Consistent Delivery of Adeno-Associated Virus via Lateral Tail-Vein Injection in Adult MiceFady Guirguis 1,2, Véronique Bolduc 1, Matthew J. Slarve 3, Haiyan Zhou 4,5, Francesco Muntoni 2,4, Carsten G. Bönnemann 1
1Neuromuscular and Neurogenetic Disorders of Childhood Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, 2The Dubowitz Neuromuscular Centre, Molecular Neurosciences Section, Developmental Neurosciences Research and Teaching Department, Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, 3Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, University of Southern California, 4NIHR Great Ormond Street Hospital Biomedical Research Centre, 5Genetics and Genomic Medicine Research and Teaching Department, Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London
Here we detail an optimized protocol for mouse lateral tail-vein injection to systemically administer adeno-associated virus (AAV) in adult mice. Additionally, we describe protocols of commonly used assays to assess AAV transduction.