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Parotid
Rat
Rat, Wistar, male
Foskett, J. , Roifman, C. and Wong, D.
Activation of Calcium Oscillations by Thapsigargin in Parotid Acinar Cells ,
J Biol Chem
 266 , 2778 , 1991
Cells
Parotid acinar
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.02%
Medium
Solution B
(See reference)
Parotid
Rat
Rat
Takuma, T. and Ichida, T.
Amylase Secretion From Saponin-Permeabilized Parotid Cells Evoked by Cyclic AMP ,
J Invest Dermatol
 103 , 95 , 1988
Cells
Parotid
Enzymes
Hyaluronidase : 0.025%
Medium
HBSS with 20mM HEPES
Parotid
Rat
Rat, Wistar, male, 250 - 350 g
Melvin, J. , Kawaguchi, M. , Baum, B. and Turner, R.
A Muscarinic Agonist-Stimulated Chloride Efflux Pathway is Associated With Fluid Secretion in Rat Parotid Acinar Cells ,
Biochem Biophys Res Commun
 145 , 754 , 1987
Cells
Acinar, parotid
Enzymes
Hyaluronidase : 0.015%
Medium
Earle's MEM
Parotid
Rat
Rat, SD, male, 50 - 125 g
Oliver, C. , Waters, J. , Tolbert, C. and Kleinman, H.
Growth of Exocrine Acinar Cells on a Reconstituted Basement Membrane Gel ,
In Vitro Cell Dev Biol
 23 , 465 , 1987
Cells
Acinar
Exorbital lacrimal, parotid, pancreas
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.01%
Medium
HBSS, CMF
Parotid
Rat
Rat, SD, albino, male, 150-200 g
Mangos, J. , McSherry, N. , Butcher, F. , Irwin, K. and Barber, T.
Dispersed Rat Parotid Acinar Cells (Morphological, Functional Character) ,
Am J Physiol
 229 (3) , 560 , 1975
Cells
Acinar, parotid
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.01%
Collagenase : 40-50 u/ml
Hyaluronidase : 0.10%
Medium
HBSS CMF
Pituitary
Bovine
Calf, male, less then 6 months old
Hassan, H. and Merkel, R.
Perifusion Model System to Culture Bovine Hypothalamic Slices In Series with Dispersed Anterior Pituitary Cells ,
In Vitro Cell Dev Biol
 30A , 435 , 1994
Cells
Pituitary
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.3%
Medium
DMEM
Pituitary
Bovine
Bovine
Mason, W. and Ingram, C.
Techniques for Studying the Role of Electrical Activity in Control of Secretion by Normal Anterior Pituitary Cells , Vol. 124 , 207 , 1986
Cells
Pituitary
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.1%
Medium
EBSS, CMF
Pituitary
Bovine
Bovine
Ferrara, N. , Goldsmith, P. , Fujii, D. and Weiner, R.
Culture and Characterization of Follicular Cells of the Bovine Anterior Pituitary and Pars Tuberalis , Vol. 124 , 245 , 1986
Cells
Follicular, anterior pituitary and pars tuberalis
Enzymes
Deoxyribonuclease I : 200 µg/ml
Medium
HBSS, CMF
Pituitary
Bovine
Calf, male, 1-6 week old
Ridgway, E. , Klibanski, A. , Marorana, M. , Milbury, P. , Kieffer, J. and Chin, W.
The Effect of Somatostatin on the Release of Thyrotropin and its Subunits from Bovine Anterior Pitituary Cells in Vitro ,
Endocrinology
 112 (6) , 1937 , 1983
Cells
Pitituary
Enzymes
Hyaluronidase : 0.1%
Medium
DMEM
Pituitary
Mouse
Mouse
Perez Millain, M. , Brinkmeier, M. , Mortensen, A. and Camper, S.
PROP1 Triggers Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition-Like Process in Pituitary Stem Cells. ,
Elife
 5 , 2016
Cells
Pituitary
Enzymes
Medium
HBSS
File
11685.pdf (20.15 MB)
Pituitary
Mouse
Mouse
Pyczek, J. , Buslei, R. , Schult, D. , Holsken, A. , Buchfelder, M. , Hess, I. , Hahn, H. and Uhmann, A.
