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זה assay ביצית אחת מכיל שלבים רבים עם מספר כי הם קריטיים ודורשים טיפול מיוחד. הראשונה היא שטיפת הביצית. זה חשוב במיוחד כדי לשטוף כל הביצית מספר פעמים בינוני טרי טיפות לאחר הטיפול hyaluronidase כדי להסיר תאים קומולוס רבים ככל האפשר. יתר על כן, בעת העברת ביציות לפתרון חומצי של tyrod...

טבלה של חומרים כימיים מסוימים וציוד. <table border="1" style=";text-align:right;direction:rtl"><tbody><tr><td> שם מגיב </td><td> חברה </td><td> מספר קטלוגי </td><td> תגובות </td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"> הביצית אוסף </td></tr><tr><td> Hyaluronidase </td><td> סיגמא </td><td> H4272 </td><td></td></tr><tr><td> חומצי Tyrode </td><td> סיגמא </td><td> T1788 </td><td></td></tr><tr><td> Proteinase K </td><td> סיגמא </td><td> P5568 </td><td></td></tr><tr><td> 10% IGEPAL </td><td> Bioshop </td><td> NON999.500 </td><td></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"> תמוגה פתרון </td></tr><tr><td> טריס pH 7.5 </td><td> Bioshop </td><td> TRS001.5 </td><td></td></tr><tr><td> LiCl </td><td> סיגמא </td><td> L9650 </td><td> &amp; Nbsp; </td></tr><tr><td> EDTA-pH 8.0 </td><td> סיגמא </td><td> E5134 </td><td></td></tr><tr><td> מכסים </td><td> Bioshop </td><td> LDS701.10 </td><td></td></tr><tr><td> DTT </td><td> Invitrogen </td><td> P2325 </td><td></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"> SDS מאגר תמוגה </td></tr><tr><td> TE-pH 7.5 </td><td> Bioshop (טריס) סיגמא (EDTA) </td><td> TRS001.5 E5134 </td><td></td></tr><tr><td> 10% SDS </td><td> Bioshop </td><td> SDS001.500 </td><td></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"> Bisulfite המרה </td></tr><tr><td> סודיום הידרוקסיד </td><td> סיגמא </td><td> S8045 </td><td></td></tr><tr><td> Hydrogensulfite נתרן (סודיום bisulfite) </td><td> סיגמא </td><td> 243973 </td><td>; </td></tr><tr><td> הידרוקינון </td><td> סיגמא </td><td> H9003 </td><td></td></tr><tr><td> טמפ &#39;התכה נמוכה (LMP) agarose </td><td> סיגמא </td><td> A9414 </td><td></td></tr><tr><td> שמן מינרלי </td><td> סיגמא </td><td> M8410 </td><td></td></tr><tr><td> M2 בינוני </td><td> סיגמא </td><td> M7167 </td><td></td></tr><tr><td> GIBCO מים מזוקקים </td><td> Invitrogen </td><td> 15230-196 </td><td></td></tr><tr><td> Autoclaved כפול מזוקקים (DD) מים </td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"> PCR </td></tr><tr><td> Illustra מיקס חם התחל RTG </td><td> GE Healthcare </td><td> 28-9006-54 </td><td></td></tr><tr><td> 240 ng / ml tRNA שמרים </td><td> Invitrogen </td><td> 15401-011 </td><td></td></tr><tr><td> 5x מאגר גרין GoTaq תגובה </td><td> מקצועןמגה </td><td> M7911 </td><td></td></tr><tr><td> Primers מקוננות הפנימיים והחיצוניים </td><td> סיגמא </td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"> קשירת </td></tr><tr><td> Promega pGEM-T קל וקטור </td><td> פישר סיינטיפיק </td><td> A1360 </td><td></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"> ת&quot;א שיבוט </td></tr><tr><td> המוסמכות E.coli תאים </td><td> Zymo מחקר קורפ </td><td> T3009 </td><td></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"> ציוד </td></tr><tr><td> לנתח מיקרוסקופ </td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td> 70 מעלות צלזיוס ו 90 מעלות צלזיוס חום בלוקים </td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td> 37 ° C, 50 ° C Waterbaths (42 ° C עבור טרנספורמציות) </td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>כסא נדנדה </td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td> מכונת ה-PCR </td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

