私たちは、ヒューゴBellenと試薬用ブルーミントンストックセンターに感謝したいと思います。我々はさらに有用な議論のために公園Venken、ヒューゴBellenとBuszczakとHiesingerラボのすべてのメンバーに感謝します。この作品は、ACRの国立衛生研究所（T32GM083831）、PRH（RO1EY018884）からの補助金によってとMB（RO1GM086647）、MBとPRH（RP100516）にテキサス州のがん予防研究所によって助成金、およびウェルチにサポートされていましたPRHへ財団（I-1657）。 MBは、生物医学研究におけるEEとグリア·ガーソンFogelson大学者で、PRHは、UTの南西医療センターの生物医学研究におけるユージンマクダーモット学者です。

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生物医学研究における遺伝的モデル生物の力は、主に遺伝子操作のために利用可能なツールに基づいています。小さ ​​なモデルC.特に虫とショウジョウバエは、多細胞発達や機能に関与して、完全な経路および遺伝子ファミリーの、安価で高速な分子遺伝学的解析が可能になります。近年は、 ショウジョウバエ 14,15の遺伝子を操作するためのツールの開?...

彼らの内因性遺伝子座にある単一の遺伝子の分子的に定義された操作をきれいにすることは、真核生物に関連する質問の無数を研究するための貴重なツールを提供しています。 ショウジョウバエは、機能喪失対立遺伝子を生成するための遺伝学的手法を逆Golicと同僚に導入するまで挑戦することが証明されていた生体内遺伝子はショウジョウバエ 1-3に相同組換えを利用したターゲット。彼らは、その特定のゲノム遺伝子座が統合トランスジェニック構築物からのDNAの線状断片を用いて標的を実証することができる。この線形&quot;ドナー&quot; DNAはメガヌクレアーゼI-SceIを持つ線形続いFRT媒介組換え（物品税に環状分子として染色体からDNA）を通して生体内で生成されます。この方法は正常に定義された病変の様々を生成するために使用されているが、この技術は、並列で多数の遺伝子を操作するために容易に拡張されていないため、各INDIVIデュアルノックアウトコンストラクトははっきりとカスタム設計を必要とします。シームレスクラシカル制限酵素/ライゲーションクローニングやPCRならびに生体形質転換ベクターの伝統のサイズ制限はしばしば標的相同組換えの迅速な作成に干渉を用いたin vitroでの DNAの大断片（&gt; 5 KB）を操作することで例えば、困難ベクトル。これらの制限を克服するために、我々はそれを効率的かつ比較的急速なプラットフォームを確立するための方法論をターゲット両端アウト遺伝子とDNAの100キロバイトまでのサブ·クローニングと遺伝子導入を可能にしますコンビニアリング/トランスジェネシスP [acman]システムを、組み合わせショウジョウバエの遺伝子ターゲティングが容易になります。 組み換え媒介遺伝子工学（コンビニアリング）は4,5パワフル相同組換えベースのクローン技術です。従来の制限酵素/リガーゼクローニングとは対照的に、コンビは、シーケンスまたはSIZに限定されるものではない操作したDNAの電子。コンビニアリングは、特別なE.を使用しています不良λプロファージ4で提供される組換え機構を宿す大腸菌株 。この技術は、最近ショウジョウバエ 6,7に採用されている。 ショウジョウバエのコンビニアリングはP [acman] 6,7と呼ばれる修正された条件に応じて増幅細菌人工染色体（BAC）ベクターに依存しています。 ORIV、シーケンシングおよび胚の注入および基底条件下で低コピー数を維持オリスに必要なDNAの大量の精製のための化学誘導時に高コピー数を生成します。このベクターは、複製の二起源を運ぶ。さらに、P [acman]ベクターは細菌の付着（のattB）サイトが装備されています。のattBサイトは、 ショウジョウバエのゲノム8,9内の所定の着陸地点に大きなDNA断片の取り込みを可能にΦC31インテグ媒介形質転換のための基質として機能します。 我々は、両端アウト相同組換え10,11のためのターゲティングベクターとして使用することができるP [acman]ベクトル（P [acman]-KO 1.0と呼ぶ）が生成されている。システムに技術をターゲット両端アウト遺伝子組み込むには、我々は2つ​​のFRTと2 I-SceI制限酵素サイトを追加しました。また、P [acman]-KO 1.0にホモロジーアームを組み込むプロセスを合理化するために、この修正されたベクター内のゲートウェイカセットが含まれている。これは、ターゲティングベクターに関心の事実上すべてのゲノム領域を導入するための迅速かつ簡単な方法を提供します。このプロトコルでは、P [acman]-KO 1.0、そしてどのように内因性遺伝子座を標的とするin vivoでこのベクトルを動員するを使用してターゲティングベクターを設計する方法について説明します。このプロトコルの目的のために、我々は、目的の遺伝子を置換するRFP /菅カセットを使用するが、抗生物質選択マーカーを含有するカセットの様々なこのプロトコルで使用することができる。私たちは、カセットのセットのために設計されており、正常に使用している遺伝子置換およびタギング10,11。