Hedgehog Signaling Activation Induces Stem Cell Proliferation and Hormone Release in the Adult Pituitary Gland. ,
Sci Rep
 6 , 24928 , 2016
Cells
Pituitary
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM
File
11684.pdf (2.41 MB)
Pituitary
Mouse
Mouse, male
Steveson Tami C, Ciccotosto Giuseppe D, Ma Xin-Ming, Mueller Gregory P, Mains Richard E, Eipper Betty A.
Menkes protein contributes to the function of peptidylglycine alpha-amidating monooxygenase ,
Endocrinology
 144 , 188-200 , 2003
Cells
Pituitary
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.4%
Hyaluronidase : 0.1%
Trypsin : 0.3%
Medium
DMEM/Han's F12
Pituitary
Ovine
Ovine, adult
Xu Ruwei, Wang Qinling, Yan Ming, Hernandez Maria, Gong Changhong, Boon WahChin, Murata Yoko, Ueta Yoichi, Chen Chen.
Orexin-A augments voltage-gated Ca2+ currents and synergistically increases growth hormone (GH) secretion with GH-releasing hormone in primary cultured ovine somatotropes ,
Endocrinology
 143 , 4609-19 , 2002
Cells
Somatotropes
Enzymes
Medium
Medium 199
Pituitary
Rat
Rat, male, 12-15 week
Akieda-Asai, S. , Zaima, N. , Ikegami, K. , Kahyo, T, Yao, I. , Hatanaka, T. , Iemura, S. , Sugiyama, R. , Yokozeki, T. , Eishi, Y. , Koike, M. , Ikeda, K. , Chiba, T. , Yamaza, H. , Shimokawa, I. , Song, S. , Matsuno, A. , Mizutani, A. , Sawabe, M. Chao, N. and Tanaka, M.
SIRT1 Regulates Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone Release by Enhancing PIP5K gamma Activity through Deacetylation of Specific Lysine Residues in Mammals. ,
PLoS ONE
 5 , e11755 , 2010
Cells
Pituitary
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM
Pituitary
Rat
Rat, Wistar, male, 2 month old
Zhou, X. , De Schepper, J. , De Craemer, D. , Delhase, M. , Gys, G. , Smitz, J. and Hooghe-Peters, E.
Pituitary Growth Hormone Release and Gene Expression in Cafeteria-Diet-Induced Obese Rats ,
J Endocrinol
 159 , 165 , 1998
Cells
Pituitary
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.1%
Medium
DMEM
Pituitary
Rat
Rat, SD, female, 200 - 250 g
D'Emden, M. and Wark, J.
Culture Requirements for Optimal Expression of 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3-Enhanced Thyrotropin Secretion ,
In Vitro Cell Dev Biol
 27 , 197 , 1991
Cells
Anterior pituitary gland
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.1%
Medium
EBSS, CMF
Pituitary
Rat
Rat
Wilfinger, W. , Larsen, W. , Downs, T. and Wilbur, D.
An In Vitro Model for Studies of Intercellular Communication in Cultured Rat Anterior Pituitary Cells ,
Tissue Cell
 16 (4) , 483 , 1984
Cells
Pituitary
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.3 %
Medium
HEPES
Pituitary
Rat
Rat, SD, male, 250-450 g
Portanova, R. , Smith, D. and Sayers, G.
A Trypsin for the Preparation of Isolated Rat Anterior Pituitary ,
Proc Soc Exp Biol Med
 133 , 573 , 1970
Cells
Anterior pituitary
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.25%
Medium
Krebs
Prostate
Human
Human
Taylor, R. , Toivanen, R. , Frydenberg, M. , Pedersen, J. , Harewood, L. , Collins, A. , Maitland, N. and Risbridger, G.
