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124. labday 19.09.2010

Continuation with Colony-PCR of pSB1C3_CD and ViralBrick motif Z34C

Investigator: Bea

Comment: Since the colony PCR of the last try did not work exactly the way we expected it, another colony PCR approach with new primers was conducted.


Loading plan:
upper lanes

M   CD1  CD2  CD3  CD4  CD5  CD6  CD7  CD8  CD9  CD10   +ctrl(CFP) +ctrl(BAP) -ctrl(pAAV_MCS)   11Q1  12Q1  13Q1 13Q2  M

lower lanes

M   11T41  11T42  11T43  11T44    12T41  12T42  12T43  12T44    13T41  13T42  13T43  13T44    14T41  14T42 14T43  14T44  M


Expected sizes of the PCR products are:

  • Cytosine deaminase (CD) = 1300bp
  • Z34C loops insertion motif = 220bp
  • Positive control 1 = CFP = 750bp
  • Positive control 2 = BAP_587 = 170bp


Results:
The Colony PCR of the Cytosine Deaminase (CD) did not work out. The detectable bands at around 700 bp correspond to CFP. Therefore, BioBrick production of the CD must be repeated. The following three bands represent the controls. Three different controls were used. The first corresponds to pSB1C3_CFP, the second to BAP_587 and third control is the negative control. Unfortunately now bands can be detected in the postive controls. A faint band can be seen in the negative control which is the only lane in which no band should be detectable.
The following bands after the three controls correspond to the approaches of the Z34C Viralbrick production. Some bands in the lower and the upper lanes show positive results. The corresponding inoculated overnight culture were centrifuged and prepared in order to perform a Mini-Prep tomorrow.

Freiburg10 ColonyPCR Results 19.09.2010.jpg



Comment: hmm, seems that the CD-assambly didn't work at all.. Should i try it again or are we gonna skip it for good due to other priorities?(kira)
No, we cannot skip it. Can we change something else?? Any ideas what we can alter in the protocol? Because problem is that we are still waiting for the tk... so we should aswell focus on the other prodrug activating enzmye!! (Bea)


Testtransduction of the final modified capsid coding constructs

Investigator: Adrian

Aim of the experiment:
During the project 22 silent nucleotide exchange mutations were introduced into the capsid coding construct to make it compatible with the RFC standards and to have single cutting restriction enzymes flanking the 453 and the 587 loop sequence. Two point mutations had to be dismissed, because either a first test transduction showed that the construct was not working anymore or the insertion of the synthesized gene posed serious problems, because the restriction enzyme did not work.
Finally, we have a construct that is shown to produce infectious particles comparable to the current AAV systems and carries 20 point mutations. Now we can announce that the Adeno-associated Virus is compatible to the RFC standard and the idea to replace the loop sequences via ViralBricks works!

Impression from the moment:

The construct with the insertion of the Rep and the Cap synthesis worked! Reintroduction of the KpnI restriction site recovered the functionality of the viral genome!

Miniprep of serveral constructs

Investigator: Stefan

Glycerol stocks were prepared:

  • B430 = pCerulean_ZEGFR:1907_Longlinker_VP2/3
  • B431 = pCerulean_CFP_Middlelinker_VP2/3_insCap
  • B432 = pCerulean_ZEGFR:1907_Shortlinker_VP2/3_insCap



Mini-Prep was performed according to the standard protocol

  • P527 = pCerulean_ZEGFR:1907_Longlinker_VP2/3 c = 230,61 ng/µl
  • P528 = pCerulean_CFP_Middlelinker_VP2/3_insCap c = 290,81 ng/µl
  • P529 = pCerulean_ZEGFR:1907_Shortlinker_VP2/3_insCap c = 269,39 ng/µl
  • Several other constructs were preped, but need to be confirmed before being added to plasmid/glycerol stock.


125. labday 20.09.2010

Picking the clones and preparing the over-night culture

Investigator: Kira

VP2/3_Gsat-linker as well as VP2/3_cap_Gsat-linker plates contain colonies, thus 3 clones from each plate were inoculated into 5 ml DYT+ 5ul Chloramphenicol and incubated @ 37 C

Minipreps and Sequencing of ViralBrick clones

Investigator: Achim

The following clones were prepped:

  • Quickligation:
    • 11.1, c = 85,41 ng/µl
    • 13.1, c = 96,93 ng/µl
  • T4-Ligation:
    • 11.4, c = 76,42 ng/µl
    • 12.1, c = 80,36 ng/µl
    • 12.4, c = 85,43 ng/µl
    • 13.1, c = 90,06 ng/µl
    • 13.2, c = 80,87 ng/µl
    • 13.4, c = 76,62 ng/µl
    • 14.1, c = 76,50 ng/µl
    • 14.2, c = 98,52 ng/µl

Clones 11.4, 12.1, 13.2, 14.2 (T4) were sent for sequencing.

Cloning of pCerulean_Affibody_VP2/3 and pSB1C3_Affibody_middlelinker_GFP_his

Investigator: Jessica

Comment:Affibody_VP2/3 will be cloned in pCerulean and Affibody_middlelinker will be cloned together with GFP_His in pSB1C3


  • P407= pCerulean_CFP_middlelinker c=482,76 ng/µl
  • P516= pSB1C3_ZEGFR:1907_VP2/3 clone 1 c= 191,6 ng/µl
  • P290= pSB1C3_Affibody_Middlelinker clone 1 c= 227,4 ng/µl
  • P518= pSB1C3_GFP_RFC25_upper band clone 1 c= 138,3 ng/µl
  • P520= pSB1C3_GFP_RFC25_lower band clone 1 c= 141,6 ng/µl


Digestion:

components P407 P516 P290 P518 P520
DNA 3,5 10 7 10 10
BSA (10x) 2 2 2 2 2
Buffer 4 (10x)2 2 2 2 2
EcoRI 0,8 0,8---
AgeI 0,80,80,8--
NgoMIV ---0,80,8
SpeI --0,80,80,8
H2O10,9 4,4 7,4 4,4 4,4
Total volume 20 20 20 20 20


