We thank the Venters Lab and members of the Molecular Physiology and Biophysics Department for helpful discussions. Special thanks to Frank Pugh for his guidance, mentoring, and many insightful discussions on the nuances of ChIP-exo while I was a post-doctoral fellow in his laboratory.

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<html> Vi presentiamo un protocollo di genomica funzionale per determinare la posizione di rilegatura preciso per cromatina proteine ​​interagenti in modo imparziale, genome-wide a risoluzione pressi coppia di basi. La fase più critica per ottenere vicino alla base risoluzione pair mappatura è il trattamento esonucleasi del DNA ChIP arricchiti mentre l&#39;immunoprecipitato rimane sulla resina magnetica. Apparentemente, complessi proteici potrebbero potenzialmente bloccare footprinting in vivo di ogni subunità (ad esempio, i complessi di rimodellamento della cromatina o la particella nucleo nucleosoma). Tuttavia, come riportato in precedenza 10, poiché la formaldeide è un reticolante inefficiente, diventa sempre più improbabile che più subunità di un complesso sarebbero reticolare al DNA e l&#39;altro nella stessa cella nello stesso locus. Così, in footprinting vivo di singole subunità di un complesso proteico, come ad esempio le singole subunità istoni di nucleosomi, è possibile con Chip-Exo. t &quot;&gt; I vantaggi più importanti di ChIP-exo sono la sua risoluzione coppia vicino alla base e bassa sfondo. L&#39;ultra-alta risoluzione permette intuizioni strutturali e spaziali dettagliate da effettuare su scala genomica che non sono attualmente possibile con qualsiasi altro metodo . d&#39;altra parte, la limitazione principale di ChIP-exo è che si tratta di una metodologia di biologia molecolare tecnicamente difficile da padroneggiare. inoltre, le limitazioni generali del passo ChIP valgono anche per ChIP-eso (ad esempio, la disponibilità di anticorpi commerciale e specificità , epitopo accessibilità e relativamente grande numero di cellule necessarie). insidie ​​comuni includono scarsa estratti sonicati qualità, utilizzando un anticorpo di grado non-chip, e non mantenendo campioni su ghiaccio per quanto possibile. così, condizioni sonicazione devono essere attentamente ottimizzati e ciascun anticorpo convalidato come precedentemente descritto 18 per evitare gli effetti dannosi questi parametri possono avere sul risultato sperimentale. Fino aprofondità di sequenziamento per un target fattore di trascrizione, di solito obiettivo per circa 20 milioni allineato in modo univoco letture. Dal momento che Pol II e modificazioni degli istoni sono distribuiti in modo più ampio, il nostro obiettivo per 30-50.000.000 legge. E &#39;importante notare che, poiché ChIP-Exo ha sostanzialmente meno sfondo di ChIP-seq, meno letture sono tenuti a raggiungere simili profondità di sequenziamento. La tecnologia chip-exo viene ora ampiamente adottato nonostante le sfide tecniche, come robuste variazioni sul protocollo originale continuano ad essere pubblicati 17,19,20. In particolare, una variante che può risultare utile per difficile proteine chip è chiamato ChIP-nesso, che utilizza un unico passaggio legatura per aumentare l&#39;efficienza del preparato libreria 20. In sintesi, ChIP-Exo è una metodologia sempre più utilizzata e potente per la mappatura ultra-alta risoluzione delle proteine ​​della cromatina interagire su scala globale. Come l&#39;elenco dei disponibili in commercio formica ChIP-gradeibodies continua a crescere, le future applicazioni della metodologia ChIP-exo saranno diretti a reti di regolazione genica inesplorato di mappatura per comprendere i circuiti molecolari della cellula in altissima risoluzione. Inoltre, ChIP-exo sarà probabilmente ulteriormente affinato e adattato alla presenza in vivo interazioni proteina-RNA al vicino risoluzione coppia di basi.

