This protocol has been established to culture tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4)- and inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS)-deficient primary murine macrophages to study NO-redox biology. The study focuses on reducing potential contamination of BH4 and other artifacts found in traditional isolation and culture methods which may confound experimental outcomes and interpretation of results.
Diotallevi, M., Nicol, T., Ayaz, F., Bailey, J., Shaw, A., McNeill, E., Davies, B., Channon, K. M., Crabtree, M. J. Isolation and In vitro Culture of Bone Marrow-Derived Macrophages for the Study of NO-Redox Biology. J. Vis. Exp. (183), e62834, doi:10.3791/62834 (2022).