siRNA Transfection Using Lipofectamine 3000

Medical University of Graz
Stiftingtalstraße 24
Postdoctoral Researcher

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Company:

Thermo Fisher Scientific

Product Name:

Lipofectamine 3000 Transfection Reagent

Catalog Number:

L3000008

Transfection using RNA or DNA is a common cell culture tool. We used Lipofectamine 3000 to silence TNFa in HL-1 cardiomyocytes. Lipofectamine 3000 has relatively less cell toxicity and very high transfection efficiency.

Experimental Design and Results Summary

Application

Cell culture

Starting Material

Cardiomyocytes

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6-24 h transfection showed no toxicity.

Results Summary

Lipofectamine 3000 transfected cells showed ~70% reduction in TNFa expression levels.

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Worked as expected

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The Bottom Line

Lipofectamine 3000 can be used as a tool to overexpress or knock down genes in various cell type.

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