Immunoprecipitazione della cromatina (ChIP) è un potente metodo per studiare i meccanismi di regolazione genica da selettivamente arricchente per frammenti di DNA che interagiscono con una certa proteina nelle cellule viventi. Metodi di rilevamento di frammenti di DNA chip arricchito si sono evoluti come la tecnologia migliora, dal rilevamento di un singolo locus (standard ChIP-qPCR) per ibridazione su microarray di oligonucleotidi (Chip-chip) a high-throughput sequencing (ChIP-Seq) 1. Anche se ChIP-Seq ha visto applicazione diffusa, l&#39;eterogeneità della cromatina e le interazioni DNA aspecifiche hanno ostacolato la qualità dei dati che porta a falsi positivi e la mappatura imprecisa. Per aggirare queste limitazioni, il Dr. Frank Pugh ha sviluppato il metodo di ChIP-Exo 2. La caratteristica saliente di ChIP-Exo è che incorpora un 5 &#39;a 3&#39; esonucleasi, footprinting efficace fattore di trascrizione posizioni vincolanti. Come risultato, la metodologia ChIP-exo raggiunge risoluzione maggiore, una maggiore gamma dinamica di detection, e più basso rumore di fondo. Anche se ChIP-exo è più tecnicamente impegnativo da padroneggiare rispetto ChIP-seq, esso viene ampiamente adottato come gli studi hanno lo scopo di acquisire conoscenze uniche ultra ad alta risoluzione utilizzando diversi sistemi biologici 3-8. Infatti, Chip-exo è stato applicato con successo a batteri, lieviti, topo, ratto, e sistemi di cellule umane. Come prova di principio, Chip-exo è stato originariamente utilizzato per identificare il motivo preciso vincolante per una manciata di trascrizione del lievito fattori 2. La tecnica è stata utilizzata anche nel lievito studiare l&#39;organizzazione del complesso di pre-inizio della trascrizione, e per decifrare la struttura subnucleosomal di vari istoni 9,10. Più di recente, abbiamo sfruttato ChIP-exo per risolvere TFIIB adiacente e Pol II eventi a promotori umani vincolanti, e ha dimostrato che diffuso la trascrizione divergenti deriva da iniziazione distinti complessi 11. Il flusso di lavoro qui presentata è ottimizzata e streamlined per mammiferi ChIP-Exo (Figura 1). In primo luogo, che vivono cellule di coltura primarie o tessuti sono trattati con formaldeide per preservare in vivo interazioni proteina-DNA attraverso una reticolazione covalente. Le cellule sono lisate e cromatina tosati a ~ 100 - 500 frammenti di dimensioni coppie di basi. ChIP poi arricchisce selettivamente per frammenti di DNA reticolati per la proteina di interesse. A questo punto, librerie ChIP-seq sono tipicamente preparati, che limita intrinsecamente la risoluzione di rilevamento per la dimensione media frammento di qualche centinaio di paia di basi. Tuttavia, ChIP-exo supera questa limitazione tagliando il diritto confini 5 &#39;del DNA del sito reticolazione proteina-DNA con lambda esonucleasi e sinistro. librerie di sequenziamento sono poi costruiti da esonucleasi DNA digerito come di seguito dettagliato. I nidificate 5 &#39;confini risultanti rappresentano un ingombro in vivo dell&#39;interazione proteina-DNA (Figura 1, fase 14), e vengono rilevati da elevata produttività sequenziamento. although la metodologia ChIP-exo è più coinvolto di ChIP-seq, le transizioni tra la maggior parte delle operazioni richiede semplice lavaggio tallone, che riduce al minimo la perdita di campione e la variabilità sperimentale. È importante sottolineare che, dal momento che ChIP-Exo è una versione raffinata di ChIP-seq, qualsiasi campione che è successo con il circuito integrato-Seq dovrebbe anche avere successo con Chip-Exo. Il footprinting in vivo di interazioni proteina-DNA con risultati ChIP-eso in una struttura dati fondamentalmente diversi dagli ChIP-seq. Anche se i chiamanti CHIP-ss incontrate possono essere applicate ai dati del chip-exo, per ottenere le chiamate di picco più precise si consiglia di strumenti bioinformatici specificamente progettati con la struttura unica di dati del chip-exo in mente. Questi includono Genetrack, GEM, MACE, Peakzilla, e ExoProfiler 12-15.

