Questo lavoro è stato supportato dal NIH R01NS046835 e R01AG034389, e il March of Dimes concedere 6FY08-322. Un ringraziamento speciale è dedicata alla signora Eleonora Brown (Miltenyi Biotec, Auburn, CA) che ha contribuito enormemente con la sua comprensione della tecnologia MACS. Miltenyi ha generosamente fornito il materiale utilizzato per la dimostrazione degli esperimenti senza alcun costo. Sono anche grato al Dr. Guanghu Wang (Medical College della Georgia / Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta, GA), che ha generato il PKCζ esprimere linee cellulari. Supporto per l&#39;Istituto di Medicina Molecolare presso il Medical College of Georgia / Georgia Health Sciences University (in direzione del Dott. Lin Mei) è anche riconosciuto.

1. Introduzione La vescicola-mediata cromatografia di affinità dei lipidi utilizzando magnetica attivata cell sorting (LIMACS) tecnica è stata sviluppata nel nostro laboratorio di isolare ceramide associate complessi proteici 1-3. In origine, le vescicole lipidiche erano fatti di ceramide e fosfatidilserina, che ha consentito di MACS utilizzando particelle magnetiche coniugate annessina V (molto affine a fosfatidilserina) per isolare le vescicole e le proteine ​​associate. Abbiamo usato la tecnica LIMACS per la ricostituzione in vitro di un complesso di ceramidi associato polarità e l&#39;isolamento di ceramide-proteine ​​che legano da lisati cellulari 3. LIMACS possono essere modificati utilizzando l&#39;interazione di altri partner per l&#39;isolamento delle vescicole (ad esempio, glicolipide-specifc lectine o anticorpi lipidi). 2. Le procedure sperimentali Preparazione di vescicole lipidiche e saggi aPKCBinding <ol><li> Vescicole lipidiche sono ottenuti da miscele secche di quantità equimolare di fosfatidilserina (105 mg) e C16-ceramide (85 mcg) a seguito di procedure di modifica per la grande preparazione liposomi 1,4-7. </li><li> Le miscele di lipidi vengono poi risospese e sonicato per 1 h in 100 ml di buffer di vescicole composto da 50 mM Tris / HCl (pH 7,5) e 150 mM NaCl. </li><li> Dopo aver aggiunto 300 ml di tampone vescicola integrato con 0,1 mM MnCl 2, i campioni sono centrifugati a 12,000 g μ per 20 minuti a 4 ° C. </li><li> Il pellet (vescicole lipidiche grande) è risospeso in 100 ml di buffer di vescicole e incubate con 1 nmol di Vybrant CM-dii per 1 ora a 37 ° C per visualizzare la frazione vescicola dopo la separazione MACS. Vybrant CM-dii è un colorante rosso fluorescente specificamente inserire in membrane lipidiche. </li><li> Un detergente senza lisato cellulare è preparato mediante ultrasuoni / omogeneizzazione di cellule in 300 ml di tampone ipotonico (10 mM Tris / HCl (pH 7,0) con inibitori della proteasi e fosfatasi), seguita da rimozione dei detriti membranosa per centrifugazione. Una fase di centrifugazione a 100.000 xg per 1 ora deve essere aggiunto per evitare la contaminazione del lisato cellulare con membrane endogena contenente fosfatidilserina. </li><li> Il lisato eliminato viene aggiunta alla sospensione delle vescicole lipidiche, e la miscela è incubata per 2 ore a 4 ° C. </li><li> La miscela di reazione è completata con 20 ml di tampone 20x annessina V vincolante e 50 ml di una soluzione contenente microsfere magnetiche coniugato con annessina V seguita da incubazione per 1 ora a 4 ° C. </li><li> MACS è effettuata secondo le istruzioni del produttore (Miltenyi Biotec, Inc.) protocollo. La presenza e la quantità di vescicole lipidiche è determinata monitorando i Vybrant CM-dii fluorescenza nel flow-through e eluizione frazioni utilizzando un lettore di fluorescenza per micropiastre. </li><li> La correlazione lineare tra la quantità di lipidi vescicolare e intensità di fluorescenza di vescicole legato Vybrant CM-dii è verificato da quantitativa ad alte prestazioni cromatografia su strato sottile (HPTLC) della miscela lipidica applicato annessina V-Mac