{"title":"Generation of Antibody Libraries for Phage Display: Preparation of Electrocompetent <i>E. coli</i>.","authors":"Haiyong Peng, Christoph Rader","doi":"10.1101/pdb.prot108599","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1101/pdb.prot108599","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The size of an antibody library, that is, the phage display-selectable diversity, is restricted mainly by its transformation into the host bacterial cells. Electroporation is the most efficient method for transforming <i>Escherichia coli</i> with plasmids, including phagemids. Here, we describe the preparation of electrocompetent <i>E. coli</i> for the generation of phagemid-encoded antibody libraries encompassing 10<sup>9</sup>-10<sup>11</sup> independent transformants. To become electrocompetent, the bacterial suspension has to have high resistance, i.e., low ionic strength, which is achieved by gradually and gently transferring bacteria grown to mid-log phase to 10% (v/v) glycerol in highly pure water. The electrocompetent <i>E. coli</i> must be F plasmid-harboring bacteria, referred to as F<sup>+</sup> or male, in order to express F pili and be susceptible to infection by filamentous phage during library generation. In addition, it is necessary to apply antibiotic (e.g., tetracycline) pressure to retain the F plasmid, as it tends to segregate from bacteria. This protocol also includes assays for analyzing the prepared electrocompetent <i>E. coli</i> for competency, and evaluating potential contamination with helper phage, phagemid and phagemid-derived filamentous phage, and lytic phage.</p>","PeriodicalId":10496,"journal":{"name":"Cold Spring Harbor protocols","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142459801","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Phage Display Selection of Antibody Libraries: Panning Procedures.","authors":"Haiyong Peng, Christoph Rader","doi":"10.1101/pdb.prot108602","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1101/pdb.prot108602","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The mining of naive, immune, and synthetic antibody repertoires by phage display has been widely applied to the de novo generation and in vitro evolution of monoclonal antibodies from multiple species. Once built, phage display antibody libraries can be selected by a variety of different strategies tailored toward the desired antigen binding properties. Here, we describe the selection of antibody libraries generated in a phage display vector of the pComb3 phagemid family. The approach includes panning procedures for immobilized antigens, biotinylated antigens in solution, and cell surface antigens. Although the typical format of these antibody libraries is human Fab or chimeric nonhuman/human Fab, the basic selection strategies provided in this protocol are compatible with a variety of formats.</p>","PeriodicalId":10496,"journal":{"name":"Cold Spring Harbor protocols","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142459805","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Generation of Antibody Libraries for Phage Display: Human Fab Format.","authors":"Haiyong Peng, Christoph Rader","doi":"10.1101/pdb.prot108597","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1101/pdb.prot108597","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Phage display is a powerful method for the de novo generation and affinity maturation of human monoclonal antibodies from naive, immune, and synthetic antibody repertoires. The pComb3 phagemid family of phage display vectors facilitates the selection of human monoclonal antibody libraries in the monovalent Fab format, which consists of human variable domains V<sub>H</sub> and V<sub>L</sub> (V<sub>κ</sub> or V<sub>λ</sub>), fused to the human constant domains C<sub>H</sub>1 of IgG1 and C<sub>L</sub> (C<sub>κ</sub> or C<sub>λ</sub>), respectively. Here, we describe the use of a pComb3 derivative, phagemid pC3C, for the generation of human Fab libraries with randomly combined human variable domains (V<sub>H</sub>, V<sub>κ</sub>, and V<sub>λ</sub>) of high sequence diversity, starting from the preparation of mononuclear cells from blood and bone marrow. Depending on the complexity of the parental antibody repertoire, the protocol can be scaled for yielding a library size of 10<sup>8</sup>-10<sup>11</sup> independent human Fab clones. As such, it can be used, for instance, for the generation of a large naive human Fab library from healthy individuals or for the generation of a specialized immune human Fab library from individuals with an endogenous antibody response of interest.</p>","PeriodicalId":10496,"journal":{"name":"Cold Spring Harbor protocols","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142459799","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zeynep Okray, Pedro F Jacob, John-Paul Moszynski, Clifford B Talbot, Scott Waddell
