Pre-made Lentiviral Expression Particles for Luciferase (firefly, Gaussia, Renilla and Cypridina)

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1 Pre-made Lentiviral Expression Particles for Luciferase (firefly, Gaussia, Renilla and Cypridina) Cat# Product Name Amounts LVP326 LVP326-PBS LVP325 LVP325-PBS LVP283 LVP283-PBS LVP323 LVP323-PBS LVP020 LVP020-PBS LVP403 LVP403-PBS LVP461 LVP461-PBS LVP462 LVP462-PBS LVP009 LVP009-PBS LVP324 Luciferase (firefly) (Bsd) Luciferase (firefly) (Bsd), in vivo ready Luciferase (firefly) (Puro) Luciferase (firefly) (Puro), in vivo ready Luciferase (firefly) (Neo) Luciferase (firefly) (Neo), in vivo ready 2A-GFP (Bsd) 2A-GFP (Bsd), in vivo ready 2A-GFP (Puro) 2A-GFP (Puro), in vivo ready 2A-GFP (Neo) 2A-GFP (Neo), in vivo ready 2A-GFP (RFP-Bsd) 2A-GFP (RFP-Bsd), in vivo ready 2A-GFP (RFP-Puro) 2A-GFP (RFP-Puro), in vivo ready 2A-RFP (Bsd) 2A-RFP (Bsd), in vivo ready 2A-RFP (Puro) Ready-to-use Lentiviral Expression Particles for luciferase--product manual, Page 1 of 13

2 LVP324-PBS LVP402 LVP402-PBS LVP433 LVP433-PBS LVP434 LVP434-PBS LVP435 LVP435-PBS LVP436 LVP436-PBS LVP437 LVP437-PBS LVP438 LVP438-PBS LVP439 LVP439-PBS LVP440 LVP440-PBS LVP441 LVP441-PBS 2A-RFP (Puro), in vivo ready 2A-RFP (Neo) 2A-RFP (Neo), in vivo ready EF1a-Luciferase (firefly) (Bsd) EF1a-Luciferase (firefly) (Bsd), in vivo ready EF1a-Luciferase (firefly) (Puro) EF1a-Luciferase (firefly) (Puro), in vivo ready EF1a-Luciferase (firefly) (Neo) EF1a-Luciferase (firefly) (Neo), in vivo ready EF1a- 2A-GFP (Bsd) EF1a- 2A-GFP (Bsd), in vivo ready EF1a- 2A-GFP (Puro) EF1a- 2A-GFP (Puro), in vivo ready EF1a- 2A-GFP (Neo) EF1a- 2A-GFP (Neo), in vivo ready EF1a- 2A-RFP (Bsd) EF1a- 2A-RFP (Bsd), in vivo ready EF1a- 2A-RFP (Puro) EF1a- 2A-RFP (Puro), in vivo ready EF1a- 2A-RFP (Neo) EF1a- 2A-RFP (Neo), in vivo ready Ready-to-use Lentiviral Expression Particles for luciferase--product manual, Page 2 of 13

3 LVP463 LVP463-PBS LVP464 LVP464-PBS LVP304 LVP304-PBS LVP409 LVP409-PBS LVP410 LVP410-PBS LVP411 LVP411-PBS LVP412 LVP412-PBS LVP413 LVP413-PBS LVP414 EF1a-Luc (firefly)- 2A-GFP (RFP-Bsd) EF1a-Luc (firefly)- 2A-GFP (RFP-Bsd), in vivo ready EF1a-Luc (firefly)- 2A-GFP (RFP-Puro) EF1a-Luc (firefly)- 2A-GFP (RFP-Puro), in vivo ready (Bsd) (Bsd), in vivo ready (Puro) (Puro), in vivo ready (Neo) (Neo), in vivo ready (GFP-Bsd) (GFP-Bsd), in vivo ready (GFP-Puro) (GFP-Puro), in vivo ready (RFP-Bsd) (RFP-Bsd), in vivo ready (RFP-Puro) Ready-to-use Lentiviral Expression Particles for luciferase--product manual, Page 3 of 13

