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In Situ Lymphoid Cells of Mouse Mammary Tumors

I. Development and Evaluation of a Method for the Separation of Lymphoid Cells from Mouse Mammary Tumors¹

From the Department of Medicine, Roger Williams General Hospital, Division of Biology and Medicine, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912

Abstract

A method of separating lymphoid cells from solid mouse mammary tumors was developed and evaluated. In this method the tumors are digested with 0.01% collagenase, 0.01% DNAase, and 0.025% trypsin in Dulbecco's PBS into suspensions of cells with a viability of 90%. The suspensions are fractionated on a continuous gradient of Ficoll in tissue culture medium. In model experiments this gradient was found to separate, cleanly, admixed cells of an established mammary tumor cell line and dissociated thymus glands. Recovery rates were 50% for the tumor cells and 80% for the thymocytes. The preparation of the cell suspensions and the gradient separation procedure are not harmful to the cells as indicated by trypan blue exclusion and the ability to grow in cell culture.

Footnotes

¹ This work was supported by United States Public Health Service Grants CA 17074 and CA 13943.