Preparation of Feeder Layers And SNL Stocks

Preparation of Feeder Layers And SNL Stocks 1.1. Gelatinizing Plates Prepare plates by covering surface with 0.1% Gelatin solution: Plate Size (cm) Amount of Gelatin (ml) 3 2 6 4 10 9 15 18 Swirl the plates to cover the entire surface.  Allow plates to gel @ room temp. for at least 2 hours.  Aspirate off all of the gelatin directly before using the plates. 1.2. Feeder Layers Use the 15 cm stock plates to make feeders. 1. Remove 12 mls of the media from each plate. 2. Add 360 ul Mitomycin C stock solution to each plate and             swirl to cover surface. 3. Incubate @ 37o C for 2 hours. 4. After incubation, aspirate off all of the media and wash             the cells twice with PBS, 5-10 ml per wash (enough to cover             the surface).  Aspirate off all of the PBS. 5. Add 2 ml of Trypsin to each 15 cm plate.  Swirl to cover             the entire surface.  Incubate @ 37o C for 5 minutes. 6. Add 5 ml of media (7% FCS, 1X GPS) to each plate to             inactivate the trypsin.  Suspend the cells by pipetting             up-and-down and transfer the suspension to sterile 15 ml             centrifuge tubes.  Repeat the suspension process, pooling             all of the suspensions into the 15 ml tubes, until all of             the cells have been harvested.  (You should be able to pool             suspensions from two 15 cm plates into one 15 ml tube.) 7. Spin the tubes for 7 minutes @ 1,000 rpm. 8. Carefully aspirate off the supernatant.  Do not touch the              cell pellet.  Tap each tube gently to break up the pellet. 9. Add 5 ml of media to each tube and resuspend the cell pellets.              Vigorously pipette up-and-down to insure a good             suspension.  Finally, pool all of the suspensions             into one 50 ml tube.  It is imperative that the             total volume of media added to resuspend the cells             be recorded; that value will be used later in calculations. 10. Transfer 200 ul of the cell suspension to a plastic vial             and add 10 ml PBS or Isoton II.   Count the cells using the             Coulter Counter. Calculating the Cell Number (only relevant if the             counter is set to count a 0.5 ml sample): The Coulter Counter will display "XXXXX", which = "X,XXX,X00 cells/ml" = "X.X x 106 cells/ml" To calculate the total number of cells, multiply             "X.X x 106 cells/ml" by the volume from which the 200 ul             aliquot was taken (see step 9). 11. We require 3.5 x 105 cells/ml.  Therefore, in order to             reach this cell density, you must calculate the volume             of media into which the cells will be added.  To do this,             divide the total cell number by 3.5 x 105 cells/ml. Example: After centrifuging my cells and aspirating off the media,              I have 3 cell pellets to resuspend.  Therefore, I use a total             of 15 ml of media to resuspend the 3 pellets.  I then count             a 200 ul aliquot of the suspension, and the Coulter Counter             displays 6 9 5 7 9 = 6,957,900 cells/ml = (6.9 x 106 cells/ml)  x  15 ml (total                      volume used to resuspend cells) = (1.035 x 108 cells total)  /  (3.5 x 105 cells/ml) approx. = 296 ml media needed 12. Once you have determined the required volume of media, add             the cell suspension to that volume of media and shake             to uniformly distribute the cells. 13. Check to see if the proper cell density has been reached              by taking a 200 ul aliquot of the media and counting as             before.  However, when calculating the total cell number,             be sure to use the total volume of media to which the cells             were added. Example: From the previous example, we calculated that 296 ml of             media was needed to reach the required cell density.  Upon             recounting to check the density, the Coulter Counter             displayed 0 4 3 5 8 = 435,800 cells/ml = (0.43 x 106 cells/ml)  x  296 ml (total volume to                       which cells were added) = (1.2728 x 108 cells total)  /  (3.5 x 105 cells/ml) approx. = 364 ml media needed If the total cell count is still too high to give the  desired density, add the determined amount of media that will dilute the cells to the proper density (i.e., the difference between the volume of media needed for the first count and the volume needed for the second count). Example: From the second determination above, we found that             364 ml of media is needed to obtain the desired cell             density.  Since we have already added 296 ml of media,             we need only add another 68 ml. 364 ml  -  296 ml = 68 ml of media to be added 14. Once the required cell density (3.5 x 105 cells/ml) has             been reached, aliquot the prepared Feeder Media into the             size and numbers of feeder plates needed (remembering to             use plates that have been pretreated with the gelatin).              Swirl the plates to uniformly distribute the cells. Size of Plate (cm)     Amount of Media to Aliquot (ml) 15                 30 10                 12 6                  4 3 (or 6-well)          2 24- or 4-well          0.5 15. Place the feeders in the 37o C incubator, labelling the tray             with "Feeders" and the date. SNL (STO-Neo-LIF) Stocks Use a confluent 10 cm plate to prepare stock plates.  Gel 15 cm plates for the stocks and one 10 cm plate for the passage plate. 1. Aspirate off all of the media and wash the cells twice with             PBS, 4-7 ml per wash (enough to cover the surface).  Aspirate             off all of the PBS. 2. Add 0.8 ml Trypsin to the plate; swirl to cover the             entire surface.  Incubate @ 37o C for 5 minutes. 3. Add 10 ml of media to the plate to inactivate the trypsin.              Vigorously pipette up-and-down to suspend the cells. 4. Determine the total volume of media that will be needed for             the stock plates based on the following: Size of Plate (cm)     Amount of Media to Aliquot (ml) 15                      30 10                      12 5. Add the cell suspension to the required volume of media.              Shake the bottle to insure a uniform distribution of cells. 6. Aliquot the STO-Neo Media into plates in the volume specified             for each size of plate (see step 4).  Remember to use plates             that have been pretreated with gelatin. 7. Place the stock plates in the 37o C incubator, labelling             the tray with the clone number (e.g., SNL 76/7), the passage             number, and the date. NOTE: The 15 cm plates will be used upon confluence to prepare the feeder plates.  The one 10 cm plate will be used to maintain the cell line through a number of passages. From the Laboratory of Dr. Allan Bradley Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas