Human MER/MERTK/c-MER/RP38/TYRO12 Lentivirus, Full-length Gene in Lentivector, Pre-packaged Lentiviral Particles

Description

Tyrosine-protein kinase MER, also known as MERTK, c-MER, RP38, c-EYK and Tyro12, is a single-pass type I transmembrane glycoprotein in the AXL/UFO subfamily of the Receptor Tyrosine Kinase (RTK) family. Like other family members AXL/UFO and TYRO3, MER contains two immunoglobulin­like (Ig) domains and two fibronectin type III domains in the extracellular region (ECD) and a cytoplasmic tyrosine kinase tail. By binding to its ligands such as LGALS3, TUB, TULP1 or GAS6, MER transduces signals from the extracellular matrix into the cytoplasm.  Ligand binding at the cell surface induces autophosphorylation of MER on its cytoplasmic domain that provides docking sites for downstream signaling molecules. MER signaling plays a role in various biological processes, including macrophage clearance of apoptotic cells, platelet aggregation, cytoskeleton reorganization and engulfment.  MER also plays an important role in inhibition of Toll-like receptors (TLRs)-mediated innate immune response by activating STAT1.  MER functions in the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) as a regulator of rod outer segments fragments phagocytosis. Mutations in the MER gene are associated with disruption of the RPE phagocytosis pathway and onset of autosomal recessive retinitis pigmentosa (RP).

 

 

Gene Symbol: MER; MERTK; c-MER; RP38; c-Eyk; Tyro12

 

NCBI Gene ID: 10461

 

Uniprot Entry: Q12866

 

Construct Details: Full length human MER gene is subcloned into the Lentiviral expression vector pLTC with an upstream CMV promoter, which can be used for both transient and stable expression in mammalian cells.  It can be co-transfected with the LentiPAK DNA mix (SKU# LP-001) into HEK293 cells to produce high titer lentiviral particles.

 

Gene Insert Sequence:  

