How should I seed the preadipocytes for optimal differentiation?
Recommended procedure: - Thaw the vial according to our protocol - Seed one part of the cells (5,000 cells/cm²) directly into multiwell plates for subsequent differentiation induction; grow in Preadipocyte Growth Medium until they reach 100% confluency, then induce differentiation according to the recommended protocol - Seed the other part (5,000 cells/cm²) into a TC dish and expand them in Preadipocyte Growth Medium; trypsinize at subconfluence; if necessary divide the cell suspension again into two parts and use one part for differentiation tests (see above), the other part to continue the culture of undifferentiated HWP. - Differentiation capacity may decline after 1-2 passages in vitro, therefore best perform your differentiation tests at early passages. HWP at higher passages can still be used for studies that require undifferentiated HWP (e.g. proliferation assays).