LAB 1: DNA PRECUT BY RESTRICTION ENZYMES

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LAB 1: DNA PRECUT BY RESTRICTION ENZYMES Why would anyone want to study DNA? Scientists have learned that the incredible amount of information stored in DNA can answer many questions and solve problems which affect people daily. For example, the forensic analysis of DNA can help convict (or exonerate) suspected criminals, solve cases of poaching of endangered species, and determine which species of salmon is migrating up the Columbia River. The ability to identify specific bacterial strains using a DNA profile allows meat to be tested for the presence of harmful strains of Escherichia coli (E. coli), preventing fatal food poisoning. People can be tested for the presence of harmful genes, and someday those genes may be repaired through gene therapy. Biotechnology uses genes to make products humans need for fighting disease. These are all cases in which the analysis of DNA is required. You will build your skills in working with DNA by learning several techniques that are fundamental to DNA analysis. You will study the DNA of one organism, a virus named lambda (λ). Lambda is a virus that attacks and kills E. coli bacteria after using the E. coli as a lambda factory. E. coli is a kind of bacterium that normally lives in your intestines. The DNA of lambda is a single chromosome about 50,000 base pairs (or 50 kb, kilobase pairs) long. Both lambda and E. coli are favorite model organisms, studied by scientists all over the world. Pieces of DNA the size of the λ chromosome are too big to analyze on the kind of agarose gel that we (and many other research scientists) are using. Lambda has about 50 genes; therefore to study individual genes, it s really useful to cut the DNA up into more manageable size pieces. Proteins called restriction enzymes are used to cut DNA at specific DNA sequences. You can think of these enzymes as molecular scissors. The pieces are sorted out by size using agarose gel electrophoresis. Gel electrophoresis is an example of using the properties of molecules (DNA, in this case) to isolate and study them. In this lab, you will see how this process works using λ DNA samples that have already been cut with restriction enzymes. Keep in mind that DNA from any organism can be studied using these same concepts and technologies. The analysis of DNA by gel electrophoresis is a necessary step in many experiments using DNA. DNA that has been cut with restriction enzymes is called, precut DNA or DNA fragments. These precut DNA pieces are often used as DNA markers and they are labeled according to the enzyme that was used to cut the DNA, i.e. λdna/ecori. For more information, read the section on the Background Information page (found at the end of the lab section). Concept Question: How does the size of the DNA fragment affect its movement or migration through the agarose gel during electrophoresis? Objectives: 1. To understand the physical properties of DNA molecules that allow their separation by agarose gel electrophoresis. 2. To understand the importance of this technique to biotechnology and biomedical research and its applications to DNA fingerprint analysis, forensics, various genome projects, gene discovery, human mutation analysis, food and drug production, and diagnosis of animal pathogens. 3. To provide experience in the techniques of micropipetting, sample preparation and electrophoresis as tools and techniques for gathering, analyzing, and interpreting data. 4. To learn about some of the model organisms used in scientific research. group:*sep Files:*Uber SEP = Index:Gel Kit :4DNA Labs:DNA labs 1&2:DNA Lab#106.doc::8/8/06 3:04 PM 1.1

