Name: a protocol for decellularizing mouse cochleae for inner ear tissue engineering
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<p class="jove_content">O projeto atual foi financiado pela Universidade de Kansas prova de conceito de fundo. Gostaríamos de agradecer a equipe de enfermagem no KUMC (Kansas City, KS) para nos auxiliar na obtenção de humanos cordões umbilicais e David Jorgensen para ajudar com culturas cochleae.</p>

<p class="jove_content">Todos os procedimentos, incluindo a eutanásia de animais, foram conduzidos de acordo com o cuidado de Animal institucional e uso Comité (IACUC) protocolo aprovado (cálice #2014-2234) da Universidade de Kansas Medical Center (KUMC).</p>
<p class="jove_content">Nota: HWJCs foram isoladas de humanos cordões umbilicais que foram doados pelos pacientes que forneceram consentimento informado e as amostras foram utilizadas em conformidade com os protocolos aprovados pelo Comité de assuntos humanos da Universidade de Kansas (KU-IRB #15402).</p>
<p class="jove_title">1. osso Temporal colheita e isolamento da cóclea</p>
<ol>
	<li>Decapitar um rato apropriadamente sacrificado, 15 semanas cortando entre o crânio e a primeira vértebra cervical com uma afiada tesoura cirúrgica e, em seguida, pulverizar a cabeça com etanol a 70% para desinfetar (<strong class="xfig">figura 1A</strong>).</li>
	<li>Bissetriz do crânio em um médio sagital usando o mesmo par afiado de uma tesoura cirúrgica (<strong class="xfig">figura 1B</strong><strong>-C</strong>, linhas tracejadas).</li>
	<li>Remova o tecido cerebral do crânio utilizando um par de pinças (<strong class="xfig">Figura 1</strong>, ponta de seta).</li>
	<li>Identifica o osso temporal através da presença do auditivo e o nervo vestibular raízes (<strong class="xfig">Figura 1E</strong><strong>-F</strong>, pontas de seta) no interior do crânio e do canal auditivo do exterior (<strong class="xfig">Figura 1F</strong>, seta). Corte com cuidado através do crânio para isolar o osso temporal do resto do crânio (<strong class="xfig">Figura 1</strong>).<br>Nota: Em alguns casos, pode ser possível intrometer-se delicadamente os circundantes ossos do crânio longe do osso temporal sem a necessidade de corte.</li>
	<li>Insira a pinça bem a abertura do canal auditivo aproximadamente 5 mm (<strong class="xfig">Figura 1 H</strong>), então as dicas não arrisque puncionando a cóclea. Suavemente quebrar o osso do bulla (<strong class="xfig">Figura 1 H</strong>, top vermelha área sombreada) então ele fraturas (linha<strong class="xfig">Figura 1I</strong>, vermelha pontilhada).<br>Nota: Se necessário, um microscópio de dissecação pode ajudar neste processo para garantir a colocação exata e manipulação de instrumentos.</li>
	<li>Usando a pinça fina, embora bisbilhotar o restante o bulla do osso temporal, expondo o labirinto ósseo da cóclea (<strong class="xfig">Figura 1J</strong>, suportes de vermelhos).</li>
	<li>Coloque um prato de Petri grande o suficiente para segurar o osso temporal (<em>por exemplo</em>, 30 mm ou maior) por baixo da dissecação campo de visão do escopo e preenchê-lo com suficiente fosfato tamponado salino (PBS) para cobrir o osso temporal (<em>por exemplo</em>, 0,5 a 1 mL).</li>
	<li>Mergulhe no osso temporal com o bulla removido na PBS com as janelas ovais e redondas da cóclea virada para cima.<br>Nota: A remoção do sistema vestibular da cóclea não é necessária, como o sistema vestibular serve bem como um identificador para a manipulação e orientando recursos da cóclea (<strong class="xfig">Figura 1I</strong> e <strong class="xfig">Figura 2B</strong>).</li>
	<li>Usando um par de microfuros de fórceps, remova a artéria estapédica, que atravessa o estribo.</li>
	<li>Inserir uma ponta da pinça ultra fina através do arco do estribo onde passou a artéria e delicadamente Levante o estribo para cima. O estribo desarticulado deve levantar fora a janela oval.</li>
	<li>Usando uma ponta da pinça ultra fina, fure o oval e redonda windows.</li>
	<li>Usar um 1X PBS preenchido 28,5 calibre seringa com tubo (diâmetro interno de 0,28 mm, diâmetro externo 0,61 mm) anexada, posicione o tubo sobre a janela oval (<strong class="xfig">Figura 2A</strong> <strong> -B</strong>).<br>Nota: A abertura do tubo pode ser manipulada usando fórceps ultra-fina, ajudando a garantir a colocação exata.<ol>
		<li>Use uma seringa fresca e tubulação para cada cóclea.</li>
	</ol>
	</li>
	<li>Perfundir 2ml de 10%-antibiótico antimicótico (anti-anti) e 10% penicilina-estreptomicina (pen-estreptococos) em PBS através da cóclea mais 5 min para remover a perilinfa. Perfusing muito rápido com muita pressão danificará as belas estruturas dentro da cóclea.<br>Nota: Manualmente, dirigindo a seringa com a mão para perfundir o fluido através da cóclea é eficaz, embora uma bomba de perfusão pode ser usada como uma alternativa.<ol>
		<li>Se perfusing manualmente, use um par de bem, fecho automático fórceps para estabilizar a cóclea (<strong class="xfig">Figura 2A</strong>) durante a perfusão, agarrando-se a porção vestibular do osso temporal.<br>Nota: Embora não seja obrigatório, isto deixa ambas as mãos livres para lidar com instrumentos; uma mão pode conduzir a seringa (<strong class="xfig">Figura 2A</strong>), enquanto o outro pode posicionar o tubo adequadamente (<strong class="xfig">Figura 2B</strong>).</li>
		<li>Desta etapa da frente, tome cuidado para evitar expor a cóclea desnecessariamente ao ar. Introdução de bolhas de ar nos espaços fluidos irá bloquear a circulação do fluido, e mais a secar irá danificar as belas estruturas dentro da cóclea.</li>
	</ol>
	</li>
	<li>Remover e descartar qualquer restantes fragmentos de tecidos e ossos de músculo usando pinça fina.</li>
	<li>Se necessário, armazene cochleae isolado a 4 ° C em anti-anti 10% e 10% solução de caneta-estreptococos em PBS durante sete dias com mudanças regulares de solução antibiótica cada 48 h.</li>
</ol>
<p class="jove_title">2. coclear processamento</p>
<ol>
	<li><strong>Decellularization</strong>
	<ol>
		<li>Para cada cóclea, encha um frasco de cintilação de vidro de 20 mL com um 1% de sódio Dodecil sulfato solução (SDS) em água deionizada (DI), que é usada para decellularize a cóclea.</li>
		<li>Corte a ponta de uma pipeta de transferência de 7 mL plástico usando uma lâmina de barbear, de modo que a abertura é grande o suficiente para uma cóclea a passagem.</li>
		<li>Com a pipeta de transferência suavemente elaborar a cóclea na pipeta então só passa por alguns milímetros da borda de corte.</li>
		<li>Expulse da cóclea para o frasco de solução cintilação SDS 1%.</li>
		<li>Circule de 2 mL de SDS 1% em água desionizada de (DI) através da cóclea no frasco de cintilação, com uma pipeta de transferência.</li>
		<li>Coloque o frasco de cintilação em rotacao e permitir que o frasco de cintilação girar a 10 rpm para 72 h à temperatura ambiente.<ol>
			<li>Altere a solução de SDS 1% cada 24 h ao longo de um período de 72 h. Tenha cuidado quando alterar SDS para Nunca exponha a cóclea ao ar.</li>
		</ol>
		</li>
		<li>Lave a cóclea três vezes por 30 min cada com água.</li></ol></li></ol>Executar as lavagens no frasco de cintilação mesma usado para as acusações de SDS; nesta fase, a cóclea é decellularized.
	
	
	<li><strong>Descalcificação</strong>
	<ol>
		<li>Remova a água restante do DI o frasco de cintilação, deixando apenas o suficiente para manter a cóclea submergida.</li>
		<li>Para começar a descalcificação, adicione 5 mL de ácido etilenodiaminotetracético (EDTA) (0,02 M) a 10% em água para o frasco de cintilação que contém a cóclea.</li>
		<li>Circule de 2 mL de EDTA 10% em água DI através da cóclea no frasco de cintilação, com uma pipeta de transferência.</li>
		<li>Coloque o frasco de cintilação no rotador e permitir que o frasco de cintilação girar a 10 rpm para 72 h à temperatura ambiente. Altere a solução de EDTA 10% cada 24 h ao longo de um período de 72 h. Tenha cuidado quando alterar soluções para que a cóclea não é exposta ao ar.</li>
		<li>Enxágue a cóclea 3 vezes durante 2 h com PBS 1x; nesta fase, a cóclea é descalcificada.</li>
	</ol>
	</li>
	<li><strong>Armazenamento</strong>
	<ol>
		<li>Armazenar os cochleae por até 72 h em uma solução 10% anti-anti, 10% caneta-estreptococos em PBS a 4 ° C.<br>Nota: Os períodos de armazenamento podem ser possíveis com mudanças regulares de solução antibiótica; no entanto, armazenagem prolongada de cochleae transformados não foi validada neste protocolo.</li>
	</ol>
	</li>

