Name: biolistic transformation of a fluorescent tagged gene into the opportunistic fungal pathogen cryptococcus neoformans
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Dette arbejde blev støttet af priser fra National Science Foundation (Award # 0920274) og South Carolina Experiment Station Project SC-1700340. Dette papir isTechnical bidrag No. 6283 af Clemson University Experiment Station. Forfatterne takker Dr. Lukasz Kozubowski for hans nyttige råd i udviklingen af ​​denne endelige protokol og Dr. Cheryl Ingram-Smith, Katie Glenn, og Grace Kisirkoi for deres kritisk læsning af manuskriptet.

BEMÆRK: Den samlede ordning af denne protokol er skitseret i figur 1. 1. C. neoformans Forberedelse <ol><li> For hver transformation reaktion, vokser en 2-3 ml O / N-kulturen af C. neoformans i YPD-medium ved 30 ° C under omrystning ved 250 rpm. </li><li> Centrifugeres O / N-kulturen i 5 minutter ved 900 xg ved 10 ° C og supernatanten fjernes. </li><li> Resuspender hver cellepellet i 300 pi Yeast Peptone Dextrose (YPD) medium. </li><li> Anvendelse af g...

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Utilizing this protocol, biolistic transformation can be accomplished in which linear DNA is integrated into a desired locus in the Cryptococcus neoformans genome by homologous recombination. Certain steps in the protocol can have a dramatic effect on the effectiveness/efficiency of the transformation. For a successful transformation, it is imperative that the DNA utilized in the shoot has a concentration of at least 1 &#181;g. However, the volume of DNA added to the gold beads can be increased in the chance the...

Cryptococcus neoformans, an invasive opportunistic pathogen of the central nervous system, is the most frequent cause of fungal meningitis resulting in more than 625,000 deaths per year worldwide 1. Acetate has been shown to be a major fermentation product during cryptococcal infection 2,3,4, and genes encoding enzymes from three putative acetate-producing pathways have been shown to be upregulated during infection 5. This suggests that acetate production and transport may be a necessary and required part of the pathogenic process; however, the significance of this is not yet understood. One possible pathway for acetate production is the xylulose 5-phosphate/fructose 6-phosphate phosphoketolase (Xfp) - acetate kinase (Ack), a pathway previously thought to be present only in bacteria but recently identified in both euascomycete as well as basidiomycete fungi, including&#160;C. neoformans&#160;6.
To determine the localization of these enzymes of this pathway in the cell, a construct carrying a neomycin resistance gene downstream of an ACK gene fusion to the fluorescent tag mCherry (ACK:mCherry:Neo) will be introduced into C. neoformans using the well-established method of biolistic transformation 7,8. Although electroporation is an efficient method for transformation of plasmids that will be maintained as episomes into Cryptococcus 9, it is not useful in creating stable homologous transformants 8. Only&#160;biolistic&#160;delivery using a gene gun&#160;provides&#160;an effective means to transform&#160;linear&#160;DNAs&#160;that will be integrated into the genome by homologous recombination. For example, Edman et al. showed that of the transformants resulting from electroporation of a plasmid-borne URA5 selectable marker into C. neoformansura5 mutants, just 0.001 to 0.1% of transformants were stable 9. Chang et al. achieved just a 0.25% stable transformation efficiency using electroporation to reconstitute capsule production in an acapsular mutant 10. Unlike electroporation, biolistic transformation has been shown to result in stable transformation efficiency of 2-50% depending on the gene that is being altered 7,8,11. 
This visual experiment will provide a step-by-step demonstration of biolistic transformation of the linear ACK:mCherry:Neo DNA construct into C. neoformans, and will describe how to confirm its proper integration via homologous recombination into the&#160;ack&#160;locus. The protocol demonstrated here is a modification of the method developed in the Perfect laboratory 8.

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biolistic transformation of a fluorescent tagged gene into the opportunistic fungal pathogen cryptococcus neoformans

Den basidiomycete Cryptococcus neoformans, en invasiv opportunistisk patogen af centralnervesystemet, er den hyppigste årsag til svampe meningitis verdensplan resulterer i mere end 625.000 dødsfald om året på verdensplan. Selv elektroporering er blevet udviklet til transformation af plasmiderne i Cryptococcus kun biolistisk levering tilvejebringer et effektivt middel til at omdanne lineær DNA, som kan integreres i genomet ved homolog rekombination. Acetate har vist sig at være en stor fermenteringsprodukt under cryptococcal infektion, men betydningen af ​​dette er endnu ikke kendt. En bakteriel pathway bestående af enzymerne xylulose-5-phosphat / fructose-6-phosphat phosphoketolase (Xfp) og acetat kinase (ACK) er en af tre mulige veje for acetat produktion i C. neoformans. Her viser vi den biolistiske transformation af en konstruktion,som har genet, der koder Ack fusioneret til fluorescerende tag mCherry, i C. neoformans. Vi bekræfter derefter integration af ACK -mCherry fusion i ACK locus.

En vellykket biolistisk transformation af C. neoformans kan opnås ved at følge denne protokol ordning (figur 1). Med biolistisk transformation, er et vellykket shoot af de overtrukne guldperler angivet med en guld ring synlig på pladen efter DNA&#39;et er skudt (figur 2A). Kolonier skal vises inden for 4 til 5 dage, hvor efterladt ved stuetemperatur efter udpladning de udvundne celler fra YPD + 1M sorbitol plader på selektive medier. Omdannelse 2 ug DNA bør resultere i 20 ...

Watch this Scientific Journal Video about Biolistic Transformation of a Fluorescent Tagged Gene into the Opportunistic Fungal Pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans at JoVE.com

Biolistic Transformation of a Fluorescent Tagged Gene into the Opportunistic Fungal Pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans

Biolistisk transformation er en metode, der anvendes til at generere en stabil integration af DNA i genomet af de opportunistiske patogen Cryptococcus neoformans gennem homolog rekombination. Vi vil demonstrere biolistisk transformation af en konstruktion, som har genet, der koder acetat kinase fusioneret til fluorescerende tag mCherry i C. neoformans.

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