Name: paraffin-embedded and frozen sections of drosophila adult muscles
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1. إعداد <ol style=";text-align:right;direction:rtl"><li style=";text-align:right;direction:rtl"> تعد طازجة لتثبيتي Carnoy الايثانول من خلال الجمع بين المطلق والكلوروفورم وحمض الخليك الجليدية في نسبة 06:03:01 التوالي. 3 وهذا ، فضلا عن حلول لياقات غمر يجب أن تبقى في تلوين الزجاج الجرار (انظر القسم الكواشف للتوصية). </li><li style=";text-align:right;direction:rtl"> تحضير رقائق الألومنيوم جيوب الحجم الصحيح للالياقات. </li><li style=";text-align:right;direction:rtl"> إعداد الحلول التالية في تلطيخ الجرار : 2 X 40 ٪ إيثانول ، إيثانول 70 ٪ ، 2 X الإيثانول بنسبة 100 ٪ ، methylbenzoate (MB) ، 50/50 MB V / V والبارافين ، 2 X البارافين. ضع MB البارافين والحاويات في مجموعة حاضنة ل60-65 درجة مئوية. </li><li style=";text-align:right;direction:rtl"> البارافين الدافئ لتصب في جيوب لاحباط 60-65 درجة مئوية. </li></ol> 2. الذباب في تحديد الياقات <ol style=";text-align:right;direction:rtl"><li style=";text-align:right;direction:rtl"> إرفاق 4 طوق تحت مجهر باستخدام الشريط في وضع عمودي حيث يمكنك ان ترى نقطة دخول للطيران. </li><li style=";text-align:right;direction:rtl"> تخدير الذباب باستخدام ثاني أكسيد الكربون أو انخفاض درجة حرارة الجسم عن طريق استخدام كتلة الجليد. يجب الحرص على عدم تجميد الذباب. </li><li style=";text-align:right;direction:rtl"> باستخدام الملقط ، والتقاط الذباب الفردية عن طريق الاستيلاء على اجنحتها والمكان إلى طوق الموجهة بشكل صحيح (الرأس والصدر على رأس من ريش والبطن تحت ريش). وينبغي أن تناسب بسهولة 10-20 الذباب في الترقوة. </li></ol> ملاحظة : إذا كنت تحليل المورثات عدة ، لا ننسى لتقديم مذكرة لعدد ذوي الياقات البيضاء وراثى المقابلة. 3. أقسام البارافين من الصدور ذبابة الفاكهة <ol style=";text-align:right;direction:rtl"><li style=";text-align:right;direction:rtl"> نقل ذوي الياقات البيضاء إلى الحل Carnoy وإصلاح الأنسجة عند 4 درجات مئوية خلال الليل. </li><li style=";text-align:right;direction:rtl"> بعد التثبيت ، يذوى العينة باستخدام تركيزات متزايدة من الايثانول. لمدة 10 دقيقة كل غمر ذوي الياقات البيضاء في 40 ٪ (2 مرات) ، 70 ٪ و 100 ٪ (2 مرات) الايثانول في درجة حرارة الغرفة. احتضان ذوي الياقات المقبل في حل ميغابايت MB والبارافين + (1:1) لمدة 30 دقيقة في كل ثم اختراق طوق في تغييرين من البارافين لمدة 60 دقيقة في كل 60-65 درجة مئوية. الانتقال السريع لذوي الياقات البيضاء في جيب احباط وتمتلئ ذاب (60-65 درجة مئوية) البارافين. وضعه في درجة حرارة الغرفة والسماح للالبارافين ليصبح الثابت (فمن الأفضل أن تترك بين عشية وضحاها). لاحظ أنه يمكن أن توضع في الجيب طوق احباط في توجهات مختلفة ، اعتمادا على اتجاه المقاطع التي تحتاج إليها (الطولية أو العرضية). </li><li style=";text-align:right;direction:rtl"> بسط كتل البارافين الجافة بأطواق من احباط ومنفصلة بلطف طوق من كتلة البارافين. مع مساعدة من شفرة حادة أو مشرط قطع بعناية من البارافين من خارج النسيج من مختلف أنحاء الطيران. </li><li style=";text-align:right;direction:rtl"> خفض كتلة البارافين مع الخطوات 7-10 ميكرون الباب على مشراح التناوب والسماح بتعويم قطع