ATGGGGCCGGCCCCGCTGCCGCTGCTGCTGGGCCTCTTCCTCCCCGCGCTCTGGCGTAGAGCTATCACTG
AGGCAAGGGAAGAAGCCAAGCCTTACCCGCTATTCCCGGGACCTTTTCCAGGGAGCCTGCAAACTGACCA
CACACCGCTGTTATCCCTTCCTCACGCCAGTGGGTACCAGCCTGCCTTGATGTTTTCACCAACCCAGCCT
GGAAGACCACATACAGGAAACGTAGCCATTCCCCAGGTGACCTCTGTCGAATCAAAGCCCCTACCGCCTC
TTGCCTTCAAACACACAGTTGGACACATAATACTTTCTGAACATAAAGGTGTCAAATTTAATTGCTCAAT
CAGTGTACCTAATATATACCAGGACACCACAATTTCTTGGTGGAAAGATGGGAAGGAATTGCTTGGGGCA
CATCATGCAATTACACAGTTTTATCCAGATGATGAAGTTACAGCAATAATCGCTTCCTTCAGCATAACCA
GTGTGCAGCGTTCAGACAATGGGTCGTATATCTGTAAGATGAAAATAAACAATGAAGAGATCGTGTCTGA
TCCCATCTACATCGAAGTACAAGGACTTCCTCACTTTACTAAGCAGCCTGAGAGCATGAATGTCACCAGA
AACACAGCCTTCAACCTCACCTGTCAGGCTGTGGGCCCGCCTGAGCCCGTCAACATTTTCTGGGTTCAAA
ACAGTAGCCGTGTTAACGAACAGCCTGAAAAATCCCCCTCCGTGCTAACTGTTCCAGGCCTGACGGAGAT
GGCGGTCTTCAGTTGTGAGGCCCACAATGACAAAGGGCTGACCGTGTCCAAGGGAGTGCAGATCAACATC
AAAGCAATTCCCTCCCCACCAACTGAAGTCAGCATCCGTAACAGCACTGCACACAGCATTCTGATCTCCT
GGGTTCCTGGTTTTGATGGATACTCCCCGTTCAGGAATTGCAGCATTCAGGTCAAGGAAGCTGATCCGCT
GAGTAATGGCTCAGTCATGATTTTTAACACCTCTGCCTTACCACATCTGTACCAAATCAAGCAGCTGCAA
GCCCTGGCTAATTACAGCATTGGTGTTTCCTGCATGAATGAAATAGGCTGGTCTGCAGTGAGCCCTTGGA
TTCTAGCCAGCACGACTGAAGGAGCCCCATCAGTAGCACCTTTAAATGTCACTGTGTTTCTGAATGAATC
TAGTGATAATGTGGACATCAGATGGATGAAGCCTCCGACTAAGCAGCAGGATGGAGAACTGGTGGGCTAC
CGGATATCCCACGTGTGGCAGAGTGCAGGGATTTCCAAAGAGCTCTTGGAGGAAGTTGGCCAGAATGGCA
GCCGAGCTCGGATCTCTGTTCAAGTCCACAATGCTACGTGCACAGTGAGGATTGCAGCCGTCACCAGAGG
GGGAGTTGGGCCCTTCAGTGATCCAGTGAAAATATTTATCCCTGCACACGGTTGGGTAGATTATGCCCCC
TCTTCAACTCCGGCGCCTGGCAACGCAGATCCTGTGCTCATCATCTTTGGCTGCTTTTGTGGATTTATTT
TGATTGGGTTGATTTTATACATCTCCTTGGCCATCAGAAAAAGAGTCCAGGAGACAAAGTTTGGGAATGC
ATTCACAGAGGAGGATTCTGAATTAGTGGTGAATTATATAGCAAAGAAATCCTTCTGTCGGCGAGCCATT
GAACTTACCTTACATAGCTTGGGAGTCAGTGAGGAACTACAAAATAAACTAGAAGATGTTGTGATTGACA
GGAATCTTCTAATTCTTGGAAAAATTCTGGGTGAAGGAGAGTTTGGGTCTGTAATGGAAGGAAATCTTAA
GCAGGAAGATGGGACCTCTCTGAAAGTGGCAGTGAAGACCATGAAGTTGGACAACTCTTCACAGCGGGAG
ATCGAGGAGTTTCTCAGTGAGGCAGCGTGCATGAAAGACTTCAGCCACCCAAATGTCATTCGACTTCTAG
GTGTGTGTATAGAAATGAGCTCTCAAGGCATCCCAAAGCCCATGGTAATTTTACCCTTCATGAAATACGG
GGACCTGCATACTTACTTACTTTATTCCCGATTGGAGACAGGACCAAAGCATATTCCTCTGCAGACACTA
TTGAAGTTCATGGTGGATATTGCCCTGGGAATGGAGTATCTGAGCAACAGGAATTTTCTTCATCGAGATT
TAGCTGCTCGAAACTGCATGTTGCGAGATGACATGACTGTCTGTGTTGCGGACTTCGGCCTCTCTAAGAA
GATTTACAGTGGCGATTATTACCGCCAAGGCCGCATTGCTAAGATGCCTGTTAAATGGATCGCCATAGAA
AGTCTTGCAGACCGAGTCTACACAAGTAAAAGTGATGTGTGGGCATTTGGCGTGACCATGTGGGAAATAG
CTACGCGGGGAATGACTCCCTATCCTGGGGTCCAGAACCATGAGATGTATGACTATCTTCTCCATGGCCA
CAGGTTGAAGCAGCCCGAAGACTGCCTGGATGAACTGTATGAAATAATGTACTCTTGCTGGAGAACCGAT
CCCTTAGACCGCCCCACCTTTTCAGTATTGAGGCTGCAGCTAGAAAAACTCTTAGAAAGTTTGCCTGACG
TTCGGAACCAAGCAGACGTTATTTACGTCAATACACAGTTGCTGGAGAGCTCTGAGGGCCTGGCCCAGGG
CTCCACCCTTGCTCCACTGGACTTGAACATCGACCCTGACTCTATAATTGCCTCCTGCACTCCCCGCGCT
GCCATCAGTGTGGTCACAGCAGAAGTTCATGACAGCAAACCTCATGAAGGACGGTACATCCTGAATGGGG
GCAGTGAGGAATGGGAAGATCTGACTTCTGCCCCCTCTGCTGCAGTCACAGCTGAAAAGAACAGTGTTTT
ACCGGGGGAGAGACTTGTTAGGAATGGGGTCTCCTGGTCCCATTCGAGCATGCTGCCCTTGGGAAGCTCA
TTGCCCGATGAACTTTTGTTTGCTGACGACTCCTCAGAAGGCTCAGAAGTCCTGATGTGA

 

Formulation: Lentivector encoded and pre-packaged viral particles (typical titer 10⁶ - 10⁷ IFU/ml) in the conditional medium (serum-free) from HEK293 cells that have been transfected with the lentivector gene clone and the LentiPAK DNA mix

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FOR RESEARCH USE ONLY. NOT FOR DIAGNOSTIC OR THERAPEUTIC USE IN HUMAN.

 

Important Safety Information: With the safety features in place, our lentiviral vectors and viral particles can be employed in standard Biosafety Level 2 tissue culture facilities and should be treated with the same level of caution as any other potentially infectious agent. Any investigator who purchases our lentiviral/retroviral products & services is responsible for following Biosafety Level 2 requirements on the handling of viral particles. For more information on Biosafety Level 2 agents and practices, please refer to NIH’s “Biosafety Considerations for Research with Lentiviral Vectors”.