Human Epithelial Basal Cells are Cells of Origin of Prostate Cancer, Independent of CD133 Status. ,
Stem Cells
 30 , 1087 , 2012
Cells
Prostatic cancer fibroblasts
Enzymes
Collagenase : 225 u/ml
Hyaluronidase : 125 u/ml
Medium
RPMI 1640
Prostate
Human
Human, 52-56 yr
Le Hanh, Arnold Julia T, McFann Kimberly K, Blackman Marc R.
DHT and testosterone, but not DHEA or E2, differentially modulate IGF-I, IGFBP-2, and IGFBP-3 in human prostatic stromal cells ,
Am J Physiol/Endo
 290 , E952-60 , 2006
Cells
Prostatic stromal cells
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM/F-12
Prostate
Human
Human
Nakashiro Koh-Ichi, Hara Shingo, Shinohara Yuji, Oyasu Miho, Kawamata Hitoshi, Shintani Satoru, Hamakawa Hiroyuki, Oyasu Ryoichi.
Phenotypic switch from paracrine to autocrine role of hepatocyte growth factor in an androgen-independent human prostatic carcinoma cell line, CWR22R ,
Am J Pathol
 165 , 533-40 , 2004
Cells
Prostate stromal cells
Enzymes
Medium
RPMI 1640
Prostate
Human
Human, fetal
Levine AC, Liu XH, Greenberg PD, Eliashvili M, Schiff JD, Aaronson SA, Holland JF, Kirschenbaum A.
Androgens induce the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor in human fetal prostatic fibroblasts ,
Endocrinology
 139 , 4672-8 , 1998
Cells
Prostatic fibroblasts
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM/F12
Prostate
Mouse
Mouse, 6-8 week
Burger, P. , Gupta, R. , Xiong, X. , Ontiveros, C. , Salm, S. , Moscatelli, D. and Wilson, E.
High Aldehyde Dehydrogenase Activity: A Novel Functional Marker of Murine Prostate Stem/Progenitor Cells. ,
Stem Cells
 27 , 2220-8 , 2009
Cells
Prostate epithelial/stem
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.05%
Medium
HBSS
Prostate
Mouse
Mouse, 2 week
Imamov Otabek, Morani Andrea, Shim Gil-Jin, Omoto Yoko, Thulin-Andersson Christina, Warner Margaret, Gustafsson Jan-Ake.
Estrogen receptor beta regulates epithelial cellular differentiation in the mouse ventral prostate ,
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
 101 , 9375-80 , 2004
Cells
Prostatic epithelial
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 3 : 170 u/ml
Medium
DMEM
Prostate
Mouse
Mouse, male
Dubey P, Wu H, Reiter RE, Witte ON.
Alternative pathways to prostate carcinoma activate prostate stem cell antigen expression ,
Cancer Res
 61 , 3256-61 , 2001
Cells
Prostatic stem
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 1 : 170 u/ml
Medium
DMEM
Reproductive
Bovine
Bovine
Levy N, Gordin M, Mamluk R, Yanagisawa M, Smith M F, Hampton J H, Meidan R.
Distinct cellular localization and regulation of endothelin-1 and endothelin-converting enzyme-1 expression in the bovine corpus luteum: implications for luteolysis ,
Endocrinology
 142 , 5254-60 , 2001
Cells
Corpus leuteal cells
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 4 : 420 u/ml
Medium
M-199
Reproductive
Bovine
Bovine, female
Tsang PC, Poff JP, Boulton EP, Condon WA.
Four-day-old bovine corpus luteum: progesterone production and identification of matrix metalloproteinase activity in vitro ,
Biol Reprod
 53 , 1160-8 , 1995
Cells
Leuteal
Enzymes
Medium
Ham's F-12
Reproductive
Bovine
Calf, mid to late gestational
Coplen, D. , Howard, P. , Duckett, J. , Snyder, H. and Macarak, E.
Characterization of a Fibroblast Cell From the Urinary Bladder Wall ,
In Vitro Cell Dev Biol
 30A , 604 , 1994
Cells
Fibroblasts
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.1%
Medium
Medium 199
Reproductive
Bovine
Bovine
Munson, L. , Chandler, S. and Schlafer, D.
