Name: a method for production of recombinant mcd1d protein in insect cells.
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<p class="jove_step">I. Thaw the Cells</p>
<p class="jove_content">Take the frozen vial of TN5 cells, and thaw it in a 37&deg;C water bath. Add 5ml of insect Express medium (Invitrogen, catalog number-10486) in 25cm<sup>2 </sup>T.C flask. Note that Express five comes without Glutamine; need to add 10ml of 100X glutamine pen strep or Glutamine alone to 1 lt media. Add TN5 cells into it and incubate for 30 minutes in a 27&deg;C incubator. Then, aspirate the medium with DMSO gently without disturbing the cells attached to the bottom of flask. Add ...

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<p class="jove_content">In this procedure, it is shown how to initiate, grow, infect  Insect  cells and how to titer the baculovirus using these cells. The most important aspects of this procedure are maintenance of cells and to know the exact titer of baculovirus. Once you have  generated CD1 tetramers, they can be used as a powerful tool for analysis of glycolipid  reactive T cells.  Baculovirus systems are also used widely to produce recombinant proteins, including MHC class II tetramers so this  procedure has  a much wider applicability.</p>

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<td>Express Five SFM</td>
<td> Serum Free Medium</td>
<td>Invitrogen</td>
<td>10486025</td>
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<td>High Five TM</td>
<td> Insect Cells</td>
<td>Invitrogen</td>
<td>B855-02</td>
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<td>Glutamine Pen strep</td>
<td>Antibiotics</td>
<td>Invitrogen</td>
<td>10378-016</td>
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<td>25cm2 TC Flask</td>
<td> Plastic</td>
<td>Fisher</td>
<td>10-126-28</td>
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<td>175 cm2 TC Flask</td>
<td> Plug seal flask</td>
<td>Fisher</td>
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<td>Fisher</td>
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<td>Millipore</td>
<td>UFC 903096</td>
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<td>FPLC equipment</td>
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<td>GE Healthcare</td>
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<td>BrA Enzyme and Buffer</td>
<td> Biotinylation Kit</td>
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<td>His Tag Protein Purification Column</td>
<td>GE Healthcare</td>
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<td> To get Rod of Salt from Protein</td>
<td>GE Healthcare</td>
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<td>GE Healthcare</td>
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<td>S200 Column</td>
<td> Size Exclusion Chromatography</td>
<td>GE Healthcare</td>
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<td>alpha-Galcer</td>
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a method for production of recombinant mcd1d protein in insect cells.

<p class="jove_content">CD1 proteins constitute a third class of antigen-presenting molecules. They are cell surface glycoproteins, expressed as approximately 50-kDa glycosylated heavy chains that are noncovalently associated with beta2-microglobulin. They bind lipids rather than peptides. Although their structure confirms the similarity of CD1 proteins to MHC class I and class II antigen presenting molecules, the mCD1d groove is relatively narrow, deep, and highly hydrophobic and it has two binding pockets instead of the several shallow pockets described for the classical MHC-encoded antigen-presenting molecules. Based upon their amino acid sequences, such a hydrobphobic groove provides an ideal environment for the binding of lipid antigens. </p><p class="jove_content">The Natural Killer T (NKT) cells use their TCR to recognize glycolipids bound to or presented by CD1d. T cells reactive to lipids presented by CD1 have been involved in  the protection against  autoimmune and infectious diseases and in tumor rejection. Thus, the ability to identify, purify , and track the response of CD1-reactive NKT cell is of  great importance . The generation of tetramers of alpha Galactosyl ceramide (a-Galcer) with CD1d has significant insight into the biology of NKT cells. Tetramers constructed from other CD1 molecules have also been generated  and these new reagents have greatly expanded the knowledge of the functions of lipid-reactive T cells, with potential use in monitoring the response to lipid-based vaccines and in the diagnosis of autoimmune diseases and other treatments.</p>

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A Method For Production of Recombinant mCD1d Protein in Insect Cells.

<p class="jove_content">A Method to prepare Insect cells and infect them with baculovirus for the the purpose of production of recombinant mCD1d  proteinand generating mCD1d tetramers.</p>

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