Name: extraction and analysis of cortisol from human and monkey hair
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Agradecemos Kymberlee O&#39;Brien, Celia Moore y Edward Tronick (Departamento de Psicología de la Universidad de Massachusetts, Boston) para proporcionar las muestras de cabello humano analizados en este estudio, y Stephen Suomi y Amanda Dettmer (Laboratorio de Etología Comparada, NICHD) para proporcionando las muestras de pelo de mono rhesus. El desarrollo inicial y el uso continuo de este método ha sido apoyado por el NIH RR11122 a MAN

1. Recogida y almacenamiento <ol><li> Pelo humano <ol><li> Asegure toda la longitud del cabello a ser muestreada (hasta un lápiz de ancho de diámetro) con una banda de goma o clip. Cortar el pelo tan cerca del cuero cabelludo como sea posible (teniendo cuidado de no cortar la piel) con unas tijeras limpias. Nota: El área de muestreo estándar es el vértice posterior del cráneo. </li><li> Algunos investigadores han informado de una disminución en los niveles de CORT cabello humanos con la distancia desde el cuero...

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El procedimiento CORT cabello descrito anteriormente es fácil de realizar, es relativamente barata, hace uso de productos químicos fácilmente disponibles, reactivos y suministros, y se necesita un equipo que, con una excepción, es probable que esté presente en un laboratorio de análisis típico. La excepción es un aparato de trituración tal como un molino de bolas o mini-BeadBeater. Tomamos nota de que algunos grupos de investigación pelos en muestras de cabello en fragmentos pequeños de aproximadamente 1 mm d...

Medición de CORT en el plasma, la saliva, o de vez en cuando en la orina o las heces se ha utilizado como un índice de estrés fisiológico desde el descubrimiento de Selye de la función del eje HPA en el estrés 1. Aunque numerosos trabajos se han publicado en relación actividad HPA a situaciones de estrés agudo, el campo se ha visto obstaculizado por la falta de un índice simple y fiable de estrés fisiológico crónica. Este problema surge porque el plasma y saliva tanto rendimiento estima &quot;punto&quot; de la actividad HPA que están sujetos a variación circadiana y puede ser confundida por las perturbaciones ambientales. Muestras urinarias y fecales producen mediciones de CORT y / o eliminación de los metabolitos que abarcan un número de horas hasta un día completo en algunos casos. Colección de muestras múltiples utilizando cualquiera de estas matrices puede proporcionar un índice compuesto en bruto de los niveles de CORT lo largo del tiempo, sin embargo, ninguno de estos enfoques proporciona un índice verdaderamente a largo plazo de la actividad HPA y la capacidad de respuesta de este SYdetener a los factores estresantes crónicos. Medición de CORT en el cabello ha comenzado a llenar esta importante necesidad en la literatura estrés. Los estudios iniciales realizados por varios laboratorios demostraron la presencia de CORT en el cabello humano, pero no investigaron si los niveles de CORT pelo cambian en función de la tensión 2. A medida que nuestro laboratorio ha estado interesado desde hace muchos años en la regulación del eje HPA mono rhesus por diversos factores sociales y de comportamiento 3, nos propusimos establecer y validar métodos para la extracción y el análisis de pelo de mono rhesus 4. Basado en la premisa de que CORT transmisión sanguínea se incorpora lentamente y de forma continua en el crecimiento del cabello, el propósito de este nuevo método era utilizar niveles de CORT derivado del pelo como un índice integrado de la actividad HPA durante períodos de semanas o meses. Se han encontrado varios problemas metodológicos en la elaboración del presente protocolo. En primer lugar, los estudios anteriores habían demostrado que pequeñas cantidades of circulantes CORT se excretan en el sudor y el sebo, por lo que podría cubrir el exterior del eje del pelo 2. A fin de eliminar este potencial factor de confusión, hemos desarrollado un procedimiento de lavado suave que aparece para eliminar CORT externo mientras que tiene un efecto mínimo en CORT presente dentro del eje del pelo que crece. Por lo tanto, el pelo mono sometido a este procedimiento (es decir, de dos lavados de 3 minutos con isopropanol) perdió aproximadamente 7-8% del contenido total de CORT pelo, y un tercio de lavado elimina menos de 1% más esteroides de la muestra 4. No parece haber más CORT externa en el cabello humano, ya que el mismo procedimiento elimina un promedio de 27% de contenido total de Cort de las muestras (K. Rosenberg y J. Meyer, no publicado). Al igual que el pelo de mono, sin embargo, un lavado adicional contenía mucho menos CORT (alrededor del 7%) que los dos primeros lavados. Por lo tanto, los resultados de ambos mono y el cabello humano apoyan el argumento de que la mayoría (si no todos) CORT externa se puede quitar mientras se mantiene una fracción importanteción de CORT dentro de la matriz del pelo interno. En segundo lugar, nuestros estudios piloto mostraron también que la molienda del pelo antes de la extracción aumentado significativamente la recuperación Cort de la muestra, presumiblemente mediante la ruptura abierta la compleja matriz proteínica del eje del pelo, así como aumentar el área de superficie disponible para la penetración de disolvente. Dos métodos de molienda se desarrollaron diferentes, cada uno con ventajas y desventajas. Método 1, que utiliza un molino de bolas, tiene la ventaja de producir el polvo más fino. Sin embargo, un molino de bolas es un elemento de un equipo relativamente caro y, si se usa con recipientes de molienda y bolas estándar, que es capaz de moler sólo dos muestras a la vez. Las muestras pequeñas también son difíciles de procesar usando un molino de bolas con recipientes de molienda estándar. Método 2, que utiliza un BeadBeater, es menos eficaz en su capacidad de molienda. Como resultado, la recuperación media CORT es de aproximadamente 10% inferior utilizando este método en comparación con el molino de bolas (datos no publicados). Por otro lado, un BeadBeateres considerablemente menos caro que un molino de bolas, 16-24 muestras se pueden moler a la vez, dependiendo del modelo, y el método es muy adecuado para muestras pequeñas. Debido a la recuperación diferencial mencionado anteriormente, es aconsejable utilizar el mismo método de molienda para todas las muestras dentro de un estudio particular. Una vez que se han procesado las muestras de cabello, que se extraen con metanol y CORT en los extractos se analizaron por medio de un kit de EIA comercial sensible y específica originalmente diseñado para medir CORT salival. Los procedimientos de extracción y ensayo fueron validados en parte mediante la demostración de que las diluciones seriadas de los extractos de las muestras de pelo de mono produjeron lecturas paralelas a EIA de cerca las lecturas obtenidas de los estándares CORT auténticos. A continuación, mostramos que CORT pelo (además de plasma y CORT salival) fue sensible a la importante factor estresante vida de una reubicación administrativamente mandato de los monos a los nuevos cuartos de vivienda 4,5. La present documento ofrece una descripción detallada de los métodos que se utilizan de forma rutinaria en nuestro laboratorio para procesar las muestras de cabello humano y del mono y extraer y analizar CORT de tales muestras.

