Bone Marrow-derived Mast Cell (BMMC) was obtained following the protocol described by (30 (
link)). Briefly, bone marrow cells were obtained from femurs and tibias of 6-8-week-old C57BL/6 female mice. Cells were maintained in RPMI-1640 supplemented with 10% FBS, 5 μM
β-mercaptoethanol (Life Technologies, USA) and 2%
antibiotic and antimycotic (Sigma, USA) (complete RPMI 1640 medium) plus 10 ng/mL of
murine recombinant IL-3 (Peprotech, USA) and 10 ng/mL of murine recombinant stem cell factor (Peprotech, USA)). Non-adherent cells were transferred to fresh culture medium twice a week for 6−9 weeks. The purity of BMMC was ≥90% assessed by flow cytometry after staining of
CD117 (clone: 2B8, BioLegend, USA; 0.25 μg/mL) and FcϵRI (clone: MAR-1, BioLegend, USA; 0.16 μg/mL) (
Supplementary Figure 1A).
Peritoneum-derived mast cells (PMC), cells were obtained from peritoneal cavity of mice and cultured in complete RPMI-1640 medium plus
IL-3 (30 ng/mL) and SCF (20 ng/mL). Non-adherent cells were transferred to fresh culture medium twice a week for 3−4 weeks. The purity of PMC was ≥90% assessed by flow cytometry (
Supplementary Figure 1C).
All experiments followed institutional biosecurity and safety procedures. All animal experiments were approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the ENCB, IPN (ZOO-016-2019).
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