A.配子体文化的制备： <ol><li>把新鲜的人体血液和血清37℃水浴中。 </li><li>在通风橱中，在无菌条件下，吸管1毫升热血到Eppendorf管，。 5分钟2200转，在离心机旋转的血液。红细胞应颗粒;删除和丢弃明确血清。与同等体积的一个新的血清3次清洗erythocytes获得的配子体的全血。 </li><li>检索的CO 2培养箱或蜡烛JAR的配子体的文化。应保持这种文化上的RPMI媒体和美联储文化的第16天的蚊子。要确定gametocytemia％（文化的第16天），使一滴血的载玻片上薄涂片染色执行Geimsa。在寄生虫文化领域的数量确定的配子。它通常范围为2 - 4％。全血，你将需要达到理想的最终％gametocytemia（0.3 -1％）计算量。 </li><li>除去大部分用吸管从您的配子体文化传媒，小心不要打扰或吸了寄生虫（寄生虫会显示为黑色，而媒体将浅粉色/红色）。吸取15毫升猎鹰管媒体和寄生虫，其余。在离心机中旋转5分钟2200转。寄生虫和红细胞沉淀，去除，并丢弃上清媒体，而不会干扰寄生虫。 </li><li>准备全血的数量（从步骤A2）相结合的寄生虫，给你所需的最终gametocytemia根据以前的计算。吸取到调匀。 （〜1分钟） </li></ol>现在，这是你养活你的蚊子样本。在水浴保持在37℃。 B.饲养蚊子 ： <ol><li> 按蚊 （30-50）放入蜡内衬纸板盖杯网状扣除橡皮筋或纸板盖杯提供担保。这一步，​​我们使用电池供电的抽吸。 </li><li>准备橡皮管插入喷嘴玻璃馈线两侧循环水浴。许多馈线连接，你需要一系列系列的一端应连接管的循环水浴（的一部分，推动水通过馈线），该系列的另一端应包括橡胶管淹没在洗澡，让循环水，空回浴。打开洗澡，直到水约37℃的水是循环通过馈线和洗澡。这是保持血液的温暖和保持寄生虫的生存至关重要。 </li><li>准备通过拉伸周围的玻璃膜料机，使用压力密封紧密接驳开放膜（拉伸封口膜，我们用小方块）。这种膜会模仿皮肤。 </li><li>将一个接驳膜侧到每个蚊子杯和安全使用夹具或磁带馈线。膜应该坐下来与净冲洗，使蚊子可以从内杯。 </li><li>仔细移液器寄生虫血粉到馈线的脖子（从步骤A5），确保血液经过的脖子一路进了水库，接触膜，使蚊子可以进入血液。我们使用约200μL每个饲养者的血液，但也存在变化。 </li><li>让蚊虫饲料。我们让她们能够养活≈30分钟（可变theexperiment;大多数实验，偶尔监测有多少人已经采取的一餐，在腹部的血液中的含量。） </li><li>喂奶后，去除蚊子杯进料器。关闭水浴，从管断开馈线。 </li><li>取出膜，浸泡在10％漂白，去污，用清水冲洗进料器。有何污染的材料（膜，纸巾，手套等），到一个小的生物危害袋和一个大的生物危害插座存款。 </li><li>放置在冰箱或冷藏室杯麻醉蚊子。一旦蚊子是完全麻醉，在冰桶中嵌入一个培养皿转移。排序的蚊子，仔细寻找任何一个血粉迹象的腹部，并丢弃那些没有不喂。有些蚊子会完全充血，而有些则表现出窄带摄入血，全都是“喂”可以接受。把喂蚊子放回纸板杯。 </li><li>蚊子提供一种糖餐（一棉片浸在10％蔗糖），在正常insectary条件下孵育7天。每天，蚊子，应监测的死亡率。此外，棉花应与蔗糖湿，让他们没有饭吃。这是更好，但添加一纸毛巾浸泡在蒸馏水中，以保持潮湿，蚊子。这些蚊子是P。 falcipraum感染，所以必须采取所有关心，所以没有蚊子亚太经社会E杯。这是最好的，把一个小cagefor双重保护杯。 </li></ol> C.解剖蚊子肠和估计卵囊负载： <ol style="margin-top: 0in"><li style="tab-stops: list .5in">吸蚊（步骤B）纸板杯使用电池供电的抽吸。麻醉蚊子，这里面可移动的抽吸水库，寒冷的房间，或埋在冰水库至少5分钟，或直至蚊子停止移动。 </li><li style="tab-stops: list .5in">麻醉蚊子从水库转移到玻璃培养皿中嵌入冰。蚊子传播的单层和覆盖用塑料培养皿盖子。不能上的菜可容纳的蚊子停留在水库，这是返回到冷室或冰。 </li><li style="tab-stops: list .5in">用细尖的镊子，从盘传输单一的蚊子100 UL PBS下​​安装一个解剖镜下玻片上。离开冷冻培养皿中所涉及的其他人员。 </li><li style="tab-stops: list .5in">用细尖的镊子，在胸部和腹部后举行的蚊子。除了拉的身体，直到肠暴露。使用镊子，去除gut.The肠道多余的组织，看上去就像一张白纸，SAC般的身体。删除多余的组织，从一个12孔的玻片上，沉​​浸在5-10微升0.2％红汞gut.Mount肠道。壁球的胴体和其他蚊子，直到12井的幻灯片潮湿的纸张towel.Continue丢弃已满。玻璃盖玻片覆盖安装的胆量。 </li><li style="tab-stops: list .5in">光显微镜下检查的胆量，为圆形的卵囊，对清除/淡淡的粉红色的肠道组织，明亮的粉红色污点。计数卵囊，记录，并继续下一个样品。继续为所有的蚊子，从所有的试验性治疗。 </li><li style="tab-stops: list .5in">完成后，用纸巾擦去幻灯片清洁。将与胆量的纸巾，纸与尸体毛巾，小生物危害袋，并丢弃在垃圾桶。戴手套是整个过程。护理是不要让任何受感染的蚊子逃生。 </li></ol>