1,0 g Agarose,100 ml TAE (1%), 6 µl GELRED , at 120 Volt

P516, P518, P520 will be repeated tomorrow (no DNA after gel-ex)

Freiburg10 pCerulean affi vp23.jpg




Gelextraction:

The gelextraction was performed according to the standard protocol. DNA concentration of the extracts:

  • P407 c= 6,5 ng/µl
  • P516 c= - ng/µl
  • P290 c= 7,3 ng/µl
  • P518 c= - ng/µl
  • P520 c= - ng/µl


stands in 4°C room for comtinuation tomorrow

Cloning of P5_TATAless downstream of pSB1C3_001_RC_insrepcap_KpnI_back and P5 upstream of pSB1C3_001_RC_insrepcap_KpnI_back

Investigator: Anissa
Digestion of the constructs:

  • P320 = pSB1C3_001_RC_insrepcap_KpnI_back c=408 ng/µL
  • P320 = pSB1C3_001_RC_insrepcap_KpnI_back c=408 ng/µL
  • P180 = pSB1C3_pTAV2 (P5)clone 1 c=108,8 ng/µL
  • P184 = pSB1C3_pAAV_RC (P5TATAless)clone 3 c=176,9 ng/µL


Components vP320 upstream /µL vP180 upstream/µL vP320 downsteam /µL vP184 downsteam/µL
DNA 2,513,8 2,5 8,5
BSA (10x) 1,52 1,5 1,5
Buffer no. 4 (10x) 1,52 1,5 1,5
Enzyme 1 XbaI 1SpeI 1 SpeI 1XbaI 1
Enzyme 2 EcoRI 1EcoRI 1 PstI 1PstI 1
H2O 7,50,27,51,5
Total volume 15 20 15 15


Loading plan:

M    P320(upstream)    P320(downstream)    P180    P184


Results:

Freiburg10 20.9.10.jpg


After gel extraction has been performed, the ligation was carried out.

Ligation:

  • v=P320_up =7,37µL
  • v=P180_up =0,63µL
  • v=P320_down =7µL
  • v=P184_down =1µL

The ligation mix was transformed into XL1-Blue cells and plated on agar plates containing chloramphenicol.

Next steps:
Picking clones and perform Mini-Prep.

Test digestion of VP2-N-terminal fusion constructs

Investigator: Hanna

Comment: On Satureday a colony PCR was performed of:
1. pCerulean_Zegfr:1907_ShortLinker_VP2/3 (P530)
2. pCerulean_Zegfr:1907_SEG_VP2/3 (P531)
3. pCerulean_CFP_MiddleLinker_VP2/3 (P532)
4. pCerulean_6xHis_MiddleLinker_VP2/3 (P533)
5. pCerulean_6xHis_MiddleLinker_VP2/3_insCap (P534)
6. pCerulean_Zegfr:1907_MiddleLinker_VP2/3_insCap (P535)

Because all constructs (4 clones of each approach), including the negative control (pAAV_RFC25), showed positive results, one test digestion of each construct was performed.

Digestion

components Components Master Mix /µl
BSA (10x) 7
Buffer 4 (10x) 7
EcoRI 3.5
SpeI 3.5
H2O 35

--> 2 µL DNA + 8 µL Master Mix

  • Incubation: 1.5 h



Agarose-Gel:


0.4 g Agarose, 50 mL TAE (0.8 %), 3 µL GELRED, at 100 Volt, running time: 50 minutes

Sample Sample/µl] Loading dye (6x)/µl Expected size 1 Expected size 2
P 530 10 µl 2 µl 2710 bp 3937 bp
P 531 10 µl 2 µl 2710 bp 3937 bp
P 532 10 µl 2 µl 2710 bp 3937 bp
P 533 10 µl 2 µl 2710 bp 3937 bp
P 534 10 µl 2 µl 2710 bp 3937 bp
P 535 10 µl 2 µl 2710 bp 3937 bp


  • Marker: GeneRuler ladder mix
Marker /µL Sample P530 /µl Sample P531 /µl Sample P532 /µl Sample P533 /µl Sample P534 /µl Sample P535 /µl
Lane 4 12 12 12 12 12 12



Test Digestion N-terminal VP2 Fusion


Comment: Test digestion delivered positive results: Expected fragment size after VP2/3 fusion to Zegfr:1907_Linker: 2180 bp - compared to failed VP2/3 insertion: ~ 220 bp.
Expected fragment size after VP2/3 fusion to CFP_MiddleLinker: 2710 bp - compared to failed VP2/3 insertion: ~ 760 bp.
pCerulean_ZEGFR:1907_Longlinker_VP2/3
pCerulean_CFP_Middlelinker_VP2/3_insCap
pCerulean_ZEGFR:1907_Shortlinker_VP2/3_insCap
pCerulean_ZEGFR:1907_Shortlinker_VP2/3
pCerulean_ZEGFR:1907_SEG_VP2/3
pCerulean_CFP_MiddleLinker_VP2/3
pCerulean_6xHis_MiddleLinker_VP2/3
pCerulean_6xHis_MiddleLinker_VP2/3_insCap
pCerulean_ZEGFR:1907_MiddleLinker_VP2/3_insCap
will be sent for sequencing to GATC.

BioBrick production: PCR of pAAV_RC_InsRepCap_KpnIback_VP1-ko and VP2-ko

Investigator: Stefan

DNA samples were diluted 1:1000

  • P455 = pAAV_RC_1.2 SDM SalI
  • P463 = pAAV_RC_CapIns_prepSDM clone 3

PCR progam:

Ingredients Volume P455 / µl Volume P463 / µl
5X Phusion HF buffer 10 10
10 mM dNTP mix1 1
forward primer: O93 2,5 2,5
reverse primer: O115 2,5 2,5
DNA Template33
DMSO 2 2
Phusion Polymerase0,5 0,5
H2O28,5 28,5
Total volume50 50



PCR program:

CyclesTemperature / °CTime / s
19860
2 ( step 2-4: 8x)9815
35925
47275
5 (step 5-6: 17x)9815
67285
7 72300
Hold 4 4


Gel:
0,5 g agarose (1%), 50 ml TAE, 3µl GELRED running time: 45 minutes at 110V

Freiburg10 RepCap VP1 2 ko PCR.jpg

Gel-Extraction:
Gel-extraction was performed according to standard protocol. The complete amount eluted was used for PCR digestion.