basati su. </li><li> La specificità della reazione di legame di proteine ​​o altri aPKC alla ceramide / fosfatidilserina vescicole è verificata mediante un test degli anticorpi concorrenza con 1 mg di anti-PKCζ anticorpo policlonale di coniglio per incubare il lisato cellulare per 1 ora a 4 ° C prima dell&#39;incubazione con le vescicole lipidiche. </li><li> Il legame con le proteine ​​di ceramide / fosfatidilserina vescicole nell&#39;eluato MACS è analizzata mediante SDS-PAGE e immunoblotting. </li></ol> In vitro dei lipidi-proteina complessa polarità <ol><li> La ricostituzione in vitro di un complesso proteina-lipide polarità viene eseguito seguendo la procedura LIMACS come descritto nella sezione precedente. In breve, fosfatidilserina (420 mg) e C16-ceramide (107 mcg) viene essiccato da solvente organico. </li><li> I lipidi secchi sono risospesi in sonicazione in 500 ml di buffer di vescicole (50 mM Tris / HCl, pH 7,5, 150 mM NaCl). </li><li> Cinque ml di 10 mM MnCl2, 1 l di Vybrant CM-dii, e 500 ng di PKCζ (ricombinante umano) è aggiunto e la miscela di reazione incubata undergentle agitazione per 60 minuti a 4 ° C. </li><li> Vybrant CM-dii macchiato fosfatidilserina / ceramide vescicole sono recuperati per centrifugazione a 12.000 xg per 60 min a 4 ° C. </li><li> Il pellet (rosa) è risospese in 100 microlitri di buffer Tris e integrato con γS-GTP (100 mM), il PIL (1 mm), GST-Par6 (100 ng), o GST-Cdc42 (500 ng) e ulteriormente incubate per 3 ore a 4 ° C (qualsiasi altra combinazione di proteine ​​ricombinanti di interesse può essere utilizzato qui). </li><li> Annessina V-buffer (5 ml di una soluzione di 20x stock) e sfere magnetiche annessina V-coniugato (50 ml) vengono aggiunti e la miscela di reazione incubata in agitazione per altri 30 minuti a 4 ° C. </li><li> Annessina V-MACS viene eseguita seguendo il protocollo del fornitore come descritto in precedenza. </li&gt; <li> La frazione di eluizione (1 ml) è integrato con 10 mcg di ovoalbumina pura come aiuto precipitazioni. La proteina è concentrata da Wessel-Flugge precipitazione e analizzati da SDS-PAGE/immunoblotting come descritto in precedenza 8. </li><li> La quantità di vescicole lipidiche eluito viene quantificato il rilevamento di Vybrant CM-dii (rosa) nella (cloroformio / metanolo) fase organica della reazione Wessel precipitazioni Flugge. La quantità di proteine ​​analizzate è normalizzata sulla stessa quantità di vescicole lipidiche. </li></ol> 3. Risultati Purificazione LIMACS di PKCζ-EGFP e il dominio ceramide vincolante C20ζ-EGFP Un detergente senza lisato di cellule che esprimono MDCK lunghezza PKCζ C-terminale legato alla proteina fluorescente verde (FLζ-EGFP) o un dominio ceramide vincolante nel C-terminale della PKCζ (C20ζ-EGFP) è stato incubato con fosfatidilserina / vescicole ceramide come descritto nelle procedure sperimentali. Dopo l&#39;eluizione della colonna MACS, la proteina è stata analizzata con immunoblotting e gli anticorpi contro PKCζ e EGFP per la rilevazione della proteina eluita 2. <img src="/files/ftp_upload/2657/2657fig1.jpg" alt="Figura 1" /> LIMACS Figura 1. EGFP di marcato PKCζ e il suo frammento C-terminale C20ζ utilizzando fosfatidilserina / ceramide vescicole. Detergente senza lisati di cellule che esprimono MDCK EGFP (come non vincolante di controllo), a figura intera PKCζ-EGFP, o il legame ceramide, frammento C-terminale C20ζ-EGFP sono stati incubati con fosfatidilserina / vescicole ceramide, come descritto nella sezione sperimentale Procedure . Dopo aver utilizzato LIMACS, proteina è stata eluita con tampone campione SDS e analizzati mediante SDS-PAGE e immunoblotting. Il pannello di sinistra mostra che EGFP non si sono legati al vescicole mantenuto con il V-linked perline annessina magnetico. Il pannello centrale e di destra mostra che la lunghezza totale PKCζ-EGFP e C20ζ-EGFP sono stati mantenuti dovuto al legame di ceramide.