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Exploring Cognitive Functions in Babies, Children &amp; Adults with Near Infrared Spectroscopy

An explosion of functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) studies investigating cortical activation in relation to higher cognitive processes, such as language1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10, memory11, and attention12 is underway worldwide involving adults, children and infants 3,4,13,14,15,16,17,18,19 with typical and atypical cognition20,21,22. The contemporary challenge of using fNIRS for cognitive neuroscience is to achieve systematic analyses of data such that they are universally interpretable23,24,25,26, and thus may advance important scientific questions about the functional organization and neural systems underlying human higher cognition.
Existing neuroimaging technologies have either less robust temporal or spatial resolution. Event Related Potentials and Magneto Encephalography (ERP and MEG) have excellent temporal resolution, whereas Positron Emission Tomography and functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (PET and fMRI) have better spatial resolution. Using non-ionizing wavelengths of light in the near-infrared range (700-1000 nm), where oxy-hemoglobin is preferentially absorbed by 680 nm and deoxy-hemoglobin is preferentially absorbed by 830 nm (e.g., indeed, the very wavelengths hardwired into the fNIRS Hitachi ETG-400 system illustrated here), fNIRS is well suited for studies of higher cognition because it has both good temporal resolution (~5s) without the use of radiation and good spatial resolution (~4 cm depth), and does not require participants to be in an enclosed structure27,28. Participants cortical activity can be assessed while comfortably seated in an ordinary chair (adults, children) or even seated in mom s lap (infants). Notably, NIRS is uniquely portable (the size of a desktop computer), virtually silent, and can tolerate a participants subtle movement. This is particularly outstanding for the neural study of human language, which necessarily has as one of its key components the movement of the mouth in speech production or the hands in sign language. 
The way in which the hemodynamic response is localized is by an array of laser emitters and detectors. Emitters emit a known intensity of non-ionizing light while detectors detect the amount reflected back from the cortical surface. The closer together the optodes, the greater the spatial resolution, whereas the further apart the optodes, the greater depth of penetration. For the fNIRS Hitachi ETG-4000 system optimal penetration / resolution the optode array is set to 2cm. 
Our goal is to demonstrate our method of acquiring and analyzing fNIRS data to help standardize the field and enable different fNIRS labs worldwide to have a common background.

Exploring Cognitive Functions in Babies, Children & Adults with Near Infrared Spectroscopy

Here we describe a data collection and data analysis method for functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS), a novel non-invasive brain imaging system used in cognitive neuroscience, particularly in studying child brain development. This method provides a universal standard of data acquisition and analysis vital to data interpretation and scientific discovery.

Esplorare le funzioni cognitive in neonati, bambini e adulti con Near Infrared Spectroscopy

An explosion of functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) studies investigating cortical activation in relation to higher cognitive processes, such as ...

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Split-Ubiquitin Based Membrane Yeast Two-Hybrid (MYTH) System: A Powerful Tool For Identifying Protein-Protein Interactions

The fundamental biological and clinical importance of integral membrane proteins prompted the development of a yeast-based system for the high-throughput identification of protein-protein interactions (PPI) for full-length transmembrane proteins. To this end, our lab developed the split-ubiquitin based Membrane Yeast Two-Hybrid (MYTH) system. This technology allows for the sensitive detection of transient and stable protein interactions using Saccharomyces cerevisiae as a host organism. MYTH takes advantage of the observation that ubiquitin can be separated into two stable moieties: the C-terminal half of yeast ubiquitin (Cub) and the N-terminal half of the ubiquitin moiety (Nub). In MYTH, this principle is adapted for use as a 'sensor' of protein-protein interactions. Briefly, the integral membrane bait protein is fused to Cub which is linked to an artificial transcription factor. Prey proteins, either in individual or library format, are fused to the Nub moiety. Protein interaction between the bait and prey leads to reconstitution of the ubiquitin moieties, forming a full-length 'pseudo-ubiquitin' molecule. This molecule is in turn recognized by cytosolic deubiquitinating enzymes, resulting in cleavage of the transcription factor, and subsequent induction of reporter gene expression. The system is highly adaptable, and is particularly well-suited to high-throughput screening. It has been successfully employed to investigate interactions using integral membrane proteins from both yeast and other organisms.

Split-Ubiquitin Based Membrane Yeast Two-Hybrid MYTH System: A Powerful Tool For Identifying Protein-Protein Interactions

MYTH allows the sensitive detection of transient and stable interactions between proteins that are expressed in the model organism Saccharomyces cerevisiae. It has been successfully applied to study exogenous and yeast integral membrane proteins in order to identify their interacting partners in a high throughput manner.

Split-Ubiquitina membrana a base di lievito Due-Hybrid (MITO) Sistema: un potente strumento per identificare interazioni proteina-proteina

The fundamental biological and clinical importance of integral membrane proteins prompted the development of a yeast-based system for the high-throughput ...