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			<td>Company</td>
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			<td>SW102 Recombination competent bacteria</td>
			<td>NCI-Frederick</td>
			<td>Recombination Bacteria (SW102, SW105 and SW106)</td>
			<td><a href="http://ncifrederick.cancer.gov/research/brb/logon.aspx" target="_blank">http://ncifrederick.cancer.gov/research/brb/logon.aspx</a></td>
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			<td>TransforMax EPI300 electrocopmpetent E. coli</td>
			<td>Epicentre</td>
			<td>EC300110</td>
			<td>Includes CopyControl induction solution</td>
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			<td>PfuUltra II Fusion HS DNA Polymerase</td>
			<td>Aligent Technology Inc.</td>
			<td>600670</td>
			<td>&nbsp;</td>
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			<td>BamHI-HF</td>
			<td>New England Biolabs</td>
			<td>R3136S</td>
			<td>&nbsp;</td>
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			<td>Zymoclean Gel DNA Recovery Kit</td>
			<td>Zymo Research</td>
			<td>D4001</td>
			<td>&nbsp;</td>
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			<td>Use Gateway BP ClonaseII Enzyme kit</td>
			<td>Invitrogen</td>
			<td>11789-020</td>
			<td>&nbsp;</td>
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			<td>P[acman]KO1.010</td>
			<td>Buszczak and Hiesinger Labs</td>
			<td>Upon request</td>
			<td>&nbsp;</td>
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			<td>pENTR RFP-Kan11</td>
			<td>Buszczak and Hiesinger Labs</td>
			<td>Upon request</td>
			<td>&nbsp;</td>
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			<td>Flystocks</td>
			<td>Bloomington stock center</td>
			<td>Stock numbers: 25680, 25679</td>
			<td>y1 w*/Dp(2;Y)G, P{hs-hid}Y; P{70FLP}11 P{70I-SceI}2B snaSco/CyO, P{hs-hid}4 
			y1 w*/Dp(2;Y)G, P{hs-hid}Y; P{70FLP}23 P{70I-SceI}4A/TM3, P{hs-hid}14, Sb1</td>
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			<td>Electroporation machine</td>
			<td>Biorad GenePulser Xcell with PC module</td>
			<td>165-2662</td>
			<td>&nbsp;</td>
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			<td>Cuvettes</td>
			<td>Fisher Brand</td>
			<td>#FB101</td>
			<td>&nbsp;</td>
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recombineering homologous recombination constructs in drosophila

内因性遺伝子座の高速、大規模な操作のための技術の継続的な開発は、ヒトの疾患関連の研究のための遺伝モデル生物としてキイロショウジョウバエの使用を広げるする。近年では、相同組換えとコンビニアリングなどの技術的な進歩を見てきました。しかし、明確なヌル突然変異またはタギング内因性タンパク質を生成することはほとんどの遺伝子のために相当な努力のまま。ここでは、 インビボで内因性遺伝子座を標的とし、操作するために使用することができるベクターを生成するためにコンビベースのクローニング方法を使用するための技術を記述し、実証具体的には、3つの技術の組み合わせを確立している：（1）BACの形質転換/コンビ、（ 2）端部アウト相同組換えおよび（3）ゲートウェイ技術は、内因性遺伝子座を操作するための堅牢な、効率的で柔軟な方法を提供することにある。このプロトコルでは、我々はどのように（1）設計individuaの約ステップバイステップの詳細を提供Lベクトルは、（2）ギャップの修復を使用して相同組換えベクターにゲノムDNAの大断片のクローンを作成する方法、および（3）コンビニアリングの第二ラウンドを使用して、これらのベクター内に目的の遺伝子を交換するか、タグにどのように。最後に、我々はまた、ノックアウト、またはノックイン経由タグ付けされた遺伝子を生成するために、生体内でこれらのカセットを動員する方法のためのプロトコルを提供する。これらの方法は、簡単に並列に複数のターゲットを採用し、タイムリーかつ効率的にショウジョウバエのゲノムを操作するための手段を提供することができます。

