Sep 24, 2024
A small scale of Fusarium oxysporum protoplast generation
- Jun-Ze Zheng1,
- Tao-Ho Chang1
- 1Program in Plant Health Care, Academy of Circular Economy, National Chung Hsing University
- PSR Lab Protocols
Protocol Citation: Jun-Ze Zheng, Tao-Ho Chang 2024. A small scale of Fusarium oxysporum protoplast generation. protocols.io https://dx.doi.org/10.17504/protocols.io.4r3l226w3l1y/v1
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Protocol status: In development
We are still developing and optimizing this protocol
Created: October 02, 2023
Last Modified: September 24, 2024
Protocol Integer ID: 88643
Keywords: Fungus protoplast, Small scale, Protoplast generation, small scale of fusarium oxysporum protoplast generation, fusarium oxysporum protoplast generation, generation of fungal protoplast, advancing fungal gene editing method, fungal gene editing method, significant expense in the protoplast generation process, protoplast generation process, generating protoplast, fungal protoplast, cost of cell wall degrading enzyme, scale protoplast generation, method for gene editing, cell wall degrading enzyme, gene editing, degrading enzyme, amount of cell wall, ribonucleoprotein, cell wall, single transformation reaction
Funders Acknowledgements:
National Science and Technology Council, Taiwan
Grant ID: NSTC-112-2313-B-005-008-
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Abstract
The generation of fungal protoplasts is crucial for advancing fungal gene editing methods. We aim to implement the ribonucleoprotein (RNP) method for gene editing (Wang et al., 2018). Generating protoplasts is a demanding task that requires substantial resources to obtain an adequate amount for a single transformation reaction. The cost of cell wall degrading enzymes is the most significant expense in the protoplast generation process. In this study, we have developed a process for small-scale protoplast generation that not only reduces resource usage but also significantly cuts down the amount of cell wall degrading enzyme required.
Materials
Biomaterials: different species of Fusarium oxysporum
Growth medium: half-strength potato dextrose broth
Digestion buffer: 10 mg/mL Driselase and 15 mg/mL ß-glocanase dissolved in 0.8 M NaCl solution
SuTC stabiliser buffer: 20% sucrose, 10 mM CaCl2 ,10 mM Tris-HCl, pH 7.5
Troubleshooting
Before start
The protocol for generating protoplasts on a small scale is for Fusarium oxysporum and is in development. We are open to other fungal species attempting the task and providing a report on their success or any modifications to the methods.
Fungus single spore isolation
Rinse Fusarium oxysporum fungal spores from the two-week-old culture plate with 7 mL distilled water, and filter the spore suspension with sterilized filter paper or 4 layers of Miracloth.
5m
Count the number of spores in spore suspension with hemocytometer.
5m
The 106 / mL spore suspenstion were added into the culture medium 50 mL half-strength PDB, and grow the culture in 28 ºC for 20-24 hours.
20h
Mycelium collection
Assemble sterilized collection tube and tissue filter column (Lot.: CDC25049A, FAVORGEN®Biotech Corp., Pingtung, Taiwan).
The 700 µL of germinated spores were added into the filter column.
1000 x g, 28°C
Centrifuge to remove the ungerminated spores
30s
Wash the mycelium with 700 µL of distilled water, and continue pipetting until the mycelium is suspended in the distilled water.
Centrifuge again to remove water and change new collection tubes.
Enzymes digestion
Add the digestion buffer (10 mg/mL Driselase and 15 mg/mL ß-glocanase dissolved in 0.8 M NaCl solution ) 700 µL
Mix 10-20 rpm 03:00:00 in room temperature
3h
Protoplast isolation
Change collection tube to 2 mL tube for collecting protoplast.
5000 x g, 4°C
Centrifuge the mixture, pelleting the protoplast to the centrifuge tubes.
10m
Remaining the pellet of protoplast, remove the digestion buffer carefully.
Add 1000 µL of SuTC stabilizer buffer (20% sucrose, 10 mM CaCl2 ,10 mM Tris-HCl, pH 7.5) for washing pellet.
centrifuge at 1000 xg for 5 min, and repeat wash process twice.
5m
dissolve pellet carefully in 500 µL SuTC buffer, and count protoplast concentration with hemocytometer.
Generally, the concentration of protoplast per column will be fall around 105 to 106 / mL.
Observation and following applications
The protoplasts are able to apply in CRISPR/Cas gene editing system or subject to cell staining for microscopy.
Protocol references
Wang, Q., Cobine, P. A. & Coleman, J. J. Efficient genome editing in Fusarium oxysporum based on CRISPR/Cas9 ribonucleoprotein complexes. Fungal Genetics and Biology 117, 21–29 (2018).