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Expression of Fluorescent Fusion Proteins in Murine Bone Marrow-derived Dendritic Cells and Macrophages

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    0501797 - ÚMG 2019 RIV US eng J - Journal Article
    Králová, Jarmila - Glatzová, Daniela - Borna, Šimon - Brdička, Tomáš
    Expression of Fluorescent Fusion Proteins in Murine Bone Marrow-derived Dendritic Cells and Macrophages.
    Jove-Journal of Visualized Experiments. Roč. 140, October (2018), č. článku e58081. ISSN 1940-087X
    R&D Projects: GA ČR GA16-07425S
    Institutional support: RVO:68378050
    Keywords : Biology * Issue 140 * Dendritic cells * macrophages * myeloid cells * differentiation * murine bone marrow cells * cytokines * m-csf * gm-csf * viral infection * GFP tagged protein
    OECD category: Immunology
    Impact factor: 1.108, year: 2018

    Dendritic cells and macrophages are crucial cells that form the first line of defense against pathogens. They also play important roles in the initiation of an adaptive immune response. Experimental work with these cells is rather challenging. Their abundance in organs and tissues is relatively low. As a result, they cannot be isolated in large numbers. They are also difficult to transfect with cDNA constructs. In the murine model, these problems can be partially overcome by in vitro differentiation from bone marrow progenitors in the presence of M-CSF for macrophages or GM-CSF for dendritic cells. In this way, it is possible to obtain large amounts of these cells from very few animals. Moreover, bone marrow progenitors can be transduced with retroviral vectors carrying cDNA constructs during early stages of cultivation prior to their differentiation into bone marrow derived dendritic cells and macrophages. Thus, retroviral transduction followed by differentiation in vitro can be used to express various cDNA constructs in these cells. The ability to express ectopic proteins substantially extends the range of experiments that can be performed on these cells, including live cell imaging of fluorescent proteins, tandem purifications for interactome analyses, structure-function analyses, monitoring of cellular functions with biosensors and many others. In this article, we describe a detailed protocol for retroviral transduction of murine bone marrow derived dendritic cells and macrophages with vectors coding for fluorescently-tagged proteins. On the example of two adaptor proteins, OPAL1 and PSTPIP2, we demonstrate its practical application in flow cytometry and microscopy. We also discuss the advantages and limitations of this approach.
    Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0294150

     
     
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