Abstract
Human NK-like cell lines are difficult to transfect using standard mammalian expression vectors and conventional transfection protocols, but they are susceptible to retroviral transduction as a means to introduce cDNAs. Our laboratory has exploited this technique to study a number of receptors in human NK cell lines. The method utilizes a bicistronic retroviral vector that co-expresses either drug resistance or enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) in parallel with the gene of interest. After a single infection with recombinant retrovirus, transduced NK cells can be sorted for expression of EGFP or the transduced cell surface marker. Alternatively, cells expressing the transduced cDNAs can be selected for by treatment with neomycin, puromycin, or hygromycin. Using this method, the sorted/selected cells uniformly express the gene of interest and the expression is stable for many weeks of culture.
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Shahjahan Miah, S.M., Campbell, K.S. (2010). Expression of cDNAs in Human Natural Killer Cell Lines by Retroviral Transduction. In: Campbell, K. (eds) Natural Killer Cell Protocols. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 612. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60761-362-6_13
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