<p class="jove_title">3. a colheita e a expansão de hWJCs</p>
<ol>
	<li>Isole o hWJCs de acordo com protocolos previamente publicados<sup class="xref">22</sup>. Brevemente, segmento cordões umbilicais em seções de 3 cm.</li>
	<li>Com cuidado faça uma incisão superficial com um bisturi longitudinalmente em cada segmento de cordão umbilical para desenrolar e expor a geleia de Wharton, do cordão umbilical. Use a pinça para remover os vasos sanguíneos.</li>
	<li>Lave o cordão umbilical segmentos duas vezes com suficiente PBS (<em>por exemplo</em>, 40 mL em uma placa de Petri de 60 mm) para submergir o tecido. Picar finamente segmentos de tecido com um bisturi. Digerir o tecido em uma placa de Petri com 50 mL de meio de digestão de 100mm (colagenase tipo 2 de 0,2%, 1% penicilina-estreptomicina, em baixo-glicose médio (DMEM modificado águia de Dulbecco)).</li>
	<li>Coloque o tecido em digerir médio em um agitador orbital a 50 rpm durante a noite em um 5% CO<sub>2</sub>, incubadora 37 ° C. No dia seguinte, diluir meio digestão na proporção de 01:16 em 2% antibiótico antimicótico em PBS, pelota e células por centrifugação a 500 x g à temperatura ambiente (~ 27 ° C) por 10 min. Discard sobrenadante.</li>
	<li>Resuspenda pelotas em Mesenchymal Stem Cell crescimento médio (MSCGM) e recombinar as células. Células de placa em uma densidade de 7 x 10<sup>3</sup> células/cm<sup>2 </sup>em cultura de tecidos trataram frascos de T-75. Cultura HWJCs em MSCGM e expandir a passagem 5 para experimentos.<br>Nota: HWJCs pode ser sub cultivadas em T-frascos maiores (<em>p. ex</em>., T-150, T-300) quando a passagem para aumentar o rendimento de hWJCs para experimentos.</li>
</ol>
<p class="jove_title">4. infusão de hWJCs em Decellularized Cochleae</p>
<ol>
	<li><strong>Preparar cochleae decellularized</strong>
	<ol>
		<li>Utilizando técnica asséptica, lave cochleae armazenado em 1X PBS três vezes para 30 min cada.</li>
		<li>Transferir cochleae em separado poços de uma placa de 24 e adicionar 1 mL de 37 ° C pré aquecido MSCGM.</li>
		<li>Incube cochleae em um 5% CO<sub>2</sub>, incubadora de cultura de célula de 37 ° C por um período mínimo de 1 h antes da infusão de células.</li>
	</ol>
	</li>
	<li><strong>Dissociar a hWJCs e ressuspender</strong>
	<ol>
		<li>HWJCs de lavagem com 37 ° C pré aquecido 1X PBS duas vezes.</li>
		<li>Adicionar suficiente 37 ° C pré aquecido tripsina com 0,5% de EDTA para cobrir a superfície do vaso de célula.</li>
		<li>Incube a hWJCs para até 5 min em um 5% CO<sub>2</sub>, incubadora de cultura de células de 37 ° C.<ol>
			<li>Verifique-se que 90% das células ter retirado a superfície de cultura de células exibindo células sob um microscópio invertido.<br>Nota: As células que se movem quando o navio de cultura suavemente é aproveitado, tem destacado. As células que permanecem estacionárias, não ter destacado.</li>
			<li>Bata levemente os lados do balão para desalojar mais células anexadas.</li>
		</ol>
		</li>
		<li>HWJCs transferência do navio cultura para um tubo cônico de 50 mL, contendo uma quantidade equivalente de MSCGM para o volume de tripsina utilizando técnica asséptica, usado para dissociar as células.</li>
		<li>O hWJCs de pelotas por centrifugação a 500 x g, à temperatura ambiente (~ 27 ° C) por 5 min.</li>
		<li>Aspire o sobrenadante e ressuspender o hWJCs em MSCGM em uma concentração de 500.000 células/mL.</li>
	</ol>
	</li>
	<li><strong>Perfundir cochleae</strong>
	<ol>
		<li>Transferência cochleae para uma nova placa de 24 usando uma pipeta de transferência.</li>
		<li>Adicione uma gota de MSCGM para cada cóclea para impedir qualquer cóclea desseque.</li>
		<li>Delicadamente, Oriente a cóclea usando fórceps ultra fino, de modo que as janelas ovais e redondas estão virada para cima.<br>Nota: Tenha muito cuidado ao manusear diretamente cada cóclea cóclea é facilmente marcado.</li>
		<li>Utilizando uma seringa de insulina estéril de 28,5 mm com tubos conectados, elaborar 0,2 mL resuspended hWJCs (100.000 células).</li>
		<li>Usando a pinça bem esterilizada, posicione tubulação sobre a janela oval.</li>
		<li>Delicada e lentamente perfundir a cóclea com 0,2 mL de ressuspensão hWJCs utilizando uma seringa de insulina 28,5 mm conectada à tubulação de polietileno (diâmetro exterior: 0,61 mm, diâmetro interno: 0,28 mm) ao longo de cerca de 5 min.</li>
		<li>Após a perfusão, adicionar 0,8 mL de 37 ° C pré aquecido MSCGM para o bem que contém a cóclea para trazer o volume total no poço de 1 mL.</li>
		<li>Repita as etapas 4.3.3-4.3.7 para cada cóclea, utilizando uma seringa de fresca e tubos cada vez.</li>
		<li>Lugar perfundidos cochleae em um 5% CO<sub>2</sub>, incubadora de cultura de células de 37 ° C e mudança mídia três vezes por semana.</li>
	</ol>
	</li>
</ol>
<p class="jove_title">5. preservação e colheita de cóclea</p>
<p class="jove_content">Nota: Cochleae podem ser cultivadas e colhidas em qualquer ponto do tempo de post-perfusão de até 30 dias.</p>
<ol>
	<li>Para preservar os cochleae, corrigir em paraformaldeído 4% em 1X PBS durante a noite a 4 ° C, em uma plataforma de balanço.</li>
	<li>Após a fixação, lave cochleae com PBS 1x, três vezes por 5 min cada.</li>
	<li>Gradualmente, desidratar a cóclea com etanol e limpar com um solvente Hidrocarboneto alifático antes de incorporação em parafina.</li>
	<li>Secção de amostras a uma espessura de 10 µm usando um micrótomo e montar em vidro corrediças do microscópio.<br>Nota: As amostras agora estão prontas para histológica ou imuno-histoquímica de processamento usando protocolos padrão.</li>
</ol>

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<p class="jove_content">Temos com sucesso demonstrado que células cocleares nativas podem ser removidas da cóclea através de um processo de decellularization, que permite a utilização da cóclea como um andaime de tecido tridimensional, intrincado. Santi <em>et al</em>. <sup class="xref">15</sup> desenvolveu o método inicial para decellularizing cochleae e estimaram com precisão os volumes de muitas estruturas cocleares através com o auxílio de microscopia de luz folha<sup class="xref">23</sup>. Tal trabalho inicial serviu como uma base forte para a engenharia de tecidos e técnicas de cultura celular aqui apresentadas. Decellularized cóclea pode com sucesso ser infundida com células e em seguida cultivadas por um período prolongado de tempo. Cochleae de uma grande variedade de animais, teoricamente, poderia ser utilizados em combinação com da mesma forma ampla gama de tipos de células. Estas combinações permitem que as técnicas apresentadas aqui para ser utilizado em inúmeros projetos experimentais possíveis, tais como tecido, aplicações que examinar o epitélio sensorial desenvolvimento<sup class="xref">14</sup>, testes de novos agentes farmacêuticos<sup class="xref"> de droga de engenharia 24</sup>, e desenvolvimento de reparação coclear modelos<sup class="xref">25</sup>. No entanto, apesar da ampla aplicabilidade destas técnicas não são sem limitações.</p>
<p class="jove_content">Uma das limitações da técnica atual é que a perfusão é variável com base no indivíduo. Desenvolvimento de um suporte, para a cóclea e utilizando uma bomba de seringa para conduzir perfusions podem aumentar a precisão e o sucesso do processo. Além disso, provar definitivamente decellularization bem sucedido poderia potencialmente ser conseguido através de vários métodos. Utilizamos DAPI coloração que foi usado para quantificar o restante do núcleo de células, e observamos sem núcleos residual post-decellularization. Além disso, ensaios de quantificação de DNA padrão utilizam o reagente, detectando picograma quantidades de DNA, para identificar os restos de ácido nucleico, que podem ser visualmente mais sensíveis do que a DAPI para identificar a presença de pequenos fragmentos de ácidos nucleicos de corante verde ácidos em tecidos decellularized<sup class="xref">26</sup>. Independentemente do que as técnicas são usadas para validar o decellularization bem sucedida, não pode ser possível mostrar a completa decellularization de uma cóclea individual antes de utiliza-lo como um andaime. No entanto, encontramos o processo de decellularization para ser bem sucedido e robusto.</p>
<p class="jove_content">As duas etapas mais críticas no protocolo atual são o isolamento e a manipulação dos cochleae e a perfusão dos cochleae. Grande deve ter cuidado quando a cóclea é inicialmente isolada, como a cóclea é delicado e frágil. Se muita força for aplicada durante a manipulação da cóclea com fórceps, pode fragmentar a cóclea. Assim, é imperativo para lidar com cada cóclea suavemente antes de decellularization e descalcificação. O sistema vestibular, se deixadas intactas, serve como um grande punho para agarrar o ouvido interno complexo com fórceps e orientando a cóclea. Da mesma forma, quando perfusing a cóclea com células, a pressão por trás da perfusão não deve ser demasiado grande, caso contrário, as células não podem sobreviver a perfusão. Como observado no actual protocolo, anexar tubos à extremidade de uma seringa de insulina 1 mL permite fácil manipulação da cóclea com uma mão e maior precisão em perfusing células através da cóclea com a outra mão.</p>
<p class="jove_content">Como um próximo passo, que seria natural para avaliar marcadores funcionais e de desenvolvimento para determinar se o ECM coclear é induzir a diferenciação de células-tronco, e então, quais componentes específicos do ECM na cóclea estão induzindo alterações nas células. Perfusing diferentes tipos de células (<em>por exemplo</em>, as células-tronco, neuroprogenitors, fibroblastos, <em>etc.</em>) através da cóclea para diferenciação de célula de monitor e comportamento seria uma outra investigação fascinante. Além disso, as células que foram geneticamente modificadas ou estão expostas a um protocolo de diferenciação do fator de crescimento podem fornecer novos insights sobre como o ECM coclear suporta desenvolvimento marcante e possivelmente até mesmo função na audição. Assim, o protocolo atual é um primeiro passo significativo no usando o ECM coclear para estudar a orelha interna marcante desenvolvimento e manutenção, que um de pode dia levar ao desenvolvimento de novas terapias para restaurar a perda de audição.</p>

<p class="jove_content">A cóclea é uma estrutura espiral intrincado encontrada no osso temporal. Ele é composto de um labirinto ósseo exterior e interior, concêntricos labirinto membranoso<sup class="xref">1</sup>. O labirinto membranoso é composto por três espaços fluidos: Scala vestibuli, Scala Scala tympani<sup class="xref">1</sup>e mídia. A mídia scala abriga o epitélio sensorial, que é composto de uma infinidade de tipos de células, mas as células sensoriais de cabelo (HC), que transduce energia mecânica em ondas sonoras para impulsos nervosos<sup class="xref">2</sup>, são de particular interesse. Exposição ao trauma acústico<sup class="xref">3</sup><sup>,</sup><sup class="xref">4</sup><sup>,</sup><sup class="xref">5</sup>, medicação<sup class="xref">6</sup>, doença<sup class="xref">7</sup><sup>,</sup><sup class="xref">8</sup>e envelhecimento<sup class="xref">9</sup> tudo o que pode resultar em insuficiência auditiva através da morte HC. Perda de cabelo celular em mamíferos é permanente, ao contrário de HCs aviária, que podem se regenerar após lesão<sup class="xref">10</sup>.</p>
<p class="jove_content">Uma variedade de esforços de pesquisa contemporânea procuraram restaurar perdidos HCs, embora as abordagens experimentais específicas variam. Manipulação da expressão do gene no epitélio sensorial e implante de células-tronco diferenciadas fora do corpo são abordagens dominantes no campo, apesar de tem sido métodos de indução que buscam diferenciar as células-tronco em organoids coclear tentativa de<sup class="xref">11</sup><sup>,</sup><sup class="xref">12</sup><sup>,</sup><sup class="xref">13</sup>. Cada uma dessas abordagens é também dependente diretamente as células-tronco, ou as pistas do desenvolvimento, usadas por células-tronco; no entanto, um segundo compartilhados, e potencialmente crítico, o elemento é o ECM da cóclea em si<sup class="xref">14</sup><sup>,</sup><sup class="xref">15</sup>.</p>
<p class="jove_content">O ECM não só fornece suporte físico para as células e tecidos, que inclui uma superfície de adesão celular, sobrevivência, proliferação e migração, mas também tem um papel crítico no desenvolvimento de HCs e a espiral do gânglio<sup class="xref">15</sup><sup>,</sup><sup class="xref">16 </sup> <sup>,</sup><sup class="xref">17</sup>. Naturalmente ocorrendo ECM fornece sinais indutivos que podem orientar a determinação do fenótipo celular e/ou<sup class="xref">18</sup>, de adesão, proliferação e sobrevivência celular. Consequentemente, o uso da cóclea decellularized em combinação com hWJCs cultivadas oferecem uma oportunidade única de explorar o papel da regeneração ECM e HC. HWJCs são um tipo de célula prontamente disponível, sem controvérsias, isolado de humanos cordões umbilicais que se comportar como células-tronco mesenquimais<sup class="xref">19</sup>. HWJCs tem demonstrado a capacidade de diferenciar-se abaixo de<sup class="xref">20</sup><sup>,</sup>de linhagens de célula marcante<sup class="xref">21</sup>. Assim, o atual protocolo detalha o isolamento, decellularization e perfusão de cochleae de carcaças de rato C57BL com hWJCs para engenharia de tecidos do ouvido interno.</p>

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a protocol for decellularizing mouse cochleae for inner ear tissue engineering