single oocyte bisulfite mutagenesis

אפיגנטיקה מקיפה את כל תורשתי ושינויים הפיך כדי הכרומטין כי הנגישות אלתר הגן, וכך הם המנגנונים העיקריים בוויסות שעתוק הגנים 1. מתילציה DNA הוא שינוי epigenetic שפועל בעיקר כסימן הדיכוי. באמצעות תוספת קוולנטי של קבוצת מתיל על cytosines ב dinucleotides CPG, הוא יכול לגייס חלבונים דיכוי נוספים ושינויים היסטון ליזום תהליכים המעורבים עיבוי הכרומטין השתקת גנים 2. מתילציה דנ&quot;א חיוני להתפתחות נורמלית כפי שהיא משחקת תפקיד קריטי תכנות התפתחותי, התמיינות תאים, הדיכוי של אלמנטים retroviral, כרומוזום ה-X איון ו החתמה גנומית. אחת השיטות החזקות ביותר לניתוח מתילציה בדנ&quot;א הוא mutagenesis bisulfite. Bisulfite נתרן הוא mutagen דנ&quot;א deaminates cytosines אל uracils. בעקבות הגברה seque PCR ו<html> ncing, אירועים אלה המרה מזוהים כמו thymines. Cytosines מפוגל מוגנים מפני deamination ובכך להישאר cytosines, המאפשר זיהוי של מתילציה בדנ&quot;א ברמת נוקלאוטיד יחיד 3. פיתוח assay mutagenesis bisulfite התקדמה מאלה דווח במקור 4-6 כלפי אלה הרגישים יותר לשחזור 7. אחד היה המפתח להתקדמות הטמעת כמויות קטנות יותר של דנ&quot;א חרוז agarose, ובכך להגן על ה-DNA מטיפול bisulfite הקשה 8. ניתוח זה מתילציה מופעל להתבצע על בריכות של ביציות ו בשלב הבלסטוציסט ועוברים 9. Mutagenesis המתוחכמת ביותר bisulfite פרוטוקול עד כה היא בשלב הבלסטוציסט עוברים בודדים 10. עם זאת, מאז blastocysts יש על 64 תאים הממוצע (המכיל 120-720 PG של הדנ&quot;א הגנומי), שיטה זו אינה יעילה ללימודי מתילציה על ביציות בודדים או מחשוף בשלב עוברים. אוהל &quot;&gt; לוקח רמזים מן הטבעה agarose כמויות הדנ&quot;א דקות כולל 11 ביציות, כאן אנו מציגים שיטה לפיה ביציות מוטבעים ישירות agarose ו תמוגה פתרון חרוז אחזור מיד לאחר והסרה של pellucida Zona מן הביצית. זה מאפשר לנו לעקוף את שני האתגרים העיקריים של mutagenesis ביצית אחת: bisulfite. המגנים על כמות זעירה של דנ&quot;א, השפלה ואובדן הבאים במהלך השלבים פרוטוקול רבים חשוב לציין, כאשר הנתונים מתקבלים ביציות בודדות, סוגיית ההטיה PCR בתוך בריכות מסולק יתר על כן. , זיהום מכוונת התא תלולית ניתן לזהות על ידי שיטה זו שכן כל המדגם עם דגם אחד או יותר של מתילציה ניתן נכללו בניתוח 12. פרוטוקול זה מספק שיטה משופרת עבור ניתוחים מוצלחים לשעתקו של מתילציה בדנ&quot;א ברמת מתחיל מתא בודד והוא אידיאלי עבור ביציות נפרדות, כמו גם מחשוף בשלב עוברים.

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Single Oocyte Bisulfite Mutagenesis

Mutagenesis bisulfite הוא תקן הזהב לניתוח מתילציה בדנ&quot;א. פרוטוקול שונה שלנו מאפשרת ניתוח מתילציה דנ&quot;א ברמת מתחיל מתא בודד ותוכנן במיוחד עבור ביציות נפרדות. זה יכול לשמש גם המחשוף בשלב עוברי.

