{"title":"Detection of recombination events in human cells using cloned cytomegalovirus DNA fragments as probes","authors":"Claude Hamelin , Jocelyn Yelle , Michel Dion","doi":"10.1016/0735-0651(88)90009-X","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0735-0651(88)90009-X","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A method is presented for the detection of virus-host interactions at the chromosomal level. This method relies on the analysis of recombinant plasmids carrying specific regions of a viral DNA molecule. Human cytomegalovirus <em>H</em>in<em>dIII</em> subgenomic fragments were used here as a target for recombination events.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":77714,"journal":{"name":"Gene analysis techniques","volume":"5 4","pages":"Pages 83-86"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0735-0651(88)90009-X","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13984119","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}
Robert H. Gross , Dianne L. Rosen , Martin S. Cetron
{"title":"Differential behavior of liposome-introduced specific RNAs in living Drosophila cells","authors":"Robert H. Gross , Dianne L. Rosen , Martin S. Cetron","doi":"10.1016/0735-0651(88)90006-4","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0735-0651(88)90006-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We have developed a protocol for efficiently introducing macromolecules into <em>Drosophila</em> tissue culture cells using liposomes. By carefully adjusting the fusion parameters, conditions have been established to routinely encapsulate 15–30% of the starting material into liposomes and to introduce 20–30% of the liposome-encapsulated material into the cells during a 30-minute fusion period. Essentially, all of the cells receive material from the liposomes and 10<sup>9</sup> cells can be fused at once. The fusion does not have any measureable effect on cell viability as assayed by trypan blue exclusion, growth rate, and cell morphology. We have utilized this technique to introduce radioactive RNAs into nonradioactive cells, thus enabling the behavior of the introduced RNAs to be followed unambiguously. Liposome-introduced small nuclear RNAs (snRNAs) are stable in the cell for at least 25 hours (approximately two cell generations), with 80% of the radioactivity remaining trichloroacetic acid (TCA) precipitable and the gel electrophoresis pattern remaining essentially unchanged. This is in contrast to liposome-introduced cytoplasmic RNAs, which are only 20% TCA precipitable after the first hour. In the cell, the introduced snRNAs attain a 10–35-fold higher concentration in the nucleus than the cytoplasm. Nuclear accumulation is not seen with <em>Drosophila</em> tRNA or 5s RNA, both of which attain the same nuclear as cytoplasmic RNA concentration.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":77714,"journal":{"name":"Gene analysis techniques","volume":"5 4","pages":"Pages 63-72"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0735-0651(88)90006-4","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13607373","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":"Antibodies introduced into living cells with liposomes localize specifically and inhibit specific intracellular processes","authors":"W. Scott Thompson, Robert H. Gross","doi":"10.1016/0735-0651(88)90007-6","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0735-0651(88)90007-6","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We have developed a system for efficiently packaging antibodies and other macromolecules into lipsomes and then delivering the encapsulated molecules into living cells through liposome-cell fusion. Fusion is very efficient, and all cells can be demonstrated to contain liposome-delivered antibodies by staining by staining with a fluorescent second antibody. Using lupus antibodies directed against small nuclear ribonucleoprotein components of the cell, we were able to demonstrate strong nuclear localization, while control antibodies showed a general diffuse distribution throughout the cell. Lupus antibodies directed against ribosomes, on the other hand, strongly localized in the nucleolus and the cytoplasm with very little nucleoplasmic localization. Antitubulin antibodies predominantly localized in the cytoplasm. These results show that antibodies can survive liposome packaging and can retain their ability to recognize and bind to their specific antigens in the living cell. It also indicates that the nuclear envelope does not present a barrier to the liposome-introduced antibodies in <em>Drosophila</em> tissue culture cells. To determine if the antibodies were capable of interfering with cellular processes in vivo, we measured the effects of liposome-introduced antiribosome antibodies on translation and antitubulin antibodies on mitosis. In both cases, there was a significant inhibition suggesting that the antibodies can be used to interfere with specific functions at specific times in vivo.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":77714,"journal":{"name":"Gene analysis techniques","volume":"5 4","pages":"Pages 73-79"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0735-0651(88)90007-6","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14321385","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}