LAやRAのホモロジーアームの増幅は500 bpの製品を生産する必要がありますし、PCR-SOE反応が1.0キロバイト製品（セクション2.1から2.4、 図2）を得る必要があります。セクション2.5で実行BP反応は、通常、製品の歩留まり平均で5-100コロニーの非常に効率的で、細菌の変換です。ほぼPCR検査で試験したすべてのコロニーは、予想されるPCR産物を示す。 コンビニアリ...

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Recombineering Homologous Recombination Constructs in Drosophila

相同組換え技術は大きく前進<em&gt;ショウジョウバエ</em&gt;分子正確な突然変異の作成を可能にすることによって、遺伝学。コンビニアリングの最近の採用は1つがDNAの大部分を操作し、にそれらを変換することができます<em&gt;ショウジョウバエ</em<sup&gt; 6</sup&gt;。方法は、急速に大規模な相同組換えベクターを生成するためにこれらの技術を組み合わせて、ここで提示した。

における相同組換えコンストラクトを遺伝子改変<em&gt;ショウジョウバエ</em

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Recombineering Homologous Recombination Constructs in Drosophila

19.1K ビュー.  University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. 相同組換え技術は大きく前進ショウジョウバエ分子正確な突然変異の作成を可能にすることによって、遺伝学。コンビニアリングの最近の採用は1つがDNAの大部分を操作し、にそれらを変換することができますショウジョウバエ

