<p class="jove_title">Preparing Adhesion Chambers (the day before the injection/dissection)</p>
<p class="jove_step">Adhesion Assay Chambers</p>
<p class="jove_content">If you have a conventional compound microscope (optical locates above the stage), it is ncecessary to make a low-height adhesion chamber as follows. If using the inverted-optics microscope, then "NUNC Lab-Tek Chambered Coverglass" can just be used,&nbsp;and skip the steps #1 - 2.</p>
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<li>Attach one of "press-to-seal silicon insulator" on a 40 x 24mm cover slip. Firmly press...

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<td>1x MBS-H</td>
<td>Buffer</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>Modified Barth&#x2019;s medium: 1L recipe
5.14g		NaCl
75mg		KCl
0.2g		NaHCO3
0.2g		MgSO4&#x2022;7H2O
60mg		CaCl2&#x2022;2H2O
80mg		Ca(NO3)2&#x2022;4H2O
2.38g		HEPES, free-acid
Adjust the pH to 7.4 with NaOH.  Autoclave.
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<td>CMF-MBS	</td>
<td>Buffer</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>This is Ca2+/Mg2+-free version of MBS-H. 500ml recipe :
2.57g		NaCl
37.5mg		KCl
0.1g		NaHCO3
1.19g		HEPES, free-acid
Adjust the pH to 7.4 with NaOH.  Autoclave.
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<td>1% agarose/1x Barth&#x2019;s plates</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>as many as the number of samples</td>
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<td>1% agarose/CMF-MBS plates</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>as many as the number of samples</td>
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<td>E-Cadherin/Fc chimera </td>
<td>Reagent</td>
<td>Sigma</td>
<td>E-2278</td>
<td>Dissolve 0.1mg of solid E-cadherin in 100ul of 1x MBS-H containing 40% glycerol to make 100x master stock (1.0mg/ml).  Store it in &#x2013;20C.  Make 1/100 dilution with 1x MBS-H to make 10ug/ml working solution just before you use.  You need 200ul per samples of this working solution.</td>
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<td>Fibronectin, 0.1% solution </td>
<td>Reagent</td>
<td>Sigma</td>
<td>F-1141</td>
<td>This pre-made solution can be used as 50x stock.  Make 1/50 dilution with 1x MBS-H make 20ug/ml working solution just before you use.  You need 200ul per samples of this working solution.
I do NOT recommend using solid Fibronectin, because it is difficult to dissolve at 0.1% concentration to make the stock solution. Although it is more expensive, this pre-made 0.1% solution is better to obtain consistent results.
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<td>4% BSA /MBS-H</td>
<td>Buffer</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>BSA: molecular biology grade fraction V</td>
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<td>Sigmacoted yellow tips </td>
<td>Tool</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
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<td>No.1 cover slips</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>40x24mm or 60x24mm</td>
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<td>Press-to-seal silicon insulator</td>
<td>Tool</td>
<td>Glace Bio-Labs</td>
<td>JTR20-2.5</td>
<td>2.5mm depth x 20mm diameter </td>
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<td>NUNC Lab-Tek Chambered Coverglass</td>
<td>Tool</td>
<td>Fisher</td>
<td>12-565-471</td>
<td>2wells/slides </td>
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<td>Grid slide glass</td>
<td>Tool</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>or Finder graticule for cell counting</td>
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dissection of organizer and animal pole explants from xenopus laevis embryos and assembly of a cell adhesion assay

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<p class="jove_content">This video demonstrates the technique used for preparation of organizer and animal pole explants from Xenopus laevis embryos, including the use of the eyebrow knife - a specialized dissection tool made of one's eyebrow.  The protocol for assembling an adhesion assay is also given, which probes for the presence of key adhesion molecules present on the surface organizer or animal pole cells that are critical for proper development.  </p>

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10.6K Views.  University of California, Irvine (UCI). This video demonstrates the technique used for preparation of organizer and animal pole explants from Xenopus laevis embryos, including the use of the eyebrow knife - a specialized dissection tool made of one's eyebrow. The protocol for assembling an adhesion assay is also given, which probes for the presence of key adhesion molecules present on the surface organizer or animal pole cells that are critical for proper development. 