Name: microinjection of a. aegypti embryos to obtain transgenic mosquitoes
Uploaded: 2007-07-04T00:00:00
Description: Watch this Scientific Journal Video about Microinjection of A. aegypti Embryos to Obtain Transgenic Mosquitoes at JoVE.com

<p class="jove_title"> Préparation à l&#39;avance de la microinjection </p><ol><li> Moustiques nourrissent de sang: pour l&#39;injection du lundi au vendredi femelles se nourrissent sur le jeudi précédent. </li><li> Préparer des aiguilles de verre en utilisant le programme 3 ou 2 (voir matériaux). </li><li> Pose du tube pour le flacon de culture des embryons est la drosophile. Coton humide dans le fond, avec un disque de papier filtre humide qui la recouvre. </li><li> Préparer lamelle en plastique en collant double-face de la cassette à...

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<td>1x Injection solution</td>
<td>Buffer</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
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<td>5mM KCl, 0.1mM sodium phosphate, ph 6. 8</td>
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<td>Construct plasmid</td>
<td>DNA</td>
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<td>0.5 mg/ml.  </td>
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<td>Helper plasmid</td>
<td>DNA</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
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<td>0.3 mg/ml </td>
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<td>EndoFree Plasmid kit</td>
<td>Kit</td>
<td>Qiagen</td>
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<td>Millex-GV column</td>
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<td>SLGV RO4 NL</td>
<td>To clean DNA.</td>
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<td>Glass puller</td>
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<td>Sutter Instrument Co</td>
<td>Model P-87</td>
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Heat-700, Pull-30, Vel-36, Time-50
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<td>Quartz puller</td>
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<td>Sutter Instrument Co</td>
<td>Model P-2000</td>
<td>Heat-275, Fil-3, Vel-38, Del-250, Pull-141</td>
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<td>Injection glass needles</td>
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<td>Prepared by drawing capillary tubing into a fine 3-8 um with a shaft of approximately 100-300 um micropipette puller. When the needle is new, the tip is sealed and usually breaks in the first or second injection or the glass needle tip can be beveled using a Brown type micro-pipette beveller (Sutter Instrument).</td>
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<td>Aedes aegypti</td>
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<td>Male and female mosquitos, to obtain embryos.</td>
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<td>Drosophila culture vial</td>
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<td>For mosquito egg-laying.</td>
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<td>Halocarbon oil</td>
<td>Reagent</td>
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<td>Oil for desiccation: Halocarbon oil 700:Halocarbon oil 27(1:1)</td>
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<td>Fine paintbrush</td>
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<td>Sable</td>
<td>No. 0000</td>
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<td>Whatman paper</td>
<td>Tool</td>
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<td>Microloader</td>
<td>Tool</td>
<td>Eppendorf</td>
<td>5242 956.003</td>
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<td>Transjector</td>
<td>Tool</td>
<td>Eppendorf</td>
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<td>Microscope</td>
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<td>Leica</td>
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<td>With moving stage and micromanipulator.</td>
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<td>3MM Whatman paper</td>
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microinjection of a. aegypti embryos to obtain transgenic mosquitoes

<p class="jove_content">Dans cette vidéo, Nijole Jasinskiene démontre la méthodologie employée pour générer transgéniques moustiques Aedes aegypti, vecteurs de la dengue. Les techniques pour la préparation correcte des aiguilles de microinjection, desséchants embryons, et effectuant la microinjection sont démontrés.</p>

Watch this Scientific Journal Video about Microinjection of A. aegypti Embryos to Obtain Transgenic Mosquitoes at JoVE.com

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