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. 2023 Jun 30;4(3):102399. doi: 10.1016/j.xpro.2023.102399
REAGENT or RESOURCE SOURCE IDENTIFIER
Antibodies

Insulin (1:500) Dako Cat# A-0546
Glucagon (1:2000) Sigma Cat# G2654
Somatostatin (1:200) Millipore Cat# MAB354
AlexaFluor® 488 goat anti-guineapig (1:500) Invitrogen Cat# A11073
AlexaFluor® 546 goat anti-rat (1:500) Thermo Fisher Cat# A11077
AlexaFluor® 647 goat anti-mouse (1:500) Thermo Fisher Cat# A21235

Biological samples

Human pancreas slices nPOD www.jdrfnpod.org
Human isolated islets Prodo Laboratories

Chemicals, peptides, and recombinant proteins

Alanine Sigma Cat# A7627
Aprotinin Sigma Cat# A1153
Arginine Sigma Cat# A5006
Bovine berum albumin Sigma Cat# 9048-46-8
Calbryte 520 AM AAT Bioquest Cat# 20651
Calcium chloride Sigma Cat# C4901
Epinephrine Sigma Cat# E4375
Fluo4-AM Invitrogen Cat# F14201
Glutamic acid Tocris Cat# 0218
Glutamine Sigma Cat# G3126
Hepes Sigma Cat# 7365-45-9
Kainic acid Tocris Cat# 0222
Low melting point agarose Sigma Cat# A9414
Magnesium chloride Millipore Cat# M8266
Potassium chloride Sigma Cat# P9541
Sodium chloride Millipore Cat# 567440

Critical commercial assays

Insulin ELISA (human) Mercodia Cat# 10-1113-01
Glucagon ELISA (human kit) Mercodia Cat# 10-1271-01
Glucagon ELISA 10 μL (for animal samples) Mercodia Cat# 10-1281-01

Experimental models: Organisms/strains

C57Bl6J (mouse, male, 8–16 weeks) The Jackson Laboratory Stock #000664
Gcg/tm 1.1(icre)Gkg/J (mouse, female, 8–16 weeks) The Jackson Laboratory Stock #030663
B6.Cg-Gt(ROSA)26Sor(tm38(CAG-GCaMP3)HZE) (mouse, male, 8–16 weeks) The Jackson Laboratory Stock #029043

Software and algorithms

Prism 6 GraphPad Prism 9
Fiji Schindelin et al.2 https://fiji.sc/
Matlab MathWorks R2019a

Other

Semi-automatic vibratome VT1200S, Leica Cat#14048142066
SP5 upright laser-scanning confocal microscope Leica
Perifusion system with automated tray handling Biorep Technologies PERI4-02-230-FA
Pancreas slice chamber Biorep Technologies PERI-PSC-001
Pancreas slice chamber extender kit Biorep Technologies PERI-PSC-EXT
Pancreas slice chamber perforated plate Biorep Technologies PERI-PSC-PP