Long-Term Culture of Bovine Trophoblastic Cells ,
J Tiss Cul Meth
 11 (3) , 123 , 1988
Cells
Epithelial
Endometrial
Enzymes
Medium
DMEM/EBSS
Reproductive
Bovine
Bovine
(also porcine, human)
Marcus, G. , Connor, L. , Domingo, M. , Tsang, B. , Downey, B. and Ainsworth, L.
Enzymatic Dissociation of Ovarian and Uterine Tissues ,
Endocr Res
 10 , 151 , 1984
Cells
Interna & corpus luteum
Endometrium
Ovarian
Uterine
Enzymes
Pronase : 0.1%
Medium
Moscona's BSS
Reproductive
Canine
Canine
Park, S. , Seo, M. , Kim, H. and Kang, K.
Isolation and Characterization of Canine Amniotic Membrane-Derived Multipotent Stem Cells. ,
PLoS ONE
 7 , e44693 , 2012
Cells
Amniotic membrane MSC
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.25%
Medium
LG-DMEM
File
10917.pdf (558.9 KB)
Reproductive
Chicken

Chicken, male, 1 day

Huang, H. , Wang, M. , Hou, L. , Lin, X. , Pan, S. , Zheng, P. and Zhao, Q.
A Potential Mechanism Associated with Lead-induced Spermatogonia and Leydig Cell Toxicity and Mitigative Effect of Selenium in Chicken. , Ecotoxicol Environ Saf Vol. 209 , 111671 , 2021
Enzymes
Collagenase : 0.1%
Hyaluronidase : 0.1%
Trypsin : 0.1%
Medium
DMEM
File
Huang.2020.pdf (9.32 MB)
Reproductive
Chicken
Chicken, Gallus Domesticus,20-30 week
Du Meihong, Han Haitang, Jiang Bin, Zhao Chen, Qian Changsong, Shen Haiyan, Xu Yan, Li Zandong.
An efficient isolation method for domestic hen (Gallus domesticus) ovarian primary follicles ,
J Reprod Dev
 52 , 569-76 , 2006
Cells
Primary follicles
Enzymes
Trypsin : 0.15%
Medium
Dulbecco's phosphate buffered saline
Reproductive
Fish
Sebastes Schlegel
Ryu, J. , Kim, H. , Bae, S. , Jung, C. and Gong, S.
Isolation and in Vitro Culture of Primary Cell Populations Derived from Ovarian Tissues of the Rockfish, Sebastes schlegeli ,
Fish Aquatic Sci
 19 , 2016
Cells
Ovarian
Enzymes
Collagenase Type 1 : 500 u/ml
Medium
L-15
File
11690.pdf (1.68 MB)
Reproductive
Frog

Frog, X. laevis

Lavering, E. , Petros, I. and Weeks, D.
Component Analysis of Nucleolar Protein Compartments using Xenopus laevis Oocytes. , Dev Growth Differ Vol. 64 , 306-317 , 2022
Cells
Xenopus oocytes
Enzymes
Medium
Ovary Ringers Solution
File
Reproductive
Frog
Xenopus Laevis, female
Nicoll, G, Jawad, A. , Weymouth, R, Zhang, H. and Beg, A.
Pharmacological characterization of the excitatory ‘Cys-loop’ GABA receptor family in Caenorhabditis elegans ,
Br J Pharmacol
 174 , 781 , 2017
Cells
Oocytes
Enzymes
Medium
Barth's solution
File
11656.pdf (11.21 MB)

Tissue Tables (references, grouped by tissue type and species)

Adipose/Fat
Adrenal
Bone
Brain
Cartilage
Colon
Endothelial
Epithelial
Eye
Heart
Intestine
Kidney
Liver
Lung
Lymph nodes
Mammary
Miscellaneous
Muscle
Neural
Organoids
Pancreas
Parotid
Pituitary
Prostate
Reproductive
Scales
Skin
Spleen
Stem
Thymus
Thyroid/Parathyroid
Tonsil
Tumor
Note: We have not limited the references listed to only those papers using Worthington enzymes. Generally speaking, the tissue dissociation enzymes offered by Worthington can be used interchangeably for most preparations cited.