Name: extraction of hemocytes from drosophila melanogaster larvae for microbial infection and analysis
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Estamos agradecidos con el Dr. Robert Heinzen para proporcionar reservas de expresar mCherry burnetii de la coxiella. Agradecemos a Dr. Luis Teixeira para proporcionar virus iridiscente invertebrados 6 y el centro de Stock de Bloomington para proporcionar a las poblaciones de la mosca. Este proyecto fue financiado en parte por NIH subsidio R00 AI106963 (A.G.G.) y Universidad Estatal de Washington.

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<ol><li>Y aparatos<ol>
<li>Bajo condiciones estériles, preparar fresco Drosophila Hemocyte aislamiento medio (DHIM) que contiene de 75% Schneider Drosophila medio 25% suero bovino Fetal (FBS) y filtro de esterilización lo.</li>
		<li>Capa de 2-3 pedazos de la película de parafina 10 cm x 10 cm bajo un estereomicroscopio.</li>
		<li>Preparar el tubo capilar de vidrio. Ajuste el tirador capilar a 55% del máximo. Tire el tubo capilar a un punto agudo de aproximadamente ...

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Para entender mejor cómo se infectan las células del huésped, es importante aclarar la localización del patógeno en las células, especialmente cuando experimenta previamente patógeno y células tipo combinaciones4. Mientras que el estudio de la cascada de la respuesta celular después de la infección puede indicar invasión patógeno productiva, la combinación de datos de respuesta de imagen y celular es esencial para demostrar la infección y la invasión de patógenos. Mientras reportes...

Drosophila melanogaster es un organismo modelo bien establecido para el estudio de la inmunidad innata1. Durante la respuesta inmune innata, hemocitos juegan un papel importante en la respuesta al desafío de patógeno. Hemocitos son cruciales para el encapsulamiento de parásitos, así como tener una función importante en la lucha contra el patógeno a través de la acción fagocítica durante la infección por hongos, virales y bacterianas2,3.
Para mejor entender la respuesta inmune innata del hospedador a la infección microbiana patógena, es importante visualizar cómo el patógeno invade las células del huésped durante la infección. Esta visualización contribuye a una comprensión del mecanismo de invasión. Junto con los datos de localización intracelular del patógeno y la respuesta celular, estos datos pueden proporcionar pistas sobre la respuesta del huésped a la infección y los orgánulos celulares con los cuales interactúa el microbio. Por lo tanto, reconstrucción 3D modelo después de la proyección de imagen por microscopia puede ser útil para determinar la ubicación precisa de los patógenos en las células del huésped. En este estudio, visualizamos la invasión de Coxiella burnetii (C. burnetii), el agente causal de la fiebre Q, una enfermedad zoonótica que plantea una grave amenaza para la salud humana y animal, en primarias hemocitos de Drosophila . Recientemente, se demostró que la Drosophila son susceptibles al nivel de bioseguridad 2 fase nueve milla II (NMII) clon 4 cepa de C. burnetii y que esta cepa es capaz de replicarse en Drosophila4, indicando Drosophila puede utilizarse como un organismo modelo para estudiar la patogenesia de C. burnetii .
Estudios previos han utilizado hemocitos para examinar la respuesta inmunológica innata del hospedador. Hemocitos se han utilizado para observaciones morfológicas5,6,7, morfométricos análisis2,8, fagocitosis análisis2,3, qRT-PCR2 , 9, inmunoprecipitación10,11, análisis inmunofluorescente10,12, immunostaining13, immunoblotting3,10, 11 e immunohistochemistry9,14. Aunque las células S2 de Drosophila también están disponibles para varios experimentos en vitro , inmortalización y potencial infección viral existente cambian su comportamiento15,16. El uso de pilas en lugar de una línea celular inmortalizada, como células de S2, permite el estudio de la función inmune innata en un sistema más representativo de todo el organismo. Además, la infección de hemocitos en vivo, antes de la extracción, permite a las células interactuar con otras proteínas de host y el tejido, una ventaja sobre extracción de hemocitos antes infección ex vivo . Un número de diferentes métodos se han utilizado para obtener un número suficiente de hemocitos en un corto período de tiempo para mantener los hemocitos vivo8,17,18,19.
En este estudio, se presenta un método para extraer hemocitos de larvas de Drosophila 3rd estadio de infección microbiana patógena con C. burnetii, Listeria monocytogenes (listeriosis) o invertebrados iridiscente Virus 6 (IIV6). Se describen los métodos para las infecciones hemocyte tanto in vivo y ex vivo . In vivoy ex vivo-hemocitos infectados fueron visualizadas con microscopía confocal y usados para construir modelos 3D de invasión de C. burnetii . Además, usando el protocolo de extracción, ex vivo-hemocitos infectados fueron utilizados para la expresión de gene y proteína ensayos. Específicamente, para examinar el grado de infección por IIV6 y Listeria, proteína o RNA total fue aislada de las células para qRT-PCR o análisis de Western blot. Tomados en conjunto, el protocolo proporciona métodos para recolectar rápidamente un número elevado de hemocitos de 3 larvas de estadio de lard y evidencia que los hemocitos primarias, infectado ya sea en vivo o ex vivo, son una plataforma conveniente para microbiana estudios de infección de los patógenos y análisis posteriores aplicables como la microscopía, transcriptómica y proteómica.

