We thank Anne Wochele for her assistance in the laboratory and Vera Augsburger for help with the automated gel sequencer. We thank the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft for funding by grants BE4038/2 and BE4038/5 within the &#8220;priority programmes&#8221; SPP1316 and SPP1617.

1.高产RNA制备<ol><li> RNA分离 注意：高浓度的总RNA，都需要引物延伸反应。离心柱试剂盒通常不产生所需要的RNA的量（〜5 - 16微克在5微升体积）。因此，建议使用酸性硫氰酸胍 - 苯酚 - 氯仿提取法纯化，概述如下。 注：苯酚是致癌物质，有毒和腐蚀性。请阅读材料安全数据表，并在通风橱中使用适当的保护！ <ol><li>生长或治疗细菌细胞（S。在本实施例金黄色葡萄球菌或大肠杆菌 ），为期望的和收获的10分钟离心分离，在4600×g下4℃。注意：通常我们收获总的OD 600为20 - 70.细胞沉淀可以在-20℃保存数周。 </li><li>重悬细胞沉淀在1ml的酸性硫氰酸胍 - 苯酚 - 氯仿溶液并转移至2毫升螺丝含0.5毫升0.1毫米的玻璃锆/硅珠杯。 </li><li>裂解的细胞在快速准备/珠打浆机三次在6.5米/秒，30秒为三轮，在冰上冷却样品每次运行后5分钟。注意：匀浆样品可以储存在-80℃下为几个星期。 </li><li>孵育裂解物5分钟，在室温，然后加入200μl的氯仿中。 </li><li>用力摇动或旋涡振荡样品30秒，以提取的RNA。 </li><li>在室温下孵育3分钟，然后离心15分钟，在13000 - 15000×g下4℃。注：溶剂被分离为下层有机相（粉红色，含有蛋白质），其相间（白色，含有DNA）和上部的水相（清晰，包含RNA）。 注：从这一步骤上只使用无RNA酶的试剂和塑料制品！ </li><li>适当地准备新鲜的无RNA酶的1.5毫升反应管，标签，加入约500微升的100％无RNA酶的异丙醇（每使用大致相同的VOlume明如前面的管内的水相）。 </li><li>持所述管以一定的角度，并使用无RNA酶的尖端的水相（约500微升）转移到制备管中。请勿打扰相间。 </li><li>沉淀出的RNA通过反转几次并孵育在室温10分钟。 </li><li>离心样品15分钟，在13000 - 15000×g下4℃，并通过移液，或抽吸（水喷射泵和奶瓶）除去上清液。请勿打扰的白色透明RNA沉淀在底部。 </li><li>加入1毫升70％-80％无RNA酶的乙醇（不涡）洗。注意：在乙醇中的RNA可在-20℃保存数周。 </li><li>离心5分钟，在7500×g下4℃，并通过移液，或优选吸液弃去上清液。 </li><li>空气干燥RNA沉淀为15 - 通风柜下30分钟。不干燥过度，否则粒料可能难以再溶解。 </li><li>悬浮在5颗粒0微升无RNA酶的DDH 2 O的或RNA的存储缓冲区。 </li><li>衡量一个微量紫外可见分光光度计或石英比色皿（和常规光度计）RNA的浓度，并继续抗酶消化。 </li></ol></li><li> RNA的DNA酶I消化去除DNA的痕迹 注意：由于DNA可作为在逆转录（引物延伸）反应的乱真模板，应该从样品中除去。可用通常依赖于DNA酶消化的各种方法用于从RNA的溶液中除去DNA。用于DNA去除一个简单但有效的和成本有效的方法概述如下。 <ol><li>预热水浴至37℃。 </li><li>混合表1中列出的化合物在1.5ml反应管中。 </li><li>为1小时，在37℃的水浴中孵育该混合物中，然后直接进行苯酚/氯仿萃取。注：抗酶热失活，不推荐，因为这可能会降低RNA。 </li></ol> &lt;/ LI&gt; <li>酚/氯仿抽提RNA的DNA酶I消化后， 注：将RNA必须进行纯化，从DNA酶I消化除去游离核苷酸，DNA片段和缓冲液组分。苯酚/氯仿萃取允许高回收率的RNA样品的浓度，并与下面因此概括。其它方法用于RNA纯化也可使用，如果它们满足这些要求。 <ol><li>拆分500微升的DNA酶I消化混合​​成两个250微升的样品在2毫升反应管。 </li><li>加入1倍体积（250微升）的酸性的P / C / I的溶液（在水饱和的苯酚，氯仿和异戊醇，在25比24：1，pH为4.5 - 5）。 注：P / C / I的解决方案是致癌物质，有毒和腐蚀性。请阅读材料安全数据表，并在通风橱中使用适当的保护！ </li><li>大力旋涡，或发生在涡旋平台，为1 - 3分钟。 </li><li>离心30分钟，在13000 - 15000×g下4℃。</li><li>收集上层（水相），并转移到新管（250微升）。 </li><li>加的3M醋酸钠pH值为5.2 1/9体积（28微升）。 </li><li>加入2.5-3倍体积的纯乙醇（700微升）。 </li><li> 3小时 - 由不久和地方涡旋在-80℃下30分钟或在-20℃下搅拌2混合。如果需要的话，存储的RNA O / N在-20℃。 </li><li>离心机30 - 15000×g下4℃ - 13,000 60分钟。 </li><li>用移液吸出或取出上清液。 </li><li>洗涤沉淀加入1ml的70％乙醇到沉淀。不要旋涡样本。 </li><li>离心样品5分钟，在13000 - 15000×g下4℃。 </li><li>用移液吸出或取出上清液。 </li><li>通风柜在空气干燥的颗粒。储存在-20°CO / N，如果需要沉淀。 </li><li>通过涡旋2分钟，溶解在处理过的H 2ö30微升DEPC处理的沉淀，并使用该溶液，以溶解的pe每个样本对应的第二管的llet（每1提取对30微升的溶液）。 </li><li>测量RNA浓度，并确保它超过1微克/微升在的平均表达的mRNA的引物延伸用。 </li><li>如果需要的话，存储的RNA于-20℃下几个星期到数月。 </li></ol></li></ol> 2.引物延伸反应的<ol><li>引物设计 注：当为引物延伸实验设计引物，服从的PCR引物设计的一般原则（请参阅本文附带的手册自动化凝胶音序器的详细信息和讨论部分）。 <ol><li>具体地说，确保引物（ⅰ）不含有碱的运行，（ⅱ）具有一个G或C，在3&#39;末端，（ⅲ）有一个平衡的GC：AT比;（4）具有约的退火温度55 - 60℃及（v）结合的至少50碱基对，更好地为100bp的感兴趣区域的下游以接收清晰的图像。 </li></ol></li><li>引物延伸反应 注：该引物延伸反应（cDNA合成），需要大量的RNA模板。如果RNA的使用量被选择为低，该信号可能太低，以检测！因此，我们建议RNA的纯化，如上所述。 注意：注意：使用无RNA酶的试剂和塑料制品！ <ol><li>预热的热循环仪中以95℃的温度下，进行了热循环仪的所有进一步的孵育步骤为便于使用和可再现性。 </li><li>混合表2中的化合物在PCR管中的每个RNA样品。 </li><li>变性的样品1分钟，在95℃下。 </li><li>放置在冰上，并寒意的管5分钟，以杂交的RNA和引物。 </li><li> PCR仪设定为47℃。 </li><li>在此期间，如表3中所述制备的反转录主混合物。 </li><li>加入4微升反转录预混每个杂交的RNA样本。 </li><li>孵育管1小时在47℃。注意：为AMV RT的最适温度是42℃，但较高的温度有利于克服在RNA分子的二级结构。 </li><li>停止反应，将样品加热至95℃持续2分钟。 注意：甲酰胺是有腐蚀性，有毒，会损害胎儿。请阅读材料安全数据表，轻拿轻放，并穿戴适当的防护！ </li><li>加入6微升甲酰胺上样染料（95％（体积/体积）的去离子甲酰胺，10毫摩尔EDTA，0.05％（重量/体积）溴酚蓝），并存储为O / N到两周，在-20℃下在黑暗中。 </li></ol></li></ol> 3.制备测序天梯注：排序阶梯反应需要两种适量的质粒或大量基因组DNA中。只要有可能，在测序反应中使用的质粒是因为很容易的分离和高的签名的推荐最终强度。在其他情况下，我们经常使用的Marmur 5,14采用的方法制备的大肠杆菌基因组DNA 大肠杆菌和S.金黄色葡萄球菌细胞，而无需使用酚。在主要能产生高量的和基因组DNA的纯度的任何方法都可以使用。 <ol><li>基因组DNA提取<ol><li>成长10毫升E的大肠杆菌或S.金黄色葡萄球菌细胞O / N在LB，BM 5或TSB培养基。 </li><li>收获细胞，离心，在4600×g下在15ml falcon管10分钟。 </li><li>在2ml缓冲液P1的重新悬浮沉淀，以一些微型制备试剂盒中找到（50毫摩尔的Tris-HCl pH值为8.0，10mM的EDTA，100μg/ ml的RNA酶A）。 </li><li>裂解细胞45 - 60分钟，用20 - 40微升溶葡萄球菌素（0.5毫克/毫升，保存于-20℃）。注意：对于E.大肠杆菌细胞中的酶的前处理可以被省略或溶菌酶使用。 </li><li>添加饱和的SDS-溶液100微升（在45％乙醇中）的悬浮液和incubatE代表5分钟，在37℃。 </li><li>加入650微升5米的NaClO 4，简要涡细胞。 注：氯仿​​是潜在的致癌物质。请阅读材料安全数据表，并在通风橱中使用适当的保护！ </li><li>添加3毫升氯仿/异戊醇（24：1的比例）的混合物，振摇至少60秒。注意：该液体应该变成均匀的白色乳状液。 </li><li>离心样品10分钟，在4600×g下和室温，分离相。 </li><li>清澈的上层（水相）小心地转移到新的管中。如果溶液混浊，重复氯仿/异戊醇抽提。测量DNA溶液的体积，并准备新的管中与2倍体积的乙醇​​（100％）。 </li><li>慢慢倒出或吸液管将DNA溶液为含有管的乙醇。注意：DNA应沉淀为透明的，致密的线圈上的底部或当完全脱水的浮白集群。 </li><li>找回对DNA使用从玻璃巴斯德移液管（ 图2）制成的钩子和通过浸渍在1ml 70％乙醇中的一个单独的管冲洗各样品的两倍。 </li><li>将钩直立在一个机架和空气干燥沉淀60分钟。如果需要的话，储存在室温几天的干燥的DNA。 </li><li> 500微升双蒸2 O -通过破坏掉DNA玻璃盖钩和放置在含有100 2.0毫升的反应管中溶解DNA调节音量到最终1000 DNA浓度 - 1500纳克/微升。一个测序反应中，使用10 - 18微克基因组DNA。 </li></ol></li></ol><img alt="图2" src="/files/ftp_upload/52134/52134fig2highres.jpg" /> 图2说明了如何创建一个DNA钓竿。保持巴斯德玻璃吸管的尖端插入本生灯火焰。这会导致玻璃开始几秒钟后融化，创造了小钩在t他结束。从火焰迅速捞出晾凉，持续1分钟。 <ol start="2"><li>质粒隔离<ol><li>使用标准的微型制备试剂盒制备的质粒，并溶解于洗脱缓冲液（10mM三Cl，pH值8.5）。根据质粒大小，使用100 - 500毫微克质粒的一个排序阶梯。 </li></ol></li><li>桑格测序反应 注：请看下面使用荧光标记的引物测序试剂盒与7脱氮-dGTP行之有效的引物延伸的目的，一个简单的协议。请参阅测序试剂盒说明书的详细信息。请注意，该测序反应，必须使用相同的引物作为引物延伸反应，以创建具有相同长度的产品。 <ol><li>混合12微升基因组DNA（〜10 - 15微克）用1微升的DMSO和1μl的荧光标记的引物（2皮摩尔/微升）。 </li><li>每个1微升4测序反应混合物（A，C，G或T），加入3微升的DNA / DMSO /引物混合物。 </LI&gt; <li>将样本分为PCR仪，并运行下列PCR程序：95℃2分钟; 35个循环的95℃20秒，54℃20秒，70℃，30秒;保持在4℃，直到永远。 </li><li>运行后，从机器中取出的样品，几天增加6微升样染料和存储的冰（短期）或-20°C至数周。 </li></ol></li></ol> 4.凝胶设置和设备上运行注：详细信息在测序凝胶装置是如何组装的，该凝胶的制备，以及如何将凝胶中运行所用的制造商协议中找到。 <ol><li>准备工作<ol><li>制备10×TBE，如表4所示。 </li><li>在凝胶上跑的一天做好准备1升1X TBE缓冲液用超纯水双蒸2 O. </li><li>制备10％（重量/体积）的APS。注：可存储在200μl等分试样在-20℃下数月，但活性可能随时间降低&lt;。/ LI&gt; </ol></li><li>凝胶浇铸室的装配<ol><li>避免玻璃板之间的灰尘和绒毛。用湿纸巾因此彻底清洁工作表面。 </li><li>清洁一对使用一次性纸巾和蒸馏水两侧25厘米玻璃板，再用异丙醇进行玻璃板的内侧面。 </li><li>放置在后玻璃板0.25毫米隔板和降低切口玻璃板上顶端（ 图3）。 </li><li>附加凝胶轨到玻璃板与切口端和朝上导轨条目飞行员的两侧并拧紧旋钮轻轻。 </li></ol></li></ol><img alt="图3" src="/files/ftp_upload/52134/52134fig3highres.jpg" /> 图3分解图的凝胶电泳玻璃板。玻璃板应定向使用。照顾到面对玻璃板的内侧向内和外一面朝外。 <img alt="图4" fo:content-width="6in" src="/files/ftp_upload/52134/52134fig4highres.jpg" width="600" /> 图4显示的组装凝胶装置。注入的凝胶溶液后，将袋垫片被放置在玻璃板之间的溶液。铸塑板然后在前面玻璃板和凝胶导轨之间滑动，并通过紧固导轨旋钮固定。 <ol start="3"><li>铸造凝胶 注：非聚合丙烯酰胺具有神经毒性！请阅读材料安全数据表，并与适当的保护使用！ <ol><li>添加在表5中列出的化合物引入到烧杯中，并混合使用搅拌棒和磁力搅拌器。 </li><li>立即加入APS和TEMED后，占用的50ml注射器，凝胶溶液，并放置一0.45纳米的过滤器上的小费。 </li><li>要么保持玻璃板的顶边，用一只手或放置sandwich的凝胶浇注站创建一个斜坡倾斜的10 - 20°。 </li><li>慢慢地分配所述玻璃板之间的凝胶溶液中，同时连续移动的注射器尖端从一侧到另一和停止一次的凝胶溶液达到底端。 </li><li>移动到一侧或删除完全用泡沫挂钩的任何形成的气泡。 </li><li>滑动玻璃板之间的凝胶袋垫片（0.25mm）的在切口端，浸入到凝胶溶液并通过将浇铸板固定。 </li><li>法尔胜上轨螺丝轻轻（参见图4完全组装设备）。 </li><li>让1硅胶套 - 2小时。 </li><li>取出铸板和口袋间隔和盐凝胶残留清洁袋。 </li><li>冲洗DDH 2 O的擦了纸巾多余的溶液。 </li></ol></li><li>运行和可视化的凝胶 注：该测序凝胶直接进行电泳在凝胶成像仪，而该荧光通过激光显微镜同时检测。与传统的凝胶电泳，其中所述凝胶中运行，然后再染色和可视化，所述检测单元是固定的，并且扫描带的实时，因为他们通过激光。下面的步骤用于OS / 2上的ImagIR数据收集软件概述，这可以通过向更近的版本。欲了解更多信息，请参见用户手册。 <ol><li>缓冲罐支架滑入前玻璃板的凝胶导轨并拧紧旋钮。 </li><li>放置凝胶成对着加热板的自动凝胶成像仪的下凝胶罐，并通过滑动导轨条目导频插入装置支架固定。 </li><li>补1×TBE缓冲液中进下和上凝胶缓冲室，关闭下部缓冲室，并连接上缓冲​​液槽使用的电源线的电源。 </li><li>如果存在，通过反复吹打缓冲区纳入囊中，从清洗盐残留凝胶的口袋里。 </li><li>使用顶部缓冲盖关闭顶部缓冲箱室。 </li><li>关闭机门并打开相机和电脑，并启动相应的ImagIR数据采集软件。 </li><li>创建一个新的项目文件（ 文件- &gt;新建...），输入项目文件名 ​​，选择合适的激光范围（700或800纳米），按OK确认。 </li><li>选择选项 - &gt;自动增益...从顶部图像菜单中，单击自动启动自动增益测量并接受设置，单击OK（确定）。 </li><li>聚焦激光通过选择选项 - &gt;焦点......从扫描仪的控制菜单中，点击自动按钮，然后单击OK（确定）接受设置。 </li><li>重复该自动增益过程，以适应新的重点区域。 </li><li>安装程序会根据这些设定扫描仪控制：2,000 V 35毫安，45 W，45°C，扫描过滤器：3，扫描速度：3。 </li><li>预运行20分钟的空胶（选择电压，然后按&lt;回车&gt; <enter>）。 </enter></li><li>在此期间，加热该测序梯和引物延伸产物在PCR机器为2分钟至90℃，然后冷却，在冰上。 </li><li>停止电泳，打开自动凝胶音序器，取下上部缓冲罐的盖子。 </li><li>将鲨鱼齿形梳在玻璃板之间，并微微刺进与鲨鱼齿凝胶（参见图5）。 </li></ol></li></ol><img alt="图5" src="/files/ftp_upload/52134/52134fig5highres.jpg" /> 图5.特写视图凝胶鲨鱼齿梳。样品（紫色）是鲨鱼的牙齿之间。 <ol start="16" style="margin-left: 40px;"><li>移液管是1 - 2μl的引物延伸产物或测序梯反应到每个凝胶袋（由鲨齿形成）。 </li><li>如果需要不是所有的口袋，填补空口袋样染料，以防止一致的运转性能。 </li><li>关闭缓冲罐凝胶音序器和门。 </li><li>开始电泳并打开激光（选择电压和激光ON，然后按<enter> &lt;回车&gt;）。 </enter></li><li>停止电泳一旦感兴趣区域已通过激光器。 </li></ol>