<p class="jove_content">Nos mamíferos, mechanosensory células ciliadas que facilitam a falta de audiência a capacidade de regenerar, que limitou a tratamentos para perda auditiva. Estratégias atuais de medicina regenerativa concentraram-se no transplante de células-tronco ou manipulação genética de em torno de células de suporte na orelha interna para incentivar a substituição de células-tronco danificadas para corrigir a perda de audição. Ainda, a matriz extracelular (ECM) pode desempenhar um papel fundamental na indução e manutenção da função das células de cabelo e não tem sido suficientemente estudada. Usando o coclear ECM como um andaime para cultivar células-tronco adultas pode fornecer insights exclusivos sobre como a composição e arquitetura do ambiente extracelular aids células em sustentar a função auditiva. Aqui nós apresentamos um método para isolar e decellularizing cochleae de ratos para usar como andaimes aceitando perfundidas células-tronco adultas. O protocolo atual, cochleae são isolados da eutanásia de ratos, decellularized e descalcificadas. Depois, células de geleia humana da Wharton (hWJCs) que foram isoladas a partir do cordão umbilical foram cuidadosamente pintadas em cada cóclea. Os cochleae foram usados como biorreatores, e as células foram cultivadas por 30 dias antes de sofrer a transformação para análise. Decellularized cochleae mantidos identificáveis estruturas extracelulares, mas não revelou a presença de células ou fragmentos visíveis de DNA. Células perfundidas na cóclea invadiram a maior parte do interior e exterior da cóclea e cresceram sem incidentes em uma duração de 30 dias. Assim, o método atual pode ser usado para estudar como coclear ECM afeta células desenvolvimento e comportamento.</p>

<p class="jove_content" fo:keep-together.within-page="1">Usando os métodos apresentados aqui, sucesso decellularization de cochleae foi avaliado examinando-se a presença ou ausência de DNA através de 4', coloração 6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI). Cochleae foram considerados totalmente decellularized, se o DNA não foi identificado dentro da cóclea decellularized. Uma cóclea nativa de uma experiência anterior que não passam por decellularization ou descalcificação foi usada como controle positivo para ilustrar as estruturas e células tradicionalmente encontradas em uma cóclea de rato C57BL. Decellularized-descalcificadas cóclea, que não tinha qualquer hWJCs infundido, foi usada como um controle negativo. Não quantificáveis DAPI manchado do núcleo de células foram observado em qualquer região da seção de tecido (<strong class="xfig">Figura 3</strong>). Dois cochleae foram decellularized descalcificadas e então infundido com hWJCs para o projeto atual. Observou-se os cochleae decellularized-descalcificadas que foram pintadas com hWJCs ter numerosas DAPI manchado núcleos dentro da cóclea e crescendo no escudo ósseo fora da cóclea (<strong>tabela 1</strong>). Total estimado de densidades de célula para célula infundido cóclea primeira foram 113.759 células/cóclea após 30 dias da cultura (<strong class="xfig">Figura 4</strong> e <strong class="xfig">Figura 5</strong>) e para a segunda cóclea foram 118.732 células/cóclea após 30 dias da cultura (<strong class="xfig">Figura 6</strong> e <strong class="xfig">A Figura 7</strong>). Estas estimativas de densidade celular incluem a Scala tympani mídia Scala e Scala vestíbulo e volumes das estruturas encontradas nos três espaços fluidos, mas estas estimativas excluída qualquer do labirinto ósseo restante. Além disso, amostras de cada cóclea foram coradas com hematoxilina e eosina (H &#38; E) para mostrar a presença de células e características anatômicas dentro cada cóclea (<strong class="xfig">Figura 8</strong>). A anatomia de microestruturas a coclear permaneceu predominantemente inalterada ao longo de todas as seções manchadas; no entanto, não há células eram identificáveis na seção decellularized-descalcificadas (<strong class="xfig">Figura 8B</strong>). A identificação dos núcleos de células foi drasticamente diferente entre a cóclea nativa (<strong class="xfig">Figura 8A</strong>) e o decellularized-descalcificadas cochleae infundido com células (<strong class="xfig">Figura 8</strong><strong>–</strong><strong>D</strong>).</p>
<p class="jove_content" fo:keep-together.within-page="1"><img alt="Figure 1" class="xfigimg" src="/files/ftp_upload/56523/56523fig1.jpg"><br>
<strong>Figura 1: isolamento do osso temporal de rato.</strong> Uma vez que o mouse tem sido sacrificado, apropriadamente, decapitar o animal de corte entre a base do crânio e a primeira vértebra cervical e pulverize a cabeça com etanol para desinfectar o (<strong>A</strong>). Bissetriz do crânio em um plano sagital da seção (<strong>B</strong><strong>–</strong><strong>C</strong>) utilizando um par afiado de uma tesoura cirúrgica, cortando o tecido cerebral e o osso. A cabeça de rato bisseccionado (<strong>D</strong>, mandíbula inferior removida por trabalhos experimentais independentes) deve então ter o tecido cerebral removido para revelar o osso temporal. Os dois forames através do qual o passe de auditivo e nervos vestibulares (pontas de seta<strong>E</strong>, vermelho) são úteis sugestões para identificando com sucesso no osso temporal. Retire a carne do crânio (<strong>F</strong>). O canal do ouvido externo (<strong>F</strong>, seta, painel superior) fornece uma indicação útil e externa também. Apare cuidadosamente o osso em excesso, deixando apenas o isolado de ossos temporais (<strong>G</strong>). O bulla (<strong>H</strong>, painel superior, área em destaque vermelha) deve então ser delicadamente removido usando a pinça fina (<strong>H</strong>, painel inferior). O bulla é osso fino e pode ser prontamente lascado fora (<strong>eu</strong>) até o labirinto ósseo da cóclea é revelado (<strong>J</strong>, vermelho entre parênteses). Barras de escala em todas as imagens são 1 mm. <a href="//ecsource-jove-com.bdigitaluss.remotexs.co/files/ftp_upload/56523/56523fig1large.jpg" target="_blank">clique aqui para ver uma versão maior desta figura.</a></p>
<p class="jove_content" fo:keep-together.within-page="1"><img alt="Figure 2" class="xfigimg" src="/files/ftp_upload/56523/56523fig2.jpg"><br>
<strong>Figura 2: perfusão coclear.</strong> Uma vez que o osso temporal foi isolado e o bulla foi removido, a cóclea então pode ser configurada para perfusão em um microscópio. Quando perfusing utilizando uma seringa conduzida manualmente com tubulação anexado (<strong>um</strong>, pontilhada de linha) pode ser útil estabilizar a cóclea usando um par de pinças de auto-fechamento. Delicadamente, anexar o fórceps para a vestibular parte do osso temporal (<strong>B</strong>) e descansar a pinça contra o bordo da placa de Petri (<strong>A</strong>). Isso deixa as duas mãos livres para manipular instrumentos durante a perfusão. Uma mão então pode manipular a seringa, controlando a taxa de fluxo do fluido, enquanto a outra mão pode posicionar o tubo sobre a janela oval, usando um segundo par de pinças (<strong>B</strong>). Cortar a extremidade livre do tubo em ângulo permite posicionamento mais fácil, permitindo que o tubo seja colocado corretamente sem bloquear o campo de visão. Barra de escala é 1 mm. <a href="//ecsource-jove-com.bdigitaluss.remotexs.co/files/ftp_upload/56523/56523fig2large.jpg" target="_blank">clique aqui para ver uma versão maior desta figura.</a></p>
<p class="jove_content" fo:keep-together.within-page="1"><img alt="Figure 3" class="xfigimg" src="/files/ftp_upload/56523/56523fig3.jpg"><br>
<strong>Figura 3: seção de tecido de uma cóclea de rato decellularized.</strong> Um microscópio vertical de epi-fluorescente foi usado para as amostras em uma ampliação de 200X (ocular de X 10 e 20 X objetivo) da imagem. Imagens foram costuradas juntos para criar uma montagem de aproximadamente 4 x 5. DAPI nuclear coloração mostrando ausência de células é mostrado no <strong>painel usando um conjunto de filtro comum DAPI (350 nm de excitação, emissão de 470 nm) e uma superexposta, imagem em tons de cinza da autofluorescência usando um filtro comum (FITC) de isotiocianato de fluoresceína </strong> conjunto (490 nm de excitação, emissão de 525 nm), que fornece pontos anatômicos, é mostrado no painel <strong>B</strong>. Contagem de células automatizadas foram realizadas em três regiões de interesse, que são delineadas em ambos os painéis <strong>A</strong> e <strong>B</strong>. Contagem de células totais foram calculadas para a seção de tecido inteiro (<strong>1</strong>, linha branca sólida) e a cóclea (<strong>2</strong>, linha tracejada). Esses dois números foram usados para calcular o número de células nas estruturas ósseas fora a cóclea, mas dentro das bordas exteriores, ósseas da seção de tecido (<strong>3</strong>, espaço entre a linha pontilhada e a linha tracejada). Barras de escala em todas as imagens são 500 µm.<a href="//ecsource-jove-com.bdigitaluss.remotexs.co/files/ftp_upload/56523/56523fig3large.jpg" target="_blank">Por favor clique aqui para ver uma versão maior desta figura.</a><p>
<p class="jove_content" fo:keep-together.within-page="1"><img alt="Figure 4" class="xfigimg" src="/files/ftp_upload/56523/56523fig4.jpg"><br>
<strong>Figura 4: uma seção modiolar perto da cóclea decellularized rato 1 infundido com hWJCs.</strong> DAPI coloração nuclear é mostrado no painel <strong>A</strong> sobrepostos em uma superexposta, autofluorescência de tons de cinza do canal verde, que fornece pontos anatômicos. Automatizado de célula contagens foram realizadas em três regiões de interesse, que são delineadas no painel <strong>A</strong>. Contagem de células totais foram calculadas para a seção de tecido inteiro (<strong>1</strong>, linha branca sólida) e a cóclea (<strong>2</strong>, linha tracejada). Esses dois números foram usados para calcular o número de células nas estruturas ósseas fora a cóclea, mas dentro das bordas exteriores, ósseas da seção de tecido (<strong>3</strong>, espaço entre a linha pontilhada e a linha tracejada). Coloração de DAPI isolado é mostrado no painel <strong>B</strong>, e o limiar do DAPI coloração usada durante a quantificação automatizada é mostrado no painel <strong>C</strong>. Barras de escala em todas as imagens são 500 µm. <a href="//ecsource-jove-com.bdigitaluss.remotexs.co/files/ftp_upload/56523/56523fig4large.jpg" target="_blank">clique aqui para ver uma versão maior desta figura.</a></p>
<p class="jove_content" fo:keep-together.within-page="1"><img alt="Figure 5" class="xfigimg" src="/files/ftp_upload/56523/56523fig5.jpg"><br>
<strong>Figura 5: visualização de alta ampliação de uma seção de perto-modiolar da cóclea decellularized rato 1 infundido com hWJCs.</strong> DAPI coloração nuclear é mostrado no painel <strong>A</strong> sobreposta para uma imagem em tons de cinza superexposta, da autofluorescência do canal verde, que fornece pontos anatômicos. Coloração de DAPI isolado é mostrado no painel <strong>B</strong>, e a imagem de limite usada durante a contagem automatizada de células é mostrada no painel <strong>C</strong>. Os espaços fluidos e microestruturas mais finas alojadas dentro da cóclea são bem preservadas durante a decellularization e fases de cultura da experiência da pilha. Scala Vestibuli (SV), a Scala Tympani (SM), a membrana Basilar (BM), a Tectorial Membrane (TM), uma espiral Limbus (L), Canal (RC) de Rosenthal, Modiolus (M), ligamento espiral (SL) e Vascularis do Stria (<strong>*</strong>). Membrana de Reissner não foi claramente definida nas secções de tecido, e como resultado o Scala Media não foi claramente definido. Barras de escala em todas as imagens são 250 µm. <a href="//ecsource-jove-com.bdigitaluss.remotexs.co/files/ftp_upload/56523/56523fig5large.jpg" target="_blank">clique aqui para ver uma versão maior desta figura.</a></p>
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<strong>Figura 6: uma seção modiolar perto da cóclea decellularized rato 2 que foi infundida com hWJCs.</strong> DAPI coloração nuclear é mostrado no painel <strong>A</strong>, sobrepostos em autofluorescência de tons de cinza do canal verde, que fornece pontos anatômicos. Automatizado de célula contagens foram realizadas em três regiões de interesse, que são delineadas no painel <strong>A</strong>. Contagem de células totais foram calculadas para a seção de tecido inteiro (<strong>1</strong>, linha branca sólida) e a cóclea (<strong>2</strong>, linha tracejada). Esses dois números foram usados para calcular o número de células nas estruturas ósseas fora a cóclea, mas dentro das bordas exteriores, ósseas da seção de tecido (<strong>3</strong>, espaço entre a linha pontilhada e linhas tracejadas). Coloração de DAPI isolado é mostrado no painel <strong>B</strong>, e o limiar do DAPI coloração usada durante a quantificação automatizada é mostrado no painel <strong>C</strong>. Barras de escala em todas as imagens são 500 µm. <a href="//ecsource-jove-com.bdigitaluss.remotexs.co/files/ftp_upload/56523/56523fig6large.jpg" target="_blank">clique aqui para ver uma versão maior desta figura.</a></p>
<p class="jove_content" fo:keep-together.within-page="1"><img alt="Figure 7" class="xfigimg" src="/files/ftp_upload/56523/56523fig7.jpg"><br>
<strong>Figura 7: visualização de alta ampliação de uma seção de perto-modiolar da cóclea decellularized rato 2 que foi infundida com hWJCs.</strong> DAPI coloração nuclear é mostrado no painel <strong>A</strong>, sobrepostos em autofluorescência de tons de cinza do canal verde, que fornece pontos anatômicos. Coloração de DAPI isolado é mostrado no painel <strong>B</strong>, e a imagem de limite usada durante a contagem automatizada de células é mostrada no painel <strong>C</strong>. Os espaços fluidos e microestruturas mais finas alojadas a coclear são preservadas durante as fases de cultura decellularization e célula do experimento. Scala Vestibuli (SV), a Scala Tympani (SM), a membrana Basilar (BM), a Tectorial Membrane (TM), uma espiral Limbus (L), Canal (RC) de Rosenthal, Modiolus (M), ligamento espiral (SL) e Vascularis do Stria (<strong>*</strong>). Membrana de Reissner não foi claramente definida nas secções de tecido, e como resultado o Scala Media não foi claramente definido. Barras de escala em todas as imagens são 250 µm. <a href="//ecsource-jove-com.bdigitaluss.remotexs.co/files/ftp_upload/56523/56523fig7large.jpg" target="_blank">clique aqui para ver uma versão maior desta figura.</a></p>
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<strong>Figura 8: coloração de hematoxilina e eosina de controle e tratados cochleae.</strong> Hematoxilina e eosina manchado seções exibindo uma cóclea típica com células nativas presentes é mostrado no painel <strong>A</strong>. Painel <strong>B</strong> contém as mesmas estruturas como painel <strong>A</strong>, mas é de uma cóclea totalmente decellularized, que deixa para trás a matriz extracelular. Os dois cochleae mostrada anteriormente, infundido com hWJCs é vistos em painéis <strong>C</strong> e <strong>D</strong>. A anatomia bruta coclear permanece predominantemente inalterada através do decellularization e processos de cultura celular, embora as populações de células específicas e locais são drasticamente alteradas. Scala Vestibuli (SV), a Scala Tympani (SM), a membrana Basilar (BM), a Tectorial Membrane (TM), uma espiral Limbus (L), Canal (RC) de Rosenthal, Modiolus (M), ligamento espiral (SL) e Stria Vascularis (*). Barras de escala em todas as imagens são 250 µm. <a href="//ecsource-jove-com.bdigitaluss.remotexs.co/files/ftp_upload/56523/56523fig8large.jpg" target="_blank">clique aqui para ver uma versão maior desta figura.</a></p>
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			<td><strong>A2 Cóclea + células</strong></td>
			<td><strong>B2 negativo.</strong></td></tr></tbody></table>Controle de cóclea
		