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Per testare l&#39;interazione specifica tra un lipide e il suo legame con le proteine ​​è ostacolata dalla incorporazione di lipidi nella membrana cellulare. La membrana cellulare è costituita da una miscela di lipidi e proteine ​​diverse, ed è organizzato in microdomini lipidici o zattere. Pertanto, il co-purificazione di proteine ​​microdomini e non è possibile distinguere se una proteina che si lega direttamente a un lipidi o è solo arricchito in una struttura microdomini. Altri metodi utilizzando li...

Annessina sfere magnetiche V-coniugati e MACS micro e minicolonne sono stati forniti da Miltenyi Biotec, Inc. (Auburn, CA). Tutti i lipidi sono stati di altissima purezza e ottenuti da Avanti Polar Lipids (alabastro, AL).

lipid vesicle-mediated affinity chromatography using magnetic activated cell sorting (limacs): a novel method to analyze protein-lipid interaction

L&#39;analisi delle interazioni lipidi proteine ​​è difficile perché i lipidi sono incorporati nelle membrane cellulari e quindi inaccessibili alla maggior parte delle procedure di purificazione. In alternativa, i lipidi possono essere rivestiti su superfici piane come usato per lipidi ELISA e Plasmon spettroscopia di risonanza. Tuttavia, lipidi rivestimento superficiale non formano strutture microdomini, che possono essere importanti per le proprietà dei lipidi vincolanti. Inoltre, questi metodi non consentono per la purificazione di grandi quantità di proteine ​​leganti i lipidi alla loro destinazione. Per superare queste limitazioni dei test interazioni lipidi e proteine ​​per purificare lipidi proteine ​​leganti abbiamo sviluppato un nuovo metodo chiamato vescicola lipidica mediata cromatografia di affinità utilizzando magnetica attivata cell sorting (LIMACS). In questo metodo, vescicole lipidiche sono preparati con i lipidi di destinazione e fosfatidilserina come lipidi di ancoraggio per annessina V MACS. Fosfatidilserina è un fosfolipide onnipresente membrana cellulare che mostra alta affinità per la proteina annessina V. Utilizzando sfere magnetiche annessina V coniugata con la fosfatidilserina contenenti vescicole lipidiche si legano al sfere magnetiche. Quando le vescicole lipidiche sono incubati con una cella lisato il legame proteico al lipidi obiettivo sarà anche legato ai talloni, possono essere co-purificato con MACS. Questo metodo può essere utilizzato anche per verificare se le proteine ​​ricombinanti ricostituire un complesso proteina legante al lipidi di destinazione. Abbiamo usato questo metodo per mostrare l&#39;interazione di atipica PKC (aPKC) con la ceramide sfingolipidi e di co-purificare risposta apoptosi prostata 4 (PAR-4), una proteina vincolante per ceramide associati aPKC. Abbiamo inoltre usato questo metodo per la ricostituzione di un complesso di ceramidi associato di aPKC ricombinante con la cella polarità proteine ​​correlate Par6 e Cdc42. Dal momento che le vescicole lipidiche possono essere preparati con una varietà di sphingo o fosfolipidi, LIMACS offre un test versatile per lipidi-proteina in un ambiente lipidico che ricorda da vicino quella della membrana cellulare. Ulteriori lipidi complessi proteici possono essere identificati mediante l&#39;analisi proteomica di proteine ​​lipidi legame co-purificato con le vescicole lipidiche.

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Lipid Vesicle-mediated Affinity Chromatography using Magnetic Activated Cell Sorting LIMACS: a Novel Method to Analyze Protein-lipid Interaction

Per verificare l&#39;interazione di una proteina con la sua lipidi obiettivo abbiamo utilizzato MACS e sfere magnetiche annessina V-coniugati e vescicole lipidiche sintetizzato dal lipidi target e annessina V-binding fosfatidilserina. Le proteine ​​legate alla lipidi target sono co-purificati e analizzati dopo eluizione dal perline.

Vescicole lipidiche-mediata Cromatografia di affinità mediante Magnetic separazione delle cellule attivate (LIMACS): un nuovo metodo per l&#39;analisi delle interazioni proteina-lipide

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Lipid Vesicle-mediated Affinity Chromatography using Magnetic Activated Cell Sorting (LIMACS): a Novel Method to Analyze Protein-lipid Interaction

12.4K Views.  Georgia Health Sciences University. Per verificare l'interazione di una proteina con la sua lipidi obiettivo abbiamo utilizzato MACS e sfere magnetiche annessina V-coniugati e vescicole lipidiche sintetizzato dal lipidi target e annessina V-binding fosfatidilserina. Le proteine ​​legate alla lipidi target sono co-purificati e analizzati dopo eluizione dal perline.

