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An Experimental Protocol for the Boyden Chamber Invasion Assay With Absorbance Readout. 带吸光读数的波登室侵袭实验方案
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Bio-protocol Pub Date : 2024-08-05 DOI: 10.21769/BioProtoc.5040
Kathleen C Brown, Amanda M Sugrue, Kushal J Modi, Reagan S Light, Kaitlyn B Conley, Ashley J Cox, Christopher R Bender, Sarah L Miles, Monica A Valentovic, Piyali Dasgupta
{"title":"An Experimental Protocol for the Boyden Chamber Invasion Assay With Absorbance Readout.","authors":"Kathleen C Brown, Amanda M Sugrue, Kushal J Modi, Reagan S Light, Kaitlyn B Conley, Ashley J Cox, Christopher R Bender, Sarah L Miles, Monica A Valentovic, Piyali Dasgupta","doi":"10.21769/BioProtoc.5040","DOIUrl":"10.21769/BioProtoc.5040","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The phenomenon of cell invasion is an essential step in angiogenesis, embryonic development, immune responses, and cancer metastasis. In the course of cancer progression, the ability of neoplastic cells to degrade the basement membrane and penetrate neighboring tissue (or blood vessels and lymph nodes) is an early event of the metastatic cascade. The Boyden chamber assay is one of the most prevalent methods implemented to measure the pro- or anti-invasive effects of drugs, investigate signaling pathways that modulate cell invasion, and characterize the role of extracellular matrix proteins in metastasis. However, the traditional protocol of the Boyden chamber assay has some technical challenges and limitations. One such challenge is that the endpoint of the assay involves photographing and counting stained cells (in multiple fields) on porous filters. This process is very arduous, requires multiple observers, and is very time-consuming. Our improved protocol for the Boyden chamber assay involves lysis of the dye-stained cells and reading the absorbance using an ELISA reader to mitigate this challenge. We believe that our improved Boyden chamber methodology offers a standardized, high-throughput format to evaluate the efficacy of various drugs and test compounds in influencing cellular invasion in normal and diseased states. We believe that our protocol will be useful for researchers working in the fields of immunology, vascular biology, drug discovery, cancer biology, and developmental biology. Key features • Measurement of tumor invasion using human cancer cells. • Ability to measure the pro-invasive/anti-invasive activity of small molecules and biological modifiers. • Measurement of chemotaxis, chemokines, trafficking of immune cells, and proteolytic activity of matrix metalloproteinases, lysosomal hydrolysates, collagenases, and plasminogen activators in physiological and pathological conditions. • Investigation of the role of extracellular matrix proteins in the crosstalk between endothelial, epithelial, muscle, or neuronal cells and their adjacent stroma.</p>","PeriodicalId":93907,"journal":{"name":"Bio-protocol","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11309961/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141918327","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}
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A Social Stimulation Paradigm to Ameliorate Memory Deficit in Alzheimer's Disease. 改善阿尔茨海默病记忆缺陷的社交刺激范式
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Bio-protocol Pub Date : 2024-08-05 DOI: 10.21769/BioProtoc.5046
Qiaoyun Ren, Susu Wang, Wei Xie, An Liu
{"title":"A Social Stimulation Paradigm to Ameliorate Memory Deficit in Alzheimer's Disease.","authors":"Qiaoyun Ren, Susu Wang, Wei Xie, An Liu","doi":"10.21769/BioProtoc.5046","DOIUrl":"10.21769/BioProtoc.5046","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Alzheimer's disease (AD) poses a global health threat, progressively robbing patients of their memory and cognitive abilities. While it is recognized that meaningful social contact can alleviate the symptoms of dementia in AD patients, the precise mechanisms by which social stimulation mitigates AD symptoms remain poorly understood. We found that social interaction with novel mice, also known as novel social, simulated meaningful socializing. Therefore, we developed the multiple novel social (MNS) stimulation paradigm to train AD model mice and found that MNS effectively alleviated cognitive deficits in AD mice. This discovery not only opens up a new avenue for investigating the relationship between social stimulation and Alzheimer's disease but also lays the groundwork for delving into the underlying mechanisms, thereby providing crucial theoretical support for developing novel strategies to treat Alzheimer's disease. Key features • Designing a new social stimulation method to simulate meaningful social interactions in daily life. • The MNS stimulation protocol spans 14 days, with one novel mouse introduced to the subject mice each day. • The subjects were 2.5-month-old FAD<sup>4T</sup> mice, simulating patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). • Results of behavioral tests confirm the efficacy of MNS in reducing cognitive deficits in the AD model. <b>This protocol is used in:</b> J Neurosci (2024), DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1689-23.2024.</p>","PeriodicalId":93907,"journal":{"name":"Bio-protocol","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11309954/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141918375","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}
