AAV Serotype Testing Panel
Adeno-associated viruses (AAVs) have emerged as the most effective viral vectors for gene therapy due to their ability to transduce a wide variety of mammalian cell types and their low immunogenicity in host organisms. VectorBuilder offers the AAV serotype testing panel to enable users to select the optimal AAV serotype for specific applications by systematic comparison of a variety of serotypes in cells or in animals. Our AAV serotype testing panel is the only commercially available serotype testing kit that offers you the flexibility to customize your AAV panel with any 3 or more AAV serotypes from our wide collection of 18 serotypes, based on your project needs.
Ordering information
| Product | Catalog No. | Titer & Volume | Unit Price (USD) | Availability |
| In vitro grade AAV serotype testing panel (EGFP) | PANEL-AAVS01 | ~1012 GC/ml, 25 ul, PBS buffer | $59 per aliquot | In stock |
| In vivo grade AAV serotype testing panel (EGFP) | PANEL-AAVSP01 | ~1013 GC/ml, 25 ul, PBS buffer | $109 per aliquot | In stock |
Notes:
a. Our standard AAV serotype collection includes AAVs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 6.2, 7, 8, 9, rh10, DJ, DJ/8, PHP.eB, PHP.S, AAV2-retro, AAV2-QuadYF and AAV2.7m8.
b. A minimum of three different serotypes is required for each panel. To customize and order your panel, please send a design request to us.
Technical information
The AAV serotype testing panel contains premade AAVs expressing EGFP using our highly optimized AAV vector system. Our AAV vector system is optimized for high copy number replication in E. coli, high-titer packaging of live virus, efficient transduction of host cells, and high-level transgene expression. This viral vector can be packaged into virus using all known capsid serotypes, is capable of very high transduction efficiency, and presents a low safety risk.
Figure 1. Map of the EGFP-expressing AAV vector.
View fully annotated map and sequence of the EGFP expressing AAV vector
Many strains of AAV have been identified in nature. They are divided into different serotypes based on different antigenicity of the capsid protein on the viral surface. Different serotypes can render the virus with different tissue tropism (i.e. tissue specificity of infection). When our AAV vectors are packaged into the virus, different serotypes can be conferred to the virus by using different capsid proteins for the packaging. The AAV serotype testing panel is designed for a systematic comparison of the tissue specificity of multiple AAV serotypes to help you select the optimal serotype for your experiment. The tables below list the tissue specificity conferred by different AAV serotypes.
| Serotype | Tissue tropism |
|---|---|
| AAV1 | Smooth muscle, CNS, lung, retina, inner ear, pancreas, heart, liver |
| AAV2 | Smooth muscle, CNS, liver, kidney, retina, inner ear |
| AAV3 | Smooth muscle, liver, lung |
| AAV4 | CNS, retina, lung, kidney |
| AAV5 | Smooth muscle, CNS, lung, retina |
| AAV6 | Smooth muscle, heart, lung, adipose, liver |
| AAV6.2 | Lung, liver, inner ear |
| AAV7 | Smooth muscle, retina, CNS, liver |
| AAV8 | Smooth muscle, CNS, retina, inner ear, liver, pancreas, heart, kidney, adipose |
| AAV9 | Smooth muscle, lung, liver, heart, pancreas, CNS, retina, inner ear, testes, kidney |
| AAVrh10 | Smooth muscle, lung, liver, heart, pancreas, CNS, retina, kidney |
| AAV-DJ | Liver, heart, kidney, spleen |
| AAV-DJ/8 | Liver, brain, spleen |
| AAV-PHP.eB | CNS |
| AAV-PHP.S | PNS |
| AAV2-retro | Spinal nerves |
| AAV2-QuadYF | Endothelial cell |
| AAV2.7m8 | Retina, inner ear |
| Tissue type | Recommended AAV serotypes |
|---|---|
| Smooth muscle | AAV1, AAV2, AAV3, AAV5, AAV6, AAV7, AAV8, AAV9, AAVrh10 |
| CNS | AAV1, AAV2, AAV4, AAV5, AAV7, AAV8, AAV9, AAVrh10, AAV-PHP.eB |
| PNS | AAV-PHP.S |
| Brain | AAV1, AAV2, AAV5, AAV7, AAV8, AAV-DJ/8 |
| Retina | AAV1, AAV2, AAV4, AAV5, AAV7, AAV8, AAV9, AAVrh10, AAV2.7m8 |
| Inner ear | AAV1, AAV2, AAV6.2, AAV8, AAV9, AAV2.7m8 |
| Lung | AAV1, AAV3, AAV4, AAV5, AAV6, AAV6.2, AAV9, AAVrh10 |
| Liver | AAV1, AAV2, AAV3, AAV6, AAV6.2, AAV7, AAV8, AAV9, AAVrh10, AAV-DJ, AAV-DJ/8 |
| Pancreas | AAV1, AAV2, AAV6, AAV8, AAV9, AAVrh10 |
| Heart | AAV1,AAV4, AAV5, AAV6, AAV8, AAV9, AAVrh10, AAV-DJ |
| Kidney | AAV2, AAV4, AAV8, AAV9, AAVrh10, AAV-DJ, AAV-DJ/8 |
| Adipose | AAV6, AAV8, AAV9 |
| Testes | AAV2, AAV9 |
| Spleen | AAV-DJ, AAV-DJ/8 |
| Spinal nerves | AAV2-retro |
| Endothelial cells | AAV2-QuadYF |