Name: Preparation of Single-Cell Suspensions from Mouse Spleen with the gentleMACS Dissociator (Video) | JoVE Journal
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Description: Learn automated tissue dissociation of mouse spleens using the gentleMACS Dissociator to produce viable single-cell suspensions. This efficient method enables reproducible cell preparation for immunology and cell biology research.

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Introduction to Equipment
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<li>Tissue is gently dissociated, using violet C Tubes into viable single-cell suspensions.</li>
<li>The PBS/BSA EDTA buffer is used to dissociate the cells. The buffer is prepared by adding 1 part of BSA Stock solution to 20 parts of autoMACS Rinsing Solution containing EDTA. </li>
<li>The MACS Pre-Separation Filters are used so that the dissociated tissue samples are free of all cell clumps, promoting successful MACS separation and subsequent analysis. </li>
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Dissociating the spleen cells
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<li>Whole spleens are disscociated into single-cell suspensions of splenocytes using the gentleMACS Dissociator.</li>
<li>To begin the procedure, load the C Tube with a volume of buffer according to the mass of the spleens. A healthy spleen of a young adult female BALB/c mouse weighs about 80-120 mg. Every 1 to 2 spleens of this mass require 3 mL of buffer. Spleens from older animals or animals with infections are often larger and must be weighed in buffer. The buffer volumes must be scaled accordingly. Do not exceed a total buffer volume of 10 mL.</li>
<li>Add the dissected spleen to the C Tube containing 3 ml of buffer.</li>
<li>Make sure that the C Tube cap is tight and attach the C Tube to the dissociator with the cap down.</li>
<li>Power up the dissociator. For 1-2 spleens, select program m_spleen_01. The program will take 56 seconds to complete. If the number of spleens is greater, use program m_spleen_04; this program can be used for up to 720 mg of spleen tissue.</li>
<li>After completion of the program the native spleen tissue is dissociated into a splenocyte suspension.</li>
<li>Spin down the whole cell suspension at 300xg at room temperature for about 30 sec. This will ensure that rotor and stator are freed of all cells which are collected at the bottom of the C Tube.</li>
<li>Remove the sample through the septum-sealed opening in the C Tube cap using a 1000 microliter pipetter. </li>
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Filtration step
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<li>To begin the filtration step, apply the dissociated tissue to the Pre-Separation Filter or a cell strainer with 30 &micro;m pore size. The strainer should fit a 15 mL tube for 1-2 spleens or a 50 mL tube for more than 2 spleens.</li>
<li>Let the cell suspension pass through. Then wash the filter by applying 5 mL of buffer.</li>
<li>Now, centrifuge the tube with the cell suspension at 300xg, at room temperature for 10 minutes to collect all splenocytes in a spleen cell pellet.</li>
<li>Now, that we have a pellet of dissociated splenocytes, we must aspirate the supernatant and resuspend the cell pellet in an appropriate amount of buffer.</li>
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Spleen dissociation using the gentleMACS Dissociator will yield a high percentage of viable splenocytes, which is demonstrated by flow cytometry using the MACSQuant Analyzer. Dead cells are stained by propidium iodide. In the example provided, the forward side scatter dot plot shows the prepared splenocytes.

All protocols and data sheets are available at <a href="http://www.miltenyibiotec.com">http://www.miltenyibiotec.com.</a>.

To avoid tedious and often painful manual dissociations, the gentleMACS Dissociator allows one to dissociate tissue very efficiently under controlled and reproducible conditions. The tissue dissociation procedure is gentle to cells and yields cell suspensions with a high viability rate. The gentleMACS Dissociator in combination with C Tubes is designed for the preparation of single-cell suspensions from various tissues. The instrument is equipped with a number of pre-set programs to dissociate mouse spleen, liver, lung, or neural tissue. The range of programs and protocols will be continuously expanded to include additional tissues.

<table><tbody><tr><td>gentleMACS&amp;#8482; Starting Kit</td><td>Miltenyi Biotec</td><td>130-093-235</td><td>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.miltenyibiotec.com/en/PG_709_763_gentleMACS_Dissociator.aspx&quot;&gt;http://www.miltenyibiotec.com/en/PG_709_763_gentleMACS_Dissociator.aspx&lt;/a&gt;</td></tr><tr><td>C Tubes</td><td>Miltenyi Biotec</td><td>130-093-237</td><td>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.miltenyibiotec.com/en/PG_709_765_gentleMACS_C_Tubes.aspx&quot;&gt;http://www.miltenyibiotec.com/en/PG_709_765_gentleMACS_C_Tubes.aspx&lt;/a&gt;</td></tr><tr><td>13 mL Tubes</td><td>Miltenyi Biotec</td><td>130-091-596</td><td>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.miltenyibiotec.com/en/PG_34_751_13_mL_Tubes_for_LS_Columns.aspx&quot;&gt;http://www.miltenyibiotec.com/en/PG_34_751_13_mL_Tubes_for_LS_Columns.aspx&lt;/a&gt;</td></tr><tr><td>autoMACS&amp;#8482; Rinsing Solution </td><td>Miltenyi Biotec</td><td>130-091-222</td><td>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.miltenyibiotec.com/en/PG_134_155_autoMACS_Rinsing_Solution.aspx&quot;&gt;http://www.miltenyibiotec.com/en/PG_134_155_autoMACS_Rinsing_Solution.aspx&lt;/a&gt;</td></tr><tr><td>MACS&amp;#174; BSA Stock Solution</td><td>Miltenyi Biotec</td><td>130-091-376</td><td>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.miltenyibiotec.com/en/PG_33_295_MACS_BSA_Stock_Solution.aspx&quot;&gt;http://www.miltenyibiotec.com/en/PG_33_295_MACS_BSA_Stock_Solution.aspx&lt;/a&gt;</td></tr><tr><td>Pre-Separation Filters </td><td>Miltenyi Biotec</td><td>130-041-407</td><td>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.miltenyibiotec.com/en/PG_34_247_Pre_Separation_Filters.aspx&quot;&gt;http://www.miltenyibiotec.com/en/PG_34_247_Pre_Separation_Filters.aspx&lt;/a&gt;</td></tr><tr><td>MACSQuant Analyzer</td><td>Miltenyi Biotec</td><td>130-092-197</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Propidium Iodide Solution</td><td>Miltenyi Biotec</td><td>130-093-233</td><td>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.miltenyibiotec.com/en/PG_337_744_Propidium_Iodide_Solution.aspx&quot;&gt;http://www.miltenyibiotec.com/en/PG_337_744_Propidium_Iodide_Solution.aspx&lt;/a&gt;</td></tr></tbody></table>