4 LVP414-PBS (RFP-Puro), in vivo ready Cat# Product Name Amounts LVP361 Luciferase (Gaussia) (RFP-Bsd) DMEM LVP361-PBS Luciferase (Gaussia) (RFP-Bsd), in vivo ready LVP362 Luciferase (Gaussia) (GFP-Bsd) DMEM LVP362-PBS Luciferase (Gaussia) (GFP-Bsd), in vivo ready LVP363 Luciferase (Gaussia) (RFP-Puro) DMEM LVP363-PBS Luciferase (Gaussia) (RFP-Puro), in vivo ready LVP364 Luciferase (Gaussia) (Neo) DMEM LVP364-PBS Luciferase (Gaussia) (Neo), in vivo ready LVP365 Luciferase (Gaussia) (Puro) DMEM LVP365-PBS Luciferase (Gaussia) (Puro), in vivo ready LVP366 Luciferase (Gaussia) (Bsd) DMEM LVP366-PBS Luciferase (Gaussia) (Bsd), in vivo ready Cat# Product Name Amounts LVP367 (RFP-Bsd) DMEM LVP367-PBS (RFP-Bsd), in vivo ready LVP368 (GFP-Bsd) DMEM LVP368-PBS (GFP-Bsd), in vivo ready LVP369 (RFP-Puro) DMEM Ready-to-use Lentiviral Expression Particles for luciferase--product manual, Page 4 of 13

5 LVP369-PBS LVP370 LVP370-PBS LVP371 LVP371-PBS LVP372 LVP372-PBS (RFP-Puro), in vivo ready (Neo) (Neo), in vivo ready (Puro) (Puro), in vivo ready (Bsd) (Bsd), in vivo ready DMEM DMEM 200ul, ~5 x 10 8 IFU/mL in PBS DMEM Cat# Product Name Amounts LVP373 Luciferase (Cypridina) (RFP-Bsd) DMEM LVP373-PBS Luciferase (Cypridina) (RFP-Bsd), in vivo ready LVP374 Luciferase (Cypridina) (GFP-Bsd) DMEM LVP374-PBS Luciferase (Cypridina) (GFP-Bsd), in vivo ready LVP375 Luciferase (Cypridina) (RFP-Puro) DMEM LVP375-PBS Luciferase (Cypridina) (RFP-Puro), in vivo ready LVP376 Luciferase (Cypridina) (Neo) DMEM LVP376-PBS Luciferase (Cypridina) (Neo), in vivo ready LVP377 Luciferase (Cypridina) (Puro) DMEM LVP377-PBS Luciferase (Cypridina) (Puro), in vivo ready LVP378 Luciferase (Cypridina) (Bsd) DMEM LVP378-PBS Luciferase (Cypridina) (Bsd), in vivo ready Storage: <-70 C, avoid repeat freeze/thaw cycles. Stable for >6 months. Ready-to-use Lentiviral Expression Particles for luciferase--product manual, Page 5 of 13

6 Product Description: Lentiviral system is a gene delivery tool using lentivectors for gene expression or knockdown. Lentivectors are HIV-1 (Human Immunodeficiency Virus 1) derived plasmids, used to generate (lentivirus) that can be transduced into virtually all kinds of mammalian cell types or organs, including stem cells, primary cells and non-dividing cells both in vivo and in cell culture system. Particles stably integrate into the transduced cells genome for long term expression. Therefore, lentivirus holds unique promise as gene transfer agents. Luciferases are widely used in reporter assays for monitoring cellular events associated with gene expression. Firefly luciferase (F-luc) and Renilla luciferase (R-Luc) are used for end point analysis with different emission wavelength using different substrates, which common used for dual reporter assays. Gaussia luciferase (G-luc) and Cypridina luciferase (C-Luc) are two naturally secreted luciferases with extremely high sensitivities and can be used for real-time and continuous monitoring of gene expression in living cells (measure luciferase activities without cell lysis). Compare different luciferases: cypridina luciferin Ready-to-use Lentiviral Expression Particles for luciferase--product manual, Page 6 of 13

