes
Medium
EGTA-KB
Heart
Rabbit
Rabbit, New Zealand White, 2-3 kg
Spitzer, K. , Ershler, P. , Skolnick, R. and Vaughan-Jones, R.
Generation of Intracellular pH Gradients in Single Cardiac Myocytes with a Microperfusion System ,
Am J Physiol
 278 , H1371 , 2000
Cells
Myocytes
Enzymes
Medium
HEPES
Heart
Rabbit
Rabbit, adult 1.5-2.5 kg
Anumonwo JM, Delmar M. and Jalife J.
Electrophysiology of single heart cells from the rabbit tricuspid valve ,
J Physiol
 425 , 145 , 1990
Cells
Tricuspid valve cells
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.8 mg/ml
Medium
HEPES Tyrode solution
Heart
Rabbit
Rabbit, New Zealand, white, male, 2-3 kg
Buxton, I. and Brunton, L.
Compartments of Cyclic AMP and Protein Kinase in Mammalian Cardiomyocytes ,
J Biol Chem
 258 (17) , 10233 , 1983
Cells
Cardiomyocytes
Enzymes
Hyaluronidase : 0.5%
Medium
Eagle's MEM
Heart
Rabbit
Rabbit, adult, 2 kg
Dani, A. , Cittadini, A. , Flamini, G. , Festuccia, G. and Terranova, T.
Preparation and Some Properties of Isolated Beating Myocytes from Adult Rabbit Heart ,
J Mol Cell Cardiol
 9 , 777 , 1977
Cells
Myocytes
Enzymes
Hyaluronidase : 0.007%
Medium
Kreb's Ringer
Heart
Rat

Rat, 1-2 day

Yang, M. , Abudureyimu, M. , Wang, X. , Zhou, Y. , Zhang, Y. and Ren, J.
PHB2 ameliorates Doxorubicin-induced cardiomyopathy through interaction with NDUFV2 and restoration of mitochondrial complex I function. , Redox Biol Vol. 65 , 102812 , 2023
Cells
Cardiomyocytes
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM
Heart
Rat
Rat, adult
Zhang, Y. , Wang, Y. , Yanni, J. , Qureshi, M. , Logantha, S. , Kassab, S. , Boyett, M. , Gardiner, N. , Sun, H. , Howarth, F. and Dobrzynski, H.
Electrical Conduction System Remodeling in Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetes Mellitus Rat Heart. ,
Front Physiol
 10 , 826 , 2019
Cells
Sinoatrial nodal
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 4 : 220 u/ml
Elastase : 1.4 u/ml
Protease : 0.45 u/ml
Medium
Tyrode solution
Heart
Rat
Rat, adult
Savi, M. , Bocchi, L. , Mena, P. , Dall'Asta, M. , Crozier, A. , Brighenti, F. , Stilli, D. and Del Rio, D.
In vivo Administration of Urolithin A and B Prevents the Occurrence of Cardiac Dysfunction in Streptozotocin-induced Diabetic Rats. ,
Cardiovasc Diabetol
 16 , 80 , 2017
Cells
Cardiomyocytes
Enzymes
Protease Type XIV : 0.01%
Medium
Tyrode solution
Heart
Rat
Rat, SD, 2 day
Abdul-Ghani, M. , Suen, C. , Jiang, B. , Deng, Y. , Weldrick, J. , Putinski, C. , Brunette, S. , Fernando, P. , Lee, T. , Flynn, P. , Leenen, F. , Burgon, P. Stewart, D. and Megeney, L.
Cardiotrophin 1 Stimulates Beneficial Myogenic and Vascular Remodeling of the Heart. ,
Cell Res
 27 , 1195-1215 , 2017
Cells
Cardiomyocytes
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 2 : 200 u/ml
Medium
DMEM
Heart
Rat
Rat, 250 g
Stoppel, W. , Gao, A. , Greaney, A. , Partlow, B. , Bretherton, R. , Kaplan, D. and Black, L
Elastic, Silk-Cardiac Extracellular Matrix Hydrogels Exhibit Time-Dependent Stiffening that Modulates Cardiac Fibroblast Response. ,
J Biomed Mater Res A
 104 , 3058 , 2016
Cells
Fibroblasts
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 2 : 300 u/ml
Medium
DMEM
Heart
Rat
Rat, 1-2 day
Xie, L. , Pi, X. , Townley-Tilson, WH. , Li, N. , Wehrens, X. , Entman, M. , Taffet, G. , Mishra, A. , Peng, J. , Schisler, J. , Meissner, G. and Patterson, C.
PHD2/3-dependent Hydroxylation Tunes Cardiac Response to β-adrenergic Stress via Phospholamban. ,
J Clin Invest
 125 , 2759-71 , 2015
Cells
Cardiomyocytes
Enzymes
NCIS kit : per instructions
Medium
MEM
Heart
Rat
Rat, SD, 8-10 week
Lee, J. , Ha, J. and Leem, C.
