Gli autori desiderano ringraziare il Dr. Klaus Kaestner per il dono della murino Ngn3-EGFP linea di cellule staminali embrionali, la signora Lucy Brown e il Core citometria analitica per l&#39;assistenza nello smistamento delle cellule. Questo lavoro è stato finanziato in parte da sovvenzioni NIH R21DK069997 e R01DK081587 assegnato a HTK e dalla California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) borse di formazione assegnati a MW e LS

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Saggi di colonia che permettono una valutazione quantitativa e funzionale di cellule progenitrici del pancreas singoli sono stati limitati finora, che ha notevolmente ostacolato il progresso negli studi di staminali pancreatiche e biologia delle cellule progenitrici. L&#39;essenza di una colonia è saggio che misura la capacità intrinseca delle cellule progenitrici, e non solo loro fenotipo, permettendo la funzionalità e le potenzialità lignaggio delle cellule progenitrici da osservare. E &#39;anche uno strumento quantitativo che può determinare il numero di progenitori in una data popolazione. Nel campo delle cellule staminali ematopoietiche, saggi di colonia hanno avuto un ruolo importante nella identificazione, così come decifrare i requisiti di fattori di crescita, interazioni e dei meccanismi che regolano l&#39;impegno lignaggio di queste cellule. 6 Nel campo della biologia delle cellule progenitrici del pancreas, organo del pancreas 7 , 8 o alla rinfusa culture 13/09 sono stati ideati, tuttavia, tali dosaggi non affrontano biologico Questi,ons a livello di singola cellula. Senza analisi di singola cellula, l&#39;esistenza di multi-potenzialità staminali pancreatiche / progenitori non può essere dimostrata in modo inequivocabile. 14 Qui mostriamo che l&#39;insulina che esprimono formanti colonia progenitori possono essere analizzati utilizzando una tridimensionale, Matrigel contenenti semi-solido sistema di coltura. Anche se un sistema di coltura sospensione 15,16 è stata sviluppata che permette singolo progenitori pancreatici adulti di proliferare e differenziarsi in &quot;pancreatospheres&quot;, il nostro test colonia offre ulteriori vantaggi. In primo luogo, la nostra semi-solido sistema di cultura mediatica permette di placcatura fino a 25.000 cellule ordinati per 500 terreni di coltura per 24 microlitri bene mantenendo la conseguente formazione di colonie nel range lineare. 2 Al contrario, il saggio pancreatosphere sospensione richiede l&#39;uso di singolo deposizione metodo delle celle dal cell sorter per consentire analisi di singola cellula, e quindi un maggior volume di cultura media e incubatore spaziosono obbligatori. Pertanto, il nostro saggio colonia è relativamente facile e conveniente per condurre quando un gran numero di cellule differenti devono essere confrontati contemporaneamente per le attività delle cellule progenitrici. In secondo luogo, la nostra semi-solido dei media consente una distribuzione uniforme dei componenti della matrice extracellulare e fattori di crescita, che consente sia la proliferazione e la differenziazione avvenga nel pozzo stesso. Al contrario, è più difficile fornire un ambiente del genere, specialmente la matrice, di cellule in coltura sospensione. Siamo consapevoli che con il nostro metodo non può essere definitivamente provato che ogni colonia è derivata da una singola cellula, come due progenitori possono essere posizionate in modo casuale vicini l&#39;uno all&#39;altro e formano una colonia. Tuttavia, questo problema può essere superato attraverso l&#39;analisi secondaria utilizzando la manipolazione singola cella. Diretto la raccolta manuale delle singole cellule ordinati potrebbe definitivamente dimostrare l&#39;origine singola cella di ogni colonia. In sintesi, l&#39;insulina che esprimono formanti colonia attività di progenitors in semi-solido dei media descritto nel presente documento offre opportunità uniche per studi meccanicistici di cellule progenitrici del pancreas a livello di singola cellula. Per esempio, in un rapporto precedente abbiamo trovato che l&#39;aggiunta di Matrigel, una miscela grezza di proteine ​​della matrice extracellulare, nella cultura dei media è necessario per la formazione di insulina che esprimono colonie da Ngn3-cellule EGFP +, 2 suggerendo la matrice extracellulare è importante per quei progenitori. Da questo test colonia, sarà ora possibile analizzare ulteriormente e definire i requisiti matrice specifica per tale attività. Oltre a studiare progenitrici derivate da cellule staminali embrionali di topo, stiamo attualmente studiando se questo sistema di analisi in vitro supporta anche la formazione di altre colonie distintivo derivato dal pancreas e nel fegato di topi perinatale e adulti, così come da tessuto pancreatico umano cadavere privo di isolotti.