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Generation of Multicellular 3D Liver Organoids From Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells as a Tool for Modelling Liver Diseases. 利用诱导多能干细胞生成多细胞三维肝脏有组织细胞作为肝脏疾病建模工具
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Bio-protocol Pub Date : 2024-08-05 DOI: 10.21769/BioProtoc.5042
Setjie W Maepa, Mohlopheni J Marakalala, Hlumani Ndlovu
{"title":"Generation of Multicellular 3D Liver Organoids From Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells as a Tool for Modelling Liver Diseases.","authors":"Setjie W Maepa, Mohlopheni J Marakalala, Hlumani Ndlovu","doi":"10.21769/BioProtoc.5042","DOIUrl":"10.21769/BioProtoc.5042","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The liver is an essential organ that is involved in the metabolism, synthesis, and secretion of serum proteins and detoxification of xenobiotic compounds and alcohol. Studies on liver diseases have largely relied on cancer-derived cell lines that have proven to be inferior due to the lack of drug-metabolising enzymes. Primary human hepatocytes are considered the gold-standard for evaluating drug metabolism. However, several factors such as lack of donors, high cost of cells, and loss of polarity of the cells have limited their widescale adoption and utility. Stem cells have emerged as an alternative source for liver cells that could be utilised for studying liver diseases, developmental biology, toxicology testing, and regenerative medicine. In this article, we describe in detail an optimised protocol for the generation of multicellular 3D liver organoids composed of hepatocytes, stellate cells, and Kupffer cells as a tractable robust model of the liver. Key features • Optimising a protocol for generating multicellular 3D liver organoids from induced pluripotent stem cells. Graphical overview.</p>","PeriodicalId":93907,"journal":{"name":"Bio-protocol","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11309960/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141918331","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}
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Microscale Thermophoresis (MST) as a Tool to Study Binding Interactions of Oxygen-Sensitive Biohybrids. 以微尺度热泳(MST)为工具研究氧敏感生物杂交的结合相互作用。
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Bio-protocol Pub Date : 2024-08-05 DOI: 10.21769/BioProtoc.5041
Bhanu P Jagilinki, Mark A Willis, Florence Mus, Ritika Sharma, Lauren M Pellows, David W Mulder, Zhi-Yong Yang, Lance C Seefeldt, Paul W King, Gordana Dukovic, John W Peters
{"title":"Microscale Thermophoresis (MST) as a Tool to Study Binding Interactions of Oxygen-Sensitive Biohybrids.","authors":"Bhanu P Jagilinki, Mark A Willis, Florence Mus, Ritika Sharma, Lauren M Pellows, David W Mulder, Zhi-Yong Yang, Lance C Seefeldt, Paul W King, Gordana Dukovic, John W Peters","doi":"10.21769/BioProtoc.5041","DOIUrl":"10.21769/BioProtoc.5041","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Microscale thermophoresis (MST) is a technique used to measure the strength of molecular interactions. MST is a <i>thermophoretic</i>-based technique that monitors the change in fluorescence associated with the movement of fluorescent-labeled molecules in response to a temperature gradient triggered by an IR LASER. MST has advantages over other approaches for examining molecular interactions, such as isothermal titration calorimetry, nuclear magnetic resonance, biolayer interferometry, and surface plasmon resonance, requiring a small sample size that does not need to be immobilized and a high-sensitivity fluorescence detection. In addition, since the approach involves the loading of samples into capillaries that can be easily sealed, it can be adapted to analyze oxygen-sensitive samples. In this <i>Bio-protocol</i>, we describe the troubleshooting and optimization we have done to enable the use of MST to examine protein-protein interactions, protein-ligand interactions, and protein-nanocrystal interactions. The salient elements in the developed procedures include 1) loading and sealing capabilities in an anaerobic chamber for analysis using a NanoTemper MST located on the benchtop in air, 2) identification of the optimal reducing agents compatible with data acquisition with effective protection against trace oxygen, and 3) the optimization of data acquisition and analysis procedures. The procedures lay the groundwork to define the determinants of molecular interactions in these technically demanding systems. Key features • Established procedures for loading and sealing tubes in an anaerobic chamber for subsequent analysis. • Sodium dithionite (NaDT) could easily be substituted with one electron-reduced 1,1'-bis(3-sulfonatopropyl)-4,4'-bipyridinium [(SPr)<sub>2</sub>V•] to perform sensitive biophysical assays on oxygen-sensitive proteins like the MoFe protein. • Established MST as an experimental tool to quantify binding affinities in novel enzyme-quantum dot biohybrid complexes that are extremely oxygen-sensitive.</p>","PeriodicalId":93907,"journal":{"name":"Bio-protocol","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11309957/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141918332","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}