Digestion of PCR product:

Components PCR products Volume/µL
DNA 30
BSA (10x) 4
Buffer no. 4 (10x) 4
EcoRI 1
SpeI 1
H2O -
Total volume 40


Digestion was performed at 37 °C for 2 hours.

PCR-Purification:
Gel-extraction was performed according to standard protocol.

  • c (P455) = 13,5 ng/µl
  • c (P463) = ng/µl

Digestion of plasmid backbone:
Plasmid used: pSB1C3_VCK_Bla (P320)
c (pSB1C3_VCK_Bla) = 408,0 ng/ µl

Components vector Volume/µL
DNA 3
BSA (10x) 2
Buffer no. 4 (10x) 2
EcoRI 1
SpeI 1
H2O 11
Total volume 20


Digestion was performed at 37 °C for 2 hours.


Gel:
0,5 g agarose (1%), 50 ml TAE, 3µl GELRED running time: 50 minutes at 120V Freiburg10 digestion pSB1C3 001.jpg

Gel-Extraction:
Gel-extraction was performed according to standard protocol.
c(P320) = 0,8 ng/µl

Ligation:

  • 1 µl T4 DNA ligase
  • 1 µl 10x Buffer
  • 8 µl DNA mix (vector + insert)

Amounts of DNA used:

  • c(P320) = 7,73 µl
  • c(P455) = 0,27 µl
  • c(P320) = 7,19 µl
  • c(P463) = 0,81 µl

Incubation time: 45 minutes at room temperature.

Transformation:
Transformation was performed according to standard protocol using XL1b cells and Chloramphenicol as antibiotic.

2x repetition of CD biobrick

Investigator: Kira

Ingredients CD sample
5X Phusion HF buffer 10 µl
10 mM dNTP mix1µl
forward primer: O158 2,5µl
reverse primer: O159 2,5 µl
DNA Template (1:100 dil)0,5 µl
DMSO 0 µl
Phusion Polymerase0,5 µl
H2O33µl
Total volume50 µl


PCR program:

CyclesTemperatureTime
98°C1
10x98°C15"
58°C25"
72°C40"
17x98°C15"
65°C25"
72°C40"
1x72°C5'
Hold 4°C


Digestion of plasmid backbone:

c (pSB1C3) = 151, 1 ng/ µl

Components vector Volume/µL
DNA 1 µg 6,0 µl
BSA (100x) 0,2 µl
Buffer no. 4 (10x) 2,0 µl
Enzyme 1 XbaI 0,5 µl
Enzyme 2 AgeI HF 0,5 µl
H2O 10,8 µl
Total volume 20


incubation @ 37 C for approx. 6 h

1% agarose gel

Freiburg10 CD 2010 09 21.jpg

According to the gel results, PCR was repeated twice.. But both tries revealed the same unexpected results. Insert from the last cloning procedure was found and used for the ligation and further transformation.


Ligation
T4 ligase was used
1 ul T4 Buffer
1 ul T4 Ligase
8 ul (0,9 ul vector+ 7,1 ul insert) DNA-mix

incubation @ RT for 45 min

Transformation was performed according to the standard protocol and the cells were spread on the agar plate containing Chloramphenicol.

126. labday 21.09.2010

Trafo evalutation of CD biobrick plate

Investigator: Kira

the agar plate was checked at approx. 4 pm and there were no colonies visible. Taking in account that the plate was incubated from 10.30 pm till 8 am @ 37C due to the electricity failure, the plate was put back @ 37C at 4.30 pm

Comment: the plate was picked this morning by a lab member and put in the coldroom

Continuation of cloning of pCerulean_Affibody_VP2/3 and pSB1C3_Affibody_middlelinker_GFP_his

Investigator: Jessica

Comment:Affibody_VP2/3 will be cloned in pCerulean and Affibody_middlelinker will be cloned together with GFP_His in pSB1C3


  • P407= pCerulean_CFP_middlelinker c=482,76 ng/µl
  • P516= pSB1C3_ZEGFR:1907_VP2/3 clone 1 c= 191,6 ng/µl
  • P290= pSB1C3_Affibody_Middlelinker clone 1 c= 227,4 ng/µl
  • P518= pSB1C3_GFP_RFC25_upper band clone 1 c= 138,3 ng/µl
  • P520= pSB1C3_GFP_RFC25_lower band clone 1 c= 141,6 ng/µl


Digestion:

components P516 P518 P520
DNA 10 10 10
BSA (10x) 2 2 2
Buffer 4 (10x) 2 2 2
EcoRI 0,8--
AgeI 0,8--
MscI 0,8--
NgoMIV -0,80,8
SpeI -0,80,8
H2O 3,6 4,4 4,4
Total volume 20 20 20


0,5 g Agarose,50 ml TAE (1%), 3 µl GELRED , at 120 Volt



Freiburg10 pCerulean affi vp23.2.jpg




Gelextraction:

The gelextraction was performed according to the standard protocol. DNA concentration of the extracts:

  • P516= c= ng/µl
  • P518= c= ng/µl
  • P520= c= ng/µl


T4 Ligation:

The Ligation was performed as following:

  • Vector Volume: µl
  • Insert Volume: µl


  • 1µl T4-Ligase buffer (10x)
  • 8µl (Vector + Insert) mix
  • 1µl T4-Ligase


Incubating for 40 minutes.


Transformation:

Trafo was performed according to the standard protocol (XL1blue). The cells were plated on a agar plate with Kana/Cm

Sequenzing result of pSB1C3_EGFP_His upper and (!) lower band

Investigator: Jessica
1. pSB1C3_EGFP_His suffix:

Freiburg10 GFPHis.jpg

2. pSB1C3_EGFP_His prefix:

Freiburg10 GFPHis2.jpg

results look in both plasmids and are used for cloning of pSB1C3_Affibody_middlelinker_GFP_His

Midi-Prep of pHelper & pSB1C3_leftITR_CMV_beta-globin_mVenus_hGH_rightITR

Investigators: Chris W.