ビデオ: Recombineering Homologous Recombination Constructs in Drosophila

Wolbachia Bacterial Infection in Drosophila

My name is Voia Friedman. I am associate researcher at Princeton University. And today I'm going to tell you about a few protocols that I developed to trans infect, to I initially to isolate, to go back from the heli of infected flies, and later on help to inject the heli feed to unaffected flights.So basically, this is a very simple protocol to isolate him oly for basics. And you will use this device from, from mepo that contains a filter that goes on top of an E.So you basically needs to put you, we start from around a hundred flies. You anize the flies, you put them into the filter device, you can just use a funnel and that will add our other fit very easily on this device and wash it with 70%ethanol.You just take the, take the future away, you can throw away the ethanol, and then after three times your last wash you do with molecule water because you don't want have the bacteria from the, with traces of ethanol. Well, and then you just go to a new weapon door and, and then you spin down on a micro, real micro for two minutes And later on how you can inject that. He only feed do unaffected flies.So basically take a double stick tape and usually these double stick tapes have two side, one side is a sticker than the other. So leave the sticker side up because that's the side that you're gonna glue that flies on top of it. And basically you'll, the gas apparatus, if you have this light on top of it, you'll be no gas flow and the flies you wake up if they're on top of the slide.So you can just direct the flow, making a little hood, a little chamber using tape. Then you direct the gas over the flies. So then you put your, this light here with the tape and you, you have your flies.Stick the flies on the top of the tape, all of them the same orientation, and put their head towards the direction that you'll be bringing the needle from. Because then you can just over the, the wing, you make sure since they fly, you don't want to fly. If they woke up during the procedure, don't want them to go away.So make sure that you take a little tip and pressure against the, the, the wings of the fly on the tail. And it's okay if they wings get damaged. And when you get rid, when you take the flies up the injection, most likely they'll lose their wings anyway, so they'll survive.That can, that can be useful because you're not gonna lose the flies that, so he puts a mineral oil on the micrometer for the back of the needle, then the needle injection polar, and then the, you can just adjust the pressure to bring the material up to the tip of the needle. I, I did to inject Somewhere between 10 to 15 nanoliters, but as, as long, as long as I'm consistents. Okay, so one important detail there is a cushion of this experiment is that the, the fly, once the apply is being injected when you saw the needle needs to come as far as you can through the upper part of the abdomen.Because here, basically when the needle penetrates, you have a, a, a, a, a bigger space to go up and down. And basically if it's close, closer to the cuticle, it's less likely they're gonna penetrate vital organs in the flight. You, it is very likely unlikely that you're gonna punch a hole in your gut, for instance, if that is gonna kill the flight that you are performing the surgery.My name is Voia Friedman. I am associate researcher at Princeton University in the lab of Eric Hels. And today I would like to tell you about this protocol that you just saw, the demonstration.So this protocol was done because we wanted to prove that UBA is capable of crossing tissues. So UBA is one of the most successful intracellular paras on the face of the earth. Infects from 20 to 70%of insects and many particles.And also is, is very important in terms of human diseases because also infect nematodes that transmit diseases like river blindness or s and ssis. And so, and CCA is our obligatory endo in, in these worms. And there's a great, a very big interest in using CCA also as means to control parasitic diseases transmitter by mosquito and Danny and this and by mosquito such as malaria and dengue.So this, this, this protocol basically was developed to show that once CCA inside the abdominal cavity of a fly, they can cross tissues and reach the germ. So basically what you can see here is the oph of the drosophila ovary and go back once present in the he leaf it, it can cross a pink peronial. She that is around the ovary.And then they cross a muscle layer. And actually one of the first places that they, they go inside the ovary is the somatic stem cell image. And then they can reach the germline.And this bacteria is transmitted the same way that mitochondria is transmitted is through, is through the mother transmitted, through the mother cyop plants present in the egg. So of course they needs to be present into the germline. So that's why this protocol is developed.And this protocol is, can be very useful to basically traditionally the way that people would try to trans infect wbaa basically take wbaa and introduce a new insect species. It would be through doing micro injections into the, into the embryo. But those are much more complicated.And basically here we are just taking advantage of the o biology since they are capable to cross tissues and moving into the stem cell tissues from, they can pass to the, through to the germline. So that's make easier taking UBA from certain, from, from certain species of insects that are infected and they can be transmitted to uninfected species. Prob I think it's the injection itself.Basically you need to be careful to mobilize the fly as well as you can. We are using double sided stick tape and you need to penetrate the needle basically as close to the, as parallel to the fly as possible so you don't go to deep. And it's less likely that we're gonna kill the fly after they're performing the surgery.

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生物学

Fabrication of Myogenic Engineered Tissue Constructs

Despite the fact that electronic pacemakers are life-saving medical devices, their long-term performance in pediatric patients can be problematic owing to the restrictions imposed by a child's small size and their inevitable growth. Consequently, there is a genuine need for innovative therapies designed specifically for pediatric patients with cardiac rhythm disorders. We propose that a conductive biological alternative consisting of a collagen-based matrix containing autologously-derived cells could better adapt to growth, reduce the need for recurrent surgeries, and greatly improve the quality of life for these patients. In the present study, we describe a procedure for incorporating primary skeletal myoblast cell cultures within a hydrogel matrix to fashion a surgically-implantable tissue construct that will serve as an electrical conduit between the upper and lower chambers of the heart. Ultimately, we anticipate using this type of engineered tissue to restore atrioventricular electrical conduction in children with complete heart block. In view of that, we isolate myoblasts from the skeletal muscles of neonatal Lewis rats and plate them onto laminin-coated tissue culture dishes using a modified version of established protocols[2, 3]. After one to two days, cultured cells are collected and mixed with antibiotics, type 1 collagen, Matrigel&trade;, and NaHCO3. The result is a viscous, uniform solution that can be cast into a mold of nearly any shape and size[1, 4, 5]. For our tissue constructs, we employ type 1 collagen isolated from fetal lamb skin using standard procedures[6]. Once the tissue has solidified at 37&deg;C, culture media is carefully added to the plate until the construct is submerged. The engineered tissue is then allowed to further condense through dehydration for 2 more days, at which point it is ready for in vitro assessment or surgical-implantation.

