Reagents List
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Product Name |
Cat.NO. |
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40801ES |
NPC-DNA Transfection Protocol
Cell Culture and Passaging (T25 Flask)
- Washing: Aspirate old medium and gently rinse with 3–4 mL of room-temperature PBS for 10–20 seconds, then aspirate.
- Digestion: Add 1 mL trypsin to cover the bottom of the flask and incubate at 37°C for digestion.
- Detachment: When cells begin to retract and round up, gently pipette the trypsin solution to dislodge the cells.
- Termination: Add 2–3 mL complete culture medium to stop digestion, and pipette to create a uniform cell suspension.
- Subculturing: Transfer the suspension to a centrifuge tube, centrifuge at 200 × g for 3–5 minutes, discard supernatant, resuspend pellet in fresh medium, seed into new flasks, and add complete medium for continued culture.
Cell Transfection (35 mm glass-bottom confocal imaging dish)
I. Preparation
1. Cell Preparation: 24 hours before transfection, cells were detached with trypsin, resuspended, and counted. They were then seeded at an appropriate density into 35 mm glass-bottom confocal imaging dishes (or other culture vessels) to reach 60–80% confluency at the time of transfection.
2. Reagent Preparation:
- Plasmid DNA: Use high-purity plasmid DNA (e.g., purified by kit), ideally at a concentration >1000 ng/μL.
- Transfection Reagent: Allow Hieff Trans™ Booster Transfection Reagent to warm to room temperature. Gently mix before use.
- Serum-Free Medium: Prepare serum- and antibiotic-free basal medium (e.g., Opti-MEM) for diluting DNA and transfection reagent.
II. Complex Formation
1. Dilute DNA: In a sterile microcentrifuge tube, add 125 μL of serum-free medium, followed by 1 μg of Plasmid 1 and 1 μg of Plasmid 2. Gently mix by pipetting. Add 3 μL of Enhancer, and mix thoroughly by gentle pipetting to obtain the diluted plasmid DNA solution.
2. Dilute Transfection Reagent: In another sterile tube, add 125 μL serum-free medium and 3 μL Hieff Trans™ Booster Transfection Reagent. Mix gently.
3. Combine and Incubate: Add the diluted DNA solution to the diluted transfection reagent tube. Mix gently by pipetting. Incubate at room temperature for 10–15 minutes to form DNA-transfection reagent complexes.
III. Transfection
1. Medium Change: Before transfection, carefully aspirate the old medium and replace with 2 mL pre-warmed complete medium.
2. Add Complexes: Add the incubated DNA-transfection reagent complexes dropwise and evenly to the cells. Gently rock the plate to distribute.
3. Incubation: Return cells to a 37°C, 5% CO₂ incubator for culture.
IV. Post-Transfection Handling
1. Medium Replacement: 4–6 hours post-transfection, check cell morphology. If significant toxicity is observed, aspirate the medium containing complexes and replace with 2 mL fresh pre-warmed complete medium. If cells appear healthy, medium change is optional.
2. Analysis: After an additional 24 hours of incubation, images were acquired.
Tips:
1. If significant cytotoxicity occurs, replace medium after 6 h or reduce Enhancer volume by half to mitigate toxicity.
2. If transfection efficiency is low, increasing the amount of transfection reagent may improve results.
3. For optimal performance, dilute DNA and transfection reagent in Opti-MEM rather than DMEM.
4. The transfection system is compatible with serum and antibiotics; however, DNA and reagent dilutions must be performed in serum- and antibiotic-free medium.
Experimental Results Analysis
Two plasmids—Plasmid 1 (6,100 bp) and Plasmid 2 (6,600 bp)—were co-transfected into neural progenitor cells (NPCs) using Yeasen Booster Transfection Reagent. Transfection efficiency was assessed by fluorescence imaging.
Figure 1. Plasmid DNA transfection in NPC (Neural Progenitor Cells) using Yeasen Booster transfection reagent. Results demonstrate that Yeasen Booster enables highly efficient plasmid DNA delivery in NPCs.
Different Cell Culture Vessel Transfection Volumes (for reference only):
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Culture vessel |
Medium Volume |
DNA Transfection |
siRNA Transfection (Final Concentration 50 nM) |
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Volume of Medium
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Volume of Opti-MEM Complex
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DNA(μg) |
Booster Transfection Reagent (μL) |
Transfection Enhancer (μL) |
Volume of siRNA (Initial Concentration 20 μM) |
Booster Transfection Reagent (μL) |
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96-well |
100 μL |
2×5 μL |
0.1 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.25 μL |
0.3 |
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48-well |
250 μL |
2×12.5 μL |
0.25 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
0.625 μL |
0.75 |
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24-well |
500 μL |
2×25 μL |
0.5 |
1 |
1 |
1.25 μL |
1.5 |
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12-well |
1 mL |
2×50 μL |
1 |
2 |
2 |
2.5 μL |
3 |
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6-well |
2 mL |
2×125 μL |
2.5 |
5 |
5 |
5 μL |
7.5 |
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60 mm |
5 mL |
2×250 μL |
5-10 |
10-20 |
10-20 |
12.5 μL |
20 |
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10 cm |
10 mL |
2×500 μL |
15-25 |
30-50 |
30-50 |
25 μL |
40 |
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T25 |
6 mL |
2×250 μL |
6-12 |
12-24 |
12-24 |
15 μL |
24 |
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T75 |
15 mL |
2×750 μL |
20-40 |
40-80 |
40-80 |
37.5 μL |
60 |
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