A Novel Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide Correction Method for Mitochondrial Ca(2+) Measurement with FURA-2-FF in Single Permeabilized Ventricular Myocytes of Rat. ,
Korean J Physiol Pharmacol
 19 , 373-82 , 2015
Cells
Ventricular myocytes
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.08%
Pronase : 0.004%
Medium
Tyrode's Solution
Heart
Rat
Rat, neonatal
Song, D. , Lee, K. , Ryu, J. , Jeon, H. and Kim, D.
The Molecular Interaction of Heart LIM Protein (HLP) with RyR2 and Caveolin-3 is Essential for Ca(2+)-Induced Ca(2+) Release in the Heart. ,
Biochem Biophys Res Commun
 463 , 975-81 , 2015
Cells
Cardiomyocytes
Enzymes
NCIS kit : per instructions
Medium
HBSS
Heart
Rat
Rat, Wistar, 250-350g
Calderon-Sachez, E. , Domi­nguez-Rodriguez, A. , Lopez-Haldon, J. , Jimenez-Navarro, M. , Gomez, A. , Smani, T. and Ordonez, A.
Cardioprotective Effect of Ranolazine in the Process of Ischemia-reperfusion in Adult Rat Cardiomyocytes. ,
Rev Esp Cardiol (Engl Ed)
 , 2015
Cells
Ventricular myocytes
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 2 : 251 u/ml
Medium
Tyrode solution
Heart
Rat
Rat, SD, 2-3 day
Fang, R, Qiao, S. , Liu, Y. , Meng, Q. , Chen, X. , Song, B. , Hou, X. and Tian, W.
Sustained Co-Delivery of BIO and IGF-1 by a Novel Hybrid Hydrogel System to Stimulate Endogenous Cardiac Repair in Myocardial Infarcted Rat Hearts. ,
Int J Nanomedicine
 10 , 4691-703 , 2015
Cells
Cardiomyocytes
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM
Heart
Rat
Rat, SD
Horne, T. , VandeKopple, M. , Sauls, K. , Koenig, S. , Anstine, L. , Garg, V. , Norris, R. and Lincoln, J.
Dynamic Heterogeneity of the Heart Valve Interstitial Cell Population in Mitral Valve Health and Disease ,
J Cardiovasc Dev Dis
 2 , 214 , 2015
Cells
Valve interstitial cells
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 2 : 600 u/ml
Medium
DMEM
Heart
Rat
Rat, SD, 1 day
Clark, A. and Naya, F.
MicroRNAs in the Myocyte Enhancer Factor 2 (MEF2)-regulated Gtl2-Dio3 Noncoding RNA Locus Promote Cardiomyocyte Proliferation by Targeting the Transcriptional Coactivator Cited2. ,
J Biol Chem
 290 , 23162-72 , 2015
Cells
Cardiomyocytes
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.025%
Medium
HBSS
Heart
Rat
Rat, Wistar, 200g
Miller, L. , Greensmith, D. , Sankaranarayanan, R. , O'Neill, S. and Eisner D.
The Effect of 2,5-di-(tert-butyl)-1,4-benzohydroquinone (TBQ) on Intracellular Ca2+ Handling in Rat Ventricular Myocytes. ,
Cell Calcium
 58 , 208-14 , 2015
Cells
Ventricular myocytes
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 2 : 95 u/ml
Protease : 0.1 u/ml
Medium
HEPES
Heart
Rat
Rat, SD, 3-4 month
Liu, L. , Wang, Y. , Cao, Z. , Wang, M. , Liu, X. , Gao, T. , Hu, Q. , Yuan, W. and Lin, L.
Up-regulated TLR4 in Cardiomyocytes Exacerbates Heart Failure after Long-Term Myocardial Infarction. ,
J Cell Mol Med
 19 , 2728 , 2015
Cells
Cardiomyocytes
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM
Heart
Rat
Rat, neonatal
Zhang, B. , Montgomery, M. , Davenport-Huyer, L. , Korolj, A. and Radisic, M.
Platform Technology for Scalable Assembly of Instantaneously Functional Mosaic Tissues. ,
Sci. Adv.
 1 , e1500423 , 2015
Cells
Cardiomyocytes
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.06%
Collagenase Type 2 : 220 u/ml
Medium
HBSS
Heart
Rat
Rat, SD, 1-2 day
Rutering, J. , Ilmer, M. , Recio, A. , Coleman, M. , Vykoukal, J. and Alt, E.
