Magnetic Separation of Schwann Cells from Mouse Sciatic Nerves

Abstract

Source: Blusch, A., et al., In Vitro Myelination of Peripheral Axons in a Coculture of Rat Dorsal Root Ganglion Explants and Schwann Cells. J. Vis. Exp. (2023)

This video demonstrates a method for isolating Schwann cells from mouse sciatic nerve fibers.

Protocol

1. Schwann cell culture

1. Coating for Schwann cell culture
   1. Coat the cell culture dishes under sterile conditions. Apply 2 mL of 0.01% poly-L-lysine (PLL) to two 60 mm tissue culture (TC) dishes each and incubate overnight at 4 °C.
   2. Remove the PLL, wash the TC dishes 2x with distilled water, and incubate with 2 mL of 1 µg/cm² laminin overnight at 4 °C. Wash the TC dishes 2x with aqua dest, and let the plates air-dry.
2. Medium preparation for Schwann cell culture
   1. Prepare 50 mL of Schwann cell medium by adding 10% heat-inactivated fetal calf serum (FCS), 2 µM....

Materials

List of materials used in this article

Name	Company	Catalog Number	Comments
Bovine serum albumin	Carl Roth, Karlsruhe, Germany	8076.4
Cell strainer, 100 µM	BD Bioscience, Heidelberg, Germany	352360
Centrifuge 5810-R	Eppendorf AG, Hamburg, Germany	5811000015
CO2 Incubator Heracell	Heraeus Instruments, Hanau, Germany	51017865
Dispase II	Sigma Aldrich GmbH, Steinheim, Germany	4942078001
Distilled water (Water Purification System)	Millipore, Molsheim, France	ZLXS5010Y
DMEM/F-12, GlutaMAX	Thermo Fisher Scientific, Schwerte, Germany	31331093
DPBS (no calcium ions and no magnesium ions)	Sigma Aldrich GmbH, Steinheim, Germany	D8537-6X500ML
FCS	Sigma Aldrich GmbH, Steinheim, Germany	F7524	FCS must be tested for Schwann cell culture
Gentamycin	Thermo Fisher Scientific, Schwerte, Germany	5710064
HBSS (no calcium ions and no magnesium ions)	Thermo Fisher Scientific, Schwerte, Germany	14170138
Laminin	Sigma Aldrich GmbH, Steinheim, Germany	L2020-1MG
MACS Multistand	Miltenyi Biotec, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany	130042303
Microscissors	Fine Science Tools GmbH, Heidelberg, Germany	15000-08
Microscope	Motic, Wetzlar, Germany	Motic BA 400
Microscope slide	VWR, Radnor, USA	630-1985
MiniMACS separator	Miltenyi Biotec, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany	130091632
MS columns	Miltenyi Biotec, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany	130-042-201
Neubauer counting chamber	Assistant, Erlangen, Germany	40441
Pipettes	Eppendorf AG, Hamburg, Germany	2231300004
Poly-L-Lysin	Sigma Aldrich GmbH, Steinheim, Germany	P4707-50ML
Serological pipette, 10 mL	Sarstedt, Nümbrecht, Germany	861254025
Serological pipette, 25 mL	Sarstedt, Nümbrecht, Germany	861685001
Serological pipette, 5 mL	Sarstedt, Nümbrecht, Germany	861253001
TC dish 60, cell +	Sarstedt, Nümbrecht, Germany	833901300
Thy-1 Microbeads (MACS Kit)	Miltenyi Biotec, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany	130-094-523
Trypsin-EDTA (0.05%), phenol red	Thermo Fisher Scientific, Schwerte, Germany	25300-054
Type I Collagenase	Sigma Aldrich GmbH, Steinheim, Germany	C1639
Water bath type 1008	GFL, Burgwedel, Germany	4285