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Fluorescence Activated Cell Sorting of Plant Protoplasts

High-resolution, cell type-specific analysis of gene expression greatly enhances understanding of developmental regulation and responses to environmental stimuli in any multicellular organism. In situ hybridization and reporter gene visualization can to a limited extent be used to this end but for high resolution quantitative RT-PCR or high-throughput transcriptome-wide analysis the isolation of RNA from particular cell types is requisite. Cellular dissociation of tissue expressing a fluorescent protein marker in a specific cell type and subsequent Fluorescence Activated Cell Sorting (FACS) makes it possible to collect sufficient amounts of material for RNA extraction, cDNA synthesis/amplification and microarray analysis.
An extensive set of cell type-specific fluorescent reporter lines is available to the plant research community. In this case, two marker lines of the Arabidopsis thaliana root are used: PSCR::GFP (endodermis and quiescent center) and PWOX5::GFP (quiescent center). Large numbers (thousands) of seedlings are grown hydroponically or on agar plates and harvested to obtain enough root material for further analysis. Cellular dissociation of plant material is achieved by enzymatic digestion of the cell wall. This procedure makes use of high osmolarity-induced plasmolysis and commercially available cellulases, pectinases and hemicellulases to release protoplasts into solution.
FACS of GFP-positive cells makes use of the visualization of the green versus the red emission spectra of protoplasts excited by a 488 nm laser. GFP-positive protoplasts can be distinguished by their increased ratio of green to red emission. Protoplasts are typically sorted directly into RNA extraction buffer and stored for further processing at a later time.
This technique is revealed to be straightforward and practicable. Furthermore, it is shown that it can be used without difficulty to isolate sufficient numbers of cells for transcriptome analysis, even for very scarce cell types (e.g. quiescent center cells). Lastly, a growth setup for Arabidopsis seedlings is demonstrated that enables uncomplicated treatment of the plants prior to cell sorting (e.g. for the cell type-specific analysis of biotic or abiotic stress responses). Potential supplementary uses for FACS of plant protoplasts are discussed.

A method for isolating specific cell types from plant material is demonstrated. This technique employs transgenic marker lines expressing fluorescent proteins in particular cell types, cellular dissociation and Fluorescence Activated Cell Sorting. Additionally, a growth setup is established here that facilitates treatment of Arabidopsis thaliana seedlings prior to cell sorting.

Fluorescenza separazione delle cellule attivate delle protoplasti impianto

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Isolation of Labile Multi-protein Complexes by in vivo Controlled Cellular Cross-Linking and Immuno-magnetic Affinity Chromatography

The dynamic nature of cellular machineries is frequently built on transient and/or weak protein associations. These low affinity interactions preclude stringent methods for the isolation and identification of protein networks around a protein of interest. The use of chemical crosslinkers allows the selective stabilization of labile interactions, thus bypassing biochemical limitations for purification. Here we present a protocol amenable for cells in culture that uses a homobifunctional crosslinker with a spacer arm of 12 &Aring;, dithiobis-(succinimidyl proprionate) (DSP). DSP is cleaved by reduction of a disulphide bond present in the molecule. Cross-linking combined with immunoaffinity chromatography of proteins of interest with magnetic beads allows the isolation of protein complexes that otherwise would not withstand purification. This protocol is compatible with regular western blot techniques and it can be scaled up for protein identification by mass spectrometry1.
Stephanie A. Zlatic and Pearl V. Ryder contributed equally to this work.

Isolation of Labile Multi-protein Complexes by in vivo Controlled Cellular Cross-Linking and Immuno-magnetic Affinity Chromatography

The cell permeable crosslinker DSP [dithiobis-(succinimidyl propionate)] stabilizes transient and labile interactions in vivo, which allows their isolation using stringent protein complex purification techniques. Here we present a technique for crosslinking cells grown in culture followed by isolation of protein complexes by immunoprecipitation.