ביצית אחת bisulfite mutagenesis

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14.0K Views.  Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario. Mutagenesis bisulfite הוא תקן הזהב לניתוח מתילציה בדנ"א. פרוטוקול שונה שלנו מאפשרת ניתוח מתילציה דנ"א ברמת מתחיל מתא בודד ותוכנן במיוחד עבור ביציות נפרדות. זה יכול לשמש גם המחשוף בשלב עוברי.

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Homemade Site Directed Mutagenesis of Whole Plasmids

Site directed mutagenesis of whole plasmids is a simple way to create slightly different variations of an original plasmid. With this method the cloned target gene can be altered by substitution, deletion or insertion of a few bases directly into a plasmid. It works by simply amplifying the whole plasmid, in a non PCR-based thermocycling reaction. During the reaction mutagenic primers, carrying the desired mutation, are integrated into the newly synthesized plasmid. In this video tutorial we demonstrate an easy and cost effective way to introduce base substitutions into a plasmid. The protocol works with standard reagents and is independent from commercial kits, which often are very expensive. Applying this protocol can reduce the total cost of a reaction to an eighth of what it costs using some of the commercial kits. In this video we also comment on critical steps during the process and give detailed instructions on how to design the mutagenic primers.

Site directed mutagenesis of whole plasmids is a simple way to create slightly different variations of an original plasmid. Here we demonstrate an easy and cost effective way to introduce base substitutions into a plasmid using standard reagents.

Mutagenesis האתר ביתי בימוי של פלסמידים שלמים

Site directed mutagenesis of whole plasmids is a simple way to create slightly different variations of an original plasmid. With this method the cloned ...

Mutagenesis and Functional Analysis of Ion Channels Heterologously Expressed in Mammalian Cells

We will demonstrate how to study the functional effects of introducing a point mutation in an ion channel. We study G protein-gated inwardly rectifying potassium (referred to as GIRK) channels, which are important for regulating the excitability of neurons. There are four different mammalian GIRK channel subunits (GIRK1-GIRK4) - we focus on GIRK2 because it forms a homotetramer. Stimulation of different types of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), such as the muscarinic receptor (M2R), leads to activation of GIRK channels. Alcohol also directly activates GIRK channels. We will show how to mutate one amino acid by specifically changing one or more nucleotides in the cDNA for the GIRK channel. This mutated cDNA sequence will be amplified in bacteria, purified, and the presence of the point mutation will be confirmed by DNA sequencing. The cDNAs for the mutated and wild-type GIRK channels will be transfected into human embryonic kidney HEK293T cells cultured in vitro. Lastly, whole-cell patch-clamp electrophysiology will be used to study the macroscopic potassium currents through the ectopically expressed wild-type or mutated GIRK channels. In this experiment, we will examine the effect of a L257W mutation in GIRK2 channels on M2R-dependent and alcohol-dependent activation.

We will demonstrate how to study the effect of a single point mutation on the function of an ion channel.

Mutagenesis וניתוח פונקציונלי של תעלות יונים הביעו Heterologously בתאי יונקים

We will demonstrate how to study the functional effects of introducing a point mutation in an ion channel. We study G protein-gated inwardly rectifying ...

An Introduction to Worm Lab: from Culturing Worms to Mutagenesis

This protocol describes procedures to maintain nematodes in the laboratory and how to mutagenize them using two alternative methods: ethyl methane sulfonate (EMS) and 4, 5', 8-trimethylpsoralen combined with ultraviolet light (TMP/UV). Nematodes are powerful biological systems for genetics studies because of their simple body plan and mating system, which is composed of self-fertilizing hermaphrodites and males that can generate hundreds of progeny per animal. Nematodes are maintained in agar plates containing a lawn of bacteria and can be easily transferred from one plate to another using a pick. EMS is an alkylating agent commonly used to induce point mutations and small deletions, while TMP/UV mainly induces deletions. Depending on the species of nematode being used, concentrations of EMS and TMP will have to be optimized. To isolate recessive mutations of the nematode Pristionchus pacificus, animals of the F2 generation were visually screened for phenotypes. To illustrate these methods, we mutagenized worms and looked for Uncoordinated (Unc), Dumpy (Dpy) and Transformer (Tra) mutants.

