| Chapter title |
Oogenesis
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|---|---|
| Chapter number | 6 |
| Book title |
Oogenesis
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| Published in |
Methods in molecular biology, January 2016
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| DOI | 10.1007/978-1-4939-3795-0_6 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Book ISBNs |
978-1-4939-3793-6, 978-1-4939-3795-0
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| Authors |
Meehan, Tracy L, Serizier, Sandy B, Kleinsorge, Sarah E, McCall, Kimberly, Tracy L. Meehan, Sandy B. Serizier, Sarah E. Kleinsorge, Kimberly McCall |
| Editors |
Ioannis P. Nezis |
| Abstract |
Programmed cell death (PCD) is essential for health and development. Generally, the last step of PCD is clearance, or engulfment, by phagocytes. Engulfment can be broken down into five basic steps: attraction of the phagocyte, recognition of the dying cell, internalization, phagosome maturation, and acidification of the engulfed material. The Drosophila melanogaster ovary serves as an excellent model to study diverse types of PCD and engulfment by epithelial cells. Here, we describe several methods to detect and analyze multiple steps of engulfment in the Drosophila ovary: recognition, vesicle uptake, phagosome maturation, and acidification. Annexin V detects phosphatidylserine, which is flipped to the outer leaflet of the plasma membrane of apoptotic cells, serving as an "eat me" signal. Several germline markers including tral-GFP, Orb, and cleaved Dcp-1 can all be used to label the germline and visualize its uptake into engulfing follicle cells. Drosophila strains expressing GFP and mCherry protein fusions can enable a detailed analysis of phagosome maturation. LysoTracker labels highly acidified compartments, marking phagolysosomes. Together these labels can be used to mark the progression of engulfment in Drosophila follicle cells. |
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