Improved Method for Isolation of Neonatal Rat Cardiomyocytes with Increased Yield of C-Kit+ Cardiac Progenitor Cells. ,
J Stem Cell Res Ther
 5 , 1-8 , 2015
Cells
Cardiomyocytes
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM/F-12
Heart
Rat
Rat, neonatal
Sakurai, T. , Lanahan, A. , Woolls, M. , Li, N. , Tirziu, D. and Murakami, M.
Live Cell Imaging of Primary Rat Neonatal Cardiomyocytes Following Adenoviral and Lentiviral Transduction using Confocal Spinning Disk Microscopy. ,
J Vis Exp
 , e51666 , 2014
Cells
Cardiomyocytes
Enzymes
NCIS kit : per instructions
Medium
L-15
Heart
Rat
Rat, adult, 300-370 g
Chouchani, E. , Pell, V. , Gaude, E. , Aksentijevic, D. , Sundier, S. , Robb, E. , Logan, A. , Nadtochiy, S. , Ord, E. , Smith, A. , Eyassu, F. , Shirley, R. , Hu, C. , Dare, A. , James, A. and Rogatti, S.
Ischaemic Accumulation of Succinate Controls Reperfusion Injury Through Mitochondrial ROS. ,
Nature
 515 , 431-435 , 2014
Cells
Cardiomyocytes
Enzymes
Medium
KH buffer
Heart
Rat
Rat
Hennessey, J. , Wei, E. and Pitt, G.
Fibroblast Growth Factor Homologous Factors Modulate Cardiac Calcium Channels. ,
Circ Res
 113 , 381-8 , 2013
Cells
Cardiomyocytes
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 2 : 150 u/ml
Medium
MEM
Heart
Rat
Rat, Wistar, 175-200g
Eckerle, L. , Felix, S. and Herda, L.
Measurement of Antibody Effects on Cellular Function of Isolated Cardiomyocytes. ,
J Vis Exp
 73 , e4237 , 2013
Cells
Cardiomyocytes
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 2 : 150 u/ml
Medium
see reference
Heart
Rat
Rat, SD, 1-2 day
Zhang, B. , Green, J. , Murthy, S. and Radisic, M.
Label-Free Enrichment of Functional Cardiomyocytes using Microfluidic Deterministic Lateral Flow Displacement. ,
PLoS ONE
 7 , e37619 , 2012
Cells
Cardiomyocytes
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.06%
Collagenase Type 2 : 220 u/ml
Medium
DMEM
Heart
Rat
Rat, adult
Karakikes, I. , Hadri, L. , Rapti, K. , Ladage, D. , Ishikawa, K. , Tilemann, L. , Yi, G. , Morel, C. , Gwathmey, J. , Zsebo, K. , Weber, T. , Kawase, Y. and Hajjar, R.
Concomitant Intravenous Nitroglycerin with Intracoronary Delivery of AAV1.SERCA2a Enhances Gene Transfer in Porcine Hearts. ,
Mol Ther
 20 , 565 , 2012
Cells
Ventricular myocytes
Enzymes
Medium
Medium 199
Heart
Rat
Rat, neonatal
Dittami, G. , Rajguru, S. , Lasher, R. , Hitchcock, R. and Rabbitt, R.
Intracellular Calcium Transients Evoked by Pulsed Infrared Radiation in Neonatal Cardiomyocytes. ,
J Physiol
 589 , 1295-306 , 2011
Cells
Cardiomyocytes
Enzymes
NCIS kit : per instructions
Medium
L-15
Heart
Rat
Rat, SD, male
Mellor, K. , Bell, J. , Wendt, I. , Davidoff, A. , Ritchie, R. and Delbridge, L.
Fructose Modulates Cardiomyocyte Excitation-Contraction Coupling and Ca Handling In Vitro. ,
PLoS ONE
 6 , e25204 , 2011
Cells
Cardiomyocytes
Enzymes
Medium
Krebs
Heart
Rat
Rat, 3 day
Ye, K. , Sullivan, K. and Black, L.
Encapsulation of Cardiomyocytes in a Fibrin Hydrogel for Cardiac Tissue Engineering. ,
J Vis Exp
 55 , 3251 , 2011
Cells
Cardiomyocytes
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 2 : 300 u/ml
Medium
PBS
Heart
Rat
Rat, neonatal
Guan, X. , Delo, D. , Atala, A. and Soker, S.
In Vitro Cardiomyogenic Potential of Human Amniotic Fluid Stem Cells. ,
J Tissue Eng Regen Med
 5 , 220 , 2011
Cells
Cardiomyocytes
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.07%
Medium
DMEM/M199
Heart
Rat
Rat, adult
Louch, W. , Sheehan, K. and Wolska, B.
Methods in Cardiomyocyte Isolation, Culture, and Gene Transfer. ,
J Mol Cell Cardiol
 51 , 288-98 , 2011
Cells
Cardiomyocytes
Enzymes
Medium
see reference

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.