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			<td height="21" style="height:21px;width:303px;">Nanoinjector</td>
			<td style="width:288px;">Drummond Scientific Company</td>
			<td style="width:145px;">3-000-204</td>
			<td style="width:179px;">1.1), 1.2), 2.2)</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="21">
			<td height="21" style="height:21px;width:303px;">Forceps</td>
			<td style="width:288px;">VWR</td>
			<td style="width:145px;">82027-402</td>
			<td style="width:179px;">1.1.5), 1.2), 2), 3.1.7)</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="24">
			<td height="24" style="height:24px;width:303px;">CO2 delivery apparatus</td>
			<td style="width:288px;">Genesee Scientific</td>
			<td style="width:145px;">59-122BC</td>
			<td style="width:179px;">1.2), 2)</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="42">
			<td height="42" style="height:42px;width:303px;">Trypan Blue</td>
			<td style="width:288px;">Thermo Fisher Scientific (Gibco)</td>
			<td style="width:145px;">15250061</td>
			<td style="width:179px;">1.3)</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="21">
			<td height="21" style="height:21px;width:303px;">Hemocytometer</td>
			<td style="width:288px;">Hausser Scientific</td>
			<td style="width:145px;">3100</td>
			<td style="width:179px;">1.3)</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="21">
			<td height="21" style="height:21px;width:303px;">24 well plate</td>
			<td style="width:288px;">Greiner bio-one</td>
			<td style="width:145px;">662160</td>
			<td style="width:179px;">1.4), 2.2)</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="21">
			<td height="21" style="height:21px;width:303px;">Coxiella burnetii - mCherry</td>
			<td style="width:288px;">Dr. Heinzen, R.</td>
			<td style="width:145px;"></td>
			<td style="width:179px;">1.4), 2.2)</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="84">
			<td height="84" style="height:84px;width:303px;">Drosophila fruit juice plates</td>
			<td style="width:288px;">Cold Spring Harbor Protocols</td>
			<td style="width:145px;"></td>
			<td>2.1) http://cshprotocols.cshlp.org/content/2007/9/pdb.rec11113.full</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="20">
			<td height="20" style="height:20px;width:303px;">Agar</td>
			<td style="width:288px;">Fisher Bioreagents</td>
			<td style="width:145px;">BP1423-500</td>
			<td style="width:179px;">2.1.1.1)</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="20">
			<td height="20" style="height:20px;width:303px;">Methyl paraben</td>
			<td style="width:288px;">Amresco</td>
			<td style="width:145px;">0572-500G</td>
			<td style="width:179px;">2.1.1.2)</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="20">
			<td height="20" style="height:20px;width:303px;">Absolute ethanol</td>
			<td style="width:288px;">Fisher Bioreagents</td>
			<td style="width:145px;">BP2818-500</td>
			<td style="width:179px;">2.1.1.2)</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="48">
			<td height="48" style="height:48px;width:303px;">Welch&#39;s 100% Grape juice frozen concentrate, 340 mL</td>
			<td style="width:288px;">Amazon</td>
			<td style="width:145px;">B0025UJVGM</td>
			<td style="width:179px;">2.1.1.3)</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="48">
			<td height="48" style="height:48px;width:303px;">Petri dishes, 10 x 35 mm</td>
			<td style="width:288px;">Fisher Scientific</td>
			<td style="width:145px;">08-757-100A</td>
			<td style="width:179px;">2.1.1.4)</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="21">
			<td height="21" style="height:21px;width:303px;">Microscope cover glass</td>
			<td style="width:288px;">Fisher Scientific</td>
			<td style="width:145px;">12-545-80</td>
			<td style="width:179px;">1.4.4), 2.2.2)</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="70">
			<td height="70" style="height:70px;width:303px;">Yeast, Bakers Dried Active</td>
			<td style="width:288px;">MP Biomedicals</td>
			<td style="width:145px;">0210140001</td>
			<td>2.1) Add 2 parts of water to 1 part of yeast (v/v)</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="21">
			<td height="21" style="height:21px;width:303px;">Tungsten needle</td>
			<td style="width:288px;">Fine Science Tools</td>
			<td style="width:145px;">10130-20</td>
			<td style="width:179px;">2.1)</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="21">
			<td height="21" style="height:21px;width:303px;">Holding forceps</td>
			<td style="width:288px;">VWR</td>
			<td style="width:145px;">HS8313</td>
			<td style="width:179px;">2.1)</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="21">
			<td height="21" style="height:21px;width:303px;">Paraformaldehyde</td>
			<td style="width:288px;">Fisher Scientific</td>
			<td style="width:145px;">FLO4042-500</td>
			<td style="width:179px;">3.1.3)</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="21">
			<td height="21" style="height:21px;width:303px;">Triton X-100</td>
			<td style="width:288px;">Fisher Scientific</td>
			<td style="width:145px;">BP151-500</td>
			<td style="width:179px;">3.1.3)</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="21">
			<td height="21" style="height:21px;width:303px;">Bovine Serum Albumin</td>