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An NMR Approach for Investigating Membrane Protein-Lipid Interactions Using Native Reverse Micelles. 利用原生反向胶束研究膜蛋白-脂质相互作用的核磁共振方法
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Bio-protocol Pub Date : 2024-07-20 DOI: 10.21769/BioProtoc.5039
Sara H Walters, Brian Fuglestad
{"title":"An NMR Approach for Investigating Membrane Protein-Lipid Interactions Using Native Reverse Micelles.","authors":"Sara H Walters, Brian Fuglestad","doi":"10.21769/BioProtoc.5039","DOIUrl":"10.21769/BioProtoc.5039","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Peripheral membrane proteins (PMPs) are a subgroup of membrane-associated proteins that are water-soluble and bind to membranes, often reversibly, to perform their function. These proteins have been extensively studied in the aqueous state, but there is often a lack of high-resolution structural and functional studies of these proteins in the membrane-bound state. Currently, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) is among the best-equipped methods to study these relatively small proteins and domains, but current models have some disadvantages that prevent a full understanding of PMP interactions with membranes and lipids. Micelles, bicelles, and nanodiscs are all available for NMR observation but are based on synthetic lipids that may destabilize proteins or are too large to accommodate straightforward structural analysis. This protocol introduces a method for forming reverse micelles using lipids from natural sources, here called native reverse micelles. This technique allows the PMPs to embed within a shell of naturally derived lipids surrounding a small water core solubilized in an alkane solvent. PMP embedment in the lipid shell mimics binding to a cellular membrane. Here, naturally derived lipids from soy, bovine heart, and porcine brain are used in conjunction with n-dodecylphosphocholine (DPC) to encapsulate a PMP from either concentrated or dried protein, resulting in reverse micelles that may be confirmed via dynamic light scattering and NMR. This protocol allows for high-quality NMR data of PMPs interacting with membrane lipids within a biologically accurate environment. Key features • This protocol describes using natural lipids to construct reverse micelles for high-resolution NMR studies of proteins. • Initial optimization of encapsulation conditions proceeds through visual assessment, with dynamic light scattering (DLS) to measure size distribution, and NMR to observe protein behavior. • Membrane-interacting proteins are encapsulated in their membrane-bound state. Proteins that do not interact with membranes are housed in their water-solubilized state. • Structural, functional, and inhibitory studies may be performed on native reverse micelle-encapsulated proteins.</p>","PeriodicalId":93907,"journal":{"name":"Bio-protocol","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11292131/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141891266","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}
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Characterizing ER Retention Defects of PDZ Binding Deficient Cx36 Mutants Using Confocal Microscopy. 利用共聚焦显微镜鉴定 PDZ 结合缺陷 Cx36 突变体的 ER 保留缺陷
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Bio-protocol Pub Date : 2024-07-20 DOI: 10.21769/BioProtoc.5034
Stephan Tetenborg, Elizabeth Martinez-Soler, John O Brien
{"title":"Characterizing ER Retention Defects of PDZ Binding Deficient Cx36 Mutants Using Confocal Microscopy.","authors":"Stephan Tetenborg, Elizabeth Martinez-Soler, John O Brien","doi":"10.21769/BioProtoc.5034","DOIUrl":"10.21769/BioProtoc.5034","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Overexpression of proteins in transiently transfected cells is a simple way to study basic transport mechanisms and the underlying protein-protein interactions. While expression systems have obvious drawbacks compared to in vivo experiments, they allow a quick assessment of more conserved functions, for instance, ER export or sorting of proteins in the Golgi. In a previous study, our group described the formation of ER-derived removal vesicles for the gap junction protein Cx36 in transfected HEK293T cells. These removal vesicles, termed \"whorls\" because of their concentric structure, were formed by Cx36 channels that failed to escape the ER. In this article, we describe an imaging protocol that can be used to determine these ER retention defects for Cx36 expressed in cultured cells. The protocol we provide here employs regular confocal microscopy, which allows for sufficient resolution to reveal the characteristic shape of ER whorls.</p>","PeriodicalId":93907,"journal":{"name":"Bio-protocol","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11292134/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141891269","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}