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			<td><strong>Fora do labirinto ósseo</strong></td>
			<td>3.758</td>
			<td>549</td>
			<td>0</td>
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			<td><strong>Espaços exteriores da cóclea de osso</strong></td>
			<td>248</td>
			<td>586</td>
			<td>0</td>
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			<td><strong>Dentro da cóclea</strong></td>
			<td>518</td>
			<td>701</td>
			<td>0</td>
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			<td><strong>Total de células</strong></td>
			<td>4.524</td>
			<td>1.836</td>
			<td>0</td>
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			<td><strong>Volume da seção (μl)</strong></td>
			<td>0.0077</td>
			<td>0.0100</td>
			<td>0.0147</td>
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			<td><strong>Por cento do Volume de cóclea</strong></td>
			<td>0,46%</td>
			<td>0,59%</td>
			<td>0,87%</td>
		</tr>
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			<td><strong>Estima-se densidade de células dentro da cóclea</strong></td>
			<td>113.759</td>
			<td>118.732</td>
			<td>0</td>
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<p class="jove_content" fo:keep-together.within-page="1"><strong>Tabela 1: contagens de células.</strong> DAPI manchado cocleares seções foram quantificados usando ferramentas de contagem automáticas no ImageJ em 3 não-sobreposição de regiões de interesse (fora do labirinto ósseo, osso temporal, fora dos espaços de fluido cocleares e dentro da cóclea) e thresholded. Área de seção transversal coclear também foi medida em ImageJ, e esse valor foi utilizado para calcular o volume da seção, em combinação com espessura de corte (10 µm). Usando uma estimativa do volume total de coclear publicado por Santi <em>et al</em> . calculou-se a <sup class="xref">23</sup>, o volume de coclear relativo de uma determinada seção. A densidade de células da cóclea inteira foi estimada utilizando o volume coclear relativo de uma determinada seção em combinação com a contagem de células pareadas.</p>

