Koshland Lab,Carnegie Institute http://www.ciwemb.edu/labs/koshland/Protocols/MICROTUBULE/mmb.html
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Determine the OD600 and correlate the cell density from the chart. Set up four 100mL YPD cultures at the following densities: 0.7x105 , 1x105 , and 3.0x105 cells/mL
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GROWTH OF CELLS
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Grow 100mL of cells to OD600 =0.7-0.8 at 23o C.
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Add 5-10ul of BME, 15 minutes before spin.
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Harvest cells in two 50mL conical tubes, spin 1.5-2.0K for 8-10min.
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SPHEROPLASTING. Resuspend cells in 4mL YWB.
~undefinedNOTE: If cells have been arrested with nocodazole or alpha factor, include the inhibitor in the YWB. Let sit at room temperature for 2-3 min. Add oxalyticase [12uL 1mg/ml stock]. Incubate at 23o C with gentle shaking to form spheroplasts. Spheroplasting should be complete within one hour; avoid incubations longer than 1h, 15min
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Transfer spheroplasted cells to a TOMY tube. Spin at 3.5K for 7min. Resuspend cells in 4mL YWB (containing 5% glycerol and 1mM PMSF [0.2M stock in 100% EtOH]) by gently pipetting up and down, using a 1mL pipet. Spin at 3.5K for 7min.
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Gently resuspend cells in 2.5mL 1x EBB (containing 5% glycerol and 0.4mM PMSF).
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Allow cells to "swell" for 10min. at room temperature, then transfer to homogenizer. [Rinse dounce with H2 O, EtOH to clean. Rinse dounce with EBB before using.] Homogenize cells with 5 pestle strokes (up and down is one stroke). Avoid introducing air. Transfer to clean TOMY tube.
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Add 150uL 5M NaCl (final concentration ~0.3M). Incubate at room temperature for 5 min.
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Add 5mL 1x EBB-plus (containing 5% glycerol, 0.1mM DTT and 150 ug/mL BSA). Thus, final concentrations in 7.5mL lysate are 0.1M NaCl. Incubate at room temperature for 45 min.
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Meanwhile, thaw microtubule "seeds" and put at 37o C for 30min. Add taxol to 10uM (e.g. 1ul 0.13mM taxol to 15ul MT seeds) and incubate an additional 15min.
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Remove 250ul sample for TOTAL MATERIAL ("1T"). Keep this tube at room temperature, soas to be comparable to the other samples. Divide remaining lysate between eppendorfs tubes.
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CLARIFY LYSATES
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Spin eppendorf tubes at 15K for 20min. Pool supernatants in a 15mL conical tube and mix gently. Aliquot lysate to microfuge tubes (between 800ul and 1ml). Spin microfuge tubes at 15K for 20min.
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Remove 250ul TOTAL SUPERNATANT ("1TS") to a fresh tube.
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Remove 500ul clarified lysate from each microfuge tube to a fresh tube. Add 5ul 1mM taxol (in DMSO) to each tube - final concentration is 10uM taxol. Mix gently.
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For a standard titration of binding activity, add microtubules to each tube in decreasing amount. Normally, 8, 4, 2, 1, 0.5 and 0uls (MTs made from ~3-6mg/ml PC bovine tubulin). For 0.5ul, make a 10-fold dilution of MTs in BRB80/30% glycerol buffer (containing 10uM taxol). Allow binding to proceed at room temperature for 15 min.
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Pellet microtubule/minichromosome mix at 15K for 8 min. It should be possible to see the larger MT pellets.
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Remove 250ul of each supernatant to fresh tube. These are the SUPERNATANT FRACTIONS. Aspirate all residual liquid with drawn out Pasteur pipets.
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Resuspend MT pellets in 250ul of 1x EBB (containing 0.1mM DTT, 100mM NaCl, 5% glycerol and 1mg/ml BSA, but NO PMSF!). These are the PELLET FRACTIONS. NOTE: Ultimately, PELLETs will be 2x concentrated relative to SUPs.
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Add 250ul of 2x ASSAULT buffer (containing tRNA and øX174) to all samples. Remove protein by adding 20uls of Proteinase K solution (15mg/ml from Boehringer Mannheim) to each tube. Incubate tubes at 50o C for ~1-1.5h (longer is better).
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After Proteinase K treament, precipitate DNA by adding 250ul 6M NH4 OAc and 700ml isopropanol. Store at -20o C overnight.