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			<td height="21" style="height:21px;width:316px;">HPLC-grade isopropanol</td>
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			<td style="width:119px;">A451</td>
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			<td style="width:116px;">Salimetrics</td>
			<td style="width:119px;">1-3002</td>
			<td>See manufacturer&#39;s kit insert for information on assay sensitivity and specificity</td>
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			<td height="21" style="height:21px;">15-ml polypropylene screw-cap centrifuge tubes</td>
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			<td>10-9151</td>
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			<td height="21" style="height:21px;width:316px;">1.5-ml Safe-Lock microcentrifuge tubes</td>
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			<td style="width:119px;">05-402-25</td>
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			<td height="21" style="height:21px;width:316px;">2.0-ml Safe-Lock microcentrifuge tubes</td>
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			<td style="width:119px;">05-402-7</td>
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			<td style="width:116px;">Retsch</td>
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			<td style="width:116px;">Retsch</td>
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			<td height="21" style="height:21px;">Benchtop centrifuge for microcentrifuge tubes</td>
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			<td>13-100-675</td>
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			<td style="width:116px;">Retsch</td>
			<td style="width:119px;">20.746.0001</td>
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			<td>607</td>
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			<td height="21" style="height:21px;">Savant DNA Speedvac</td>
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extraction and analysis of cortisol from human and monkey hair

