Source: Crowell, P. D. et al. Evaluating the Differentiation Capacity of Mouse Prostate Epithelial Cells Using Organoid Culture. J. Vis. Exp. (2019)
In this video, we demonstrate the extraction of protein lysates from prostate organoids cultured in a basement membrane matrix ring. Analysis of the extracted protein fractions can help study the lineage marker expression in the organoids.
1. Extracting Protein Lysate from Prostate Organoids for Western Blot Analysis — TIMING: 2.5-4 H
NOTE: Before collecting organoids for protein lysate extraction, prepare and pre-warm dispase-containing media (Table 1).
Table 1: Instructions for the preparation of key solutions
Recipes | |
Dispase-containing media | 1 mg/mL dispase + 10 µM ROCK inhibitor in advanced DMEM F12. Filter sterilize using 0.22 µm filter. |
Dissociation media | 10% FBS + 1x Penicillin-Streptomycin in RPMI 1640. Filter sterilize using 0.22 µm filter. |
Protein lysis buffer | RIPA buffer + phosphatase inhibitors + protease inhibitors |
Blocking solution | 10% FBS in PBS with 0.2% Triton X-100 |
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A83-01 | Tocris | 2939 | |
Advanced DMEM/F-12 | Thermo Fisher Scientific | 12634010 | |
B-27 Supplement (50x), Serum Free | Thermo Fisher Scientific | 17504044 | |
Dispase II, Powder | Thermo Fisher Scientific | 17-105-041 | |
Fetal Bovine Serum (FBS) | Sigma | F8667 | |
GlutaMAX Thermo | Fisher Scientific | 35050061 | |
Halt Phosphatase Inhibitor | Thermo Fisher Scientific | 78428 | |
Matrigel GFR Membrane Matrix | Corning CB- | 40230C | |
N-acetyl-L-cysteine | Sigma | A9165 | |
Normocin | Thermo Fisher Scientific | ant-nr-1 | |
Penicillin-Streptomycin (10,000 U/ mL) |
Thermo Fisher Scientific | 15-140-122 | |
Poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) (Poly-HEMA) |
Sigma | P3932-25G | |
Radioimmunoprecipitation assay (RIPA) |
Thermo Fisher Scientific | PI89901 | |
Recombinant Human EGF, AnimalFree | PeproTech | AF-100-15 | |
Recombinant Human Noggin | PeproTech | 120-10C | |
RPMI 1640 Medium, HEPES (cs of 10) |
Thermo Fisher Scientific | 22400105 | |
Sonic Dismembrator | Thermo Fisher Scientific | FB120 | |
Triton X-100 | Sigma | X100-5ML | |
Y-27632 dihydrochloride (ROCK inhibitor) | Selleck Chemical | S1049-50MG |