Trypsin/EDTA

[Han]

dk from no.email.thankstospam.net (DK) wrote in
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> In article
> <df5cb6d2-51fc-4e3a-839b-83b41681af24 from d1g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>,
> Lara <eudolin from googlemail.com> wrote: 
>>Hello there folks,
>>
>>I use for some endothelial cells trpsin/edta and according to the
>>protocol I have to pipette in 5 ml trypsin/edta and then immediately
>>remove 4.5 ml 
> 
> Not immediately. Slosh the dish few times and *then* immediately 
> remove. 
> 
>>and leave the rest for a couple of minutes. Does anyone
>>know why? Isn't this simply a waste of trypsin?
> 
> No, it's not. There is always some medium left - almost 0.5 ml 
> from 10 cm dish, typically. So it makes a huge difference 
> whether you dilute it with 0.5 ml or 5 ml of trypsin/EDTA. 
> Remember that most media contain serum and serum contains
> powerful trypsin inhibitor - you want to add enough trypsin to 
> titrate it out. Likewise, medium contains Mg and Ca - you want
> to add enough EDTA to chelate them or cells won't detach.
> You could just wash with EDTA and add little trypsin but the 
> cost of doing in sterile pipettes and time exceeds the cost of 
> the crude trypsin preparation used in cell culture. 
> 
>>Furthermore, is there any place where I can find detailed info about
>>trypsin in particular? Thanks for any info.
> 
> Any of the hundreds of the cell culture practical guide books. 
> Some cell lined don't even require trypsin - just EDTA is 
> enough.
> 
> DK
> 
I agree with DK.

On the other hand, we generally use collagenase, a rather drude 
preparation with trypsin as a major contaminant.  Because EC are generall 
grown on a gelatin coating, you'll need a bit more enzyme activity than 
when detaching cell lines from just plastic.  It may even depend on how 
you lay down the gelatin, coat 1 hr at RT, vs overnight at 4C.


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Han 
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