الأنسجة شقة في حمام المياه 37 درجة مئوية. مكان النسيج مقطوع على شرائح والسماح للتجفيف القطبية طوال الليل. ويمكن استخدام هذه الشرائح لتلطيخ مع hematoxyline ويوزين (الشكل 1A - D) ، طولويدين زرقاء ، الأزرق الأنيلين أو وفاة أخرى لتصور هياكل الأنسجة ، فضلا عن تلطيخ الأضداد (الشكل 1E - E ``). </li></ol> 4. Cryosections الصدور من ذبابة الفاكهة <ol style=";text-align:right;direction:rtl"><li style=";text-align:right;direction:rtl"> كما هو الحال مع أقسام البارافين ، وإعداد الذباب في الترقوة والأزياء جيب رقائق الألومنيوم. ستكون هناك حاجة إلى تجميد برودة لتحضير العينات. تأكد من أن حوالي برودة -60 درجة مئوية ، واستخدام الايثانول قليلا والثلج الجاف للسماح للوصول إلى هذه الدرجة. وضع قبل ساعة من بدء التجربة زجاجة من البرد المتوسطة تضمين - (الأنسجة تيك مجمع أكتوبر) رأسا على عقب في البراد 4 درجات مئوية وذلك لتبريده والتقليل من تشكيل فقاعات الهواء. </li><li style=";text-align:right;direction:rtl"> نقل ذوي الياقات البيضاء مع الذباب إلى جيب احباط الذي تم قبل عدة دقائق لتبرد داخل برودة تجميد وتعبئة بسرعة مع مجمع البرد التضمين. السماح لعينة من أجل تجميد 30-10 دقيقة. بسط بعناية تشكيل كتلة داخل برودة ، منفصلة بلطف طوق من كتلة التضمين ووضعها في -20 درجة مئوية لمدة يوم واحد على الأقل. </li><li style=";text-align:right;direction:rtl"> قطع العضلات المجمدة على البرد مشراح بين -15 و -18 درجة مئوية مع سمك مقطع من 10-15 ميكرون. مكان على الشرائح الاستقطاب والحفاظ على -20 درجة مئوية حتى على استعداد للقيام مزيد من المعالجة. نقترح إصلاح الأنسجة في 4 ٪ الفورمالديهايد PBS حل لمدة 10 دقيقة في درجة حرارة الغرفة قبل تلوين الأجسام المضادة. </li></ol> 5. الكشف عن الدهون في العضلات ذبابة الفاكهة ويمكن الكشف عن قطيرات الدهن بزيت أحمر يا وصمة عار على cryosections باستخدام البروتوكول المعتمد من سيبر وThummel 5. <ol style=";text-align:right;direction:rtl"><li style=";text-align:right;direction:rtl"> بعد التثبيت ، وتغسل الشرائح بالماء مرتين لمدة 5 دقائق ، معايرتها في بروبيلين غليكول لمدة 10 دقيقة وصمة عار لاحتضان ح النفط في الحمراء O 3 في درجة حرارة الغرفة. ثم يغسل عينات 2 مرات لمدة 5 دقائق في غليكول البروبيلين و 30 دقيقة في برنامج تلفزيوني. جبل في الجلسرين 30 ٪. </li></ol> 6. ممثل النتائج : <img src="/files/ftp_upload/2438/2438fig1.jpg" alt="الشكل 1" /> تينلدى عودتهم 1. Parrafin جزءا لا يتجزأ من المقاطع وHematoxyline eosine عرضية الملون (AB) والطولية (CD) أجزاء من عضلات الطيران غير المباشرة. A و C منظم معارض العضلات العادية. يتم تمثيل غير طبيعي من قبل العضلات وحجم التشكل على B و D على التوالي (الأسهم السوداء). القسم الملون من عرضية الصدر مع مكافحة ذبابة الفاكهة LamC ، علامة مغلف النووية ودابي النووية وصمة عار (EF). عرض موسع العادية (السهم الأحمر) وتدهورت (السهم الأصفر) العضلات (F). G يمثل الجزء الملون من ذبابة الفاكهة الأمعاء مع LamC ودابي. <img src="/files/ftp_upload/2438/2438fig2.jpg" alt="الشكل 2" /> الشكل 2. أقسام المجمدة ألف المقاطع العرضية المجمدة للالملون الصدر مع ذبابة الفاكهة الحمراء النفط O ، قطرات الدهون التسمية. المقاطع الطولية باء المجمدة للعضلات الطيران غير المباشرة ملطخة المديرية العامة لمكافحة والعضلات علامة غمد الليف العضلي ودابي.

