体外培养的原代神经元形态和功能与在体神经元相似,在神经系统疾病研究中能提供准确的生物学信息,是研究神经系统疾病的重要工具。转染技术的发展,为研究原代培养神经元基因和蛋白质功能提供了技术支持。本文总结了近年来原代神经元转染方法的研究进展,比较了不同转染方法如磷酸钙沉淀法、脂质体介导转染、电穿孔法、病毒介导转染等的优缺点,为选择最佳的神经元基因转染技术提供有价值的参考。
The primary cultured neurons in vitro have similar morphology and function as those of neurons in vivo. Therefore, it can provide accurate biological informations and is regarded to be an important tool in the studies of nervous system disorders. The development of transfection technology has provided technical supports for functional research of genes and proteins in neurons. Here we will summarize the research progress in transfection methods of primary cultured neurons in recent years, and will compare the advantage and disadvantage among different transfection methods such as calcium phosphate method, lipofection, electroporation and viral transduction. It may be helpful to provide guidance to select the most effective transfection methods of primary cultured neurons.