| Transcardiac Perfusion of the Mouse for Brain Tissue Dissection and Fixation
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2021-03-05
[Abstract] Transcardiac perfusion with saline followed by 4% paraformaldehyde (PFA) is widely used to clear blood and preserve brain for immunostaining or in situ hybridization. PFA breaks into formaldehyde in solution, which cross-link protein and DNA molecules to preserve tissue and cell structure. Here we provide a step by step guide for performing this procedure in mouse.
[摘要] [摘要]经盐水灌注心内膜灌注4％多聚甲醛（PFA ）被广泛用于清除血液和保存脑部以进行免疫染色或原位杂交。PFA在溶液中分解成甲醛，甲醛使蛋白质和DNA分子交联以保留组织和细胞结构。在这里，我们提供了在鼠标中执行此过程的逐步指南。
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| EmPC-seq: Accurate RNA-sequencing and Bioinformatics Platform to Map RNA Polymerases and Remove Background Error
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2021-02-20
[Abstract] Transcription errors can substantially affect metabolic processes in organisms by altering the epigenome and causing misincorporations in mRNA, which is translated into aberrant mutant proteins. Moreover, within eukaryotic genomes there are specific Transcription Error-Enriched genomic Loci (TEELs) which are transcribed by RNA polymerases with significantly higher error rates and hypothesized to have implications in cancer, aging, and diseases such as Down syndrome and Alzheimer’s. Therefore, research into transcription errors is of growing importance within the field of genetics. Nevertheless, methodological barriers limit the progress in accurately identifying transcription errors. Pro-Seq and NET-Seq can purify nascent RNA and map RNA polymerases along the genome but cannot be ...
[摘要] [摘要]转录错误可通过改变表观基因组并引起mRNA的错误整合而严重影响生物体内的代谢过程，从而将其翻译为异常的突变蛋白。此外，真核基因组内有特定转录错误富集的基因组基因座（TEELs），它们由RNA聚合酶与显著更高的错误率转录并推测为具有影响在癌症，老化和疾病例如唐氏综合征和阿尔茨海默'秒。因此，在遗传学领域对转录错误的研究越来越重要。尽管如此，方法上的障碍限制了准确识别转录错误的进展。Pro-Seq和NET-Seq可以沿基因组纯化新生RNA并绘制RNA聚合酶，但不能用于鉴定转录突变。在这里，我们本背景误差模型耦合的精密核圆形测序上运行（EMPC -SEQ），一种方法COMBIN荷兰国际集团测定和圆形测序核上运行与背景误差模型精确地检测新生转录错误和有效地辨别TEELs基因组中。
[背景]核糖核苷酸错掺导致的转录错误在所有活生物体中无处不在（Carey，2015）。假设每个信使RNA（mRNA）可以翻译2-4千次（Schwanhausser et al。，2011），并且许多特殊RNA在给定时间每个细胞仅表达一次（Islam et al。，2011; Pelechano et al。，2011）。，2010），即使是关键残基的单个转录错误也会使特定蛋白质的表达产生很大差异。另外，转录错误可加速蛋白质聚集，导致人类中与年龄有关的疾病（van ...
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| Carboxyfluorescein Dye Uptake to Measure Connexin-mediated Hemichannel Activity in Cultured Cells
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2021-02-05
[Abstract] Connexins are membrane bound proteins that facilitate direct and local paracrine mediated cell-to-cell communication through their ability to oligomerise into hexameric hemichannels. When neighbouring channels align, they form gap-junctions that provide a direct route for information transfer between cells. In contrast to intact gap junctions, which typically open under physiological conditions, undocked hemichannels have a low open probability and mainly open in response to injury. Hemichannels permit the release of small molecules and ions (approximately 1kDa) into the local intercellular environment, and excessive expression/activity has been linked to a number of disease conditions. Carboxyfluorescein dye uptake measures functional expression of hemichannels, where increased ...
[摘要] [摘要]连接蛋白是有助于直接和局部旁分泌通过自己的能力介导的细胞-细胞通信膜结合蛋白寡聚成六聚半通道。当相邻通道对齐时，它们形成间隙连接，为单元之间的信息传输提供直接路径。与通常在生理条件下打开的完整的间隙连接相反，未对接的半通道的打开概率较低，主要是在受伤时打开。半通道允许小分子和离子（约1kDa）释放到局部细胞间环境中，并且过度表达/活性 与许多疾病状况有关。羧基荧光素染料的摄取量度了半通道的功能性表达，其中增加的半通道活性/功能反映了增加的负荷。该技术依赖于通过开放性半通道对不可渗透膜的荧光示踪剂的吸收，可用于比较在不同条件下（例如对照与疾病）培养的细胞单层之间的通道活性。其他技术（例如生物素化和电生理学）可以分别测量细胞表面表达和半通道开放可能性，但是，羧基荧光素的摄取提供了一种简单，快速且经济高效的方法来测定多种细胞类型的体外半通道活性。
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使用染料吸收量度半通道活性
[背景]连接蛋白（CX ）是一体的跨膜蛋白，其寡聚到连接子在细胞表面。连接子与相似的六聚体蛋白复合物停靠在相邻细胞上，形成用于间隙连接细胞间通讯的双向导管（GJIC；Bosco等人，2011 ...
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