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  1. Viral Vectors 101: The Retroviral Lifecycle

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    ...Resources on addgene.org Addgene's Lentiviral Guide Most popular lentiviral plasmids γ-Retrovirus Guide References... (like HIV-1) — that have been developed into lentiviral vectors. Lentiviruses are sometimes referred... 1: Gamma-retrovirus genome (left) and an HIV lentiviral genome (right.)  HIV seems an unlikely candidate...viral reproduction, and for causing contagious infection; however this would not be great for a gene therapy... side. These steps are common between natural infection by wild-type viruses and transduction by vectors...vectors (which we sometimes still call “infection” as a shorthand, although it is not quite the correct word...Addgenie Rebecca Hutcheson for her assistance with lentiviral replication.  Resources and References More ...
  2. Viral Vectors 101: Gamma-Retroviral Packaging Systems

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    .... Envelope gene (may be pseudotyped to alter infectivity): The use of the VSV-G envelope provides the ...the widest tropism or range of cells a virus can infect. Note: While both lentiviruses and γ-retroviruses... well as the viral LTRs, differ. As a result, lentiviral and γ-retroviral packaging plasmids are not interchangeable...using 293T cells This method is very similar to lentiviral packaging methods. The three components described...either an ecotropic envelope, Phoenix-ECO, (for infection of mouse and rat cells), or an amphotropic envelope...envelope, Phoenix-AMPHO (for the infection of mammalian cells.) Using this system, virus is produced in...tropism envelope protein; Pseudotyped to alter infectivity. Packaging Gag Precursor structural protein...
  3. Top Requested Plasmid of 2017 - pMD2.G

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    ...2015 and 2016 were CRISPR plasmids), but so are lentiviral vectors, many of which are used to deliver Cas9...and help determine the types of cells that it can infect. The VSV-G envelope is widely used and requested...requested because it enables lentiviruses to infect many different types of cells. This means researchers who...Viral Transductions Getting the Most from Your Lentiviral Transduction Additional Resources on Addgene.org...
  4. A Look Back at One Year of Plasmid Sharing for COVID-19 Research

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    ...pseudovirus, scientists can study the mechanisms of infection and how to interfere with it in a BSL-2 lab instead...found that cathepsins play a role in SARS-CoV infection and deposited plasmids for the expression of cathepsin...SARS-CoV-2 entry and become upregulated during viral infection.  Expression of SARS-CoV-2 viral proteins In the...19 pandemic, the Krogan lab at UCSF generated lentiviral vectors expressing SARS-CoV-2 open reading frames...all but one are cloned into pLVX vectors (for lentiviral packaging) and contain an IRES-Puro marker for...as critical host factors modulating SARS-CoV-2 infection. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.04.22.440848...(2020) Protocol and Reagents for Pseudotyping Lentiviral Particles with SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein for Neutralization...
  5. Targeting HIV-1 with CRISPR: Shock and Kill or Cut it Out?

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    ...increased risk of infection, including both common infections and opportunistic infections not usually seen...destroy infected cells, the other using wild-type Cas9 to remove the HIV-1 genome from infected cells. ...individuals, expanded, and infected with HIV-1. For two HIV-1 strains, Cas9/gRNA lentiviral expression significantly...latent HIV-1 infection, which would make it easier for an “escape” virus to propagate and infect adjacent ...combat other viral infections, notably a mouse model of Hepatitis B, a disease that infects over 250 million...Over 25 million people worldwide are currently infected with the lentivirus HIV-1. Today, HIV-1 can be...completely disappear; it just hides in latently infected cells. To truly cure HIV-1, researchers need to...
  6. Multiplex Genome Editing with CRISPR-Cpf1

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    ...Sakuma et al   Multiplexed Lentiviral Expression Cassettes lentiviral transduction One vector expresses... multiple expression platforms: transfection, lentiviral transduction, and AAV transduction.  In most ...when expressing the Cpf1 multiplex system from a lentiviral vector.  Lentiviruses carry a (+) strand RNA ...Cpf1. This means Cpf1 can bind and cleave the lentiviral RNA, preventing packaging of the virus.  Reversing...and in vivo. For these experiments, cells were infected with a 1:1 ratio of two AAVs,  one expressing ...a crRNA array plus a GFP tag. Four weeks post-infection, there was strong expression of Cpf1 and GFP in...
  7. Fluorescence Titering Assay