Isolamento di Labile Multi-proteina complessi da In vivo Controllato Cellular Cross-Linking e Immuno-magnetica Cromatografia di affinità

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Avidity-based Extracellular Interaction Screening (AVEXIS) for the Scalable Detection of Low-affinity Extracellular Receptor-Ligand Interactions

Extracellular protein:protein interactions between secreted or membrane-tethered proteins are critical for both initiating intercellular communication and ensuring cohesion within multicellular organisms. Proteins predicted to form extracellular interactions are encoded by approximately a quarter of human genes1, but despite their importance and abundance, the majority of these proteins have no documented binding partner. Primarily, this is due to their biochemical intractability: membrane-embedded proteins are difficult to solubilise in their native conformation and contain structurally-important posttranslational modifications. Also, the interaction affinities between receptor proteins are often characterised by extremely low interaction strengths (half-lives &lt; 1 second) precluding their detection with many commonly-used high throughput methods2. 
Here, we describe an assay, AVEXIS (AVidity-based EXtracellular Interaction Screen) that overcomes these technical challenges enabling the detection of very weak protein interactions (t1/2 &le; 0.1 sec) with a low false positive rate3. The assay is usually implemented in a high throughput format to enable the systematic screening of many thousands of interactions in a convenient microtitre plate format (Fig. 1). It relies on the production of soluble recombinant protein libraries that contain the ectodomain fragments of cell surface receptors or secreted proteins within which to screen for interactions; therefore, this approach is suitable for type I, type II, GPI-linked cell surface receptors and secreted proteins but not for multipass membrane proteins such as ion channels or transporters.
The recombinant protein libraries are produced using a convenient and high-level mammalian expression system4, to ensure that important posttranslational modifications such as glycosylation and disulphide bonds are added. Expressed recombinant proteins are secreted into the medium and produced in two forms: a biotinylated bait which can be captured on a streptavidin-coated solid phase suitable for screening, and a pentamerised enzyme-tagged (&beta;-lactamase) prey. The bait and prey proteins are presented to each other in a binary fashion to detect direct interactions between them, similar to a conventional ELISA (Fig. 1). The pentamerisation of the proteins in the prey is achieved through a peptide sequence from the cartilage oligomeric matrix protein (COMP) and increases the local concentration of the ectodomains thereby providing significant avidity gains to enable even very transient interactions to be detected. By normalising the activities of both the bait and prey to predetermined levels prior to screening, we have shown that interactions having monomeric half-lives of 0.1 sec can be detected with low false positive rates3.

Avidity-based Extracellular Interaction Screening AVEXIS for the Scalable Detection of Low-affinity Extracellular Receptor-Ligand Interactions

AVEXIS is a high throughput protein interaction assay developed to systematically screen for novel extracellular receptor-ligand pairs involved in cellular recognition processes. It is specifically designed to detect transient protein interactions that are difficult to identify using other high throughput approaches.

Avidità-based Screening Interaction extracellulare (AVEXIS) per il rilevamento scalabile di bassa affinità extracellulare del recettore-ligando interazioni

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A Liquid Phase Affinity Capture Assay Using Magnetic Beads to Study Protein-Protein Interaction: The Poliovirus-Nanobody Example

In this article, a simple, quantitative, liquid phase affinity capture assay is presented. Provided that one protein can be tagged and another protein labeled, this method can be implemented for the investigation of protein-protein interactions. It is based on one hand on the recognition of the tagged protein by cobalt coated magnetic beads and on the other hand on the interaction between the tagged protein and a second specific protein that is labeled. First, the labeled and tagged proteins are mixed and incubated at room temperature. The magnetic beads, that recognize the tag, are added and the bound fraction of labeled protein is separated from the unbound fraction using magnets. The amount of labeled protein that is captured can be determined in an indirect way by measuring the signal of the labeled protein remained in the unbound fraction. The described liquid phase affinity assay is extremely useful when conformational conversion sensitive proteins are assayed. The development and application of the assay is demonstrated for the interaction between poliovirus and poliovirus recognizing nanobodies1. Since poliovirus is sensitive to conformational conversion2 when attached to a solid surface (unpublished results), the use of ELISA is limited and a liquid phase based system should therefore be preferred. An example of a liquid phase based system often used in polioresearch3,4 is the micro protein A-immunoprecipitation test5. Even though this test has proven its applicability, it requires an Fc-structure, which is absent in the nanobodies6,7. However, as another opportunity, these interesting and stable single-domain antibodies8 can be easily engineered with different tags. The widely used (His)6-tag shows affinity for bivalent ions such as nickel or cobalt, which can on their turn be easily coated on magnetic beads. We therefore developed this simple quantitative affinity capture assay based on cobalt coated magnetic beads. Poliovirus was labeled with 35S to enable unhindered interaction with the nanobodies and to make a quantitative detection feasible. The method is easy to perform and can be established with a low cost, which is further supported by the possibility of effectively regenerating the magnetic beads.