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Rapid and Efficient Isolation of Total RNA-Bound Proteomes by Liquid Emulsion-Assisted Purification of RNA-Bound Protein (LEAP-RBP). 通过液体乳液辅助纯化 RNA 结合蛋白(LEAP-RBP)快速高效地分离总 RNA 结合蛋白质组。
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Bio-protocol Pub Date : 2024-07-20 DOI: 10.21769/BioProtoc.5236
JohnCarlo Kristofich, Christopher V Nicchitta
{"title":"Rapid and Efficient Isolation of Total RNA-Bound Proteomes by Liquid Emulsion-Assisted Purification of RNA-Bound Protein (LEAP-RBP).","authors":"JohnCarlo Kristofich, Christopher V Nicchitta","doi":"10.21769/BioProtoc.5236","DOIUrl":"10.21769/BioProtoc.5236","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The critical roles of RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) in all aspects of RNA biology fostered the development of methods utilizing ultraviolet (UV) crosslinking and method-specific RNA enrichment steps for proteome-wide identification and assessment of RBP function. Despite the substantial contributions of these UV-based RNA-centric methods to our understanding of RNA-protein interaction networks, their utility is constrained by biases in RBP recovery and significant noise contributions, which can confound meaningful interpretation. To overcome these issues, we recently developed a method termed Liquid Emulsion-Assisted Purification of RNA-Bound Protein (LEAP-RBP) and introduced quantitative signal-to-noise (<i>S</i>:<i>N</i>)-based metrics for the proteome-wide identification of RNA interactomes and accurate assessment of global RBP occupancy dynamics. Compared to existing methodologies, LEAP-RBP provides significant advantages in speed, cost, efficiency, and selectivity for RNA-bound proteins. In this work, we provide a step-by-step guide for the successful application of the LEAP-RBP method for both small- and large-scale investigations of RNA-bound proteomes. Key features • Unbiased and efficient isolation of total RNA-bound protein, RNA, and protein from biological samples. • Cost-effective identification of proteome-wide RNA interactomes and validation of direct RNA-binding protein functionality. • Robust and accurate assessment of context- and/or condition-dependent RBP occupancy state dynamics.</p>","PeriodicalId":93907,"journal":{"name":"Bio-protocol","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11292130/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141891271","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}
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Analysis of Guard Cell Readouts Using Arabidopsis thaliana Isolated Epidermal Peels. 利用拟南芥离体表皮分析守护细胞读数
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Bio-protocol Pub Date : 2024-07-20 DOI: 10.21769/BioProtoc.5033
Rosario Pantaleno, Paula Schiel, Carlos García-Mata, Denise Scuffi
{"title":"Analysis of Guard Cell Readouts Using <i>Arabidopsis thaliana</i> Isolated Epidermal Peels.","authors":"Rosario Pantaleno, Paula Schiel, Carlos García-Mata, Denise Scuffi","doi":"10.21769/BioProtoc.5033","DOIUrl":"10.21769/BioProtoc.5033","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Stomata are pores surrounded by a pair of specialized cells, called guard cells, that play a central role in plant physiology through the regulation of gas exchange between plants and the environment. Guard cells have features like cell-autonomous responses and easily measurable readouts that have turned them into a model system to study signal transduction mechanisms in plants. Here, we provide a detailed protocol to analyze different physiological responses specifically in guard cells. We describe, in detail, the steps and conditions to isolate epidermal peels with tweezers and to analyze i) stomatal aperture in response to different stimuli, ii) cytosolic parameters such as hydrogen peroxide (H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub>), glutathione redox potential (<i>E</i> <sub>GSH</sub>), and MgATP<sup>-2</sup> in vivo dynamics using fluorescent biosensors, and iii) gene expression in guard cell-enriched samples. The importance of this protocol lies in the fact that most living cells on epidermal peels are guard cells, enabling the preparation of guard cell-enriched samples. Key features • Isolation of epidermal peels as a monolayer enriched in guard cells • Measurement of cytosolic guard cell signaling component dynamics in isolated epidermal peels through fluorescent biosensor analysis • Gene expression analysis of guard cell-enriched isolated tissue.</p>","PeriodicalId":93907,"journal":{"name":"Bio-protocol","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11292165/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141891267","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}
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Approach for Electrophysiological Studies of Spinal Lamina X Neurons. 脊髓 X 线神经元的电生理研究方法