Screening for mutants with phenotypic defects is a straightforward method for identifying genes that function in a given biological process. In this article we describe how to culture free living worms (e.g., Pristionchus pacificus) in the laboratory and show two different mutagenesis methods, EMS and TMP/UV.

מבוא מעבדה תולעת: מ תולעים culturing כדי mutagenesis

This protocol describes procedures to maintain nematodes in the laboratory and how to mutagenize them using two alternative methods: ethyl methane ...

Mutagenesis and Functional Selection Protocols for Directed Evolution of Proteins in E. coli

The efficient generation of genetic diversity represents an invaluable molecular tool that can be used to label DNA synthesis, to create unique molecular signatures, or to evolve proteins in the laboratory. Here, we present a protocol that allows the generation of large (>1011) mutant libraries for a given target sequence. This method is based on replication of a ColE1 plasmid encoding the desired sequence by a low-fidelity variant of DNA polymerase I (LF-Pol I). The target plasmid is transformed into a mutator strain of E. coli and plated on solid media, yielding between 0.2 and 1 mutations/kb, depending on the location of the target gene. Higher mutation frequencies are achieved by iterating this process of mutagenesis. Compared to alternative methods of mutagenesis, our protocol stands out for its simplicity, as no cloning or PCR are involved. Thus, our method is ideal for mutational labeling of plasmids or other Pol I templates or to explore large sections of sequence space for the evolution of activities not present in the original target. The tight spatial control that PCR or randomized oligonucleotide-based methods offer can also be achieved through subsequent cloning of specific sections of the library. Here we provide protocols showing how to create a random mutant library and how to establish drug-based selections in E. coli to identify mutants exhibiting new biochemical activities.

Mutagenesis and Functional Selection Protocols for Directed Evolution of Proteins in E. coli

Here we demonstrate a simple protocol to create a random mutant library for a given target sequence. We show how this method, which is performed in vivo in Escherichia coli, can be coupled with functional selections to evolve new enzymatic activities.

בחירת הפרוטוקולים mutagenesis ו פונקציונאלי אבולוציה מכוונת של חלבונים א coli</em

The efficient generation of genetic diversity represents an invaluable molecular tool that can be used to label DNA synthesis, to create unique molecular ...

Mouse Oocyte Microinjection, Maturation and Ploidy Assessment

Mistakes in chromosome segregation lead to aneuploid cells. In somatic cells, aneuploidy is associated with cancer but in gametes, aneuploidy leads to infertility, miscarriages or developmental disorders like Down syndrome. Haploid gametes form through species-specific developmental programs that are coupled to meiosis. The first meiotic division (MI) is unique to meiosis because sister chromatids remain attached while homologous chromosomes are segregated. For reasons not fully understood, this reductional division is prone to errors and is more commonly the source of aneuploidy than errors in meiosis II (MII) or than errors in male meiosis 1,2. 
In mammals, oocytes arrest at prophase of MI with a large, intact germinal vesicle (GV; nucleus) and only resume meiosis when they receive ovulatory cues. Once meiosis resumes, oocytes complete MI and undergo an asymmetric cell division, arresting again at metaphase of MII. Eggs will not complete MII until they are fertilized by sperm. Oocytes also can undergo meiotic maturation using established in vitro culture conditions 3. Because generation of transgenic and gene-targeted mouse mutants is costly and can take long periods of time, manipulation of female gametes in vitro is a more economical and time-saving strategy. 
Here, we describe methods to isolate prophase-arrested oocytes from mice and for microinjection. Any material of choice may be introduced into the oocyte, but because meiotically-competent oocytes are transcriptionally silent 4,5 cRNA, and not DNA, must be injected for ectopic expression studies. To assess ploidy, we describe our conditions for in vitro maturation of oocytes to MII eggs. Historically, chromosome-spreading techniques are used for counting chromosome number 6. This method is technically challenging and is limited to only identifying hyperploidies. Here, we describe a method to determine hypo-and hyperploidies using intact eggs 7-8. This method uses monastrol, a kinesin-5 inhibitor, that collapses the bipolar spindle into a monopolar spindle 9 thus separating chromosomes such that individual kinetochores can readily be detected and counted by using an anti-CREST autoimmune serum. Because this method is performed in intact eggs, chromosomes are not lost due to operator error.