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<p>Humans have been attempting to properly classify living things since Aristotle made the first attempt during the 4<sup>th</sup> century BC. Aristotle&#8217;s system was improved upon during the Renaissance and then, subsequently, by Carolus Linnaeus in the mid 1700&#8217;s. These more formal classification and organization systems grouped species by their physical similarity to one another. For example, all vertebrates have a backbone, but invertebrates do not. Traits like the backbone are called synapomorphies, which are traits that are shared by a group of organisms, presumably because they were derived from a common ancestor. As we will explore, this method has been shown to have limitations and has more recently been amended to include genetic analysis. Still, scientists construct trees called dendrograms to create a visual representation of how species are related to one another and share common ancestors. These dendrograms can aid in our understanding of the evolutionary processes that drive these relationships. Genetic comparisons have added an important tool guiding the analysis of evolutionary relationships.</p>
<h4>Types of Dendrogram</h4>
<p>A type of dendrogram, called a cladogram, depicts the hypothetical genealogical relationships between species with the tips (or leaves) of the tree representing a species and the branches showing how species are related to each other. A slightly more complicated type of tree, called a phylogram, differs from a cladogram in that the branches leading to the species are of different lengths. The length of a branch in this type of tree represents the degree of change between species: the longer the branch, the more time since the species have diverged from a common ancestor. In both types of tree, the common ancestor of a group of species is indicated by a node, which is the point where a series of branches meet. Species that are more closely related to each other (most recently shared a common ancestor) will be located closest to the node. The two species that share a node are called a sister group<sup>1</sup>.</p>
<h4>Understanding Evolutionary Relationships using Genetic Data</h4>
<p>Historically, cladograms were constructed by comparing the morphology (physical structure) of organisms. This method is still practiced but the techniques have been modernized to include comparison of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) sequences between species. Using DNA for building trees has several advantages over relying solely on morphology, including being able to calculate an estimate of how long ago different species shared a common ancestor<sup>1</sup>. However, using DNA is not always feasible, especially when trees include extinct organisms. DNA is best found in soft tissues, which are not preserved during the fossilization process, and therefore it is uncommon for a DNA sample of an extinct species to be available.</p>
<p>DNA is passed on from parents to their offspring in hereditary units called genes. The nucleotide (A, G, C, and T) sequence of genes found in different species are frequently quite similar, likely due to their having come from a common ancestor. This fact allows researchers to align sequences from different species with one another to build the trees described above. Species with more similarity between their nucleotide sequences will be placed next to each other in a tree, and species with less sequence similarity will be placed further apart from each other.</p>
<p>Bioinformatics are the tools used by biologists to analyze large datasets using a combination of computer science, mathematical modeling, and statistics. One such tool is called BLAST (Basic Local Alignment Search Tool), which can be used to quickly search the entire genome of any species that is available in the NCBI (National Center for Biotechnology Information) database<sup>2</sup>. The NCBI database combines several different databases that hold different types of DNA sequence information. The process of a BLAST search includes complex computer algorithms, but basically, BLAST aligns sequences of each nucleotide base from a submitted DNA sequence (known as the <em>query</em> sequence) with sequences in the data base that most closely match it. The DNA sequences that are found will be listed in order of similarity to the sequence in question, and will therefore be from species closely related to the species containing the query gene. This comparison may or may not depict the actual evolutionary relationship between species because genes evolve at different rates. Additionally, genomes sometimes contain more than one instance of a similar sequence.</p>
<p>Comparison of DNA sequences of genes is valuable beyond consideration of evolutionary relationships. Frequently, genes are identified in model organisms, such as the fruit fly, <em>Drosophila melanogaster</em>, or the mouse<sup>3</sup>. Integral to studying a gene, the function of its product is commonly identified and analyzed. If a researcher is interested in studying that function in a different organism (humans for example), BLAST or other bioinformatic tools can be used to find candidate genes based on their similarities to the genes of known function from model organisms.</p>
<p>Human genes can also be used as the starting point to find homologs in model organisms. In fact, human disease research depends heavily on this. Once a human gene of interest is identified, mice can be genetically manipulated to have the homologous gene disrupted, or &#8220;knocked out,&#8221; creating a model of the human disease that can be studied in order to understand and treat the disease. There are many of these mouse strains currently available. For example, there is a mouse model for human Cystic Fibrosis (CF) called the <em>Cftr</em> knockout mouse and another modeling atherosclerosis, called the <em>Apoe</em> knockout<sup>3</sup>.<br />
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<h4>References:</h4>
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	<li><strong>Annenberg Learner.</strong> Online Textbook: Unit 3 Evolution and Phylogenetics. <em>Rediscovering Biology. </em>[Online] 2017. [Cited: August 23, 2018.] https://www.learner.org/courses/biology/textbook/compev/compev_3.html.</li>
	<li><strong>National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.</strong> BLAST: Basic Local Alignment Search Tool. [Online] https://blast.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Blast.cgi.</li>
	<li><strong>National Human Genome Research Institute.</strong> Background on Mouse as a Model Organism. <em>National Human Genome Research Institute. </em>[Online] December 2002. [Cited: August 23, 2018.] <a href="https://www.genome.gov/10005834/background-on-mouse-as-a-model-organism/" target="__blank">https://www.genome.gov/10005834/background-on-mouse-as-a-model-organism/</a>.</li>
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	<p>In this experiment, you will be assembling an electrolytic cell to perform electroplating. An electrolytic cell contains an anode and cathode connected by a power source, which drives the nonspontaneous redox reaction in the cell. When the anode material is oxidized, the ions travel to the cathode, where they are reduced and plated.</p>
	<p>In the case of this experiment, the electrolytic cell contains a copper anode and a brass key for the cathode. Oxidation of the anode creates copper(2+) ions, which are then reduced on the brass key, forming a thin plating of solid copper.</p>
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		<div class="lab-step">Use the emery paper to polish the brass key and the copper sheet. Rinse the key and the copper electrode with water. The brass key will be the cathode, and the copper sheet will be the anode.</div>
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		<div class="lab-step">Take one 50-mL beaker and a watch glass to the instructor&#39;s hood and obtain approximately 20 mL of acetone. Place the watch glass on top of the beaker to prevent evaporation and bring it back to your bench.</div>
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		<div class="lab-step">Set up the electrolytic cell. Use one electrical wire with alligator clips to connect the negative terminal on the battery to the current probe. Wrap the 10-ohm resistor around the other end of the current probe.</div>
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		<div class="lab-step">Use another wire to connect the positive terminal on the battery to the copper electrode.</div>
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		<div class="lab-step">Wrap the copper wire around the brass key and use an electrical wire to connect the resistor on the current probe to the copper wire on the brass key.</div>
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		<div class="lab-step">Obtain about 200 mL of concentrated copper sulfate in a 250-mL beaker. The amount does not need to be exact. Bring the beaker back to your bench and set it on the stir plate. Carefully, place a magnetic stir bar in the beaker and turn the stir setting on to high.</div>
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		<div class="lab-step">Connect the data acquisition system to the current probe and allow the data acquisition system to sense the probe. It should return a reading in amps. Change the rate to two scans per min and the duration to 5 min.</div>
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		<div class="lab-step">Place the brass key in the beaker. Hang it off the side of the beaker so that the key is almost completely submerged but does not touch the magnetic stir bar. <strong>Note: </strong>The copper wire should not be in the solution.</div>
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		<div class="lab-step">Place the copper electrode in the beaker, bending it so that it hangs over the edge of the beaker. Ensure that it is not touching the stir bar or the brass key.</div>
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		<div class="lab-step">After the scan ends, remove the key and copper electrode. The copper plating on the brass key should be evident. If it is not visible, check your circuit to make sure that the battery is connected in the correct orientation.</div>
		</li>
		<li data-sub-note-item="1-19">
		<div class="lab-step">Once you have completed a successful 5-min plating, disconnect the key and copper electrode from the wiring. Remove the copper wire from the key and rinse the key and copper electrode with water and then acetone. Lay them on a paper towel to dry.</div>
		</li>
		<li data-sub-note-item="1-20">
		<div class="lab-step">Measure the masses of the key and the copper electrode and record them in your lab notebook.</div>
		</li>
		<li data-sub-note-item="1-21">
		<div class="lab-step">Reconnect the key and copper electrode and place them back in the solution like before. Restart the run on the data acquisition system, making sure that the rate is set to two scans per min. With the duration set to 30 min, allow the electroplating process to run.</div>
		</li>
		<li data-sub-note-item="1-22">
		<div class="lab-step">After the scan is complete, remove the electrode and key from the solution, disconnect them from the wires, and rinse them with water and then acetone. Allow them to dry on a paper towel, then weigh them and record their masses in your notebook.</div>
		</li>
		<li data-sub-note-item="1-23">
		<div class="lab-step">Reassemble the setup and repeat the electroplating for a second 30-min trial. When the scan is complete, remove the key and copper electrode, rinse them like before, and record their mass.</div>
		</li>
		<li data-sub-note-item="1-24">
		<div class="lab-step">Save the recorded data as a text file on a flash drive.</div>
		</li>
		<li data-sub-note-item="1-25">
		<div class="lab-step">To clean up, turn the stir setting off and remove the stir bar from the solution using forceps. Dispose of the acetone in the organic waste container provided by your instructor. The copper sulfate solution can be reused for future labs, so pour the concentrated copper sulfate back into the carboy.</div>
		</li>
		<li data-sub-note-item="1-26">
		<div class="lab-step">Rinse all of your glassware with water and return it to the instructor.</div>
		</li>
	</ul>
	</li>
	<li data-note-item="2" data-parent-collapse="">Results<button class="expand">Expand</button>
	<ul class="lab-items">
		<li data-sub-note-item="2-1">
		<div class="lab-step">First, calculate the total charge Q that flowed through the system during the different trials. One coulomb is the quantity of electricity flowing through a wire carrying 1 ampere of current in 1 s, thus Q = I x t.</div>
		</li>
		<li data-sub-note-item="2-2">
		<div class="lab-step">Review the current probe data for the first 5-min electroplating trial.<strong> Note: </strong>If the current dropped to 0 or close to 0 at the end of the trial, then the electrons stopped flowing from the copper electrode to the key. Only use the values recorded before the drop in current occurred. If the current drop to 0 early in the plating process, repeat the trial.</div>
		</li>
		<li data-sub-note-item="2-3">
		<div class="lab-step">The current varies over time, so calculate the average current, I.
		<h4><strong>Table 2: Moles of Electrons Transferred</strong></h4>
		<table border="1" fo:keep-together.within-page="1" fo:keep-with-next.within-page="always">
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					<td style="text-align: center;"><strong>Trial</strong></td>
					<td style="text-align: center;"><strong>Time (s) </strong></td>
					<td style="text-align: center;"><strong>Current<sub>average</sub> (A) </strong></td>
					<td style="text-align: center;"><strong>Total charge (C) </strong></td>
					<td style="text-align: center;"><strong>Moles (e?) </strong></td>
				</tr>
				<tr>
					<td style="text-align: center;">5 min</td>
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					<td style="text-align: center;">1<sup>st</sup> 30 min</td>
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					<td style="text-align: center;">2<sup>nd</sup> 30 min</td>
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				<tr>
					<td style="text-align: center;">Total</td>
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			</tbody>
		</table>
		<a href="https://www-jove-com.bdigitaluss.remotexs.co/CDNSource/lm/labs/53/Table_2._Moles_of_Electrons_Transferred.xlsx" target="_blank">Click Here to download Table 2</a></div>
		</li>
		<li data-sub-note-item="2-4">
		<div class="lab-step">Use the average current over the total time to determine the total charge transferred during electroplating, Q. About 20 coulombs were transferred during the 5-min trial, and between 110 and 120 coulombs were transferred during each 30-min trial. The total charge transferred over the entire 65-min electroplating process was about 250 coulombs.</div>
		</li>
		<li data-sub-note-item="2-5">
		<div class="lab-step">Use the total charge transferred to calculate the moles of electrons plated during each trial. The moles of electrons plated equals the total charge transferred divided by the Faraday constant. The Faraday constant represents the magnitude of electric charge per mole of electrons and is determined by multiplying the charge of an electron by Avogadro&#39;s constant.</div>
		</li>
		<li data-sub-note-item="2-6">
		<div class="lab-step">Determine the moles of electrons that were transferred for the 5-min and 30-min trials.</div>
		</li>
		<li data-sub-note-item="2-7">
		<div class="lab-step">Calculate the moles of copper that were plated on the key after each trial. Similarly, determine the moles of copper lost from the copper sheet electrode.</div>
		</li>
		<li data-sub-note-item="2-8">
		<div class="lab-step">Compare the moles of copper that were lost from the electrode to the amount that was plated to the brass key. The numbers should be close.</div>
		</li>
		<li data-sub-note-item="2-9">
		<div class="lab-step">Check to see if these values match what is expected based on the number of moles of electrons that were transferred. The reduction of 1 mole of copper(2+) ions requires 2 moles of electrons to produce 1 mole of solid copper.</div>
		</li>
	</ul>
	</li>
</ol>

Electrolytic Cells: Construction and Electroplating - Procedure

Células eletrolíticas

Source: Smaa Koraym at Johns Hopkins University, MD, USA

	Electrolytic CellsExpand
	In this experiment, you will be assembling an electrolytic cell to ...

Galvanic Cells

Galvanic Cells: Construction and Reduction Potential Measurement - Procedure

Células Galvânicas

Source: Smaa Koraym at Johns Hopkins University, MD, USA

	Constructing a Lead-Copper Galvanic CellExpand
	In this experiment, you will construct a ...

Cell Division

<ol class="note-items"><li data-note-item="1" data-parent-collapse="">Observing the Cell Cycle in a Root Tip
<button class="expand">Expand</button><ul class="lab-items"><li data-sub-note-item="1-1"><div class="lab-step">Hypotheses: The experimental hypothesis is that in root tips slices that have been treated with nocodazole, a chemical that interferes with microtubular polymerization, all of the cells will be arrested at the same stage of the cell cycle and that in untreated onion tip slices all of the different stages of the cell cycle will be visualized. The null hypothesis is that there will be no differences in mitosis between the two groups and that different stages of the cell cycle will be visualized. 
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-2"><div class="lab-step">To prepare for this experiment you will use an onion that has been placed in water for several days until new white root tips have begun to sprout. Use a razor blade to cut a 1 cm piece from the end of one of the root tips. 
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-3"><div class="lab-step">Place the slice of onion into a microcentrifuge tube labeled &#8220;N&#8221; for the nocodazole condition. 
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-4"><div class="lab-step">Then, cut a second 1 cm piece of onion root tip and place in a microcentrifuge tube labeled &#8220;C&#8221; for the control condition.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-5"><div class="lab-step">Add 2 &#181;L of the 5 mg/mL nocodazole to 1 mL of water in the microcentrifuge tube labeled N and 1 mL of water only to the tube labeled C. 
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-6"><div class="lab-step">Leave the tubes containing the root tips to incubate for 12 hours and wipe down the workspace with 70% ethanol.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-7"><div class="lab-step">When incubation is complete, set a heat block to 60 &#186;C.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-8"><div class="lab-step">Wash the nocodazole treated tips with water and then aspirate the liquid.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-9"><div class="lab-step">Repeat this wash two more times, for a total of three washes. 
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-10"><div class="lab-step">Fill both tubes with 1 mL of one normal hydrochloric acid. Incubate the tubes in a 60 &#186;C heat block for 12 - 15 min, then discard the acid into a waste flask.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-11"><div class="lab-step">Now, add 1 mL of distilled water drop wise to the tubes at least three times to rinse the samples.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-12"><div class="lab-step">Now add one microliter of DAPI stain to 10 mL of phosphate buffered saline (PBS).
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-13"><div class="lab-step">Then place 50 &#181;L of this dilute DAPI stain into each tube, and leave them at room temperature to incubate for 12 min. 
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-14"><div class="lab-step">After this, preform three distilled water washes as in step 10. 
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-15"><div class="lab-step">Label one microscope slide as 'Control' and another as 'Nocodazole'. 
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-16"><div class="lab-step">Transfer the stained roots onto their respective microscope slides and add a drop of water to the control slide and a drop of nocodazole to the nocodazole slide.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-17"><div class="lab-step">Use the razor blade to remove the unstained portions of each root tip and place a glass cover slip over each sample.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-18"><div class="lab-step">Carefully press down on each cover slip with a gloved fingertip, and then let the slides sit for 10 min. 
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-19"><div class="lab-step">Finally, view the slides under the 40X objective of a fluorescence microscope and capture images of your root tip cell preparations.
</div></li></ul></li><li data-note-item="2" data-parent-collapse="">Understanding the Loss of Cell Cycle Control
<button class="expand">Expand</button><ul class="lab-items"><li data-sub-note-item="2-1"><div class="lab-step">NOTE: Before cells can pass through all of the stages of the cell cycle there are several checkpoints they must go through. These checkpoints are regulated by cyclin and cyclin-dependent kinase proteins, or CDKs. If the cyclins and CDKs determine that previous cellular events have not been adequately completed they will arrest the cells at this step and prevent them from proliferating. In cancer cells one or several of these molecular restraints for regulating cell division are lost and this allows the damaged cells to escape from cell proliferation control. These abnormal cells develop into tumors which are masses of uncontrolled proliferating cells that interfere with the normal functions of the body. Notice how before it divides this cancer cell rounds up and refracts light very strongly under the light microscope. This is because not all cancer cells successfully divide into daughter cells after each round of mitosis. This will mean that they often contain an excess of organelles and DNA and this increase in cellular content means they will refract light more intensely than normal cells do. 
</div></li></ul></li><li data-note-item="3" data-parent-collapse="">Results
<button class="expand">Expand</button><ul class="lab-items"><li data-sub-note-item="3-1"><div class="lab-step">Examine your collected images and record in Table 1 the different cell structures and stages that could be identified in the onion tip slice that was treated with nocodazole. <a href="https://www-jove-com.bdigitaluss.remotexs.co/CDNSource/lm/labs/10/Table_1_Cell_division.xlsx" style="display:block;margin:20px;" target="__blank">Click Here to download Table 1</a>
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="3-2"><div class="lab-step">If there are any cells undergoing mitosis, note what stages of cell division you see.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="3-3"><div class="lab-step">Record the percentage of cells in each stage of mitosis in Table 1. 
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="3-4"><div class="lab-step">Next, examine the images of the untreated onion tip slice, and record what cell structures can you identify. 
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="3-5"><div class="lab-step">If there are any cells undergoing mitosis, consider what stages of cell division you see, and record the percentages of cells in each stage of mitosis in the Table 1. 
</div></li></ul></li></ol>

Cell Division: Observing Cell Cycle in a Root Tip - Procedure

Divisão Celular

Observing the Cell Cycle in a Root Tip
ExpandHypotheses: The experimental hypothesis is that in root tips slices that have been treated with nocodazole, a ...

