Ikeda Takeshi, Ichikawa Kohei, Shigeto Hajime, Ishida Takenori, Hirota Ryuichi, Funabashi Hisakage, Kuroda Akio
Unit of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan.
Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Graduate School of Advanced Sciences of Matter, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan.
Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 2019 Dec;83(12):2272-2275. doi: 10.1080/09168451.2019.1659716. Epub 2019 Sep 4.
Here, we report a novel non-enzymatic cell dissociation method, based on our finding that adherent cells dissociate rapidly from the polystyrene culture dish when incubated in an l- or d-arginine-containing solution. We also demonstrate the successful detachment of confluent NIH/3T3 cell monolayers from the culture dish as a cell sheet by the addition of an arginine solution.