BBa K338001

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The measurements suggest that a heat shock period of 10 minutes significantly increases the production of GFP, while a heat shock period of 5 minutes leads to a similar GFP production level as the untreated cells. Furthermore, the production of GFP shows a decreasing trend after 3 hours suggesting that the heat shock promoter was only activated for a certain time period.  
The measurements suggest that a heat shock period of 10 minutes significantly increases the production of GFP, while a heat shock period of 5 minutes leads to a similar GFP production level as the untreated cells. Furthermore, the production of GFP shows a decreasing trend after 3 hours suggesting that the heat shock promoter was only activated for a certain time period.  
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DH5α cells contained in the images below were incubated at 42°C for 10 minutes, and 6 hours later the fluorescence was visualized by an optical microscope with a GFP-specific filter.
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DH5α cells contained in the images below-visualized by an optical microscope with a GFP-specific filter- were incubated at 42°C for 10 minutes.
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======Images of Cells at t=0 min (Before Heat Shock)======
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[[Image:HSPGFP(1).png]][[Image:HSPGFP(2).png]]
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[[Image:T0_HSP-GFP_4(FITC).jpg|400px]][[Image:T0_HSP-GFP_6(FITC).jpg|400px]]
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Control: cells containing only GFP at t=0
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[[Image:T0_GFP_12(FITC).jpg|400px]]
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======Images of Cells at t=10 min======
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[[Image:T10_HSP-GFP_27(FITC).jpg|400px]][[Image:T10_HSP-GFP_29(FITC).jpg|400px]]
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Control: cells containing only GFP at t=10
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[[Image:T10_GFP_36(FITC).jpg|400px]]
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======Images of Cells at t=60 min======
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[[Image:T1hr_HSP-GFP_39(FITC).jpg|400px]][[Image:T1hr_HSP-GFP_40(FITC).jpg|400px]]
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Control: cells containing only GFP at t=60
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[[Image:T1hr_GFP_47(FITC).jpg|400px]]
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=====Glucose=====
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An interesting observation was made: when adding 20 mM of glucose to the media at the time of growth,the cells are no longer morbidly elongated at the time of imaging.
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======Images of Cells at t=0 min (Before Heat Shock)======
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[[Image:T0_HSP-GFP-glu_8(FITC).jpg|400px]][[Image:T0_HSP-GFP-glu_10(FITC).jpg|400px]]
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======Images of Cells at t=10 min======
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[[Image:T10_HSP-GFP-glu_30(FITC).jpg|400px]][[Image:T10_HSP-GFP-glu_32(FITC).jpg|400px]]
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======Images of Cells at t=60 min======
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[[Image:T1hr_HSP-GFP-glu_44(FITC).jpg|400px]]
 
 
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This is a modified K112400 heat shock promoter in BBa standard.


Contents

Usage and Biology

BioBrick Characterization

Effect of Heat Shock Temperature

DH5α cells containing HSP-GFP were incubated at 4°C, 25°C, 42°C, and 45°C separately for two hours. Measurements of the fluorescence level of GFP were taken using the plate reader at 20 minute intervals and were averaged over a 1 hour interval. The vertical axis is raw fluorescence units normalized by OD600. Normalized value of 4°C at t=0 was subtracted from all the values to show a relative difference.

Effect of Heat Shock Temperature.png


This experiment data suggests that heat shock promoter activity increases with heat shock temperature.

Effect of Heat Shock Duration

DH5α cells containing HSP-GFP were heat shocked at 42°C for 0 min (kept at room temperature), 5 min and 10 min separately. Measurements of the fluorescence level of GFP were taken using the plate reader at 15 minute intervals and were averaged over a 1 hour interval. The vertical axis is raw fluorescence units normalized by OD600.

Effect of Heat Shock Pulse Duration.png

The measurements suggest that a heat shock period of 10 minutes significantly increases the production of GFP, while a heat shock period of 5 minutes leads to a similar GFP production level as the untreated cells. Furthermore, the production of GFP shows a decreasing trend after 3 hours suggesting that the heat shock promoter was only activated for a certain time period. DH5α cells contained in the images below-visualized by an optical microscope with a GFP-specific filter- were incubated at 42°C for 10 minutes.

Images of Cells at t=0 min (Before Heat Shock)

T0 HSP-GFP 4(FITC).jpgT0 HSP-GFP 6(FITC).jpg

Control: cells containing only GFP at t=0

T0 GFP 12(FITC).jpg

Images of Cells at t=10 min

T10 HSP-GFP 27(FITC).jpgT10 HSP-GFP 29(FITC).jpg

Control: cells containing only GFP at t=10

T10 GFP 36(FITC).jpg

Images of Cells at t=60 min

T1hr HSP-GFP 39(FITC).jpgT1hr HSP-GFP 40(FITC).jpg

Control: cells containing only GFP at t=60

T1hr GFP 47(FITC).jpg

Glucose

An interesting observation was made: when adding 20 mM of glucose to the media at the time of growth,the cells are no longer morbidly elongated at the time of imaging.

Images of Cells at t=0 min (Before Heat Shock)

T0 HSP-GFP-glu 8(FITC).jpgT0 HSP-GFP-glu 10(FITC).jpg

Images of Cells at t=10 min

T10 HSP-GFP-glu 30(FITC).jpgT10 HSP-GFP-glu 32(FITC).jpg

Images of Cells at t=60 min

T1hr HSP-GFP-glu 44(FITC).jpg

 
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