La hormona del estrés cortisol (CORT) se incorpora lentamente en el eje del pelo que crece de los seres humanos, primates no humanos, y otros mamíferos. Hemos desarrollado y validado un método para la extracción y el análisis de CORT pelo de mono rhesus y posteriormente adaptado este método para su uso con el pelo del cuero cabelludo humano. En contraste con CORT &quot;muestras puntuales&quot; obtenidos a partir de plasma o saliva, pelo CORT proporciona una medida integrada de la actividad del sistema hipotálamo-pituitaria-adrenocortical (HPA), y por lo tanto el estrés fisiológico, durante el período de incorporación de la hormona. Dado que el cabello del cuero cabelludo humano crece a una tasa promedio de 1 cm / mes, los niveles de CORT obtenidos a partir de segmentos de cabello varias cm de longitud potencialmente pueden servir como un biomarcador de estrés experimentado durante varios meses. En nuestro método, cada muestra de cabello se lava primero dos veces en isopropanol para eliminar cualquier Cort de la parte exterior del eje del pelo que se ha depositado por el sudor o el sebo. Después del secado, lala muestra se muele a un polvo fino para romper la matriz de proteína del cabello y aumentar el área de superficie para la extracción. CORT desde el interior del eje del pelo se extrajo en metanol, el metanol se evaporó, y el extracto se reconstituyó en tampón de ensayo. Extraídas Cort, junto con los estándares y controles de calidad, se analiza a continuación, por medio de un inmunoensayo enzimático disponible comercialmente sensible y específica (EIA) del kit. Lectura de la EIA se convierte a CORT pg por mg de peso de pelo en polvo. Este método se ha utilizado en nuestro laboratorio para analizar CORT cabello en los seres humanos, varias especies de monos macacos, monos tití, perros y osos polares. Muchos estudios, tanto de nuestro laboratorio y de otros grupos de investigación han demostrado la amplia aplicabilidad de CORT pelo para evaluar la exposición al estrés crónico en natural, así como la configuración de laboratorio.

La figura 1 muestra la copia impresa de un conjunto representativo de muestras de cabello humano (varón adulto y sujetos humanos femeninos) procesado utilizando el método 2 de molienda y extracción. Los programas informáticos se utilizó para generar la salida de datos y para adaptarse a una curva sigmoidal de 4 parámetros a los estándares Cort (Figura 2). Los CV entre pocillos de esta placa variaron desde 0,01 hasta 5,73%, con un promedio de CV intraensayo de 1.34%. El CV inter-e...

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Extraction and Analysis of Cortisol from Human and Monkey Hair

El cortisol (CORT) se acumula en el eje del pelo cada vez mayor de los seres humanos y los primates no humanos. Se describen métodos para la extracción y el análisis de CORT cabello con alta precisión y sensibilidad. Medición de pelo CORT está particularmente bien adaptado para la evaluación de estrés crónico durante períodos de semanas a meses.

Extracción y análisis de cortisol de Derechos Humanos y de mono de pelo

The stress hormone cortisol (CORT) is slowly incorporated into the growing hair shaft of humans, nonhuman primates, and other mammals. We developed and ...

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Extraction of High Molecular Weight Genomic DNA from Soils and Sediments

The soil microbiome is a vast and relatively unexplored reservoir of genomic diversity and metabolic innovation that is intimately associated with nutrient and energy flow within terrestrial ecosystems. Cultivation-independent environmental genomic, also known as metagenomic, approaches promise unprecedented access to this genetic information with respect to pathway reconstruction and functional screening for high value therapeutic and biomass conversion processes. However, the soil microbiome still remains a challenge largely due to the difficulty in obtaining high molecular weight DNA of sufficient quality for large insert library production. Here we introduce a protocol for extracting high molecular weight, microbial community genomic DNA from soils and sediments. The quality of isolated genomic DNA is ideal for constructing large insert environmental genomic libraries for downstream sequencing and screening applications. 
The procedure starts with cell lysis. Cell walls and membranes of microbes are lysed by both mechanical (grinding) and chemical forces (&beta;-mercaptoethanol). Genomic DNA is then isolated using extraction buffer, chloroform-isoamyl alcohol and isopropyl alcohol. The buffers employed for the lysis and extraction steps include guanidine isothiocyanate and hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) to preserve the integrity of the high molecular weight genomic DNA. Depending on your downstream application, the isolated genomic DNA can be further purified using cesium chloride (CsCl) gradient ultracentrifugation, which reduces impurities including humic acids. The first procedure, extraction, takes approximately 8 hours, excluding DNA quantification step. The CsCl gradient ultracentrifugation, is a two days process. During the entire procedure, genomic DNA should be treated gently to prevent shearing, avoid severe vortexing, and repetitive harsh pipetting.