Here, we demonstrate fabrication of collagen-based, tissue constructs containing skeletal myoblasts. These 3-D engineered constructs may be used to replace or repair tissues in vivo. For our purposes, we have designed these as an atrioventricular electrical conduit for the repair of complete heart block[1].

筋原培養組織コンストラクトの作製

Despite the fact that electronic pacemakers are life-saving medical devices, their long-term performance in pediatric patients can be problematic owing to ...

The Production of C. elegans Transgenes via Recombineering with the galK Selectable Marker

The creation of transgenic animals is widely utilized in C. elegans research including the use of GFP fusion proteins to study the regulation and expression pattern of genes of interest or generation of tandem affinity purification (TAP) tagged versions of specific genes to facilitate their purification. Typically transgenes are generated by placing a promoter upstream of a GFP reporter gene or cDNA of interest, and this often produces a representative expression pattern. However, critical elements of gene regulation, such as control elements in the 3' untranslated region or alternative promoters, could be missed by this approach. Further only a single splice variant can be usually studied by this means. In contrast, the use of worm genomic DNA carried by fosmid DNA clones likely includes most if not all elements involved in gene regulation in vivo which permits the greater ability to capture the genuine expression pattern and timing. To facilitate the generation of transgenes using fosmid DNA, we describe an E. coli based recombineering procedure to insert GFP, a TAP-tag, or other sequences of interest into any location in the gene. The procedure uses the galK gene as the selection marker for both the positive and negative selection steps in recombineering which results in obtaining the desired modification with high efficiency. Further, plasmids containing the galK gene flanked by homology arms to commonly used GFP and TAP fusion genes are available which reduce the cost of oligos by 50% when generating a GFP or TAP fusion protein. These plasmids use the R6K replication origin which precludes the need for extensive PCR product purification. Finally, we also demonstrate a technique to integrate the unc-119 marker on to the fosmid backbone which allows the fosmid to be directly injected or bombarded into worms to generate transgenic animals. This video demonstrates the procedures involved in generating a transgene via recombineering using this method.

The Production of C. elegans Transgenes via Recombineering with the galK Selectable Marker

The ability to produce transgenes for Caenorhabditis elegans using genomic DNA carried by fosmids is particularly attractive as all of the native regulatory elements are retained. Described is a simple and robust procedure for the production of transgenes via recombineering with the galK selectable marker.

の生産 C.エレガンス</emとRecombineering経由>トランスジーン galK選択可能なマーカー

The creation of transgenic animals is widely utilized in C. elegans research including the use of GFP fusion proteins to study the regulation and ...

Identifying the Effects of BRCA1 Mutations on Homologous Recombination using Cells that Express Endogenous Wild-type BRCA1

The functional analysis of missense mutations can be complicated by the presence in the cell of the endogenous protein. Structure-function analyses of the BRCA1 have been complicated by the lack of a robust assay for the full length BRCA1 protein and the difficulties inherent in working with cell lines that express hypomorphic BRCA1 protein1,2,3,4,5. We developed a system whereby the endogenous BRCA1 protein in a cell was acutely depleted by RNAi targeting the 3'-UTR of the BRCA1 mRNA and replaced by co-transfecting a plasmid expressing a BRCA1 variant. One advantage of this procedure is that the acute silencing of BRCA1 and simultaneous replacement allow the cells to grow without secondary mutations or adaptations that might arise over time to compensate for the loss of BRCA1 function. This depletion and add-back procedure was done in a HeLa-derived cell line that was readily assayed for homologous recombination activity. The homologous recombination assay is based on a previously published method whereby a recombination substrate is integrated into the genome (Figure 1)6,7,8,9. This recombination substrate has the rare-cutting I-SceI restriction enzyme site inside an inactive GFP allele, and downstream is a second inactive GFP allele. Transfection of the plasmid that expresses I-SceI results in a double-stranded break, which may be repaired by homologous recombination, and if homologous recombination does repair the break it creates an active GFP allele that is readily scored by flow cytometry for GFP protein expression. Depletion of endogenous BRCA1 resulted in an 8-10-fold reduction in homologous recombination activity, and add-back of wild-type plasmid fully restored homologous recombination function. When specific point mutants of full length BRCA1 were expressed from co-transfected plasmids, the effect of the specific missense mutant could be scored. As an example, the expression of the BRCA1(M18T) protein, a variant of unknown clinical significance10, was expressed in these cells, it failed to restore BRCA1-dependent homologous recombination. By contrast, expression of another variant, also of unknown significance, BRCA1(I21V) fully restored BRCA1-dependent homologous recombination function. This strategy of testing the function of BRCA1 missense mutations has been applied to another biological system assaying for centrosome function (Kais et al, unpublished observations). Overall, this approach is suitable for the analysis of missense mutants in any gene that must be analyzed recessively.

