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Rapid and Efficient Investigation of Ciliate Nuclear Development During Conjugation Through Opti-mizing Hoechst33342 Staining Workflow

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Ciliates are eukaryotic unicellular organisms with complex morphology and developmental processes,including asexual and sexual processes.Conjugation is a form of sexual process that renews genetic materials.However,visualizing conjugation in ci-liates is a challenge due to the complexity and dynamics of the process,while traditional staining methods are often insufficient for the research.This study introduces a new method for visualizing developmental progression in the nuclei during conjugation using Hoechst33342 staining.It describes how to proceed from cell culture,conjugation induction and synchronization,staining preparation,and observation to statistical analysis.The combination of fluorescent staining with the'volume-fixing'technique eliminates the fixa-tion and dehydration steps,thus reducing the overall operation time to just 20 minutes.This method offers several advantages over tra-ditional staining techniques for studying the nuclei during conjugation.It improves image quality and workflow efficiency and en-ables real-time observation of live cell states.Potential solutions to challenges that may arise during experimental procedures are in-troduced and references and guidelines for cytological research are provided in this paper.

ciliatesconjugationnucleuscytologyHoechst33342 staining

JIANG Yaohan、ZHANG Xue、LIU Dan、TANG Xianglin、GONG Ruitao

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School of Marine Sciences,Ningbo University,Ningbo 315800,China

Institute of Evolution and Marine Biodiversity,Ocean University of China,Qingdao 266003,China

Yantai Institute,China Agricultural University,Yantai 264670,China

2024

中国海洋大学学报(自然科学英文版)
中国海洋大学

中国海洋大学学报(自然科学英文版)

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影响因子:0.268
ISSN:1672-5182
年,卷(期):2024.23(6)