Table-Materials
| Name of Material/ Equipment | Company | Catalog Number | Comments/Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 mL Luer-Lok™ syringe sterile, single use, polycarbonate | BD | 309628 | |
| 5 mL Luer-Lok™ syringe sterile, single use, polycarbonate | BD | 309646 | |
| Alexa Fluor 488 C5 maleimide | Invitrogen | A10254 | For synthesis of fluorescently-labeled tetrazine |
| Alexa Fluor 647 Phalloidin | Invitrogen | A22287 | For staining cell culture samples |
| Aluminum foil | VWR | 89107–726 | |
| Biopsy punch with plunger, 1.0 mm | Integra Miltex | 69031–01 | |
| Biopsy punch, 4 mm | Integra Miltex | 33–34 | |
| Blunt needle, 23G 0.5”, Non-Sterile, Capped | SAI Infusion Technologies | B23-50 | |
| Bottle-top vacuum filter, 0.22 μm | Corning | CLS430521 | |
| Calcium chloride | VWR | 1B1110 | For microgel washing buffer |
| Capillary-piston assemblies for positive-displacement pipettes, 1000 μL max. volume | Rainin | 17008609 | |
| Capillary-piston assemblies for positive-displacement pipettes, 25 μL max. volume | Rainin | 17008605 | |
| Capillary-piston assemblies for positive-displacement pipettes, 250 μL max. volume | Rainin | 17008608 | |
| Centrifuge tube, 15 mL | CELLTREAT | 667015B | |
| Centrifuge tube, 50 mL | CELLTREAT | 229421 | |
| Chloroform, ACS grade, Glass Bottle | Stellar Scientific | CP-C7304 | For synthesis of fluorescently-labeled tetrazine |
| Corona plasma gun, BD-10A High Frequency Generator | ETP | 11011 | |
| CryoTube Vials, Polypropylene, Internal Thread with Screw Cap | Nunc | 368632 | |
| D1 mouse mesenchymal cells | ATCC | CRL-12424 | Example cell line for culture in MAP gels |
| DAPI | Sigma-Aldrich | D9542 | For staining cell culture samples |
| Deuterium oxide, 99.9 atom % D | Sigma-Aldrich | 151882 | For NMR spectroscopy |
| Dialysis tubing, regenerated cellulose membrane, 12-14 kDa molecular weight cut-off | Spectra/Por | 132703 | For purifying HA-NB and HA-Tet |
| Diethyl ether | VWR | BDH1121-4LPC | For synthesis of fluorescently-labeled tetrazine |
| Dimethylformamide | Sigma-Aldrich | 277056 | For synthesis of fluorescently-labeled tetrazine |
| 4-(4,6-dimethoxy-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl)-4-methylmorpholinium chloride (DMTMM) | TCI-Chemicals | D2919 | For modifying HA |
| Dithiothreitol (DTT) | Thermo Scientific | R0861 | Non-degradable dithiol linker (substitute for MMP-cleavable peptide) |
| Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle’s Medium - high glucose, w/ 4500 mg/L glucose, L-glutamine, sodium pyruvate, and sodium bicarbonate, liquid, sterile-filtered, suitable for cell culture | Sigma-Aldrich | D6429–500ML | For D1 cell culture |
| EMS Paraformaldehyde, Granular | VWR | 100504–162 | For making 4% PFA |
| Ethanol absolute (200 proof) | KOPTEC | 89234–850 | |
| Heating Plate | Kopf Instruments | HP-4M | |
| 2-[4-(2-hydroxyethyl)piperazin-1-yl]ethanesulfonic acid (HEPES) | Sigma-Aldrich | H3375 | |
| Sodium hyaluronate, 79 kDa average molecular weight, produced in bacteria Streptococcus zooepidemicus, pharmaceutical grade, microbial contamination <100 CFU/g, bacterial endotoxins <0.050 IU/mg | Contipro | N/A | 79 kDa average molecular weight was used for HA-Tet synthesis, but these methods but could be adapted for other molecular weights. |
| IMARIS Essentials software package | Oxford Instruments | N/A | Microscopy image analysis software |
| Infusion pump, dual syringe | Chemyx | N/A | |
| Kimwipe | Kimberly-Clark | 34120 | |
| Laboratory stand with support lab clamp | Geyer | 212100 | |
| Liquid nitrogen | Airgas | NI 180LT22 | |
| Lithium Phenyl(2,4,6-trimethylbenzoyl)phosphinate | TCI-Chemicals | L0290 | |
| Methyltetrazine-PEG4-maleimide | Kerafast | FCC210 | For synthesis of fluorescently-labeled tetrazine |
| 2-(4-Morpholino)ethane Sulfonic Acid (MES) | Fisher Scientific | BP300–100 | For modifying HA |
| Micro cover glass, 24×60mm No. 1 | VWR | 48393–106 | |
| Mineral oil, heavy | Sigma-Aldrich | 330760 | |
| MMP-cleavable dithiol crosslinker peptide (Ac-GCRDGPQGIWGQDRCG-NH2) | GenScript | N/A | |
| 5-Norbornene-2-methylamine | TCI-Chemicals | 95–10–3 | For HA-NB synthesis |
| Packing tape | Scotch | 3M 1426 | |
| Parafilm | Bemis | PM996 | |
| PEG(thiol)2 | JenKem Technology USA | A4001-1 | For synthesis of fluorescently-labeled tetrazine |
| Petri dish, polystyrene, disposable, Dia. x H=150 × 15 mm | Corning | 351058 | |
| Pluronic F-127 | Sigma-Aldrich | P2443 | For washing HMPs |
| Phosphate buffered saline (PBS) 1x | Gibco | 10010023 | |
| RainX water repellent glass treatment | Grainger | 465D20 | |
| RGD peptide (Ac-RGDSPGERCG-NH2) | GenScript | N/A | |
| Rubber bands | Staples | 112417 | |
| Sodium chloride | Chem-Impex | 30070 | For dialysis |
| Span® 80 for synthesis | Sigma-Aldrich | 1338–43–8 | |
| Sylgard 184 Silicone Elastomer | Electron Microscopy Science | 4019862 | |
| Syringe filter, Whatman™ Uniflo, 0.2 μm PES, 13 mm diameter | Cytvia | 09–928–066 | |
| Tetraview LCD digital microscope | Celestron | 44347 | |
| Tetrazine-amine HCl salt | Chem-Impex | 35098 | For HA-Tet synthesis |
| Triethylamine | Sigma-Aldrich | 471283 | For synthesis of fluorescently-labeled tetrazine |
| Tris(2-carboxyethyl)phosphine (TCEP) | Millipore Sigma | 51805–45–9 | |
| Triton X-100 | VWR | 97063–864 | |
| Trypan blue solution, 0.4% | Thermo Fisher Scientific | 15250061 | |
| Trypsin EDTA (0.25%), Phenol red | Fisher Scientific | 25–200–056 | For lifting adherent cells to seed in MAP gels |
| Tygon® formula E-3603 laboratory tubing | Millipore Sigma | Z765244 | |
| UV curing system controller, LX500 LED | OmniCure | 010–00369R | |
| UV curing head, LED spot UV | OmniCure | N/A | |
| UV light meter, Traceable | VWR | 61161–386 | |
| Vacuum dessicator | Bel-Art | 08–594–15C | |
| X-Acto Z Series Precision Utility Knife | Elmer’s | XZ3601W |