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荧光引物延伸是用于确定RNA的5&#39;末端的简单和快速的方法，无论是对TSP-或仲RNA加工鉴定。由于利用荧光引物，所述反应可以建立和无需额外的安全预防措施，运行（不像在壳体的放射性标记的引物）。作为样品，通​​过荧光检测到，它们可以被成像，而在电泳过程中，它允许快速的分析相比，放射性的方法，其中X线片是常用的。 在一般情况下，引物延伸反应的质量在很...

引物延伸1是一个分子的方法来确定特定RNA分子的5&#39;末端到一基座分辨率。其它方法，如5&#39;-RACE（cDNA的末端快速扩增）的优点是快速的周转时间，并很容易地分析的RNA分子的长度不同的混合物的能力。 这种方法的工作原理是使RNA分子利用特异性荧光引物反转录反应，生成一定长度的cDNA片段。这些cDNA分子是在变性聚丙烯酰胺凝胶上运行除了传统Sanger测序反应2，并且可以通过它们的荧光由于使用了荧光标记的引物进行检测。的cDNA片段的长度，然后通过比较来测序梯评估，允许5&#39;核糖核酸端的映射。 传统上，引物延伸反应中结合使用用放射性同位素检测到对X射线胶片的cDNA分子。由于对健康的危害，废物处理问题和易于处理，新的协议利用荧光进行引物延伸用自动测序仪的检测中，尽管其灵敏度稍低。使用荧光标记的引物，由重复的无线标签的过程可以省略，如荧光引物是稳定很长一段时间（超过一年中的手）。 我们在这里描述的方法利用了一种自动凝胶序列，但有轻微的修改，毛细管测序仪还可以用于cDNA的分离和检测3。凝胶分析的并行特性使得它能够检测到少量的RNA切割或加工。另一个优点是该高分辨率这种方法，当终端裂解或者甚至一种碱处理可被检测到。 对于RNA裂解或加工，吨的检测ypically两种不同类型的引物延伸的是有区别的。在一种情况下，酶处理完成后在体外用纯化的RNA和纯化的酶，而在其他情况下，该处理完成的体内 ，将所得的RNA进行纯化。在这两种情况下的RNA，进行引物延伸在体外进行，但视RNA的源上，该方法无论是所谓的体外或体内引物延伸。在我们这里介绍的协议中，我们侧重因为易用性（无纯化的蛋白质需要的话），并有可能在同一时间，以确定转录起始点和处理仅仅对体内引物延伸。然而， 体外引物延伸在原理建立相同的方式，该协议可以作为一个起点。 这里说明的方法可以，只要它们适于高被应用于许多种细菌纯度和高收益的准备核酸。 该研究在我们的实验室着重于毒素抗毒素（TA-）系统4,5，其中，所述引物延伸的方法被广泛使用的字段的调节范围。 TA-系统都存在于原核细胞的基因组，它由一个稳定的和内源性活性的毒性蛋白和大多不稳定的蛋白质或RNA的抗毒素是抵消毒性6,7的小遗传元件。毒素活性有时被抑制复制，细胞壁合成或其他机制通过RNase活性8,9-作用，但是最常见的。典型地，RNA酶的特异性是通过进行不同的测试，其中之一是在引物延伸方法测定的。引物延伸反应是非常适合于该应用程序，如裂解和全长片段的混合物可以同时分析，以确定它们的5&#39;末端。使用体外和体内引物延伸的混合，该具体的毒素RNA酶裂解， 例如，序列特异性，可确定10-13。 <img alt="图1" fo:content-width="6in" src="/files/ftp_upload/52134/52134fig1highres.jpg" width="600" /> 图的引物延伸步骤（1）概述。细菌培养物，根据实验需要孵育和治疗。总RNA从细胞中，用DNA酶I处理以除去痕量的DNA，并进行使用靶特异性荧光的DNA引物产生的cDNA逆转录反应萃取。基因组DNA或质粒提取并随后用于荧光桑格测序反应中与cDNA片段的大小进行比较。引物延伸产物在变性尿素聚丙烯酰胺凝胶上同时运行桑格测序产物和用自动激光和显微镜分析。测序基础，线与基因带是洛杉矶ST 5&#39;cDNA末端（蓝色箭头）的基地。在菲克特更多信息， 等 。3 <a href="https://www.jove.com/files/ftp_upload/52134/52134fig1highres.jpg" target="_blank">，请点击这里查看该图的放大版本。</a> 整个引物延伸过程的概述可以在图1中找到。简言之，将细菌细胞进行培养，收获，将细胞沉淀溶解和RNA的提取。纯化的RNA，然后用DNA酶I处理以除去的DNA分子，其可作为用于反转录酶的模板的痕迹。特定的荧光引物被加入到RNA的杂交于感兴趣的区域，并随后反向转录，从而产生单链互补DNA（cDNA）。测序梯子是由传统的Sanger测序创建使用荧光引物和分离，旁边的引物延伸cDNA片段的变性聚丙烯酰胺凝胶。由此产生的凝胶是通过比较荧光条带，使所关注的5&#39;端的识别分析。转录的出发点和加工点，然后通过序列比单独评估。