A methodology to isolate high molecular weight and high quality genomic DNA from soil microbial community is described.

La extracción de ADN de alta molecular genómico de peso de los suelos y los sedimentos

The soil microbiome is a vast and relatively unexplored reservoir of genomic diversity and metabolic innovation that is intimately associated with ...

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A Noninvasive Hair Sampling Technique to Obtain High Quality DNA from Elusive Small Mammals

Noninvasive genetic sampling approaches are becoming increasingly important to study wildlife populations. A number of studies have reported using noninvasive sampling techniques to investigate population genetics and demography of wild populations1. This approach has proven to be especially useful when dealing with rare or elusive species2. While a number of these methods have been developed to sample hair, feces and other biological material from carnivores and medium-sized mammals, they have largely remained untested in elusive small mammals. In this video, we present a novel, inexpensive and noninvasive hair snare targeted at an elusive small mammal, the American pika (Ochotona princeps). We describe the general set-up of the hair snare, which consists of strips of packing tape arranged in a web-like fashion and placed along travelling routes in the pikas&#x2019; habitat. We illustrate the efficiency of the snare at collecting a large quantity of hair that can then be collected and brought back to the lab. We then demonstrate the use of the DNA IQ system (Promega) to isolate DNA and showcase the utility of this method to amplify commonly used molecular markers including nuclear microsatellites, amplified fragment length polymorphisms (AFLPs), mitochondrial sequences (800bp) as well as a molecular sexing marker. Overall, we demonstrate the utility of this novel noninvasive hair snare as a sampling technique for wildlife population biologists. We anticipate that this approach will be applicable to a variety of small mammals, opening up areas of investigation within natural populations, while minimizing impact to study organisms.

We present a noninvasive sampling approach to efficiently collect hair samples from elusive small mammals, as shown for the American pika. We demonstrate the utility of this method by extracting DNA from sampled hair and amplifying several types of molecular markers commonly used in studies of wildlife ecology and conservation.

Un cabello no invasiva técnica de muestreo para obtener ADN de alta calidad de esquiva Pequeños Mamíferos

Noninvasive genetic sampling approaches are becoming increasingly important to study wildlife populations. A number of studies have reported using ...

Rapid Genetic Analysis of Epithelial-Mesenchymal Signaling During Hair Regeneration

Hair follicle morphogenesis, a complex process requiring interaction between epithelia-derived keratinocytes and the underlying mesenchyme, is an attractive model system to study organ development and tissue-specific signaling. Although hair follicle development is genetically tractable, fast and reproducible analysis of factors essential for this process remains a challenge. Here we describe a procedure to generate targeted overexpression or shRNA-mediated knockdown of factors using lentivirus in a tissue-specific manner. Using a modified version of a hair regeneration model 5, 6, 11, we can achieve robust gain- or loss-of-function analysis in primary mouse keratinocytes or dermal cells to facilitate study of epithelial-mesenchymal signaling pathways that lead to hair follicle morphogenesis. We describe how to isolate fresh primary mouse keratinocytes and dermal cells, which contain dermal papilla cells and their precursors, deliver lentivirus containing either shRNA or cDNA to one of the cell populations, and combine the cells to generate fully formed hair follicles on the backs of nude mice. This approach allows analysis of tissue-specific factors required to generate hair follicles within three weeks and provides a fast and convenient companion to existing genetic models.

Tissue-specific analysis of a hair follicle regeneration model using lentivirus to mediate gain- or loss-of-function.

El análisis genético rápido de epitelio-mesenquimal de señalización durante la regeneración del cabello

Hair follicle morphogenesis, a complex process requiring interaction between epithelia-derived keratinocytes and the underlying mesenchyme, is an ...

