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C9791

Bovine Collagen Type I

from bovine skin, powder, suitable for cell culture

Synonym(s):

Type I collagen

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CAS Number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352202
NACRES:
NA.75
EC Number:
232-697-4
MDL number:
Biological source:
bovine (calf) skin
Form:
solid
Technique(s):
cell culture | mammalian: suitable
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Product Name

Collagen from calf skin, Bornstein and Traub Type I, solid, BioReagent, suitable for cell culture

biological source

bovine (calf) skin

Quality Segment

product line

BioReagent

form

solid

packaging

poly bottle of 10 mg, poly bottle of 100 mg, poly bottle of 250 mg, poly bottle of 50 mg

technique(s)

cell culture | mammalian: suitable

surface coverage

6‑10 μg/cm2

solubility

0.1 M acetic acid: 1 mg/mL (Allow to stir at room temperature 1-3 hours until dissolved.)

UniProt accession no.

binding specificity

Peptide Source: Fibronectin
, Peptide Source: Laminin

shipped in

ambient

storage temp.

2-8°C

Gene Information

bovine ... COL1A1(282187)

General description

All collagen molecules are composed of three polypeptide chains arranged in a triple helical conformation, with a primary structure that is mostly a repeating motif with glycine in every third position and proline or 4-hydroxyproline frequently preceding the glycine residue. Type I collagen differs from other collagens by its low lysine hydroxylation and low carbohydrate composition. Collagen type I is a component of skin, bone, tendon, and other fibrous connective tissues. It is a left handed helix with three polypeptide chains and contains repeating units of glycine, proline and hydroxyproline amino acids. It is a component of extracellular matrix and close to 28 types is present in bovine.

Application

This product is intended to produce thin layer coatings on tissue culture plates to facilitate attachment of anchorage-dependent cells, recommended for use at 6-10 μg/cm2. It is NOT intended for production of 3-D gels. Type I collagen is often used in cell culture as an attachment substratum with myoblasts, spinal ganglia, hepatocytes, embryonic lung, heart explants, fibroblasts, endothelial cells, and islet cells have all been cultured successfully on films or gels of type I collagen. Collagen type I may also be used in research of Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), studies on the effect of ER stress IPF on lung fibroblasts. Collagen in acidic solution can produce three dimensional scaffolding with use in bioengineering and cell culture applications.
Collagen from calf skin has been used:
  • as a component of collagen gel matrix for culturing preantral follicles
  • as a component of Roswell Park Memorial Institute, for culturing gilthead seabream kidney leukocytes and macrophages and acidophilic granulocytes
  • to coat transwells prior to seeding of epithelial cell culture

Biochem/physiol Actions

Collagen from calf skin is intended to produce thin layer coatings on tissue culture plates to facilitate attachment of anchorage-dependent cells, recommended for use at 6-10 μg/cm2. It is NOT intended for production of 3-D gels. Type I collagen is often used in cell culture as an attachment substratum with myoblasts, spinal ganglia, hepatocytes, embryonic lung, heart explants, fibroblasts, endothelial cells, and islet cells have all been cultured successfully on films or gels of type I collagen. Collagen type I may also be used in research of Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), studies on the effect of ER stress IPF on lung fibroblasts. Collagen in acidic solution can produce three dimensional scaffolding with use in bioengineering and cell culture applications. Mutations in collagen encoding proteins are implicated cattle diseases. Collagen type I on heat denaturation results in disruption of triple helix to a randomly coils. It has applications in food and cosmetics and is used as biomaterial in in tissue engineering.

Preparation Note

This product was prepared by a modification of Gallop, P.M. and Seifter, S., Meth. Enzymol., VI, 635 (1963). It is soluble at 1 mg/mL in .1 M acetic acid and should be stirred at room temperature for 1-3 hours until dissolved.

Other Notes

All collagen molecules are composed of three polypeptide chains arranged in a triple helical conformation, with a primary structure that is mostly a repeating motif with glycine in every third position and proline or 4-hydroxyproline frequently preceding the glycine residue. Type I collagen differs from other collagens by its low lysine hydroxylation and low carbohydrate composition.
Collagen is classified into a number of structurally and genetically distinct types. We use the nomenclature proposed by Bornstein and Traub. Do not confuse Sigma type designations with recognized collagen classification types.

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technique(s)

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Quality Level

200

Quality Level

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Quality Level

200

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form

solid

form

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form

solution

form

powder

binding specificity

Peptide Source: Fibronectin
, Peptide Source: Laminin

binding specificity

Peptide Source: Collagen
, Peptide Source: Fibronectin

binding specificity

Peptide Source: Laminin
, Peptide Source: Nidogen

binding specificity

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storage temp.

2-8°C

storage temp.

2-8°C

storage temp.

−20°C

storage temp.

2-8°C


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Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 1

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

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Questions

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  1. How long can it be stored in room temperature?

    1 answer
    1. This item is stored refrigerated at 2-8°C. However, the product ships at ambient temperature. Refrigerated products that ship at ambient temperature are considered stable up to 2 weeks for transit time. Additional stability studies have not been conducted.

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  2. The solubility is listed as 1mg/mL in 0.1M acetic acid. Can it be made to 3mg/mL using 0.1M acetic acid?

    1 answer
    1. The Product Information Sheet for Collagens for Cell Culture recommends preparing a 0.1% (w/v) (=1 mg/mL) collagen solution in 0.1 M acetic acid, stirring at room temperature for 1-3 hours until dissolved.

      https://www.sigmaaldrich.com/deepweb/assets/sigmaaldrich/product/documents/235/003/c9791inf.pdf

      Given that our solubility testing is performed at a concentration of 5 mg/mL in H2O, (with the pH adjusted to 3.0 with acetic acid), it is possible to prepare a 3 mg/mL solution.

      https://www.sigmaaldrich.com/specification-sheets/130/681/C9791-BULK________SIGMA____.pdf

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  3. Can Calf skin collagen 1 be used to make hydrogels to study contraction of myometrium or any other myocytic cells?

    1 answer
    1. This product is not tested for 3D gel formation. Historical information shows that this product will form 3D gels, however residual components may effect the performance from lot to lot. Product C2249, a human collagen solution, is tested for gel formation and may be a more suitable product. Please see the link below to review this product option:
      https://www.sigmaaldrich.com/product/sigma/c2249

      Alternatively, while not tested routinely for gel formation, a more reliable collagen product for 3D gel formation is product C7661, Collagen from Rat tail. A link to this product is provided below:
      https://www.sigmaaldrich.com/product/sigma/c7661

      The links below offer additional information regarding other hydrogel product specifically used in the formation of 3D gels for culture:
      https://sigmaaldrich.com/products/cell-culture-and-analysis/3d-cell-culture/hydrogels
      https://www.sigmaaldrich.com/technical-documents/technical-article/cell-culture-and-cell-culture-analysis/3d-cell-culture/3d-hydrogels

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