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Fibroblast: 3T3 cell line

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Retroviral Capsid Core Stability Assay
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2018-09-20
[Abstract]  Structural stability of the capsid core is a critical parameter for the productive infection of a cell by a retrovirus. Compromised stability can lead to premature core disassembly, exposure of replication intermediates to cytosolic nucleic acid sensors that can trigger innate antiviral responses, and failure to integrate the proviral genome into the host DNA. Thus, core stability is a critical feature of viral replicative fitness. While there are several well-described techniques to assess viral capsid core stability, most are generally time and labor intensive. Recently, our group compared the relative stability of murine leukemia virus capsid cores using an in vitro detergent-based approach combined with ultracentrifugation against the popular fate of capsid assay. We found ... [摘要]  衣壳核心的结构稳定性是逆转录病毒对细胞的生产性感染的关键参数。受损的稳定性可导致核心过早解体,将复制中间体暴露于细胞溶质核酸传感器,其可触发先天的抗病毒反应,并且不能将原病毒基因组整合到宿主DNA中。因此,核心稳定性是病毒复制适应性的关键特征。虽然有几种充分描述的技术来评估病毒衣壳核心稳定性,但大多数通常是时间和劳动密集型的。最近,我们小组使用基于体外洗涤剂的方法结合超速离心法对衣壳测定的流行命运比较了鼠白血病病毒衣壳核心的相对稳定性。我们发现两种方法都得出了类似的结论,尽管第一种方法是比较显示核心稳定性差异的病毒突变体时评估相对衣壳核心稳定性的一种非常简单和快速的方法。

【背景】逆转录病毒已经进化出复制周期,在规避宿主抗病毒反应方面表现优异。逆转录病毒开发的一种策略是将其复制中间体与胞质核酸传感器如cGAS,TREX1,IFI203和DDX41屏蔽起来(Yan et al。,2010; Gao et al。,2013; Lahaye et al。,2013; Stavrou et al。,2015)。在复制过程中,逆转录病毒在细胞质中产生RNA-DNA杂合体和未甲基化的双链前病毒DNA,这是先天免疫传感器的常见靶标(Yan et al。,2010; Gao et al。,2013; Lahaye et ...

Preserve Cultured Cell Cytonemes through a Modified Electron Microscopy Fixation
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2018-07-05
[Abstract]  Immunocytochemistry of cultured cells is a common and effective technique for determining compositions and localizations of proteins within cellular structures. However, traditional cultured cell fixation and staining protocols are not effective in preserving cultured cell cytonemes, long specialized filopodia that are dedicated to morphogen transport. As a result, limited mechanistic interrogation has been performed to assess their regulation. We developed a fixation protocol for cultured cells that preserves cytonemes, which allows for immunofluorescent analysis of endogenous and over-expressed proteins localizing to the delicate cellular structures. [摘要]  培养细胞的免疫细胞化学是用于确定细胞结构内蛋白质的组成和定位的常用且有效的技术。 然而,传统的培养细胞固定和染色方案不能有效地保存培养的细胞色素,长期专门用于形态发生转运的丝状伪足。 结果,进行了有限的机械审讯以评估其监管。 我们开发了一种用于培养细胞的固定方案,该方案保留了细胞质,允许对内源性和过表达的蛋白质进行免疫荧光分析,这些蛋白质定位于脆弱的细胞结构。

【背景】Cytonemes被分类为薄的(~200nm直径)基于肌动蛋白的丝状伪足,长度超过2μm,可以转运形态发生素(Ramírez-Weber和Kornberg,1999)。这些信号结构首先在发育中的 Drosophila 翼成像盘中进行了详细分类和描述,随后在小鼠,小鸡和斑马鱼模型生物中进行了观察(Ramírez-Weber和Kornberg,1999; Sanders et al。,2013; Stanganello et al。,2015)。在大多数情况下,只有对过表达的荧光标记蛋白进行实时成像才能进行细胞色素检测。由于传统的固定方案未能保存这些脆弱的细丝,因此对培养细胞的细胞色素的检查受到限制。这些并发症一直是决定在发育和组织稳态期间驱动细胞色素形成和功能的细胞机制以及确定这些过程是否在疾病中被破坏的限制因素。

为了克服这些限制,我们开发了一种基于修饰电子显微镜固定剂(MEM-fix)的方案,该方案可以保留培养细胞的细胞质。 ...

Hair Follicle Stem Cell Isolation and Expansion
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2018-05-20
[Abstract]  Stem cells are widely used for numerous clinical applications including limbal stem cell deficiency. Stem cell derived from the bulge region of the hair follicle have the ability to differentiate into a variety of cell types including interfollicular epidermis, hair follicle structures, sebaceous glands and corneal epithelial cells when provided the appropriate cues. Hair follicle stem cells are being studied as a valuable source of autologous stem cells to treat disease. The protocol described below details the isolation and expansion of these cells for eventual clinical application. We used a dual-reporter mouse model to visualize both isolation and eventual differentiation of these cells in a limbal stem cell-deficient mouse model. [摘要]  干细胞被广泛用于许多临床应用,包括角膜缘干细胞缺陷。 当提供适当的提示时,源自毛囊凸出区域的干细胞具有分化成多种细胞类型的能力,包括滤泡间表皮,毛囊结构,皮脂腺和角膜上皮细胞。 正在研究毛囊干细胞作为自体干细胞治疗疾病的宝贵来源。 下面描述的方案详细描述了这些细胞的最终临床应用的分离和扩增。 我们使用双报告小鼠模型来观察这些细胞在角膜缘干细胞缺陷小鼠模型中的分离和最终分化。

【背景】干细胞被广泛用于多种翻译和临床应用。一种这样的临床应用是用于治疗角膜缘干细胞缺陷(LSCD)。当角膜缘干细胞群存在功能障碍或丧失时,LSCD发生,这对于由于先天性或获得性病理而维持健康的眼表非常重要。 LSCD的主要治疗策略是从患者健康眼睛的角膜缘活检组织培养自体上皮细胞片(Pellegrini等人,1997; Shortt等人,2007) 。这种策略的局限性在于它只适用于患有单侧LSCD的患者。那些有双侧LSCD的患者必须依靠免疫相关活体供体或尸体组织的同种异体角膜缘活检。由于全身性免疫抑制治疗的需要和供体组织的有限可用性,治疗成功率降低。一些研究小组一直在研究使用培养的口腔粘膜细胞治疗LSCD并取得了一些成功。然而,这些细胞通常不能表达角膜上皮分化标记角蛋白12(Inatomi等,2006),并且经常导致外周血管新生的发展(Nakamura等人, ,2004; ...

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