In this article, a simple, quantitative, liquid phase affinity capture assay is presented. It is a reliable technique based on the interaction between magnetic beads and tagged proteins (e.g. nanobodies) on one hand and the affinity between the tagged protein and a second, labeled protein (e.g. poliovirus) on the other.

Un liquido fase di cattura test affinità utilizzando biglie magnetiche per studiare interazioni proteina-proteina: il poliovirus-Nanobody Esempio

In this article, a simple, quantitative, liquid phase affinity capture assay is presented. Provided that one protein can be tagged and another protein ...

Cell Specific Analysis of Arabidopsis Leaves Using Fluorescence Activated Cell Sorting

After initiation of the leaf primordium, biomass accumulation is controlled mainly by cell proliferation and expansion in the leaves1. However, the Arabidopsis leaf is a complex organ made up of many different cell types and several structures. At the same time, the growing leaf contains cells at different stages of development, with the cells furthest from the petiole being the first to stop expanding and undergo senescence1. Different cells within the leaf are therefore dividing, elongating or differentiating; active, stressed or dead; and/or responding to stimuli in sub-sets of their cellular type at any one time. This makes genomic study of the leaf challenging: for example when analyzing expression data from whole leaves, signals from genetic networks operating in distinct cellular response zones or cell types will be confounded, resulting in an inaccurate profile being generated.
To address this, several methods have been described which enable studies of cell specific gene expression. These include laser-capture microdissection (LCM)2 or GFP expressing plants used for protoplast generation and subsequent fluorescence activated cell sorting (FACS)3,4, the recently described INTACT system for nuclear precipitation5 and immunoprecipitation of polysomes6.
FACS has been successfully used for a number of studies, including showing that the cell identity and distance from the root tip had a significant effect on the expression profiles of a large number of genes3,7. FACS of GFP lines have also been used to demonstrate cell-specific transcriptional regulation during root nitrogen responses and lateral root development8, salt stress9 auxin distribution in the root10 and to create a gene expression map of the Arabidopsis shoot apical meristem11. Although FACS has previously been used to sort Arabidopsis leaf derived protoplasts based on autofluorescence12,13, so far the use of FACS on Arabidopsis lines expressing GFP in the leaves has been very limited4. In the following protocol we describe a method for obtaining Arabidopsis leaf protoplasts that are compatible with FACS while minimizing the impact of the protoplast generation regime. We demonstrate the method using the KC464 Arabidopsis line, which express GFP in the adaxial epidermis14, the KC274 line, which express GFP in the vascular tissue14 and the TP382 Arabidopsis line, which express a double GFP construct linked to a nuclear localization signal in the guard cells (data not shown; Figure 2). We are currently using this method to study both cell-type specific expression during development and stress, as well as heterogeneous cell populations at various stages of senescence.

Cell Specific Analysis of Arabidopsis Leaves Using Fluorescence Activated Cell Sorting

A method for producing Arabidopsis leaf protoplasts that are compatible with fluorescence activated cell sorting (FACS), allowing for studies of specific cell populations. This method is compatible with any Arabidopsis line that expresses GFP in a subset of cells.

Cella di analisi specifica di<em&gt; Arabidopsis</em&gt; Foglie usando fluorescenza activated cell sorting

After initiation of the leaf primordium, biomass accumulation is controlled mainly by cell proliferation and expansion in the leaves1. However, the ...

Optimized Staining and Proliferation Modeling Methods for Cell Division Monitoring using Cell Tracking Dyes