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可以在疟原虫感染及感染的表型测定的一些变化和不同的实验室可能遵循不同的技术。

protocol for plasmodium falciparum infections in mosquitoes and infection phenotype determination

一旦一个基因被确定潜在的疟疾耐火材料，必须进行评估，防止在疟原虫感染的蚊子的作用。该协议说明了如何程度上可以检测疟原虫感染的蚊子。准备配子体的文化，膜喂养蚊子人体血液，并化验在蚊子中肠病毒滴度的技术演示。

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恶性疟原虫在蚊子和病毒感染的表型测定感染的议定书

Once a gene is identified as potentially refractory for malaria, it must be evaluated for its role in preventing Plasmodium infections within the ...

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17.7K 次观看.  Johns Hopkins University. 一旦一个基因被确定潜在的疟疾耐火材料，必须进行评估，防止在疟原虫感染的蚊子的作用。该协议说明了如何程度上可以检测疟原虫感染的蚊子。准备配子体的文化，膜喂养蚊子人体血液，并化验在蚊子中肠病毒滴度的技术演示。

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Protocol for Dengue Infections in Mosquitoes (A. aegypti) and Infection Phenotype Determination

The purpose of this procedure is to infect the Aedes mosquito with dengue virus in a laboratory condition and examine the infection level and dynamic of the virus in the mosquito tissues. This protocol is routinely used for studying mosquito-virus interactions, especially for identification of novel host factors that are able to determine vector competence. The entire experiment must be conducted in a BSL2 laboratory. Similar to Plasmodium falciparum infections, proper attire including gloves and lab coat must be worn at all times. After the experiment, all the materials that came in contact with the virus need to be treated with 75% ethanol and bleached before proceeding with normal washing. All other materials need to be autoclaved before discarding them.

Protocol for Dengue Infections in Mosquitoes A. aegypti and Infection Phenotype Determination

Once a gene is identified as potentially refractory for the dengue virus, it must be evaluated for it's role in preventing viral infections within the mosquito. This protocol illustrates how the extent of dengue infections of mosquitoes can be assayed. The techniques for growing up the virus in culture, membrane feeding mosquitoes human blood, and assaying viral titers in the mosquito midgut are demonstrated.

在蚊子（埃及斑蚊）感染引起的表型测定为登革热感染病例的议定书“

The purpose of this procedure is to infect the Aedes mosquito with dengue virus in a laboratory condition and examine the infection level and dynamic of ...