<table border="1"><tbody><tr><td> Materiale / Reagente </td><td> Azienda </td><td> Catalogo Numero </td><td> Commenti </td></tr><tr><td> DMEM 1X / F-12 (1:1) </td><td> Mediatech </td><td> 15-090-CV </td><td></td></tr><tr><td> Siero di vitello fetale </td><td> Tissue Culture Biologicals </td><td> 201 </td><td> Consultare la Sezione 1,1 </td></tr><tr><td> L-glutammina </td><td> Gibco </td><td> 25030-081 </td><td></td></tr><tr><td> 1X PBS Dulbecco </td><td> Mediatech </td><td> 21-031-CV </td><td></td></tr><tr><td> Siero bovino Albumina </td><td> Sigma </td><td> A8412 </td><td> 7,5% </td></tr><tr><td> Matrigel </td><td> Becton Dickinson </td><td> 356231 </td><td> Crescita ridotta Fattore </td></tr><tr><td> Metilcellulosa </td><td> Sinetsu Chimica, Tokyo, Giappone </td><td></td><td> 1.500 centipoise (High-viscosity) </td></tr><tr><td> Nicotinamide </td><td> Sigma </td><td> N0636 </td><td></td></tr><tr><td> Umano Ricombinante Activin βB </td><td> R &amp; D Systems </td><td> 659-AB-025 </td><td></td></tr><tr><td> Exendin-4 </td><td> Sigma </td><td> E7144 </td><td></td></tr><tr><td> Umano Ricombinante VEGF-A </td><td> R &amp; D Systems </td><td> 293-VE-010 </td><td></td></tr><tr><td> 24-pozzetti </td><td> Co-star </td><td> 3473 </td><td> Ultra-low Attaccamento </td></tr><tr><td> 60 millimetri Petri Dish con griglia </td><td> Nunc </td><td> 169558 </td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

a quantitative assay for insulin-expressing colony-forming progenitors

Il campo di staminali pancreatiche e biologia delle cellule progenitrici è stata ostacolata dalla mancanza di test in vitro funzionali e quantitativi che consentono l&#39;analisi della singola cellula. Le analisi di singoli progenitori sono di importanza fondamentale in quanto forniscono modi definitiva per dimostrare in modo inequivocabile il potenziale stirpe dei progenitori individuali. Anche se i metodi sono stati studiati per generare &quot;pancreatospheres&quot; nella cultura sospensione da singole cellule, esistono diverse limitazioni. In primo luogo, è tempo per eseguire la deposizione singola cellula per un gran numero di cellule, che a sua volta comandi di grandi volumi di terreni di coltura e dello spazio. In secondo luogo, numerazione delle pancreatospheres risultante è alta intensità di lavoro, specialmente quando la frequenza del pancreatosphere-inizio progenitori è bassa. In terzo luogo, il test pancreatosphere non è un metodo efficace per consentire sia la proliferazione e la differenziazione di cellule progenitrici del pancreas nella stessa cultura e, ristricting l&#39;utilità del test. Per superare queste limitazioni, un semi-solido saggio colonia dei media based per progenitori del pancreas è stato sviluppato e viene presentato in questo rapporto. Questo metodo si avvale di un concetto esistente dal saggio colonia ematopoietiche, in cui viene utilizzato metilcellulosa per fornire ai media viscosità, permettendo alle cellule progenitrici di soggiornare in uno spazio tridimensionale che subiscono la proliferazione e differenziazione. Per arricchire l&#39;insulina che esprimono formanti colonia progenitori da una popolazione eterogenea, abbiamo utilizzato le cellule che esprimono neurogenina (NGN) 3, un marcatore del pancreas endocrino delle cellule progenitrici. Staminali di embrioni murini (ES) derivati ​​dalle cellule Ngn3 cellule che esprimono taggati con la maggiore giornalista proteina fluorescente verde sono stati ordinati e ben 25.000 cellule per pozzetto sono stati placcati in basso attaccamento 24-bene i piatti della cultura. Ogni pozzetto conteneva 500 microlitri di semi-solido dei media con i seguenti componenti principali: ha incontratohylcellulose, Matrigel, nicotinamide, exendin-4, activina βB e mezzo condizionato raccolti da topo ES derivati ​​dalle cellule pancreatiche-come le cellule. Dopo 8 a 12 giorni di cultura, insulino-esprimendo le colonie con morfologia distintivi sono formati e potrebbe essere ulteriormente analizzati per l&#39;espressione del gene del pancreas con RT-PCR quantitativa e colorazione immunoflourescent per determinare la composizione lignaggio di ogni colonia. In sintesi, il nostro saggio colonia permette la facile individuazione e quantificazione dei progenitori funzionale all&#39;interno di una popolazione eterogenea di cellule. Inoltre, il semi-solido formato multimediale permette di presentazione uniforme dei componenti della matrice extracellulare e fattori di crescita per le cellule, permettendo progenitori di proliferare e differenziarsi in vitro. Questo test colonia offre opportunità uniche per gli studi meccanicistici delle cellule progenitrici del pancreas a livello di singola cellula.

