STAT3 Luciferase Reporter Lentivirus
The STAT3 Luciferase Reporter Lentivirus are replication incompetent, HIV-based, VSV-G pseudotyped lentiviral particles that are ready to be transduced into almost all types of mammalian cells, including primary and non-dividing cells. The particles contain a firefly luciferase gene under the control of STAT3-responsive element located upstream of the minimal TATA promoter (Figure 1). After transduction, activation of the STAT3 signaling pathway in the target cells can be monitored by measuring the luciferase activity.
Figure 1. Schematic of the lenti-vector used to generate the STAT3 luciferase reporter lentivirus.
• IL-6 (BPS Bioscience, #90196-B)
• HEK293 growth medium or use Thaw Medium 9 (BPS Bioscience, #79665): MEM with
10% FBS, 0.1 mM nonessential amino acids, 1 mM sodium pyruvate
• Polybrene (Millipore, #TR-1003-G)
• 96-well tissue culture treated white clear-bottom assay plate (Corning, #3610)
• One-Step luciferase assay system (BPS Bioscience, #60690)
• Luminometer
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