| Preparation of Precisely Oriented Cryosections of Undistorted Drosophila Wing Imaginal Discs for High Resolution Confocal Imaging
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2018-02-05
[Abstract] The combination of immunofluorescence and laser scanning confocal microscopy (LSM) is essential to high-resolution detection of molecular distribution in biological specimens. A frequent limitation is the need to image deep inside a tissue or in a specific plane, which may be inaccessible due to tissue size or shape. Recreating high-resolution 3D images is not possible because the point-spread function of light reduces the resolution in the Z-axis about 3-fold, compared to XY, and light scattering obscures signal deep in the tissue. However, the XY plane of interest can be chosen if embedded samples are precisely oriented and sectioned prior to imaging (Figure 1). Here we describe the preparation of frozen tissue sections of the Drosophila wing imaginal disc, which allows us to ...
[摘要] 免疫荧光和激光扫描共聚焦显微镜（LSM）的组合是高分辨率检测生物样品中分子分布的关键。频繁的限制是需要在组织内或在特定的平面深处进行成像，这可能由于组织大小或形状而不可接近。因为与XY相比，光的点扩散函数将Z轴的分辨率降低了约3倍，并且光散射使组织中的深层信号模糊，所以不可能重新创建高分辨率3D图像。然而，如果嵌入的样品在成像之前被精确地定向和切片，则可以选择感兴趣的XY平面（图1）。在这里，我们描述的果蝇翅成像光盘的冰冻组织切片的准备，这使得我们能够获得高分辨率的图像，在整个这个折叠上皮的深度。
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图1.上皮结构和未畸变的折叠模式在发育果蝇翅膀的这个冰冻部分的整个深度中都被揭示出来。通过机翼囊横向背腹节。 A.冷冻切片显示贯穿上皮深度的信号的α-连环蛋白（A'，A“，洋红色）的细胞核（A，绿色）和亚细胞分布。基底表面清晰可辨（箭头）。 A是“A的数字增强图像”。 B.在显示为XZ正交视图的自顶向下视图中收集的图像的Z-堆叠揭示了α-连环蛋白（B'，B“）甚至数字增强图像（B”）的细胞核（B）但很少可辨别的细节。未能揭示基底上皮表面（箭头）。 ...
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| Biochemical Isolation of Myonuclei from Mouse Skeletal Muscle Tissue
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2017-12-20
[Abstract] Skeletal muscle provides the contractile force necessary for movement, swallowing, and breathing and, consequently, is necessary for survival. Skeletal muscle cells are unique in that they are extremely large cells containing thousands of nuclei. These nuclei must all work in concert to maintain skeletal muscle function and thereby maintain life. The nucleus is a major site of signaling integration and gene expression regulation. However, examining nuclear processes in skeletal muscle can be difficult because myonuclei are challenging to isolate. We optimized a protocol to purify myonuclei from whole muscle tissue using ultracentrifugation over a discontinuous sucrose gradient to separate the nuclear fraction. We used these purified nuclei for downstream applications including flow ...
[摘要] 骨骼肌提供运动，吞咽和呼吸所需的收缩力，因此是生存所必需的。骨骼肌细胞是独特的，因为它们是含有数千个核的极大细胞。这些细胞核必须协调一致才能维持骨骼肌功能，从而维持生命。细胞核是信号整合和基因表达调控的主要部位。然而，检查骨骼肌中的核过程可能是困难的，因为肌核难以分离。我们优化了一个协议，从整个肌肉组织使用超速离心蔗糖梯度来分离核分数的纯化肌细胞。我们将这些纯化的细胞核用于下游应用，包括流式细胞术和质谱。我们使用这种方法来比较年轻和老鼠后肢肌肉的肌细胞蛋白质组（Cutler等人，2017）。这个协议可能适用于分离myonuclei的各种下游分析，如流式细胞仪，显微镜，蛋白质印迹和蛋白质组学。
【背景】为了生存，必须保持适当的骨骼肌功能。这种维持的一个组成部分是根据细胞需要和环境线索调整基因表达。调节基因表达的核过程是调节细胞组成和行为的关键组成部分。然而，由于四个技术限制，涉及这些过程的肌细胞蛋白难以研究。首先，骨骼肌是致密的，紧密地填满了组织中超过60％的蛋白质的收缩性蛋白质（Deshmukh等人，2015; Cutler等人）。 ...
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