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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Apr 9.
Published in final edited form as: J Vis Exp. 2019 Jun 1;(148):10.3791/59364. doi: 10.3791/59364

Materials.

Name Company Catalog Number Comments
Plate
GEL-8100 Nusil Technology GEL-8100 High Purity Dielectric, Soft Silicone Gel kit
Dow Corning Sylgard 184 Silicone Encapsulant Clear 0.5 kg Kit Ellsworth Adhesives 184 SIL ELAST KIT 0.5KG curing agent
Custom Cut Glass Hausser Scientific Company 109.6mm± × 72.8mm± × 1mm thickness
Target 2TM Nylon Syringe Filter ThermoFisher Scientific F2513-4
96-well Stripwell Egg Crate Strip Holder Corning 2572
Polystyrene Universal Microplate Lid With Corner Notch Corning 3099
Ethyl alcohol Greenfield Global P016EA95 0.95
2-Propanol Sigma-Aldrich 190764 ACS reagent, ≥99.5%
Surface Coating
Sulfo-SANPAH Crosslinker Proteochem c1111-100mg
Fibronectin bovine plasma Sigma-Aldrich F1141-1MG solution, sterile-filtered, BioReagent, suitable for cell culture
PBS, 1X Wisent 319-005-CL pH 7.4, without calcium and magnesium
DMSO Sigma-Aldrich 472301
Cell Culture
DMEM, 1X Wisent 319-005-CL 4.5g/L glucose, with L-glutamine, sodium pyruvate and phenol red
FBS (Fetal Bovine Serum) Wisent 080-150 Premium Quality, Endotoxin <1, Hemoglobin <25
HEPES Wisent 330-050-EL 1M, free acid
Human Insulin Recombinant Wisent 511-016-CM USP grade
Penicillin-Streptomycin Solution Wisent 450-201-EL 100 X, sterile filtered for cell culture
L-Glutamine solution Wisent 609-065-EL 200mM solution, sterile filtered for cell culture
Amphotericine B Wisent 450-105-QL 250μg/ml, sterile filtered for cell culture
Recombinant Human TGF-β1 Peprotech 100-21 HEK293 Derived
Acetic acid Sigma-Aldrich 537020 Glacial, ≥99.85%
Cictric acid Sigma-Aldrich 251275 ACS reagent, ≥99.5%
NMuMG ATCC CRL-1636 Mouse Mammary Gland Cell Line
Sodium azide Fisher Schientific AC190385000 99%, extra pure, ACROS Organics
Potassium hydroxide Sigma-Aldrich 221473 ACS reagent, ≥85%, pellets
TritonX-100 Sigma-Aldrich X100 laboratory grade
Bead Synthesis
1,1′-Dioctadecyl-3,3,3′,3′-tetramethylindocarbocyanine perchlorate (Dil) Sigma-Aldrich 468495-100MG 97%
Methyl methacrylate Sigma-Aldrich M55909-500ML contains ≤30 ppm MEHQ as inhibitor, 99%
Inhibitor Remover Sigma-Aldrich 306312-1EA Prepacked column for removing hydroquinone and monomethyl ether hydroquinone
Methacryloxylpropyl Terminated Polydimethylsiloxane Gelest DMS-R31 (25,000g/mol) Polydimethylsiloxane stabilizer, 25,000g/mol, 1,000 cSt
2,2′-Azobis(2-methylpropionitrile) (AIBN) Sigma-Aldrich 441090-25G 98%
Hexane Sigma-Aldrich 296090-2L anhydrous, 95%
Hexane, mixture of isomers Sigma-Aldrich 227064-1L anhydrous, ≥99%
Whatman qualitative filter paper, Grade 1 Sigma-Aldrich WHA1001055 circles, diam. 55 mm,
Equipment
Laurell WS-650Mz-23NPPB Laurell Technologies
UVP Handheld UV Lamp Model UVGL-58 VWR 21474-622
Rheometer Anton Paar MCR 302 WESP