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Overcoming Autofluorescence to Assess GFP Expression During Normal Physiology and Aging in Caenorhabditis elegans .

Bio-protocol 2018 July 21
Green fluorescent protein (GFP) is widely used as a molecular tool to assess protein expression and localization. In C. elegans , the signal from weakly expressed GFP fusion proteins is masked by autofluorescence emitted from the intestinal lysosome-related gut granules. For instance, the GFP fluorescence from SKN-1 transcription factor fused to GFP is barely visible with common GFP (FITC) filter setups. Furthermore, this intestinal autofluorescence increases upon heat stress, oxidative stress (sodium azide), and during aging, thereby masking GFP expression even from proximal tissues. Here, we describe a triple band GFP filter setup that separates the GFP signal from autofluorescence, displaying GFP in green and autofluorescence in yellow. In addition, yellow fluorescent protein (YFP) remains distinguishable from both the yellowish autofluorescence and GFP with this triple band filter setup. Although some GFP intensity might be lost with the triple band GFP filter setup, the advantage is that no modification of currently used transgenic GFP lines is needed and these GFP filters are easy to install. Hence, by using this triple band GFP filter setup, the investigators can easily distinguish autofluorescence from GFP and YFP in their favorite transgenic C. elegans lines.

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