A preliminary result supports the feasibility of using visible light to modulate the membrane potential of a cell. Human embryonic kidney cells (HEK293) were transfected with vertebrate rhodopsin and a gradient inward rectifying potassium (GIRK) channel. Whole cell patch clamp recordings of HEK293 cells exposed to 9-cis retinal showed that illumination increases the potassium current compared w...

The ANKS1A gene product, also known as Odin, was first identified as a tyrosine-phosphorylated component of the epidermal growth factor receptor network. Here we show that Odin functions as an effector of EGFR recycling. In EGF-stimulated HEK293 cells tyrosine phosphorylation of Odin was induced prior to EGFR internalization and independent of EGFR-to-ERK signaling. Over-expression of Odin incr...

We have studied the potential contribution of ABCG2 (breast cancer resistance protein) to resistance to nucleoside analogues. In cells transfected with DNA constructs resulting in overexpression of human or mouse ABCG2, we found resistance against cladribine, clofarabine, fludarabine, 6-mercaptopurine, and 6-mercaptopurine riboside in both MDCKII and HEK293 cells and against gemcitabine only in...

OBJECTIVE To construct the pcDNA3-HERG-G572R expression vector and establish a cell line stably expressing HKE-HERG-G572R. METHODS HERG-G572R mutant fragment was constructed by over-lap extension PCR and validated by DNA sequencing. The HKE-HERG-G572R expression vector was constructed and transfected into HEK293 cells to obtain a cell line stably expressing HKE-HERG-G572R. RESULTS The pcDNA...

Transient transfection of plasmids into suspension HEK293 cells is still the most commonly used method for production recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV) gene therapies – in this episode, Diane Golebiowski and Marissa Stanvick discuss ways to optimize that process.

cell-based biosensors have become a research hotspot in biosensors and bioelectronics fields. the main feature of cell-based biosensors is the immobilization of living cell on the surface of transducers. different types of polymers which are used as scaffolds for cell growth should be biocompatible and have reactive functional groups for further attachment of biomolecules. in this work, the cel...