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fluorescence based primer extension technique to determine transcriptional starting points and cleavage sites of rnases in vivo

基于荧光的引物延伸（FPE）是一个分子的方法来确定转录起始点或RNA分子的加工位点。这是通过使用特定的荧光标记的引物，将所得cDNA片段通过变性聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳随后分析感兴趣的RNA的反转录来实现的。同时，传统的Sanger测序反应是在凝胶上，以该cDNA片段的末端映射到它们的确切相应的碱。而相比之下，5&#39;-RACE（cDNA末端的快速扩增），其中，所述产品必须被克隆和测序的多个候选，堆积由引物延伸所产生的cDNA片段可以同时在一个凝胶运行检测。此外，整个过程（从反转录到的结果的最终分析）可以在一个工作日内完成。通过使用荧光标记的引物，使用危险的放射性同位素标记的试剂可避免与处理时间缩短为可以在电泳过程中，被检测的产品。 在下面的协议中，我们描述了一种在体内的荧光引物延伸的方法来可靠地和快速地检测RNA的5&#39;末端推断的转录起始点和RNA加工位点（ 例如，通过毒素-抗毒素系统组件）的S.金黄色葡萄球菌，大肠杆菌大肠杆菌和其它细菌。

如示于图6中 ，引物延伸反应可以用来确定感兴趣转录物的转录起点，并可以帮助推断启动子区域（典型地由在-10和-35元件识别）。最上面的（最长）的cDNA片段代表了mRNA的5&#39;端，因此可相比的测序梯容易地进行映射。 <img alt="图6" src="/files/ftp_upload/52134/52134fig6highres.jpg" /> 引物延伸反应的图6。代表性结果 。左边一个完整的活体引物延伸，...

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Fluorescence Based Primer Extension Technique to Determine Transcriptional Starting Points and Cleavage Sites of RNases In Vivo

We here describe a fluorescence based primer extension method to determine transcriptional starting points from bacterial transcripts and RNA processing in vivo using an automated gel sequencer.

基于荧光引物延伸法确定转录起点和核糖核酸酶的切割位点<em&gt;在体内</em

Fluorescence based primer extension (FPE) is a molecular method to determine transcriptional starting points or processing sites of RNA molecules. This is ...

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Fluorescence Based Primer Extension Technique to Determine Transcriptional Starting Points and Cleavage Sites of RNases In Vivo

26.8K 次观看.  University of Tübingen. We here describe a fluorescence based primer extension method to determine transcriptional starting points from bacterial transcripts and RNA processing in vivo using an automated gel sequencer.

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Proboscis Extension Response (PER) Assay in Drosophila

Proboscis extension response (PER) is a taste behavior assay that has been used in flies as well as in honeybees.
On the surface of the fly's mouth (labellum), there are hair-like structures called sensilla which houses taste neurons. When an attractive substance makes contact to the labellum, the fly extends its proboscis to consume the material. Proboscis Extension Response (PER) assay measures this taste behavior response, and it is a useful method to learn about food preferences in a single fly. Solutions of various sugars, such as sucrose, glucose and fructose, are very attractive to the fly. The effect of aversive substances can also be tested as reduction of PER when mixed in a sweet solution.Despite the simplicity of the basic procedure, there are many things that can prevent it from working. One of the factors that requires attention is the fly's responsive state. The required starvation time to bring the fly to the proper responsive state varies drastically from 36 to 72 hours. We established a series of controls to evaluate the fly's state and which allows screening out of non-responsive or hyper-responsive individual animals. Another important factor is the impact level and the position of the contact to the labellum, which would be difficult to describe by words. This video presentation demonstrates all these together with several other improvements that would increase the reproducibility of this method.

Proboscis Extension Response PER Assay in Drosophila

Proboscis extension response or PER is a taste behavior assay that has been used in flies as well as in honeybees. When the proboscis makes contact with an attractive substance, the fly extends its proboscis to consume the substance. Solutions of various sugars are very attractive to the fly.

长鼻扩展响应（PER）的含量在果蝇

Proboscis extension response (PER) is a taste behavior assay that has been used in flies as well as in honeybees.
On the surface of the fly's mouth ...

