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TransfectionReagentforASMCCells(AorticSmoothMuscleCells)
TransfectionEfficiency:
Reagentexhibitsatleast70%transfectionefficiencyofsiRNAdelivery.Transfectionefficiencywasdeterminedbyreal-timeRT-PCR.
TransfectionProtocolandMSDS:
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ASMC CellLine:
AccordingtoAmericanHeartAssociation,nearly92.1millionAmericanssufferfromacardiovasculardisease(CVD)ofsomesort.PreclinicalresearchiscriticalinunderstandinghowthearteriesrespondtovariousBIOLOGicalandchemicalfactors,andhencedeviseinnovativemethodstoaddressCVDs.HumanAorticSmoothMuscleCellsarederivedfromtunicaintimaandtunicamediaofplaque-freeaortatissue.Thetunicaintimaistheinnerlayerofthearterycomprisedofalining,anetworkofconnectivetissue,andalayerofelasticfibers;thetunicamedia,ormiddlecoat,iscomposedmostlyofsmoothmusclecellsandelasticfibersarrangedinspirallayers.ArterialSmoothMuscleCell(ASMC)linehasbeenusefulinthestudyofatherosclerosis,avasculardisordercharacterizedbylossofflexibilityinbloodvesselsduetotheaccumulationofdeadwhitebloodcells,cholesterol,andcrystallizedsalts,whichleadstonarrowingofarteriesandmaycausefurtherproblemssucharrhythmiaandstrokes.Humanarterialsmoothmusclecellscansynthesizecollagen,elastin,myosin,andglycosaminoglycan.ASMCcellsrespondtovariousfactorsbyproliferatingordifferentiating.Thesecellsareusedtostudyofhumanvasculardisorders,includingangiogenesis,stroke,vascularbiologyandalsodiabetes.HumanaorticsmoothmusclecellsareinsulinresistantatthereceptorlevelbutsensitivetoIGF1andIGF2.CurcuminpreventsthemigrationofhumanaorticsmoothmusclecellsbyinhibitingofMMP-9expression.
Data:
Figure1.GAPDmRNAlevelswerequantifiedusingreal-timeRT-PCRintheASMCcellstransfectedwithsiRNAstargetingGAPDornon-silencingsiRNA.Forty-eighthourspost-transfection,thecellswereharvestedandanalyzedbyreal-timeRT-PCRforGAPDHmRNAexpressionlevels.Datawerenormalizedagainstthe18SrRNAsignal.Controlsampleswereeithermock-transfectedoruntreated.Valuesarenormalizedtountreatedsample.Dataaremeans±SD(n=3).
Figure2.ProteinexpressionofGAPDHinASMCcells.DNAplasmidexpressingGAPDHorsiRNAtargetingGAPDHweretransfectedintoASMCcellsfollowingAltogenBiosystemstransfectionprotocol.At72hourspost-transfectionthecellswereanalyzedbyWesternBlotforproteinexpressionlevels(normalizedbytotalprotein,10µgoftotalproteinloadedpereachwell).Untreatedcellsusedasanegativecontrol.
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AltogenBiosystemstransfectionandelectroporationproductsforlifesciencesandcancerresearch.Transfectionreagentsaredevelopedforindividualcancercelllineandtransfectionprotocolsareoptimizedformaximumdeliveryefficiency.Advancedformulationofreagentsandoptimizedtransfectionprotocolsprovideefficientintracellulardeliveryofproteins,DNA,mRNA,shRNA,siRNA,andothernegativelychargedbiomoleculesin vitroandinvivo.Readmore abouttransfectiontechnologyatAltogen’sTransfectionResource.
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AltogenLabsprovidesGLP-compliantcontractresearchstudiesforpreclinicalresearch,INDapplications,anddrugdevelopment.OurbiologyCROservices include:Xenograftservices(over60xenograftmodels),developmentofstablecelllines,ELISAassaydevelopment,cell-basedandtissuetargetedRNAistudies,safetypharm/toxassays,andotherstudies(visitAltogenLabs.com).
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