Oocytes are prone to aneuploidy due to errors in chromosome segregation during meiotic maturation. Aneuploid eggs can cause infertility, miscarriages or developmental disorders like Down syndrome. Here, we describe methods to introduce materials of choice into oocytes and methods to study meiotic maturation and assess ploidy.

הביצית Microinjection עכבר, הבשלה ו Ploidy הערכה

Mistakes in chromosome segregation lead to aneuploid cells.  In somatic cells, aneuploidy is associated with cancer but in gametes, aneuploidy leads to ...

Yeast Luminometric and Xenopus Oocyte Electrophysiological Examinations of the Molecular Mechanosensitivity of TRPV4

TRPV4 (Transient Receptor Potentials, vanilloid family, type 4) is widely expressed in vertebrate tissues and is activated by several stimuli, including by mechanical forces. Certain TRPV4 mutations cause complex hereditary bone or neuronal pathologies in human. Wild-type or mutant TRPV4 transgenes are commonly expressed in cultured mammalian cells and examined by Fura-2 fluorometry and by electrodes. In terms of the mechanism of mechanosensitivity and the molecular bases of the diseases, the current literature is confusing and controversial. To complement existing methods, we describe two additional methods to examine the molecular properties of TRPV4. (1) Rat TRPV4 and an aequorin transgene are transformed into budding yeast. A hypo-osmtic shock of the transformant population yields a luminometric signal due to the combination of aequorin with Ca2+, released through the TRPV4 channel. Here TRPV4 is isolated from its usual mammalian partner proteins and reveals its own mechanosensitivity. (2) cRNA of TRPV4 is injected into Xenopus oocytes. After a suitable period of incubation, the macroscopic TRPV4 current is examined with a two-electrode voltage clamp. The current rise upon removal of inert osmoticum from the oocyte bath is indicative of mechanosensitivity. The microAmpere (10-6 to 10-4 A) currents from oocytes are much larger than the subnano- to nanoAmpere (10-10 to 10-9 A) currents from cultured cells, yielding clearer quantifications and more confident assessments. Microscopic currents reflecting the activities of individual channel proteins can also be directly registered under a patch clamp, in on-cell or excised mode. The same oocyte provides multiple patch samples, allowing better data replication. Suctions applied to the patches can activate TRPV4 to directly assess mechanosensitivity. These methods should also be useful in the study of other types of TRP channels.

Yeast Luminometric and Xenopus Oocyte Electrophysiological Examinations of the Molecular Mechanosensitivity of TRPV4

To complement commonly used methods to study TRPV4&#8217;s, two methods are described: Its mechanosensitivity can be studied by Ca2+-aequorin luminometry in transgenic yeast upon hypo-osmotic challenge. It can also be examined in TRPV4-RNA injected Xenopus oocytes by whole-cell two-electrode voltage clamp or patch clamp in on-cell or excised mode.

Luminometric ושמרים<em&gt; Xenopus</em&gt; ביצית בחינות אלקטרו של Mechanosensitivity המולקולרי של TRPV4

TRPV4 (Transient Receptor Potentials, vanilloid family, type 4) is widely expressed in vertebrate tissues and is activated by several stimuli, including ...

The Xenopus Oocyte Cut-open Vaseline Gap Voltage-clamp Technique With Fluorometry