Midi-Preps of pHelper=P540 and pSB1C3_leftITR_CMV_beta-globin_mVenus_hGH_rightITR=P541


The Midi-Preps were performed according to the standard protocol yielding the following concentrations:

plasmid-no. P540P541
concentration (ng/µl)480,45 1264,20


New aliquots (60µl) of XL1blue can be used ! (Jessica)






127. labday 22.09.2010

Sequencing results of ViralBrick ligations using dephosphorylated vector

Investigator: Achim

Sequencing confirmed a correct sequence for clone 11.4 (453 Z34C). Clone 12.1 (587 Z34C)has several missing bases at the 3' end of the insert, clone 13.2 has an a -> c mutation and a c insertion in the insert (although the a->c might be a sequencing error.). Clone 14.2 contained a c deletion.

We have several new approaches:

-Correction of the mutations via PCR: We'll use the hybridisation oligo for the side of the insert containing the mutations, the rfc 25 primer on the other side. The amplified insert will be ligated into dephosphorized vector.

-As a backup, SDM-primers will be ordered and should be available next week.

-Also, a new colony pcr with several clones from the last ligation plates will be carried out.

-clone 13.4 (already prepped) will be sent for sequencing

Cloning pSB1C3_Viral Brick 587KO-empty (B274/P542) into pSB1C3_VP2/3_Capins (B438/P514)

Investigator Patrick
After an over night digestion with BamHI and PvuII at 37°C ....

My dear friend - what do you mean with "..."?? overnight digest at which temperature?? Did you look it up whether the enzymes show star activity at longer digestions or not?? ;-)


The Gelextraction with P514 was performed according to the standard protocol yielding 16,9 ng/ml.
The P542 insert should be 48 bp long and therefore was extracted with a QIAGEN kit able to extract even very small DNA fragments (40 bp) (QiaEX II Gel Extraction Kit (150)).

Expected size of the fragments:
P542: 2112 & 48 bp
P514: 3956 & 48 bp

The 48 bp band of P514 can't be seen clearly on the picture due to the bad resolution.

Freiburg10 0922 pat.JPG

Ligation with T4 DNA ligase: 1 µl buffer (10x), 1 µl T4 DNA ligase, 7 µl Vector, 1 µl Insert, 70 minutes.

The transformation with XL1B was performed according to the standard protocol and plated: pSB1C3_VP2/3_Capins_587KO-empty

Cellculture: Serum-free cells

Investigator Patrick
We want our virus production to be serum-free to simplify the following purification.
15 ml cell-medium, 25% serum-free: 3,75 ml serum-free DMEM + 11,25 ml DMEM
15 ml cell-medium, 50% serum-free: 7,5 ml serum-free DMEM + 7,5 DMEM

PCR of P40

Investigator: Jessica
DNA sample P432 was diluted 1:1000


Ingredients Volume / µl
5X Phusion HF buffer 10
10 mM dNTP mix1
forward primer: O152 2,5
reverse primer: O188 2,5
DNA Template3,0
DMSO -
Phusion Polymerase0,5
H2O31
Total volume50,5


PCR program:

CyclesTemperature / °CTime / s
9860
8x9815
6125
728
17x9815
6925
728
1x72300
Hold 4


Digestion of plasmid backbone:
Plasmid used: pSB1C3_CFP (P51.2)
c (pSB1C3_CFP) = 151, 1 ng/ µl

Components vector Volume/µL
DNA 10
BSA (10x) 2
Buffer no. 4 (10x) 2
XbaI 1
PstI 1
H2O 4
Total volume 20


incubation @ 37 C for approx. 2 h

Freiburg10 pSb1C3 P40.jpg

Comment:

Digestion of PCR product:

Components PCR products Volume/µL
DNA 40
BSA (10x) 6
Buffer no. 4 (10x) 6
PstI 2
XbaI 2
H2O 4
Total volume 60


Digestion was performed at 37 °C for 2 hours.

PCR-Purification:

  • c (P432) = 31,8ng/µl


Gel-Extraction:
Gel-extraction was performed according to standard protocol.
c(P51.2) = 3,7ng/µl

Ligation:

  • 1 µl T4 DNA ligase
  • 1 µl 10x Buffer
  • 8 µl DNA mix (vector + insert)

Amounts of DNA used:

  • (P51.2) = 7,74 µl
  • (P432) = 0,26µl

Incubation time: 45 minutes at room temperature.

Transformation:
Transformation was performed according to standard protocol using XL1b cells and Chloramphenicol as antibiotic.

Mini-Prep and test digestion of pSB1C3_001_RC_InsRepCap_KpnIback_VP1-ko

Investigator: Stefan

Comment:


Glycerol stocks were prepared:

  • B463 = pSB1C3_001_RC_InsRepCap_KpnIback_VP1-ko_P5tataless clone 1
  • B464 = pSB1C3_001_RC_InsRepCap_KpnIback_VP1-ko_P5tataless clone 2


Mini-Prep was performed according to standard protocol:

  • P548 = pSB1C3_001_RC_InsRepCap_KpnIback_VP1-ko_P5tataless clone 1 c = 435,82 ng/µl
  • P549 = pSB1C3_001_RC_InsRepCap_KpnIback_VP1-ko_P5tataless clone 2 c = 409,21 ng/µl

Test digestion:

Results:
500px

Cloning of CMV promotor into pSB1C3_VP123_inscap

Investigator: Anna

  • Vector: name: pSB1C3_VP123_inscap P489
  • Insert: name: pSB1C3_CMV P193
  • new vector name: pSB1C3_CMV_VP123_inscap P
  • buffer used: 4
  • DNA concentration (vector): 350,0 ng/µl ; DNA concentration (insert): 333,5 µg/µl


components volume of pSB1C3_VP123_inscap /µl volume of pSB1C3_CMV /µl
DNA 3 4,5
BSA (10x) 1,5 1,5
Buffer 4 (10x)1,51,5
Enzyme IEcoI HF 1 EcoI HF 1
Enzyme IIXbaI 1 SpeI 1
H2O7 5,5
Total volume (e.g. 15,20,25,30 µl) 1515