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Protocol for RNAi Assays in Adult Mosquitoes (A. gambiae)

Reverse genetic approaches have proven extremely useful for determining  which genes underly resistance to vector pathogens in mosquitoes.  This video protocol illustrates a method used by the Dimopoulos lab to inject dsRNA into Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes, which harbor the malaria parasite.  The technique manipulating the injection setup and injecting dsRNA into the thorax is illustrated.

Protocol for RNAi Assays in Adult Mosquitoes A. gambiae

Reverse genetic approaches have proven extremely useful for determining which genes underly resistance to vector pathogens in mosquitoes. This video protocol illustrates a method used by the Dimopoulos lab to inject dsRNA into Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes, which harbor the malaria parasite. The technique manipulating the injection setup and injecting dsRNA into the thorax is illustrated.

成蚊（冈比亚按蚊的RNAi实验议定书）

Reverse genetic approaches have proven extremely useful for determining  which genes underly resistance to vector pathogens in mosquitoes.  This video ...

A Video Protocol of Retroviral Infection in Primary Intestinal Organoid Culture

Lgr5-positive stem cells can be supplemented with the essential growth factors Egf, Noggin, and R-Spondin, which allows us to culture ever-expanding primary 3D epithelial structures in vitro. Both the architecture and physiological properties of these &#39;mini-guts&#39;, also called organoids, closely resemble their in vivo counterparts. This makes them an attractive model system for the small intestinal epithelium. Using retroviral transduction, functional genetics can now be performed by conditional gene overexpression or knockdown. This video demonstrates the procedure of organoid culture, the generation of retroviruses, and the retroviral transduction of organoids to assist phenotypic analysis of the small intestinal epithelium in vitro. This novel organotypic model system in combination with retroviral mediated gene expression provides a valuable tool for rapid analysis of gene function in vitro without the need of costly and time-consuming generation for transgenic animals.

This protocol explains primary Lgr5-positve organoid culture and the subsequent performance of retroviral transduction. This enables Cre-inducible overexpression or knockdown of the delivered transgene and allows functional studies to be carried out in the novel in vitro organotypic model system.

逆转录病毒感染的原发性肠化培养的视频协议

Lgr5-positive stem cells can be supplemented with the essential growth factors Egf, Noggin, and R-Spondin, which allows us to culture ever-expanding ...

Clock Scan Protocol for Image Analysis: ImageJ Plugins

The clock scan protocol for image analysis is an efficient tool to quantify the average pixel intensity within, at the border, and outside (background) a closed or segmented convex-shaped region of interest, leading to the generation of an averaged integral radial pixel-intensity profile. This protocol was originally developed in 2006, as a visual basic 6 script, but as such, it had limited distribution. To address this problem and to join similar recent efforts by others, we converted the original clock scan protocol code into two Java-based plugins compatible with NIH-sponsored and freely available image analysis programs like ImageJ or Fiji ImageJ. Furthermore, these plugins have several new functions, further expanding the range of capabilities of the original protocol, such as analysis of multiple regions of interest and image stacks. The latter feature of the program is especially useful in applications in which it is important to determine changes related to time and location. Thus, the clock scan analysis of stacks of biological images may potentially be applied to spreading of Na+ or Ca++ within a single cell, as well as to the analysis of spreading activity (e.g., Ca++ waves) in populations of synaptically-connected or gap junction-coupled cells. Here, we describe these new clock scan plugins and show some examples of their applications in image analysis.

This paper describes two novel ImageJ plugins for &#39;Clock Scan&#39; image analysis. These plugins expand the functionality of the original visual basic 6 program and, most importantly, make the program available to a large research community by bundling it with the ImageJ free image analysis software package.

用于图像分析的时钟扫描协议：ImageJ插件

The clock scan protocol for image analysis is an efficient tool to quantify the average pixel intensity within, at the border, and outside (background) a ...

A Protocol for Laboratory Housing of Turquoise Killifish (Nothobranchius furzeri)

The development of husbandry practices in non-model laboratory fish used for experimental purposes has greatly benefited from the establishment of reference fish model systems, such as zebrafish and medaka. In recent years, an emerging fish &#8211; the turquoise killifish (Nothobranchius furzeri) &#8211; has been adopted by a growing number of research groups in the fields of biology of aging and ecology. With a captive life span of 4 - 8 months, this species is the shortest-lived vertebrate raised in captivity and allows the scientific community to test &#8211; in a short time &#8211; experimental interventions that can lead to alterations of the aging rate and life expectancy. Given the unique biology of this species, characterized by embryonic diapause, explosive sexual maturation, marked morphological and behavioral sexual dimorphism - and their relatively short adult life span -&#160;ad hoc husbandry practices are in urgent demand. This protocol reports a set of key husbandry measures that allow optimal turquoise killifish laboratory care, enabling the scientific community to adopt this species as a powerful laboratory animal model.