{"title":"Classical Conditioning of Adult <i>Drosophila</i>.","authors":"Zeynep Okray, Pedro F Jacob, John-Paul Moszynski, Clifford B Talbot, Scott Waddell","doi":"10.1101/pdb.prot108566","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1101/pdb.prot108566","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Olfactory classical conditioning paradigms have been extensively used since the early 1970s to apply genetic approaches to the study of memory in <i>Drosophila.</i> Over the intervening years, advances in genetics have largely changed the focus of studies from the role of single genes in memory to investigation of memory-relevant neuronal circuits. However, the original behavioral paradigms have remained largely unaltered, besides investigators making a few useful tweaks to the training and testing apparatus and modifications to the operating procedures. In this protocol, we provide the reader with a detailed description of the manufacture and assembly of a typical T-maze apparatus, where populations of adult flies can be trained and their odor memory tested later, by giving them a binary choice between the two trained odors. We describe how variations of the training apparatus permit both aversive (odor-shock) and appetitive (odor-sugar) memories to be studied. In addition, we describe a recent modification of the apparatus and protocol that permits study of multisensory (color and odor) aversive and appetitive learning. Control assays for sensory acuity and locomotion are also included.</p>","PeriodicalId":10496,"journal":{"name":"Cold Spring Harbor protocols","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142399629","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Twists to Classical Conditioning of Adult <i>Drosophila</i>.","authors":"Zeynep Okray, Scott Waddell","doi":"10.1101/pdb.top108567","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1101/pdb.top108567","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Memory has been extensively studied in <i>Drosophila</i> since the early 1970s. Straightforward aversive and appetitive conditioning paradigms train populations of flies to associate the pairing of one of two odors with either punishment or reward. After training, the flies show either preferential avoidance or approach behavior, to the appropriate odor, when given a choice between the two odors in a simple T-maze apparatus. These basic experimental approaches have proven useful in understanding the genetic, molecular, cellular, and neuronal network bases of various valence-specific memories in the fly brain. In addition, numerous modifications to these assays have permitted the study of a broad range of memory-related phenomena. Labile short-term avoidance and approach memories can be readily distinguished from more stable \"consolidated\" long-term memory equivalents. Prior or subsequent experience of the training cues, and manipulations of the flies' condition, have revealed how parallel competing memories and incompatible states can temporarily interfere with memory retrieval, providing insight into mechanisms of forgetting. Recent studies have also modified the training and testing apparatus to allow simultaneous presentation of odors and colors, providing insight into mechanisms of multisensory learning.</p>","PeriodicalId":10496,"journal":{"name":"Cold Spring Harbor protocols","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142399630","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mosquito Egg Development and Eggshell Formation.","authors":"Jun Isoe, Michael A Riehle, Roger L Miesfeld","doi":"10.1101/pdb.top107669","DOIUrl":"10.1101/pdb.top107669","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Anautogenous female mosquitoes, which ingest a blood meal from warm-blooded vertebrates to produce eggs, have become a valuable model organism for investigating signaling pathways and physiological processes that occur during egg development. Different molecular pathways tightly regulate the initiation of egg development and are governed by a balance among different insect hormones. Gravid (mature egg-carrying) females deposit fully developed eggs at the end of each gonotrophic cycle, which is defined as the time interval between the ingestion of a blood meal to oviposition. An intact eggshell protects the oocyte and embryo inside from external factors such as desiccation, physical damage, etc., and the various eggshell proteins are spatially and temporary deposited during oogenesis. Additionally, follicle resorption (oosorption) during blood meal-induced mosquito ovarian follicle development is an adapted physiological process that optimizes reproductive fitness. Mosquito oocytes grow and mature synchronously throughout oogenesis; however, during the later stages of oogenesis, some oocytes may undergo oosorption if sufficient nutrients are unavailable. This introduction highlights how mosquito egg development can be used to investigate follicular resorption and identify proteins involved in eggshell formation in <i>Aedes aegypti</i> mosquitoes.</p>","PeriodicalId":10496,"journal":{"name":"Cold Spring Harbor protocols","volume":" ","pages":"pdb.top107669"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139402194","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mosquito Blood Meal Analysis.","authors":"Lawrence E Reeves, Nathan D Burkett-Cadena","doi":"10.1101/pdb.top107706","DOIUrl":"10.1101/pdb.top107706","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The host associations of mosquitoes vary by species, with some species being relative generalists, whereas others specialize, to varying extents, on a particular subset of the available host community. These host associations are driving factors in transmission dynamics of mosquito-vectored pathogens. For this reason, characterizing the host associations of mosquito species is critical for understanding the epidemiology of mosquito-vectored pathogens. Diverse methods have been used to associate mosquito species with their hosts. These typically include collecting mosquitoes that bite a restrained host (bait) or collecting wild blood-engorged mosquitoes and matching their blood meal to reference samples (blood meal analysis). Blood meal analysis refers to a collection of molecular techniques for determining the taxonomic identity of the source of a mosquito blood meal using cytological, serological, or DNA-based characteristics of the blood meal. Blood meal analyses that are based on DNA markers have advantages over cytological and serological methods and are effective for determining species-level identities of hosts from a broad range of potential host taxa. Here, we discuss effective techniques for analyzing blood meals.