7 Firefly Luciferase (F-Luc) is the most common used bioluminescence Reporter. The reaction has high sensitivity, low background and easy adaptation for high-throughput screening for both in vitro and in vivo assays. Renilla Luciferase (R-Luc) a 36kDa monomeric enzyme, having many of the same properties as firefly luciferase (FLuc), and used for living cells assays. However, R-Luc catalyzes different substrate than firefly luciferase. R-Luc catalyzes the oxidation of coelenterazine to yield blue light of 480nm and does not require ATP for the reaction, whereas F-Luc catalyzes the oxidation of luciferin to yield longer wavelength light at 562nm. Gaussia Luciferase (G-Luc) is a small (~20 kda), nontoxic and naturally secreted monomeric protein, with flash bioluminescence characteristics similar to those of other coelenterazine luciferases. However, G-Luc generated over 1000-fold higher bioluminescent signal intensity compared to firefly (F-Luc) and Renilla (R-Luc) luciferases. It demonstrates higher signal intensity, secretion, more stable, and ATP independence, thus being able to report from the cells and their environment in real time. Cypridina Luciferase is another secreted luciferase with about 20 folds brighter than firefly luciferase and much more stable (long half life) assay condition. Premade luciferase expression lentivirus: GenTarget provides pre-made, expressing all kinds of Luciferases (including firefly luciferase, Gaussia Luciferase, Renilla Luciferase and Cypridina Luciferase). Each luciferase ORF sequence was fully verified by sequencing analysis. Please see our website for their sequences. Particles was pseudotyped with VSVG envelope protein, produced in 293T cells. All particles were tested to be free bacterial and mycoplasma contamination. Virus titers were tested lot by lot. Ready-to-use luciferase are provided in two formats: 1. Packaged in 10% of FBS in and 60ug/ml of polybrene (10x); 2. Particles were concentrated and buffer exchanged in PBS without any human or animal origin components. The virus in PBS solution is good for any cell types that requires non-serum in the application. For more details about premade particles, please see FAQ for pre-made (.pdf). Ready-to-use Lentiviral Expression Particles for luciferase--product manual, Page 7 of 13

8 GenTaret's luciferase expression lentivectos: 1. High expression lentivectors with different markers: The luciferase was expressed under either a super strong, our proprietary optional inducible CMV promoter (TetCMV), or a re-engineered strong EF1a promoter. The TetCMV prompter provides superior expression levels, and optional provides tetracycline inducible expression when desired (see Optional inducible expression link here). The engineered EF1a promoter is non-tissue specific, highly expressed in all cell types, and less likely be silenced after long-term culture. A antibiotic marker (Blasticidin, Puromycin or Neomycin) is expressed under Rsv promoter. (see vector core structure at the vector scheme 1 below). And, When included, a fluorescent marker (GFP or RFP) was bicistronically expressed under the same promoter as that for luciferase (GenTarget's SureTiter Lentiviral system), mediated by a F2A element (Note: fluorescent protein and luciferase are expressed as individual protein, not as fusion). Under a separated RSV promoter, each particle also contains an antibiotic marker (Blasticidin, Puromycin or Neomycin), or a fluorescentantibioic fusion dual marker (GFP-blasticidin, GFP-puromycin, RFP-blasticidin or RFP-puromycin). So some particles contains double fluorescent markers under two different promoters: TetCMV/EF1a and Rsv. Those particles are good indicators for monitoring both promoter's activities in your specific cell lines. See vector map below (see luc expression core map scheme1 below). Luciferase expression lentivector map scheme 1: Luciferase expression lentivector map scheme 2: Ready-to-use Lentiviral Expression Particles for luciferase--product manual, Page 8 of 13

