An In Vitro Transduction-Induced Myelination Assay for Oligodendrocyte Precursor Cells

Source: Peckham, H. M., et al. Production and Use of Lentivirus to Selectively Transduce Primary Oligodendrocyte Precursor Cells for In Vitro Myelination Assays. J. Vis. Exp. (2015). The video demonstrates a protocol for differentiating oligodendrocyte precursor cells (OPCs) into oligodendrocytes and inducing myelination in a co-culture with dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons. The OPCs are transduced with lentiviral vectors encoding a signaling protein that regulates myelination. The transduced OPCs are co-cultured with DRG neurons to assess the differentiation into oligodendrocytes and the signaling protein-induced myelination.