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paraffin-embedded and frozen sections of drosophila adult muscles

التوصيف الجزيئي للضمور العضلات واعتلال العضلات في البشر قد كشف تعقيد مرض في العضلات والتحليل الجيني للمواصفات العضلات ، وقدمت وظيفة في تشكيل نموذج نظم معلومات قيمة حول فسيولوجيا العضلات. ولذلك ، وتحديد وتوصيف الآليات الجزيئية التي تكمن وراء تلف العضلات أمر بالغ الأهمية. بنية العضلات الكبار متعددة الألياف ذبابة الفاكهة تشبه العضلات المخططة الفقاريات (1) وقابلية الإستطراق الوراثي للذبابة الفاكهة جعلت من نظام رائع لتحليل التصنع مورفولوجيا العضلات وتوصيف العمليات التي تؤثر على وظيفة العضلات في البالغين المسنين الذباب 2. هنا نقدم تقنية النسيجي لإعداد البارافين المجمد وجزءا لا يتجزأ من المقاطع للعضلات الصدر ذبابة الفاكهة. تسمح هذه الاستعدادات للأنسجة أن تكون ملطخة البقع النسيجية الكلاسيكية والبروتين المسمى مع الأصباغ كشف ، وتحديدا cryosections مثالية للكشف المناعى من البروتينات في عضلات سليمة. وهذا يسمح لتحليل بنية النسيج العضلي ، وتحديد العيوب الشكلية ، والكشف عن نمط التعبير عن العضلات / عصبون محددة البروتينات في العضلات الكبار ذبابة الفاكهة. ويمكن أيضا أن تكون هذه التقنيات معدلة بشكل طفيف لsectioning من أجزاء أخرى من الجسم.

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Paraffin-Embedded and Frozen Sections of Drosophila Adult Muscles

تحديد الآليات الكامنة وراء تلف العضلات أمر بالغ الأهمية. هنا نقدم تقنية النسيجي لإعداد البارافين المجمد وجزءا لا يتجزأ من المقاطع للعضلات الصدر ذبابة الفاكهة. هذا يسمح تحليل مورفولوجيا العضلات وتوطين البروتين وغيرها من مكونات الخلية العضلية.

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Paraffin-Embedded and Frozen Sections of Drosophila Adult Muscles

Whole Cell Recordings from Brain of Adult Drosophila

In this video, we demonstrate the procedure for isolating whole brains from adult Drosophila in preparation for recording from single neurons. We begin by describing the dissecting solution and capture of the adult females used in our studies. The procedure for removing the whole brain intact, including both optic lobes, is illustrated. Dissection of the overlying trachea is also shown.  The isolated brain is not only small but needs special care in handling at this stage to prevent damage to the neurons, many of which are close to the outer surface of the tissue. We show how a special holder we developed is used to stabilize the brain in the recording chamber. A standard electrophysiology set up is used for recording from single neurons or pairs of neurons. A fluorescent image, viewed through the recording microscope, from a GAL4 line driving GFP expression (GH146) illustrates how projection neurons (PNs) are identified in the live brain. A high power Nomarski image shows a view of a single neuron that is being targeted for whole cell recording. When the brain is successfully removed without damage, the majority of the neurons are spontaneously active, firing action potentials and/or exhibiting spontaneous synaptic input. This in situ preparation, in which whole cell recording of identified neurons in the whole brain can be combined with genetic and pharmacological manipulations, is a useful model for exploring cellular physiology and plasticity in the adult CNS.

This video demonstrates the procedure for isolating whole brains from adult Drosophila in preparation for recording from single neurons using standard whole cell technology. It includes images of GFP labeled cells and neurons viewed during recording.