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Spin down DNA at 15K, 30min. 4o C. Carefully aspirate or decant supernatants, removing as much supernatant as possible. NOTE: The "PELLET SAMPLE" precipitated pellets are often small. Wash all DNA pellets with 100-200ul 70% ethanol. Spin briefly (~5min) and aspirate the ethanol supernatant. Allow DNA pellets to air dry. Do not invert tubes.
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Resuspend all DNA pellets in 30ul TE, incubating at room temperature or 4o C for several hours.
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PREPARATION OF SAMPLES FOR SOUTHERN ANALYSIS.
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Remove 15ul of each sample to a fresh tube. Add 1ul DNase-free RNase (Boehringer Mannheim, 1:1000 dilution of 2U/ul stock) to 1T, 1Ts, and all SUPERNATANT fraction. The PELLET fractions do not have to be "RNased". Incubate at room temperature for at least 30min. Add sample buffer to all tubes.
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Load samples onto a 0.6% agarose gel containing EtBr at 0.2ug/ml. Include a small amount of supercoiled test plasmid (e.g. pDK370) in the DNA size standards to serve as a positive control for hybridization. The final concentration of supercoiled plasmid should be such that ~0.1ng is loaded. Run gel at 20 or 30V overnight.
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Photograph gel. Note whether the intensities of the øX174 bands are even in all lanes and whether 2u circle DNA is visible in the SUPERNATANT fractions.
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Process gel for transfer to GeneScreen Plus according to the Posiblot protocol. Transfer for at least 90 min. UV crosslink DNA to membrane. Air dry.
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HYBRIDIZATION.
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Prehybridize blot at 65o C for ~3h in Church buffer containing 0.5mg/ml denature salmon sperm DNA (usually 14ml Church buffer plus 0.7ml 10mg/ml SS DNA per blot). Add probe 105 cpms per lane) and hybridize at 65o C overnight (at least 18h). Wash blot 2x with Buffer 1, 15min each at 65o C and 2x with Buffer 2, 15min each at 65o C. Monitor the blot--the last wash may not be necessary. NOTE: Use the 0.9kb SmaI/PstI URA3 fragment from pDK377 to visualize pDK370 or other URA3-containing plasmids. Use the 1.8kb SalI/ClaI LEU2 fragment from pDK255 to visualize YCp41 or other LEU2-containing plasmids. Use the ~2kb XhoI/SalI fragment from CV13 to visualize endogenous 2ucircle DNA . Note: make up the YWB, EBB 2X assault buffer fresh each experiment.
YWB per 10ml
5mL 2M Sorbitol (if NZ arrested, add 40uL 1.5mg/mL
0.336mL 1M K2 HPO4 N2 to 4mL YWB)
0.064mL 1M KH2 PO4
4.6mL dH2 O
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YWB, glycerol, PMSF
5mL 2M Sorbitol
0.336mL 1M K2 HPO4
0.064mL 1M KH2 PO4
0.5mL 100% ultrapure glycerol
0.05mL 0.2M PMSF
4.05mL dH2 O
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1X EBB, glycerol, PMSF (5mL)
1mL 5X EBB
0.25mL 100% glycerol
12.5uL 0.2M PMSF
3.75uL dH2 O |
1X EBB, glycerol, DTT, BSA (10mL)
2mL 5X EBB
0.5mL glycerol
10uL 100mg/mL BSA
10uL 0.1M DTT
7.48mL dH2 O |
1X EBB, DTT, NaCl, BSA 5mL
1mL 5X Ebb
5uL 0.1M DTT
0.1mL 5M NaCl
50uL 100mg/mL BSA
0.25mL glycerol
3.6mL dH2 O
2mL EBB
0.2mL NaCl
0.1 BSA
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REAGENTS |
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YWB:
50mL 2M sorbitol
16.8mL 0.2M K2 HPO4
3.2mL 0.2M KH2 PO4
30mL H2 O |
0.1M DTT |
0.2M PMSF in ethanol or ispropanol |
Glusulase |
5X EBB :
5mL 1M MgCl2
5mL TRIS-HCl, pH7.4
0.1mL 0.5M EDTA
90mL H2 O |
5M NaCl |
1mM taxol in DMSO |
2X ASSAULT BUFFER:
5mL 10% SDS, UltraPure
5mL 0.5M EDTA
5mL HEPES-KOH, pH 7.6 [7.5 w/NaOH]
85mL H2 O
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tRNA/øX174 DNA :
1mL 1mg/mL tRNA in H2 O
0.1mL 10 ug/mL uncut øX174 DNA |
5X BRB80 100mLs 5X stock
80mM Pipes pH6.8(KOH) 10mL 800mM Pipes pH6.8 (KOH)
1mM EGTA 1ml 100mM EGTA
1mM MgCl2 0.1mL 1M MgCl2 |
MINICHROMOSOME-MICROTUBULE BINDING ASSAY
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GROWTH OF CELLS. Grow 100mL of cells to OD600 =0.7-0.8 at 23o C. For good binding activity it has proved important to maintain cells in log phase. Normally, 2 days prior to day of experiment, a single medium-sized cology is picked from selective medium and inoculated into 5mL YPS (or -URA, as I do). Two additional dilutions are made from this "neat" inoculum (e.g. 1:10 and 1:25). The goal is to have late log phase cultures the next day (~4x107 cells/mL).
