The authors wish to thank Drs. Sung-wan An and Mike O&#8217;Donnell for practical advice on establishing this assay, Dr. Chih-Jen Cheng for helpful discussions on the use of ion-specific electrodes, and Dr. Chou-Long Huang for his mentorship and support. This work was supported by the National Institutes of Health (K08DK091316 to ARR) and the American Society of Nephrology Gottschalk Award to ARR.

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使用该拉姆齐检测，加上离子特定电极，允许液体分泌率和离子流的隔离昆虫马氏（肾）管的测量。二十个或更多小管可以一次进行测定，从而允许更高的吞吐量相比，个别的体外 microperfused小管的测定法。此外，离子特定电极允许在原位分泌液中的离子浓度的测定，从而限制了可以在小体积的流体至第二装置的转移而引入的误差。在协议中的关键步骤包括确保小管切开而不租金或?...

<html>肾上皮细胞离子转运underlies有机体iono-和渗透压调节。 果蝇马氏（肾）肾小管提供研究上皮细胞离子转运的分子机制提供了无与伦比的机会。这是由于果蝇的强大遗传学，配对的其肾小管生理研究的可访问的组合。拉姆齐检测，谁率先技术1研究者的名字命名，测量液体分泌率从孤立的马氏管，并建立在果蝇于1994年陶氏和他的同事2。这种利用果蝇的遗传工具，如GAL4-UAS系统3,4，确定细胞特异性的信号通路调节液分泌铺平了道路进一步研究。实例包括钙信号响应于肽激素5以及很多其他6,7。 ve_content“&gt;遗传技术和古典生理研究的组合表明，尿代在飞是通过从细管的主要链段的氯化钾富液的分泌。这是通过阳离子的平行跨上皮分泌，主要是K +也钠离子，通过主细胞，和Cl -通过星状细胞分泌8-12分别测量跨上皮K +和Na +通量的能力允许的传输机制比液体分泌的测量更详细的表征孤独。例如，在未刺激的果蝇细管为Na + / K + -ATP酶抑制剂哇巴因对分泌液2没有影响，即使当其摄取到主细胞是由有机阴离子转运抑制剂牛磺胆13抑制。然而，林顿和奥唐纳发现，哇巴因去极化基底外侧膜电位，并增加了钠离子通量9。如图中代表结果，我们重复这些发现，并表明，K +通量是伴随降低14;增大的 Na +通量和降低的 K +通量对液分泌相反的作用，造成在分泌无净的变化。因此，有两项决议的“乌本苷悖论”，即，哇巴因在果蝇小管的分泌液没有效果初步观察：首先，在刺激小管，哇巴因对液体分泌的效果并不明显，由于其吸收的有机阴离子转运13;第二，在未受刺激的小管，哇巴因一直反对对跨上皮Na +和K +流的影响，导致液分泌没有净变化（见代表性的成果和参考文献9）。因此， 钠离子的主要作用/ K + -ATP酶在未刺激的小管是降低细胞内Na +的浓度 ，以产生有利的浓度梯度为Na +的偶联的运输过程横跨基底外侧膜。事实上，通过分别测量Na +和K +通量，我们表明，小管缺乏飞钠-钾-2-氯转运蛋白（NKCC）具有降低的跨上皮的 K +通量，与哇巴因加入后没有进一步降低，并在经上皮无变化Na +的线 14。这些发现支持了我们的结论，即Na +的进入从而NKCC细胞通过的Na + / K + -ATP酶回收。在另一个例子中，Ianowski 等人观察到，降低浴的 K +浓度从10mM至6毫从吸血蝽下降跨上皮K +通量并增加经上皮Na +的磁通在小管，并在流体分泌没有净变化<sup&gt; 15。横跨幼虫小管上的 Na +通量和K +流的不同作用也已在果蝇小管中观察到响应于不同的盐饮食16并在两个蚊种响应于饲养盐度17。 在拉姆齐测定制备跨上皮离子通量的测定的最大挑战是分泌的流体中的离子浓度的测定。这个挑战已经取得了不同的解决方案，其中包括火焰photometery 18，使用放射性离子19和电子探针波谱仪20。这些技术需要分泌的液体滴转移到仪器的离子浓度的测量。因为流体的由未刺激的果蝇细管分泌的体积是小的，典型地〜0.5标升/分钟，这会带来一个技术挑战，也引入了错误，如果一些分泌的流体是在传输丢失。与此相反，使用离子特异性电极允许原位离子活性（从该离子浓度可以计算）的测量。目前的协议改编自所使用的Maddrell和同事使用缬氨霉素作为第 K +离子载体21测量通过吸血肾小管跨上皮的 K +通量，并且还描述了使用4- 叔 -butylcalix [4]芳烃-四乙酸的四乙酯基钠离子的特征在于Messerli 等特异性离子特异性电极。人。22。离子特异性电极也被用于测量离子浓度在流体中的拉姆齐测定在成人9,23和幼虫16 果蝇由马氏管分泌，新西兰阿尔派恩威塔（Hemideina毛利 ）24和在蚊子17。 在这里，我们详细描述了使用的拉姆齐作为说来测量流体分泌率在从果蝇马氏管，以及使用离子特异性电极以所分泌的流体中确定的 K + 和 Na +的浓度，从而跨上皮离子通量的计算。该试验的概述在图1中提供 。 <img alt="图1" src="/files/ftp_upload/53144/53144fig1.jpg" /> 图1.原理马氏管和拉姆齐分析与使用离子专用电极来测量离子浓度 。这个数字说明了该设置为拉姆齐检测。 （A）中的每个飞有四个小管，一对前管和一对后小管的，即浮在腹腔内通过血淋巴包围。在每一对中，两个小管联接在输尿管，然后在肠和hindgu交界清空尿吨。该管的盲端。尿被流体分泌主段（显示为红色）中产生，并朝向输尿管和流出到肠道内流动。解剖后，细管对被从肠道通过横断输尿管解离。 （B）的一对细管然后被转移到洗澡盐水的液滴内测定皿的孔中。其中的两个小管的，这里所指的“锚小管，”所缠绕的金属销和是惰性的。其他小管的分泌小管。起始段（其不分泌液）和分泌小管主体段保持洗澡盐水的液滴中。离子和水移动从洗澡盐水到主段的小管内腔，然后移向输尿管，正如在体内发生。下段（蓝色）是沐浴盐水，因此惰性外部。由于输尿管被切断时，分泌的流体出现从输尿管的切断端的液滴。 Ť他分泌流体液滴放大随时间而分泌的继续，其直径是使用目镜测微尺测定。矿物油的层防止分泌流体的蒸发。参考和离子专用电极测量分泌液的离子浓度。 <a href="https://www.jove.com/files/ftp_upload/53144/53144fig1large.jpg" target="_blank">请点击此处查看该图的放大版本。</a>

