Source: Martin, N. P., et al. Laser-assisted Lentiviral Gene Delivery to Mouse Fertilized Eggs. J. Vis. Exp. (2018).
In this video, we demonstrate the laser-assisted permeation of the protective layer of zona pellucida in mouse fertilized eggs for facilitating lentiviral gene delivery. Lentivirus enables the generation of transgenic animals with a gene of interest stably integrated into their genome.
1. Perforation of Mouse Fertilized Eggs with XYClone Laser
2. Transduction of Mouse Fertilized Eggs Following XYClone Laser Perforation
3. Non-surgical Transfer of Transduced Mouse Embryos to Pseudo-pregnant Mice
Figure 1: Laser-Treatment of Mouse Fertilized Eggs. Examples of perforating the zona to produce a hole vs thinning of the zona.
The authors have nothing to disclose.
CD510B-1 plasmid | System Biosciences | CD510B-1 | used to package the lentivirus expressing EF1a-copGFP |
Dimethylpolysiloxane | Sigma | DMPS5X | culturing embryos |
XYClone Laser | Hamilton Thorne Biosciences | perforating mouse fertilized eggs | |
Non-Surgical Embryo Transfer (NSET) Device | ParaTechs | 60010 | NSET of embryos |
KSOM medium | Millipore | MR-020P-5F | culturing embryos |
Composition of KSOM: | mg/100mL | ||
NaCl | 555 | ||
KCl | 18.5 | ||
KH2PO4 | 4.75 | ||
MgSO4 7H2O | 4.95 | ||
CaCl2 2H2O | 25 | ||
NaHCO3 | 210 | ||
Glucose | 3.6 | ||
Na-Pyruvate | 2.2 | ||
DL-Lactic Acid, sodium salt | 0.174mL | ||
10 mM EDTA | 100µL | ||
Streptomycin | 5 | ||
Penicillin | 6.3 | ||
0.5% phenol red | 0.1mL | ||
L-Glutamine | 14.6 | ||
MEM Essential Amino Acids | 1mL | ||
MEM Non-essential AA | 0.5mL | ||
BSA | 100 |