Associated Chromosome Trap for Identifying Long-range DNA Interactions

Genetic information encoded by DNA is organized in a complex and highly regulated chromatin structure. Each chromosome occupies a specific territory, that may change according to stage of development or cell cycle. Gene expression can occur in specialized transcriptional factories where chromatin segments may loop out from various chromosome territories, leading to co-localization of DNA segments which may exist on different chromosomes or far apart on the same chromosome. The Associated Chromosome Trap (ACT) assay provides an effective methodology to identify these long-range DNA associations in an unbiased fashion by extending and modifying the chromosome conformation capture technique. The ACT assay makes it possible for us to investigate mechanisms of transcriptional regulation in trans, and can help explain the relationship of nuclear architecture to gene expression in normal physiology and during disease states.

The associated chromosome trap (ACT) assay is a novel unbiased method for identifying long-range DNA interactions. The characterization of long range DNA interactions will allow us to determine the relationship of nuclear architecture to gene expression in both normal physiology and in diseased states.

Cromosoma Trappola associate per identificare interazioni a lungo raggio del DNA

Genetic information encoded by DNA is organized in a complex and highly regulated chromatin structure.  Each chromosome occupies a specific territory, ...

The MultiBac Protein Complex Production Platform at the EMBL

Proteomics research revealed the impressive complexity of eukaryotic proteomes in unprecedented detail. It is now a commonly accepted notion that proteins in cells mostly exist not as isolated entities but exert their biological activity in association with many other proteins, in humans ten or more, forming assembly lines in the cell for most if not all vital functions.1,2 Knowledge of the function and architecture of these multiprotein assemblies requires their provision in superior quality and sufficient quantity for detailed analysis. The paucity of many protein complexes in cells, in particular in eukaryotes, prohibits their extraction from native sources, and necessitates recombinant production. The baculovirus expression vector system (BEVS) has proven to be particularly useful for producing eukaryotic proteins, the activity of which often relies on post-translational processing that other commonly used expression systems often cannot support.3 BEVS use a recombinant baculovirus into which the gene of interest was inserted to infect insect cell cultures which in turn produce the protein of choice. MultiBac is a BEVS that has been particularly tailored for the production of eukaryotic protein complexes that contain many subunits.4 A vital prerequisite for efficient production of proteins and their complexes are robust protocols for all steps involved in an expression experiment that ideally can be implemented as standard operating procedures (SOPs) and followed also by non-specialist users with comparative ease. The MultiBac platform at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) uses SOPs for all steps involved in a multiprotein complex expression experiment, starting from insertion of the genes into an engineered baculoviral genome optimized for heterologous protein production properties to small-scale analysis of the protein specimens produced.5-8 The platform is installed in an open-access mode at EMBL Grenoble and has supported many scientists from academia and industry to accelerate protein complex research projects.

Protein complexes catalyze key cellular functions. Detailed functional and structural characterization of many essential complexes requires recombinant production. MultiBac is a baculovirus/insect cell system particularly tailored for expressing eukaryotic proteins and their complexes. MultiBac was implemented as an open-access platform, and standard operating procedures developed to maximize its utility.

Il MultiBac Protein Complex Piattaforma di produzione al EMBL

Proteomics  research revealed the impressive complexity of eukaryotic proteomes in  unprecedented detail. It is now a commonly accepted notion that ...

Combining Single-molecule Manipulation and Imaging for the Study of Protein-DNA Interactions

The paper describes the combination of optical tweezers and single molecule fluorescence detection for the study of protein-DNA interaction. The method offers the opportunity of investigating interactions occurring in solution (thus avoiding problems due to closeby surfaces as in other single molecule methods), controlling the DNA extension and tracking interaction dynamics as a function of both mechanical parameters and DNA sequence. The methods for establishing successful optical trapping and nanometer localization of single molecules are illustrated. We illustrate the experimental conditions allowing the study of interaction of lactose repressor (lacI), labeled with Atto532, with a DNA molecule containing specific target sequences (operators) for LacI binding. The method allows the observation of specific interactions at the operators, as well as one-dimensional diffusion of the protein during the process of target search. The method is broadly applicable to the study of protein-DNA interactions but also to molecular motors, where control of the tension applied to the partner track polymer (for example actin or microtubules) is desirable.

Here we describe the instrumentation and methods for detecting single fluorescently-labeled protein molecules interacting with a single DNA molecule suspended between two optically trapped microspheres.

Combinando singola molecola di manipolazione e di imaging per lo studio delle interazioni proteina-DNA

The paper describes the combination of optical tweezers and single molecule fluorescence detection for the study of protein-DNA interaction. The method ...

