Aim:We do again the previous experiment to understand why transformation in our bacteria does not work.
Protocol: follow in this linkWhat we did in the lab:Materials:
• pET43.1a(+)a plamid (obtained with Midiprep done on June 8, 2016)
• enzyme restriction (XbaI / HindIII)
• Buffer Cutsmart 10X (NEB)
• H2O
• P10 pipet, P20 pipet, 1.5 mL eppendorf, 37°C and 65°C water bath
Method:
1. For our manipulation, we used XbaI and HindIII enzymes and we used Cutsmart 10 X buffer because it is the most appropriate buffer.
2. Follow the next table to volumes:
pET43.1a(+) à 130 ng/µl (3 µg)
DNA (µl)
19
XbaI (µl)
2
Hind III (µl)
1
H20 (µl)
5
CutSmart 10X (µl)
24.5
TOTAL (µl)
51.5
Table 35
= 260 nm
pET43.1a(+) XbaI/HindIII
N°1
A260/280
1.8
N°1
Cfinal
260 ng/µL
N°2
A260/A280
1.4
N°2
Cfinal
400 ng/µL
Table 36
Aim:Check if digestion was successfully done
Protocol: follow in this linkWhat we did in the lab:Materials:
• pET43.1a(+) plasmid (obtained with Midiprep on june 8, 2016)
• pET43.1a(+) plasmid digested by XbaI/HindIII
• gel 0.7% agarose
• TAE 0.5X buffer
• Electrophoresis generator ( at 50 V and after at 90 V)
• DNA ladder (Thermoscientific gene ruler 1kb)
• P10 and P20 pipet, 1.5 eppendorf, electrophoresis BIORAD Mini-Sub Cell GT
Method:
1- Prepare an agarose gel at 0.7 % (Refer on the detail protocol which is on the protocol parts)
2- Fill electrophoresis chamber with TAE 1X
3- Follow the deposit Table 37:
Line
L1
L2
L3
L4
L5
Name
Marker weight
pET43.1a(+) X/H
pET43.1a(+) UNCUT
ADNA (µl)
5
10
5
H20 (µl)
0
0
0
Load buffer 6X
0
2
1
Table 37
1- Put the voltmeter at 100 V for one hour
Results:
IMAGE Figure 7
We saw that in the line of the plasmid cut by XbaI and HindIII, we have two bands which don’t correspond to the uncut plasmid band. Moreover, The band of the plasmid cut by XbaI and HindIII have the appropriate weight. So we can cuclude that the digestion has worked. We can get back our plasmid cut with extraction gel.
Aim:To recover the pET43.1a(+) which has been digested, and to purify out the band from the gel.
Protocol: follow in this linkWhat we did in the lab:Materials:
• Results of electrophoresis (done previously)
• Gel extraction kit from Qiagen
• P10 and P20 pipet, 1.5 ml Eppendorf
Method:
To extract DNA we use the Gel Extraction Kit from Qiagen and we follow the different steps detailed in the kit.
• Eppendorf mass : 1.4043 g
• Eppendorf + Gel mass : 1.0817 g
• Gel mass : 1.4043 – 1.0817 = 322.6 mg
We must pour 3 volums of QG buffer, it means 967.8 µl.
We added 322 µl of isopropanol and we split in two equals volums our experiment
DNA Masses (mg)
DNA Volumes (ml))
pET43.1a(+)
322.6
1.073
Table 38
Aim:After the electrophoresis, we saw that the digestion of pET43.1a(+) was done succesfully. Now we have to dephosphorylate it to avoid self-ligation.
Protocol: follow in this linkWhat we did in the lab:Materials:
• pET43.1a(+) plasmid digested by XbaI/HindIII
• Dephosphorylation rSAP enzyme
• P10 and P200 pipet, 1.5 eppendorf, water bath (37 °C and 65 °C)
Method:
1. For volumes, refer on the next table :
We dephosphorylated 7.5*120 ng/µl, so 900 ng of pET43.1a(+)
DNA of pET43.1a(+)( µl)
rSAP ( µl)
Buffer 10X ( µl)
H2O ( µl)
TOTA ( µl)
7.5
2.58
6
43.92
60
Table 39
Aim:To save time, we do another dephosphorylation of pET43.1 digested by enzymes to ligate it to the insert C2 (digest by XbaI/HindIII on June,28 2016).
Protocol: follow in this linkWhat we did in the lab:Materials:
• pET43.1a plasmid digested by XbaI/HindIII
• Dephosphorylation rSAP enzyme
• P10 and P200 pipet, 1.5 eppendorf, water bath (37 °C and 65 °C)
Method:
1. For volumes, refer on the next table:
2. We dephosphorylate 7.5*120 ng/µl, so 900 ng of pET43.1
DNA of pET43.1a(+)( 120 ng/µl)
rSAP ( µl)
Buffer 10X ( µl)
H2O ( µl)
TOTA ( µl)
7.5
2.58
6
43.92
60
Table 39
Aim:We want to obtain a second expression vector, this time with pET43.1 and C2. We do the same experiment as previously performed for C1.
