Cell Line Information:

Designations: U-87 MG
Depositors: J Ponten
Growth Properties: adherent
Organism: Homo sapiens
Morphology: epithelial
Source: brain
Tumor Stage: classified as grade IV as of 2007
Disease: glioblastoma; astrocytoma
Tumorigenic: Yes
Antigen Expression: Blood Type A, Rh
Age: 44 years
Gender: male
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Comments: This is one of a number of cell lines derived from malignant gliomas by J. Ponten and associates from 1966 to 1969.

The Transfection Reagent:

U-87 MG Cell Avalanche™ Transfection Reagent is a new, proprietary solution specifically designed for transfection on U-87 MG Cell. The proprietary formulation of lipids and polymers ensures the highest possible transfection efficiencies and viabilities for U-87 MG Cell. No other transfection reagents can match the efficiency, convenience, and gentleness of U-87 MG Cell Avalanche™ Transfection Reagent for transfection on U-87 MG Cell. For details of the developing process of this reagent, please go to: How did EZ Biosystems develop Avalanche™ Cell type/cell line specific transfection reagent series?

Features:

• Unique formulation-maximize transfection performance in U-87 MG Cell.
• Extremely gentle to cells
• Deliver single or multiple plasmids
• Efficient for plasmid DNA/siRNA co-transfection
• Animal-free
• Simplest and straightforward protocols
• Reproducible: due to highly controlled chemical synthesis of each of the ingredients, the reagent forms uniformly sized complex particles with nucleic acids. With optimized protocol, our reagent will ensure the reproducible highest transfection results.
• Developed and manufactured by EZ Biosystems

Data:

FIG. 1. High throughput test of transfection efficiency (determined as RLU/mg) on U-87 MG cells after transfection of luciferase reporter gene by using our 172 proprietary transfection formulas and several most popular commercial transfection reagents. The yellow box showed the results of 4 commercial transfection reagents. The red lines marked our candidate formulas with the highest transfection efficiency for U-87 MG cells. This test result was confirmed with repeat experiments. The one that showed the optimal balance of potent & low cytotoxicity among those candidate formulas after flow cytometry analysis on the percentage of 7AAD positive cells was later named as this U-87 MG Cell Avalanche Transfection Reagent.   FIG. 2. U-87 cells were transfected with GFP vector (pEGFP-N3) by using U-87 Avalanche® Transfection Reagent. The cells were visualized by Nikon Eclipse Fluorescence microscope 24 hours post transfection.

For Other Cells:

U-87 MG Cell Avalanche™ Transfection Reagent (human glioblastoma and astrocytoma cell) can also be used on the following cells with high transfection efficiencies. 786-O Cell Caki-1 Cell MDCK Cell Vero Cell 293 Cell 293T/17 Cell Recommended protocols for these cells will be provided with the reagent. The protocols usually provide satisfactory transfection efficiency with invisible cytotoxicity. However, optimization may be needed for certain type of cells. Optimizations may include: the amount of DNA and this transfection reagent; cell density; transfection reagent/DNA ratio, or incubation time for the mixture of transfection reagent/DNA etc. For best transfection result, we recommend using the respective cell type/cell line specific Avalanche transfection reagents. Those reagents have been optimized on both recipes and protocols, and have been proved to have the best transfection results for the respective cell lines or primary cells. You can easily find the respective Avalanche transfection reagents specific for your cells by using the filters of our product list.

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