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...culture cells in the drug of interest at a lethal dose for non-manipulated cells and then assay cells which...selection, you might put cells into a drug-containing media in which only cells which can tolerate the ...considering either a cellular screen or a selection. A selection is a process in which only cells with the trait... – that is, you are not specifically looking at cells that can survive. Instead, all manipulations are...off. For a screen, you would individually treat cells with many different drugs and then perform an assay...manipulating or mutagenizing a population (typically cells or small organisms) and then assaying for a functional...For example, a drug screen may be performed on a cell line possessing a patient mutation to assess how...

...within an E. coli cell, but vectors can be widely utilized across many different cell types and each one... the yeast cell. These elements control not only the number of plasmids found in each cell, but also whether...are eukaryotes and thus contain complex internal cell structures similar to those of plants and animals...components to allow shuttling between E. coli and yeast cells. To be useful in the lab, the vectors must contain...replication (ORI) and a means of selection in yeast cells, in addition to the bacterial ORI and antibiotic...determines plasmid copy number within the bacterial cell. Similarly, the specific ORI elements included within...plasmid) allows for 50+ copies to stably propagate per cell. The copy number of these vectors can also be controlled...

...yielded editing of 80–90% in human cell lines and primary cells. Although cell entry of a Cas9 ribonucleoprotein...post: Peptide-assisted genome editing for primary cells Monomeric StayGold variants AAV.CAP-Mac for systemic...antibodies Peptide-assisted genome editing for primary cells By Susanna Stroik Even with the advances in CRISPR...CRISPR technology over the past decade, primary cells remain difficult to genetically edit due to toxicity...Genome Editing (PAGE). They fused the Cas enzyme to cell-penetrating peptides and co-incubate it with an ...including in clinically-relevant lines such as CAR-T cells. Plus, this method is fast! These editing frequencies...even with multiplexed guides. Figure 1: A) Cell-penetrating Cas9, fused to HIV TAT, Myc and SV40...

...of interest into cells. Unlike gamma-retroviruses that can only infect dividing cells, lentiviruses can...dividing and non-diving cells while retroviruses can only infect dividing cells. When choosing the appropriate...to ensure that the proper cell line is used; several common laboratory cell lines including 293 were immortalized...can infect dividing and non-dividing cells.  Addgene has an extensive collection of lentiviral plasmids...transfecting four different plasmids into the producer cells (two packaging plasmids, an envelope plasmid, and...appropriate gene delivery system, the specific target cell or tissue needs to be considered. Q2: Can I use...investing time and resources into making a stable cell line. When expressing a viral construct transiently...

...specific cell type rely on transgenic models that express recombinases like Cre or Flp in their cells of interest...entry into the cell (Dudek, AM. 2018).  If the serotype you are using transduces cells that you are not... an ATG start codon to prevent transcription in cells where the recombinase was not present (Kuhlman, ...recombination that can lead to leaky expression in cells that do not express Cre or Flp. Here at Addgene ...recombined/functional transgene that can be expressed in cells where Cre is absent. Additionally, we have experienced.../Flex vectors and leaky expression can occur in cells that don’t express Cre or Flp, what can we do about...volume needed to achieve adequate expression in your cells of interest.  The AAV serotype used can exhibit ...

...tensions before they would enable cells to spread, resulting in cells that elongated and morphed asymmetrically...on the BJ-5ta fibroblast cells, integrin αVβ1 was critical in initiating cell spreading and two other ...linkage of intra- and extracellular environments. Found on nearly every cell in the human body, integrins are... that protrude from the cell membrane, physically connecting the extracellular environment and the cytoskeleton...ligand binding, mediating cell adhesion and migration, initiating intracellular signal cascades, and allowing... the extracellular matrix. During immune responses, this same conformation encourages immune cell adhesion...Integrins are essential cell surface receptors involved in complex signaling pathways and the linkage...