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A Quantitative Assay for Insulin-expressing Colony-forming Progenitors

Un tridimensionale test clonogenica che permette pancreatico-come progenitori di differenziarsi in insulino-colonie che esprimono è descritto. Questo metodo si avvale di semi-solidi supporti contenenti fattori di metilcellulosa, Matrigel e di crescita, in cui progenitori singolo proliferare e differenziarsi<em&gt; In vitro</em&gt;, Permettendo la quantificazione del numero di cellule progenitrici funzionale in una popolazione.

Un dosaggio quantitativo di insulina che esprimono formante colonia Progenitori

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13.4K Views.  California State University Channel Islands. Un tridimensionale test clonogenica che permette pancreatico-come progenitori di differenziarsi in insulino-colonie che esprimono è descritto. Questo metodo si avvale di semi-solidi supporti contenenti fattori di metilcellulosa, Matrigel e di crescita, in cui progenitori singolo proliferare e differenziarsi In vitro, Permettendo la quantificazione del numero di cellule progenitrici funzionale in una popolazione.

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Quantitative Phosphoproteomics in Fatty Acid Stimulated Saccharomyces cerevisiae

This protocol describes the growth and stimulation, with the fatty acid oleate, of isotopically heavy and light S. cerevisiae cells. Cells are ground using a cryolysis procedure in a ball mill grinder and the resulting grindate brought into solution by urea solubilization. This procedure allows for the lysis of the cells in a metabolically inactive state, preserving phosphorylation and preventing reorientation of the phosphoproteome during cell lysis.  Following reduction, alkylation, trypsin digestion of the proteins, the samples are desalted on C18 columns and the sample complexity reduced by fractionation using hydrophilic interaction chromatography (HILIC). HILIC columns preferentially retain hydrophilic molecules which is well suited for phosphoproteomics.  Phosphorylated peptides tend to elute later in the chromatographic profile than the non phosphorylated counterparts. After fractionation, phosphopeptides are enriched using immobilized metal chromatography, which relies on charge-based affinities for phosphopeptide enrichment. At the end of this procedure the samples are ready to be quantitatively analyzed by mass spectrometry.

Quantitative Phosphoproteomics in Fatty Acid Stimulated Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Description of a quantitative phosphorylation procedure using cryolysis, urea solubilziation, HILIC fractionation and IMAC enrichment of phosphorylated peptides.

Fosfoproteomica quantitativa in acidi grassi Stimolati Saccharomyces cerevisiae</em

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Isolation and Large Scale Expansion of Adult Human Endothelial Colony Forming Progenitor Cells

This paper introduces a novel recovery strategy for endothelial colony forming progenitor cells (ECFCs) from heparinized but otherwise unmanipulated adult human peripheral blood within a mean of 12 days. After large scale expansion &gt;1x108 ECFCs can be obtained for further tests. Advantageously by using pHPL the contact of human cells with bovine serum antigens can be excluded. By flow cytometry and immunohistochemistry the isolated cells can be characterized as ECFC and their in vitro functionality to form vascular like structures can be tested in a matrigel assay. Further these cells can be subcutaneously injected in a mouse model to form functional, perfused vessels in vivo. After long term expansion and cryopreservation proliferation, function and genomic stability appear to be preserved. 3,4
This animal-protein free isolation and expansion method is easily applicable to generate a large quantity of ECFCs.

Endothelial colony forming progenitor cells (ECFCs) are a promising tool to study vascular homeostasis and repair.1,2 This paper introduces a novel animal-serum free method for isolation and expansion of ECFC from heparinised adult human peripheral blood with pooled human platelet lysate (pHPL) diminishing the risk of anti-bovine immunisation.