 

Restriction: This product is not transferable or re-sellable.  Customer obtain no right to transfer, assign, or sublicense its use rights, or to transfer, resell, package, or otherwise distribute the product, or to use the product for the benefit of any third party or for any commercial purpose.  Customer may only use the product in compliance with applicable local, state and federal laws, regulations and rules.  Customer may not directly or indirectly use the product or allow the transfer, transmission, export or re-export of all or any part of the product in violation of any export control law or regulation of the united states or any other relevant jurisdiction.  Your use of this product constitutes acceptance of the terms of this limited use agreement.  Please refer to our “terms & conditions” for details.  If you are not willing to accept the limitation of this agreement, G&P Biosciences will accept return of the product for a full/partial refund.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pre-packaged lentiviral particles are most advanced gene delivery tools. Each particles contain a fully sequence verified target gene and are psudotyped with the VSV-G glycoprotein, ready for transduction into into a wide range of cell types including hard-to-transfect primary cells and non-dividing cells. They are supplied in 1-mL aliquot(s) of the serum-/antibiotic-free solution suitable for both in vitro and in vivo delivery. They are produced in HEK293 packaging cells with a typical titer of ≥10⁷ IFU/ml using our optimized LentPAK^TM packaging system. The lentiviral particles can be used to transduce subconfluent target cells. Depending on your purpose, you may choose a specific multiplicity of infection (MOI) or test a range of MOIs to determine which gives you the desired results. Transduction can be enhanced by the addition of polybrene, also known as hexadimethrine bromide (typically at 8-10 μg/ml). 

 

 

 

Quick Protocol for Transduction

 

 

 

Day 1. Seeding Target Cells

 

For an example, plate target cells in a 10 cm plate at a density of 1 - 5x 10⁵ cells/ml that will produce approximately 60% confluency in 24 hours.

 

 

 

Note: other size plates can also be used depending on the nature of your experiment. Adjust the reagent amount according to Table 1

 

 

 

Table 1. Seeding Density of Target Cells (1 day prior to transduction)

 

Vessel Type	Seeding Density	Volume of Media
10-cm dish	1 – 5 x 106	10 mL
6-well plate	0.3 – 1 x 106	2 mL/well
12-well plate	0.15 – 0.5 x 106	1 mL/well
24-well plate	0.6 – 2 x 105	0.5 mL/well
96-well plate	1 – 4 x 104	0.1 mL/well

 

  

 

Day 2. Transduction

 

Remove the growth media from the dish/plate prepared the day before. Replace with 1/2 volume of culture medium containing desired amount of lentiviral particles (at 2 to 20 MOI).  For example, add 4.5 mL of growth medium and 0.5 mL of Lentiviral particles, or simply add 5 mL of Lentiviral particles (for a low titer viral preparation or a high MOI transduction). Add polybrene directly to the media on the target cells at 8 μg/ml. Mix by gentle swirling.

 

 

 

Incubate at 37°C with 5% CO2 for 4 - 24 hours, then replace the transduction medium with right amount of growth medium according to table 1 (for example 10 mL for 10-cm dish). Culture the cells for 48 – 72 hours, and transduced cells are ready for downstream analyses.

 

 

 

Note: Adjust volumes accordingly for transduction of other plate types.  For example, add 1 ml of growth medium and lentiviral particle mixture for 6-well plate, 0.5 ml for 12-well and 0.25 mL for 24-well except for 96 well, in which 100 μl should be used. The change of transduction medium is often unnecessary with our pre-packaged lentiviral particles.  Simply culture cells for 3-4 days before analysis. 

 

 

 

The virus-containing media can be changed in as short as 4 hours after transduction if toxicity of the lentiviral transduction is a concern. Normally reverse transcription and genome integration of the lentivector takes place within 24-36 hours. With our ready-to-use, prepackaged lentiviral particles, the change of media is often unnecessary. The transduction process can be ongoing for 2 - 6 days without significant impact on cell growth/viability. The transduction process can also be repeated if desired. For a lentivector with a fluorescent reporter (such as GFP), FACS can be used to enrich for cells that express GFP. If it contains a drug selectable marker, follow the protocol for the particular drug. For example, puromycin selection is usually carried out at 1-10 μg/mL, depending on the target cells’ sensitivity

 

 

 

 

 

Important Safety Information

 

With the safety features in place, our lentiviral vectors and viral particles can be employed in standard Biosafety Level 2 tissue culture facilities and should be treated with the same level of caution as any other potentially infectious agent. Any investigator who purchases our lentiviral/retroviral products & services is responsible for following Biosafety Level 2 requirements on the handling of viral particles. For more information on Biosafety Level 2 agents and practices, please refer to NIH’s “Biosafety Considerations for Research with Lentiviral Vectors”.

 

 

 

Product datasheet (pdf) and additional supporting documents, including COA and MSDS are available upon request.

 

 

 

FOR RESEARCH USE ONLY. NOT FOR DIAGNOSTIC OR THERAPEUTIC USE IN HUMAN.

Restriction: This product is not transferable or re-sellable.  Customer obtain no right to transfer, assign, or sublicense its use rights, or to transfer, resell, package, or otherwise distribute the product, or to use the product for the benefit of any third party or for any commercial purpose.  Customer may only use the product in compliance with applicable local, state and federal laws, regulations and rules.  Customer may not directly or indirectly use the product or allow the transfer, transmission, export or re-export of all or any part of the product in violation of any export control law or regulation of the united states or any other relevant jurisdiction.  Your use of this product constitutes acceptance of the terms of this limited use agreement.  Please refer to our “terms & conditions” for details.  If you are not willing to accept the limitation of this agreement, G&P Biosciences will accept return of the product for a full/partial refund.