			<td style="width:288px;">Fisher Scientific</td>
			<td style="width:145px;">BP9706-100</td>
			<td style="width:179px;">3.1.3)</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="48">
			<td height="48" style="height:48px;width:303px;">4&#39;,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole</td>
			<td style="width:288px;">Thermo Fisher Scientific</td>
			<td style="width:145px;">62247</td>
			<td style="width:179px;">3.1.4)</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="48">
			<td height="48" style="height:48px;width:303px;">Antifade mounting medium</td>
			<td style="width:288px;">Thermo Fisher Scientific</td>
			<td style="width:145px;">P36930</td>
			<td style="width:179px;">3.1.6)</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="132">
			<td height="132" style="height:132px;width:303px;">Confocal microsope</td>
			<td style="width:288px;">Leica</td>
			<td style="width:145px;">TCS SP8-X White Light Confocal Laser Scanning Microscope</td>
			<td style="width:179px;">3.2)</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="103">
			<td height="103" style="height:103px;width:303px;">3D imaging reconstruction software</td>
			<td style="width:288px;">Leica</td>
			<td style="width:145px;">LASX with 3D visualization module</td>
			<td style="width:179px;">3.3)</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="21">
			<td height="21" style="height:21px;width:303px;">Microscope slides</td>
			<td style="width:288px;">Fisher Scientific</td>
			<td style="width:145px;">12-552-3</td>
			<td style="width:179px;">3.1.6)</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="81">
			<td height="81" style="height:81px;width:303px;">Invertebrate iridescent virus 6 (IIV6)</td>
			<td style="width:288px;">Dr. Teixeria, L.</td>
			<td style="width:145px;"></td>
			<td>4) PLoS Biol, 6 (12), 2753-2763, doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000002, (2008)</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="141">
			<td height="141" style="height:141px;width:303px;">Listeria monocytogenes</td>
			<td style="width:288px;">ATCC</td>
			<td style="width:145px;">strain: 10403S</td>
			<td>4) Listeria monocytogenes strain 10403S (Bishop and Hinrichs, 1987) was grown in Difco Brain-heart infusion (BHI) broth (BD Biosciences) containing 50 &#181;g/ml streptomycin at 30 &#176;C.</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="42">
			<td height="42" style="height:42px;width:303px;">DNase I</td>
			<td style="width:288px;">Thermo Fisher Scientific(Invitrogen)</td>
			<td style="width:145px;">18068015</td>
			<td>gDNA degradation</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="21">
			<td height="21" style="height:21px;width:303px;">cDNA Synthesis Kit</td>
			<td style="width:288px;">Bio-Rad</td>
			<td style="width:145px;">1708891</td>
			<td>cDNA synthesis</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="40">
			<td height="40" style="height:40px;width:303px;">IIV6_193R_F</td>
			<td style="width:288px;">IDT</td>
			<td style="width:145px;"></td>
			<td>qRT-PCR, 5&#39;- TCT TGT TTT CAG AAC CCC ATT -3&#39;</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="40">
			<td height="40" style="height:40px;width:303px;">IIV6_193R_R</td>
			<td style="width:288px;">IDT</td>
			<td style="width:145px;"></td>
			<td>qRT-PCR, 5&#39;- CAC GAA GAA TGA CCA CAA GG -3&#39;</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="40">
			<td height="40" style="height:40px;width:303px;">RpII_qRTPCR_fwd</td>
			<td style="width:288px;">SIGMA-ALDRICH</td>
			<td style="width:145px;"></td>
			<td>qRT-PCR, 5&#39;- GAA GCG TTT CTC CAA ACG -AG</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="40">
			<td height="40" style="height:40px;width:303px;">RpII_qRTPCR_rev</td>
			<td style="width:288px;">SIGMA-ALDRICH</td>
			<td style="width:145px;"></td>
			<td>qRT-PCR, 5&#39;- TTG AGC GTA AGC ATC ACC -TG</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="21">
			<td height="21" style="height:21px;width:303px;">SYBR Green qRT-PCR reagent</td>
			<td style="width:288px;">Thermo Fisher Scientific</td>
			<td style="width:145px;">K0251, K0252, K0253</td>
			<td>qRT-PCR</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="42">
			<td height="42" style="height:42px;width:303px;">Real-Time PCR System</td>
			<td style="width:288px;">Thermo Fisher Scientific</td>
			<td style="width:145px;">4351107, 7500 Software v2.0</td>
			<td>qRT-PCR</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="21">
			<td height="21" style="height:21px;width:303px;">Anti-Listeria monocytogenes antibody</td>
			<td style="width:288px;">abcam</td>
			<td style="width:145px;">ab35132</td>
			<td>Western blot</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="21">
			<td height="21" style="height:21px;width:303px;">Anti-Actin antibody produced in rabbit</td>
			<td style="width:288px;">SIGMA-ALDRICH</td>
			<td style="width:145px;">A2066</td>
			<td>Western blot</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="21">
			<td height="21" style="height:21px;width:303px;">Anti-Rabbit IgG (H+L), HRP Conjugate</td>
			<td style="width:288px;">Promega</td>
			<td style="width:145px;">W4011</td>
			<td>Western blot</td>
		</tr>
	</tbody>
</table>