0,5 g Agarose, 50 ml TAE (1%), 3 µl GELRED , at 120 Volt, running time:45


Loading plan for agarose gel:
Loading dye with SDS (6X), 3 µl
Marker used: GeneRuler ladder mix (Fermentas), 4 µl

Marker Sample 489, 18µl Sample 193, 18µl
Lane 1 3 5
Fragment size 4404 bp 681 bp



Freiburg10 Cloning CMV into pSB1C3 VP123 inscap.jpg


Gel extraction:

pSB1C3_VP123_inscap_cut CMV
DNA-concentration [ng/µl] 14,09 32,61


T4 Ligation:
Volume vector: 3,86 µl
Volume insert: 4,14 µl

Transformation:

XL1B cells were used.

Sequencing of Zegfr:1907-Linker Library, His-Tag and imaging appoaches

Investigator: Hanna

Comment: After several problems were managed (cloning difficulties, colony PCR troubles, interchanges of samples,...), sequences of the final constructs needed to be verified in order to test the constructs in cell culture.



Comment: Sequences looked well. The 6 samples with VP2/3_insCap will be tested today in cell culture.

Mass Midi-Prep

Investigator: Chris W.

Midi-Prep of:


pSB1C3_001_RC_InsRepCap_KpnIback_P5tataless clone 1 =P544
pSB1C3_001_RC_InsRepCap_KpnIback_P5tataless clone 2 =P545
pSB1C3_001_P5_RC_InsRepCap_KpnIback clone 1 =P546
pSB1C3_001_P5_RC_InsRepCap_KpnIback clone 2 =P547
pHelper =P550
pHelper =P551
pSB1C3_litr_pTert_ßglobin_mvenus_hgh_ritr clone 1 =P552
pAAV_RC_RepCapIns_SDMKpnl_VP1ko clone 1 =P553
pAAV_RC_RepCapIns_SDMKpnl_VP2ko clone 1 =P554
pAAV_RC_RepCapIns_SDMKpnl_VP2ko clone 1 =P555
pCerulean_ZEGFR:1907_SEG_VP2/3_CapIns clone 3 =P556
pCerulean_ZEGFP:1907_LongLinker_VP2/3_CapIns clone 2 =P557
pCerulean_CFP_Middlelinker_VP2/3_insCap =P558
pCerulean_ZEGFR:1907_Shortlinker_VP2/3_insCap =P559
pCerulean_6xHis_MiddleLinker_VP2/3_insCap =P560
pCerulean_ZEGFR:1907_MiddleLinker_VP2/3_insCap =P561
pCerlulean_ZEGFR:1907_Shortlinker_VP2/3_insCap clone 4.8 =P562

The Midi-Preps were performed according to the standard protocol yielding the following concentrations:

plasmid-no. P544P545P546P547P550P551P552P553P554P555P556P557P558P559P560P561P562
concentration (ng/µl)1851,91 1822,3 1783,482625,571524,633333,482641,572165,221818,232318,583255,812818,152761,323289,233134,263725,271965,28


RNA isolation and cDNA synthesis

Investigator Kira

Motivation: in order to figure out if our cell lines do express telomerase, cell pellets were used for RNA isolation.

RNeasy Kit was used for RNA isolation. The cells were harvested and pellets washed 2x with PBS. add RLT buffer
homogenize the lysate with syringe ans blunt needle
add 1 volume of 70% EtOH
centrifuge for 15s @ 10.000 rpm
add 700 ul Buffer RW1 and centrifuge again
add 500 ul Buffer RPE and centrifuge
add 500 ul Buffer RPE and centifuge for 2 min
place the column in 1.5 ml tube and add RNase free water (50 ul)

concentrations:
c(293)= 41, 68 ng/ul
c(a431) = 135, 48 ng/ul

Gel apparatus (chamber, tray and comb) for RNA purity gel has to be prepared a day ahead with : water, SDS and NaOH

cDNA synthesis

Investigator: Kira

The yielded DNA was used for cDNA synthesis.
QuantiTect Reverse Transcription (Qiagen) reaction was performed according to the manufacturer protocol. DNA elimination reaction mix:

components a431/µl 293/µl
7xgDNA Wipeout Buffer 2 2
Template RNA 1,6 2
RNase-free H2O10,4 10
Total volume 1414

Reverse-transcription reaction mix:

components 1xreaction MM
Quantiscript Reverse Transcriptase 1 3
5x Quantiscript RT buffer 4 12
RT primer Mix1 3
DNA elimination reaction mix 14 -
Total volume 20-

incubation for 15 min @ 42C
incubation for 3 min @ 95C

128. labday 23.09.2010

Colony PCR of new clones from the last ligations

Investigator Achim

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Contuniation: Cloning pSB1C3_Viral Brick 587KO-empty (B274/P542) into pSB1C3_VP2/3_Capins (B438/P514)

Investigator Patrick
3 Clones were picked in the morning and in each case inoculated 10 ml DYT. Clone 3 didnt grew fast enough. There were not enough bacteria in the eppi even after 8 ml were centrifuged. The mini-prep of clone 1 and 2 was performed according to the standrd protocol yielding the following concentrations:
Clone 1: 36,64 ng/µl
Clone 2: 7,8 ng/µl
Therefore only clone 1 was sent for sequencing (labelling: pat1, primer:VR2) and only this clone received a plasmid number: P569
No test-digestion was performed.
Because all medium was used to receive a sufficient amount of bacteria from clone 1 there was no cell suspension left to prepare a glycerol stock. Therefore again each clone was used to inoculated 10 ml DYT, following a mini-prep tomorrow.

Sequencing results:

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Obviously there is something wrong with the backbone or the sequencing.