preparation of single-cell suspensions from mouse spleen with the gentlemacs dissociator

Preparation of Single-Cell Suspensions from Mouse Spleen with the gentleMACS Dissociator

Single-cell suspensions are a prerequisite for experiments in cell separation, cell analysis and cell culture.  To avoid tedious and often painful manual dissociations the gentleMACS Dissociator allows one to dissociate tissue very efficiently under controlled and reproducible conditions.  The gentleMACS Dissociator can optimally dissociate mouse spleen, combining timesaving and standardization with user-safety.

This video describes how to dissociate mouse spleens using the gentleMACS Dissociator, an automated bench-top device that can mechanically disrupt tissues using special tubes to produce viable cell suspensions. Following dissociation, spleens are filtered, centrifuged, and resuspended for further applications.

This video describes a simple, time-saving technique for automated tissue dissociation using the gentleMACS Dissociator to prepare single-cell suspensions of mouse splenocytes.

Single-cell suspensions are a prerequisite for experiments in cell separation, cell analysis and cell culture.  To avoid tedious and often painful manual ...

In this video protocol, you'll see how to dissociate mouse spleens using Gentle Max, an automated benchtop device that can mechanically disrupt tissues using special tubes to produce viable cell suspensions. Following dissociation spleens are filtered with Max Pres separation filters, centrifuge, and suspended for further applications. Hi, my name is Melanie mlu.I'm a scientist at Milton Biotech here in BE Lab Park, Germany. Today I will show you the preparation of a single cell suspension out of mouse spleen by using this GenX dissociation. The GenX dissociation allows the very easy and fast preparation of a single cell suspension.So let's get started. To avoid tedious and often painful manual dissociations, the gentle max di associator allows one to dissociate tissue very efficiently under controlled and reproducible conditions. Tissue is gently dissociated using violet C tubes into viable single cell suspensions.The C tube provides a septum sealed opening into the center of the cap, allowing one to pipette from the tube while always maintaining sterility. To suspend the dissociated cells, you will need to use the proper P-B-S-B-S-A-E-D-T-A buffer. The buffer is prepared by adding one part of BSA stock solution to 20 parts of AutoMax fencing solution containing EDTA.Using the Max Pres separation filters, dissociate tissue samples are freed from all cell clumps promoting successful max separation and subsequent analysis. To begin the procedure, we load the C tube with a volume of buffer. According to the mass of the spleens, a healthy spleen of a six to seven week old female biopsy mouse weighs about 80 to 120 milligrams.Every one to two spleens of this mass requires three milliliters of buffer. Do not exceed a total volume of 10 milliliters. We can now add our dissected spleen to the C tube containing three milliliters of buffer Spleens from older animals or animals with infections are often larger and must be weighed in buffer.The buffer volumes must then be scaled accordingly, but again may not exceed a total volume of 10 milliliters. Now, make sure that the C tube cap is tight and attach the C tube to the dissociation With a cap down, power up the dissociation for one to two spleens select Program M spleen oh one. The program will take 56 seconds to complete if the number of spleens is greater use program M spleen oh four.This program can be used for up to 720 milligrams of spleen tissue. After completion of the program, the native spleen tissue is dissociated into a PLE cyte suspension, which looks like this centrifuge briefly to collect the sample at the bottom of the tube. This will ensure that the rotor and stator are freed of all cells which are collected at the bottom of the C tube.We remove the sample through the septum sealed opening in the C tube cap using a thousand microliter pipetter. To begin the filtration step, we apply the dissociated tissue to the pres separation filter or a strainer with 30 micron pore size. The strainer should fit a 15 milliliter tube for one to two spleens or a 50 milliliter tube for more than two spleens.Let the cell suspension pass through, then wash the filter by applying five milliliters of buffer. Now centrifuge the tube with the cell suspension at 300 Gs at room temperature for 10 minutes to collect all cytes in a spleen cell pellet. Now that we have a pellet of dissociated cytes, we must aspirate the super natin and resuspend the cell pellet in an appropriate amount of buffer spleen dissociation.Using the gentle max will yield a high percentage of viable PLE cytes, which is demonstrated by flow cytometry using the max quant. Dead cells are stained by Propidium iodide and the example provided. The forward side scattered dot plot shows a prepared SP cytes.Okay.I've shown you how to dissociate the spleen tissue by using this gentle X dissociation. When you do this procedure, it's important to adjust the amount of buffer to the sample size and to choose the right Gentle X program. Okay, that's it.Good luck with your experiment.

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