extraction of hemocytes from drosophila melanogaster larvae for microbial infection and analysis

Durante la infección patógena de Drosophila melanogaster, hemocitos juegan un papel importante en la respuesta inmune durante la infección. Así, el objetivo de este protocolo es desarrollar un método para visualizar la invasión del patógeno en un compartimiento inmune específico de las moscas, es decir, hemocitos. El método presentado aquí, 3 × 106 vivo hemocitos pueden obtenerse 200 larvas de Drosophila 3rd estadio en 30 min para la infección ex vivo . Alternativomente, hemocitos pueden ser infectado en vivo a través de la inyección de 3 larvas de estadiord seguido por extracción hemocyte a la infección después de 24 h. Estas células infectadas de la primaria fueron fijadas, teñidos y reflejada usando microscopia confocal. Entonces, se generaron representaciones 3D de las imágenes para mostrar definitivamente la invasión de patógenos. Además, se puede obtener RNA de alta calidad para qRT-PCR para la detección de siguiente de mRNA de patógeno infección y suficiente proteína pueden ser extraído de estas células para el análisis de Western blot. Tomados en conjunto, se presenta un método para la reconciliación definitiva de la invasión de patógenos y confirmación de la infección con tipos de patógeno bacterianos y virales y un método eficiente para la extracción de hemocyte obtener suficiente energizados hemocitos de Drosophila larvas para experimentos de infección ex vivo e in vivo .

