Source: Mangeot, P. E., et al. Delivery of the Cas9/sgRNA Ribonucleoprotein Complex in Immortalized and Primary Cells via Virus-like Particles ("Nanoblades"). J. Vis. Exp. (2021).
This video demonstrates a technique for nanoblade-based delivery of Cas9-sgRNA ribonucleoprotein complex inside target cells for genome editing. Nanoblades are virus-like particles devoid of the ability to multiply and infect neighboring cells, therefore are very useful for rapid and dose-dependent transportation of bio- and nanomaterials.
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13.2 mL, Thinwall Polypropylene Tubes, 14 x 89 mm – 50Pk | Beckman Coulter Life Sciences | 331372 | Ultracentrifugation tubes for Nanoblades purification |
Amersham Protran Premium Western blotting membranes, nitrocellulose | Merck | GE10600004 | Nitrocellulose membrane for quantifying Cas9 levels within purified Nanoblades |
BIC-Gag-CAS9 | Addgene | 119942 | Encodes a GAG (F-MLV)-CAS9(sp) fusion. Allows the production of GAG-CAS9 Virus like particles from producer cells in association with over expressed gRNA(s) and appropriate envelopes |
BICstim-Gag-dCAS9-VPR | Addgene | 120922 | Encodes a GAG-dCAS9-VPR fusion for targeted transcriptional activation |
BLADE | Addgene | 134912 | Empty backbone for cloning sgRNA sequence to be used in Nanoblades system |
BsmBI-v2 | New England Biolabs | R0739S | Restriction enzyme to digest the BLADE and SUPERBLADES vectors for sgRNA cloning |
Cas9 (7A9-3A3) Mouse mAb (HRP Conjugate) #97982 | Cell Signaling Technology | 97982S | Anti-Cas9 antibody for Cas9 quantification by dot-blot |
Cas9 Nuclease, S. pyogenes | New England Biolabs | M0386T | Recombinant Cas9 protein to be used as a reference for absolute quantification of the amount of Cas9 loaded within Nanoblades |
Ethidium bromide solution (10 mg/mL in H2O) | Sigma-Aldrich | E1510-10ML | For staining agarose gels and visualize DNA |
Fisherbrand Wave Motion Shakers | Fisher Scientific | 88-861-028 | Agitation table to resuspend Nanoblades upon centrifugation |
gelAnalyzer | http://www.gelanalyzer.com; quantifying band intensity after digestion | ||
Gesicle Producer 293T | Takara | 632617 | Nanoblades producer cell line |
Gibco DMEM, high glucose, pyruvate | ThermoFisher Scientific | 41966052 | Cell culture medium for Gesicle Producer 293T cells |
jetPRIME Transfection Reagent kit for DNA and DNA/siRNA | Polyplus | POL114-15 | Transfection reagent for Nanoblade production in Gesicle Producer 293T cells |
Millex-AA, 0.80 µm, syringe filter | Millipore | SLAA033SS | Syringe filter to remove cellular debris before concentration of Nanoblades |
Millex-GS, 0.22 µm, syringe filter | Millipore | SLGS033SS | Syringe filter to sterilise the sucrose cushion solution |
Millex-HP, 0.45 µm, polyethersulfone, syringe filter | Millipore | SLHP033RS | Syringe filter to remove cellular debris before Nanoblades concentration |
Monarch DNA Gel Extraction Kit | New England Biolabs | T1020L | DNA gel extraction kit for purification of the pBLADES or pSUPERBLADES plasmid fragment upon digestion with BsmBI |
NEB Stable Competent E. coli (High Efficiency) | New England Biolabs | C3040I | Competent bacteria for plasmid transformation and amplification |
NucleoBond Xtra Midi kit for transfection-grade plasmid DNA | Macherey-Nagel | 740410.5 | Maxipreparation kit for purification of plasmid DNA from cultured bacteria |
Nucleospin gDNA extraction kit | Macherey-Nagel | 740952.5 | Extraction of genomic DNA from transduced cells |
NucleoSpin Plasmid, Mini kit for plasmid DNA | Macherey-Nagel | 740588.5 | Minipreparation kit for purification of plasmid DNA from cultured bacteria |
NucleoSpin Tissue, Mini kit for DNA from cells and tissue | Macherey-Nagel | 740952.5 | Genomic DNA extraction kit |
Optima XE-90 | Beckman Coulter Life Sciences | A94471 | Ultracentrifuge |
pBaEVRless | Els Verhoeyen (Inserm U1111) | Personnal requests have to be sent to: els.verhoyen@ens-lyon.fr | Baboon Endogenous retrovirus Rless glycoprotein described in Girard-Gagnepain, A. et al. Baboon envelope pseudotyped LVs outperform VSV-G-LVs for gene transfer into early-cytokine-stimulated and resting HSCs. Blood 124, 1221–1231 (2014) |
pBS-CMV-gagpol | Addgene | 35614 | Enocdes the Murine Leukemia Virus gag and pol genes |
pCMV-VSV-G | Addgene | 8454 | Envelope protein for producing lentiviral and MuLV retroviral particles |
Phosphate-Buffered Saline (PBS) | ThermoFisher Scientific | 14200091 | 10X PBS to dilute in millipore water |
Polybrene Transfection Reagent | Millipore Sigma | TR-1003-G | Cationic polymer that enhances the efficiency of retroviral transduction in specific mammalian cells. It can also allow viral-dependent entry of an Oligodeoxynucleotide (ODN) for homology-directed repair |
Sucrose,for molecular biology, ≥99.5% (GC) | Sigma-Aldrich | S0389-5KG | Sucrose to prepare a cushion for Nanoblade purification through ultracentrifugation |
SUPERBLADE5 | Addgene | 134913 | Empty backbone for cloning sgRNA sequence to be used in nanoblades system (Optimized for increased genome editing efficiency via Chen B et al., 2013) |
SuperSignal West Dura Extended Duration Substrate | ThermoFisher Scientific | 34076 | Enhanced chemiluminescence (ECL) HRP substrate for Cas9 dot blots |
SW 41 Ti Swinging-Bucket Rotor | Beckman Coulter Life Sciences | 331362 | Rotor for ultracentrifugation |
SYBR Safe DNA Gel Stain | ThermoFisher Scientific | S33102 | Alternative to ethidium bromide for staining agarose gels and visualize DNA |
T4 DNA Ligase | New England Biolabs | M0202S | DNA ligase to ligate the BLADE or SUPERBLADES vectors with the duplexed DNA oligos corresponding to the variable region of the sgRNA |
Triton-containing lysis buffer | Promega | E291A | Lysis buffer to disrupt Nanoblades and allow Cas9 quantification |
TWEEN 20 | Sigma-Aldrich | P9416 | For the preparation of TBST |