A Protocol for Laboratory Housing of Turquoise Killifish Nothobranchius furzeri

Laboratory housing of turquoise killifish can be scaled up&#160;to house and efficiently raise thousands of individual fish in a centralized water filtration system, employing the same infrastructure used for standard zebrafish facilities. Here we detail a list of standardized procedures that allow efficient killifish maintenance.

绿松石鳉鱼实验室外壳的协议 (Nothobranchiusfurzeri)

The development of husbandry practices in non-model laboratory fish used for experimental purposes has greatly benefited from the establishment of ...

Forced Salivation As a Method to Analyze Vector Competence of Mosquitoes

Vector competence is defined as the potential of a mosquito species to transmit a mosquito-borne virus (mobovirus) to a vertebrate host. Viable virus particles are transmitted during a blood meal via the saliva of an infected mosquito. Forced salivation assays allow determining the vector potential on the basis of single mosquitoes, avoiding the use of animal experiments. The method is suitable to analyze a large number of mosquitoes in one experiment within a short period of time. Forced salivation assays were used to analyze 856 individual mosquitoes trapped in Germany, including two different Culex pipiens pipiens biotypes, Culex torrentium as well as Aedes albopictus, which were experimentally infected with Zika virus (ZIKV) and incubated at 18 &#176;C or 27 &#176;C for two and three weeks. The results indicated the lack of vector competence of the different Culex taxa for ZIKV. In contrast, Aedes albopictus was susceptible to ZIKV, but only at 27 &#176;C, with transmission rates similar to an Aedes aegypti laboratory colony tested in parallel.

For efficient control of mosquito borne virus transmission, the knowledge of the vector potential of respective mosquitoes is of particular interest. We describe forced salivation as a method to analyze vector competence of Aedes albopictus and three different Culex taxa for the transmission of Zika virus.

强迫流涎法分析蚊虫的载体能力

Vector competence is defined as the potential of a mosquito species to transmit a mosquito-borne virus (mobovirus) to a vertebrate host. Viable virus ...

Plasmodium falciparum Gametocyte Culture and Mosquito Infection Through Artificial Membrane Feeding

Malaria remains one of the most important public health problems, causing significant morbidity and mortality. Malaria is a mosquito borne disease transmitted through an infectious bite from the female Anopheles mosquito. Malaria control will eventually rely on a multitude of approaches, which includes ways to block transmission to, through and from mosquitoes. To study mosquito stages of malaria parasites in the laboratory, we have optimized a protocol to culture highly infectious Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes, a parasite stage required for transmission from the human host to the mosquito vector. P. falciparum gametocytes mature through five morphologically distinct steps, which takes approximately 1-2 weeks. Gametocyte culture described in this protocol is completed in 15 days and are infectious to mosquitoes from days 15-18. These protocols were developed to maintain a continuous cycle of infection competent gametocytes and to maintain uninterrupted supply of mosquito stages of the parasite. Here, we describe the methodology of gametocyte culture and how to infect mosquitoes with these parasites using glass membrane feeders.

Plasmodium falciparum Gametocyte Culture and Mosquito Infection Through Artificial Membrane Feeding

Detailed investigations on mosquito stages of malaria parasites are critical to design effective transmission blocking strategies. This protocol demonstrates how to effectively culture infectious gametocytes and then feed these gametocytes to mosquitoes to generate mosquito stages of P. falciparum.

恶性疟原虫 通过人工膜喂养进行配子体培养和蚊子感染

Malaria remains one of the most important public health problems, causing significant morbidity and mortality. Malaria is a mosquito borne disease ...