Para cobrar altura hemocitos para infección ex vivo de 3 × 106 hemocitos se obtuvieron de 200 larvas de Drosophila 3rd estadio. Para el desarrollo de nuestro método, se trató de un número de técnicas diferentes. Disección larvas individual llevaría hasta 1,5 h y un promedio de ~ 8000 células fueron obtenidos usando este método18, la mayoría de los cuales no estaban viva al final de la colección. A continuación, i...

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Extraction of Hemocytes from Drosophila melanogaster Larvae for Microbial Infection and Analysis

Este método muestra cómo visualizar la invasión del patógeno en las células de los insectos con modelos tridimensionales (3D). Hemocitos de larvas de Drosophila estaban infectadas con patógenos virales o bacterianos, o ex vivo o en vivo. Hemocitos infectados luego fijados y teñidos para la proyección de imagen con un microscopio confocal y la posterior reconstrucción celular 3D.

Extracción de hemocitos de larvas de Drosophila melanogaster para infección microbiana y análisis

During the pathogenic infection of Drosophila melanogaster, hemocytes play an important role in the immune response throughout the infection. Thus, the ...

This technique can help answer key questions in the cellular infection and microbiology field, such as how hemocytes contribute to the overall immune response in fruit flies. The main advantage of this technique is that it can be performed in the laboratory, using previously infected larvae. Alternatively, hemocytes from uninfected larvae can be used for ex vivo infection.Visual demonstration of this method is critical because the imaging steps are difficult to learn because of the complexities of the confocal microscope and the options for 3D model reconstruction. To begin the protocol, layer two to three pieces of ten centimeter by ten centimeter paraffin film under a stereo microscope. Next, prepare the glass capillary by setting the capillary polar heater to 55%of maximum.Pole the capillary tube to a sharp point of approximately ten micrometers. Backfill the capillary with mineral oil. Assemble the filled capillary tube onto the nanoinjector.And open the fused capillary tube tip by breaking off the tip with forceps. Eject as much oil as possible from the capillary tube tip, then fill the tube with drosophila hemocyte isolating medium, or DHIM. For easy visualization of the border of hemolymphan oil, include an air bubble between the oil and DHIM.Using forceps, gently pick ten third instar drosophila larvae from the inside wall of food vials, and place them into a 100 micrometer strainer. Pour five milliliters of sterile water onto the larvae, and shake the strainer for five seconds. Place the strainer onto a task wipe to remove the excess water.Transfer the larvae into a 1.5 milliliter microcentrifuge tube, anesthetize them with CO2 gas for five seconds. Then, place the larvae onto paraffin film under the stereo microscope, with the dorsal side facing up. Place the glass capillary lightly onto the larval posterior body to hold it in place, and disrupt posterior cuticle open using fine-pointed forceps.Allow the hemolymph to flow onto the paraffin film. Make a pool of hemolymph, including hemocytes, from 20 to 50 larvae at a time, on the paraffin film. Use the glass capillary on the nanoinjector to take up the pooled hemolymph.Eject the hemolymph into a 1.5 milliliter microcentrifuge tube containing 500 microliters of DHIM. Place yeast paste on a grape juice agar plate. Make a fine cut in the agar where the larvae can migrate to avoid drying.Assemble a 0.001 millimeter pointed Tungsten needle with holding forceps using paraffin film. Pipette 50 microliters of high titer, mCherry-expressing C.Burnetii onto the paraffin film under the stereo microscope, and place the