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			<td>Sylgard 184 Silicone Elastomer Kit</td>
			<td>Ellsworth Adhesives</td>
			<td>http://www.ellsworth.com/dow-corning-sylgard-184-silicone-encapsulant-0-5kg-kit-clear/</td>
			<td>May be purchased from multiple distributors</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Petri dish, polystyrene, 100 mm x 15 mm</td>
			<td>Fisher</td>
			<td>FB0875712</td>
			<td>Specific brand is not important</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Petri dish, polystyrene, 35 mm x 10 mm</td>
			<td>Corning Life Sciences</td>
			<td>Fisher 08-757-100A</td>
			<td>Specific brand is not important</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Scalpel Handle #3</td>
			<td>Fine Science Tools</td>
			<td>10003-12</td>
			<td>Specific brand is not important</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Scalpel Blades #1</td>
			<td>Fine Science Tools</td>
			<td>10011-00</td>
			<td>Specific brand is not important; use appropriate sharps precautions</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Needle, 30G x 1/2</td>
			<td>Becton Dickinson</td>
			<td>305106</td>
			<td>Use appropriate sharps precautions</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Minutien pins, black anodized, 0.15 mm</td>
			<td>Fine Science Tools</td>
			<td>26002-15</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Stereomicroscope with ocular micrometer</td>
			<td>Nikon</td>
			<td>SMZ800</td>
			<td>Specific brand is not important; this is given as an example</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Sheet of black stained glass, 3 mm (1/8 inch) thick</td>
			<td>Hobby shop</td>
			<td></td>
			<td>Example includes Spectrum Black Opal by Spectrum Glass (http://www.delphiglass.com/spectrum-glass/opalescent/spectrum-black-opal)</td>
		</tr>
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			<td>Glass cutting tools (glass cutter, glass cutting pliers)</td>
			<td>Hobby shop</td>
			<td></td>
			<td>Examples include the Studio Pro Lightweight Running Pliers by Diamond Tech (http://www.delphiglass.com/glass-cutters-tools/pliers-nippers/studio-pro-lightweight-running-pliers) and the Studio Pro Brass Glass Cutter by Diamond Tech (http://www.delphiglass.com/glass-cutters-tools/glass-cutters/studio-pro-brass-glass-cutter). Use appropriate safety precautions when cutting glass</td>
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			<td>Borosilicate glass capillary tube, unfilamented, GC120-10, OD 1.2 mm, ID 0.69 mm, length 10 cm</td>
			<td>Warner Instruments</td>
			<td>30-0042</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Borosilicate glass capillary tube, filamented, GC120F-10, OD 1.2 mm, ID 0.69 mm, length 10 cm</td>
			<td>Warner Instruments</td>
			<td>30-0044</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Nitric acid, 70%</td>
			<td>Sigma</td>
			<td>438073</td>
			<td>CAUTION: see Material Data Safety Sheet for appropriate storage and handling guidelines. Specific brand is not important</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cimarec 7 in x 7 in hotplate</td>
			<td>Fisher</td>
			<td>11675911Q</td>
			<td>Specific brand is not important; caution when heated</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Selectophore dichlorodimethylsilane</td>
			<td>Sigma</td>
			<td>40136-1ML</td>
			<td>CAUTION: see Material Data Safety Sheet for appropriate storage and handling guidelines</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Two-step vertical pipet puller</td>
			<td>Narishige</td>
			<td>PC-10</td>
			<td>Other pipet pullers can be used; this is given as an example</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Glass petri dish, 150 mm diameter x 15 mm height</td>
			<td>Fisher</td>
			<td>08-748E</td>
			<td>Specific brand is not important; only one dish needed</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>World Precision Instruments E210 1 mm micropipette storage jar</td>
			<td>Fisher</td>
			<td>50-821-852</td>
			<td>May be available from other distributors. Useful to have two jars. Note that although this jar is specified for 1 mm pipets, and the pipets used here are 1.2 mm, in our experience the 1 mm jar works best for the 1.2 mm pipets.</td>
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			<td>Silica Gel, Tel-Tale Desiccant, indicating, 10-18 mesh</td>