Protocol: follow in this linkWhat we did in the lab:Materials:
• pET43.1a(+) plasmid digested by XbaI/HindIII and dephosphorylated
• C2 insert cut by XbaI/HindIII (done on the June,28 2016)
• T4 Ligase and Buffer 10X
• P10 and P200 pipet, 1.5 eppendorf, waterbath (37 °C and 65 °C)
Method:
1. For volumes, refer to the next table:
C2 = 9.2 ng/µl
We used 60 µl of pET43.1a(+) concentrated at 15 ng/µl (total 900 ng)
1:1
1:3
Only pET43.1a(+)
pET43.1a(+) (50 ng)
6.7
6.7
6.7
Insert (C2) (µl)
1.74
5.22
T4 Ligase (µl)
1
1
1
Buffer 10X (µl)
1.5
1.5
1.5
H20 (µl)
4.06
0.58
5.8
TOTAL (µl)
15
15
15
Table 40
2. Incubate 10 min at room temperature, and put it at 65 °C during 10 min to inactivate the ligase. To keep it and use it after, we put it at -20 °C
Results:
Aim:At this stage, we want to obtain a recombinant vector (pET43.1a(+) + C2)
Protocol: follow in this linkWhat we did in the lab:Materials:
• pET43.1a(+) plasmid digested by XbaI/HindIII and dephosphorylate (done previously)
• C2 insert cut by XbaI/HindIII (done on the june,28 2016)
• T4 Ligase and Buffer 10X
• P10 and P200 pipet, 1.5 eppendorf, warm bath (37 °C and 65 °C)
Method:
1. For volums, refer to the next table :
C2 = 11.4 ng/µl
pET43.1 = 50 ng/µl (900 ng 60 µl)
1:1
1:4
Only pET43.1a(+)
pET43.1a(+) (50mg) (µl)
20
20
20
Insert C2 (µl)
1.4
4.2
T4 ligase (µl)
1
1
1
Buffer 10X (µl)
2.5
2.5
2.5
H20 (µl)
0
0
0
TOTAL (µl)
24.9
27.7
22.5
Table 42
Incubate 10 min at room temperature, and put it at 37 °C during 10 min. To keep it and use it after, we put it at -20 °C.
Aim:Check if ligation of pET43.1+C1 and pET43.1+C2 were successfully done.
Protocol: follow in this linkWhat we did in the lab:Materials:
• pET43.1a plamid
• pET43.1a plamid cutted by HindIII/XbaI
• C1 and C2 cutted by HindIII/XbaI
• agarose gel 0.7%
• TAE 0.5x buffer
• Electrophoresis generator at 130 V
• DNA ladder (Thermoscientific gene ruler 1 kb)
• Electrophoresis generator (at 50 V and after at 90 V)
Method:
1. Prepare an agarose gel at 0.7 % (Refer on the detail protocol which is on the protocol parts)
2. Fill electrophoresis chamber with TAE 0.5X
3. Follow the deposit table :
Lanes
L1
L2
L3
L4
L5
L6
L7
L8
L9
Name
Marker weight
pET43.1a(+) uncul
C1 (1:1)
C1 (1:3)
C2 (1:1)
C2 (1:3)
pET43.1a(+) only
DNA (µl)
7
6
5
5
5
5
5
DNA (µl)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
DNA (µl)
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
Table 43
Let 1h at 50V and put it at 100 V.
Results:
The electrophoresis shows us that DNA wasn’t ligated, so we added 1 µl more of T4 ligase and 1 µl of buffer in each tube and we let ligate during 1h.
After one hour, we did another electrophoresis.
Aim:Check if ligation of pET43.1+C1 and pET43.1+C2 was successfully done.
Protocol: follow in this linkWhat we did in the lab:Materials:
• pET43.1a plamid
• pET43.1a plamid cutted by HindIII/XbaI
• C1 and C2 cut by HindIII/XbaI
• agarose gel 0.7%
• TAE 0.5x buffer
• Electrophoresis generator at 130 V
• DNA ladder (Thermoscientific gene ruler 1 kb)
• P10 pipet, P20 pipet, test tube 250mL, electrophoresis BIORAD Mini-Sub Cell GT, 2 type of tips, 1.5ml Eppendorf sterile tubes, 37°C water bath, shaking incubator centrifuge 5415D,
Method:
1. -Fill the electrophoresis chamber with TAE 0.5X buffer
2. Following this deposit table :
Lanes
L1
L2
L3
L4
L5
L6
L7
L8
L9
Name
Marker weight
pET43.1a(+) uncul
pET43.1a(+) only
C1 (1:1)
C1 (1:3)
C2 (1:1)
C2 (1:3)
DNA (µl)
5
1
5
5
5
5
5
5
DNA (µl)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
DNA (µl)
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Table 44
Results:
Aim:The previuos experiment being still underway, we want to move ahead wier inserts. We want to digest our B2 insert to put it in the expression vector.
