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D4818

Sigma-Aldrich

Dispase® I

protease

Synonym(s):

Protease from Bacillus polymyxa

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CAS Number:
42613-33-2
EC Number:
255-914-4
MDL number:
MFCD02253017
UNSPSC Code:
12352204
NACRES:
NA.54

Quality Level

200

form

lyophilized solid

specific activity

≥10 unit/mg solid

technique(s)

cell culture | mammalian: suitable
single cell analysis: suitable

storage temp.

2-8°C

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Application

Dispase I has been used in a study to assess the effect of amniotic membrane on wound size in the early stages of the healing process. Dispase I has also been used in a study to investigate a dityrosine-based substrate for a protease assay.
Dispase I has been used in lung digestion and processing for flow staining, as well as for CD4 cell isolation in mice. The enzyme has also been used to digest excised wounds and a small amount of surrounding skin for the detection of GFP+ (green fluorescence protein) cells. This study to investigated the effect of differentiation and angiogenesis of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells on wound healing. It has also been used to remove the epidermis during the isolation of dermal fibroblasts from mice.

Suitable for use in preparation of single cell suspension for sequencing.

Biochem/physiol Actions

Dispase I is a rapid, effective, gentle and neutral protease that can separate intact epidermis from the dermis. It can also separate intact epithelial sheets in culture from the substratum. The enzyme preserves the viability of the epithelial cells while cleaving the basement membrane zone region. It can also be used to prevent clumping in suspension cultures. This protease cleaves fibronectin and type IV collagen, but not laminin, type V collagen, serum albumin, or transferrin. It hydrolyzes N-terminal peptide bonds of non-polar amino acid residues. It preferentially attacks denatured and intercellular proteins with exposed hydrophobic amino acid residues. Ca2+, Mg2+, Mn2+, Fe2+, Fe3+ and Al3+ activate the enzyme. EDTA, EGTA, Hg2+ and other heavy metals inhibit the enzyme activity. The enzyme contains 1g-atom of zinc per g-mol of purified enzyme. If this zinc component is removed by chelating agents such as EDTA or EGTA, an inactive apoenzyme is obtained. The enzyme is not inhibited by serum.

Unit Definition

One unit will hydrolyze casein to produce color equivalent to 1.0 μmole (181 μg) of tyrosine per min at pH 7.5 at 37 °C (color by Folin-Ciocalteu reagent), unless otherwise indicated.

Physical form

lyophilized powder containing calcium acetate

Legal Information

Dispase is a registered trademark of Godo Shusei Co., Ltd.

Pictograms

Health hazardExclamation mark
GHS08,GHS07

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Statements

H315,H319,H334,H335

Hazard Classifications

Eye Irrit. 2 - Resp. Sens. 1 - Skin Irrit. 2 - STOT SE 3

Target Organs

Respiratory system

Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Regulatory Listings

Regulatory Listings are mainly provided for chemical products. Only limited information can be provided here for non-chemical products. No entry means none of the components are listed. It is the user’s obligation to ensure the safe and legal use of the product.

JAN Code

D4818-2MG:
D4818-VAR:
D4818-BULK:
D4818-2MG-PW:

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Yaojiong Wu et al.
Stem cells (Dayton, Ohio), 25(10), 2648-2659 (2007-07-07)
Although chronic wounds are common, treatment for these disabling conditions remains limited and largely ineffective. In this study, we examined the benefit of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (BM-MSCs) in wound healing. Using an excisional wound splinting model, we showed
Alessandra Sacco et al.
Nature, 456(7221), 502-506 (2008-09-23)
Adult muscle satellite cells have a principal role in postnatal skeletal muscle growth and regeneration. Satellite cells reside as quiescent cells underneath the basal lamina that surrounds muscle fibres and respond to damage by giving rise to transient amplifying cells
Alizée Vercauteren Drubbel et al.
Cell stem cell, 28(8), 1411-1427 (2021-04-22)
Columnar metaplasia of the esophagus is the main risk factor for esophageal adenocarcinoma. There is a lack of evidence to demonstrate that esophageal progenitors can be the source of columnar metaplasia. In this study, using transgenic mouse models, lineage tracing
W Zhang et al.
Eye (London, England), 26(6), 872-881 (2012-03-31)
Proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR) is the leading cause of failure of surgery for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment. Although indirect evidence suggests that this disease might be autoimmune in nature, direct proof for this hypothesis is lacking. The purpose of this study was
Liwen Chen et al.
PloS one, 4(9), e7119-e7119 (2009-09-23)
Studies have shown that allogeneic (allo-) bone marrow derived mesenchymal stem cells (BM-MSCs) may enhance tissue repair/regeneration. However, recent studies suggest that immune rejection may occur to allo-MSCs leading to reduced engraftment. In this study, we compared allo-BM-MSCs with syngeneic
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