We provide a method for testing BRCA1 variants in a tissue culture based assay for homologous recombination repair of DNA damage by depleting endogenous BRCA1 protein from a cell using RNAi and replacing it with a BRCA1 point mutant that contains a coding change.

内因性野生型BRCA1を発現する細胞を用いて相同組換えにBRCA1の変異の影響を識別

The functional analysis of missense mutations can be complicated by the presence in the cell of the endogenous protein. Structure-function analyses of the ...

Imaging Cell Shape Change in Living Drosophila Embryos

The developing Drosophila melanogaster embryo undergoes a number of cell shape changes that are highly amenable to live confocal imaging. Cell shape changes in the fly are analogous to those in higher organisms, and they drive tissue morphogenesis. So, in many cases, their study has direct implications for understanding human disease (Table 1)1-5. On the sub-cellular scale, these cell shape changes are the product of activities ranging from gene expression to signal transduction, cell polarity, cytoskeletal remodeling and membrane trafficking. Thus, the Drosophila embryo provides not only the context to evaluate cell shape changes as they relate to tissue morphogenesis, but also offers a completely physiological environment to study the sub-cellular activities that shape cells.
The protocol described here is designed to image a specific cell shape change called cellularization. Cellularization is a process of dramatic plasma membrane growth, and it ultimately converts the syncytial embryo into the cellular blastoderm. That is, at interphase of mitotic cycle 14, the plasma membrane simultaneously invaginates around each of ~6000 cortically anchored nuclei to generate a sheet of primary epithelial cells. Counter to previous suggestions, cellularization is not driven by Myosin-2 contractility6, but is instead fueled largely by exocytosis of membrane from internal stores7. Thus, cellularization is an excellent system for studying membrane trafficking during cell shape changes that require plasma membrane invagination or expansion, such as cytokinesis or transverse-tubule (T-tubule) morphogenesis in muscle.
Note that this protocol is easily applied to the imaging of other cell shape changes in the fly embryo, and only requires slight adaptations such as changing the stage of embryo collection, or using "embryo glue" to mount the embryo in a specific orientation (Table 1)8-19. In all cases, the workflow is basically the same (Figure 1). Standard methods for cloning and Drosophila transgenesis are used to prepare stable fly stocks that express a protein of interest, fused to Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) or its variants, and these flies provide a renewable source of embryos. Alternatively, fluorescent proteins/probes are directly introduced into fly embryos via straightforward micro-injection techniques9-10. Then, depending on the developmental event and cell shape change to be imaged, embryos are collected and staged by morphology on a dissecting microscope, and finally positioned and mounted for time-lapse imaging on a confocal microscope.

Imaging Cell Shape Change in Living Drosophila Embryos

Early development of the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, is characterized by a number of cell shape changes that are well suited for imaging approaches. This article will describe basic tools and methods required for live confocal imaging of Drosophila embryos, and will focus on a cell shape change called cellularization.

リビングでのイメージング、細胞の形状の変更ショウジョウバエ胚

The developing Drosophila melanogaster embryo undergoes a number of cell shape changes that are highly amenable to live confocal imaging.  Cell shape ...

