Nov 21, 2020

Public workspacePMN- 01a - Isolation of Human PMN from Buffy Coat

  • 1Center for Research in Medical Pharmacology, University of Insubria (Varese)
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Protocol CitationMarco Cosentino, Elisa Storelli, Alessandra Luini, Massimiliano LM Legnaro, Emanuela Rasini, Marco Ferrari, Franca Marino 2020. PMN- 01a - Isolation of Human PMN from Buffy Coat. protocols.io https://dx.doi.org/10.17504/protocols.io.bpxxmppn
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Protocol status: Working
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Created: November 21, 2020
Last Modified: November 21, 2020
Protocol Integer ID: 44759
Abstract
Separation of Human Neutrophils (PMN) from Buffy Coat: list of published papers using this protocol
- Boydum A.Isolation of mononuclear cells and granulocytes from human blood. Scand.J.Clin.Lab. Invest. 21 (Suppl.97): 77-89, 1968
- Alex Mabou Tagne, Franca Marino, Massimiliano Legnaro, Alessandra Luini, Barbara Pacchetti and Marco Cosentino. A Novel Standardized Cannabis sativa L. Extract and Its Constituent Cannabidiol Inhibit Human Polymorphonuclear Leukocyte Functions. Int J Mol Sci2019 Apr; 20(8): 1833. Published online 2019 Apr 13. doi: 10.3390/ijms20081833.
- Angela Scanzano, Laura Schembri, Emanuela Rasini, Alessandra Luini, Jessica Dallatorre, Massimiliano Legnaro, Raffaella Bombelli, Terenzio Congiu, Marco Cosentino, Franca Marino. Adrenergic Modulation of Migration, CD11b and CD18 Expression, ROS and interleukin-8 Production by Human Polymorphonuclear Leukocytes. Inflamm Res. 2015 Feb;64(2):127-35. doi: 10.1007/s00011-014-0791-8. Epub 2015 Jan 6.
Materials
- Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid disodium salt dihydrate: Sigma AldrichCatalog #ED2SS
- Ficoll Paque PLUS: Ge HealthcareCatalog #17144003-500 ml
- Fetal Bovine Serum (FBS): EuroCloneCatalog #ECS0180L-500 ml
-RPMI 1640: EuroCloneCatalog #ECM 0495L- 500 ml
- NaCl: Sigma AldrichCatalog #S9625
- NH4Cl: Merck Serono GmbHCatalog #1.01145.1000
- KHCO3: Merck Serono GmbHCatalog #1.04854.500
- Acetic Acid 100%: Sigma AldrichCatalog #A6283
- Genitian violet 1%: Marco VitiCatalog #not available


Optical Microscope
Before start
All reagents used in this protocol must be at room temperature
Place Amount5 mL of venus blood from BUFFY COAT into 10 ml volume centrifuge tube.

Add Amount2 mL of SOLUTION- 03 and mix well drawing in and out of a pipette.


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SOLUTION- 03 - Dextran solution 5%
NAME

SOLUTION- 03 - Dextran solution 5%

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Farmacologia Medica


Incubate in the DARK for Duration00:45:00 at Temperature37 °C

45m
Place Amount3 mL of Fycoll-HyPaque media solution into a 10 ml volume centrifuge tube.

Slowly and carefully layer the supernatant from blood/dextran mixture onto the Fycoll-HyPaque media solution.


Note
Important: when layering the sample, do not mix the Fycoll-HyPlaque media solution and supernatant

Critical
Centrifuge at Centrifigation400 x g, Room temperature, 00:30:00 , no break

Equipment
Allegra AVANTI 30
NAME
Centrifuge
TYPE
Beckman Coulter
BRAND
Beckman Italy
SKU

Draw off the mononuclear cell layer at the Ficoll/plasma interface along with plasma and Ficoll media, leaving the white cell layer of granulocytes above the red blood cell layer undisturbed.


Resuspend the remaining cell layer in Amount5 mL of NaCl 0.15 Molarity (M) (SOLUTION- 01)and centrifuge at Centrifigation400 x g, Room temperature, 00:05:00


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SOLUTION- 01 - Sodium Chloride (NaCl) solution
NAME

SOLUTION- 01 - Sodium Chloride (NaCl) solution

CREATED BY
Farmacologia Medica

Equipment
Allegra AVANTI 30
NAME
Centrifuge
TYPE
Beckman Coulter
BRAND
Beckman Italy
SKU

Aspirate the supernatant with a plastic Pasteur pipette.
Lyse remaining red blood cells in Amount5 mL of hypotonic Lysis Buffer (SOLUTION- 06) for Duration00:05:00


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SOLUTION- 06 - Lysis Buffer
NAME

SOLUTION- 06 - Lysis Buffer

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Elisa Storelli


5m
Centrifuge at Centrifigation400 x g, Room temperature, 00:05:00

Equipment
Allegra AVANTI 30
NAME
Centrifuge
TYPE
Beckman Coulter
BRAND
Beckman Italy
SKU


Aspirate the supernatant with a plastic Pasteur pipette.
Resuspend the pellet in Amount5 mL NaCl 0.15 Molarity (M) (SOLUTION- 01)

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SOLUTION- 01 - Sodium Chloride (NaCl) solution
NAME

SOLUTION- 01 - Sodium Chloride (NaCl) solution

CREATED BY
Farmacologia Medica

Centrifuge at Centrifigation400 x g, Room temperature, 00:05:00


Equipment
Allegra AVANTI 30
NAME
Centrifuge
TYPE
Beckman Coulter
BRAND
Beckman Italy
SKU


Aspirate the supernatant with a plastic Pasteur pipette.
Resuspend the cell pellet in Amount5 mL NaCl 0.15 Molarity (M) (SOLUTION- 01)for manula cell counting with Türk solution (follow protocol CELL COUNT- 02).

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SOLUTION- 01 - Sodium Chloride (NaCl) solution
NAME

SOLUTION- 01 - Sodium Chloride (NaCl) solution

CREATED BY
Farmacologia Medica

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SOLUTION- 08 - Türk solution
NAME

SOLUTION- 08 - Türk solution

CREATED BY
Farmacologia Medica

OPTIONAL STEP

Cell viability can be checked using protocol CELL COUNT- 03 in the automated cell counter with Trypan Blue solution.


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SOLUTION- 09 - Trypan Blue solution
NAME

SOLUTION- 09 - Trypan Blue solution

CREATED BY
Farmacologia Medica

Equipment
Cellometer Auto T4
NAME
Automated Cell Counter
TYPE
Nexcelom Bioscience
BRAND
Euroclone
SKU

Optional
OPTIONAL STEP

If needed, check the purity of PMN suspension by using morphological parameters of the flow cytometer.


For this test 0,5 x106 PMN in Amount500 µL of PBS (SOLUTION- 02) are enough.


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SOLUTION- 02 - Phosphate Buffered Saline (PBS)
NAME

SOLUTION- 02 - Phosphate Buffered Saline (PBS)

CREATED BY
Farmacologia Medica

Equipment
BD FACS Celesta
NAME
Flow Cytometer
TYPE
Becton Dickinson
BRAND
Milan Italy BD
SKU

Optional
EXPECTED RESULTS
Expected result
VIABILITY: the expeted viability by Tripan Blue shuold be ≥90%
CELL YIELD: ± 6 x106 cells starting from 1 mL of Buffy Coat