Processos Celulares

Cell Structure

<ol class="note-items"><li data-note-item="1" data-parent-collapse="">Visualizing Onion and Human Cells
<button class="expand">Expand</button><ul class="lab-items"><li data-sub-note-item="1-1"><div class="lab-step">In this experiment you will prepare different types of cells from a plant and animal, onion and human respectively, and then visualize them under a microscope. HYPOTHESES: The experimental hypothesis is that the cells will appear different in overall shape and membrane structure, but there will be some shared similar structures, like nuclei, in both cells. The null hypothesis of the experiment is that there will be no difference in structure between the two cell types.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-2"><div class="lab-step">First, to prepare an animal cell slide, start by pouring 30 mL of distilled water into a beaker.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-3"><div class="lab-step">Then, use a glass dropper to place 2 - 3 drops of the water onto the center of a clean microscope slide.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-4"><div class="lab-step">Next, take a clean toothpick and scrape the inside of your cheek to gather cells.  CAUTION: Do not scrape your cheeks too aggressively. The scraping should not cause discomfort or bleeding. 
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-5"><div class="lab-step">Put the end of the toothpick with the cheek cells onto the wetted area of the slide and mix the water and cheek cells together.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-6"><div class="lab-step">Next, add two drops of methylene blue staining solution to the wetted area of the slide and mix it in with a clean toothpick.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-7"><div class="lab-step">Let the mixture sit at room temperature for 3 minutes.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-8"><div class="lab-step">After 3 minutes have passed, use a glass dropper to add a drop of glycerol to the mixture.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-9"><div class="lab-step">Carefully, place a cover slip over the mix on the slide by first standing one end of the cover slip vertically and aligning it along to one side of the mixture. Then, carefully lower the other end of the cover slip down until the mixture is completely covered.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-10"><div class="lab-step">Finally, remove any excess liquid with blotting paper.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-11"><div class="lab-step">Next, prepare a slide of plant cells by placing five drops of distilled water into a clean watch glass.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-12"><div class="lab-step">Then, with forceps, take a thin strip of onion and place it into the water.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-13"><div class="lab-step">Apply 5 drops of safranin solution to another watch glass.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-14"><div class="lab-step">Now using a pair of forceps transfer the piece of onion from the distilled water into the safranin.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-15"><div class="lab-step">Allow the onion to soak for 30 seconds.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-16"><div class="lab-step">Then, again with forceps, move the onion back into the distilled water.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-17"><div class="lab-step">Now, place 3 drops of glycerol onto the center of a glass microscope slide.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-18"><div class="lab-step">Using the forceps again, transfer the onion into the glycerol on the slide.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-19"><div class="lab-step">Gently place a cover slip over the onion on the slide and blot away any excess liquid with a piece of blotting paper.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-20"><div class="lab-step">Next, you will visualize the slides you have prepared using a compound microscope. First, turn on the scope and set the objective lens to the lowest level of magnification.  NOTE: A compound microscope typically has two levels of magnification.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-21"><div class="lab-step">Place the cheek tissue slide onto the stage of the microscope and bring the cells into focus by adjusting the stage and using the coarse adjustment knob.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-22"><div class="lab-step">When the cells are in focus, observe the individual cells and draw what you see. Repeat these observations at medium and high magnifications adjusting the focus with the fine adjustment knob. IMPORTANT: Do NOT use the coarse adjustment knob at high magnifications. 
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-23"><div class="lab-step">Next, rotate the nose piece so that the oil lens is almost in place.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-24"><div class="lab-step">Place a drop of immersion oil on top of the cover slip of the cheek cell slide.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-25"><div class="lab-step">Use the oil lens to view the cheek cells and record your observations.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-26"><div class="lab-step">Repeat these steps to view the onion plant cell, moving again from low to medium, high, and oil lenses (steps 20 &#8211; 24).
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-27"><div class="lab-step">Record all of your observations and note the differences you see between animal and plant cells.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-28"><div class="lab-step">When you are finished, place the cheek cell slide and toothpicks into a diluted bleach solution. Dispose of the cover slips into a glass waste container.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-29"><div class="lab-step">Finally, turn off the microscope and clean the lenses with lens cleaning paper.
</div></li></ul></li><li data-note-item="2" data-parent-collapse="">Results
<button class="expand">Expand</button><ul class="lab-items"><li data-sub-note-item="2-1"><div class="lab-step">Calculate the total magnification for each of the viewing levels. Remember to account for both the eyepiece magnification and the objective lens magnification. NOTE: Eye piece: 10X magnification, Objective lens: 4X, 10X, and 40X magnification
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="2-2"><div class="lab-step">Then, identify the structural differences between plant and animal cells using the observations made under the microscope.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="2-3"><div class="lab-step">Label the nuclei in both cell types and then highlight or note any differences that you see between them.
</div></li></ul></li></ol>

Cell Structure: Visualizing Onion and Human Cells - Procedure

Estrutura Celular

Visualizing Onion and Human Cells
ExpandIn this experiment you will prepare different types of cells from a plant and animal, onion and human ...

Fundamentais

Genetics of Organisms

<ol class="note-items"><li data-note-item="1" data-parent-collapse="">REF and WEF Fly Genetics
<button class="expand">Expand</button><ul class="lab-items"><li data-sub-note-item="1-1"><div class="lab-step">NOTE: At your station, you should have four vials of flies. They will be labeled as male or female. They will also be labeled with the notation REF for red-eyed flies or WEF for white-eyed flies. The female vial should also be labeled virgin as these flies should be unmated for the purpose of this experiment.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-2"><div class="lab-step">Make sure you have around five flies in each vial. NOTE: You will perform crosses using these flies to determine if red or white eyes is dominant and if the trait is sex-linked. You should also have two fly anesthesia wands, a paint brush, magnifying glass, fly anesthetic, some empty fly vials, and a sheet of white paper.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-3"><div class="lab-step">Draw a line in the middle of the paper to make a male side and a female side.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-4"><div class="lab-step">Dip the fly anesthesia wand into the solution and insert it into the red-eyed female vial until the flies stop moving.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-5"><div class="lab-step">Then, dip the same wand into the white-eyed male vial until these flies are also anesthetized.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-6"><div class="lab-step">Tap the flies from the two vials onto the sheet - Females on one side and males on the other.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-7"><div class="lab-step">Check to make sure that all the flies from the female vial are female and likewise, confirm that the male flies are male.  NOTE: Males are slightly smaller and have a darker solid pigment on the end of their abdomen. Females are larger and have stripes rather than a solid spot.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-8"><div class="lab-step">If there are any male flies in the female vial, obtain a new vial as these females likely have sperm from males from their own strain and are unusable.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-9"><div class="lab-step">Now, move the five red-eyed females and five white-eyed males into a new vial using the paintbrush.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-10"><div class="lab-step">Label this vial to indicate that this is a cross between red-eyed females and white-eyed males. HYPOTHESES: Use Punnett squares to formulate hypotheses for this experiment. Consider what you will see in a few days if the white allele is dominant and there is no effect of parental sex. What if red is dominant? Under the potential offspring genotype in each box, write the expected phenotype.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-11"><div class="lab-step">To set up the reverse cross, again dip the fly anesthesia wand into the solution and insert it this time into the white-eyed female vial and then the red-eyed male vial until all the flies have stopped moving.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-12"><div class="lab-step">Tap the flies onto a sheet of white paper and check to make sure that all the flies from the female vial are female and likewise with the male flies.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-13"><div class="lab-step">Now, move the five white-eyed females and five red-eyed males into a new vial using the paintbrush.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-14"><div class="lab-step">Label this vial to indicate that this is a cross between white-eyed females and red-eyed males.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-15"><div class="lab-step">Finally, place the two tubes containing the new crosses into a rack for incubation at room temperature. NOTE: After about three days, larvae should be moving around in the vial.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-16"><div class="lab-step">Remove the 10 adult flies and dispose of them into the morgue tube containing 70% ethanol.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-17"><div class="lab-step">Now, put the tubes back in the rack and let the larvae mature until they reach the adult stage in up to two weeks.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-18"><div class="lab-step">Once all of the larvae from these crosses have matured to adulthood, anesthetize the flies in one of the tubes using the wand.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-19"><div class="lab-step">Then, on a piece of white paper, sort the flies by sex and phenotype and then record these data.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-20"><div class="lab-step">Now, repeat this process and tally the sexes and phenotypes for the second cross (steps 1 &#8211; 18).
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-21"><div class="lab-step">Finally, once you have counted all of your flies, dispose of them in the morgue vial.
</div></li></ul></li><li data-note-item="2" data-parent-collapse="">Results
<button class="expand">Expand</button><ul class="lab-items"><li data-sub-note-item="2-1"><div class="lab-step">To begin investigating your results, first compare the data you collected with the hypothesis you made using the Punnett squares.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="2-2"><div class="lab-step">Did your data match the simple Punnett square hypothesis where red or white is dominant and there is no effect of sex? Compare your data with other lab groups.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="2-3"><div class="lab-step">If your data does not match what your Punnett squares predicted, does this indicate that the gene may be sex-linked?
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="2-4"><div class="lab-step">If the red gene were dominant and sex-linked, when we cross red-eyed females with white-eyed males, all of the offspring would have red eyes. Assuming all of the females were homozygous for the color allele, does this match your data for the first cross?
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="2-5"><div class="lab-step">If white were dominant and the gene were sex-linked, we would see the exact opposite. So all of the flies would have white eyes. From your data, can you conclude from your first cross whether red or white is dominant?
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="2-6"><div class="lab-step">When the reciprocal cross of white-eyed females and red-eyed males is performed, if the red phenotype is dominant, all of the females would be red and all of the males would be white. This would also confirm that the gene is specifically x-linked because white-eyed females could then only be produced in crosses with white-eyed males. Did your second cross produce any white-eyed females?
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="2-7"><div class="lab-step">Finally, if the gene were x-linked and white was dominant, crossing white-eyed females with red-eyed males would result in all of the offspring having white eyes. Does this hypothesis fit with your second cross?
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="2-8"><div class="lab-step">Look over your data and conclude which of the hypotheses best fits the patterns you found in your crosses. If your data does not fit with any of these, hypothesize why this might be the case.
</div></li></ul></li></ol>

Genetics of Organisms: REF and WEF Fly Genetics - Procedure

Genética de Organismos

REF and WEF Fly Genetics
ExpandNOTE: At your station, you should have four vials of flies. They will be labeled as male or female. They will also be ...