Isolamento e di espansione su vasta scala di umano adulto cellule progenitrici endoteliali che formano colonie

This paper introduces a novel recovery strategy for endothelial colony forming progenitor cells (ECFCs) from heparinized but otherwise unmanipulated adult ...

Isolation and Animal Serum Free Expansion of Human Umbilical Cord Derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells (MSCs) and Endothelial Colony Forming Progenitor Cells (ECFCs)

The umbilical cord is a rich source for progenitor cells with high proliferative potential including mesenchymal stromal cells (also termed mesenchymal stem cells, MSCs) and endothelial colony forming progenitor cells (ECFCs). Both cell types are key players in maintaining the integrity of tissue and are probably also involved in regenerative processes and tumor formation.
To study their biology and function in a comparative manner it is important to have both cells types available from the same donor. It may also be beneficial for regenerative purposes to derive MSCs and ECFCs from the same tissue.
Because cellular therapeutics should eventually find their way from bench to bedside we established a new method to isolate and further expand progenitor cells without the use of animal protein. Pooled human platelet lysate (pHPL) replaced fetal bovine serum in all steps of our protocol to completely avoid contact of the cells to xenogeneic proteins.
This video demonstrates a methodology for the isolation and expansion of progenitor cells from one umbilical cord.
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Isolation and Animal Serum Free Expansion of Human Umbilical Cord Derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells MSCs and Endothelial Colony Forming Progenitor Cells ECFCs

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Isolamento e di espansione degli animali siero gratuito di cordone ombelicale umano derivato cellule stromali mesenchimali (MSC) e cellule endoteliali progenitrici formanti colonia (ECFCs)

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Identification and Analysis of Mouse Erythroid Progenitors using the CD71/TER119 Flow-cytometric Assay

The study of erythropoiesis aims to understand how red cells are formed from earlier hematopoietic and erythroid progenitors. Specifically, the rate of red cell formation is regulated by the hormone erythropoietin (Epo), whose synthesis is triggered by tissue hypoxia. A threat to adequate tissue oxygenation results in a rapid increase in Epo, driving an increase in erythropoietic rate, a process known as the erythropoietic stress response. The resulting increase in the number of circulating red cells improves tissue oxygen delivery. An efficient erythropoietic stress response is therefore critical to the survival and recovery from physiological and pathological conditions such as high altitude, anemia, hemorrhage, chemotherapy or stem cell transplantation. 
The mouse is a key model for the study of erythropoiesis and its stress response. Mouse definitive (adult-type) erythropoiesis takes place in the fetal liver between embryonic days 12.5 and 15.5, in the neonatal spleen, and in adult spleen and bone marrow. Classical methods of identifying erythroid progenitors in tissue rely on the ability of these cells to give rise to red cell colonies when plated in Epo-containing semi-solid media. Their erythroid precursor progeny are identified based on morphological criteria. Neither of these classical methods allow access to large numbers of differentiation-stage-specific erythroid cells for molecular study. Here we present a flow-cytometric method of identifying and studying differentiation-stage-specific erythroid progenitors and precursors, directly in the context of freshly isolated mouse tissue. The assay relies on the cell-surface markers CD71, Ter119, and on the flow-cytometric 'forward-scatter' parameter, which is a function of cell size. The CD71/Ter119 assay can be used to study erythroid progenitors during their response to erythropoietic stress in vivo, for example, in anemic mice or mice housed in low oxygen conditions. It may also be used to study erythroid progenitors directly in the tissues of genetically modified adult mice or embryos, in order to assess the specific role of the modified molecular pathway in erythropoiesis.

A flow-cytometric method for identification and molecular analysis of differentiation-stage-specific murine erythroid progenitors and precursors, directly in freshly &#x2013;harvested mouse bone marrow, spleen or fetal liver. The assay relies on cell-surface markers CD71, Ter119, and cell size.

Identificazione e analisi dei mouse progenitori eritroidi utilizzando il CD71/TER119 Flow-citometria Assay

The study of erythropoiesis aims to understand how red cells are formed from earlier hematopoietic and erythroid progenitors. Specifically, the rate of ...