Identifying Protein-protein Interaction Sites Using Peptide Arrays

Protein-protein interactions mediate most of the processes in the living cell and control homeostasis of the organism. Impaired protein interactions may result in disease, making protein interactions important drug targets. It is thus highly important to understand these interactions at the molecular level. Protein interactions are studied using a variety of techniques ranging from cellular and biochemical assays to quantitative biophysical assays, and these may be performed either with full-length proteins, with protein domains or with peptides. Peptides serve as excellent tools to study protein interactions since peptides can be easily synthesized and allow the focusing on specific interaction sites. Peptide arrays enable the identification of the interaction sites between two proteins as well as screening for peptides that bind the target protein for therapeutic purposes. They also allow high throughput SAR studies. For identification of binding sites, a typical peptide array usually contains partly overlapping 10-20 residues peptides derived from the full sequences of one or more partner proteins of the desired target protein. Screening the array for binding the target protein reveals the binding peptides, corresponding to the binding sites in the partner proteins, in an easy and fast method using only small amount of protein.
In this article we describe a protocol for screening peptide arrays for mapping the interaction sites between a target protein and its partners. The peptide array is designed based on the sequences of the partner proteins taking into account their secondary structures. The arrays used in this protocol were Celluspots arrays prepared by INTAVIS Bioanalytical Instruments. The array is blocked to prevent unspecific binding and then incubated with the studied protein. Detection using an antibody reveals the binding peptides corresponding to the specific interaction sites between the proteins.

Peptide array screening is a high throughput assay for identifying protein-protein interaction sites. This allows mapping multiple interactions of a target protein and can serve as a method for identifying sites for inhibitors that target a protein. Here we describe a protocol for screening and analyzing peptide arrays.

Identificare proteina-proteina siti di interazione Uso Peptide Array

Protein-protein interactions mediate most of the processes in the living cell and control homeostasis of the organism. Impaired protein interactions may ...

Method for the Assessment of Effects of a Range of Wavelengths and Intensities of Red/near-infrared Light Therapy on Oxidative Stress In Vitro

Red/near-infrared light therapy (R/NIR-LT), delivered by laser or light emitting diode (LED), improves functional and morphological outcomes in a range of central nervous system injuries in vivo, possibly by reducing oxidative stress. However, effects of R/NIR-LT on oxidative stress have been shown to vary depending on wavelength or intensity of irradiation. Studies comparing treatment parameters are lacking, due to absence of commercially available devices that deliver multiple wavelengths or intensities, suitable for high through-put in vitro optimization studies. This protocol describes a technique for delivery of light at a range of wavelengths and intensities to optimize therapeutic doses required for a given injury model. We hypothesized that a method of delivering light, in which wavelength and intensity parameters could easily be altered, could facilitate determination of an optimal dose of R/NIR-LT for reducing reactive oxygen species (ROS) in vitro.
Non-coherent Xenon light was filtered through narrow-band interference filters to deliver varying wavelengths (center wavelengths of 440, 550, 670 and 810nm) and fluences (8.5 x 10-3 to 3.8 x 10-1 J/cm2) of light to cultured cells. Light output from the apparatus was calibrated to emit therapeutically relevant, equal quantal doses of light at each wavelength. Reactive species were detected in glutamate stressed cells treated with the light, using DCFH-DA and H2O2 sensitive fluorescent dyes.&#160;
We successfully delivered light at a range of physiologically and therapeutically relevant wavelengths and intensities, to cultured cells exposed to glutamate as a model of CNS injury. While the fluences of R/NIR-LT used in the current study did not exert an effect on ROS generated by the cultured cells, the method of light delivery is applicable to other systems including isolated mitochondria or more physiologically relevant organotypic slice culture models, and could be used to assess effects on a range of outcome measures of oxidative metabolism.

Method for the Assessment of Effects of a Range of Wavelengths and Intensities of Red/near-infrared Light Therapy on Oxidative Stress In Vitro

Non-coherent Xenon light was passed through narrow-band interference and neutral density filters to deliver light of varying wavelength and intensity to cultured cells. This protocol was used to assess the effects of red/near-infrared light therapy on production of reactive species in vitro: no effects were observed using the tested parameters.

Metodo per la valutazione degli effetti di un intervallo di lunghezze d&#39;onda e intensità di / vicino-infrarosso di terapia della luce rossa sullo stress ossidativo<em&gt; In Vitro</em

Red/near-infrared light therapy (R/NIR-LT), delivered by laser or light emitting diode (LED), improves functional and morphological outcomes in a range of ...