Mini-Prep and test digestion of pCerulean_Affibody_VP2/3, pSB1C3_Affibody_middlelinker_EGFP_His, pSB1C3_001_RC_InsRepCap_KpnIback_VP2-ko

Investigator: Jessica

Comment:


Glycerol stocks were prepared:

  • B465 = pCerulean_ZEGFR:1907_VP23 clone1
  • B466 = pCerulean_ZEGFR:1907_VP23 clone2
  • B467 = pSB1C3_ZEGFR:1907_middlelinker_EGFP_His clone1
  • B468 = pSB1C3_ZEGFR:1907_middlelinker_EGFP_His clone2
  • B469 = pSB1C3_001_RC_InsRepCap_KpnIbackVP2-KO clone1
  • B470 = pSB1C3_001_RC_InsRepCap_KpnIbackVP2-KO clone2


Mini-Prep was performed according to standard protocol:

  • P563 = pCerulean_ZEGFR:1907_VP23 clone1 = 227,4 ng/µl
  • P564 = pCerulean_ZEGFR:1907_VP23 clone2 = 337,2 ng/µl
  • P565 = pSB1C3_ZEGFR:1907_middlelinker_EGFP_His clone1 = 252,7 ng/µl
  • P566 = pSB1C3_ZEGFR:1907_middlelinker_EGFP_His clone2 = 209,5 ng/µl
  • P567 = pSB1C3_001_RC_InsRepCap_KpnIback_VP1-KO clone1 = 304,7 ng/µl
  • P568 = pSB1C3_001_RC_InsRepCap_KpnIback_VP1-KO clone2 = 383,1 ng/µl

Test digestion of

  • P563 = pCerulean_ZEGFR:1907_VP23 clone1
  • P564 = pCerulean_ZEGFR:1907_VP23 clone2
  • P565 = pSB1C3_ZEGFR:1907_middlelinker_EGFP_His clone1
  • P566 = pSB1C3_ZEGFR:1907_middlelinker_EGFP_His clone2


Components P563-566 Volume/µL
DNA 2
BSA (10x) 1
Buffer no. 4 (10x) 1
PstI 0,5
XbaI 0,5
H2O 5
Total volume 10



Results:
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  • P563 and P566 was sent for sequencing with primer VF2 and VF2/VR2

PCR for 587 Z34C ViralBricks

Investigators: Achim, Anna


  • Plasmids used as template:

12_T4_1: c = 80,36 ng/µl
13_T4_2: c = 80,87 ng/µl
14_T4_2: c = 98,52 ng/µl


  • Primer used:


Template Primer for Primer rev
12_T4_1 RFC25 O146
13_T4_2 RFC25 O148
14_T4_2 O149 RFC25


Ingredients Volume / µl
5X Phusion HF buffer 10
10 mM dNTP mix1
forward primer: see above2,5
reverse primer: see above 2,5
DNA Template (1:100 dilution) 1,0
DMSO 1,0
Phusion Polymerase0,5
H2O31,5
Total volume50


PCR program:

CyclesTemperature / °CTime / s
9860
9815
25x6825
7210
1x72300
Hold 4°C


Digestion of samples:

Restriction enzymes used: BamHI and PvuI.

Comment:

PCR of Vp1_ex, Vp2_ex and Vp3_ex and cloning into pSB1C3_001

Investigator: Anissa

  • DNA sample P72 (pkex_Vp1), P73(pkex_Vp2) and P74(pkex_Vp3) were diluted 1:100
  • used primers: O89 = Präfix_Vp1ex, O90= Präfix_Vp2ex, O91= Präfix_Vp2ex, O92= Suffix_Vp123ex, O120= Suffix_Vp123ex_reg


Ingredients Volume / µl
5X Phusion HF buffer 10
10 mM dNTP mix1
forward primer: O152 2,5
reverse primer: O188 2,5
DNA Template2,0
DMSO 1
Phusion Polymerase0,5
H2O30,5
Total volume50


PCR program:

CyclesTemperature / °CTime / s
1x9860
25x9815
25x6025
25x7255
1x725
Hold 4

Comment:The primer O120 was firstly given to the samples. It's a different primer for the Vp123_suffix, which binds to the regulatory-sequence. Because there was no knowledge, if the Vp_ex constucts have this sequence or not, O92 was also given to the samples.


Comment:Because gel-picture showed only DNA within the gel-bags, PCR was repeated.


Digestion of plasmid backbone:
Plasmid used: pSB1C3_001 (P320)
c (pSB1C3_001) = 408 ng/ µl

Components vector Volume/µL
DNA 2,5
BSA (10x) 1,5
Buffer no. 4 (10x) 1,5
SpeI 1
NgomIV 1
H2O 7,5
Total volume 15


incubation @ 37 C for approx. 1,5 h

Freiburg10 pSb1C3 PAnissa.jpg

Comment:Strangely, PCR-products did not run into the gel, altough the PCR was repeated, after first PCR had two reverse primers in the sample. This could be because of a complex with the polymerase.However, ligation will be continued with the DNA within the bags.

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Digestion of PCR product:

Components PCR products Volume/µL
DNA 20
BSA (10x) 3
Buffer no. 4 (10x) 3
SpeI 1
NgomIV 1
H2O 2
Total volume 30


Digestion was performed at 37 °C for 2 hours.

PCR-Purification:

  • was peformed according the standard-protocol.
  • c (P432) =-- ng/µl


Comment:THE WHOLE PCR WILL BE REPEATED ONCE AGAIN

RNA Purity Gel

Investigator: Kira
10x FA buffer: 200mM MOPS, 50mM Sodium Acetat, 10mM EDTA, RNase free water
1x FA running buffer: 10x FA buffer, 37% Formamid, RNAase free water

Agarose gel: Agarose 0,6 g; 10x FA Buffer 5ml; RNAse free water 45ml; 37% Formamid 0,9 ml

hTERT PCR Reaction

Investigator: Kira

@Kira: Do you think that we can (suggestion?) use the A431 for detection of gene expression driven by phTERT promoter?? We should keep in mind that the transduction efficieny will not be that well ;-) (Bea)


Ingredients Volume / µl
10x PCR buffer 2
10 mM dNTP mix0,4
50mM MgCl2 0,6
Primer 1 0,5
Primer 20,5
cDNA template 1
Taq Polymerase0,1
H2O14,9
Total volume20


