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From MEFs to Matrigel 3: Passaging hESCs from Matrigel onto Matrigel
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This video demonstrates how to maintain the growth of human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) in feeder cell-free conditions and how to continuously passage hESCs in feeder cell-free conditions. Confirmation of hESC pluripotency grown in feeder cell-free conditions by immunofluorescence microscopy is also demonstrated. Part 3 of 3.
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From MEFs to Matrigel 2: Splitting hESCs from MEFs onto Matrigel
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This video demonstrates how to maintain the growth of human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) in feeder cell-free conditions and how to continuously passage hESCs in feeder cell-free conditions. Confirmation of hESC pluripotency grown in feeder cell-free conditions by immunofluorescence microscopy is also demonstrated. Part 2 of 3.
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From MEFs to Matrigel I: Passaging hESCs in the Presence of MEFs
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This video demonstrates how to grow human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) on mouse embryonic fibroblast (MEF) feeder cells. Part 1 of 3.
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A Matrigel-Based Tube Formation Assay to Assess the Vasculogenic Activity of Tumor Cells
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A tube formation assay is used to evaluate vascular activity of tumor cells.
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Rapid and Efficient Generation of Neurons from Human Pluripotent Stem Cells in a Multititre Plate Format
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Protocols for neuronal differentiation of pluripotent human stem cells (hPSCs) are often time-consuming and require substantial cell culture skills. Here, we have adapted a small molecule-based differentiation procedure to a multititre plate format, allowing simple, rapid, and efficient generation of human neurons in a controlled manner.
FAQs
Temperature control governs the transition from a workable coating to a stable scaffold. Matrigel is kept cold while it is handled and spread, then exposed to physiological temperature so it polymerizes. This sequence creates the structured substrate needed for cells to attach, survive, organize, and, in some systems, grow three-dimensionally.
Laminin and collagen IV contribute to the protein-rich environment encountered by cultured cells. Their presence helps distinguish a Matrigel-coated surface from uncoated plastic, which lacks this basement-membrane-like composition. That difference can influence cell behavior, including attachment, polarity, differentiation, and organization, rather than merely increasing initial adhesion.
The biological value of the coating extends beyond cell attachment. By providing a more tissue-like context, it can support changes in cell state and architecture, including differentiation and polarity, while also accommodating three-dimensional growth. Consequently, the plating strategy can affect both how cells survive in culture and how closely their organization resembles tissue behavior.
Matrix composition and batch variability are important experimental variables because they can change how cells respond to the substrate. Differences between preparations may influence attachment, survival, differentiation, polarity, organization, or three-dimensional growth. As a result, the matrix batch forms part of the experimental context when cultures are compared or biological changes are interpreted.
A basic workflow has three temperature-sensitive stages: keep the matrix cold during handling, spread it across the culture wells, and allow the coated surface to polymerize at physiological temperature. This sequence converts the matrix from a material that can be spread into a protein-rich scaffold before cells are cultured on it.
The choice of application depends on the biological model. Matrigel plating supports maintenance of stem cells, culture of primary cells, and establishment of organoids. These uses take advantage of the matrix’s tissue-like environment, which can support survival and organization while permitting differentiation, polarity, or three-dimensional growth when those properties are relevant to the model.