Phenotypic and Functional Characterization of Endothelial Colony Forming Cells Derived from Human Umbilical Cord Blood

Longstanding views of new blood vessel formation via angiogenesis, vasculogenesis, and arteriogenesis have been recently reviewed1. The presence of circulating endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) were first identified in adult human peripheral blood by Asahara et al. in 1997 2 bringing an infusion of new hypotheses and strategies for vascular regeneration and repair. EPCs are rare but normal components of circulating blood that home to sites of blood vessel formation or vascular remodeling, and facilitate either postnatal vasculogenesis, angiogenesis, or arteriogenesis largely via paracrine stimulation of existing vessel wall derived cells3. No specific marker to identify an EPC has been identified, and at present the state of the field is to understand that numerous cell types including proangiogenic hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells, circulating angiogenic cells, Tie2+ monocytes, myeloid progenitor cells, tumor associated macrophages, and M2 activated macrophages participate in stimulating the angiogenic process in a variety of preclinical animal model systems and in human subjects in numerous disease states4, 5. Endothelial colony forming cells (ECFCs) are rare circulating viable endothelial cells characterized by robust clonal proliferative potential, secondary and tertiary colony forming ability upon replating, and ability to form intrinsic in vivo vessels upon transplantation into immunodeficient mice6-8. While ECFCs have been successfully isolated from the peripheral blood of healthy adult subjects, umbilical cord blood (CB) of healthy newborn infants, and vessel wall of numerous human arterial and venous vessels 6-9, CB possesses the highest frequency of ECFCs7 that display the most robust clonal proliferative potential and form durable and functional blood vessels in vivo8, 10-13. While the derivation of ECFC from adult peripheral blood has been presented14, 15, here we describe the methodologies for the derivation, cloning, expansion, and in vitro as well as in vivo characterization of ECFCs from the human umbilical CB.

Endothelial colony forming cells (ECFCs) are circulating endothelial cells with robust clonal proliferative potential that display intrinsic in vivo vessel forming ability. Phenotypic and functional characterization of outgrowth endothelial cells derived from CB are important to identify and isolate bona fide ECFCs for potential clinical application in repairing damaged tissues.

Caratterizzazione fenotipica e funzionale delle cellule endoteliali Colony Forming derivato dal sangue del cordone ombelicale umano

Longstanding views of new blood vessel formation via angiogenesis, vasculogenesis, and arteriogenesis have been recently reviewed1. The presence of ...

A Quantitative Fitness Analysis Workflow

Quantitative Fitness Analysis (QFA) is an experimental and computational workflow for comparing fitnesses of microbial cultures grown in parallel1,2,3,4. QFA can be applied to focused observations of single cultures but is most useful for genome-wide genetic interaction or drug screens investigating up to thousands of independent cultures. The central experimental method is the inoculation of independent, dilute liquid microbial cultures onto solid agar plates which are incubated and regularly photographed. Photographs from each time-point are analyzed, producing quantitative cell density estimates, which are used to construct growth curves, allowing quantitative fitness measures to be derived. Culture fitnesses can be compared to quantify and rank genetic interaction strengths or drug sensitivities. The effect on culture fitness of any treatments added into substrate agar (e.g. small molecules, antibiotics or nutrients) or applied to plates externally (e.g. UV irradiation, temperature) can be quantified by QFA.
The QFA workflow produces growth rate estimates analogous to those obtained by spectrophotometric measurement of parallel liquid cultures in 96-well or 200-well plate readers. Importantly, QFA has significantly higher throughput compared with such methods. QFA cultures grow on a solid agar surface and are therefore well aerated during growth without the need for stirring or shaking.
QFA throughput is not as high as that of some Synthetic Genetic Array (SGA) screening methods5,6. However, since QFA cultures are heavily diluted before being inoculated onto agar, QFA can capture more complete growth curves, including exponential and saturation phases3. For example, growth curve observations allow culture doubling times to be estimated directly with high precision, as discussed previously1.
Here we present a specific QFA protocol applied to thousands of S. cerevisiae cultures which are automatically handled by robots during inoculation, incubation and imaging. Any of these automated steps can be replaced by an equivalent, manual procedure, with an associated reduction in throughput, and we also present a lower throughput manual protocol. The same QFA software tools can be applied to images captured in either workflow.
We have extensive experience applying QFA to cultures of the budding yeast S. cerevisiae but we expect that QFA will prove equally useful for examining cultures of the fission yeast S. pombe and bacterial cultures.

Quantitative Fitness Analysis (QFA) is a complementary series of experimental and computational methods for estimating microbial culture fitnesses. QFA estimates the effect of genetic mutations, drugs or other applied treatments on microbe growth. Experiments scaling from focussed analysis of single cultures to thousands of parallel cultures can be designed.

A Quantitative Analysis Fitness Workflow

Quantitative Fitness Analysis (QFA) is an experimental and computational workflow for comparing fitnesses of microbial cultures grown in parallel1,2,3,4. ...

