Features
Melanocytes growing in CnT-PR-MH Homeostasis medium are significantly more responsive to treatment with a tyrosinsase inhibitor, and demonstrate larger reductions in melanin content in both neonatal and adult cells.
The CnT-PR-MH medium is designed for maintenance of melanocytes in a homeostatic state with only minimal growth factor stimulii, sufficient to maintain their function for up to a week in culture.
In the absence of the strong growth factor stimulation found in standard proliferation media, melanocytes growing in CnT-PR-MH show heighted responsiveness to experimental stimulii (such as tyrosinase inhibitors for example).
To test for whitening of melanocytes, the following procedure is proposed:
i) Grow cells to near confluence in the CnT-40 proliferation medium
ii) Switch cells to CnT-PR-MD medium, and allow to differentiate for 5 days
iii) Switch to the Prime MH homeostasis medium one day prior to starting the assay
Printable datasheet
Melanocyte Homeostasis Medium
CnT-PR-MH is a fully supplemented, frozen, and ready to use culture medium. It does not contain antibiotics / antimycotics, and is free of PMA and TPA.
- Species
- Developed for human melanocytes. May be used for other species as well.
- Tissue type
- Melanocyte
- Pack size
- 250 mL bottle, fully supplemented with growth factors. No further additions required.
- Product use
- Developed for maintenance of primary melanocytes in a homoestatic state for up to 1 week of culture. Cells must be grown to near confluence first in CnT-40 medium.
- Media Type
- 2D-Diff
- Defined
- No
- ACF
- No
- Culture condition
- This medium is designed for use in a 5% CO2 atmosphere. For suggested cell culture protocols, please see our resources section.
- Note
- For routine cell cultivation, CELLnTEC recommends to work without antibiotics / antimycotics.
- Storage / Shelf life
- Store frozen below -15oC. For best before date, see label.
To prepare medium for use, it is preferable to thaw overnight at 4oC. Alternatively, medium may be thawed at room temperature for approx 5-6 hours. If thawing at room temperature, ensure contents do not rise above 15oC at the end of the thawing process. Do not thaw in a hot water bath.
Once thawed, medium has a remaining shelf-life of 6-weeks when stored at 4oC in the dark. Certain culture media components are very sensitive to light. Minimize light exposure at all times.
- Quality control
- Media functionality and cell morphology tested by cell cultivation with primary human melanocytes. Osmolality, pH and concentration of various ions are tested. Free of bacteria, fungi and mycoplasma contamination.
- Shipping condition
- CnT-PR-MH is shipped frozen.
- Intended use
- For research use only. Not for use in therapy or diagnostics.
- Last update
- 2017-09-27