9 2. Luciferase and CRE recombinase double expression: For Luciferase and CRE recombinase double expression lentivirus, Luciferase and CRE was bicistronically expressed under the same promoter, and the fluorescent and antibiotic dual fusion marker was expressed under RSV promoter. See vector scheme 3 below. Luciferase expression lentivector map scheme 3: Key features: 1. High luciferase expression level and high viral titers; 2. Used as constitutive expression, or optionally as tetracycline inducible expression; 3. Easy transduction monitoring via the fluorescent signal (not for all particles); 4. Dual markers and wide antibiotic marker selection: transduced cells can be sorted via a fluorescent signal or selected via antibiotics; 5. The lentivirus are ready and easy to use, simply add 50ul into one well of your cell culture in 24-well plate. The luciferase expression peaks at 3 days post virus transduction. (Note: dependent upon your specific needs, you may design the transduction with different MOI for different levels of expression.) About the inducible expression: Luciferase was expressed under a tetracycline inducible sucmv promoter. All ready-to-used expression luciferase particles can be used for constitutive high expression of luciferase without using any induction. However, the particles can be optionally used as tetracycline induced expression when the tetracycline regulator protein (tetr) is present in advance. The tetr must be expressed in advance to stop the particles transcription, and the expressed was activated by adding tetracycline (see the picture below for details). This inducible expression is tetracycline s dose dependent. In Ready-to-use Lentiviral Expression Particles for luciferase--product manual, Page 9 of 13

10 general, the amount of tetracycline is used at 1ug/ml final concentration. The image below illustrates how the inducible expression works. If inducible expression is desirable, the repressor regulator (tetr) expression must be delivered in advance or at the same time for transduction. The presence of tetr can be achieved by the following methods: tetr is already expressed in a TetR stable cell line that constantly express tetr protein in advance; (note: Gentarget provides premade TetR stable cell line with different selection markers); Transfect a tetr expression plasmid before transduce lentiviral particles; Co-transduce both the tetr repressor particles and the gene expression particles into the sample cells. The double transduced cells can be selected by double antibiotics, and then used for inducible expression. (Note: Gentarget provides premade tetr particles with different antibiotics for double selecting the transduced cells). Ready-to-use Lentiviral Expression Particles for luciferase--product manual, Page 10 of 13

11 Transduction Protocols (for common cell lines): 1. Adhesive cells Transduction Protocols: Note: A quick application protocol is: add 50ul virus into one well in 24- well-plate where cell density is at 50% ~ 75%. At 72 hours after virus added (no need to change medium), pass cell into antibiotic containing medium, or sort the cells via fluorescent signal. Day 0: Seed the desired cells in complete medium at appropriate density incubate overnight. (Note: at the time of transduction, it grow to 10% ~50% confluent.) For example, seed Hela cells at 0.5 x 10 5 /ml x 0.5ml in a well of a 24-well plate; Day 1: Remove the culture medium from the cells. Add fresh, warmed, complete medium (0.5ml). Thaw the Pre-made lentiviral stock at room temperature. Add appropriate amount of virus stock to obtain the desired MOI. Return cells to 37 C/CO2 incubator. Day 3: At the time of ~72hr after transduction, Check the transduction rate via fluorescence image with a suitable filter under fluorescent Microscope, or calculate the exact transduction % rate via Flow Cytometry System (FACS) or any flow cytometry (such as Quava machine). Day 3 + (optional): Transduced cell can be sorted out via FACS. Or you can select transduced stable cell line by its specific antibiotics (dependent upon the antibiotic types). A pilot experiment should be done to determine the antibiotic s kill curve for your specific cell line. (Refer to any literatures about How to generate stable cell lines.) 2. Suspension cells transduction Protocols: Grow your cell in your completed suspension culture medium in CO2 incubator; Measure cell density. When cell grow to ~3 x 10 6 cell/ml, measure cell viability (should > 90%), then diluted cells into 1 x 10 6 cell/ml in completed medium; Transduction: thaw at room temperature. Simply add premade lentiviral particle into the diluted cells at ratio of: 100ul virus per 0.5 ml cells (Note: depend upon the cell types; you may need to use more or less viruses). Grow cells in CO2 incubator. At 72 hours after transduction, check fluorescence under microscope or calculate the transduction efficiency using cell sorting machine (like FACS or Guava machine). Ready-to-use Lentiviral Expression Particles for luciferase--product manual, Page 11 of 13