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    ...the titer of your lentiviral vector allows you to control the multiplicity of infection (MOI) in downstream...Protocol that can be used to titer lentiviral preparations carrying a fluorescence marker. Protocols...Introduction This protocol can be used to titer lentiviral preparations that carry a fluorescence marker... cell lines. It is not recommended to subject lentiviral supernatants to multiple freeze-thaw cycles. ...polyethersulfone filter to remove cells and debris. Lentiviral titer can decrease during cycles of freeze-thaw...freeze-thaw. If using frozen virus, rapidly thaw the lentiviral aliquot on ice prior to use. Prepare dilutions..., this protocol was developed using low titer lentiviral vectors (10 5 TU/mL). If you anticipate that ...
  8. Luciferase Plasmid Collection

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    ... are infected with virus Christopher Buck 98580 pLX304 Luciferase-V5 blast Firefly CMV Lentiviral expression...interest Scott Lowe 21375 pHIV-Luciferase Firefly Lentiviral vector for insertion of your gene of interest...N-terminal Nanoluc fusions using Gateway cloning. Lentiviral. Mikko Taipale 12563 PCD FL0X Firefly Insertion...Firefly Insertion of 5' promoter/enhancer regions. Lentiviral Nadav Ahituv 212935 pGL4.84(hRlucCP/Puro) RapidResponse...Renilla Insertion of 5' promoter/enhancer regions. Lentiviral Nadav Ahituv 108228 pGreen2x35SLUC Firefly, Renilla... can be used to monitor transfection or viral infection efficiency, to study changes in cell physiology...21471 pLenti PGK V5-LUC Neo (w623-2) Firefly PGK Lentiviral expression of firefly luciferase Eric Campeau...
  9. The AAVantages of AAV in CRISPR Screens

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    ... screens rely on lentiviral systems, a fact supported by the wide array of lentiviral-based CRISPR libraries...large packaging capacity and stable expression of lentiviral vectors make them an attractive option. However...into mice. For in vivo screens, mice are directly infected with the CRISPR library. In vivo screens can become...Lentivirus has limited packaging options, with most lentiviral vectors being packaged using VSV-G. In contrast...serotype has its own tropism, or a preference to infect specific cell or tissue types. Using serotypes ...example, AAV8 for kidney cells — can help improve infection rates in your experiment. Figure 2: Visual...
  10. 15 Years of Addgene: The Top 15 Plasmids

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    ... cells a virus can infect. The VSV-G envelope protein enables this virus to infect many different cell...the last 15 years - the majority of these being lentiviral or CRISPR tools. How many times have these plasmids...Addgene psPAX2  - psPAX2 is a 2nd generation lentiviral packaging plasmid from the Didier Trono lab that...genes. It can be used with 2nd or 3rd generation lentiviral vectors and an envelope expressing plasmid, such...PX458). lentiCRISPR v2 - This 3rd generation lentiviral transfer vector also from the Zhang lab is used...and contains an envelope protein for producing lentiviral and MuLV retroviral particles. It can be used...with packaging plasmids such as pCMV-dR8.2 dvpr (lentiviral) or pUMVC (MuLV retroviral). Fun fact: published...
  11. Viral Vectors 101: Types of viruses

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    ...transduce (infect) a wide range of cell types with a high efficiency. However, gamma-retrovirus infection is ...maximum titer, a plus for production and infection. This virus can infect dividing and non-dividing cells and...complementary DNA copies of their genome upon infecting a host cell. This viral DNA (also called proviral...to dividing cells only, so is not suitable for infection of quiescent cells or infrequently cycling cells...most well-studied lentivirus is HIV, which many lentiviral tools have been derived from. Lentiviruses have...coming in around 9 kb. Unlike gamma, lentivirus can infect both dividing and non-dividing cells. Lenti particles... small, single-stranded DNA parvovirus. AAV can infect humans and some other mammals but is not currently...
  12. Virus Protocol - Generating Stable Cell Lines

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    ...cells that have taken up the lentiviral transgene. Note that not all lentiviral vectors deliver antibiotic...efficiency. Infection efficiency will vary between cell lines. It is not recommended that lentiviral supernatants...expressing a gene of interest from an integrated lentiviral vector. Protocols...expressing a gene of interest from an integrated lentiviral vector. Unlike the short-term protein expression...transfection approaches, generating cell lines using lentiviral vectors enables long-term protein expression ...associated with repeated transient transfection. Some lentiviral vectors deliver mammalian antibiotic resistance...10 mg/mL polybrene into 20 mL media. Thaw the lentiviral aliquot on ice prior to use. Prepare a range ...
  13. Colony Formation Titering Assay