The cut-open oocyte Vaseline gap (COVG) voltage clamp technique allows for analysis of electrophysiological and kinetic properties of heterologous ion channels in oocytes. Recordings from the cut-open setup are particularly useful for resolving low magnitude gating currents, rapid ionic current activation, and deactivation. The main benefits over the two-electrode voltage clamp (TEVC) technique include increased clamp speed, improved signal-to-noise ratio, and the ability to modulate the intracellular and extracellular milieu.
Here, we employ the human cardiac sodium channel (hNaV1.5), expressed in Xenopus oocytes, to demonstrate the cut-open setup and protocol as well as modifications that are required to add voltage clamp fluorometry capability.
The properties of fast activating ion channels, such as hNaV1.5, cannot be fully resolved near room temperature using TEVC, in which the entirety of the oocyte membrane is clamped, making voltage control difficult. However, in the cut-open technique, isolation of only a small portion of the cell membrane allows for the rapid clamping required to accurately record fast kinetics while preventing channel run-down associated with patch clamp techniques.
In conjunction with the COVG technique, ion channel kinetics and electrophysiological properties can be further assayed by using voltage clamp fluorometry, where protein motion is tracked via cysteine conjugation of extracellularly applied fluorophores, insertion of genetically encoded fluorescent proteins, or the incorporation of unnatural amino acids into the region of interest1. This additional data yields kinetic information about voltage-dependent conformational rearrangements of the protein via changes in the microenvironment surrounding the fluorescent molecule.

The Xenopus Oocyte Cut-open Vaseline Gap Voltage-clamp Technique With Fluorometry

The cut-open Vaseline gap approach is used to obtain low noise recordings of ionic and gating currents from voltage-dependent ion channels expressed in Xenopus oocytes with high resolution of fast channel kinetics. With minor modification, voltage clamp fluorometry can be coupled to the cut-open oocyte protocol.

<em&gt; Xenopus</em&gt; טכניקת ביצית Cut-פתוח וזלין גאפ מתח מהדק עם Fluorometry

The cut-open oocyte Vaseline gap (COVG) voltage clamp technique allows for analysis of electrophysiological and kinetic properties of heterologous ion ...

Generation of Enterobacter sp. YSU Auxotrophs Using Transposon Mutagenesis

Prototrophic bacteria grow on M-9 minimal salts medium supplemented with glucose (M-9 medium), which is used as a carbon and energy source. Auxotrophs can be generated using a transposome. The commercially available, Tn5-derived transposome used in this protocol consists of a linear segment of DNA containing an R6K&#947; replication origin, a gene for kanamycin resistance and two mosaic sequence ends, which serve as transposase binding sites. The transposome, provided as a DNA/transposase protein complex, is introduced by electroporation into the prototrophic strain, Enterobacter sp. YSU, and randomly incorporates itself into this host&#8217;s genome. Transformants are replica plated onto Luria-Bertani agar plates containing kanamycin, (LB-kan) and onto M-9 medium agar plates containing kanamycin (M-9-kan). The transformants that grow on LB-kan plates but not on M-9-kan plates are considered to be auxotrophs. Purified genomic DNA from an auxotroph is partially digested, ligated and transformed into a pir+ Escherichia coli (E. coli) strain. The R6K&#947; replication origin allows the plasmid to replicate in pir+ E. coli strains, and the kanamycin resistance marker allows for plasmid selection. Each transformant possesses a new plasmid containing the transposon flanked by the interrupted chromosomal region. Sanger sequencing and the Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST) suggest a putative identity of the interrupted gene. There are three advantages to using this transposome mutagenesis strategy. First, it does not rely on the expression of a transposase gene by the host. Second, the transposome is introduced into the target host by electroporation, rather than by conjugation or by transduction and therefore is more efficient. Third, the R6K&#947; replication origin makes it easy to identify the mutated gene which is partially recovered in a recombinant plasmid. This technique can be used to investigate the genes involved in other characteristics of Enterobacter sp. YSU or of a wider variety of bacterial strains.

Generation of Enterobacter sp. YSU Auxotrophs Using Transposon Mutagenesis

Enterobacter sp. YSU grows in glucose minimal salts medium. Auxotrophs are generated by transforming it with a transposome which randomly inserts itself into the host genome. Mutants are found by replica plating from complex medium to minimal medium. Interrupted genes are identified by gene rescue and sequencing.

דור של<em&gt; Enterobacter</em&gt; Sp. YSU Auxotrophs שימוש transposon mutagenesis

Prototrophic bacteria grow on M-9 minimal salts medium supplemented with glucose (M-9 medium), which is used as a carbon and energy source. Auxotrophs can ...