</p>","PeriodicalId":10496,"journal":{"name":"Cold Spring Harbor protocols","volume":" ","pages":"pdb.top107706"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9830047","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Generating and Validating Transgenic Mosquitoes with Transposon-Mediated Transgenesis.","authors":"Vanessa Bottino-Rojas, Anthony A James","doi":"10.1101/pdb.prot108194","DOIUrl":"10.1101/pdb.prot108194","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Transposon-mediated transgenesis has revolutionized both basic and applied studies of mosquito vectors of disease. Currently, techniques such as enhancer traps and transposon tagging, which rely on remobilizable insertional mutagenesis, are only possible with transposon-based vector systems. Here, we provide general descriptions of methods and applications of transposon-based mosquito transgenesis. The exact procedures must be adapted to each mosquito species and comparisons of some differences among different mosquito species are outlined. A number of excellent publications showing detailed and specific protocols and methods are featured and referenced.</p>","PeriodicalId":10496,"journal":{"name":"Cold Spring Harbor protocols","volume":" ","pages":"pdb.prot108194"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11008536/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41193783","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mosquito Transposon-Mediated Transgenesis.","authors":"Vanessa Bottino-Rojas, Anthony A James","doi":"10.1101/pdb.top107687","DOIUrl":"10.1101/pdb.top107687","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Transposon-mediated transgenesis of mosquito vectors of disease pathogens followed the early success of transgenesis in the vinegar fly, <i>Drosophila melanogaster</i> The <i>P</i> transposable element used in <i>Drosophila</i> does not function canonically in mosquitoes, and repeatable, routine transgenesis in mosquitoes was not accomplished until new transposable elements were discovered and validated. A number of distinct transposons were subsequently identified that mediate the introduction of exogenous DNA in a stable and heritable manner in mosquito species, including members of the genera <i>Aedes</i>, <i>Anopheles</i>, and <i>Culex</i> The most versatile element, <i>piggyBac</i>, is functional in all of these mosquito genera, as well as in many other insects in diverse orders, and has been used extensively outside the class. Transposon-mediated transgenesis of recessive and dominant marker genes and reporter systems has been used to define functional fragments of gene control sequences, introduce exogenous DNA encoding products beneficial to medical interests, and act as \"enhancer traps\" to identify endogenous genes with specific expression characteristics.</p>","PeriodicalId":10496,"journal":{"name":"Cold Spring Harbor protocols","volume":" ","pages":"pdb.top107687"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11025883/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41193785","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jun Isoe, Krishna Parsawar, Cynthia L David, Michael A Riehle, Roger L Miesfeld
{"title":"Identification of Mosquito Eggshell Proteins from <i>Aedes aegypti</i> by Liquid Chromatography with Tandem Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) Proteomic Analysis.","authors":"Jun Isoe, Krishna Parsawar, Cynthia L David, Michael A Riehle, Roger L Miesfeld","doi":"10.1101/pdb.prot108227","DOIUrl":"10.1101/pdb.prot108227","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The insect eggshell is a multifunctional structure with several important roles, including generating an entry point for sperm via the micropyle before oviposition, serving as an oviposition substrate attachment surface, and functioning as a protective layer during embryo development. Eggshell proteins play major roles in eggshell tanning and hardening following oviposition and provide molecular cues that define dorsal-ventral axis formation. Precise eggshell formation during ovarian follicle maturation is critical for normal embryo development and the synthesis of a defective eggshell often gives rise to inviable embryos. Therefore, simple and accurate methods for identifying eggshell proteins will facilitate our understanding of the molecular pathways regulating eggshell formation and the mechanisms underlying normal embryo development. This protocol describes how to isolate and enrich eggshells from mature oocytes of <i>Aedes aegypti</i> mosquitoes and how to extract their eggshell proteins for liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) proteomic analysis. Although this methodology was developed for studying mosquito eggshells, it may be applicable to eggs from a variety of insects. Mosquitoes are ideal model organisms for this study as their ovarian follicle development and eggshell formation are meticulously regulated by blood feeding and their follicles develop synchronously throughout oogenesis in a time-dependent manner.</p>","PeriodicalId":10496,"journal":{"name":"Cold Spring Harbor protocols","volume":" ","pages":"pdb.prot108227"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139402193","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}