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Vodkin Laboratory, University of Illinois
Reverse Trasncriptase Labeling and Hybricization with Cy3/Cy5, page 1, 2, 3
Steve Clough/Reena Philip

 

Reverse Transcriptase Labeling with Cy3 / Cy5 Worksheet

Date of labelling: ________________________ Name: _______________________
Slide ID number:________________________ Print Date: ____________________
 
Cy3 label info
Cy5 label info
Tissue    
Total or mRNA    
Date RNA prepared    
Conc of RNA ug/ul    
# of ul used    
Amt of RNA (ug)    

(want 2 ug mRNA or 100 ug total RNA per labeling reaction)
Cy3 Cy5 Check as added (Cy5 is very senstiive to fluorescent light so minimize the exposure)
____ ____ 1.Mix together:    
____ ____

 

RNA (or RNA + water) 8 ul  
____ ____  
oligo dT (18-21 mer, 2.5 ug/ul)
2 ul (Date made: ________)
   
Total volume 10 ul  
____ ____ 2.Heat 70c, 10 minutes    
____ ____ 3.Place on ice for 5-10 minutes, then flash spin    

4. Prepare the labeling reaction cocktail:

    Reagent vol [final] Lot/stock # & Date
____ ____ 5X Buffer (Gibco) 6 ul 1 X ____________________
____ ____ DTT (0.1M, Gibco) 3 ul 10 mM ____________________
____ ____ Low T' dNTP's (Sigma)
6 ul 500 uM dACG ____________________
    (2.5 mM dACG, 1.0 mM dT)   200 uM dT ____________________
____ ____ Cy3- or Cy5-dUTP (1mM) 3 ul 100 uM ____________________
    (FluoroLink Cy3-dUTP #53022 or Cy5-dUTP #55022, AmershamPharmacia)  
____ ____ SuperScript II (200 U/ul) 2 ul 13 U/ul ____________________
____ ____ Gibco #18064-014     ____________________
           
    Total volume 20 ul per reaction
____ ____ 5. Add a 20 ul aliquot of the reaction cocktail to 10 ul of RNA/oligo dT (total 30 ul).    
____ ____ 6. Finger flip and quick spin.    
____ ____ 7. Incubate 42c, 1 hour.    
____ ____ 8. Add 1 ul SuperScript and incubate another hour (2 hour total)   Lot/Date__________________.
____ ____ 9. Add 1 ul RNAse A, DNAse-free   Lots/Date:__________________.
____ ____ 10. Add 1 ul RNAse H, DNAse-free (optional)   Lots/Date:__________________.
____ ____ 11. Incubate at 37c for 30 minutes to degrade RNA    

Post labeling clean up.

___ If dual labeling, mix together desired probes at this time prior to Qiagen clean up. Qiagen PCR Purification kit Cat No. 28104 Lot#:__________________________
___ 1. Place labeled spin column into collection tube.
___ 2. Add 5 volumes PB Buffer to labeled probe.
___ 3. Transfer to column. Spin 11,000rpm for Eppendorf 5417C for 1 min.
___ 4. Discard flow through.
___ 5. Add 750ul PE Buffer and spin >10,000g for 1 minute.
___ 6. Discard flow through. (optional: repeat steps 5 & 6)
___ 7. Place column back in collection tube and spin to remove traces of PE Buffer.
___ 8. Transfer column to clean eppendorf tube.
___ 9. Add 50ul EB Buffer. Set one minute.
___ 10. Spin one minute to collect probe.
___ 11. SpeedVac to under desired volume for size of array (takes about 10-15 min in the speed vac in Room 388 or 25 min in the speed vac in room 356)
___ Optional: Store at -20c until ready to use.

Hybridization

note: Have slide, treated glass cover slip, hybridization chamber and the 'hydration papers' ready before preparing the following. Treat the glass cover slip (22 x40, Corning # 583391) by dipping briefly in 0.2% SDS, followed by dipping in sterile, filtered water and let dry at room temperature or blow dry carefully. Touch only the sides of the cover slip. (The plastic reagent troughs that are used for the micropipettes are convenient for washing the cover slips.)

___ 1.Mix: Array size: 22x22 22x40 Lot/stock # & Date
  Probe   8 ml 16 ml ---
  20X SSC (sterile filtered)   2.45 ml 4.9 ml ______________
  3% SDS (sterile filtered)   1.35 ml 2.7 ml ______________
  Nucleotide blockers   2.2 ml 4.4 ml ______________
  Total volumes   14 ml 28 ml  
___ 2. Finger flip and give quick spin        
___ 3. Denature in boiling water 2 min.        
___

Prepare 'hydration papers': Need 2 papers (1 cm x 2 cm filter paper. Whatman 3MM) per slide

 

 

Need 2 papers (1 cm x 2 cm filter paper. Whatman 3MM) per slide  
 

 

Place on strip of Parafilm  
 

 

Squirt with water to saturate papers  
___ 4. Spin 30 seconds at highest speed
___

5. Load immediately on array. Should only take a few seconds! invert slide (array facing down) and place onto cover slip use pipette tip to gently press cover slip to work bubbles to edges.

 
by: pipette probe onto cover slip (glass cover slip from Corning #______ )
  invert slide (array facing down) and place onto cover slip
  use pipette tip to gently press cover slip to work bubbles to edges.
___ 6. Add saturated (not over saturated) 'hydration papers' about 1 cm from cover slip.
___ 7. Assemble hybridization chamber quickly.
___ 8. Incubate for 8-24 hr at 65oC.

Nucleotide Blocker:
Lot/stock # & Date
20 ul PolyA DNA (18mer, 10 ug/ul) _____________________
14 ul Salmon sperm DNA (2 mg/ul) _____________________
10 ul tRNA (5ug/ul) _____________________

Washing of slides

Prepare all wash solutions.
You'll need:

4 slide dishes (2 of Wash1, 1 of Wash 2 and 3).
1 slide rack

Wash 1: 1X SSC / 0.2% SDS Date:__________________
 

 

50ml 20XSSC Date:__________________
 

 

66ml 3% SDS Date:__________________
 

 

885 ml water  
Wash 2: 0.2X SSC / 0.2% SDS Date:__________________
 

 

10ml 20X SSC Date:__________________
 

 

66ml 3% SDS Date:__________________
 

 

925ml water  
Wash 3: 0.1X SSC Date:__________________
 

 

5ml 20X SSC Date:__________________
 

 

995ml water  
___ 1. Disassemble hybridization cassette and remove slide and quickly do step #2.
___ 2. Hold slide up-side-down in dish of wash solution #1 until cover slip gently slides off (avoid cover slip scratching the array). Then transfer to slide rack that is in a dish of Wash solution1. Repeat using same solution for all slides that need washing. Cover with aluminum foil to minimize exposure to light.
___ 3. Finish collecting all slides, start shaking Wash 1 dish on orbital shaker for 15 min.
___ 4. Wash 2 for 15 minutes
___ 5. Wash 3 for 15 minutes
___ 6. Spin dry at 500rpm for 2 minutes, 25c

Ready to scan!

 


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