Fluorescent cell tracking dyes, in combination with flow and image cytometry, are powerful tools with which to study the interactions and fates of different cell types in vitro and in vivo.1-5 Although there are literally thousands of publications using such dyes, some of the most commonly encountered cell tracking applications include monitoring of:
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	<li>stem and progenitor cell quiescence, proliferation and/or differentiation6-8</li>
	<li>antigen-driven membrane transfer9 and/or precursor cell proliferation3,4,10-18 and</li>
	<li>immune regulatory and effector cell function1,18-21.</li>
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Commercially available cell tracking dyes vary widely in their chemistries and fluorescence properties but the great majority fall into one of two classes based on their mechanism of cell labeling. "Membrane dyes", typified by PKH26, are highly lipophilic dyes that partition stably but non-covalently into cell membranes1,2,11. "Protein dyes", typified by CFSE, are amino-reactive dyes that form stable covalent bonds with cell proteins4,16,18. Each class has its own advantages and limitations. The key to their successful use, particularly in multicolor studies where multiple dyes are used to track different cell types, is therefore to understand the critical issues enabling optimal use of each class2-4,16,18,24.
The protocols included here highlight three common causes of poor or variable results when using cell-tracking dyes. These are:
<ol>
	<li>Failure to achieve bright, uniform, reproducible labeling. This is a necessary starting point for any cell tracking study but requires attention to different variables when using membrane dyes than when using protein dyes or equilibrium binding reagents such as antibodies.</li>
	<li>Suboptimal fluorochrome combinations and/or failure to include critical compensation controls. Tracking dye fluorescence is typically 102 - 103 times brighter than antibody fluorescence. It is therefore essential to verify that the presence of tracking dye does not compromise the ability to detect other probes being used.</li>
	<li>Failure to obtain a good fit with peak modeling software. Such software allows quantitative comparison of proliferative responses across different populations or stimuli based on precursor frequency or other metrics. Obtaining a good fit, however, requires exclusion of dead/dying cells that can distort dye dilution profiles and matching of the assumptions underlying the model with characteristics of the observed dye dilution profile.</li>
</ol>
Examples given here illustrate how these variables can affect results when using membrane and/or protein dyes to monitor cell proliferation.

Successful use of cell tracking dyes to monitor immune cell function and proliferation involves several critical steps. We describe methods for: 1) obtaining bright, uniform, reproducible label-ing with membrane dyes; 2) selecting fluorochromes and data acquisition conditions; and 3) choosing a model to quantify cell proliferation based on dye dilution.

Ottimizzato Metodi di modellazione e colorazione proliferazione per il monitoraggio divisione cellulare utilizzando coloranti Tracking Cellulari

Fluorescent cell tracking dyes, in combination with flow and image cytometry, are powerful tools with which to study the interactions and fates of ...

Combining Magnetic Sorting of Mother Cells and Fluctuation Tests to Analyze Genome Instability During Mitotic Cell Aging in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Saccharomyces cerevisiae has been an excellent model system for examining mechanisms and consequences of genome instability. Information gained from this yeast model is relevant to many organisms, including humans, since DNA repair and DNA damage response factors are well conserved across diverse species. However, S. cerevisiae has not yet been used to fully address whether the rate of accumulating mutations changes with increasing replicative (mitotic) age due to technical constraints. For instance, measurements of yeast replicative lifespan through micromanipulation involve very small populations of cells, which prohibit detection of rare mutations. Genetic methods to enrich for mother cells in populations by inducing death of daughter cells have been developed, but population sizes are still limited by the frequency with which random mutations that compromise the selection systems occur. The current protocol takes advantage of magnetic sorting of surface-labeled yeast mother cells to obtain large enough populations of aging mother cells to quantify rare mutations through phenotypic selections. Mutation rates, measured through fluctuation tests, and mutation frequencies are first established for young cells and used to predict the frequency of mutations in mother cells of various replicative ages. Mutation frequencies are then determined for sorted mother cells, and the age of the mother cells is determined using flow cytometry by staining with a fluorescent reagent that detects bud scars formed on their cell surfaces during cell division. Comparison of predicted mutation frequencies based on the number of cell divisions to the frequencies experimentally observed for mother cells of a given replicative age can then identify whether there are age-related changes in the rate of accumulating mutations. Variations of this basic protocol provide the means to investigate the influence of alterations in specific gene functions or specific environmental conditions on mutation accumulation to address mechanisms underlying genome instability during replicative aging.

Combining Magnetic Sorting of Mother Cells and Fluctuation Tests to Analyze Genome Instability During Mitotic Cell Aging in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Mutation rates in young Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells measured through fluctuation tests are used to predict mutation frequencies for mother cells of different replicative ages. Magnetic sorting and flow cytometry are then used to measure actual mutation frequencies and age of mother cells to identify any deviations from predicted mutation frequencies.

La combinazione di ordinamento magnetico di cellule madri e test di fluttuazione per analizzare genoma instabilità mitotica Durante l&#39;invecchiamento cellulare in<em&gt; Saccharomyces cerevisiae</em

Saccharomyces cerevisiae has been an excellent model system for examining mechanisms and consequences of genome instability. Information gained from this ...