Arnold B. Rabson , Scott Koenig , Daryl F. Daugherty , Howard E. Gendelman
{"title":"Molecular pathogenesis of human immunodeficiency virus infection","authors":"Arnold B. Rabson , Scott Koenig , Daryl F. Daugherty , Howard E. Gendelman","doi":"10.1016/0735-0651(88)90015-5","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0735-0651(88)90015-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Molecular studies of the pathogenesis of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections have proceded rapidly following the molecular cloning and nucleotide sequence analysis of the HIV genome. Correlation of biochemical and functional studies of HIV-infected cells with the HIV nucleotide sequence has allowed the identification and preliminary functional characterization of many HIV proteins. These include structural proteins (<em>gag</em>), viral enzymes (<em>pol</em>), and viral regulatory proteins (<em>tat, art</em>). Cloned HIV DNA segments have been utilized as probes for in situ nucleic acid hybridization to study the distribution of HIV-infected cells in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and AIDS-related complex (ARC) patients. These studies have demonstrated the infection of macrophages as an important component of HIV-induced neurologic disease. Only very low numbers of HIV-infected lymphocytes can be identified in the peripheral blood of infected individuals. Thus, the mechanism of CD4 cell depletion in the pathogenesis of AIDS remain obscure.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":77714,"journal":{"name":"Gene analysis techniques","volume":"5 3","pages":"Pages 41-53"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0735-0651(88)90015-5","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14189300","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":"An improved procedure for measuring DNA replication with transient assays in eukaryotic cells","authors":"Maggie Sullivan, William R. Folk","doi":"10.1016/0735-0651(88)90016-7","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0735-0651(88)90016-7","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We describe an improved method for quantifying covalently closed circular DNAs replicated in eukaryotic cells. Normally, for such assays, plasmid DNAs transfected into animal cells must be extensively digested with restriction enzymes such as Dpnl and the products of digestion of the input DNA separated from the Dpnl-resistant (replicated) DNAs by electrophoresis. In the procedure described, the input, unreplicated DNA is nicked by light digestion with Dpnl and subsequently denatured and eliminated by S1 nuclease digestion. The replicated Dpnl-resistant DNA is detected by slot blot hybridization. Multiple samples can be rapidly assayed, with a considerable reduction in expense and labor.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":77714,"journal":{"name":"Gene analysis techniques","volume":"5 3","pages":"Pages 54-56"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0735-0651(88)90016-7","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13984117","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}
J.A. Lenstra, R.J. De Groot, L. Jacobs, J.G. Kusters, H.G.M. Niesters, B.A.M. Van Der Zeijst
{"title":"Synthesis of long cDNA from viral RNA template","authors":"J.A. Lenstra, R.J. De Groot, L. Jacobs, J.G. Kusters, H.G.M. Niesters, B.A.M. Van Der Zeijst","doi":"10.1016/0735-0651(88)90017-9","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0735-0651(88)90017-9","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Methods to make long and reliable cDNA from viral RNA template have been optimized. The conditions of the denaturation of the viral RNA template were most critical. For synthesis of the first DNA strand, the concentration of the primer and the presence of an RNase inhibitor were important. During the synthesis of the second strand, the incubation temperature was found to have effect on the length of the transcripts. Application of our optimized conditions on coronaviral genomic RNA as template resulted in cDNA libraries with inserts in the range of 0.5–5 kb without a separate cDNA size selection. Furthermore, a convenient variant of the alcohol precipitation and the analysis of single-stranded DNA on neutral agarose gels are described.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":77714,"journal":{"name":"Gene analysis techniques","volume":"5 3","pages":"Pages 57-61"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0735-0651(88)90017-9","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14321384","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":"A simple method of examining retroviral species produced by infected cells","authors":"Laura S. Levy, Patricia A. Lobelle-Rich","doi":"10.1016/0735-0651(88)90022-2","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0735-0651(88)90022-2","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A simple and rapid method to examine the retroviral species present in the culture supernatant of productively infected cells is described. The method involves purification of viral genomic RNA directly from the culture supernatant and examination of that RNA by Northern or dot blot analysis. The method provides qualitative and quantitative information about the RNA species present and is particularly valuable for the detection of genetic variants in the population.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":77714,"journal":{"name":"Gene analysis techniques","volume":"5 2","pages":"Pages 17-21"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0735-0651(88)90022-2","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13984116","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}