Enhanced Reduced Representation Bisulfite Sequencing for Assessment of DNA Methylation at Base Pair Resolution

DNA methylation pattern mapping is heavily studied in normal and diseased tissues. A variety of methods have been established to interrogate the cytosine methylation patterns in cells. Reduced representation of whole genome bisulfite sequencing was developed to detect quantitative base pair resolution cytosine methylation patterns at GC-rich genomic loci. This is accomplished by combining the use of a restriction enzyme followed by bisulfite conversion. Enhanced Reduced Representation Bisulfite Sequencing (ERRBS) increases the biologically relevant genomic loci covered and has been used to profile cytosine methylation in DNA from human, mouse and other organisms. ERRBS initiates with restriction enzyme digestion of DNA to generate low molecular weight fragments for use in library preparation. These fragments are subjected to standard library construction for next generation sequencing. Bisulfite conversion of unmethylated cytosines prior to the final amplification step allows for quantitative base resolution of cytosine methylation levels in covered genomic loci. The protocol can be completed within four days. Despite low complexity in the first three bases sequenced, ERRBS libraries yield high quality data when using a designated sequencing control lane. Mapping and bioinformatics analysis is then performed and yields data that can be easily integrated with a variety of genome-wide platforms. ERRBS can utilize small input material quantities making it feasible to process human clinical samples and applicable in a range of research applications. The video produced demonstrates critical steps of the ERRBS protocol.

Enhanced Reduced Representation Bisulfite Sequencing is a method for the preparation of sequencing libraries for DNA methylation analysis based on restriction enzyme digestion combined with cytosine bisulfite conversion. This protocol requires 50 ng of starting material and yields base pair resolution data at GC-rich genomic regions.

משופר מופחת ייצוג Bisulfite רצף להערכה של DNA מתילציה ברזולוציה בסיסי זוג

DNA methylation pattern mapping is heavily studied in normal and diseased tissues. A variety of methods have been established to interrogate the cytosine ...

Proteolytically Degraded Alginate Hydrogels and Hydrophobic Microbioreactors for Porcine Oocyte Encapsulation

In reproductive biology, the biotechnology revolution that began with artificial insemination and embryo transfer technology led to the development of assisted reproduction techniques such as oocyte in vitro maturation (IVM), in vitro fertilization (IVF) and cloning of domestic animals by nuclear transfer from somatic cell. IVM is the method particularly of significance. It is the platform technology for the supply of mature, good quality oocytes for applications such as reduction of the generation interval in commercially important or endangered species, research concerning in vitro human reproduction, and production of transgenic animals for cell therapies. The term oocyte quality includes its competence to complete maturation, be fertilized, thereby resulting in healthy offspring. This means that oocytes of good quality are paramount for successful fertilization including IVF procedures. This poses many difficulties to develop a reliable culture method that would support growth not only of human oocytes but also of other large mammalian species. The first step in IVM is the in vitro culture of oocytes. This work describes two protocols for the 3D culture of porcine oocytes. In the first, 3D model cumulus-oocyte complexes (COCs) are encapsulated in a fibrin-alginate bead interpenetrating network, in which a mixture of fibrin and alginate are gelled simultaneously. In the second one, COCs are suspended in a drop of medium and encapsulated with fluorinated ethylene propylene (FEP; a copolymer of hexafluoropropylene and tetrafluoroethylene) powder particles to form microbioreactors defined as Liquid Marbles (LM). Both 3D systems maintain the gaseous in vitro culture environment. They also maintain COCs 3D organization by preventing their flattening and consequent disruption of gap junctions, thereby preserving the functional relationship between the oocyte, and surrounding follicular cells.

Presented here are two protocols for the encapsulation of porcine oocytes in 3D culture conditions. In the first, cumulus-oocyte complexes (COCs) are encapsulated in fibrin-alginate beads. In the second, they are enclosed with fluorinated ethylene propylene powder particles (microbioreactors). Both systems ensure optimal conditions to maintain their 3D organization.

הידרוג'לים אלג'ינאט מפורקים ופרוטאוליטית ומיקרוביו-סיבה לאנקלוסציה של פורצין אוציט

In reproductive biology, the biotechnology revolution that began with artificial insemination and embryo transfer technology led to the development of ...