Detection of Plasmodium Sporozoites in Anopheles Mosquitoes using an Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay

Plasmodium sporozoites are the infective stage of malaria parasites that infect humans. The sporozoites residing in the salivary glands of female Anopheles mosquitoes are transmitted to humans via mosquito bites during blood feeding. The presence of sporozoites in the mosquito salivary glands thus defines mosquito infectiousness. To determine whether an Anopheles mosquito carries Plasmodium sporozoites, the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) method has been the standard tool to detect the Plasmodium circumsporozoite protein (CSP), the major surface protein of the sporozoites. In this method, the head along with the thorax of each mosquito is separated from the abdomen, homogenized, and subjected to a sandwich ELISA to detect the presence of CSP specific to Plasmodium falciparum and each of the two subtypes, VK210 and VK247, of Plasmodium vivax.This method has been used to study malaria transmission, including the seasonal dynamics of mosquito infection and the species of the major malaria vectors in the study sites.

Detection of Plasmodium Sporozoites in Anopheles Mosquitoes using an Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay

This protocol describes a sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay to detect salivary gland sporozoites in mosquitoes. Using easily available monoclonal antibodies, the method enables cost-effective, high-throughput detection of mosquitoes carrying Plasmodium falciparum or Plasmodium vivax. The method is suitable for malaria transmission research, including vector surveys.

使用酶联免疫吸附测定法检测按蚊中的疟原虫孢子

Plasmodium sporozoites are the infective stage of malaria parasites that infect humans. The sporozoites residing in the salivary glands of female ...

Determining Temperature Preference of Mosquitoes and Other Ectotherms

Most insects and other ectotherms have a relatively narrow optimal temperature window, and deviation from their optima can have significant effects on their fitness, as well as other characteristics. Consequently, many such ectotherms seek out their optimal temperature range. Although temperature preferences of mosquitoes and other insects have been well studied, the traditional experimental setup is performed using a temperature gradient on an aluminum surface in a highly enclosed space. In some cases, this equipment restricts many natural behaviors, such as flying, which may be important in preference selection.
The objective of this study is to observe insect preference for air temperature by using a two-chamber apparatus with sufficient room for flight. The two chambers consist of independent temperature-controlled incubators, each with a large aperture. The incubators are connected by these apertures using a short acrylic bridge. Inside the incubators are two netted cages, linked via the apertures and bridge, allowing the insects to freely fly between the different conditions. The acrylic bridge also acts as a temperature gradient between the two incubators.
Due to the spacious area in the cage and easy construction, this method can be used to study any small ectotherm and/or any manipulation which may alter temperature preference including sensory organ manipulation, diet, gut flora, and endosymbiont presence at biosafety levels 1 or 2 (BSL 1 or 2). Additionally, the apparatus can be used for the study of pathogen infection using further containment (e.g., inside of a biosafety cabinet) at BSL 3.

Insects have an optimal environmental temperature range which they seek to remain within, and many external and internal factors can alter this preference. Here, we describe a cost-effective and simple method to study temperature choice, which allows insects to freely exhibit their natural behaviors.

确定蚊子和其他变温动物的温度偏好

Most insects and other ectotherms have a relatively narrow optimal temperature window, and deviation from their optima can have significant effects on ...

Quantifying Fitness Costs in Transgenic Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes

Transgenic mosquitoes often display fitness costs compared to their wild-type counterparts. In this regard, fitness cost studies involve collecting life parameter data from genetically modified mosquitoes and comparing them to mosquitoes lacking transgenes from the same genetic background. This manuscript illustrates how to measure common life history traits in the mosquito Aedes aegypti, including fecundity, wing size and shape, fertility, sex ratio, viability, development times, male contribution, and adult longevity. These parameters were chosen because they reflect reproductive success, are simple to measure, and are commonly reported in the literature. The representative results quantify fitness costs associated with either a gene knock-out or a single insertion of a gene drive element. Standardizing how life parameter data are collected is important because such data may be used to compare the health of transgenic mosquitoes generated across studies or to model the transgene fixation rate in a simulated wild-type mosquito population. Although this protocol is specific for transgenic Aedes aegypti, the protocol may also be used for other mosquito species or other experimental treatment conditions, with the caveat that certain biological contexts may require special adaptations.

Quantifying Fitness Costs in Transgenic Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes

The present protocol describes how to measure common life parameter data in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, including fecundity, wing size, fertility, sex ratio, viability, development times, male contribution, and adult longevity. These measurements can be used to assess the fitness of transgenic mosquitoes.

量化转基因 埃及伊蚊 的适应性成本

Transgenic mosquitoes often display fitness costs compared to their wild-type counterparts. In this regard, fitness cost studies involve collecting life ...