Purification of Native Complexes for Structural Study Using a Tandem Affinity Tag Method

Affinity purification approaches have been successful in isolating native complexes for proteomic characterization. Structural heterogeneity and a degree of compositional heterogeneity of a complex do not usually impede progress in conducting such studies. In contrast, a complex intended for structural characterization should be purified in a state that is both compositionally and structurally homogeneous as well as at a higher concentration than required for proteomics. Recently, there have been significant advances in the application of electron microscopy for structure determination of large macromolecular complexes. This has heightened interest in approaches to purify native complexes of sufficient quality and quantity for structural determination by electron microscopy. The Tandem Affinity Purification (TAP) method has been optimized to extract and purify an 18-subunit, ~ 0.8 MDa ribonucleoprotein assembly from budding yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) suitable for negative stain and electron cryo microscopy. Herein is detailed the modifications made to the TAP method, the rationale for making these changes, and the approaches taken to assay for a compositionally and structurally homogeneous complex.

The Tandem Affinity Purification (TAP) method has been used extensively to isolate native complexes from cellular extract, primarily eukaryotic, for proteomics. Here, we present a TAP method protocol optimized for purification of native complexes for structural studies.

Purificazione di Native Complessi di studio strutturale utilizzando un metodo Tag Tandem Affinity

Affinity purification approaches have been successful in isolating native complexes for proteomic characterization. Structural heterogeneity and a degree ...

Magnetic-Activated Cell Sorting Strategies to Isolate and Purify Synovial Fluid-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells from a Rabbit Model

Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are the main cell source for cell-based therapy. MSCs from articular cavity synovial fluid could potentially be used for cartilage tissue engineering. MSCs from synovial fluid (SF-MSCs) have been considered promising candidates for articular regeneration, and their potential therapeutic benefit has made them an important research topic of late. SF-MSCs from the knee cavity of the New Zealand white rabbit can be employed as an optimized translational model to assess human regenerative medicine. By means of CD90-based magnetic activated cell sorting (MACS) technologies, this protocol successfully obtains rabbit SF-MSCs (rbSF-MSCs) from this rabbit model and further fully demonstrates the MSC phenotype of these cells by inducing them to differentiate to osteoblasts, adipocytes, and chondrocytes. Therefore, this approach can be applied in cell biology research and tissue engineering using simple equipment and procedures.

This article presents a simple and economic protocol for the straightforward isolation and purification of mesenchymal stem cells from New Zealand white rabbit synovial fluid.

Magnetico-Activated Cell Sorting strategie per isolare e purificare Synovial cellule staminali mesenchimali liquido derivato da un modello di coniglio

Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are the main cell source for cell-based therapy. MSCs from articular cavity synovial fluid could potentially be used for ...

Novel Method of Plasmid DNA Delivery to Mouse Bladder Urothelium by Electroporation

Genetically engineered mouse models (GEMMs) are extremely valuable in revealing novel biological insights into the initiation and progression mechanisms of human diseases such as cancer. Transgenic and conditional knockout mice have been frequently used for gene overexpression or ablation in specific tissues or cell types in vivo. However, generating germline mouse models can be time-consuming and costly. Recent advancements in gene editing technologies and the feasibility of delivering DNA plasmids by viral infection have enabled rapid generation of non-germline autochthonous mouse cancer models for several organs. The bladder is an organ that has been difficult for viral vectors to access, due to the presence of a glycosaminoglycan layer covering the urothelium. Here, we describe a novel method developed in lab for efficient delivery of DNA plasmids into the mouse bladder urothelium in vivo. Through intravesical instillation of pCAG-GFP DNA plasmid and electroporation of surgically exposed bladder, we show that the DNA plasmid can be delivered specifically into the bladder urothelial cells for transient expression. Our method provides a fast and convenient way for overexpression and knockdown of genes in the mouse bladder, and can be applied to building GEMMs of bladder cancer and other urological diseases.

We describe a novel method for the delivery of DNA plasmid into the urothelial cells of mouse bladder in vivo through urethra catheterization and electroporation. It offers a fast and convenient way for generating autochthonous mouse models of bladder diseases.

Nuovo metodo di consegna plasmide DNA Urothelium della vescica del Mouse mediante elettroporazione

Genetically engineered mouse models (GEMMs) are extremely valuable in revealing novel biological insights into the initiation and progression mechanisms ...