PROCEDURE 1. Prepare 0.7% agarose gel with Carolina Blu. See How to Make a Carolina Blu Gel at the end of this packet. 2. Prepare samples: Label tubes! (you can use 1, 2, 3, & C (for Control)) Use the chart as a checklist so you don t forget to add all reagents. Start with the STE buffer, then add DNA. Add Sample Loading Buffer (blue) last. WATCH as the tiny volumes go in and out of your micropipet. Think about what you are doing and why. Change micropipet tips when you change reagents or if you touch the tip to the liquid in the tubes, to your fingers or anything else except the intended sample. WHEN IN DOUBT, CHANGE TIPS! Tip: We are using the real research lab names for all the buffers and solutions. You ll need to keep in mind that more than one thing can have buffer or blue in its name. Double-check names to be sure you re using what you really intend. Precut DNA Sample Preparation Guide Note: -- means don t add that reagent to this tube Add to Tube: Tube: 1 2 3 C STE (salt buffer) 10 µl 10 µl 10 µl 11 µl I (λdna/ecori) 4 µl -- -- -- II (λdna/hindiii) -- 4 µl -- -- III (λdna/ecori+ HindIII) -- -- 4 µl -- uncut λ DNA -- -- -- 3 µl Sample Loading Buffer 3 µl 3 µl 3 µl 3 µl (microcentrifuge tube of blue soln.) Total Volume 17 µl 17 µl 17 µl 17 µl 3. Mix gently, then centrifuge for 3 sec are your tubes balanced? 4. Set up gel. Obtain 125 ml of 1X TAE buffer containing Carolina Blu #1. If your gel was made earlier, place the gel into the gel box, sample wells near the negative (black) electrode and top side of the gel facing up. If your gel was poured today, add a little buffer around the comb, gently remove the comb and dams. Add 1X TAE buffer with Carolina Blu until the buffer level is about 2 mm above the top of the gel. Put the gel box near the power supply before loading samples. Once you start loading samples in the next step, you should avoid shaking or moving the gel box. (Optional test: check ph at each electrode.) 5. Load 15 µl of your samples into the wells. On your Record Sheet, indicate which sample is in each well. When all the samples are loaded, close the lid on the gel box. Check that the power supply is turned off and the voltage is turned all the way down. Then attach the electrodes of the gel box to the power supply, making sure that the red lead connects to the + (positive) terminal and the black lead connects to the (negative) terminal. Usually two group:*sep Files:*Uber SEP = Index:Gel Kit :4DNA Labs:DNA labs 1&2:DNA Lab#106.doc::8/8/06 3:04 PM 1.2

student groups will be sharing one power supply. If one group starts their run first, just turn off the power supply while connecting the second gel box. Adjust the power supply to ~100 volts. Start time Voltage Total electrophoresis time Current (does it change during the run?) Electrophorese for at least 5-10 min to make sure the samples have entered the gel from the wells. Your teacher will tell you if this is the stopping point for today or how long to run your gel. If time permits, total electrophoresis time will be about 45 min at 100 volts. If needed, gels can be run only 30 min, but the DNA bands will be less easy to resolve from each other. You can monitor the general progress of the electrophoresis by watching the tracking dyes included in the Sample Loading Buffer, bromophenol blue (at this ph, it s purple) and xylene cyanol. It s best to run the gels until bromophenol blue has moved about 2/3 of the way through the gel (or half way if time is short). 6. Observations and predictions you can make: What happens to xylene cyanol (the other tracking dye) during the gel run? Do you see bubbles forming at the electrodes? Why or why not? What are they made of? Based on the direction that the DNA molecules are traveling, what can you conclude about the charge on DNA? (DNA is colorless itself. DNA in the gel will be stained very faintly during the run by Carolina Blu #1. After the run, the final staining step with Carolina Blu #2 will make the DNA bands much more visible. You may have to wait until your gel is finished staining to answer this question.) What s happening to the temperature in the gel box? Why do you think that happens? What is the amount of current [indicated on the power supply by using the switch that selects voltage or ma (milliamps)]? What would happen if you connect your gel box so that the red lead from the power supply is connected to the black end of the gel box? 7. After 45 min or at the time your instructor indicates, turn off the power supply. Then detach the electrical leads (optional: record the ph at each end of the gel box). Note the positions of the tracking dyes on your record sheet. Carefully transfer the gel to a staining dish bearing your group s names or initials. Stain the gel with Carolina Blu #2 as described in Making and Staining Gels with Carolina Blu. Wash your hands. Clean up your lab station, dispose of designated materials as directed. 8. Results: After destaining the gel, record your results on an acetate sheet. After you have traced the wells and the DNA pieces, use a ruler to measure how far each piece traveled (in mm). Make a table to organize your data. Your instructor will show you an example of a table you could use. For each lane, you may see several bands. Be sure to measure each band. After you have measured each band, refer to the restriction map of λ DNA as a guide and see if you can assign sizes to the DNA bands that you see in the gel (acetate sheet). Write your conclusions and further questions below or in your lab journal. group:*sep Files:*Uber SEP = Index:Gel Kit :4DNA Labs:DNA labs 1&2:DNA Lab#106.doc::8/8/06 3:04 PM 1.3

