pAAV-TREtight-mTagBFP2-B19G
(Plasmid #100799)

• Purpose: helper virus for monosynaptic tracing; to be coinjected with pAAV-syn-FLEX-splitTVA-EGFP-tTA
• Depositing Lab: Ian Wickersham
• Publication: Liu et al Nature. 2017 Aug 31;548(7669):582-587. doi: 10.1038/nature23663. Epub 2017 Aug 23.

Backbone

• Vector backbone: pAAV
• Backbone manufacturer: Stratagene
• Vector type: Mammalian Expression, AAV

Growth in Bacteria

• Bacterial Resistance(s): Ampicillin, 100 μg/mL
• Growth Temperature: 37°C
• Growth Strain(s): DH5alpha
• Copy number: High Copy

Gene/Insert

• Gene/Insert name: mTagBFP2 and rabies virus SAD B19 strain glycoprotein genes (B19G)
• Species: Synthetic
• Insert Size (bp): 2337
• Promoter: TREtight

Cloning Information

• Cloning method: Gibson Cloning
• 5′ sequencing primer: unknown
• 3′ sequencing primer: unknown

Resource Information

• Articles Citing this Plasmid:
  • 13 References

Terms and Licenses

• Academic/Nonprofit Terms:
  • UBMTA
  • Evrogen Limited Use Label License for FPs
• Industry Terms:
  • Not Available to Industry

Information for AAV1 (Catalog # 100799-AAV1)

Purpose

Ready-to-use AAV1 particles produced from pAAV-TREtight-mTagBFP2-B19G (#100799). In addition to the viral particles, you will also receive purified pAAV-TREtight-mTagBFP2-B19G plasmid DNA.

Helper virus for monosynaptic tracing with rabies virus; to be coinjected with pAAV-syn-FLEX-splitTVA-EGFP-tTA (Addgene# 100798). These AAV preparations are suitable purity for injection into animals.

Delivery

• Volume: 100 µL
• Titer: ≥ 1×10¹³ vg/mL
• Pricing: $375 USD for preparation of 100 µL virus + $30 USD for plasmid.
• Storage: Store at -80℃. Thaw just before use and keep on ice.
• Shipment: Viral particles are shipped frozen on dry ice. Plasmid DNA (≥ 200ng) will also be included in the shipment.

Viral Production & Use

• Packaging Plasmids: encode adenoviral helper sequences and AAV rep gene, AAV1 cap gene
• Buffer: PBS + 0.001% Poloxamer 188
• Serotype: AAV1
• Purification: Iodixanol gradient ultracentrifugation
• Reporter Gene: BFP (in presence of Cre and 100798)

Biosafety

Requestor is responsible for compliance with their institution's biosafety regulations. Lentivirus is generally considered BSL-2. AAV is generally considered BSL-1, but may require BSL-2 handling depending on the insert. Biosafety Guide

Terms and Licenses

• Academic/Nonprofit Terms:
  • Terms of Use for Viral Vectors
• Industry Terms:
  • Not Available to Industry

Viral Quality Control

Quality Control:

• Addgene ensures high quality viral vectors by optimizing and standardizing production protocols and performing rigorous quality control (QC) (see a list of our QC assays). The specific QC assays performed varies for each viral lot. To learn which specific QC assays were performed on your lot, please contact us.
• Titer: the exact titer of your sample will be reported on the tube. The titer you see listed on this page is the guaranteed minimum titer. See how titers are measured.

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Addgene Comments

Dr. Wickersham has tested these preps and he recommends the following dilution and mix:

• pAAV-syn-FLEX-splitTVA-EGFP-tTA (Addgene #100798-AAV1, lot#v15287 (1.7 × 10^13 GC∕mL): 1:200 dilution, to be mixed 50/50 by volume with diluted 100799 below:
• pAAV-TREtight-mTagBFP2-B19G (Addgene #100799-AAV1, lot#v14716 (3.2 × 10^13 GC∕mL): 1:20 dilution, to be mixed 50/50 by volume with diluted 100798 above;

When selecting what system to use, keep in mind that the two vector Addgene#100798 + Addgene# 100799 combination allows reduction of background infection by rabies virus in wild-type mice to acceptably few cells while still allowing nice amounts of transsynaptic spread in Cre+ mice (as compared to using Addgene#52473 alone). Note that EGFP can be seen only with immunostaining at these dilutions.

Dr. Wickersham recommends injecting the rabies virus 7 days after the AAVs and perfusing 7 days after that.