
SGs can be visualized in cells by immunostaining of specific protein components or polyA+ mRNAs. SGs are highly dynamic and the study of their assembly and fate is important to understand the cellular response to stress. The deficiency in key factors of SGs like G3BP (RasGAP SH3 domain Binding Protein) leads to developmental defects in mice and alterations of the Central Nervous System. To study the dynamics of SGs in cells from an organism, one can culture primary cells and follow the localization of a transfected tagged component of SGs. We describe time-lapse experiment to observe G3BP1-containing SGs in Mouse Embryonic Fibroblasts (MEFs). This technique can also be used to study G3BP-containing SGs in live neurons, which is crucial as it was recently shown that these SGs are formed at the onset of neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's disease. This approach can be adapted to any other cellular body and granule protein component, and performed with transgenic animals, allowing the live study of granules dynamics for example in the absence of a specific factor of these granules.
Neurons, Arsenites, Recombinant Fusion Proteins, Green Fluorescent Proteins, DNA Helicases, Fibroblasts, Cytoplasmic Granules, Transfection, Mice, RNA Recognition Motif Proteins, Ribonucleoproteins, Stress, Physiological, [SDV.BBM] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Animals, RNA, Messenger, Carrier Proteins, Poly-ADP-Ribose Binding Proteins, RNA Helicases
Neurons, Arsenites, Recombinant Fusion Proteins, Green Fluorescent Proteins, DNA Helicases, Fibroblasts, Cytoplasmic Granules, Transfection, Mice, RNA Recognition Motif Proteins, Ribonucleoproteins, Stress, Physiological, [SDV.BBM] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Animals, RNA, Messenger, Carrier Proteins, Poly-ADP-Ribose Binding Proteins, RNA Helicases
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