...proteins to study mRNA trafficking in living cells." Methods in cell biology 85 (2008): 273-292. PubMed PMID...genomic loci in living human cells by an optimized CRISPR/Cas system." Cell 155.7 (2013): 1479-1491. PubMed... fluorescent protein in almost all organisms and cell types, (ii) no need to add a co-factor, (iii) easy... the bathing solution and require uptake by the cells. Which of these strategies works best for a specific...showing that its acid tolerance is maintained in cells.   GFP is big GFP is a 28 kDa protein that resembles... This approach enables the study of proteins in cells, but not other biomolecules of interest e.g. DNA...several components that are naturally present in cells or media. These sources of ‘autofluorescence’ include...

...dTAG molecule toxicity in new cell lines Treat parental cells (or cells expressing a control -- for example...dTAG system is versatile and can be used in both cell-based assays and mouse models. The dTAG system The...of N- and C-terminal fusions and degradation in a cell line of interest prior to starting knock-in experiments...the FKBP12F36V-fusion chimera of interest. In the cell lines we have evaluated to date, we observed little...different contexts (for example, IZKF1 and IZKF3 are cell-type specific transcription factors with important...selective FKBP12F36V fusion chimera degradation. In the cell lines we have evaluated to date, we have not observed...system was employed to evaluate degradation of ENL. Cell lines were engineered to express ENL-FKBP12F36V ...

...gets interrupted as shown in cell A, and thus will not complement the cell's β-galactosidase mutation. An...therefore the cell will have a functional β-galactosidase enzyme through α-complementation (cell B). As shown... plasmid-containing cells without using antibiotic resistance. These rely on cell lines susceptible to...without which the cells cannot reproduce to form colonies (used to complement auxotrophic cell lines), or genes...called the α-peptide) to a lacZΔM15-mutant bacterial cell in trans complements the mutation allowing for a...screening process. It does not select only those cells that have taken up a plasmid and thus should be ...white due to successful cloning and not because the cell failed to take up the α-complementation plasmid....

...CRISPR plasmids into MEL cells by electroporation, sort your transfected cells via FACS, primer validation...article "Generation of Genomic Deletions in Mammalian Cell Lines via CRISPR/Cas9" from the Journal of Visualized...CRISPR/Cas9 to create genomic deletions in mammalian cell lines. Below Bauer and Canver discuss the motivations...deletions is to produce monoallelic deletion clones. Cells with just a single intact copy at a given locus ...screening by conventional PCR. Biallelically disrupted cells can be easily identified. Even in the case of clones... His lab studies the molecular genetics of blood cell development and disease. Learn more at his webpage...Kim JS. Targeted chromosomal deletions in human cells using zinc finger nucleases. Genome Res. 2010 Jan...

...kinase essential for cell proliferation signaling. CRISPR knock-in HiBiT-tagged EGFR cells allowed researchers... carried by extracellular vesicles (EVs), edited transcripts could endow neighboring cells with pro-oncogenic...Degradation of Misfolded CFTR. Cells, 12(23), 2741. https://doi.org/10.3390/cells12232741  Kamio, T., Kono, Y.,... fusions utilizing bulky tags can disrupt normal cell biology and make it hard to capture true protein...researchers with a means to quickly iterate, work across cell models, and even introduce mutations. This vector-based...and other fluorescent proteins revolutionized live-cell protein detection, their bulk (~27 kDa) can perturb...Bioluminescence detection is a cornerstone of modern cell-based assays and enables ultra-sensitive detection...

...prevent cell death. One of the cool things about amp is that it's exclusively toxic to dividing cells. The... continuous cellular processes (e.g., protein synthesis), while amp only affects the cell wall synthesis...Check icon" %} Spectinomycin Excellent No Just bacteria Not SHuffle cells {% icon icon_set="fontawesome...icon" %} Zeocin Excellent No Bacteria, plants, and eukaryotes Not Tn5-containing cells {% icon icon_set..., penicillin, and is a beta-lactam that inhibits cell wall synthesis. The AmpR (amp resistance) gene produces...synthesis step during cell division. This is nifty because the recovery period after transformation (the dreaded...at 37 degrees) can be shortened since the plated cells will have time to produce beta-lactamase prior to...

