CELLnTEC has the following specialized media available for the culture of primary prostate epithelium from normal and tumor tissue.

Isolation and Proliferation Media

CnT-52 - Offers the absolute best in vitro performance by combining all the progenitor cell retention benefits of PCT, with the growth boost of BPE. The Low BPE formulation of CnT-52 contains 5 to 8 x less BPE than alternative media, thus minimising variability, and ensuring maximum accuracy and reproducibility in your experiments. When starting with small biopsies or where the absolute best isolation efficiency is required, CnT-52 is the ideal choice.

CnT-12; CnT-11 - By targeting the progenitor cell population in a tissue sample, these fully defined PCT media offer significant improvements in isolation, growth and differentiation over alternative defined formulations. These defined media can even equal the performance of traditional non-defined media, for example those containing FBS.

Comparisons

For more details on how defined CnT-12 outperformed a popular non-defined prostate medium, click here.

Applications from the Literature

Prostate Cancer Cell Culture: Guzman-Ramirez et al., 2009, The Prostate. Isolation of neoplastic prostate cells direct from primary tumor tissue, expression of stem cell and cancer markers, extended self-renewal, culture as prostaspheres. 

Isolation of Prostate-Regenerating Cells: Yao, M. et al., 2009, Cells Tissues Organs. Isolation of prostate epithelial cells that retain the ability to regenerate acini-like structures, co-culture with stromal cells.

Aldehyde Dehydrogenase in Bone Metastasis: van den Hoogen C. et al., 2010, Cancer Research. Primary cells high in Aldehyde dehydrogenase had high clonogenicity, migration, and metastatic behavior.

For more applications, please visit our Publications page

Free Medium Samples

CELLnTEC is offering free samples to new customers who are interested to test the performance of our precision culture media.

When testing your free sample, there are a number of important considerations. Please see our resources section for Sample Testing Recommendations.

Order your Free Sample Today: Please contact your local distributor for a free sample. Please see our ordering section for the CELLnTEC product distributor in your area.