تسجيلات كاملة من خلية دماغ ذبابة الفاكهة الكبار

In this video, we demonstrate the procedure for isolating whole brains from adult Drosophila in preparation for recording from single neurons. We begin by ...

High-Resolution Video Tracking of Locomotion in Adult Drosophila Melanogaster

Flies provide an important model for studying complex behavior due to the plethora of genetic tools available to researchers in this field. Studying locomotor behavior in Drosophila melanogaster relies on the ability to be able to quantify changes in motion during or in response to a given task. For this reason, a high-resolution video tracking system, such as the one we describe in this paper, is a valuable tool for measuring locomotion in real-time. Our protocol involves the use of an initial air pulse to break the flies momentum, followed by a thirty second filming period in a square chamber. A tracking program is then used to calculate the instantaneous speed of each fly within the chamber in 10 msec increments. Analysis software then compiles this data, and outputs a variety of parameters such as average speed, max speed, time spent in motion, acceleration, etc. This protocol will discuss proper feeding and management of flies for behavioral tasks, handling flies without anesthetization or immobilization, setting up a controlled environment, and running the assay from start to finish.

The study of complex locomotor behavior in Drosophila melanogaster is dependent upon the ability to quantify changes in a given fly's movement. This article demonstrates how to do this using a high-resolution tracking system.

عالية الدقة تعقب الفيديو للتنقل في الكبار ذبابة الفاكهة السوداء البطن

Flies provide an important model for studying complex behavior due to the plethora of genetic tools available to researchers in this field.  Studying ...

Preparation of Developing and Adult Drosophila Brains and Retinae for Live Imaging

The Drosophila brain and visual system are widely utilized model systems to study neuronal development, function and degeneration. Here we show three preparations of the brain and visual system that cover the range from the developing eye disc-brain complex in the developing pupae to individual eye and brain dissection from adult flies. All protocols are optimized for the live culture of the preparations. However, we also present the conditions for fixed tissue immunohistochemistry where applicable. Finally, we show live imaging conditions for these preparations using conventional and resonant 4D confocal live imaging in a perfusion chamber. Together, these protocols provide a basis for live imaging on different time scales ranging from functional intracellular assays on the scale of minutes to developmental or degenerative processes on the scale of many hours.

Preparation of Developing and Adult Drosophila Brains and Retinae for Live Imaging

This protocol describes three Drosophila preparations: 1) adult brain dissection, 2) adult retina dissection and 3) developing eye disc- brain complexes dissection. Emphasis is laid on special preparation techniques and conditions for live imaging, although all preparations can be used for fixed tissue immunohistochemistry.

إعداد وتطوير الكبار ذبابة الفاكهة الأمخاخ والشبكية للتصوير لايف

The Drosophila brain and visual system are widely utilized model systems to study neuronal development, function and degeneration. Here we show three ...

Dissection of Oenocytes from Adult Drosophila melanogaster

In Drosophila melanogaster, as in other insects, a waxy layer on the outer surface of the cuticle, composed primarily of hydrocarbon compounds, provides protection against desiccation and other environmental challenges. Several of these cuticular hydrocarbon (CHC) compounds also function as semiochemical signals, and as such mediate pheromonal communications between members of the same species, or in some instances between different species, and influence behavior. Specialized cells referred to as oenocytes are regarded as the primary site for CHC synthesis. However, relatively little is known regarding the involvement of the oenocytes in the regulation of the biosynthetic, transport, and deposition pathways contributing to CHC output. Given the significant role that CHCs play in several aspects of insect biology, including chemical communication, desiccation resistance, and immunity, it is important to gain a greater understanding of the molecular and genetic regulation of CHC production within these specialized cells. The adult oenocytes of D. melanogaster are located within the abdominal integument, and are metamerically arrayed in ribbon-like clusters radiating along the inner cuticular surface of each abdominal segment. In this video article we demonstrate a dissection technique used for the preparation of oenocytes from adult D. melanogaster. Specifically, we provide a detailed step-by-step demonstration of (1) how to fillet prepare an adult Drosophila abdomen, (2) how to identify the oenocytes and discern them from other tissues, and (3) how to remove intact oenocyte clusters from the abdominal integument. A brief experimental illustration of how this preparation can be used to examine the expression of genes involved in hydrocarbon synthesis is included. The dissected preparation demonstrated herein will allow for the detailed molecular and genetic analysis of oenocyte function in the adult fruit fly.

