Transient transfection means that the constructed plasmids are introduced into mammalian cells in some ways, but the foreign genes of the plasmid are not integrated into the genome of the mammalian cell. Transient transfection has been widely used for rapid expression protein with high activity in the short term.

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Transient transfection protocol
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2. Background
Mammalian cells have the function of protein folding and post-translational modification, and their
proteins have natural activity. There are two ways to produce proteins through mammalian cells:
transient transfection and stable transfection. The main characteristic of transient transfection is rapid
expression in the short term, and enough to satisfy Mini-preparation of protein.
Transient transfection means that the constructed plasmids are introduced into mammalian cells in
some ways, but the foreign genes of the plasmid are not integrated into the genome of the
mammalian cell. With the growth and division of cells, foreign genes will are gradually all lost. So
plasmids can exist for 3-4 days in cells. Transient transfection has been widely used for rapid
expression protein with high activity in the short term.

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CONTENT
Cell Recovery
Transfection
Cell count
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04
03 Expression Detection

4. Part 1
Cell Recovery
cell recovery is the process of thawing and
re-culture cells which are stored at liquid
nitrogen or -80℃. The key of cell recovery is
fast which is avoided
to prevent the cell damages during
thawing.

5. Cell Recovery
When liquid
is completely melted in
frozen pipes, pour it
into the centrifuge tube
with culture medium.
Take out the cell from the
liquid nitrogen or refrigerator,
place quickly it in the
preheated water bath, and
shake frozen pipes .
Preheat the water bath
cauldron to 37-40℃, and add
10 mL culture medium to the
centrifuge tube.
Centrifuge 5 min and
discard the supernatant
Suspend precipitate with
culture medium.
Cells are replated in a
culturing bottle and cultivated

6. Part 2 Transfection

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The cultured cells are inoculated into 6-wells plates. Add 2-4 mL
complete medium, mix and place in CO2 incubator, 37 ℃ for the night.
Prepare the following solutions. A: 2 ug plasmid is diluted with 100 uL
serum-free medium. B: 25 uL Lipofectamine transfection reagent is
diluted with 100 uL serum-free medium.
Mix solution A and solution B, let rest about 30 min at room temperature.Transfection
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When around 80%
unilaminar cells formed at the bottom of culture flask, wash cells two
times with serum-free medium and add 1 mL serum-free medium
each well . Then add the solution from step 3 by drop to each well, mix
gently place in CO2 incubator, 37 ℃ for 24 hours.
Pour out the transfection solution, add complete culture medium and
continue culturing.

8. Part 3
Expression Detection
Collect cultured cells, break up the cells through
ultrasound or enzymatic hydrolysis, and supernatant
is obtained by centrifugation. The detection of
mRNA expression level and protein expression level
are conducted. The cDNA need analyses with
realtime-PCR or reverse transcription PCR. And
proteins are extracted for western blot analysis.

9. Part 4
Cell Count
The principle of cell count is to obtain the
total concentration of cells by determining
the number of cells per unit volume. It is
widely used in cell culture and testing
cell growth curve. We can use blood count
to count cell numbers.

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Cell Count
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Wash and dry the cover slip of blood count, digest cells
and prepare the unicell suspension. Then, dilute cell
suspension at certain multiples.
Cover the blood count with cover slip, slowly inject 10
uL cell suspension onto the blood count with transfer
liquid gun. Next, observe cell under a microscope,
count cell numbers.

11. Each counting chamber is divided into nine
parts. The middle of the square is divided
into 25 small squares, and each small
squares is further divided into 16 smaller
compartments. Select the red parts of the
chart to count cell numbers. The total cell
number of counting chamber is 45 times as
much as the number of red parts.

12. About US
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committed to improving the human condition through biotechnology. We offer
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including: DNA, siRNA, miRNA, mRNA, viral RNA and oligonucleotides to
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