RECORD SHEET: PRECUT DNA (DNA LAB #1) Loaded, before running After, gel running Put your acetate sheet of results here Black (-) end ph: Black (-) end ph: Red (+) end ph: Red (+) end ph: STEP 1 prepare gel: 0.7% agarose+carolina Blu #1 add buffer: 125 ml 1X TAE+Carolina Blu #1 prepare samples load 15 µl into wells optional: record ph at each end STEP 2 run gel at least 30 min at 100 V optional: record ph at each end stain gel in Carolina Blu #2 destain gel in distilled water record bands above and place your acetate sheet on this page STEP 3 clean up wash your hands determine sizes of bands by estimation or by semi-log plot group:*sep Files:*Uber SEP = Index:Gel Kit :4DNA Labs:DNA labs 1&2:DNA Lab#106.doc::8/8/06 3:04 PM 1.4

Background Information Both lambda (λ) and Escherichia coli (E. coli) are favorite model organisms studied by scientists all over the world. E. coli is a kind of bacteria that normally lives in your intestines. Lambda (λ) is the name of a virus that attacks E. coli. Viruses that attack bacteria are called bacteriophages or phages, so sometimes we call it phage λ. When λ infects E. coli, it first attaches to the bacterial cell and then injects its DNA into the E. coli. When lots of copies of the virus are replicated and assembled inside the E. coli cell, the cell breaks open (and dies) releasing many new virus particles ready to infect more cells. The name bacteriophage derives from words meaning to eat bacteria, although we now understand that λ is not eating the bacteria, but causing the cells to break open. On a culture plate of bacteria, colonies of E. coli appear white. When phage attack an area of bacteria, dead cells leave a clear spot, which led to the idea of the bacteria being eaten. The DNA of lambda is a single chromosome about 50,000 base pairs (or 50 kilobase pairs) long. By the way, the genome of E. coli is made up of ~3-5 million base pairs, and the human genome is about 3 x 10 9 bp long (3 billion base pairs!). Actually, from DNA sequencing, we now know the exact length for the λ strain we re using is 48,502 base pairs. This genome is standard double stranded DNA except for 12 bases at each end that are single stranded. Lambda uses these interesting single stranded regions, called cos (for cohesive) ends, to turn its DNA molecule into a circle at the beginning of the infection cycle. An electron micrograph of two lambda The scale bar stands for 100 nanometers (nm), or 100 billionths of a meter The life cycle of a virus like lambda Taken from Biggs Kapicka Lundgren Biology: the Dynamics of life 1998 page 507 A schematic drawing of a single lambda The DNA in the head is wrapped around a protein core. Taken from Ptashne, A Genetic Switch, 2 nd ed. 1992 group:*sep Files:*Uber SEP = Index:Gel Kit :4DNA Labs:DNA labs 1&2:DNA Lab#106.doc 8/8/2006 15:04 PM 1.5

HOW TO MAKE A CAROLINA BLU GEL 0.7% agarose for DNA **Wear goggles and hot gloves when handling hot agarose** Materials: centigram balance weigh boats or paper bottle or flask, 3X volume of gel solution graduated cylinder for agarose solution hot gloves and goggles microwave oven or hot plate gel electrophoresis box & power supply 150 ml plastic beaker to hold buffer agarose powder 1X TAE buffer Carolina Blu #1 stain Consult chart on back for amounts of agarose and buffer to use and for useful hints 1. Add: grams agarose to milliliters buffer in large Erlenmeyer flask or bottle. (Lid MUST be loose before heating!) 2. Heat: Until all particles are dissolved, ~30 sec to 1 min after solution boils. Mix by swirling flask or bottle several times during heating. 3. To Cool or Store: Keep flask in a 60 C water bath. 4. Set up: Place dams in gel box at each end of gel tray 5. Add: Carolina Blu #1: 2 drops to 50 ml agarose then MIX. 6. Pour: 25 ml of agarose into the gel tray. Insert comb at negative (black) end for DNA. 7. Cool: Let gel harden 10 min. Add: 6 drops Carolina Blu #1 to 125 ml 1X TAE gel buffer. Pour: some buffer over top of gel. Remove comb & dams gently. If you choose to store the gel before running: Write your name on an acetate sheet and slide it under the gel. Store them in a Tupperware container or Ziploc bag with buffer covering all of the gels. Gels containing Carolina Blu should be used within 24 hours. 8. Run: Add the remaining buffer, load 15 µl samples, and run the gel at 100 volts. group:*sep Files:*Uber SEP = Index:Gel Kit :4DNA Labs:DNA labs 1&2:DNA Lab#106.doc 8/8/2006 15:04 PM 1.6