Prostaglandin Extraction and Analysis in Caenorhabditis elegans

Caenorhabditis elegans is emerging as a powerful animal model to study the biology of lipids1-9. Prostaglandins are an important class of eicosanoids, which are lipid signals derived from polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs)10-14. These signalling molecules are difficult to study because of their low abundance and reactive nature. The characteristic feature of prostaglandins is a cyclopentane ring structure located within the fatty acid backbone. In mammals, prostaglandins can be formed through cyclooxygenase enzyme-dependent and -independent pathways10,15. C. elegans synthesizes a wide array of prostaglandins independent of cyclooxygenases6,16,17. A large class of F-series prostaglandins has been identified, but the study of eicosanoids is at an early stage with ample room for new discoveries. Here we describe a procedure for extracting and analyzing prostaglandins and other eicosanoids. Charged lipids are extracted from mass worm cultures using a liquid-liquid extraction technique and analyzed by liquid chromatography coupled to electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry (LC-ESI-MS/MS). The inclusion of deuterated analogs of prostaglandins, such as PGF2 &alpha;-d4 as an internal standard is recommended for quantitative analysis. Multiple reaction monitoring or MRM can be used to quantify and compare specific prostaglandin types between wild-type and mutant animals. Collision-induced decomposition or MS/MS can be used to obtain information on important structural features. Liquid chromatography mass spectrometry (LC-MS) survey scans of a selected mass range, such as m/z 315-360 can be used to evaluate global changes in prostaglandin levels. We provide examples of all three analyses. These methods will provide researchers with a toolset for discovering novel eicosanoids and delineating their metabolic pathways.

Prostaglandin Extraction and Analysis in Caenorhabditis elegans

In this paper, we describe an optimized procedure for extracting and analyzing prostaglandins and other eicosanoids from C. elegans using LC-MS/MS.

Extracción y análisis de prostaglandina en<em&gt; Caenorhabditis elegans</em

Caenorhabditis elegans is emerging as a powerful animal model to study the biology of lipids1-9. Prostaglandins are an important class of eicosanoids, ...

Extraction of Venom and Venom Gland Microdissections from Spiders for Proteomic and Transcriptomic Analyses

Venoms are chemically complex secretions typically comprising numerous proteins and peptides with varied physiological activities. Functional characterization of venom proteins has important biomedical applications, including the identification of drug leads or probes for cellular receptors. Spiders are the most species rich clade of venomous organisms, but the venoms of only a few species are well-understood, in part due to the difficulty associated with collecting minute quantities of venom from small animals. This paper presents a protocol for the collection of venom from spiders using electrical stimulation, demonstrating the procedure on the Western black widow (Latrodectus hesperus). The collected venom is useful for varied downstream analyses including direct protein identification via mass spectrometry, functional assays, and stimulation of venom gene expression for transcriptomic studies. This technique has the advantage over protocols that isolate venom from whole gland homogenates, which do not separate genuine venom components from cellular proteins that are not secreted as part of the venom. Representative results demonstrate the detection of known venom peptides from the collected sample using mass spectrometry. The venom collection procedure is followed by a protocol for dissecting spider venom glands, with results demonstrating that this leads to the characterization of venom-expressed proteins and peptides at the sequence level.

This article provides a protocol for the extraction of venom from spiders using electrical stimulation in order to 1) conduct proteomic characterization, 2) stimulate venom gland gene expression, and 3) perform functional studies of venoms. This is followed by a description of venom gland microdissections for gene expression studies.

La extracción del veneno y veneno glándula microdisecciones de arañas de Proteómica y análisis Transcriptomic

Venoms are chemically complex secretions typically comprising numerous proteins and peptides with varied physiological activities. Functional ...

A New Technique for Quantitative Analysis of Hair Loss in Mice Using Grayscale Analysis

Alopecia is a common form of hair loss which can occur in many different conditions, including male-pattern hair loss, polycystic ovarian syndrome, and alopecia areata. Alopecia can also occur as a side effect of chemotherapy in cancer patients. In this study, our goal was to develop a consistent and reliable method to quantify hair loss in mice, which will allow investigators to accurately assess and compare new therapeutic approaches for these various forms of alopecia. The method utilizes a standard gel imager to obtain and process images of mice, measuring the light absorption, which occurs in rough proportion to the amount of black (or gray) hair on the mouse. Data that has been quantified in this fashion can then be analyzed using standard statistical techniques (i.e., ANOVA, T-test). This methodology was tested in mouse models of chemotherapy-induced alopecia, alopecia areata and alopecia from waxing. In this report, the detailed protocol is presented for performing these measurements, including validation data from C57BL/6 and C3H/HeJ strains of mice. This new technique offers a number of advantages, including relative simplicity of application, reliance on equipment which is readily available in most research laboratories, and applying an objective, quantitative assessment which is more robust than subjective evaluations. Improvements in quantification of hair growth in mice will improve study of alopecia models and facilitate evaluation of promising new therapies in preclinical studies.