A High Throughput MHC II Binding Assay for Quantitative Analysis of Peptide Epitopes

Biochemical assays with recombinant human MHC II molecules can provide rapid, quantitative insights into immunogenic epitope identification, deletion, or design1,2. Here, a peptide-MHC II binding assay is scaled to 384-well format. The scaled down protocol reduces reagent costs by 75% and is higher throughput than previously described 96-well protocols1,3-5. Specifically, the experimental design permits robust and reproducible analysis of up to 15 peptides against one MHC II allele per 384-well ELISA plate. Using a single liquid handling robot, this method allows one researcher to analyze approximately ninety test peptides in triplicate over a range of eight concentrations and four MHC II allele types in less than 48 hr. Others working in the fields of protein deimmunization or vaccine design and development may find the protocol to be useful in facilitating their own work. In particular, the step-by-step instructions and the visual format of JoVE should allow other users to quickly and easily establish this methodology in their own labs.

Biochemical assays with recombinant human MHC II molecules can provide rapid, quantitative insights into immunogenic epitope identification, deletion, or design. &#160;Here, a peptide-MHC II binding assay scaled to 384-well plates is described. This cost effective format should prove useful in the fields of protein deimmunization and vaccine design and development.

Un saggio di legame High Throughput MHC II per l&#39;analisi quantitativa dei peptidi epitopi

Biochemical assays with recombinant human MHC II molecules can provide rapid, quantitative insights into immunogenic epitope identification, deletion, or ...

A Strategy for Sensitive, Large Scale Quantitative Metabolomics

Metabolite profiling has been a valuable asset in the study of metabolism in health and disease. However, current platforms have different limiting factors, such as labor intensive sample preparations, low detection limits, slow scan speeds, intensive method optimization for each metabolite, and the inability to measure both positively and negatively charged ions in single experiments. Therefore, a novel metabolomics protocol could advance metabolomics studies. Amide-based hydrophilic chromatography enables polar metabolite analysis without any chemical derivatization. High resolution MS using the Q-Exactive (QE-MS) has improved ion optics, increased scan speeds (256 msec at resolution 70,000), and has the capability of carrying out positive/negative switching. Using a cold methanol extraction strategy, and coupling an amide column with QE-MS enables robust detection of 168 targeted polar metabolites and thousands of additional features simultaneously.&#160; Data processing is carried out with commercially available software in a highly efficient way, and unknown features extracted from the mass spectra can be queried in databases.

Metabolite profiling has been a valuable asset in the study of metabolism in health and disease. Utilizing normal-phased liquid chromatography coupled to high-resolution mass spectrometry with polarity switching and a rapid duty cycle, we describe a protocol to analyze the polar metabolic composition of biological material with high sensitivity, accuracy, and resolution.

Una strategia per sensibili, su larga scala quantitative Metabolomica

Metabolite profiling has been a valuable asset in the study of metabolism in health and disease. However, current platforms have different limiting ...

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.

Quantitative Immunofluorescence Assay misurare la variazione dei livelli di proteine ​​ad centrosomi

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

Development of a Quantitative Recombinase Polymerase Amplification Assay with an Internal Positive Control

It was recently demonstrated that recombinase polymerase amplification (RPA), an isothermal amplification platform for pathogen detection, may be used to quantify DNA sample concentration using a standard curve. In this manuscript, a detailed protocol for developing and implementing a real-time quantitative recombinase polymerase amplification assay (qRPA assay) is provided. Using HIV-1 DNA quantification as an example, the assembly of real-time RPA reactions, the design of an internal positive control (IPC) sequence, and co-amplification of the IPC and target of interest are all described. Instructions and data processing scripts for the construction of a standard curve using data from multiple experiments are provided, which may be used to predict the concentration of unknown samples or assess the performance of the assay. Finally, an alternative method for collecting real-time fluorescence data with a microscope and a stage heater as a step towards developing a point-of-care qRPA assay is described. The protocol and scripts provided may be used for the development of a qRPA assay for any DNA target of interest.

Provided is a protocol for developing a real-time recombinase polymerase amplification assay to quantify initial concentration of DNA samples using either a thermal cycler or a microscope and stage heater. Also described is the development of an internal positive control. Scripts are provided for processing raw real-time fluorescence data.

Sviluppo di un Quantitative ricombinasi Polymerase Amplificazione Assay con un controllo positivo interno

It was recently demonstrated that recombinase polymerase amplification (RPA), an isothermal amplification platform for pathogen detection, may be used to ...