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生物学

Mesoscopic Fluorescence Tomography for In-vivo Imaging of Developing Drosophila

Visualizing developing organ formation as well as progession and treatment of disease often heavily relies on the ability to optically interrogate molecular and functional changes in intact living organisms. Most existing optical imaging methods are inadequate for imaging at dimensions that lie between the penetration limits of modern optical microscopy (0.5-1mm) and the diffusion-imposed limits of optical macroscopy (&gt;1cm) [1]. Thus, many important model organisms, e.g. insects, animal embryos or small animal extremities, remain inaccessible for in-vivo optical imaging. 
Although there is increasing interest towards the development of nanometer-resolution optical imaging methods, there have not been many successful efforts in improving the imaging penetration depth. The ability to perform in-vivo imaging beyond microscopy limits is in fact met with the difficulties associated with photon scattering present in tissues. Recent efforts to image entire embryos for example [2,3] require special chemical treatment of the specimen, to clear them from scattering, a procedure that makes them suitable only for post-mortem imaging. These methods however evidence the need for imaging larger specimens than the ones usually allowed by two-photon or confocal microscopy, especially in developmental biology and in drug discovery.
We have developed a new optical imaging technique named Mesoscopic Fluorescence Tomography [4], which appropriate for non-invasive in-vivo imaging at dimensions of 1mm-5mm. The method exchanges resolution for penetration depth, but offers unprecedented tomographic imaging performance and it has been developed to add time as a new dimension in developmental biology observations (and possibly other areas of biological research) by imparting the ability to image the evolution of fluorescence-tagged responses over time. As such it can accelerate studies of morphological or functional dependencies on gene mutations or external stimuli, and can importantly, capture the complete picture of development or tissue function by allowing longitudinal time-lapse visualization of the same, developing organism.
The technique utilizes a modified laboratory microscope and multi-projection illumination to collect data at 360-degree projections. It applies the Fermi simplification to Fokker-Plank solution of the photon transport equation, combined with geometrical optics principles in order to build a realistic inversion scheme suitable for mesoscopic range. This allows in-vivo whole-body visualization of non-transparent three-dimensional structures in samples up to several millimeters in size.
We have demonstrated the in-vivo performance of the technique by imaging three-dimensional structures of developing Drosophila tissues in-vivo and by following the morphogenesis of the wings in the opaque Drosophila pupae in real time over six consecutive hours.

Mesoscopic Fluorescence Tomography for In-vivo Imaging of Developing Drosophila

Mesoscopic fluorescence tomography operates beyond the penetration limits of tissue-sectioning fluorescence microscopy. The technique is based on multi-projection illumination and a photon transport description. We demonstrate in-vivo whole-body 3D visualization of the morphogenesis of GFP-expressing wing imaginal discs in Drosophila melanogaster.

为介观荧光体层摄影术在体内成像的发展果蝇</em

Visualizing  developing organ formation as well as progession and treatment of disease often  heavily relies on the ability to optically interrogate ...

Primer Extension Capture: Targeted Sequence Retrieval from Heavily Degraded DNA Sources

We present a method of targeted DNA sequence retrieval from DNA sources which are heavily degraded and contaminated with microbial DNA, as is typical of ancient bones. The method greatly reduces sample destruction and sequencing demands relative to direct PCR or shotgun sequencing approaches. We used this method to reconstruct the complete mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) genomes of five Neandertals from across their geographic range. The mtDNA genetic diversity of the late Neandertals was approximately three times lower than that of contemporary modern humans. Together with analyses of mtDNA protein evolution, these data suggest that the long-term effective population size of Neandertals was smaller than that of modern humans and extant great apes.

We present a method of targeted ancient DNA sequence retrieval, which we used to reconstruct the complete mitochondrial genomes of five Neandertal individuals. Comparison of these sequences with present day humans suggests that Neandertals had a long term low effective population size.

引物延伸捕获：从严重退化的DNA来源有针对性的顺序检索

We present a method of targeted DNA sequence retrieval from DNA sources which are heavily degraded and contaminated with microbial DNA, as is typical of ...

Isolation of Ribosome Bound Nascent Polypeptides in vitro to Identify Translational Pause Sites Along mRNA

The rate of translational elongation is non-uniform. mRNA secondary structure, codon usage and mRNA associated proteins may alter ribosome movement on the messagefor review see 1. However, it's now widely accepted that synonymous codon usage is the primary cause of non-uniform translational elongation rates1. Synonymous codons are not used with identical frequency. A bias exists in the use of synonymous codons with some codons used more frequently than others2. Codon bias is organism as well as tissue specific2,3. Moreover, frequency of codon usage is directly proportional to the concentrations of cognate tRNAs4. Thus, a frequently used codon will have higher multitude of corresponding tRNAs, which further implies that a frequent codon will be translated faster than an infrequent one. Thus, regions on mRNA enriched in rare codons (potential pause sites) will as a rule slow down ribosome movement on the message and cause accumulation of nascent peptides of the respective sizes5-8. These pause sites can have functional impact on the protein expression, mRNA stability and protein foldingfor review see 9. Indeed, it was shown that alleviation of such pause sites can alter ribosome movement on mRNA and subsequently may affect the efficiency of co-translational (in vivo) protein folding1,7,10,11. To understand the process of protein folding in vivo, in the cell, that is ultimately coupled to the process of protein synthesis it is essential to gain comprehensive insights into the impact of codon usage/tRNA content on the movement of ribosomes along mRNA during translational elongation.
Here we describe a simple technique that can be used to locate major translation pause sites for a given mRNA translated in various cell-free systems6-8. This procedure is based on isolation of nascent polypeptides accumulating on ribosomes during in vitro translation of a target mRNA. The rationale is that at low-frequency codons, the increase in the residence time of the ribosomes results in increased amounts of nascent peptides of the corresponding sizes. In vitro transcribed mRNA is used for in vitro translational reactions in the presence of radioactively labeled amino acids to allow the detection of the nascent chains. In order to isolate ribosome bound nascent polypeptide complexes the translation reaction is layered on top of 30% glycerol solution followed by centrifugation. Nascent polypeptides in polysomal pellet are further treated with ribonuclease A and resolved by SDS PAGE. This technique can be potentially used for any protein and allows analysis of ribosome movement along mRNA and the detection of the major pause sites. Additionally, this protocol can be adapted to study factors and conditions that can alter ribosome movement and thus potentially can also alter the function/conformation of the protein.