			<td>Fisher</td>
			<td>S161-500</td>
			<td>Indicating silica useful for determining whether silica gel retains desiccating ability</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>World Precision Instruments MicroFil, 34G</td>
			<td>Fisher</td>
			<td>50-821-914</td>
			<td>May be available from other distributors.</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>1 ml syringe with luer lock</td>
			<td>Becton Dickinson</td>
			<td>309659</td>
			<td>May be available from other distributors.</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>3 ml syringe with luer lock</td>
			<td>Becton Dickinson</td>
			<td>309657</td>
			<td>May be available from other distributors.</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>D300 3-way stopcock with female luer lock inlet port, male luer outlet port with rotating collar and guard</td>
			<td>Cole-Parmer</td>
			<td>UX-30600-02</td>
			<td>Specific brand is not important</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Female Luer Locking Connector</td>
			<td>4 Medical Solutions</td>
			<td>ADC 9873-10</td>
			<td>Specific brand is not important; barbed end is ~4 mm at narrowest point and ~7 mm at widest point.</td>
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		<tr>
			<td>Silicone Tubing I.D. x O.D. x Wall: 1/16 x 1/8 x 1/32 in. (1.59 x 3.18 x 0.79 mm)</td>
			<td>Fisher</td>
			<td>14-179-110</td>
			<td>Specific brand is not important</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>E-3603 tubing, I.D. x O.D.: 1/32 x 3/32 in</td>
			<td>Fisher</td>
			<td>14171208</td>
			<td>Specific brand is not important</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Modeling clay</td>
			<td></td>
			<td></td>
			<td>Specific brand is not important</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Selectophore potassium ionophore I, cocktail B</td>
			<td>Sigma</td>
			<td>99373</td>
			<td>CAUTION: see Material Data Safety Sheet for appropriate storage and handling guidelines</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Selectophore sodium ionophore X</td>
			<td>Sigma</td>
			<td>71747</td>
			<td>Sodium ionphore X = 4-tert-butylcalix[4]arene-tetraacetic acid tetraethylester</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Selectophore 2-nitrophenyl octyl ether</td>
			<td>Sigma</td>
			<td>73732</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Selectophore sodium tetraphenylborate</td>
			<td>Sigma</td>
			<td>72018</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Schneider&#39;s Drosophila medium</td>
			<td>Life Technologies</td>
			<td>21720024</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>High impedance electrometer</td>
			<td>World Precision Instruments</td>
			<td>FD223a</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Microelectrode holder 1 mm with 45&#176; body, vented, with handle</td>
			<td>Warner Instruments</td>
			<td>64-1051</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Microelectrode holder 1 mm with straight body, vented</td>
			<td>Warner Instruments</td>
			<td>64-1007</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Silver wire</td>
			<td>Warner Instruments</td>
			<td>64-1318</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Micromanipulators, pair</td>
			<td>Leitz</td>
			<td></td>
			<td>Various brands/models will work; this is an example</td>
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		<tr>
			<td>Faraday cage</td>
			<td>Technical Manufacturing Corporation</td>
			<td>81-334-03</td>
			<td>This is an example; any Faraday cage will work</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Single gooseneck fiberoptic light</td>
			<td>Nikon</td>
			<td></td>
			<td>Specific brand is not important</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>mineral oil</td>
			<td>Fisher</td>
			<td>BP-2629</td>
			<td>Specific brand is not important</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>forceps, Dumont #5 with Biologie tip</td>
			<td>Fine Science Tool</td>
			<td>11295-10</td>
			<td>May be available from other distributors.</td>
		</tr>
	</tbody>
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use of the ramsay assay to measure fluid secretion and ion flux rates in the drosophila melanogaster malpighian tubule