Dissection of Oenocytes from Adult Drosophila melanogaster

In insects, the oenocytes produce cuticular hydrocarbon compounds. These compounds protect against desiccation and facilitate chemical communication. Here we demonstrate a dissection technique used to isolate the oenocytes from adult Drosophila melanogaster, and illustrate how this preparation can be utilized to study genes involved in hydrocarbon synthesis.

تشريح Oenocytes من الكبار ذبابة الفاكهة السوداء البطن</em

In Drosophila melanogaster, as in other insects, a waxy layer on the outer surface of the cuticle, composed primarily of hydrocarbon compounds, provides ...

DNA Extraction from Paraffin Embedded Material for Genetic and Epigenetic Analyses

Disease development and progression are characterized by frequent genetic and epigenetic aberrations including chromosomal rearrangements, copy number gains and losses and DNA methylation. Advances in high-throughput, genome-wide profiling technologies, such as microarrays, have significantly improved our ability to identify and detect these specific alterations. However as technology continues to improve, a limiting factor remains sample quality and availability. Furthermore, follow-up clinical information and disease outcome are often collected years after the initial specimen collection. Specimens, typically formalin-fixed and paraffin embedded (FFPE), are stored in hospital archives for years to decades. DNA can be efficiently and effectively recovered from paraffin-embedded specimens if the appropriate method of extraction is applied. High quality DNA extracted from properly preserved and stored specimens can support quantitative assays for comparisons of normal and diseased tissues and generation of genetic and epigenetic signatures 1. To extract DNA from paraffin-embedded samples, tissue cores or microdissected tissue are subjected to xylene treatment, which dissolves the paraffin from the tissue, and then rehydrated using a series of ethanol washes. Proteins and harmful enzymes such as nucleases are subsequently digested by proteinase K. The addition of lysis buffer, which contains denaturing agents such as sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS), facilitates digestion 2. Nucleic acids are purified from the tissue lysate using buffer-saturated phenol and high speed centrifugation which generates a biphasic solution. DNA and RNA remain in the upper aqueous phase, while proteins, lipids and polysaccharides are sequestered in the inter- and organic-phases respectively. Retention of the aqueous phase and repeated phenol extractions generates a clean sample. Following phenol extractions, RNase A is added to eliminate contaminating RNA. Additional phenol extractions following incubation with RNase A are used to remove any remaining enzyme. The addition of sodium acetate and isopropanol precipitates DNA, and high speed centrifugation is used to pellet the DNA and facilitate isopropanol removal. Excess salts carried over from precipitation can interfere with subsequent enzymatic assays, but can be removed from the DNA by washing with 70% ethanol, followed by centrifugation to re-pellet the DNA 3. DNA is re-suspended in distilled water or the buffer of choice, quantified and stored at -20&deg;C. Purified DNA can subsequently be used in downstream applications which include, but are not limited to, PCR, array comparative genomic hybridization 4 (array CGH), methylated DNA Immunoprecipitation (MeDIP) and sequencing, allowing for an integrative analysis of tissue/tumor samples.

This video demonstrates the protocol for DNA extraction from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded material. This is a multi-day procedure in which tissue sections are deparaffinized with xylene, rehydrated with ethanol and treated with proteinase K to purify and isolate DNA for subsequent gene-specific or genome-wide analysis.

استخراج الحمض النووي من مادة البارافين جزءا لا يتجزأ من التحليلات الجينية واللا جيني

Disease development and progression are characterized by frequent genetic and epigenetic aberrations including chromosomal rearrangements, copy number ...