Alopecia is a common form of hair loss which can occur in many different conditions, including as a side-effect of chemotherapy. We have developed a method to quantify hair loss in mice, utilizing a standard gel imager to perform a grayscale analysis, to facilitate study of promising new alopecia therapies.

Una nueva técnica de análisis cuantitativos de la pérdida del pelo en ratones Uso del análisis de escala de grises

Alopecia is a common form of hair loss which can occur in many different conditions, including male-pattern hair loss, polycystic ovarian syndrome, and ...

Complete Workflow for Analysis of Histone Post-translational Modifications Using Bottom-up Mass Spectrometry: From Histone Extraction to Data Analysis

Nucleosomes are the smallest structural unit of chromatin, composed of 147 base pairs of DNA wrapped around an octamer of histone proteins. Histone function is mediated by extensive post-translational modification by a myriad of nuclear proteins. These modifications are critical for nuclear integrity as they regulate chromatin structure and recruit enzymes involved in gene regulation, DNA repair and chromosome condensation. Even though a large part of the scientific community adopts antibody-based techniques to characterize histone PTM abundance, these approaches are low throughput and biased against hypermodified proteins, as the epitope might be obstructed by nearby modifications. This protocol describes the use of nano liquid chromatography (nLC) and mass spectrometry (MS) for accurate quantification of histone modifications. This method is designed to characterize a large variety of histone PTMs and the relative abundance of several histone variants within single analyses. In this protocol, histones are derivatized with propionic anhydride followed by digestion with trypsin to generate peptides of 5 - 20 aa in length. After digestion, the newly exposed N-termini of the histone peptides are derivatized to improve chromatographic retention during nLC-MS. This method allows for the relative quantification of histone PTMs spanning four orders of magnitude.

This protocol outlines a fully integrated workflow for characterizing histone post-translational modifications using mass spectrometry (MS). The workflow includes histone purification from cell cultures or tissues, histone derivatization and digestion, MS analysis using nano-flow liquid chromatography and instructions for data analysis. The protocol is designed for completion within 2 - 3 days.

Flujo de trabajo completo para el análisis de las histonas modificaciones post-traduccionales El uso de espectrometría de masas de abajo hacia arriba: A partir de la histona Extracción de Análisis de Datos

Nucleosomes are the smallest structural unit of chromatin, composed of 147 base pairs of DNA wrapped around an octamer of histone proteins. Histone ...

Chromatin Extraction from Frozen Chimeric Liver Tissue for Chromatin Immunoprecipitation Analysis

Crosslinking Chromatin Immunoprecipitation (X-ChIP) is a widely used technique to assess levels of histone marks and occupancy of transcription factors on host and/or pathogen chromatin. Chromatin preparation from tissues creates additional challenges that need to be overcome to obtain reproducible and reliable protocols comparable to those used for cell culture. Tissue disruption and fixation are critical steps to achieve efficient shearing of chromatin. Coexistence of different cell types and clusters may also require different shearing times to reach optimal fragment size and hinders shearing reproducibility. The purpose of this method is to achieve reliable and reproducible host chromatin preparations from frozen tissue (liver) suitable for both ChIP-qPCR and next generation sequencing (NGS) applications. We observed that the combination of liquid nitrogen tissue pulverization followed by homogenization leads to increased reproducibility compared to homogenization only, since it provides a suspension consisting mostly of dissociated single cells that can be efficiently sheared. Moreover, the fixation step should be performed under mild rotation to provide homogeneous crosslinking. The fixed material is then suitable for buffer-based nuclei isolation, to reduce contamination of cytoplasmic protein and pathogen DNAs and RNAs (when applicable), avoiding time-consuming centrifugation gradients. Subsequent sonication will complete nuclear lysis and shear the chromatin, producing a specific size range according to the chosen shearing conditions. The size range should fall between 100 and 300 nt for NGS applications, while it could be higher (300-700 nt) for ChIP-qPCR analysis. Such protocol adaptations can greatly improve chromatin analyses from frozen tissue specimens.

This protocol focuses on chromatin preparation from snap frozen tissues and it is suitable for Crosslinking Chromatin Immunoprecipitation (X-ChIP) followed by either quantitative PCR analysis (X-ChIP-qPCR) or next generation sequencing approaches (X-ChIP-seq).