肾小管上皮离子转运的调制允许生物体维持离子和渗透压稳态变化的外部条件的面部。 果蝇马氏（肾）肾小管提供研究上皮细胞离子转运的分子机制，因为这种微生物及其肾小管生理研究的辅助强大的遗传学一个无与伦比的机会。在这里，我们描述了使用的拉姆齐测定来测量流体分泌率从分离的飞肾小管，与使用离子特异性电极测量钠和钾的浓度，在分泌的流体。该测定允许研究的跨上皮流体和离子通量〜20小管的时间，而不需要在分泌的流体传送到一个​​单独的装置来测量离子浓度。遗传上不同的小管可以分析，以评估在运输过程特定基因的作用。另外，将bathing盐水可以被修改来检查添加其化学特性，或药物或激素的作用。综上所述，本技术允许的上皮离子输送这些传输机制中的果蝇细管，以及调控基本机制的分子表征。

图7和8表明，使用拉姆齐测定用离子特异性电极来测量的 K + 和 Na +浓度可以区分基因和药理学上不同的 K + 和 Na +通量，即不通过单独测量流体分泌率捕获的信息。 图图7示出了从果蝇携带在NKCC纯合无效突变降低流体分泌小管是通过以K +流中的突变体（图7A）的下降驱动，而Na +的磁通没有改变（图...

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Use of the Ramsay Assay to Measure Fluid Secretion and Ion Flux Rates in the Drosophila melanogaster Malpighian Tubule

这个协议描述了使用的拉姆齐测定来测量流体分泌率从果蝇孤立马氏（肾）细管。此外，使用离子特异性电极来测量分泌的流体钠和钾的浓度，允许跨上皮离子通量的计算，进行说明。

使用拉姆齐试验来测量液体分泌和离子流率在<em&gt;果蝇</em&gt;马氏管

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Use of the Ramsay Assay to Measure Fluid Secretion and Ion Flux Rates in the Drosophila melanogaster Malpighian Tubule

11.7K 次观看.  University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. 这个协议描述了使用的拉姆齐测定来测量流体分泌率从果蝇孤立马氏（肾）细管。此外，使用离子特异性电极来测量分泌的流体钠和钾的浓度，允许跨上皮离子通量的计算，进行说明。 

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Microinjection Techniques for Studying Mitosis in the Drosophila melanogaster Syncytial Embryo

This protocol describes the use of the Drosophila melanogaster syncytial embryo for studying mitosis1. Drosophila has useful genetics with a sequenced genome, and it can be easily maintained and manipulated. Many mitotic mutants exist, and transgenic flies expressing functional fluorescently (e.g. GFP) - tagged mitotic proteins have been and are being generated. Targeted gene expression is possible using the GAL4/UAS system2. 

The Drosophila early embryo carries out multiple mitoses very rapidly (cell cycle duration, &asymp;10 min). It is well suited for imaging mitosis, because during cycles 10-13, nuclei divide rapidly and synchronously without intervening cytokinesis at the surface of the embryo in a single monolayer just underneath the cortex. These rapidly dividing nuclei probably use the same mitotic machinery as other cells, but they are optimized for speed; the checkpoint is generally believed to not be stringent, allowing the study of mitotic proteins whose absence would cause cell cycle arrest in cells with a strong checkpoint. Embryos expressing GFP labeled proteins or microinjected with fluorescently labeled proteins can be easily imaged to follow live dynamics (Fig. 1). In addition, embryos can be microinjected with function-blocking antibodies or inhibitors of specific proteins to study the effect of the loss or perturbation of their function3. These reagents can diffuse throughout the embryo, reaching many spindles to produce a gradient of concentration of inhibitor, which in turn results in a gradient of defects comparable to an allelic series of mutants. Ideally, if the target protein is fluorescently labeled, the gradient of inhibition can be directly visualized4. It is assumed that the strongest phenotype is comparable to the null phenotype, although it is hard to formally exclude the possibility that the antibodies may have dominant effects in rare instances, so rigorous controls and cautious interpretation must be applied. Further away from the injection site, protein function is only partially lost allowing other functions of the target protein to become evident.

Microinjection Techniques for Studying Mitosis in the Drosophila melanogaster Syncytial Embryo

This protocol describes the use of microinjection and high resolution imaging in the Drosophila melanogaster syncytial embryo to study mitosis.