Preparation of Adult Drosophila Eyes for Thin Sectioning and Microscopic Analysis

Drosophila has long been used as model system to study development, mainly due to the ease with which it is genetically tractable. Over the years, a plethora of mutant strains and technical tricks have been developed to allow sophisticated questions to be asked and answered in a reasonable amount of time. Fundamental insight into the interplay of components of all known major signaling pathways has been obtained in forward and reverse genetic Drosophila studies. The fly eye has proven to be exceptionally well suited for mutational analysis, since, under laboratory conditions, flies can survive without functional eyes. Furthermore, the surface of the insect eye is composed of some 800 individual unit eyes (facets or ommatidia) that form a regular, smooth surface when looked at under a dissecting microscope. Thus, it is easy to see whether a mutation might affect eye development or growth by externally looking for the loss of the smooth surface ('rough eye' phenotype; Fig. 1) or overall eye size, respectively (for examples of screens based on external eye morphology see e.g.1). Subsequent detailed analyses of eye phenotypes require fixation, plastic embedding and thin-sectioning of adult eyes.
The Drosophila eye develops from the so-called eye imaginal disc, a bag of epithelial cells that proliferate and differentiate during larval and pupal stages (for review see e.g. 2). Each ommatidium consists of 20 cells, including eight photoreceptors (PR or R-cells; Fig. 2), four lens-secreting cone cells, pigment cells ('hexagon' around R-cell cluster) and a bristle. The photoreceptors of each ommatidium, most easily identified by their light sensitive organelles, the rhabdomeres, are organized in a trapezoid made up of the six "outer" (R1-6) and two "inner" photoreceptors (R7/8; R8 [Fig. 2] is underneath R7 and thus only seen in sections from deeper areas of the eye). The trapezoid of each facet is precisely aligned with those of its neighbors and the overall anteroposterior and dorsoventral axes of the eye (Fig. 3A). In particular, the ommatidia of the dorsal and ventral (black and red arrows, respectively) halves of the eye are mirror images of each other and correspond to two chiral forms established during planar cell polarity signaling (for review see e.g. 3).
The method to generate semi-thin eye sections (such as those presented in Fig. 3) described here is slightly modified from the one originally described by Tomlinson and Ready4. It allows the morphological analysis of all cells except for the transparent cone cells. In addition, the pigment of R-cells (blue arrowheads in Fig. 2 and 3) can be used as a cell-autonomous marker for the genotype of a R-cell, thus genetic requirements of genes in a subset of R-cells can readily be determined5,6.

Preparation of Adult Drosophila Eyes for Thin Sectioning and Microscopic Analysis

A standard approach to prepare adult Drosophila eyes for semi-thin sectioning and light microscopic analysis is presented here. The protocol can be used for gross morphological analysis of eye defects, or with the indicated adjustments can be used to determine genetic requirements of genes in specific cell types of the eye (e.g. clonal analysis of photoreceptors) or for electron microscopic analysis.

إعداد الكبار ذبابة الفاكهة لعيون Sectioning رقيقة والتحليل المجهري

Drosophila has long been used as model system to study development, mainly due to the ease with which it is genetically tractable. Over the years, a ...

Proteomic Sample Preparation from Formalin Fixed and Paraffin Embedded Tissue

Preserved clinical material is a unique source for proteomic investigation of human disorders. Here we describe an optimized protocol allowing large scale quantitative analysis of formalin fixed and paraffin embedded (FFPE) tissue. The procedure comprises four distinct steps. The first one is the preparation of sections from the FFPE material and microdissection of cells of interest. In the second step the isolated cells are lysed and processed using 'filter aided sample preparation' (FASP) technique. In this step, proteins are depleted from reagents used for the sample lysis and are digested in two-steps using endoproteinase LysC and trypsin. 
After each digestion, the peptides are collected in separate fractions and their content is determined using a highly sensitive fluorescence measurement. Finally, the peptides are fractionated on 'pipette-tip' microcolumns. The LysC-peptides are separated into 4 fractions whereas the tryptic peptides are separated into 2 fractions. In this way prepared samples allow analysis of proteomes from minute amounts of material to a depth of 10,000 proteins. Thus, the described workflow is a powerful technique for studying diseases in a system-wide-fashion as well as for identification of potential biomarkers and drug targets.

Archival formalin fixed and paraffin embedded (FFPE) clinical samples are valuable material for investigation of diseases. Here we demonstrate a sample preparation workflow allowing in-depth proteomic analysis of microdissected FFPE tissue.