Genetic Modification and Recombination of Salivary Gland Organ Cultures

Branching morphogenesis occurs during the development of many organs, and the embryonic mouse submandibular gland (SMG) is a classical model for the study of branching morphogenesis. In the developing SMG, this process involves iterative steps of epithelial bud and duct formation, to ultimately give rise to a complex branched network of acini and ducts, which serve to produce and modify/transport the saliva, respectively, into the oral cavity1-3. The epithelial-associated basement membrane and aspects of the mesenchymal compartment, including the mesenchyme cells, growth factors and the extracellular matrix, produced by these cells, are critical to the branching mechanism, although how the cellular and molecular events are coordinated remains poorly understood 4. The study of the molecular mechanisms driving epithelial morphogenesis advances our understanding of developmental mechanisms and provides insight into possible regenerative medicine approaches. Such studies have been hampered due to the lack of effective methods for genetic manipulation of the salivary epithelium. Currently, adenoviral transduction represents the most effective method for targeting epithelial cells in adult glands in vivo5. However, in embryonic explants, dense mesenchyme and the basement membrane surrounding the epithelial cells impedes viral access to the epithelial cells. If the mesenchyme is removed, the epithelium can be transfected using adenoviruses, and epithelial rudiments can resume branching morphogenesis in the presence of Matrigel or laminin-1116,7. Mesenchyme-free epithelial rudiment growth also requires additional supplementation with soluble growth factors and does not fully recapitulate branching morphogenesis as it occurs in intact glands8. Here we describe a technique which facilitates adenoviral transduction of epithelial cells and culture of the transfected epithelium with associated mesenchyme. Following microdissection of the embryonic SMGs, removal of the mesenchyme, and viral infection of the epithelium with a GFP-containing adenovirus, we show that the epithelium spontaneously recombines with uninfected mesenchyme, recapitulating intact SMG glandular structure and branching morphogenesis. The genetically modified epithelial cell population can be easily monitored using standard fluorescence microscopy methods, if fluorescently-tagged adenoviral constructs are used. The tissue recombination method described here is currently the most effective and accessible method for transfection of epithelial cells with a wild-type or mutant vector within a complex 3D tissue construct that does not require generation of transgenic animals.

A technique to genetically manipulate epithelial cells within whole ex vivo cultured embryonic mouse submandibular glands (SMGs) using viral gene transfer is described. This method takes advantage of the innate ability of SMG epithelium and mesenchyme to spontaneously recombine after separation and infection of epithelial rudiments with adenoviral vectors.

唾液腺器官培養の遺伝子改変と再結合

Branching  morphogenesis occurs during the development of many organs, and the embryonic  mouse submandibular gland (SMG) is a classical model for the ...

Live Imaging of Apoptotic Cell Clearance during Drosophila Embryogenesis

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

Live Imaging of Apoptotic Cell Clearance during Drosophila Embryogenesis

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

アポトーシス細胞のクリアランスのイメージング中に生きる<em&gt;ショウジョウバエ</em&gt;胚

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

Preparation of the Mgm101 Recombination Protein by MBP-based Tagging Strategy

The MGM101 gene was identified 20 years ago for its role in the maintenance of mitochondrial DNA. Studies from several groups have suggested that the Mgm101 protein is involved in the recombinational repair of mitochondrial DNA. Recent investigations have indicated that Mgm101 is related to the Rad52-type recombination protein family. These proteins form large oligomeric rings and promote the annealing of homologous single stranded DNA molecules. However, the characterization of Mgm101 has been hindered by the difficulty in producing the recombinant protein. Here, a reliable procedure for the preparation of recombinant Mgm101 is described. Maltose Binding Protein (MBP)-tagged Mgm101 is first expressed in Escherichia coli. The fusion protein is initially purified by amylose affinity chromatography. After being released by proteolytic cleavage, Mgm101 is separated from MBP by cationic exchange chromatography. Monodispersed Mgm101 is then obtained by size exclusion chromatography. A yield of ~0.87 mg of Mgm101 per liter of bacterial culture can be routinely obtained. The recombinant Mgm101 has minimal contamination of DNA. The prepared samples are successfully used for biochemical, structural and single particle image analyses of Mgm101. This protocol may also be used for the preparation of other large oligomeric DNA-binding proteins that may be misfolded and toxic to bacterial cells.

The yeast mitochondrial nucleoid protein, Mgm101, is a Rad52-type recombination protein that forms large oligomeric rings. A protocol is described to prepare soluble recombinant Mgm101 using the Maltose Binding Protein (MBP)-tagging strategy coupled with cation exchange and size exclusion chromatography.