Genética

Microbial and Fungal Diversity

<ol class="note-items"><li data-note-item="1" data-parent-collapse="">Examining Microbial Colony Structures
<button class="expand">Expand</button><ul class="lab-items"><li data-sub-note-item="1-1"><div class="lab-step">To begin, collect your allocated culture plates and then remove the Parafilm and lid from one of them.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-2"><div class="lab-step">Place the uncovered plate under a dissecting microscope and then observe the individual communities within each quadrant of the plate.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-3"><div class="lab-step">As the colonies are identified, fill out the observed colony properties in the appropriate column in the table.  <a href="https://www-jove-com.bdigitaluss.remotexs.co/CDNSource/lm/labs/28/Table_1_Microbial_diversity.xlsx" style="display:block;margin:20px;" target="__blank">Click Here to download Table 1</a>
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-4"><div class="lab-step">Then, repeat the observations for each of the other two bacterial species.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-5"><div class="lab-step">To perform Gram staining of your three bacterial species, first label the ends of three microscope slides with the initials of each bacteria species, your initials, and the date. HYPOTHESES: In this experiment, the experimental hypothesis might be that it is possible to elucidate different bacterial species and shapes using Gram staining, and that Gram-positive bacteria will stain purple with crystal violet whereas Gram-negative bacteria will appear pink due to the safranin counterstain. The null hypothesis could be that all of the bacterial types will retain both stains equally, and staining will not help elucidate their species or shape.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-6"><div class="lab-step">To begin the first stain, attach a clip to the slide for ease of handling. For each bacterial smear, remember to be sure to use a cleaned and flame-sterilized inoculating loop.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-7"><div class="lab-step">Place two loopfuls of sterile distilled water onto the center of the slide.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-8"><div class="lab-step">After sterilizing the loop again, cool the loop by touching an uninoculated portion of the agar several times.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-9"><div class="lab-step">Then, remove a small amount of culture from an isolated colony and mix it with the water on the slide.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-10"><div class="lab-step">Allow the slide to dry at room temperature and heat-fix the smear by quickly passing it through a flame.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-11"><div class="lab-step">Once dry, pipette several drops of crystal violet onto the slide and let it sit for two to three minutes.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-12"><div class="lab-step">Carefully rinse the slide with distilled water by aiming the direct flow towards the top of the slide, allowing the water to gently flow down. Do not aim the water flow directly at the smear.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-13"><div class="lab-step">Next, cover the slide with Gram&#39;s iodine, leave it to sit again for two minutes, and then gently rinse with distilled water.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-14"><div class="lab-step">Decolorize the slide with 95% ethanol until stain no longer washes away.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-15"><div class="lab-step">Immediately, rinse the slide with distilled water. This will limit over-decolorizing.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-16"><div class="lab-step">Then, add several drops of safranin counterstain and leave for 30 s. This will stain any Gram-negative cells present.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-17"><div class="lab-step">Gently rinse the slide with distilled water and blot dry with absorbent paper.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-18"><div class="lab-step">After staining the other two slides in the same manner (steps 6 &#8211; 17), observe each with a microscope.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-19"><div class="lab-step">Use a low power objective first to make coarse adjustments. When you find an ideal section, move on to the higher magnifications.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-20"><div class="lab-step">After further imaging and adjusting the smear with a medium power objective, add immersion oil directly to the smear. NOTE: The oil is needed for high power objectives that will provide the best micrographs.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-21"><div class="lab-step">Now, use colored pencils to draw the observed bacteria in the appropriate magnification circles and fill in the observed characteristics in the appropriate column, noting the bacteria&#39;s shape and whether it is Gram-positive, identified by darker purple staining, or Gram-negative, identified with pink staining. <a href="https://www-jove-com.bdigitaluss.remotexs.co/CDNSource/lm/labs/28/Table_2_Microbial_diversity.xlsx" style="display:block;margin:20px;" target="__blank">Click Here to download Table 2</a>
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-22"><div class="lab-step">Finally, repeat the observation, drawing, and characterization for the other two stained bacterial slides.
</div></li></ul></li><li data-note-item="2" data-parent-collapse="">Examining Fungal Structures
<button class="expand">Expand</button><ul class="lab-items"><li data-sub-note-item="2-1"><div class="lab-step">Remove the <em>S. cerevisiae</em> plate from the incubator and place a drop of water onto a microscope slide.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="2-2"><div class="lab-step">Using a sterilized inoculating loop, smear a film of yeast into the drop of water and place a cover slip over the slide.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="2-3"><div class="lab-step">Place the slide under the microscope at the lowest magnification, increasing the magnification to the oil immersion setting to see the individual yeast cells.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="2-4"><div class="lab-step">Observe the general shape and structure of the yeast and identify any cells that are undergoing asexual reproduction by budding.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="2-5"><div class="lab-step">Now, draw the cells in the appropriate magnification circles.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="2-6"><div class="lab-step">When you are done observing the yeast, replace the <em>S. cerevisiae</em> slide with a prepared Ascomycetes apothecium slide and set the microscope to the lowest magnification.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="2-7"><div class="lab-step">Using colored pencils, draw the structures at low and high magnifications, including the asci and ascospores.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="2-8"><div class="lab-step">Finally, place a button mushroom, <em>Agaricus bisporus</em>, under the dissecting microscope and draw the features, including the pileus, or cap, the gills, and the stipe, or stalk.
</div></li></ul></li><li data-note-item="3" data-parent-collapse="">Results
<button class="expand">Expand</button><ul class="lab-items"><li data-sub-note-item="3-1"><div class="lab-step">Using the coloring of the bacteria recorded in the table, determine which species are Gram-positive and which are Gram-negative.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="3-2"><div class="lab-step">Then, look at the shapes recorded in the table to determine which bacterial species are bacillus, coccus, or spirillum.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="3-3"><div class="lab-step">Next compare your illustrations of the yeast cells to your illustrations of the bacterial cells. NOTE: Yeast from the Ascomycetes phylum, such as <em>S. cerevisiae</em>, can reproduce asexually, which can be observed through the budding of the cells under a microscope.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="3-4"><div class="lab-step">Record any observations of yeast cells budding.  NOTE: Ascomycetes can also reproduce sexually via mitosis and haploid spore formation.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="3-5"><div class="lab-step">Record any observations of spore or asci formation you observed in the table.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="3-6"><div class="lab-step">NOTE: Fungus from the Basidiomycota phylum exhibit clearly observable gills under the pileus.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="3-7"><div class="lab-step">Record any fungal species that demonstrated gills under the pileus.
</div></li></ul></li></ol>

Microbial Colony and Fungal Diversity - Procedure

Diversidade microbiana e fúngica

Examining Microbial Colony Structures
ExpandTo begin, collect your allocated culture plates and then remove the Parafilm and lid from one of them.
Place ...

