Study of Sarcocystis muris in cell culture by laser scanning confocal microscope technology (CAT#: STEM-MIT-0101-LJX)

Introduction

A monoclonal antibody (mcab) raised against a subcellular fraction of Sarcocystis muris cystozoites was used to localize microneme antigens before, during and after invasion of cultured cells. The mcab recognized a 20 and 22 kDa protein under reducing and non-reducing conditions on Western blots and localized an antigen in cystozoites in the apical part of the parasites. Confocal laser scanning microscopy of invading cystozoites revealed the secretion of a microneme antigen at the apical tip of the parasite. The secreted microneme antigen was attached to the host cell surface at the invasion site and spread along the surface of the infected cells. Electron microscopy using immunogold labeling showed that the microneme antigen was distributed in patches on the surface of infected cells and present on infected cells more than 60 min post-infection. The function of microneme antigens during parasite-host cell interactions is discussed.

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Principle

Laser scanning confocal microscope is a high-tech microscope. It is based on fluorescence microscope imaging and equipped with a laser scanning device, which uses ultraviolet or visible light to excite the fluorescence probe, thereby obtaining fluorescence images of the internal microstructure of cells or tissues.
The laser beam is used as the light source in the laser scanning confocal microscope. The laser beam passes through the illuminating pinhole and is reflected to the objective lens through the spectroscope. The laser beam is focused on the sample, and every point on the focal plane of the specimen is scanned. If there is a fluorescent substance that can be excited in the tissue sample, the fluorescence emitted after excitation is directly reversed back to the spectroscope through the original incident light path, and is first focused when passing through the detection pinhole. The focused light is detected and collected by the photomultiplier tube (PMT), and the signal is sent to the computer, and the image is displayed on the computer monitor after processing.

Applications

Imaging and analysis in the fields of morphology, molecular cell biology, neuroscience, pharmacology, genetics

Procedure

1. Sampling
2. Preparation of slices
3. Staining (Select according to the specific experimental situation)
4. Observation

Materials

• Sample Type:
Sarcocystis muris cystozoites

Notes

Operate in strict accordance with the operating procedures, and shall not arbitrarily change the operating procedures
In the starting sequence of the switch and in the scanning process, try to do fast and orderly, to protect the laser

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