Table 1 Table of differentiation media composition.

From: Spheroid arrays for high-throughput single-cell analysis of spatial patterns and biomarker expression in 3D

Basal media (100 mL)

Additions

Short name

DMEM (47.5 mL)

EGF(20 ng/mL) and FGF(10 ng/mL)

NSC

F12 (47.5 mL)

Basal

B27 (2 mL)

Retinoic acid (300 ng/mL)

RA

N2 (1 mL)

NGF (10 ng/mL)

NGF

Heparin (5 μg/mL)

diBut-cAMP (500 μg/mL)

diBut-cAMP

 

Forskolin (4.1 μg/mL)

Forskolin

 

Fetal bovine Serum (5% vol/vol)

Serum/FBS

 

Cultrex BME (250 μg/mL)

BME

 

BDNF (50 ng/mL)

BDNF

 

NT-4 (10 ng/mL)

NT-4

  1. DMEM- Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle’s medium, high-glucose (4.5 g/L), sodium pyruvate (1 mM). F12-Ham’s F12 medium with HEPES (4-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1-piperazineethanesulfonic acid, 25 mM. B27-supplement without insulin (50X) (Life Technologies). N2 supplement (100X) (Life Technologies). Heparin sodium salt from porcine intestinal mucosa (Sigma Aldrich, Grade I-A, cell culture tested). EGF- Recombinant human epidermal growth factor (EGF, Life Technologies). FGF-recombinant human basic-Fibroblast growth factor (FGF, AA 10–155, Life Technologies). NGF-Nerve Growth Factor human recombinant (Sino Biological, Life Technologies). diBut-cAMP - N6,2′-O-Dibutyryladenosine 3′,5′-cyclic monophosphate sodium salt (Sigma-Andrich). Forskolin (Calbiochem). Cultrex Basement membrane extract (Trevigen). BDNF- Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor (human recombinant, Source Bioscience), NT-4- Neurotrophic factor (human recombinant, Source Bioscience).