Immunofluorescent Detection of Adipose-Derived Stem Cell Expression Markers

Begin by washing murine adipose-derived stem cells in a six-well plate with two milliliters of wash buffer. Add one milliliter of blocking reagent after incubating and washing the cells thrice. Incubate the cells with slow agitation for 20 minutes.

Add 200 microliters of the primary antibodies to each well and incubate overnight at four degrees Celsius. After washing the plates thrice as demonstrated previously, incubate with 200 microliters of the secondary antibodies. Counterstain the cell nuclei with 100 microliters of DRAQ7 for 20 minutes after washing the plates thrice.

Repeat washing and mount slides. Visualize the mounted slides under epifluorescence confocal microscopy. Adipose-derived stem cells were 100%positive for CD9 surface markers in all subpassages tested.

All cells expressed CD63 markers in the subpassages one, three and nine, while 49.3%of the cells expressed it in passage seven. CD34 markers were absent in passages one, seven, and nine, but visible in passage three.