MBPベースタギング戦略によってMgm101組換えタンパク質の調製

The MGM101 gene was identified 20 years ago for its role in the maintenance of mitochondrial DNA. Studies from several groups have suggested that the ...

Subcloning Plus Insertion (SPI) - A Novel Recombineering Method for the Rapid Construction of Gene Targeting Vectors

Gene targeting refers to the precise modification of a genetic locus using homologous recombination. The generation of novel cell lines and transgenic mouse models using this method necessitates the construction of a &#8216;targeting&#8217; vector, which contains homologous DNA sequences to the target gene, and has for many years been a limiting step in the process. Vector construction can be performed in vivo in Escherichia coli cells using homologous recombination mediated by phage recombinases using a technique termed recombineering. Recombineering is the preferred technique to subclone the long homology sequences (>4kb) and various targeting elements including selection markers that are required to mediate efficient allelic exchange between a targeting vector and its cognate genomic locus. Typical recombineering protocols follow an iterative scheme of step-wise integration of the targeting elements and require intermediate purification and transformation steps. Here, we present a novel recombineering methodology of vector assembly using a multiplex approach. Plasmid gap repair is performed by the simultaneous capture of genomic sequence from mouse Bacterial Artificial Chromosome libraries and the insertion of dual bacterial and mammalian selection markers. This subcloning plus insertion method is highly efficient and yields a majority of correct recombinants. We present data for the construction of different types of conditional gene knockout, or knock-in, vectors and BAC reporter vectors that have been constructed using this method. SPI vector construction greatly extends the repertoire of the recombineering toolbox and provides a simple, rapid and cost-effective method of constructing these highly complex vectors.

Subcloning Plus Insertion SPI - A Novel Recombineering Method for the Rapid Construction of Gene Targeting Vectors

Gene targeting methodologies can be used to generate transgenic mice with knockout, knock-in and tagged alleles. Here, we describe an improved method of recombineering in E. coli, that we term &#8216;subcloning plus insertion&#8217;, which can be used to generate custom gene targeting vectors rapidly.

サブクローニングプラス挿入（SPI） - ジーンターゲティングベクターの迅速な構築のための新しい遺伝子改変方法

Gene targeting refers to the precise modification of a genetic locus using homologous recombination. The generation of novel cell lines and transgenic ...

Phage-mediated Delivery of Targeted sRNA Constructs to Knock Down Gene Expression in E. coli

RNA-mediated knockdowns are widely used to control gene expression. This versatile family of techniques makes use of short RNA (sRNA) that can be synthesized with any sequence and designed to complement any gene targeted for silencing. Because sRNA constructs can be introduced to many cell types directly or using a variety of vectors, gene expression can be repressed in living cells without laborious genetic modification. The most common RNA knockdown technology, RNA interference (RNAi), makes use of the endogenous RNA-induced silencing complex (RISC) to mediate sequence recognition and cleavage of the target mRNA. Applications of this technique are therefore limited to RISC-expressing organisms, primarily eukaryotes. Recently, a new generation of RNA biotechnologists have developed alternative mechanisms for controlling gene expression through RNA, and so made possible RNA-mediated gene knockdowns in bacteria. Here we describe a method for silencing gene expression in E. coli that functionally resembles RNAi. In this system a synthetic phagemid is designed to express sRNA, which may designed to target any sequence. The expression construct is delivered to a population of E. coli cells with non-lytic M13 phage, after which it is able to stably replicate as a plasmid. Antisense recognition and silencing of the target mRNA is mediated by the Hfq protein, endogenous to E. coli. This protocol includes methods for designing the antisense sRNA, constructing the phagemid vector, packaging the phagemid into M13 bacteriophage, preparing a live cell population for infection, and performing the infection itself. The fluorescent protein mKate2 and the antibiotic resistance gene chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT) are targeted to generate representative data and to quantify knockdown effectiveness.

Phage-mediated Delivery of Targeted sRNA Constructs to Knock Down Gene Expression in E. coli

We describe a method to knock down gene expression in a growing population of E. coli cells using sequence-targeted sRNA expression cassettes delivered by an M13 phagemid vector.