Retinoic Acid (Sigma R2625), 5mM in DMSO, light‐sensitive, store at ‐80°C
Non‐adherent petri dishes (Greiner 633102)
Protocol:
Trypsinize mESCs, quench with mESC medium, spin down, remove mESC medium completely and resuspend cells in CA medium
Measure cell density
Plate 3.5x106 cells per 10 cm dish in 15 ml CA medium on non‐adherent petri dish
Take rest pellet for undifferentiated mESC control
Grow in 5% CO2 cell culture incubator (atmospheric O2)
Change medium after 2 days, 4 days and 6 days:
Collect embryoid bodies (EBs) with 25ml pipette in 50ml falcons, gently
Let EBs settle by gravity (a few minutes)
Aspirate supernatant, don’t disturb the EBs
Resuspend the EBs in 15ml fresh CA medium, gently
Plate the EBs back on a new non‐adherent dish, gently
For treatment with retinoic acid, start on day 4 of differentiation (half of each plate):
Thaw an RA aliquot
Resuspend EBs in 15ml CA medium + 15µl RA (1:1000, 5µM final) instead of CA medium only. RA is light sensitive. Work without light.
(Do the same on day6)
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How to cite:
Readers should cite both the Bio-protocol preprint and the original research article where this protocol was used:
Schomacher, L(2019). In vitro differentiation of mESCs in embryoid bodies. Bio-protocol Preprint. bio-protocol.org/prep85.
Han, D., Schomacher, L., Schüle, K. M., Mallick, M., Musheev, M. U., Karaulanov, E., Krebs, L., von Seggern, A. and Niehrs, C.(2019). NEIL1 and NEIL2 DNA glycosylases protect neural crest development against mitochondrial oxidative stress. eLife. DOI: 10.7554/eLife.49044
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