...transcriptional reporter or as a general cytoplasmic label of cells, there's no problem. You're OK. However, if you ...(POI) to GFP to study the protein's behavior in cells, in solution or something in between, you are using...fluorescent protein (FP) could be forming dimers in cells. Why should you care? Three simple ways a dimeric...nanomolar Kd will exist primarily as a dimer in cells while a protein with a high micromolar or low millimolar...millimolar Kd is unlikely to form dimers in a cell. The Kd of EGFP is 0.11 mM [2]. Following the simple...might think EGFP is unlikely to form dimers in a cell. Unfortunately, things are not quite so simple. ...research situations, the relevant volume is that of the cell. For the physical behaviors associated with a molecule...

...numerous cell biology assays. However, there has been a pervasive view that most FPs in a cell will fold...fluorescent fusion proteins in cell biology."Current Protocols in Cell Biology (2005): 21-4. Pubmed PMID...Lee. "Fluorescent proteins: a cell biologist's user guide." Trends in cell biology 19.11 (2009): 649-655...Fluorescent proteins in cellular organelles: serious pitfalls and some solutions." DNA and cell biology 32.11 (...-fusions on quantitative imaging experiments and cell physiology in general. Pitfalls of Fluorescent Protein...quantitative imaging experiments or even negatively impact cells (see Figure 1). When behaving properly, FPs enable...dynamics of fluorescent protein fusions in live cells in real time. Previously, we have described a number...

... trigger the activation of dendritic cells, macrophages, T cells, and the recruitment of neutrophils. ... says. In induced pluripotent stem cells derived endothelial cells from women who are missing an entire...detect molecules outside of the cell and translate those signals into cellular responses. For example, GPCRs...maintaining the nutrient and ionic balance of the cells,” says Dr Sangeetha Iyer, ACD’s Scientific Advisor...that solute channels typically expressed on other cell types can compensate for or bypass the dysfunction...collection to perform a functional screen in mammalian cells to identify any solute channels that can compensate...be able to validate their findings in mammalian cells with both human and murine targets thus informing...

...on freeze-dried, cell-free (FD-CF) components. Making proteins outside of a cell - cell free extracts Typically... into a host cell (through a process called transformation), essentially giving the cell all the instructions...to dispose of the live cells. The alternative is to express the protein in a cell-free manner. This is ...electrophoresis to separate DNA or transforming cells with green fluorescent protein, these activities...transcription and translation. Unfortunately, having live cells in a classroom presents equipment needs, such as...operating the rest of the car as well. Similarly, cell free expression systems contain all the parts needed...handle a living, replicating organism. Furthermore, cell free systems can be freeze-dried into pellets (FD-CF...

...particle sneaks its way into cells. Generally, AAV serotypes have a primary cellular receptor and sometimes ...transduction efficiency, and is an excellent choice for targeting cardiac cells (Bish et al., 2008). It can ...-associated viruses. Cell, S0092-8674(25)00692-0. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2025.06.026 Halbert, ... Therapy: An Overview. Cells, 12(5), 785. https://doi.org/10.3390/cells12050785 Kaludov, N., Brown, K....tissue tropism, allowing them to target particular cell types. Figure 1: Diagram of AAV components...key that lets AAVs “unlock” and infect specific cells. This protein shell packages the vector’s genetic...multiple coreceptors, which may be present on different cell types and sometimes vary between target species ...

... where many different cell types, or even different phenotypes of the same cell type, are intermingled...postsynaptic cells when used at very high titers (Zingg et al., 2017), which can lead to cells in far away...Therapy: An Overview. Cells, 12(5), 1–41. https://doi.org/10.3390/cells12050785 Murlidharan, G., Samulski...Therapy: An Overview. Cells, 12(5), 1–41. https://doi.org/10.3390/cells12050785 Kanaan, N. M., Sellnow...experimental conditions and measurements; (2) the cells you’re targeting; (3) how much expression is needed... capsids, which determine how a virus enters the cell. Different serotypes utilize a number of different...co-receptors, and other mechanisms to gain entry into the cell (Dudek et al., 2018; Korneyenkov & Zamyatnin, 2021...