Isolation of Ribosome Bound Nascent Polypeptides in vitro to Identify Translational Pause Sites Along mRNA

A technique to identify translational pause sites on mRNA is described. This procedure is based on isolation of nascent polypeptides accumulating on ribosomes during in vitro translation of a target mRNA, followed by the size analysis of the nascent chains using a denaturing gel electrophoresis.

核糖体束缚新生多肽的分离<em&gt;在体外</em&gt;确定沿mRNA的翻译暂停网站

The rate of translational elongation is non-uniform. mRNA secondary structure, codon usage and mRNA associated proteins may alter ribosome movement on the ...

Single-molecule Imaging of Gene Regulation In vivo Using Cotranslational Activation by Cleavage (CoTrAC)

We describe a fluorescence microscopy method, Co-Translational Activation by Cleavage (CoTrAC) to image the production of protein molecules in live cells with single-molecule precision without perturbing the protein's functionality. This method makes it possible to count the numbers of protein molecules produced in one cell during sequential, five-minute time windows. It requires a fluorescence microscope with laser excitation power density of ~0.5 to 1 kW/cm2, which is sufficiently sensitive to detect single fluorescent protein molecules in live cells. The fluorescent reporter used in this method consists of three parts: a membrane targeting sequence, a fast-maturing, yellow fluorescent protein and a protease recognition sequence. The reporter is translationally fused to the N-terminus of a protein of interest. Cells are grown on a temperature-controlled microscope stage. Every five minutes, fluorescent molecules within cells are imaged (and later counted by analyzing fluorescence images) and subsequently photobleached so that only newly translated proteins are counted in the next measurement.
Fluorescence images resulting from this method can be analyzed by detecting fluorescent spots in each image, assigning them to individual cells and then assigning cells to cell lineages. The number of proteins produced within a time window in a given cell is calculated by dividing the integrated fluorescence intensity of spots by the average intensity of single fluorescent molecules. We used this method to measure expression levels in the range of 0-45 molecules in single 5 min time windows. This method enabled us to measure noise in the expression of the &lambda; repressor CI, and has many other potential applications in systems biology.

Single-molecule Imaging of Gene Regulation In vivo Using Cotranslational Activation by Cleavage CoTrAC

We describe a fluorescence microscopy method, Co-Translational Activation by Cleavage (CoTrAC), to image the production of protein molecules in live cells with single-molecule precision without perturbing the protein's functionality. This method has been used to follow the stochastic expression dynamics of a transcription factor, the &lambda; repressor CI 1.

单分子成像的基因调控<em在体内</em使用转位激活裂解（CoTrAC）

We describe a fluorescence microscopy method, Co-Translational Activation by Cleavage (CoTrAC) to image the production of protein molecules in live cells ...

A Quantitative Assay to Study Protein:DNA Interactions, Discover Transcriptional Regulators of Gene Expression, and Identify Novel Anti-tumor Agents

Many DNA-binding assays such as electrophoretic mobility shift assays (EMSA), chemiluminescent assays, chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP)-based assays, and multiwell-based assays are used to measure transcription factor activity. However, these assays are nonquantitative, lack specificity, may involve the use of radiolabeled oligonucleotides, and may not be adaptable for the screening of inhibitors of DNA binding. On the other hand, using a quantitative DNA-binding enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (D-ELISA) assay, we demonstrate nuclear protein interactions with DNA using the RUNX2 transcription factor that depend on specific association with consensus DNA-binding sequences present on biotin-labeled oligonucleotides. Preparation of cells, extraction of nuclear protein, and design of double stranded oligonucleotides are described. Avidin-coated 96-well plates are fixed with alkaline buffer and incubated with nuclear proteins in nucleotide blocking buffer. Following extensive washing of the plates, specific primary antibody and secondary antibody incubations are followed by the addition of horseradish peroxidase substrate and development of the colorimetric reaction. Stop reaction mode or continuous kinetic monitoring were used to quantitatively measure protein interaction with DNA. We discuss appropriate specificity controls, including treatment with non-specific IgG or without protein or primary antibody. Applications of the assay are described including its utility in drug screening and representative positive and negative results are discussed.

We developed a quantitative DNA-binding, ELISA-based assay to measure transcription factor interactions with DNA. High specificity for the RUNX2 protein was achieved with a consensus DNA-recognition oligonucleotide and specific monoclonal antibody. Colorimetric detection with an enzyme-coupled antibody substrate reaction was monitored in real time.

定量检测，以研究蛋白质：DNA的相互作用，发现转录基因表达的调节，并确定新的抗肿瘤剂

Many DNA-binding assays such as electrophoretic mobility shift assays (EMSA), chemiluminescent assays, chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP)-based assays, ...

