This video demonstrates the establishment of luciferase-tagged glioma stem cells via lentivirus-mediated gene delivery. Luciferase acts as a reporter gene and helps facilitate rapid drug screening experiments.
Protocol
1. Preparing Luciferase-tagged GSCs Begin with the GSCs culture and centrifuge at 70 x g for 3 min at room temperature. Remove the supernatant and digest the cells with accutase for 4 min at 37 °C. Use a 200 µL tip and pipette repeatedly to dissociate and resuspend the cell pellet. Dilute the cells to 2 x 105 cells per well in a 12-well culture plate and culture the cells overnight. Add 30 µL luciferase-EGFP virus…