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Bio-protocol Pub Date : 2024-07-20 DOI: 10.21769/BioProtoc.5035
Volodymyr Krotov, Pavel Belan, Nana Voitenko
{"title":"Approach for Electrophysiological Studies of Spinal Lamina X Neurons.","authors":"Volodymyr Krotov, Pavel Belan, Nana Voitenko","doi":"10.21769/BioProtoc.5035","DOIUrl":"10.21769/BioProtoc.5035","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Despite playing diverse physiological roles, the area surrounding the central canal, lamina X, remains one of the least studied spinal cord regions. Technical challenges and limitations of the commonly used experimental approaches are the main difficulties that hamper lamina X research. In the current protocol, we describe a reliable method for functional investigation of lamina X neurons that requires neither time-consuming slicing nor sophisticated in vivo experiments. Our approach relies on ex vivo hemisected spinal cord preparation that preserves the rostrocaudal and mediolateral spinal architecture as well as the dorsal roots, and infrared LED oblique illumination for visually guided patch clamp in thick blocks of tissue. When coupled with electric stimulation of the spared dorsal roots, electrophysiological recordings provide information on primary afferent inputs to lamina X neurons from myelinated and non-myelinated fibers and allow estimating primary afferent-driven presynaptic inhibition. Overall, we describe a simple, time-efficient, inexpensive, and versatile approach for lamina X research. Key features • Quick and easy preparation procedure that grants access to lamina X neurons without spinal cord slicing • Preserved rostrocaudal and mediolateral connectivity and preserved primary afferent supply • Ability to perform electrophysiological recordings in combination with dorsal root stimulations allowing to study afferent inputs and presynaptic inhibition of lamina X neurons.</p>","PeriodicalId":93907,"journal":{"name":"Bio-protocol","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11292132/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141891268","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}
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Slot Blot Analysis of Intracellular Glyceraldehyde-Derived Advanced Glycation End Products Using a Novel Lysis Buffer and Polyvinylidene Difluoride Membrane. 使用新型裂解缓冲液和聚偏二氟乙烯膜对细胞内甘油醛衍生的高级糖化终产物进行 Slot 印迹分析。
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Bio-protocol Pub Date : 2024-07-20 DOI: 10.21769/BioProtoc.5038
Takanobu Takata, Hiroki Murayama, Togen Masauji
{"title":"Slot Blot Analysis of Intracellular Glyceraldehyde-Derived Advanced Glycation End Products Using a Novel Lysis Buffer and Polyvinylidene Difluoride Membrane.","authors":"Takanobu Takata, Hiroki Murayama, Togen Masauji","doi":"10.21769/BioProtoc.5038","DOIUrl":"10.21769/BioProtoc.5038","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Advanced glycation end products (AGEs) are formed through the reaction/modification of proteins by saccharides (e.g., glucose and fructose) and their intermediate/non-enzymatic products [e.g., methylglyoxal and glyceraldehyde (GA)]. In 2017, Dr. Takanobu Takata et al. developed the novel slot blot method to quantify intracellular GA-derived AGEs (GA-AGEs). Although the original method required nitrocellulose membranes, we hypothesized that the modified proteins contained in the AGEs may be effectively probed on polyvinylidene difluoride (PVDF) membranes. Because commercial lysis buffers are unsuitable for this purpose, Dr. Takata developed the slot blot method using an in-house-prepared lysis buffer containing 2-amino-2-hydromethyl-1,3-propanediol (Tris), urea, thiourea, and 3-[(3-cholamidopropyl)-dimethylammonio]-1-propanesulfonate (CHAPS) that effectively probes AGEs onto PVDF membranes. The slot blot method also entails the calculation of Tris, urea, thiourea, and CHAPS concentrations, as well as protein and mass to be probed onto the PVDF membranes. GA-AGE-modified bovine serum albumin (BSA, GA-AGEs-BSA) is used to draw a standard curve and perform neutralization against a non-specific combination of anti-GA-AGEs antibodies, thereby enabling the quantification of GA-AGEs in cell lysates. This paper presents the detailed protocol for slot blot analysis of intracellular GA-AGE levels in C2C12 cells. Key features • This protocol leverages the idea that advanced glycation end products are modified proteins. • The lysis buffer containing Tris, urea, thiourea, and CHAPS enables probing proteins onto PVDF membranes. • Intracellular GA-AGE levels may be quantified for some cell types using polyclonal anti-GA-AGE antibodies and standard GA-AGE-modified BSA. • The lysis buffer may be simultaneously prepared with the cell lysate. • There is no limit to the type of cultured cells used in the preparation of cell lysate.</p>","PeriodicalId":93907,"journal":{"name":"Bio-protocol","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11292133/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141891272","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}
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