... AdVs is dependent on modulation of the host cell’s cell cycle; inhibition of the innate immune system... in the producer cells where there is E1 and E3 gene complementation. In target cells that are infected...death of adenoid cells in vitro (Rowe et al., 1953). While overt death of the targeted cells is less likely...infection for efficient cell lysis and release of adenovirus from infected cells. J Virol, 70(4), 2296.... & Verma, I. (1998). Cellular immune response to adenoviral vector infected cells does not require de ...production and/or by genes present in the HEK293T cell line used (which have fragments of the AdV genome...achieves persistent transgene expression in certain cell types (Tatsis et al., 2007), potentially because...

...measure, and control molecular signals, cells, and groups of cells in order to understand their activity...Fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS): This is a type of flow cytometry that separates mixtures of cells into distinct...Thus, FACS can be used to separate cells expressing GFP from cells that are not. Developmental/transgenic... localization profiles, acting as a biosensor or cell marker, studying protein-protein interactions, visualizing... was non-toxic and could be expressed in living cells, enabling the study of dynamic, physiological processes...monitor gene expression from that promoter in a given cell type. This type of transcription reporting was among...find optogeneic actuators and sensors at Addgene. Cell marking/selection: Expression constructs like plasmids...

...4,000 cell lines. Seventeen of these cell lines were used to investigate the susceptibility of cells from...additional cell line used in this study came from the Japanese Collection of Research Bioresources Cell Bank...that SARS-CoV, which entered human cells via hACE2, could not enter cells expressing murine ACE2 (Subbarao...repositories that distribute mouse strains, plasmids, cell lines, and much more have been critical for pandemic...from Reproducibility for Everyone. Case study 1: Cell lines Many of the reagents used to investigate SARS-CoV...accelerating research into this virus. One such example is cell lines. The American Type Culture Collection (ATCC...of this pathogen. The sharing and distribution of cell lines from repositories on opposite sides of the...

.... Nat Cell Biol. 2022. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41556-021-00836-1 Visual barcodes for live cell clonal...with one visual barcode per cell and up to 200-plex with two barcodes per cell. The researchers validated...long sequence knock-ins Visual barcodes for live cell clonal multiplexing Improving flexibility for ... powerful approach for proteomic mapping in both cell culture and whole organisms (see our 2019 overview...reduced risks of unwanted mutations in mammalian cells. Long sequences traditionally have higher risks ...multiplexing by: Rachel Leeson Multiplexed images in live cells remains a challenge due to multiple factors, including...flourescent proteins that can be inserted into a cell without disrupting its functions. Recently, Ravid...

...difficult-to-transfect cell types ranging from primary to embryonic stem cells. Viral integration of a... also generally less toxic to cells than transfections, preserving cell viability. Library delivery Screening...Viral applications Viruses work by infecting a host cell (the target of viral infection) and delivering a...to be anything you want delivered to your target cells. This delivered DNA/RNA can then be either permanently...permanently integrated into the genome of the target cell or transiently expressed. It’s important to note...This vector can express your construct in target cells transiently or constitutively depending on the virus...transcription factors, barcoded libraries to trace cell lineage, and so much more! Libraries allow you to...

...fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) helps researchers sift through thousands of cells to identify cells exhibiting...target single cells. Now, Francois St-Pierre’s lab developed a new form of FACS-based cell screening, Single-cell...individual cells with unique spatiotemporal phenotypes from large heterogeneous cultures.  HeLa cells expressed... conformational changes in a protein.    Cells expressing an RFP reporter plasmid for recombinase...is active in vitro as well as in human and plant cells. Casɸ from Biggiephage can eliminate competing... Single-cell Phenotypic Observation and Tagging with Light (SPOTlight) as a way to isolate individual ...of keratin with mGold (top) and mVenus (bottom). Cells were imaged every 30 seconds for 3 hours. Image ...

