Introduction of shRNAs into human NK-like cell lines with retrovirus.

Autor: Purdy AK; Institute for Cancer Research, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA., Campbell KS
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) [Methods Mol Biol] 2010; Vol. 612, pp. 223-31.
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60761-362-6_15
Abstrakt: Natural killer (NK) cell lines are difficult to transfect using standard techniques, which limits the ability to establish long-term knockdown of proteins with short-hairpin (sh)RNAs. We have developed a method to stably knockdown protein expression in human NK-like lines by introducing shRNAs in retroviral vectors. After a single transduction with retrovirus, shRNA-containing cells can be selected with drug treatment or sorted for enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) expression. With this method, protein expression can be stably decreased to less than 10% of wild-type levels.
Databáze: MEDLINE