12 Pass cell in completed medium containing the correct antibiotic (dependent upon the virus). The amount of antibiotic to use is dependent upon your cell types. A killing curve may have to be pre-determined. You can sort the fluorescent positive cells or keep selection the antibiotic resistant cell to generate a stable cell lines. Note: Filter wavelength settings: GFP filter: ~Ex ~Em525; RFP filter: ~Ex545 ~Em620; CFP filter: ~Ex436 ~Em480; YFP filter: ~Ex500 ~Em535; Safety Precaution: Gentarget adapts must advanced lentiviral safety features (using the third generation vectors with self-inactivation SIN-3UTR), and the premade lentivirus is replication incompetent. However, please use extra caution when using. Use the lentiviral particles in Bio-safety II cabinet. Ware glove all the time at handling Lentiviral particles! Please refer CDC and NIH s guidelines for more details regarding to safety issues. References: 1. BioTechniques 38: (June 2005); 2. THE JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY Vol. 279, No. 5, Issue of January 30, pp , 2004; 3. Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem., 68(3), , 2004; 4. Annu Rev Microbiol. 1994;48: Microbiol Mol Biol Rev Jun;69(2): APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, July 2005, p ; 7. Molecular & Biochemical Parasitology 155 (2007) ; 8. NIH Guidelines for Biosafety Considerations for Research with Lentiviral Vectors. (Link). 9. CDC guidelines for Lab Biosafety levels (Link). Warranty: This product is warranted to meet its quality as described when used accordance with its instructions. Gentarget disclaims any implied warranty of this product for particular application. In no event shall GenTarget be liable for any incidental or consequential damages in connection with the products. Gentarget s sole remedy for breach of this warranty should be, at Gentarget s option, to replace the products. Those products are provided for research use only! Related products : Product Category Fluorescent proteins CRE Product Description (please click links below to see product pages) Premade lentivirus for Fluorescent protein expression: GFP, RFP, YFP and CFP with different antibiotic selection markers Premade lentivirus for expressing nuclear permeant CRE recombinase with Ready-to-use Lentiviral Expression Particles for luciferase--product manual, Page 12 of 13

13 recombinase LoxP ColorSwitch TetR inducible expression repressor ips factors Human and mouse ORFs Living cell imging Fluorescent- ORF fusion shrna lentivirus Negative controls different flurescent and antibiotic markers. Premade lentivirus expressing "LoxP-GFP-Stop-LoxP-RFP" cassette, used to monitor the CRE recombination event in vivo. Premade lentivirus expressin TetR (tetracycline regulator) protein, the repressor protein for the inducible expression system. Premde lentivirus for human and mouse ips (Myc, NANOG, OCT4, SOX2, FLF4) factors with different fluorescent and antibitoic markers Premade lentivirus expressin hundred of human and mouse ORFs with RFP- Blastididin fusion dual markers. Pre-made lentivirus particles for Cell Organelle imaging for Nucleus, Cytoplasm, Endoplasmic Reticulum, Golgi, Mitochondria, Nuclear membrane, Peroxisome, Plasma membrane, Microtubule, Chromatin, Annexin, Actin, Connexin, and more. Pre-made lentivirus expression a "GFP/RFP/CFP-ORF" fusion target. Premade shrna lentivirus for knockdown a specific genes (P53, LacZ, Luciferase and more). Premade negative control lentivirus with different markers: serves as the negative control of lentivurs treatment, for validation of the specificity of any lentivirus target expression effects. Ready-to-use Lentiviral Expression Particles for luciferase--product manual, Page 13 of 13