Gamete Tubulin
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Second Harmonic Generation Imaging in a Rat Model to Study Tubulin Defects
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2025
Source: Piazza, V., et al., Label-Free Non-Linear Optics for the Study of Tubulin-Dependent Defects in Central Myelin. J. Vis. Exp. (2023)This video demonstrates the procedure for imaging microtubule abnormalities in a rat brain tissue slice using a two-photon excitation microscope. It employs second harmonic generation (SHG) signals to detect tubulin defects and reduced myelin production.
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Gamete Collection and In Vitro Fertilization of Astyanax mexicanus
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2019
In vitro fertilization is a commonly used technique with a variety of model organisms to maintain lab populations and produce synchronized embryos for downstream applications. Here, we present a protocol that implements this technique for different populations of the Mexican tetra fish, Astyanax mexicanus.
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Optimizing Tubulin Yield from Porcine Brain Tissue
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2024
This protocol describes a technique for the high-yield isolation of tubulin from the porcine brain optimized for small-scale instrumentation. The isolation procedures are complemented by procedures for determining tubulin polymerization activity in vitro using co-sedimentation assays and transmission electron microscopy.
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Label-Free Non-Linear Optics for the Study of Tubulin-Dependent Defects in Central Myelin
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2023
In this article, we present a protocol to detect microtubule-loaded oligodendrocytes in a model of tubulinopathy through a simple, innovative second harmonic generation microscopy approach.
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Purification of Tubulin with Controlled Posttranslational Modifications and Isotypes from Limited Sources by Polymerization-Depolymerization Cycles
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2020
This protocol describes tubulin purification from small/medium-scale sources such as cultured cells or single mouse brains, using polymerization and depolymerization cycles. The purified tubulin is enriched in specific isotypes or has specific posttranslational modifications and can be used in in vitro reconstitution assays to study microtubule dynamics and interactions.
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The α- and β-tubulin subunits assemble into microtubules and can also disassemble when cellular organization changes. During meiosis, this regulated behavior produces spindle structures that organize chromosome segregation. Proper spindle activity therefore connects tubulin dynamics with chromosome stability and the accurate progression of reproductive cell division.
Tubulin supports distinct structural demands in the two gamete types. In sperm, it contributes to the flagellum, the structure associated with motility. In oocytes, it helps organize meiotic progression through spindle formation. These differences make gamete tubulin relevant to both sperm movement and oocyte chromosome organization.
After fertilization, tubulin contributes to cytoskeletal remodeling as the newly formed cell reorganizes. It also helps coordinate pronuclear movement and the first cell divisions. These activities extend tubulin's role beyond meiosis, linking microtubule organization with the transition from fertilization to early embryonic development.
A useful developmental sequence includes sperm function, oocyte meiotic progression, the post-fertilization period, pronuclear movement, and the first embryonic divisions. Examining these stages shows how tubulin-associated structures change across reproduction. It also connects gamete-level organization with later outcomes in fertilization and early development.
Gamete tubulin research relates fertility to cellular organization rather than treating fertilization as an isolated event. Tubulin supports sperm flagellar structure and motility, while its meiotic and post-fertilization functions affect oocyte and zygote development. Studying these roles can clarify cellular contributors to successful gamete function and early development.
Analysis can address how microtubule organization supports chromosome segregation, fertilization-associated remodeling, pronuclear movement, and the first cell divisions. These questions place gamete tubulin within developmental biology by connecting molecular structure to changing cellular events. The resulting context helps relate tubulin function to chromosome stability and embryonic progression.