Protocol: follow in this linkWhat we did in the lab:Materials:
• eppendorf (0.5 ml)
• microbiology equipement
• B2 insert
• Enzymes (HindIII and XbaI)
• H2O RNAse free
• Buffer 10X
Method:
1. Mixing all of reactants and let the digestion proceed during 1h30 at 37 °C
2. Follow this next table
B2
Vol DNA (50ng/µl)
20 µl
Vol Hind III
0.5 µl
AVol XbaI
0.5 µl
Vol buffer 10X (CutSmart)
2.5 µl
Vol TOTAL
25 µl
Table 45
Allow the digestion proceed for 1h and add an extra 0.5 µl of enzyme and leave the reaction going for 1h more at 37 °C.
1. Incubate it 10 min at 65 °C to inactivate the enzymes
Aim:We want to check if our bacteria have produced enought ligated plasmid.
Protocol: follow in this linkWhat we did in the lab:Materials:Method:
Spectro : Ultrospec 3100 pro-Amersham Bioscience
Vol DNA = 2 l
Vol TE buffer= 498 µl
Dilution = 1/250
In a quartz cuvette ( Path Length= 1 cm):
- 1 ml of buffer TE
- use 2 µl DNA in 998 µl of TE for the dilution
Analysis to = 260 nm
Blank on TE1X
Results:
λ= 260 nm
Colony (1:1)
Colony (1:2)
Colony (2:1)
Colony (2:2)
Cfinale>
110 ng/µl
290 ng/µl
110 ng/µl
70 ng/µl
Cfinale2>
5 500 ng/µl
14 500 ng/µl
5 500 ng/µl
3 500 ng/µl
Table 46
Aim:: We want to check if the plasmid has an insert.
Protocol: follow in this linkWhat we did in the lab:Materials:Method:
Colony (1:1)
Colony (1:2)
Colony (2:1)
Colony (2:2)
DNA (1 µg)
9.1 µl
3.4 µl
9.1 µl
14.3µl
XbaI
1 µl
1 µl
1 µl
1 µl
HindIII
1 µl
1 µl
1 µl
1 µl
H20
15.9 µl
21.6 µl
15.9 µl
10.7 µl
Buffer 10X
3 µl
3 µl
3 µl
3 µl
Buffer 10X
30 µl
30 µl
30 µl
30 µl
Table 47
1. Add all reagents in a 1.5 ml eppendorf
2. Let the digestion proceed during 1h30 at 37 °C and incubate 10 min at 65 °C
3. For the reagent volumes, refer to the table
Aim:We want to check if the plasmid has an insert.
Protocol: follow in this linkWhat we did in the lab:Method:
Lanes
L1
L2
L3
L4
L5
L6
L7
L8
L9
L10
Name
Mark weight
pET43.1a(+) X/H
C2 (1:1)
C2 (1:2)
C2 (2:1)
C2 (2:2)
pET43.1a(+) uncut
DNA (µl)
6
30
30
30
30
30
30
Table 48
FIGURE
Results:
After the elctrophoresis, we notice that the recombinating plasmid seems to contain two inserts. Indeed, the band corresponds to a size between 1 00 and 1 500 bp.
We decided to digest our double insert with XbaI and SpeI to split it.
We also digested a pET43.1with XbaI and SpeI to fit it.
Aim:We observed that two inserts were present in our gels, we therefore want to verify that the second heavier one is not as a result illegitimate ligation of XbaI/HindIII. There is a SpeI site in the neighboring sequences. Therefore, we want to split the insert to have just one insert.
Protocol: follow in this linkWhat we did in the lab:Materials:Method:
1. For volumes, refer to the next table :
C2.1.1 (110 ng/µl)
C2.1.2 (290 ng/µl)
pET43.1a(+)
Vol DNA (3 µl)
27.3 µl
10.3 µl
2.5 µl
Vol SepI (µl)
1
1
1
Vol XbaI (µl)
1
1
1
H20 10X (µl)
6.7
23.7
31.5
Vol Buffer CutSmart 10X (µl)
4
4
4
Vol TOTAL (µl)
40
40
40
Table 49
2. After 1H of digestion, we added 1 µl of each enzyme and let digest 30 more minutes.
Aim:We want to check if we succeeded in splitting the twinned insert.
Protocol: follow in this linkWhat we did in the lab:Method:
1. To deposit volums, refer to this table :
Lines
L1
L2
L3
L4
L5
L6
L7
Name
Mark weight
pET43.1 X/S
C2 (1:1)
C2 (1:2)
DNA (µl)
10
40
40
40
H20 (µl)
0
0
0
40
H20 (µl)
10
10
10
10
Table 50
Results:The digestion does not work, we did not succeed in splitting the twinned insert so we decided to keep it and to express the protein with the double insert, hoping that the stop codon at the end of one of the inserts will be ennough. We will also sequence the plasmid to verify the orientation, and validity of our twinned insert hypothesis.