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The day prior to experiment, make a 1:10 dilution of the suitable 5mL overnight. Determine the OD600 and correlating cell density from the chart. Set up three 100mL YPD cultures at the following densities: ~0.7x105 , 1x105 and 1.5x105 cells/mL.
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Harvest cells in two 50mL conical tubes, 1.5-2.0K for 8-10 min. Wash with H2 O and consolidate cells in one tube. Re-spin. NOTE: If cells have been arrested with nocodazole or a factor, include the inhibitor in the H2O wash.
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SPHEROPLASTING.
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Re-suspend cells in 4mL YWB (containing 10mM beta-mercaptoethanol and 1mM PMSF). Le sit at room temperature for 2-3 min. Add 100 uL glusulase. Incubate at 23o C with gentle shaking to form spheroplasts. Spheroplsting should be complete within one hour; avoid incubations longer than 1h, 15min. NOTE: If cells have been arrested with nocodaole or alpha factor, include the inhibitor in the YWB.
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Transfer spheroplasted cells to a TOMY tube. Spin at 3.5K for 7min. Re-suspend cells in 4mL YWB (containing 1mM PMSF only) by gently pipetting up and down, using a 1mL plastic pipet. Re-spin. Repeat wash process, for a total of two washes. NOTE: If cells have been arrested with nocodazole or alpha factor, include the inhibitor in the FIRST WASH ONLY.
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Gently reuspend cells in 2.5mL 1X EBB (containing 0.1mM DTT and 0.5mM PMSF). Transfer to homogenizer.
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Allow cells to "swell" for 10min at room temperature, then homogenize cells with 5 pestle strokes (up and down is one stroke). Avoid introducing air. Transfer to clean TOMY tube.
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Add 150uL 5M NaCl (final concentration ~0.3M). Incubate at room temperature for 5min.
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Add 5mL 1X EBB-plus (containing 0.1mM DTT, 150 ug/mL BSA, and 0.5mM PMSF). Thus, final concentrations in 7.5mL lysate are 0.1M NaCl and 100ug/mL BSA. Incubate at room temperature for 45 min.
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Thaw microtubule "seeds" and put at 37o C for 30min. Add taxol to 10uM (e.g. 1uL 0.13mM taxol to 12 uL MTs) and incubate an additional 15min.
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Remove 250uL sample for TOTAL MATERIAL (so-called "1T"). Keep this tube (and 1Ts, see below) at room temperature, so as to be comparable to the othe rsamples. Divide remaining lysate between two TOMY tubes.
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CLARIFY LYSATES.
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Spin TOMY tubes at 15K for 20min. Pool supernatants in a 10mL conical tube and mix gently. Aliquot lysate to microfuge tubes. The minimum number of tubes is [1 the number of binding reactions planned] (usually 0.7-1mL extract per tube). Spin microfuge tubes at 15K for 20min.
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Remove 250uL STARTING MATERIAL ("1TS") to a fresh tube.
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Remove 500uL clarified lysate from each microfuge tube to a fresh tube. Add 5uL 1mM taxol (in DMSO) to each tube - final concentration is 10uM taxol. Mix gently.
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For a standard titration of binding activity, add microtubules to each tube in increasing amount. Normally, 0, 0.2, 0.5, 1, 2, and 4uL For 0.2uL and 0.5uL, make a 10-fold dilution of MTs in BRB80/30% glycerol buffer (containing 10uM taxol). Allow binding to proceed at room temperature for 15min.
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Pellet MTs (and associated minichromosomes) at 15K for 8min. It should be possible to see the larger MT pellets (usually bluish-white).