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    ...titer of your lentiviral preparation allows you to control the multiplicity of infection (MOI) in downstream...This protocol can be used to titer lentiviral preparations that confer antibiotic resistance. Protocols...between cell lines. It is not recommended that lentiviral supernatants be subjected to multiple freeze-...polyethersulfone filter to remove cells and debris. Lentiviral titer can decrease during cycles of freeze-thaw... freeze-thaw. If using frozen virus, thaw the lentiviral aliquot on ice prior to use. Prepare 10-fold ...transduced with the indicated serial dilutions of the lentiviral vector pRosetta . The following day, cells were...transduced with the indicated serial dilutions of the lentiviral vector pHAGE EF1α dCas9-KRAB . The following ...
  14. Minigenomes - a Safe Way to Study Dangerous Viruses Like the Ebola Virus

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    ...incapable of producing infectious virus (similar to lentiviral vectors) because they do not encode all of the... its own RNA-dependent RNA polymerase into the infected cells. The EBOV polymerase replicates the viral...as viral mRNAs would be in the course of viral infection), producing firefly luciferase. Firefly luciferase...absence of some viral proteins (compared to viral infection). Therefore, the roles/functions of individual...Addgene.org Browse Our Viral Vector Plasmids Read Our Lentiviral Vector Guide Read Our AAV Guide  ...
  15. COVID-19 Resources

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    ...identified as having a key role in coronavirus infection, such as ACE2 and TMPRSS2, which are involved ... cleaves hACE2, potentially increasing viral infectivity (Heurich et al., 2014). PCP4 plasmids - (Purkinje... (Kogiso et al., 2020) Cytokines - SARS-CoV-2 infection induces a cytokine storm response in the body.... lab - Protocol and Reagents for Pseudotyping Lentiviral Particles with SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein Nemazee...spike protein is a novel route for SARS-CoV-2 infection to host cells . Signal transduction and targeted...
  16. Multiplexed Overexpression of Regulatory Factors (MORF) collection

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    ... individually overexpressed and available for lentiviral packaging and delivery to target cells as a pooled... Fig. 1: Barcoded TF library was packaged in lentiviral particles and used to transduce human embryonic...the Zhang lab controlled their multiplicity of infection so that a single TF was delivered to each cell...Lentivirus Figure out How to Get the Most from Your Lentiviral Transduction Additional Resources on Addgene.org...
  17. Plasmids 101: Transformation, Transduction, Bacterial Conjugation, and Transfection

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    ...This can be done with lentiviral and Adeno Associated Viruses (AAV). Lentiviral and AAV can be used to...releasing the newly formed viral particles that can infect other bacteria. In the lysogenic cycle, the phage... transduction. Transferred DNA once inside the infected bacterium can either exist as transient extrachromosomal...division. You can find all kinds of different lentiviral and AAV plasmids as well as ready-to-use viral...
  18. 5 Tips for Troubleshooting Viral Transductions

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    ...An estimated 320,000 viruses can infect mammals. Even more abundant are the Earth’s estimated 1031 bacteriophages...bacteriophages (viruses that infect bacteria), many of which are doing important work in our microbiomes...al., 1999). 5. Check your packaging cells for infection If your transductions aren’t working, you can ...transfected and produced infectious virus, they may get infected with this virus, and therefore, will be selectable...microscope and should appear fluorescent if they were infected. While there may be some low-level fluorescent...if the virus does not have the proper tropism to infect the packaging cells. Another method of ensuring...given viral stock will give you a sense of the infectivity of your viral stock, save you time, and allow...
  19. Production of Virus in Insect Versus Mammalian Cells

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    ...-293T cells. If you titrate your viral preps, lentiviral titration requires an additional couple of days...baculovirus, a family of viruses that specifically infect insects. This is what makes insect cells a popular...cells, but they require cloning specific AAV or lentiviral machinery into a baculovirus plasmid. Production...baculovirus construct, called a bacmid. Like AAV and lentiviral packaging plasmids, bacmids are readily available... round of virus, called P1 (or sometimes P0), infecting new Sf9 cells, and getting an amplified P2 virus...
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