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Alabdullah AA, Al-Abdulaziz B, Alsalem H, Magrashi A, Pulicat SM, Almzroua AA, Almohanna F, Assiri AM, Al Tassan NA, Al-Mubarak BR. Estimating transfection efficiency in differentiated and undifferentiated neural cells. BMC Res Notes 2019; 12:225. [PMID: 30987672 PMCID: PMC6466792 DOI: 10.1186/s13104-019-4249-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2019] [Accepted: 04/03/2019] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
Abstract
Objective Delivery of constructs for silencing or over-expressing genes or their modified versions is a crucial step for studying neuronal cell biology. Therefore, efficient transfection is important for the success of these experimental techniques especially in post-mitotic cells like neurons. In this study, we have assessed the transfection rate, using a previously established protocol, in both primary cortical cultures and neuroblastoma cell lines. Transfection efficiencies in these preparations have not been systematically determined before. Results Transfection efficiencies obtained herein were (10–12%) for neuroblastoma, (5–12%) for primary astrocytes and (1.3–6%) for primary neurons. We also report on cell-type specific transfection efficiency of neurons and astrocytes within primary cortical cultures when applying cell-type selective transfection protocols. Previous estimations described in primary cortical or hippocampal cultures were either based on general observations or on data derived from unspecified number of biological and/or technical replicates. Also to the best of our knowledge, transfection efficiency of pure primary neuronal cultures or astrocytes cultured in the context of pure or mixed (neurons/astrocytes) population cultures have not been previously determined. The transfection strategy used herein represents a convenient, and a straightforward tool for targeted cell transfection that can be utilized in a variety of in vitro applications. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s13104-019-4249-5) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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Affiliation(s)
- Abeer A Alabdullah
- Behavioral Genetics Unit, Department of Genetics, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, 11211, Saudi Arabia.,National Center for Genomics Technology, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Behavioral Genetics Unit, Department of Genetics, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, 11211, Saudi Arabia.,National Center for Genomics Technology, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
| | - Hanan Alsalem
- Behavioral Genetics Unit, Department of Genetics, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, 11211, Saudi Arabia
| | - Amna Magrashi
- Behavioral Genetics Unit, Department of Genetics, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, 11211, Saudi Arabia
| | - Subramanian M Pulicat
- Stem Cell & Tissue Re-Engineering Program, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, 11211, Saudi Arabia
| | - Amer A Almzroua
- Stem Cell & Tissue Re-Engineering Program, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, 11211, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Comparative Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, 11211, Saudi Arabia
| | - Abdullah Mohamed Assiri
- Department of Comparative Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, 11211, Saudi Arabia.,College of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.,Institute of Research and Medical Consultations, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
| | - Nada A Al Tassan
- Behavioral Genetics Unit, Department of Genetics, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, 11211, Saudi Arabia.,Clinical Laboratory Department, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
| | - Bashayer R Al-Mubarak
- Behavioral Genetics Unit, Department of Genetics, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, 11211, Saudi Arabia.
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