Kevin A.W. Lee, Albrecht Bindereif, Michael R. Green
{"title":"A small-scale procedure for preparation of nuclear extracts that support efficient transcription and pre-mRNA splicing","authors":"Kevin A.W. Lee, Albrecht Bindereif, Michael R. Green","doi":"10.1016/0735-0651(88)90023-4","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0735-0651(88)90023-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A convenient and rapid method for preparing soluble extracts from the nuclei of as few as 3 × 10<sup>7</sup> mammalian cells (miniextract procedure) is described. By several criteria, miniextracts are comparable to nuclear extracts prepared from large numbers of cells by the conventional procedure. Miniextracts are able to support efficient transcription of a variety of class II promoters. In addition, DNase I footprinting and gel retardation assays can be performed directly in miniextracts, enabling the detection of sequence-specific DNA-binding proteins. Besides transcription, miniextracts efficiently carry out pre-mRNA splicing and allow formation and fractionation of previously characterized splicing complexes. The small-scale procedure enables simultaneous preparation of multiple extracts from a variety of cell types under different experimental conditions. Moreover, the use of small amounts of cells allows minimal expenditure of valuable or expensive materials such as radioactive compounds. Consequently, the procedure is highly advantageous for biochemical analysis of transcription and RNA processing in mammalian cells.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":77714,"journal":{"name":"Gene analysis techniques","volume":"5 2","pages":"Pages 22-31"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0735-0651(88)90023-4","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14321383","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":"Optimal conditions for supercoil DNA sequencing with the Escherichia coli DNA polymerase I large fragment","authors":"Heon M. Lim, Jacques J. Pène","doi":"10.1016/0735-0651(88)90024-6","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0735-0651(88)90024-6","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Sequencing ladders produced from supercoiled DNA templates with the <em>Escherichia coli</em> DNA polymerase Klenow fragment are often unreadable because of a high background and misincorporated nucleotides. This study showed that contaminating RNA molecules can interfere with template: primer hybridization. Procedures are provided for the purification of template DNA and stringent conditions for primer-template hybridization that overcome these problems.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":77714,"journal":{"name":"Gene analysis techniques","volume":"5 2","pages":"Pages 32-39"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0735-0651(88)90024-6","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14189298","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":"In vivo plasmid construction by integrative recombination within a 156 bp sequence homology","authors":"Simon F. Park, Gordon S.A.B. Stewart","doi":"10.1016/0735-0651(88)90019-2","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0735-0651(88)90019-2","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>pHG165, a pBR322 copy number derivative of pUC8, has a 38-bp polylinker multiple cloning site located at the 5′ end of lacα. A further 156 bp, 3′ to the multiple cloning site, completes the coding sequence for the production of the β galactosidase α peptide. We describe the use of in vivo plasmid-chromosone cointegrates as a construction method that in this instance has enabled us to cross out the pHG165 multiple cloning site to obtain a wild-type β-galactosidase sequence for the α peptide. Because the DNA sequence available for homologous recombination was only 156 bp in length, the frequency of crosses that removed the multiple cloning site was less than 1 × 10<sup>−9</sup>. These crosses were easily obtained, however, after amplification by ampicillin selection.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":77714,"journal":{"name":"Gene analysis techniques","volume":"5 1","pages":"Pages 1-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0735-0651(88)90019-2","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14189294","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}