...Lentivirus can transduce both dividing and non-dividing cells without a significant immune response. These viruses...expression of hTERT, used to create immortalized cell lines. See Hayer et al. (2016) for additional selection...pBOB-EF1-FastFUCCI-Puro 3rd Encodes FUCCI reporters for cell cycle analysis. Puromycin selection. Kevin Brindle...

... on the method used to introduce the gRNAs into cells. Most CRISPR pooled libraries have been created ...the chance of transducing a only a single gRNA per cell. The viral DNA containing the gRNA then integrates...next-generation sequencing of the genomic DNA. However, some cell types are poorly transduced by lentivirus, and thus...CRISPR libraries was not possible. Primary murine T cells cannot be transduced by lentivirus and have been...library was used to transduce T helper type 2 (Th2) cells from mice that constitutively express Cas9 and screen...CRISPR pooled library can be used for screening of cells that are refractory to lentiviral transduction, ..., now enabling forward genetic screens in cells with few genetic tools. Find the mouse CRISPR knockout...

...cancers. It was inspiring to participate in the 2017 Cell Symposium on Cancer, Inflammation and Immunity and...recent findings in basic immunology, cancer-immune cell interactions, cancer immunotherapy, as well as new...example the upregulation of the immunosuppressive cell surface receptor PD-1. This immunosuppressive environment...follow the interactions between tumor and immune cells in real time. Addgene depositor Professor Max Krummel...effect of PD-1 blockade.“ (Ref 4). PD-1 helps tumor cells evade the immune system - COX inhibitors like aspirin...therapeutics such as  (Chimeric Antigen Receptors) CAR T cells and PD-1 modulators. An exciting development in ...combination of the CRISPR/Cas9 methodology with T cell receptor engineering (Ref 5)  as described by Blue...

...reagents and keep the cells happy. Harvesting virus Once you have transfected your cells, wait 2–5 days and...however, you’ve collected the producer cells, you’ll need to lyse the cells to let the virions out. We recommend...particles that can transduce cells, which can vary based on target cells and can be altered by freeze/...come into contact with the rAAV and apply common cell culture practices diligently throughout the production...capsid genes.  In this helper-free system, HEK293T cells, expressing Ad E1A and E1B, can be transfected with...and then collect the supernatant and/or producer cells for further processing. What component(s) you need...released into the culture media, while others remain cell-associated (Vandenberghe et al., 2010). For certain...

... between living cells by TransitID. Cell, 186(15), 3307–3324.e30. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2023.05.044. PMID...lentivirus and MMLV gag, to specific cell types. It can also make CAR-T cell therapy more accessible by simplifying... efficient prime editors. Cell, 186(18), 3983–4002.e26. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2023.07.039. PMID: 37657419...called DIRECTED (Delivery to Intended REcipient Cells Through Envelope Design). This modular approach ...viral surface, expanding the range of targetable cell types. DIRECTED is compatible with fusogens from...process and could even enable the creation of CAR-T cells directly within the body. Overall, DIRECTED can ...DIRECTED plasmids here! Strebinger, D., et al. (2023). Cell type-specific delivery by modular envelope design...

...packaging AAV is transfecting HEK293 cells with AAV packaging plasmids. The cells need three different plasmids...precipitation. Instead of sonicating the cell pellet, I lyse the cells with this AAV lysis buffer and freeze...bath to release the virus particles from the cells. Cell lysates are then treated with benzonase immediately...five days after transfection, the AAV-containing cells and media are harvested and purified. In total, ...not counting the time needed to expand the HEK293 cells. Check out the Addgene AAV Production protocol for... strains, like NEB Stable. NEB Stable competent cells lack RecA, a protein that aids in the homologous... AAV. I skip the PEG precipitation of the HEK293 cell culture supernatant because it’s time consuming ...