إعداد نموذج البروتين من الفورمالين الثابتة والبارافين جزءا لا يتجزأ من نسيج

Preserved clinical material is a unique source for proteomic investigation of human disorders. Here we describe an optimized protocol allowing large scale ...

qPCR Is a Sensitive and Rapid Method for Detection of Cytomegaloviral DNA in Formalin-fixed, Paraffin-embedded Biopsy Tissue

It is crucial to identify cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract of immunosuppressed patients, given their greater risk for developing severe infection. Many laboratory methods for the detection of CMV infection have been developed, including serology, viral culture, and molecular methods. Often, these methods reflect systemic involvement with CMV and do not specifically identify local tissue involvement. Therefore, detection of CMV infection in the GI tract is frequently done by traditional histology of biopsy tissue. Hematoxylin and eosin (H&#38;E) staining in conjunction with immunohistochemistry (IHC) have remained the mainstays of examining these biopsies. H&#38;E and IHC sometimes result in atypical (equivocal) staining patterns, making interpretation difficult. It was shown that quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) for CMV can successfully be performed on formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) biopsy tissue for very high sensitivity and specificity. The goal of this protocol is to demonstrate how to perform qPCR testing for the detection of CMV in FFPE biopsy tissue in a clinical laboratory setting. This method is likely to be of great benefit for patients in cases of equivocal staining for CMV in GI biopsies.

This protocol describes qPCR detection of cytomegalovirus in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded biopsy tissue, which is rapid, sensitive, specific, and useful for interpreting equivocal hematoxylin and eosin or immunohistochemical staining patterns.

QPCR هو أسلوب حساس وسريع للكشف عن الحمض النووي من Cytomegaloviral في الفورمالين الثابتة، جزءا لا يتجزأ من البارافين-الأنسجة خزعة

It is crucial to identify cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract of immunosuppressed patients, given their greater risk for ...

Indirect Immunofluorescence on Frozen Sections of Mouse Mammary Gland

Indirect immunofluorescence is used to detect and locate proteins of interest in a tissue. The protocol presented here describes a complete and simple method for the immune detection of proteins, the mouse lactating mammary gland being taken as an example. A protocol for the preparation of the tissue samples, especially concerning the dissection of mouse mammary gland, tissue fixation and frozen tissue sectioning, are detailed. A standard protocol to perform indirect immunofluorescence, including an optional antigen retrieval step, is also presented. The observation of the labeled tissue sections as well as image acquisition and post-treatments are also stated. This procedure gives a full overview, from the collection of animal tissue to the cellular localization of a protein. Although this general method can be applied to other tissue samples, it should be adapted to each tissue/primary antibody couple studied.

The indirect immunofluorescence protocol described in this article allows the detection and the localization of proteins in the mouse mammary gland. A complete method is given to prepare mammary gland samples, to perform immunohistochemistry, to image the tissue sections by fluorescence microscopy, and to reconstruct images.

المناعي غير المباشر على أقسام المجمدة من الماوس الغدة الثديية

Indirect immunofluorescence is used to detect and locate proteins of interest in a tissue. The protocol presented here describes a complete and simple ...

Employing Digital Droplet PCR to Detect BRAF V600E Mutations in Formalin-fixed Paraffin-embedded Reference Standard Cell Lines

ddPCR is a highly sensitive PCR method that utilizes a water-oil emulsion system. Using a droplet generator, an extracted nucleic acid sample is partitioned into ~20,000 nano-sized, water-in-oil droplets, and PCR amplification occurs in individual droplets. The ddPCR approach is in identifying sequence mutations, copy number alterations, and select structural rearrangements involving targeted genes. Here, we demonstrate the use of ddPCR as a powerful technique for precisely quantitating rare BRAF V600E mutations in FFPE reference standard cell lines, which is helpful in identifying individuals with cancer. In conclusion, ddPCR technique offers the potential to precisely profile the specific rare mutations in different genes in various types of FFPE samples.

The goal of this video is to demonstrate how to perform&#160;automated DNA extraction from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) reference standard cell lines and digital droplet PCR&#160;(ddPCR) analysis to detect rare mutations in a clinical setting. Detecting mutations in FFPE samples demonstrates the clinical utility of ddPCR in FFPE samples.