研究有丝分裂的显微注射技术果蝇合胞体胚胎

This protocol describes the use of the Drosophila melanogaster syncytial embryo  for studying mitosis1.  Drosophila has useful genetics with a sequenced ...

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生物学

Photobleaching Assays (FRAP &amp; FLIP) to Measure Chromatin Protein Dynamics in Living Embryonic Stem Cells

Fluorescence Recovery After Photobleaching (FRAP) and Fluorescence Loss In Photobleaching (FLIP) enable the study of protein dynamics in living cells with good spatial and temporal resolution. Here we describe how to perform FRAP and FLIP assays of chromatin proteins, including H1 and HP1, in mouse embryonic stem (ES) cells. In a FRAP experiment, cells are transfected, either transiently or stably, with a protein of interest fused with the green fluorescent protein (GFP) or derivatives thereof (YFP, CFP, Cherry, etc.). In the transfected, fluorescing cells, an intense focused laser beam bleaches a relatively small region of interest (ROI). The laser wavelength is selected according to the fluorescent protein used for fusion. The laser light irreversibly bleaches the fluorescent signal of molecules in the ROI and, immediately following bleaching, the recovery of the fluorescent signal in the bleached area - mediated by the replacement of the bleached molecules with the unbleached molecules - is monitored using time lapse imaging. The generated fluorescence recovery curves provide information on the protein's mobility. If the fluorescent molecules are immobile, no fluorescence recovery will be observed. In a complementary approach, Fluorescence Loss in Photobleaching (FLIP), the laser beam bleaches the same spot repeatedly and the signal intensity is measured elsewhere in the fluorescing cell. FLIP experiments therefore measure signal decay rather than fluorescence recovery and are useful to determine protein mobility as well as protein shuttling between cellular compartments. Transient binding is a common property of chromatin-associated proteins. Although the major fraction of each chromatin protein is bound to chromatin at any given moment at steady state, the binding is transient and most chromatin proteins have a high turnover on chromatin, with a residence time in the order of seconds. These properties are crucial for generating high plasticity in genome expression1. Photobleaching experiments are therefore particularly useful to determine chromatin plasticity using GFP-fusion versions of chromatin structural proteins, especially in ES cells, where the dynamic exchange of chromatin proteins (including heterochromatin protein 1 (HP1), linker histone H1 and core histones) is higher than in differentiated cells2,3.

Photobleaching Assays FRAP &amp; FLIP to Measure Chromatin Protein Dynamics in Living Embryonic Stem Cells

We describe photobleaching methods including Fluorescence Recovery After Photobleaching (FRAP) and Fluorescence Loss In Photobleaching (FLIP) to monitor chromatin protein dynamics in embryonic stem (ES) cells. Chromatin protein dynamics, which is considered to be one of the means to study chromatin plasticity, is enhanced in pluripotent cells.

漂白实验（FRAP和FLIP）来衡量生活胚胎干细胞的染色质的蛋白质动力学

Fluorescence Recovery After Photobleaching (FRAP) and Fluorescence Loss In Photobleaching (FLIP) enable the study of protein dynamics in living cells with ...

Insulin Injection and Hemolymph Extraction to Measure Insulin Sensitivity in Adult Drosophila melanogaster

Conserved nutrient sensing mechanisms exist between mammal and fruit fly where peptides resembling mammalian insulin and glucagon, respectively function to maintain glucose homeostasis during developmental larval stages 1,2. Studies on largely post-mitotic adult flies have revealed perturbation of glucose homeostasis as the result of genetic ablation of insulin-like peptide (ILP) producing cells (IPCs) 3. Thus, adult fruit flies hold great promise as a suitable genetic model system for metabolic disorders including type II diabetes. To further develop the fruit fly system, comparable physiological assays used to measure glucose tolerance and insulin sensitivity in mammals must be established. To this end, we have recently described a novel procedure for measuring oral glucose tolerance response in the adult fly and demonstrated the importance of adult IPCs in maintaining glucose homeostasis 4,5. Here, we have modified a previously described procedure for insulin injection 6 and combined it with a novel hemolymph extraction method to measure peripheral insulin sensitivity in the adult fly. Uniquely, our protocol allows direct physiological measurements of the adult fly's ability to dispose of a peripheral glucose load upon insulin injection, a methodology that makes it feasible to characterize insulin signaling mutants and potential interventions affecting glucose tolerance and insulin sensitivity in the adult fly.

Insulin Injection and Hemolymph Extraction to Measure Insulin Sensitivity in Adult Drosophila melanogaster

Conserved insulin signaling pathways found in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster make this organism a potential tool for modeling metabolic disorders including type II diabetes. To this end, it is critical to establish physiological assays to effectively measure systemic insulin action in peripheral glucose disposal in the adult fly.