PCR program:

CyclesTemperature / °CTime
1x943min
30x9445sec
5130
721min 30sec
1x7210
Hold 4

1% agarose gel:

Evaluation: The agarose gel reveals that all samples show telomerase activity but in different levels. Freiburg10 hTERT PCR.jpg

Cloning of pBAD_Affibody_middlelinker_EGFP_His

Investigator: Jessica

  • Vector: name: pBAD_ OmpA His FluA LL Foki PGerrit
  • Insert: name: pSB1C3_ZEGFR:1907_middlelinker_EGFP_His P566
  • new vector name: pBAD_ZEGFR:1907_middlelinker_EGFP_His P
  • buffer used: 4
  • DNA concentration (vector): 97,0 ng/µl ; DNA concentration (insert): 209,5 µg/µl


components volume of pBAD_ OmpA His FluA LL Foki /µl volume of pSB1C3_ZEGFR:1907_middlelinker_EGFP_His /µl
DNA 10 6
BSA (10x) 2 2
Buffer 4 (10x)22
Enzyme XbaI0,8 0,8
Enzyme AgeI0,8 0,8
H2O4,4 8,4
Total volume (e.g. 15,20,25,30 µl) 2020


0,5 g Agarose, 50 ml TAE (1%), 3 µl GELRED , at 120 Volt


Loading plan for agarose gel:
Loading dye with SDS (6X), 3 µl
Marker used: GeneRuler ladder mix (Fermentas), 6 µl

Marker Sample PGerrit, 20µl Sample 566, 20µl
Lane 1 3 5
Fragment size 4047 bp 963 bp

Freiburg10 pSb1C3 PAnissa2.jpg


Gel extraction:

pBAD Affibody_middlelinker_EGFP_His
DNA-concentration [ng/µl] 8,3 10,2


T4 Ligation:
Volume vector: 5,06 µl
Volume insert: 2,94 µl

Transformation:

XL1B cells were used.

Picking clones of pSB1C3_CMV_VP123_inscap

Investigator: Anna

Three clones were picked (10 ml DYT, 10 µl Cm).


Cloning of ***** into pSB1C3_CFP

Investigator: Chris W.

  • Vector: name: pSB1C3_CFP P51,2
  • Insert: name: email Hybrid Oligo (O184&O185)
  • new vector name: pSB1C3_CMV_email
  • buffer used: 4
  • DNA concentration (vector): 151,0 ng/µl ; DNA concentration (insert): 95,3 µg/µl
Interesting, where does the promoter come from the new annotared vector?? ;-)


components volume of pSB1C3_CFP /µl volume of email/µl
DNA 6 15
BSA (10x) 2 2
Buffer 4 (10x)22
Enzyme INgoMIV 1 NgoMIV 1
Enzyme IISpeI 1 SpeI 1
H2O8,4 -
Total volume (e.g. 15,20,25,30 µl) 2020


0,5 g Agarose, 50 ml TAE (1%), 3 µl GELRED , at 120 Volt, running time:45


Loading plan for agarose gel:
Loading dye with SDS (6X), 4 µl
Marker used: GeneRuler ladder mix (Fermentas), 3 µl

Marker Sample Insert, 20µl Sample Vector, 20µl
Lane 1 3 5
Fragment size 70 bp 2070 bp



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Gel extraction:

pSB1C3_CFP_cut email
DNA-concentration [ng/µl] 7,8 27,4


T4 Ligation:
Volume vector: 8,74 µl
Volume insert: 0,26 µl

Transformation:

XL1B cells were used.

Repetition: Cloning of P5_TATAless downstream of pSB1C3_001_RC_insrepcap_KpnI_back and P5 upstream of pSB1C3_001_RC_insrepcap_KpnI_back

Investigator: Stefan
Digestion of the constructs:

  • P432 = pSB1C3_001_RC_insrepcap_KpnI_back c=344,5 ng/µl
  • P432 = pSB1C3_001_RC_insrepcap_KpnI_back c=344,5 ng/µl
  • P180 = pSB1C3_pTAV2 (P5)clone 1 c=108,8 ng/µl
  • P184 = pSB1C3_pAAV_RC (P5TATAless)clone 3 c=176,9 ng/µl


Components V P432up /µL VP180up /µL V P432down /µL V P184down /µL
DNA 4,514 4,5 11
BSA (10x) 22 2 2
Buffer no. 4 (10x) 22 2 2
Enzyme 1 XbaI 1SpeI 1 SpeI 1XbaI 1
Enzyme 2 EcoRI 1EcoRI 1 PstI 1PstI 1
H2O 9,59,5-3
Total volume 20 20 20 20



Results:
Freiburg10 cloning P5 P5tataless into pSB1C3 001.jpg
Gel-Extraction: Gel-Ex was performed according to protocol. The following concentrations were measured:

  • 432up c= 25,73 ng/µl
  • 180up c= 9,57 ng/µl
  • 432down c= 27,34 ng/µl
  • 184down c= 17,80 ng/µl


Ligation:
The following DNA mixes were used for ligation:

  • 432up V= 6,3 µl
  • 180up V= 1,7 µl


  • 432down V= 6,93 µl
  • 184down V= 1,07 µl

Transformation:
The transformation was performed according to standard protocol using BL21 cells. They were plated on agar plates containing chloramphenicol and stored in 37°C room overnight.


129. labday 24.09.2010

Contuniation: Cloning pSB1C3_Viral Brick 587KO-empty (B274/P542) into pSB1C3_VP2/3_Capins (B438/P514)

Investigator Patrick
Because of the sequencing results of clone 1 a mini-prep was performed only with clone 2 and 3 yielding the following concentrations:
pSB1C3_VP2/3_Capins_587KO-empty clone 2: 195 ng/µl
pSB1C3_VP2/3_Capins_587KO-empty clone 3: 224,74 ng/µl

Testdigestion:
pSB1C3_VP2/3_Capins_587KO-empty clone 2 (P578/B472): 3 µl Buffer 4, 0,5 µl BamHI, 0,5 µl PvuII, 22 µl DNA, 4 µl H2O
pSB1C3_VP2/3_Capins_587KO-empty clone 3 (P579/B473): 23 µl Buffer 4, 0,5 µl BamHI, 0,5 µl PvuII, 20 µl DNA, 6 µl H2O
Because somebody switched the 37°C thermoblock off i dont know the exact digestion time. Therefore i switched the thermoblock on again and waited 1 hour. I used that much DNA because the desired insert is 48 bp long. Freiburg10 0924 pat.jpg

Clone 3 was sent for sequencing.

