Hello,
I am going to indicate total glycosaminoglycans content as well as DNA content in chondrocytes culture (48 well plate).
First I have to prepare papain lysates out of the cells and according to the manual these can be stored in -80 st.
My question is: can I store cells in -80 st the the end of the culture, then unfreeze them and digest with papain? I am asking because the papain solution is stable for 7 days in 4st, and my culture lasts 21 days (time points 7, 14, 21 days), so it would be convinient to collect all the cell samples and then prepare lysates out of them.
Thank you in advance.