larvae into the pool of bacteria. Prick the larvae with a Tungsten needle.Transfer the larvae onto an agar plate. Transfer the remaining pathogen medium onto the agar plate, and seal the plate with paraffin film. Keep the larvae on the plate in moist air until the desired time post-infection.Leave the C.Burnetii-infected larvae on the plate for 24 hours. Place a 12 millimeter round cover glass in a well of a 24-well plate. Pipette 500 microliters of DHIM into the well.Extract and take up hemolymph from previously-infected larvae, then eject the hemolymph into the well. Centrifuge the plate at 1000 G for five minutes. Configure the confocal microscope for three-color imaging of DAPI, EGFP, and mCherry.Place the sample on the microscope and focus on the sample using a 63x 1.4 numerical aperture objective. Locate desired hemocytes in the field of view for imaging. Then, adjust the laser power and detector gains to achieve the appropriate exposure of the sample.Check multiple Z planes to ensure the exposure level is appropriate for the entire sample thickness. Next, find the top and bottom position on the Z axis of a whole hemocyte. Set these positions as the start and end positions for Z sectioning.Use scanning zoom to image the area containing the hemocyte. Collect the image series at the appropriate resolution, such as 1024 by 1024 pixels in the X Y plane, and 0.3 micrometer spacing in the Z dimension. Import the Z sectioned image series file into the software associated with the confocal microscope for 3D model reconstruction.Select a cell-showing co-localization of nuclei stained with DAPI and mCherry-expressing C.Burnetii in an EGFP-expressing hemocyte. Crop the image series to contain only the single cell. Select the 3D viewer option, which reconstructs the 3D model using the software's pre-packaged algorithm.Choose the desired imaging type for 3D representation among blend, surface, and mixed options. In this method, hemocytes, nuclei, and C.Burnetii are shown using surface models. Observe the 3D reconstructed cell from various viewing positions by holding the mouse button and dragging the cursor around the screen.Adjust the cell orientation and position of the modeled light source to optimize the image. Finally, take cross sections through the model using clipping and sectioning commands to visualize the interior contents of the hemocyte. Visualization of the extracted living hemocytes expressing EGFP under control of the hemolectin driver from multiple images show that most DAPI-positive cells are also EGFP-positive.Cross sections of Coxiella Burnetii-infected hemocytes confirm the presence of mCherry-expressing bacteria in the interior of the cell. Images were reconstructed into 3D models and we observed that in vivo infected hemocytes exhibited greater cytoplasmic extensions and were flatter in nature. While ex vivo infected hemocytes were more spherical.Cross sections of either model confirm the presence of mCherry-expressing Coxiella in the interior of the cell. Extracted hemocytes were infected with IIV6 and applied to qRT PCR analysis, which showed significantly higher levels of the IIV6-193R transcript between mock and IIV6-infected cells. While attempting this procedure, it's important to remember to have all media prepared ahead of time and equilibrated to room temperature so that cells are not without the proper nutrients for too long.Following this procedure, other methods, like single-cell RNA seek, can be performed to answer additional questions, like the overall host response to infection. After its development, this technique helps researchers in immunology and microbiology explore pathogen invasion and host responses in fruit flies, or other animals with open circulatory systems.

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