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Published in final edited form as: J Vis Exp. 2019 May 13;(147):10.3791/59342. doi: 10.3791/59342
Name of Material/Equipment Company Catalog Number Comments/Description
μ-Slide Angiogenesis Ibidi N/A A flat, glass bottom tissue-culture plate with side walls enables facile confocal imaging
96 well, round bottom, ultra low attachment microplate, sterile Corning 7007 Prevents the binding of cell-laden collagen hydrogels to the cell culture dish
Accutase STEMCELL Technologies 7920 Gentle cell detachment solution; does not degrade extracellular epitopes vital for FACS
Advanced DMEM/F12 Thermo Scientific 12634010 The base media for iPSC-EP differentiation.
Barnstead GenPure xCAD Plus Thermo Fisher Scientific 50136165 Water purification system; others can be readily substituted
Bovine Serum Albumin solution, 7.5% in DPBS, sterile-filtered, BioXtra, suitable for cell culture Fisher Scientific A8412 To preserve cell viability when FACs sorting
CD34-PE, human (clone: AC136) Miltenyi Biotec 130-098-140 Antibody used for FACs isolation of iPSC-EPs
CHIR99021 LC Laboratories C-6556 Induces the formation of mesoderm from pluripotent stem cells
Collagen I Rat Tail High Protein 100 mg VWR 354249 Main component of the 3D microenvironment
Conical centrifuge tubes (15/50 mL) Fisher Scientific 14-959-49D/A Used to store and mix relatively large volumes of reagents and cell culture media
DAPI (4’,6-Diamidino-2-Phenylindole, Dihydrochloride) Thermo Fisher Scientific D1306 To counterstain and visualize cell nuclei
DMEM/F12 Thermo Fisher Scientific 11320–082 For dilution of Matrigel and thawing of pluripotent stem cells
Dulbecco’s phosphate-buffered saline (DPBS) ThermoFisher 14190–250 To wash monolayer cultures
EDTA Sigma-Aldrich E8008 For passaging of pluripotent stem cell colonies and to prevent cell aggregation when FACs sorting
Endothelial Cell Growth Medium 2 PromoCell C-22011 Promotes endothelial cell viability and proliferation
Essential 8 Medium Thermo Fisher Scientific A1517001 For maintenance of pluripotent stem cells
Glycine,BioUltra, for molecular biology, >=99.0% (NT) Sigma-Aldrich 50046 Neutralizes remaining detergent
L-Ascorbic acid 2-phosphate sesquimagnesium salt hydrate,>=95% Sigma-Aldrich A8960 Component of iPSC-EP differentiation medium
MATLAB MathWorks 1.8.0_152 Multi-paradigm numerical computing environment (free available at most academic institutions)
Matrigel Matrix GFR PhenolRF Mouse 10 mL (gelatinous protein mixture) Fisher Scientific 356231 Diluted in DMEM/F12 to coat plates for iPSC-EP differentiation
Medium-199 10X Thermo Fisher Scientific 1825015 Used to balance final hydrogel osmolarity and pH
Microcentrifuge tubes (1.7 mL) VWR 87003–294 Stores small volumes of reagents
Phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) Sigma-Aldrich P3813 The main ingredient of the immunostaining solutions
Penicillin-Streptomycin (10,000 U/mL) Thermo Fisher Scientific 15140122 Antibiotic used after sorting to remove possible contamination from FACS instrument
Recombinant Human VEGF 165 Protein R&D Systems 293-VE Mitogen that stimulates endothelial cell proliferation and tubulogenesis
Rhodamine phalloidin Themo Fisher Scientific R415 To identify F-actin deposition and therfore outline the borders of the vascular networks
Triton X-100 (nonionic surfactant) Sigma-Aldrich X-100 Detergent used to gently permeabilize cells
Tween-20 (emulsifying reagent) Fisher Scientific BP337 Increases the binding specificity of the added antibodies
VE-Cadherin (F-8) Santa Cruz Biotechnology sc-9989  To identify 3D endothelial lumen in collagen hydrogels
Vitronectin ThermoFisher A14700 For maintenance of pluripotent stem cells
Y-27632 Selleck Chemicals S1049 Preserves pluripotent stem cell and iPSC-EP viability when dissociated and re-seeded