Sequencing evaluation of VP2/3_Gsat-linker and VP2/3_cap_Gsat-linker

Investigator Kira

Freiburg10 Seq 2010 09 24.jpg

Comment: pSB1C3_VP2/3_cap_Gsat-linker as well as pSB1C3_VP2/3_Gsat-linker can be used for further experiments.


New CD primer ordered

Investigator Stefan

Comment: CD reverse primer was incorrect. A new primer was ordered.


Sequencing of pCerulean_Zegfr:1907_VP2/3

Investigator Hanna

Because I found out, that this plasmid was sent to GATC with the wrong sequencing primers (therefore no sequencing results were available), I sent it again with the GATC_std_CMV-F primer.
--> backbone = pCerulean and not pSB1C3!!! ;)

PCR for biobrick production: Cloning RepCap into pSB1C3

Investigator: Stefan

Comment:Goal of the experiment was to bring the different RepCap constructs into the pSB1C3 plasmid containing the deletions of the restriction sites interfering with the loop insertions.


Preparations:
Plasmids used:

  • pAAV_RC_1.2SDMSalI (P158)
  • pAAV_RC_CapIns_prepSDM (P396)
  • pAAV_RC_CapIns_noRep (P413)
  • pAAV_RC_RepCapIns_SDMKpnI (P432)

A 1:1000 dilution of each of the plasmids was prepared.

PCR protocol:

Ingredients P158 (v/µl) P396 (v/µl) P413 (v/µl) P432 (v/µl)
5X Phusion HF buffer 10 10 10 10
10 mM dNTP mix1111
forward primer: O93 2,5 2,5 2,5 2,5
reverse primer: O120 2,5 2,5 2,5 2,5
DNA Template2,523,23
DMSO ----
Phusion Polymerase0,50,50,50,5
H2O3131,530,330,5
Total volume50505050


PCR program:

Comment:For all approaches the following programm was used:


CyclesTemperature /°CTime /s
19860
2 (8x step 2-4)9815
35925
47270
5 (17x step 5-6)9815
67280
71x72300
Hold 4°C


Digestion of the vector:

components pSB1C3_VCK_Bla (P320) (v/µl)
DNA 6,1
BSA 2
Buffer 4 (10x)2
XbaI 1
AgeI 1
H2O7,9
Total volume 20


Comment:Digestion was performed 2 hours at 37 °C.



Gels:
For PCR products:
0,4 g Agarose,50 ml TAE (0,8%), 3 µl Gelred , at 110 Volt; run for ~40 minutes
Freiburg10 Biobrick PCR of RepCap.jpg
For vector:
0,5 g Agarose,50 ml TAE (1%), 3 µl Gelred , at 110 Volt; run for ~50 minutes
Freiburg10 Biobrick vector digest of RepCap.jpg


Gelextraction:

The gelextraction was performed according to the standard protocol. DNA concentration of the vector:

  • pSB1C3 (P320): c= 11,97 ng/µl



Digestion of the PCR-products:

Comment:Digestion was performed for all PCR products alike.


components PCR products (v/µl)
DNA 30
BSA 4
Buffer 4 (10x)4
XbaI 1
AgeI 1
H2O-
Total volume 40


Comment:Digestion was performed 2 hours at 37 °C.



PCR purification:
Purification was performed accoding to the standard protocol. The following concentrations were measured:

  • PCR of P158: c= 7,68 ng/µl
  • PCR of P396: c= 17,65 ng/µl
  • PCR of P413: c= 24,17 ng/µl
  • PCR of P432: c= 18,23 ng/µl


Ligation:
1 µl T4 Ligase buffer (2x) 8 µl DNA mix 1 µl T4 Ligase
Incubating for 45 minutes at room temperature.

The Ligation was performed using the following amounts of DNA:

  • Vector Volume: 1,98 µl
  • P158 Volume: 6,02 µl

  • Vector Volume: 3,45 µl
  • P396 Volume: 4,55 µl

  • Vector Volume: 4,07 µl
  • P413 Volume: 3,93 µl

  • Vector Volume: 3,51 µl
  • P413 Volume: 4,49 µl



Transformation:

Trafo was performed according to the standard protocol using XL1b cells. The cells were plated on a agar plates containing chlorampenicol.

Picking clones of pSB1C3_CFP_email

Investigator: Anna

Three clones were picked (10 ml DYT, 10 µl Chloramphenicol).

MiniPreps and Test digestion of pSB1C3_CMV_VP123_capins

Investigator: Anna

Sample Concentration [ng/µl]
pSB1C3_CMV_VP123_capins_clone1 377,29
pSB1C3_CMV_VP123_capins_clone2 369,92
pSB1C3_CMV_VP123_capins_clone3 387,57


Test digestion:

Components Volume /µl
DNA 2
BSA -
Buffer 4 (10x)1
EcoRI 0,5
NgoMIV 0,5
H2O6
Total volume 10


Expected size (CFP): 681 bp

Comment: Clone 1 was sent for sequencing with the following primers: VF2, 4000 for, 4200 rev, 2800 for and 2800 rev.


MiniPreps of pSB1C3_p40

Investigator: Anna

Sample Concentration [ng/µl]
pSB1C3_p40 266,97
pSB1C3_p40 277,47
pSB1C3_p40 167,20


MiniPrep of Z34C ViralBricks

Investigators: Achim, Anna

Sample Clone Concentration [ng/µl]
pSB1C3_587_KO_Z34C 13.1266,97
pSB1C3_587_KO_Z34C 13.4277,47

Comment: Both clones were sent for sequencing.