注射胰岛素和血淋巴的提取来衡量成人胰岛素敏感性果蝇</em

Conserved nutrient sensing mechanisms exist between mammal and fruit fly where peptides resembling mammalian insulin and glucagon, respectively function ...

Measurement of Lifespan in Drosophila melanogaster

Aging is a phenomenon that results in steady physiological deterioration in nearly all organisms in which it has been examined, leading to reduced physical performance and increased risk of disease. Individual aging is manifest at the population level as an increase in age-dependent mortality, which is often measured in the laboratory by observing lifespan in large cohorts of age-matched individuals. Experiments that seek to quantify the extent to which genetic or environmental manipulations impact lifespan in simple model organisms have been remarkably successful for understanding the aspects of aging that are conserved across taxa and for inspiring new strategies for extending lifespan and preventing age-associated disease in mammals.
The vinegar fly, Drosophila melanogaster, is an attractive model organism for studying the mechanisms of aging due to its relatively short lifespan, convenient husbandry, and facile genetics. However, demographic measures of aging, including age-specific survival and mortality, are extraordinarily susceptible to even minor variations in experimental design and environment, and the maintenance of strict laboratory practices for the duration of aging experiments is required. These considerations, together with the need to practice careful control of genetic background, are essential for generating robust measurements. Indeed, there are many notable controversies surrounding inference from longevity experiments in yeast, worms, flies and mice that have been traced to environmental or genetic artifacts1-4. In this protocol, we describe a set of procedures that have been optimized over many years of measuring longevity in Drosophila using laboratory vials. We also describe the use of the dLife software, which was developed by our laboratory and is available for download (<a href="http://sitemaker.umich.edu/pletcherlab/software">http://sitemaker.umich.edu/pletcherlab/software</a>). dLife accelerates throughput and promotes good practices by incorporating optimal experimental design, simplifying fly handling and data collection, and standardizing data analysis. We will also discuss the many potential pitfalls in the design, collection, and interpretation of lifespan data, and we provide steps to avoid these dangers.

Measurement of Lifespan in Drosophila melanogaster

Drosophila melanogaster is a powerful model organism for exploring the molecular basis of longevity regulation. This protocol will discuss the steps involved in generating a reproducible, population-based measurement of longevity as well as potential pitfalls and how to avoid them.

寿命测量<em&gt;果蝇</em

Aging is a phenomenon that results in steady physiological deterioration in nearly all organisms in which it has been examined, leading to reduced ...

Live Imaging of Apoptotic Cell Clearance during Drosophila Embryogenesis

The proper elimination of unwanted or aberrant cells through apoptosis and subsequent phagocytosis (apoptotic cell clearance) is crucial for normal development in all metazoan organisms. Apoptotic cell clearance is a highly dynamic process intimately associated with cell death; unengulfed apoptotic cells are barely seen in vivo under normal conditions. In order to understand the different steps of apoptotic cell clearance and to compare 'professional' phagocytes - macrophages and dendritic cells to 'non-professional' - tissue-resident neighboring cells, in vivo live imaging of the process is extremely valuable. Here we describe a protocol for studying apoptotic cell clearance in live Drosophila embryos. To follow the dynamics of different steps in phagocytosis we use specific markers for apoptotic cells and phagocytes. In addition, we can monitor two phagocyte systems in parallel: 'professional' macrophages and 'semi-professional' glia in the developing central nervous system (CNS). The method described here employs the Drosophila embryo as an excellent model for real time studies of apoptotic cell clearance.

Live Imaging of Apoptotic Cell Clearance during Drosophila Embryogenesis

Here we describe an effective method for studying dynamics of apoptotic cell clearance in vivo. This method employs live Drosophila embryos as a powerful model for monitoring phagocytosis of apoptotic cells using specific labeling of apoptotic cells and phagocytes.

凋亡细胞清除过程中实时成像<em&gt;果蝇</em&gt;胚胎发育

The  proper elimination of unwanted or aberrant cells through apoptosis and  subsequent phagocytosis (apoptotic cell clearance) is crucial for normal  ...