Extracción de cromatina del tejido hepático quimérico congelado para el análisis de inmunoprecipitación de la cromatina

Crosslinking Chromatin Immunoprecipitation (X-ChIP) is a widely used technique to assess levels of histone marks and occupancy of transcription factors on ...

Tissue Collection and RNA Extraction from the Human Osteoarthritic Knee Joint

Osteoarthritis (OA) is a chronic and degenerative joint disease most often affecting the knee. As there is currently no cure, total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is a common surgical intervention. Experiments using primary human OA tissues obtained from TKA provide the capability to investigate disease mechanisms ex vivo. While OA was previously thought to impact mainly the cartilage, it is now known to impact multiple tissues in the joint. This protocol describes patient selection, sample processing, tissue homogenization, RNA extraction, and quality control (based on RNA purity, integrity, and yield) from each of seven unique tissues to support disease mechanism investigation in the knee joint. With informed consent, samples were obtained from patients undergoing TKA for OA. Tissues were dissected, washed, and stored within 4 h of surgery by flash freezing for RNA or formalin fixation for histology. Collected tissues included articular cartilage, subchondral bone, meniscus, infrapatellar fat pad, anterior cruciate ligament, synovium, and vastus medialis oblique muscle. RNA extraction protocols were tested for each tissue type. The most significant modification involved the method of disintegration used for low-cell, high-matrix, hard tissues (considered as cartilage, bone, and meniscus) versus relatively high-cell, low-matrix, soft tissues (considered as fat pad, ligament, synovium, and muscle). It was found that pulverization was appropriate for hard tissues, and homogenization was appropriate for soft tissues. A proclivity for some subjects to yield higher RNA integrity number (RIN) values than other subjects consistently across multiple tissues was observed, suggesting that underlying factors such as disease severity may impact RNA quality. The ability to isolate high-quality RNA from primary human OA tissues provides a physiologically relevant model for sophisticated gene expression experiments, including sequencing, that can lead to clinical insights that are more readily translated to patients.

Primary tissues obtained from patients following total knee arthroplasty provide an experimental model for osteoarthritis research with maximal clinical translatability. This protocol describes how to identify, process, and isolate RNA from seven unique knee tissues to support mechanistic investigation in human osteoarthritis.

Recolección de tejidos y extracción de ARN de la articulación de la rodilla osteoartrítica humana

Osteoarthritis (OA) is a chronic and degenerative joint disease most often affecting the knee. As there is currently no cure, total knee arthroplasty ...

Extraction, Labeling, and Purification of Lineage-Specific Cells from Human Antral Follicles

The activation, growth, development, and maturation of oocytes is a complex process that is coordinated not just between multiple cell types of the ovary but also across multiple points of control within the hypothalamic/pituitary/ovarian circuit. Within the ovary, multiple specialized cell types grow in close association with the oocyte within the ovarian follicles. The biology of these cells has been well described at the later stages, when they are easily recovered as byproducts of assisted reproductive treatments. However, the in-depth analysis of small antral follicles isolated directly from the ovary is not commonly carried out due to the scarcity of human ovarian tissue and the limited access to the ovary in patients undergoing assisted reproductive treatments. 
These methods for processing whole ovaries for the cryopreservation of cortical strips with the concurrent identification/isolation of ovary resident cells enable the high-resolution analysis of the early stages of antral follicle development. We demonstrate protocols for isolating discrete cell types by treating antral follicles enzymatically and separating the granulosa, theca, endothelial, hematopoietic, and stromal cells. The isolation of cells from the antral follicles at various sizes and developmental stages enables the comprehensive analysis of the cellular and molecular mechanisms that drive follicle growth and ovarian physiology and provides a source of viable cells that can be cultured in vitro to recapitulate the follicle microenvironment.

Here, we present protocols for the identification and purification of ovarian cells from antral follicles. We elaborate on methods for processing whole ovaries for the cryopreservation of cortical strips while also harvesting intact antral follicles that are treated enzymatically to liberate multiple follicle resident cell types, including granulosa, theca, endothelial, hematopoietic, and stromal cells.

Extracción, etiquetado y purificación de células específicas del linaje de folículos antrales humanos

The activation, growth, development, and maturation of oocytes is a complex process that is coordinated not just between multiple cell types of the ovary ...