MAKING & STAINING GELS WITH CAROLINA BLU In DNA labs, 0.7% agarose gels are used. This low agarose % will allow the DNA to run faster, thus shortening the electrophoresis time to 30-45 min. Note that these gels will be more fragile than 1% agarose gels used in the Dye Lab. Note: With these stains and gels, you need about 1.0 µg DNA per lane to see the bands Make the agarose solution 1. Wear goggles. Obtain a bottle or an Erlenmeyer flask. The container's volume should be about 3X the volume of the solution to prevent boiling over. 2. Use Table 1 to calculate the amount of agarose and buffer you will need. Add the agarose powder to the buffer and mix. Note: Wear hot gloves. Agarose will boil over quite easily! Beware of steaming hot agarose! 3. To dissolve the agarose, loosen the cap on the container or stuff opening with a couple of lab tissues (Kimwipes ), heat the mixture to boiling in microwave or on a hot plate for ~30 seconds to 1 min after the mixture begins to boil. Swirl the bottle occasionally as it heats. 4. Swirl the bottle to see if agarose is dissolved. If any clear floating particles are visible, heat it for another 30 seconds and check again. 5. When the agarose is dissolved, add the appropriate amount of Carolina Blu #1 to the solution and swirl to mix. See Table 1. Note: Carolina Blu must be added after the agarose has dissolved! 6. Place the hot container in a 60 C water bath to hold the melted agarose at the right temperature for pouring gels throughout the day. Table 1 No. gels @ 25 ml each agarose 1X TAE HEAT & DISSOLVE Carolina Blu #1 2 0.35 gm 50 ml THEN 80 µl (2 drops) 4 0.7 gm 100 ml ADD 160 µl (4 drops) CAROLINA 10 1.75 gm 250 ml 400 µl (10 drops) BLU #1 Pour the gel 7. You can measure 25 ml or just fill the tray, with dams in, to the edge with agarose. You do not have to cool the agarose to pour the gel in the Horizon 58 gel boxes. They can take the heat. You do, however, need to pour the agarose slowly so that it does not leak under the dams. If you get bubbles in the gel, use a pipet tip to drag them to the dams so they don t interfere with the samples. Table 2 Amount of Carolina Blu #1 to add to 1X TAE buffer for running DNA gels # of gel boxes 1X TAE Buffer volume Carolina Blu #1 volume 1 125 ml 240 µl (6 drops) 8 1000 ml 1.9 ml (48 drops) Stain & destain the gel using Carolina Blu #2 Final Stain 8. Stain: Following the electrophoresis, place the gel into a staining tray. Cover the gel with Carolina Blu #2 and allow to sit for 15 minutes. Agitate gently if possible. Pour the stain into the used Carolina Blu container (stain can be reused). 9. Destain: Rinse the gel with distilled water then cover the gel with distilled water. (Tap water contains chloride ions that may partially remove the stain from DNA bands.) Occasionally, gently agitate the gel. Change the water 3-4 times over the course of 30-40 minutes. The gel can be left in a little water to destain fully. If the gel destains too much, you can restain it. For best results, monitor the gel during destaining. 10. Store: Once destained, the gel can be covered in plastic wrap, placed in a storage bag, or left in the staining tray covered in plastic wrap and stored in the refrigerator. Stored in this manner, bands are visible for 6-8 weeks. group:*sep Files:*Uber SEP = Index:Gel Kit :4DNA Labs:DNA labs 1&2:DNA Lab#106.doc 8/8/2006 15:04 PM 1.7