Imaging Through the Pupal Case of Drosophila melanogaster

The longstanding use of Drosophila as a model for cell and developmental biology has yielded an array of tools. Together, these techniques have enabled analysis of cell and developmental biology from a variety of methodological angles. Live imaging is an emerging method for observing dynamic cell processes, such as cell division or cell motility. Having isolated mutations in uncharacterized putative cell cycle proteins it became essential to observe mitosis in situ using live imaging. Most live imaging studies in Drosophila have focused on the embryonic stages that are accessible to manipulation and observation because of their small size and optical clarity. However, in these stages the cell cycle is unusual in that it lacks one or both of the gap phases. By contrast, cells of the pupal wing of Drosophila have a typical cell cycle and undergo a period of rapid mitosis spanning about 20 hr of pupal development. It is easy to identify and isolate pupae of the appropriate stage to catch mitosis in situ. Mounting intact pupae provided the best combination of tractability and durability during imaging, allowing experiments to run for several hours with minimal impact on cell and animal viability. The method allows observation of features as small as, or smaller than, fly chromosomes. Adjustment of microscope settings and the details of mounting, allowed extension of the preparation to visualize membrane dynamics of adjacent cells and fluorescently labeled proteins such as tubulin. This method works for all tested fluorescent proteins and can capture submicron scale features over a variety of time scales. While limited to the outer 20 &#181;m of the pupa with a conventional confocal microscope, this approach to observing protein and cellular dynamics in pupal tissues in vivo may be generally useful in the study of cell and developmental biology in these tissues.

Imaging Through the Pupal Case of Drosophila melanogaster

This paper demonstrates the use of a fast scanning confocal microscope to image cell behavior directly through the puparium. By leaving the pupal case intact, this method allows observation and measurement of dynamic cell processes at a stage of Drosophila development that is difficult to study directly.

通过影像学的蛹壳<em&gt;果蝇</em

The longstanding use of Drosophila as a model for cell and developmental biology has yielded an array of tools. Together, these techniques have enabled ...

Quantitative Immunofluorescence Assay to Measure the Variation in Protein Levels at Centrosomes

Centrosomes are small but important organelles that serve as the poles of mitotic spindle to maintain genomic integrity or assemble primary cilia to facilitate sensory functions in cells. The level of a protein may be regulated differently at centrosomes than at other .cellular locations, and the variation in the centrosomal level of several proteins at different points of the cell cycle appears to be crucial for the proper regulation of centriole assembly. We developed a quantitative fluorescence microscopy assay that measures relative changes in the level of a protein at centrosomes in fixed cells from different samples, such as at different phases of the cell cycle or after treatment with various reagents. The principle of this assay lies in measuring the background corrected fluorescent intensity corresponding to a protein at a small region, and normalize that measurement against the same for another protein that does not vary under the chosen experimental condition. Utilizing this assay in combination with BrdU pulse and chase strategy to study unperturbed cell cycles, we have quantitatively validated our recent observation that the centrosomal pool of VDAC3 is regulated at centrosomes during the cell cycle, likely by proteasome-mediated degradation specifically at centrosomes.

Here, a novel quantitative fluorescence assay is developed to measure changes in the level of a protein specifically at centrosomes by normalizing that protein&#8217;s fluorescence intensity to that of an appropriate internal standard.

定量免疫检测，以衡量在中心体的变异蛋白水平

Centrosomes are small but important organelles that serve as the poles of mitotic spindle to maintain genomic integrity or assemble primary cilia to ...

Optical Quantification of Intracellular pH in Drosophila melanogaster Malpighian Tubule Epithelia with a Fluorescent Genetically-encoded pH Indicator

Epithelial ion transport is vital to systemic ion homeostasis as well as maintenance of essential cellular electrochemical gradients. Intracellular pH (pHi) is influenced by many ion transporters and thus monitoring pHi is a useful tool for assessing transporter activity. Modern Genetically Encoded pH-Indicators (GEpHIs) provide optical quantification of pHi in intact cells on a cellular and subcellular scale. This protocol describes real-time quantification of cellular pHi regulation in Malpighian Tubules (MTs) of Drosophila melanogaster through ex vivo live-imaging of pHerry, a pseudo-ratiometric GEpHI with a pKa well-suited to track pH changes in the cytosol. Extracted adult fly MTs are composed of morphologically and functionally distinct sections of single-cell layer epithelia, and can serve as an accessible and genetically tractable model for investigation of epithelial transport. GEpHIs offer several advantages over conventional pH-sensitive fluorescent dyes and ion-selective electrodes. GEpHIs can label distinct cell populations provided appropriate promoter elements are available. This labeling is particularly useful in ex vivo, in vivo, and in situ preparations, which are inherently heterogeneous. GEpHIs also permit quantification of pHi in intact tissues over time without need for repeated dye treatment or tissue externalization. The primary drawback of current GEpHIs is the tendency to aggregate in cytosolic inclusions in response to tissue damage and construct over-expression. These shortcomings, their solutions, and the inherent advantages of GEpHIs are demonstrated in this protocol through assessment of basolateral proton (H+) transport in functionally distinct principal and stellate cells of extracted fly MTs. The techniques and analysis described are readily adaptable to a wide variety of vertebrate and invertebrate preparations, and the sophistication of the assay can be scaled from teaching labs to intricate determination of ion flux via specific transporters.

