Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Biotechnology analysis methods
- Microarrays
- analyses change in patterns of gene expression of mRNA
- "on/off switch" and "volume control"
- core principle is the hybridisation between two DNA strands
- DNA/DNA
- RNA/RNA
- DNA/RNA
- is a solid support where small sequences are immobilised
- each spot is a different gene sequence
- many copies of same gene sequence
- each spot can be a different colour representing a different status
- green = control DNA
- red = sample DNA
- yellow = combination of control and sample DNA
- black = neither control or sample DNA
- strands are usually PCR products
- can be DNA, cDNA or oligo
- procedure
- 1. DNA chip prepared
- 2. fluorescently labelled hybridisation mixture prepared
- 3. chip and mixture incubated
- 4. laser scanning of fluorescent label
- 5. computational analysis
- important
- large number of genes can be studied quickly
- small samples can be used
- Gene expression patterns in different cell types can be compared
- three basic types that differ in their immobilised (target) DNA
- changes in gene expression level (transcriptomic)
- expression chips
- immobilised DNA is cDNA derived from RNA
- can be used to study ......
- diseased vs healthy gene expression
- development changes in gene expression
- changes to an altered metabolic environment
- genomic gains and losses (genomic)
- DNA repair genes
- comparative genomic hybridisation
- immobilised DNA are large pieces of genomic
DNA with a known chromosomal location
- fluorescence reflects copy number
- mutations in DNA
- detects mutations and polymorphisms
- immobilised DNA is a single gene with many variants
- High-throughput screening
- method used for scientific experimentation such as drug discovery
- allows a researcher to conduct millions of biochemical, genetic and pharmacological testing
- can identify active compounds, antibodies or genes which modulate a particular biomolecular pathway
- results provide starting points for drug design and for understanding the interaction or role of a particular biochemical process in biology
- target validation
- makes sure the role of the inhibitor in the
disease is thoroughly known and the regulation
of the target cell has the expected affect
- allows the identification of compounds
whose inhibition results in cell apoptosis or
the inhibition of cell proliferation
- primary screening
- large scale primary screening in living cells to select
the best hits among thousand of compounds
- secondary screening
- panel of assays for focused secondary screening in cell-based models of human diseases or in primary cell cultures
- lead optimisation
- identify compounds suitable for testing in a clinical setting
- GFP-Tag
- GFP = Green Fluorescent Protein
- originally isolated from the jellyfish Aequorea victoria
- 30 members of GFP-like
family from Anthozoans
- naturally occurring 27 kD protein that fluoresces green when exposed to blue light
- useful in fluorescence microscopy techniques
- Anticytokines
- cytokines are important components
of the immune system
- imbalance of the cytokine process (production,
receptor expression and dysregulation)
contributes to many pathological disorders
- there are pathways from gene
expression to protein effect
- there are also many potential points of intervention
- is being analysed for possible therapeutic uses
- Image analysis
- designed to provide continuous, time‐lapse images of live cells from within your own standard cell‐culture incubator
- can produce a graph showing kinetic proliferation curves (proliferation rates against time)
- FACS
- FACS = Fluorescence Activation Cell Sorting
- flow cytometryis a technique for counting and examining
microscopic particles, such as cells and chromosomes, by
suspending them in a stream of fluid and passing them by an
electronic detection apparatus
- allows simultaneous multiparametric analysis of the
physical and/or chemical characteristics of up to
thousands of particles per second
- useful in finding stem cells