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Remove 250uL of each supernatant to fresh tube. These are the SUPERNATANT FRACTIONS. Aspirate all residual liquid with drawn out Pasteur pipets.
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Resuspend MT pellets in 250uL of 1X EBB (containing 0.1mM DTT, 100mM NaCl, and 1mg/ml BSA, but NO PMSF!). These are the PELLET FRACTIONS. NOTE: Ultimately, PELLETs will be 2X concentrated relative to SUPs.
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Add 250uL of 2X ASSAULT buffer (containing tRNA and øX174 DNA ) to all samples (i.e. all sups and pellets, as well as 1T and 1Ts). Remove protein by adding 5mL of Proteinase K solution (20mg/mL from Boehringer Mannheim) to each tube. Incubate tubes at 50o C for ~1-1.5h. (longer is better).
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After Proteinase K treatment, precipitate DNA by adding 250uL 6M NH4 OAc and 500uL isopropanol. Store at -20o C overnight.
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Spin down DNA in TOMY at 15K, 30min. 4o C. Carefully aspirate or decant supernatants, removing as much supernatant as possible. NOTE: The "PELLET" pellets are often small. Wash all DNA pellets with 100-200 uL 70% ethanol.Spin briefly (~5min.) and aspirate the ethanol supernatant. Allow DNA pellets to air dry. Do not invert tubes.
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Resuspend all DNA pellets in 30uL TE, incubating at room temperature or 4o C for several hours.
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PREPARATION OF SAMPLES FOR SOUTHERN ANALYSIS.
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Remove 15uL of each sample to a fresh tube. Add 1uL DNase-free Rnase (Boehringer Mannheim, 1:1000 dilution of 2U/uL stock) to 1T, 1Ts, and all SUPERNATANT fractions. The PELLET fractions do not have to be "RNased". Incubate at room temperature for at least 30min. Add sample buffer to all tubes.
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Load samples onto a 0.6% agarose gel containing EtBr at 0.2ug/mL. Include a small amount of supercoiled test plasmid (e.g. pDK370) in the DNA size standards to serve as a positive control for hybridization. The final concentration of supercoiled plasmid should be such that ~0.1ng is loaded. Run gel at 20 or 30V overnight.
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Photograph gel. Note whether the intensitites of the øX174 bands are even in all lanes and whether 2u circle DNA is visible in the SUPERNATANT (hopefully) fractions.
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Process gel for transfer to GeneScreen Plus according to the Posiblot protocol. Transfer for at least 90 min. UV crosslink DNA to membrane. Air dry.
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HYBRIDIZATION.
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Prehybridize blot at 65o C for ~3 h. in Church buffer containing 0.5 mg/mL denatured salmon sperm DNA (usually 14mL Church buffer plus 0.7mL 10 mg/mL SS DNA per blot). Add probe (105 cpms per lane) and hybridizae at 65o C overnight (at least 18h.). Wash blot 2X with Buffer 1, 15 min. each at 65o C and 2X with Buffer 2, 15min. each at 65o C. Monitor the blot - the last wash may not be necessary.
NOTE: Use the 0.9kb Sma1/Pst1 URA3 fragment from pDK377 to visualize pDK370 or other URA3-containing plasmids. Use the 1.8kb Sal1/Cla1 LEU2 fragment from pDK255 to visualize YCp41 or other LEU2-containing plasminds. Use the ~2kb Xho1/Sal1 fragment from CV13 to visualize endogenous 2u circle DNA .
YWB for spheroplasting:
5mL YWB
25uL 0.2M PMSF
3.5uL beta-ME |
YWB for wash:
8mL YWB
40uL 0.2M PMSF |
1X EBB (to break):
2mL 5X EBB
25uL 0.2M PMSF
10uL 0.1M DTT
8mL H2 O
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1X EBB-plus (to dilute):
1mL 5X EBB
12.5uL 0.2M PMSF
5uL 0.1M DTT
75uL 100mg/ml BSA
4mL H2 O |
1X EBB-double plus (for MT pellets):
1mL 5X EBB
12.5uL 0.2M PMSF
5uL 0.1M DTT
50uL 100mg/ml BSA
100uL 5M NaCl
3.9mL H2 O |
2X Assault Buffer:
X mL 2X ASSAULT BUFFER (X=0.25mL x #samples)
0.1 x XmL tRNA/øX174 DNA |
3.75 dH2 O |
0.25 EDTA |
0.25 SDS |
0.25 HEPES |
0.5 tRNA øX174 |
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