Optical Quantification of Intracellular pH in Drosophila melanogaster Malpighian Tubule Epithelia with a Fluorescent Genetically-encoded pH Indicator

Cellular ion transport can often be assessed by monitoring intracellular pH (pHi). Genetically Encoded pH-Indicators (GEpHIs)&#160;provide optical quantification of intracellular pH in intact cells. This protocol details the quantification of intracellular pH through cellular ex vivo live-imaging of Malpighian tubules of Drosophila melanogaster with pHerry, a pseudo-ratiometric genetically encoded pH-indicator.

用荧光基因编码的 ph 指示剂对果蝇氏小管上皮细胞内 ph 值的光学定量

Epithelial ion transport is vital to systemic ion homeostasis as well as maintenance of essential cellular electrochemical gradients. Intracellular pH ...

Oral Bacterial Infection and Shedding in Drosophila melanogaster

The fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster is one of the best developed model systems of infection and innate immunity. While most work has focused on systemic infections, there has been a recent increase of interest in the mechanisms of gut immunocompetence to pathogens, which require methods to orally infect flies. Here we present a protocol to orally expose individual flies to an opportunistic bacterial pathogen (Pseudomonas aeruginosa) and a natural bacterial pathogen of D. melanogaster (Pseudomonas entomophila). The goal of this protocol is to provide a robust method to expose male and female flies to these pathogens. We provide representative results showing survival phenotypes, microbe loads, and bacterial shedding, which is relevant for the study of heterogeneity in pathogen transmission. Finally, we confirm that Dcy mutants (lacking the protective peritrophic matrix in the gut epithelium) and Relish mutants (lacking a functional immune deficiency (IMD) pathway), show increased susceptibility to bacterial oral infection. This protocol, therefore, describes a robust method to infect flies using the oral route of infection, which can be extended to the study of a variety genetic and environmental sources of variation in gut infection outcomes and bacterial transmission.

Oral Bacterial Infection and Shedding in Drosophila melanogaster

This protocol describes methods to orally expose and infect the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster with bacterial pathogens, and to measure the number of infectious bacteria shed following gut infection. We further describe the effect of immune mutants on fly survival following oral bacterial infection.

果蝇的口腔细菌感染和脱落

The fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster is one of the best developed model systems of infection and innate immunity. While most work has focused on systemic ...

Visualizing and Tracking Endogenous mRNAs in Live Drosophila melanogaster Egg Chambers

Fluorescence-based imaging techniques, in combination with developments in light microscopy, have revolutionized how cell biologists conduct live cell imaging studies. Methods for detecting RNAs have expanded greatly since seminal studies linked site-specific mRNA localization to gene expression regulation. Dynamic mRNA processes can now be visualized via approaches that detect mRNAs, coupled with microscopy set-ups that are fast enough to capture the dynamic range of molecular behavior. The molecular beacon technology is a hybridization-based approach capable of direct detection of endogenous transcripts in living cells. Molecular beacons are hairpin-shaped, internally quenched, single-nucleotide discriminating nucleic acid probes, which fluoresce only upon hybridization to a unique target sequence. When coupled with advanced fluorescence microscopy and high-resolution imaging, they enable one to perform spatial and temporal tracking of intracellular movement of mRNAs. Although this technology is the only method capable of detecting endogenous transcripts, cell biologists have not yet fully embraced this technology due to difficulties in designing such probes for live cell imaging. A new software application, PinMol, allows for enhanced and rapid design of probes best suited to efficiently hybridize to mRNA target regions within a living cell. In addition, high-resolution, real-time image acquisition and current, open source image analysis software allow for a refined data output, leading to a finer evaluation of the complexity underlying the dynamic processes involved in the mRNA&#39;s life cycle.
Here we present a comprehensive protocol for designing and delivering molecular beacons into Drosophila melanogaster egg chambers. Direct and highly specific detection and visualization of endogenous maternal mRNAs is performed via spinning disc confocal microscopy. Imaging data is processed and analyzed using object detection and tracking in Icy software to obtain details about the dynamic movement of mRNAs, which are transported and localized to specialized regions within the oocyte.

Visualizing and Tracking Endogenous mRNAs in Live Drosophila melanogaster Egg Chambers

Here, we present a protocol for the visualization, detection, analysis and tracking of endogenous mRNA trafficking in live Drosophila melanogaster egg chamber using molecular beacons, spinning disc confocal microscopy, and open-source analysis software.

可视化和跟踪活果蝇黑色素细胞卵室的内源性 mRNA

Fluorescence-based imaging techniques, in combination with developments in light microscopy, have revolutionized how cell biologists conduct live cell ...