Optimization of Gene Transfection Using Fluorescence-Activated Cell Sorter(FACS) Analysis of Green Fluorescent Protein(GFP)

Green Fluorescent Protein(GFP)의 Fluorescence-Activated Cell Sorter(FACS) 분석을 통한 유전자 이입의 최적화

  • 김태경 (한국과학기술원 생물과학과) ;
  • 박민태 (한국과학기술원 생물과학과) ;
  • 이균민 (한국과학기술원 생물과학과)
  • Published : 1999.06.01

Abstract

In order to improve the transfection efficiency of CHO/dhfr- cells using cationic lipid, optimal concentrations of the cationic lipid($LipofectAmine^{TM}$) and DNA(pEGFP-C1) need to be determined. The use of green fluorescent protein(GFP) gene as a reporter gene facilitated the quantification of transfection efficiency. The green fluorescence intensity of each cell transfected at various lipid-DNA concentrations was measured using fluorescence-activated cell sorter(FACS) analysis. A combination of $2.0{\mu}L$ cationic lipid and 0.4{$\mu}g$ DNA in a well resulted in the highest trasfection efficiency. Taken together, the method using FACS analysis of GFP is simple and fast, facilitating the optimization of transfection.

CHO/dhfr- 세포에 대해 LipofectAmine$^{TM}$을 이용한 유전자 이입 효율을 증가시키기 위하여 지질과 DNA의 최적 농도를 구하였다. Reporter 유전자로서 GFP 유전자를 이용하였으며, 여러 농도의 지질 DNA로 유전자 이입된 각 세포군에서 나타나는 green fluorescence intensity를 FACS 분석함으로써 유전자 이입 효율을 정량화 할 수 있었다. 그 결과 24-well plate에서 $2.0{\mu}L$LipofectAmine$^{TM}$$0.4{\mu}g$ DNA를 조합하여 사용했을 때 최적의 유전자 이입 효율이 나타남을 알 수 있었다. 또한, GFP는 유전자 이입 최적화를 수행하는 데에 여러가지 면에서 유용한 수단이 될 수 있음을 확인할 수 있었다.

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