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Our phenotyping department is equipped with a dedicated viral transduction facility and highly trained staff for delivery of viral vectors.

A large panel of delivery route are validated for gene transfer in adult mouse. Other routes, delivery in young mice or in rats can be developed upon request. Biodistribution and efficiency analyses and downstream phenotyping tests can be performed on transfected animals

Vectors frequently used

  • Adenovirus
  • AAV
  • Lentivirus
  • LentiFlash particles (for non-integrative RNA delivery)
  • Vaccinia

Delivery modes currently available

  • Intradermic; Subcutaneous
  • Intravenous (retro orbital or jugular vein injection)
  • Intraperitoneal
  • Intranasal aerosol
  • Intratracheal
  • Intrajugular slow injection – minipump
  • Stereotactic admininistration:
    • intraventricular
    • cerebellar
  • Intramuscular
  • Intratumoral
   

For any viral transduction request please contact us

Sample results

Intramuscular injection

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Intramuscular injection of cre vector in mT/mG reporter mouse (Muzumdar, Mandar Deepak, Bosiljka Tasic, Kazunari Miyamichi, Ling Li, and Liqun Luo 2007- A Global Double-Fluorescent Cre Reporter Mouse. Genesis (New York, N.Y.: 2000) 45(9): 593–605.). Legend: green: recombined cells; red: non recombined cells

 

Stereotactic admininistration  for mouse and rat

Purpose:

Stereotactic delivery are widely used for brain manipulation regarding neurodegenerative disorders. With the development of gene therapy, the injection of viral vectors into specific brain structures is admitted to be a valuable technique in the study of treatments for neurodegenerative brain diseases (Parkinson's, Alzheimer's...).

Sample results:

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Legend: cerebellum mouse slice, stained with an HA antibody to detect « confidential » transgene expression after intra cerebellar AAV delivery using stereotactic technics. Francoise Piguet ©IMC

Equipment:

With automated stereotactic instruments and a microbiological safety station, we have been performing intracerebral injections of AAV followed by behavioral studies in the mouse models. Finally, we recently succesfully conducted a preliminary toxicity study on rats to confirm those obtained in mice.

  • Automated stereotactic instruments (World Precision Instruments, United States)
  • Microbiological safety station

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Legend : automated intracerebral injection system for mouse and rat models.