Community Diversity

<ol class="note-items"><li data-note-item="1" data-parent-collapse="">Measuring Biodiversity in Areas with Different Disturbance Regimes
<button class="expand">Expand</button><ul class="lab-items"><li data-sub-note-item="1-1"><div class="lab-step">NOTE: In this experiment, you will compare the biodiversity in a less disturbed area against a more highly disturbed area. HYPOTHESES: The experimental hypothesis could be that a less disturbed area will contain a greater diversity of species than a highly disturbed area. The null hypothesis could be that there will be no difference in diversity between less disturbed and highly disturbed areas. 
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-2"><div class="lab-step">To begin, divide into groups of 2-4 and collect a hula hoop, ball, measuring tape, set of printed tables, 10 utility flags, and an ID guide from the front of the class.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-3"><div class="lab-step">Additionally, collect a shovel and 10 collecting bottles for the soil sampling exercise.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-4"><div class="lab-step">Once in the field, your instructor will show you the two habitats you will study - choose one habitat to begin.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-5"><div class="lab-step">Place one flag in each of four corners to form a rectangular sampling area.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-6"><div class="lab-step">Measure the length and width of the sampling area in meters, and then multiply the two numbers to determine the area.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-7"><div class="lab-step">Standing in the middle of the sampling area, throw a tennis ball into the air, and then Mark the location where it lands with a flag.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-8"><div class="lab-step">Repeat this random throw four additional times to determine all five of your random sampling points.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-9"><div class="lab-step">Keeping your flag at the center, place a hula hoop around it. The area within the hula hoop is a quadrat.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-10"><div class="lab-step">Identify all of the different species in the quadrat and record them as species A, B, and so on in Table 1, provided by your instructor.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-11"><div class="lab-step">Once all of the plants have been recorded, use a shovel to collect one cup of soil from each of the sites and put the samples bottles labeled with your names and the site name and quadrat number.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-12"><div class="lab-step">Repeat the plant identification and soil sampling for the remaining four quadrats in the first habitat, recording your observations in Table 1.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-13"><div class="lab-step">Once you have completed recording in the first habitat, move on to the second field, again marking out a rectangular sampling area.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-14"><div class="lab-step">Repeat the random placement of quadrats using the tennis ball, and then record the species present in each quadrat in Table 2. 
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-15"><div class="lab-step">Finally, collect one cup of soil from each of the disturbed habitats&#39; quadrats, for a total of five cups from the disturbed and five cups from the undisturbed habitats.
</div></li></ul></li><li data-note-item="2" data-parent-collapse="">Measuring Biodiversity Along a Transect
<button class="expand">Expand</button><ul class="lab-items"><li data-sub-note-item="2-1"><div class="lab-step">NOTE: The next part of the study will test for edge effects, or a change along a gradient from where one ecosystem type meets another to the core habitat of the ecosystem. HYPOTHESES: The experimental hypothesis is that there will be a greater diversity of species closer to the edge of the ecosystem than in the center, or core, of the ecosystem. The null hypothesis is that there is no change in diversity along the transect from edge to core habitat.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="2-2"><div class="lab-step">Place a flag at the perimeter of the field where it meets another habitat, like a forest or parking lot.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="2-3"><div class="lab-step">Extend a tape measure towards the center of the field, perpendicular to the edge of the field. This will be the transect.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="2-4"><div class="lab-step">Place a flag at the zero meter of the transect (the edge of the other habitat) then place additional flags at 10 m, 20 m, 30 m, and 40 m into the core of the habitat for a total of five flagged locations.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="2-5"><div class="lab-step">Starting at the 0 m point along the transect, place the hula hoop at the flagged location. Record the species present in the quadrat in Table 4.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="2-6"><div class="lab-step">Now repeat the quadrant placement and species recording at the 10 m, 20 m, 30 m, and 40 m marks.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="2-7"><div class="lab-step">Next, place two more transects from different starting points at the perimeter of the field extending into the core area.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="2-8"><div class="lab-step">Mark the 10-meter points along these transects, and again use these as markers to place quadrats. Record the species found in each of these quadrats in Table 4.
</div></li></ul></li><li data-note-item="3" data-parent-collapse="">Processing the Soil Samples
<button class="expand">Expand</button><ul class="lab-items"><li data-sub-note-item="3-1"><div class="lab-step">HYPOTHESES: The experimental hypothesis is that the two landscapes under different disturbance regimes will differ in their soil composition and pH. The null hypothesis is that there will be no difference in the soil composition or pH between the two sites. 
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="3-2"><div class="lab-step">To begin, remove soil from one bottle of the first site sampled and fill the pH color compartment of the soil sample kit to the soil fill line.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="3-3"><div class="lab-step">Pour the pH test capsule into the test chamber, then fill the capsule with distilled water until it reaches the water fill line.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="3-4"><div class="lab-step">Place the cap on the compartment and shake it.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="3-5"><div class="lab-step">Allow the color to develop for about a minute, and then compare the soil to the color chart to determine the pH.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="3-6"><div class="lab-step">Repeat the pH analysis for the second sampled site, filling out Table 3 for the recorded pH.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="3-7"><div class="lab-step">To process the soil samples for nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium, remove 20 mL of soil from the bottle of the first site sampled.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="3-8"><div class="lab-step">Place the soil in a clean container with 100 mL of distilled water.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="3-9"><div class="lab-step">Repeat this process for the second site, labeling each container, and then allow them to sit for one hour.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="3-10"><div class="lab-step">After one hour, use a dropper to fill each of the nitrogen, phosphorous, and potassium comparators to the fill line with solution from the first sampled site.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="3-11"><div class="lab-step">Add the appropriate capsule to each of the comparators for each chemical test.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="3-12"><div class="lab-step">Cap and shake the comparators thoroughly, and then compare the solution in the test chamber to the color chart, recording the results as the appropriate number on the scale into Table 3.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="3-13"><div class="lab-step">Repeat the nitrogen, phosphorous, and potassium tests for each of the sampled sites. NOTE: Rinse the comparator thoroughly between samples
</div></li></ul></li><li data-note-item="4" data-parent-collapse="">Results
<button class="expand">Expand</button><ul class="lab-items"><li data-sub-note-item="4-1"><div class="lab-step">To calculate the Shannon-Weiner Diversity for each of the observed sites, first open a new Excel spreadsheet.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="4-2"><div class="lab-step">Label cell A1 'species name', and cell B1 'total count'.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="4-3"><div class="lab-step">Starting from the second row and in column A, fill in the sheet for each species found in the first site, using the data recorded in Table 1.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="4-4"><div class="lab-step">Calculate the total number of each species found in the entire sampling effort and record this in the B column of the Excel spreadsheet.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="4-5"><div class="lab-step">Now, label cell G1 'total count of all species', and in cell H1, write a formula, or highlight the appropriate cells to sum all of the count values entered in column B: = SUM(B2: BX)
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="4-6"><div class="lab-step">Label cell C1 'proportion of each species' and in cell C2, type the formula for the proportion of the total of each species at the site. = B2/H$1
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="4-7"><div class="lab-step">Drag this formula down for each row of data represented in column B.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="4-8"><div class="lab-step">Label cell D1 'natural log proportion of species' and in cell D2, type the formula for the natural log of the proportion of species at the site. =LN(C2)
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="4-9"><div class="lab-step">Drag this formula down for each row of data represented in column C.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="4-10"><div class="lab-step">Add the formula into cell E1 for the proportion of species multiplied by the natural log of the proportion of species: ps* ln ps
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="4-11"><div class="lab-step">In cell E2, type the formula multiplying the proportion of species by the natural log of the proportion of species at each site, and then drag this formula down for each row of data represented in column D. = C2 * D2 
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="4-12"><div class="lab-step">Label cell G2 as 'sum of ps * ln ps', and then, in cell H2, type a formula summing all of the values in column E. = SUM(E3 - EX) 
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="4-13"><div class="lab-step">Label cell G3 'Shannon-Weiner Index', and in cell H3, enter the formula for the Shannon-Weiner Diversity Index. = (EXP - 1 * H2) NOTE: This is the calculated Shannon-Weiner Diversity Index for the first sampled site, and will be used for comparison between the two sites.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="4-14"><div class="lab-step">Repeat the data analysis in a new sheet using the data collected for the second site, which was recorded in Table 2. NOTE: Areas with greater index values are considered to have greater species diversity. Note whether you see differences between your sites.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="4-15"><div class="lab-step">Repeat the Shannon-Weiner Diversity calculations using a total count of all the species at each distance along the transect, then create a table of all of these values in a new Excel sheet.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="4-16"><div class="lab-step">Click on the Data tab in Excel, and then on the 'Data Analysis' button.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="4-17"><div class="lab-step">Select 'Regression' and click 'Okay'.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="4-18"><div class="lab-step">For the Input Y Range, highlight the Shannon-Weiner Diversity values, and for the Input X range, highlight the distance values.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="4-19"><div class="lab-step">Select an output location for the regression results and click 'Okay'.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="4-20"><div class="lab-step">Check the P-value box in the intercept row to see if there is a significant correlation between distance from edge to core habitat and biodiversity. NOTE: A value of less than 0.05 rejects the null hypothesis of no change in diversity along the transect, while a value greater than 0.05 does not reject the null hypothesis.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="4-21"><div class="lab-step">Next, to perform t-tests for determining soil composition differences between sites, open a new Excel spreadsheet.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="4-22"><div class="lab-step">In cell A1, type 'Site 1:pH', and in cell B1, type 'Site 2:pH'.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="4-23"><div class="lab-step">Fill in cells A2 through A6 and cells B2 through B6 with the soil pH collected in the disturbed and undisturbed sites, respectively.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="4-24"><div class="lab-step">Click the Data tab in Excel and then select 'Data Analysis'.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="4-25"><div class="lab-step">Now scroll down and select 't-Test: Two-Sample Assuming Equal Variances' and select 'Okay'.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="4-26"><div class="lab-step">Click the drop down next to Variable 1 Range and highlight cells A2 through A6 in the spreadsheet, then click the dropdown next to Variable 2 Range and highlight cells B2 through B6 in the spreadsheet.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="4-27"><div class="lab-step">In the box for hypothesized mean difference, type zero as our null hypothesis. This means that there is no difference between the two disturbance regimes.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="4-28"><div class="lab-step">Leave the Labels box unchecked and set the alpha value to 0.05.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="4-29"><div class="lab-step">Select 'Output Range', and in the box, click an empty space in the spreadsheet.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="4-30"><div class="lab-step">Click 'Okay'. A table of t-Test results should be outputted in the spreadsheet.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="4-31"><div class="lab-step">The relevant data are the means for each of the sites and the alpha value. If this second value is less than our alpha value of 0.05, we can reject the null hypothesis that there is no difference in pH between the two sites, and the hypothesis that disturbed versus undisturbed sites differ in their pH value would gain support. If this value is greater than 0.05, however, we may not reject our null hypothesis.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="4-32"><div class="lab-step">Repeat this analysis for each of the other three soil variables, creating a new spreadsheet for each of the phosphorus, potassium, and nitrogen elements. 
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="4-33"><div class="lab-step">Note whether your pH and nutrient level results were different in each condition, and discuss with your group how this might affect the community and diversity in the different sites.
</div></li></ul></li></ol>

Community Diversity: Measuring Biodiversity in Different Areas - Procedure

Diversidade da comunidade

Measuring Biodiversity in Areas with Different Disturbance Regimes
ExpandNOTE: In this experiment, you will compare the biodiversity in a less disturbed ...

Ecologia

Cellular Respiration

<ol class="note-items"><li data-note-item="1" data-parent-collapse="">Quantifying Respiration using Microrespirometers
<button class="expand">Expand</button><ul class="lab-items"><li data-sub-note-item="1-1"><div class="lab-step">NOTE: In this experiment, you will measure the rate of cellular respiration for germinating seeds by measuring the rate of exchange for oxygen. As oxygen is consumed to provide energy, germinating seeds release carbon dioxide. This carbon dioxide is absorbed by potassium carbonate and thus the overall gaseous pressure of the respirometer will be reduced. HYPOTHESES: The experimental hypothesis is that germinating seeds will show a greater rate of respiration than control glass beads. Additionally, that at higher temperatures, the rate of cellular respiration in the seeds will increase. The null hypotheses are that both glass beads and germinating seeds will display a similar rate of cellular respiration and that temperature has no effect on respiration.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-2"><div class="lab-step">To set up the control, first remove the plunger from a prepared microrespirometer and label it with a &#8220;CR&#8221; or &#8220;CH&#8221; respectively, depending on whether it is the control room temperature or heated treatment.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-3"><div class="lab-step">Add the glass microbeads to each of the microrespirometers up to the 0.5 mL mark, and push the plunger in the syringe to the 1 mL mark.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-4"><div class="lab-step">Place 3 - 4 washers onto the flared end of each microrespirometer to weigh them down while in the water bath.  NOTE: The microrespirometer will sit capillary tube end up.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-5"><div class="lab-step">Set the control devices to the side.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-6"><div class="lab-step">To set up the experimental seated respirometers, remove the plunger from a prepared microrespirometer and label it with &#8220;ER&#8221; or &#8220;EH&#8221; respectively, depending on whether it is the experimental room temperature or heated treatment.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-7"><div class="lab-step">Measure 0.5 mL of germinating seeds into the tuberculin syringe of the microrespirometer.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-8"><div class="lab-step">Then, push the syringe to the 1 mL mark.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-9"><div class="lab-step">Place 3 - 4 washers onto the flared end of each microrespirometer to weigh them down while in the water bath.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-10"><div class="lab-step">To use the microrespirometers, carefully press the &#8220;CR&#8221; and &#8220;ER&#8221; microrespirometers into the room temperature water bath. The entire syringe should be submerged, but the capillary tubes should be entirely exposed. Remove water from the bath until this position is achieved. Be sure the top of the capillary tube is open.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-11"><div class="lab-step">Perform the same procedure (step 9) for the &#8220;CH&#8221; and &#8220;EH&#8221; microrespirometers to set up the higher temperature experimental group.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-12"><div class="lab-step">Wait 5 minutes before moving on to allow the temperature in the microrespirometers to equalize with the water bath.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-13"><div class="lab-step">Add a single drop of manometer fluid to the top of each of the four capillary tubes which seals the microrespirometer chambers.  NOTE: If the chambers are working properly, the manometer fluid will be sucked into the capillary chamber.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-14"><div class="lab-step">Use the plunger set in the bath to suck the manometer fluid into the capillary. Stop when the fluid is about halfway down the capillary tube. IMPORTANT: The microrespirometers should not be disturbed once they are added to the bath. Do not bump the table or insert or remove anything to or from the water bath once the chambers have been sealed and equalized.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-15"><div class="lab-step">Mark the bottom edge of the manometer fluid that is closer to the chamber. This represents time point zero.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-16"><div class="lab-step">Set a timer to sound in 5 minutes.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-17"><div class="lab-step">After 5 minutes, create a new mark where the manometer fluid is on each microrespirometer. Repeat every 5 minutes until 25 minutes has passed or until the manometer fluid has traveled the entire length of the capillary tube.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-18"><div class="lab-step">Then, remove the respirometers from the water baths.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-19"><div class="lab-step">Measure the distance between each of the marks and record them in Table 1 next to the correct time point. <a href="https://www-jove-com.bdigitaluss.remotexs.co/CDNSource/lm/labs/8/Table_1_Cellular_respiration.xlsx" style="display:block;margin:20px;" target="__blank">Click Here to download Table 1</a>  
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-20"><div class="lab-step">During clean up, manometers should either be deconstructed to be reused or disposed of in the trash.
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<button class="expand">Expand</button><ul class="lab-items"><li data-sub-note-item="2-1"><div class="lab-step">To analyze the data you collected, first plot the data points with the x-axis as time and the y-axis as the distance the manometer moved, representing oxygen consumption.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="2-2"><div class="lab-step">Calculate the slope of each line using this equation.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="2-3"><div class="lab-step">Record these values for each microrespirometer in Table 2. NOTE: This value represents the amount of cellular respiration that took place over the course of the experiment.  <a href="https://www-jove-com.bdigitaluss.remotexs.co/CDNSource/lm/labs/8/Table_2_Cellular_respiration.xlsx" style="display:block;margin:20px;" target="__blank">Click Here to download Table 2</a>
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="2-4"><div class="lab-step">Plot the respiration rates as a bar graph.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="2-5"><div class="lab-step">Examine both of the graphs. Consider how your results fit with the hypotheses. Note any observed differences in respiration rate between the control beads and the germinating seeds. Determine if increasing the temperature had any effect on the respiration rate.
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Cellular Respiration: Quantification using Microrespirometers - Procedure

Respiração celular

Quantifying Respiration using Microrespirometers
ExpandNOTE: In this experiment, you will measure the rate of cellular respiration for germinating seeds ...