| Combining Gel Retardation and Footprinting to Determine Protein-DNA Interactions of Specific and/or Less Stable Complexes
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2020-12-05
[Abstract] DNA footprinting is a classic technique to investigate protein-DNA interactions. However, traditional footprinting protocols can be unsuccessful or difficult to interpret if the binding of the protein to the DNA is weak, the protein has a fast off-rate, or if several different protein-DNA complexes are formed. Our protocol differs from traditional footprinting protocols, because it provides a method to isolate the protein-DNA complex from a native gel after treatment with the footprinting agent, thus removing the bound DNA from the free DNA or other protein-DNA complexes. The DNA is then extracted from the isolated complex before electrophoresis on a sequencing gel to determine the footprinting pattern. This analysis provides a possible solution for those who have been unable to use ...
[摘要] [摘要] DNA足迹是研究蛋白质-DNA相互作用的经典技术。但是,如果蛋白质与DNA的结合较弱,蛋白质的脱落速率较快,或者形成了几种不同的蛋白质-DNA复合物,则传统的足迹方案可能会失败或难以解释。我们的协议不同于传统的足迹协议,因为它提供了一种在使用足迹剂处理后从天然凝胶中分离蛋白质-DNA复合物的方法,从而从游离DNA或其他蛋白质-DNA复合物中去除了结合的DNA。然后从分离的复合物中提取DNA,然后在测序凝胶上电泳以确定印迹模式。该分析为无法使用传统足迹法确定蛋白质与DNA接触的人提供了可能的解决方案。
[背景]核酸酶/化学足迹是一个典型的方法来探测蛋白质-DNA相互作用(腊士和施米茨,1978;萨瑟-德怀特和Gralla,1989;汉普等人,2007) ...
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| In vitro Induction and Detection of Acrosomal Exocytosis in Human Spermatozoa
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2020-07-20
[Abstract] The acrosome reaction is a highly regulated exocytotic event that primes spermatozoa for successful fertilization. Upon induction, acrosomal exocytosis proceeds via a wave of vesiculation that radiates across the sperm head, destabilizing the acrosomal vesicle and resulting in the release of the acrosomal contents. Having shed their acrosome, spermatozoa are then capable of penetrating the outer vestments of the oocyte and initiating fertilization. Accordingly, the failure of spermatozoa to complete an acrosome reaction represents a relatively common etiology in male infertility patients, and the ability to induce acrosomal exocytosis has found clinical utility in the evaluation of sperm fertilizing capacity. Here, we firstly describe protocols for driving the capacitation of human ...
[摘要] [摘要 ] 顶体反应是高度调控的胞吐事件,引发精子成功受精。诱导后,顶体胞吐作用通过一束囊泡波进行,该囊泡波辐射穿过精子头部,使顶体囊泡不稳定并导致顶体内容物释放。脱去顶体后,精子便能够穿透卵母细胞的外衣并开始受精。因此,在男性不育患者中,精子不能完成顶体反应代表了相对普遍的病因,并且诱导顶体胞吐作用的能力已在评估精子受精能力中发现了临床用途。在这里,我们首先描述驱动人类精子获能的方案 在体外使用化学成分确定的培养基以引发细胞完成顶体胞吐作用。然后,我们描述了常规用于诱导结合了生理激动剂(即甾体激素,孕酮)或药理试剂(即二价阳离子离子载体,A23187)的顶体胞吐作用的方法。最后,我们描述了组织化学和免疫荧光技术的应用,这些技术可用于研究顶体反应的完成。这样的协议对于临床和男科学研究实验室中的精子功能测试具有重要的诊断实用性。
[背景 ] 顶配体是雄性配子所特有的,是一种溶酶体样的膜细胞器,装饰在精子头部的前部区域,并由顶体内膜和外膜描绘(Hermo 等人,2010a和2010b)。如此形成的顶体囊泡封装了无数的结构和酶促组分,将其分隔为可溶或不可溶级分(Guyonnet 等,2012; Guyonnet 等,2014)。这些中的后者,称为顶体基质,用作稳定的支架,其允许在顶体反应期间受控释放受精所必需的基质相关蛋白(Guyonnet ...
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