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.

ENHANCED ridotto Rappresentanza bisolfito sequenziamento per la valutazione della metilazione del DNA in Risoluzione coppia di basi

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

A Method for Selecting Structure-switching Aptamers Applied to a Colorimetric Gold Nanoparticle Assay

Small molecules provide rich targets for biosensing applications due to their physiological implications as biomarkers of various aspects of human health and performance. Nucleic acid aptamers have been increasingly applied as recognition elements on biosensor platforms, but selecting aptamers toward small molecule targets requires special design considerations. This work describes modification and critical steps of a method designed to select structure-switching aptamers to small molecule targets. Binding sequences from a DNA library hybridized to complementary DNA capture probes on magnetic beads are separated from nonbinders via a target-induced change in conformation. This method is advantageous because sequences binding the support matrix (beads) will not be further amplified, and it does not require immobilization of the target molecule. However, the melting temperature of the capture probe and library is kept at or slightly above RT, such that sequences that dehybridize based on thermodynamics will also be present in the supernatant solution. This effectively limits the partitioning efficiency (ability to separate target binding sequences from nonbinders), and therefore many selection rounds will be required to remove background sequences. The reported method differs from previous structure-switching aptamer selections due to implementation of negative selection steps, simplified enrichment monitoring, and extension of the length of the capture probe following selection enrichment to provide enhanced stringency. The selected structure-switching aptamers are advantageous in a gold nanoparticle assay platform that reports the presence of a target molecule by the conformational change of the aptamer. The gold nanoparticle assay was applied because it provides a simple, rapid colorimetric readout that is beneficial in a clinical or deployed environment. Design and optimization considerations are presented for the assay as proof-of-principle work in buffer to provide a foundation for further extension of the work toward small molecule biosensing in physiological fluids.

A protocol is provided to select structure-switching aptamers for small molecule targets based on a tunable stringency magnetic bead selection method. Aptamers selected with structure-switching properties are beneficial for assays that require a conformational change to signal the presence of a target, such as the described gold nanoparticle assay.

Un metodo per la selezione di aptameri-struttura di commutazione Applicato ad una colorimetrico oro nanoparticelle Assay

Small molecules provide rich targets for biosensing applications due to their physiological implications as biomarkers of various aspects of human health ...

Chromatin Immunoprecipitation Assay for the Identification of Arabidopsis Protein-DNA Interactions In Vivo

Intricate gene regulatory networks orchestrate biological processes and developmental transitions in plants. Selective transcriptional activation and silencing of genes mediate the response of plants to environmental signals and developmental cues. Therefore, insights into the mechanisms that control plant gene expression are essential to gain a deep understanding of how biological processes are regulated in plants. The chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) technique described here is a procedure to identify the DNA-binding sites of proteins in genes or genomic regions of the model species Arabidopsis thaliana. The interactions with DNA of proteins of interest such as transcription factors, chromatin proteins or posttranslationally modified versions of histones can be efficiently analyzed with the ChIP protocol. This method is based on the fixation of protein-DNA interactions in vivo, random fragmentation of chromatin, immunoprecipitation of protein-DNA complexes with specific antibodies, and quantification of the DNA associated with the protein of interest by PCR techniques. The use of this methodology in Arabidopsis has contributed significantly to unveil transcriptional regulatory mechanisms that control a variety of plant biological processes. This approach allowed the identification of the binding sites of the Arabidopsis chromatin protein EBS to regulatory regions of the master gene of flowering FT. The impact of this protein in the accumulation of particular histone marks in the genomic region of FT was also revealed through ChIP analysis.

Chromatin Immunoprecipitation Assay for the Identification of Arabidopsis Protein-DNA Interactions In Vivo

Chromatin immunoprecipitation is a powerful technique for the identification of DNA binding sites of Arabidopsis proteins in vivo. This procedure includes chromatin cross-linking and fragmentation, immunoprecipitation with selective antibodies against the protein of interest, and qPCR analysis of bound DNA. We describe a simple ChIP assay optimized for Arabidopsis plants.

Immunoprecipitazione della cromatina Saggio per la identificazione di Arabidopsis interazioni proteina-DNA<em&gt; In Vivo</em

Intricate gene regulatory networks orchestrate biological processes and developmental transitions in plants. Selective transcriptional activation and ...