A Proteoliposome-Based Efflux Assay to Determine Single-molecule Properties of Cl- Channels and Transporters

The last 15 years have been characterized by an explosion in the ability to overexpress and purify membrane proteins from prokaryotic organisms as well as from eukaryotes. This increase has been largely driven by the successful push to obtain structural information on membrane proteins. However, the ability to functionally interrogate these proteins has not advanced at the same rate and is often limited to qualitative assays of limited quantitative value, thereby limiting the mechanistic insights that they can provide. An assay to quantitatively investigate the transport activity of reconstituted Cl- channels or transporters is described. The assay is based on the measure of the efflux rate of Cl- from proteoliposomes following the addition of the K+ ionophore valinomycin to shunt the membrane potential. An ion sensitive electrode is used to follow the time-course of ion efflux from proteoliposomes reconstituted with the desired protein. The method is highly suited for mechanistic studies, as it allows for the quantitative determination of key properties of the reconstituted protein, such as its unitary transport rate, the fraction of active protein and the molecular mass of the functional unit. The assay can also be utilized to determine the effect of small molecule compounds that directly inhibit/activate the reconstituted protein, as well as to test the modulatory effects of the membrane composition or lipid-modifying reagents. Where possible, direct comparison between results obtained using this method were found to be in good agreement with those obtained using electrophysiological approaches. The technique is illustrated using CLC-ec1, a CLC-type H+/Cl- exchanger, as a model system. The efflux assay can be utilized to study any Cl- conducting channel/transporter and, with minimal changes, can be adapted to study any ion-transporting protein.

A Proteoliposome-Based Efflux Assay to Determine Single-molecule Properties of Cl- Channels and Transporters

Proteoliposomes are used to study purified channels and transporters reconstituted in a well-defined biochemical environment. An experimental procedure to measure efflux mediated by these proteins is illustrated. The steps to prepare proteoliposomes, perform the recordings, and analyze data to quantitatively determine the functional properties of the reconstituted protein are described.

一个脂蛋白体为基础的外排检测，以确定氯的单分子性质<sup&gt; -</sup&gt;通道和转运

The last 15 years have been characterized by an explosion in the ability to overexpress and purify membrane proteins from prokaryotic organisms as well as ...

Methods to Discover Alternative Promoter Usage and Transcriptional Regulation of Murine Bcrp1

Gene expression in different tissues is often controlled by alternative promoters that result in the synthesis of mRNA with unique &#8212; usually untranslated &#8212; first exons. Bcrp1 (Abcg2), the murine orthologue of the ABC transporter Breast Cancer Resistance Protein (BCRP, ABCG2), has at least four alternative promoters that are designated by the corresponding four alternative first exons produced: E1U, E1A, E1B, and E1C. Herein, in-silico protocols are presented to predict alternative promoter usage for Bcrp1. Furthermore, reporter assay methods are described to produce reporter constructs for alternative promoters and to determine the functionality of putative promoters upstream of the alternative first exons that are identified.

With the murine ABC transporter Bcrp1 (Abcg2) as an example, in-silico protocols are presented to detect alternative promoter usage in genes expressed in mouse tissues, and to evaluate the functionality of the alternative promoters identified using reporter assays.

方法发现小鼠BCRP1的另类用法子和转录调控

Gene expression in different tissues is often controlled by alternative promoters that result in the synthesis of mRNA with unique &#8212; usually ...

In Vitro and In Vivo Approaches to Determine Intestinal Epithelial Cell Permeability

The intestinal barrier defends against pathogenic microorganism and microbial toxin. Its function is regulated by tight junction permeability and epithelial cell integrity, and disruption of the intestinal barrier function contributes to progression of gastrointestinal and systemic disease. Two simple methods are described here to measure the permeability of intestinal epithelium. In vitro, Caco-2BBe cells are plated in tissue culture wells as a monolayer and transepithelial electrical resistance (TER) can be measured by an epithelial (volt/ohm) meter. This method is convincing because of its user-friendly operation and repeatability. In vivo, mice are gavaged with 4 kDa fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC)-dextran, and the FITC-dextran concentrations are measured in collected serum samples from mice to determine the epithelial permeability. Oral gavage provides an accurate dose, and therefore is the preferred method to measure the intestinal permeability in vivo. Taken together, these two methods can measure the permeability of the intestinal epithelium in vitro and in vivo, and hence be used to study the connection between diseases and barrier function.

In Vitro and In Vivo Approaches to Determine Intestinal Epithelial Cell Permeability

Two methods are presented here to determine intestinal barrier function. An epithelial meter (volt/ohm) is used for measurements of transepithelial electrical resistance of cultured epithelia directly in tissue culture wells. In mice, the FITC-dextran gavage method is used to determine the intestinal permeability in vivo.

肠上皮细胞通透性的体外及体内测定方法

The intestinal barrier defends against pathogenic microorganism and microbial toxin. Its function is regulated by tight junction permeability and ...

Profiling of H3K4me3 Modification in Plants using Cleavage under Targets and Tagmentation

Epigenomic regulation at the chromatic level, including DNA and histone modifications, behaviors of transcription factors, and non-coding RNAs with their recruited proteins, lead to temporal and spatial control of gene expression. Cleavage under targets and tagmentation (CUT&#38;Tag) is an enzyme-tethering method in which the specific chromatin protein is firstly recognized by its specific antibody, and then the antibody tethers a protein A-transposase (pA-Tn5) fusion protein, which cleaves the targeted chromatin in situ by the activation of magnesium ions. Here, we provide our previously published CUT&#38;Tag protocol using intact nuclei isolated from allortetraploid cotton leaves with modification. This step-by-step protocol can be used for epigenomic research in plants. In addition, substantial modifications for plant nuclei isolation are provided with critical comments.

Cleavage under targets and tagmentation (CUT&amp;Tag) is an efficient chromatin epigenomic profiling strategy. This protocol presents a refined CUT&amp;Tag strategy for the profiling of histone modifications in plants.

在靶标和标记下使用裂解分析植物中的H3K4me3修饰

Epigenomic regulation at the chromatic level, including DNA and histone modifications, behaviors of transcription factors, and non-coding RNAs with their ...