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Jan Rathenberg :Gezielte Genmodifikation und Single-Cell Elektroporation zur Analyse cholinerger Neuronen mittels Cholin Acetyltransferase als Marker |
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|Zusammenfassung| |Inhaltsverzeichnis| |Ergänzende Angaben| |
InhaltsverzeichnisDie gesamte Dissertation können Sie als gezippten tar-File oder als zip-File laden. Durch Anklicken der Kapitelüberschriften können Sie das Kapitel in PDF-Format laden: 1.1 Organization of the cholinergic gene locus, mRNA transcription and translation 1.2 ChAT protein purification and characterization 1.3 The cholinergic synapse 1.4 The central and peripheral cholinergic nervous system 1.4.1 Anatomy 1.4.2 Development 1.4.3 Physiology 1.4.4 Disease 1.5 Organotypic cultures of neural tissue 1.6 Transfection of neurons by electroporation 1.7 In vivo imaging of the mammalian nervous system using fluorescent proteins 1.8 Cre/loxP mediated gene deletion or conditional gene "knock-out" 1.9 Creation of mutant mouse lines by homologous recombination 1.10 Aims of the project 2.1 Materials 2.1.1 Chemicals, reagents and consumable materials 2.1.2 Plasmid vectors 2.1.3 Bacteria strains, cell lines and animals 2.1.4 Primers and Oligonucleotides 2.1.5 Buffers and solutions 2.1.6 Media and solutions for bacteria, cell and tissue culture 2.2 Methods 2.2.1 Molecular Biology 2.2.1.1 Preparation of plasmid DNA 2.2.1.2 Determination of nucleic acid concentration 2.2.1.3 Sequence analysis 2.2.1.4 Digestion with restriction enzymes 2.2.1.5 Agarose gel electrophoresis 2.2.1.6 DNA fragment isolation 2.2.1.7 5´-Dephosphorylation 2.2.1.8 Ligation 2.2.1.9 Transformation 2.2.1.10 Preparation of competent cells 2.2.1.11 RNA preparation from mouse (C57Bl/6) spinal cord 2.2.1.12 Reverse transcription 2.2.1.13 Site-directed mutagenesis 2.2.1.14 PCR amplification of DNA fragments 2.2.1.15 PCR screen of ES cell clones in the 96 well format 2.2.1.16 Preparation of genomic ES cell DNA from 96 well culture plates 2.2.1.17 Southern transfer of DNA fragments onto membranes 2.2.1.18 Detection of PCR products of using the ECL system 2.2.1.19 Detection of genomic digestion fragments with radiolabeled 2.2.2 Biochemistry 2.2.2.1 Choline acetyltransferase activity assay 2.2.2.2 Determination of protein concentration 2.2.2.3 Protein gel electrophoresis 2.2.2.4 Staining of proteins in polyacrylamide gels 2.2.2.5 Western blotting and immunodetection 2.2.2.6 Fixation of cells and tissues 2.2.2.7 ChAT immuncytochemistry of transfected COS-1 cells 2.2.3 Cell culture 2.2.3.1 Transfection of COS-1 cells 2.2.3.2 ES cell culture 2.2.3.2.1 Preparation of feeder cells 2.2.3.2.2 Electroporation of ES cells 2.2.3.2.3 Picking of G418 resistant clones 2.2.3.3 Organotypic tissue culture 2.2.4 Electroporation of single neurons in brain slice cultures (SCE) 3.1 Generation of expression and targeting vectors 3.1.1 ChAT-GFP and wildtype ChAT expression vectors 3.1.2 ChAT-GFP targeting vector 3.1.3 ChAT-loxP targeting vector 3.2 Functional characterization of the ChAT-GFP fusion protein 3.2.1 Expression of ChAT-GFP and wildtype ChAT 3.2.2 Enzyme activity of ChAT-GFP compared to the wildtype 3.2.3 Subcellular distribution of ChAT-GFP and wildtype ChAT in COS-1 cells 3.2.4 Subcellular distribution of ChAT-GFP in hippocampal neurons 3.3 Transfection of individual neurons in organotypic hippocampal slice cultures by single-cell electroporation (SCE) 3.4 Expression of presynaptic and postsynaptic marker proteins 3.5 Generation of ChAT-GFP and ChAT-loxP targeted mouse E14 stem cell 4.1 A recombinant ChAT-GFP fusion protein has been generated which is efficiently expressed in COS-1 cells 4.2 Influence of GFP insertion in ChAT enzyme activity 4.3 Distribution of wildtype ChAT and ChAT-GFP in COS-1 cells 4.4 ChAT-GFP is expressed in pyramidal neurons and appears to be associated to synaptic vesicles 4.5 Establishing organotypic brain slice cultures 4.6 Improved single-cell electroporation (SCE) is a powerful transfection method for single neurons 4.7 Gene transfer of fluorescent proteins via SCE 4.8 Modification of the ChAT gene in ES cells by homologous recombination 4.9 Outlook |
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Online-Adresse: | http://www.diss.fu-berlin.de/2002/194/index.html | |
Sprache: | Englisch | |
Keywords: | ChAT, GFP, gene targeting, single-cell electroporation, neuron | |
DNB-Sachgruppe: | 32 Biologie | |
Datum der Disputation: | 13-Sep-2002 | |
Entstanden am: | Fachbereich Biologie, Chemie, Pharmazie, Freie Universität Berlin | |
Erster Gutachter: | Priv.-Doz. Dr. Veit Witzemann | |
Zweiter Gutachter: | Prof. Dr. Ferdinand Hucho | |
Kontakt (Verfasser): | jrathenberg@web.de | |
Kontakt (Betreuer): | witzeman@mpimf-heidelberg.mpg.de | |
Abgabedatum: | 19-Sep-2002 | |
Freigabedatum: | 23-Sep-2002 |
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