Worm lysis buffer method for making lysates for PCR from T. tenuis males

Adapted for Teladorsagia circumcincta exsheathed by Tiggy Grillo from:

Williams BD, Schrank B, Huynh C, Shownkeen R, Waterston RH (1992) A Genetic Mapping System in Caenorhabditis elegans Based on Polymorphic Sequence-Tagged Sites. Genetics 131, 609-624.

I only made a couple of changes from Tiggy's method for T. tenuis: I don't homogenise the worm, and I extended the incubation time from 30 min to overnight.

 

WLB extraction buffer

Final concentration

50 mM KCl

10mM Tris pH 8.4

25mM MgCl2

0.45% Tween 20 or Triton X100

0.45% NP40 or Igepal

60 ug/ml Proteinase K in dH20

For 10 mls of buffer ready for storeage minus proteinase K:

500 ul                  1 M KCl

100 ul                  1 M Tris pH 8

1 ml                  25 mM MgCl2

45 ul                  Triton X100* or Tween 20*

45 ul                  Igepal*

Make up to 10 ml with AR H20

Store at -20 degC in 1 ml aliquots. Can be refrozen (as long as proteinase K hasn't been added). Before use add 6 ul 10 mg/ml proteinase K (or 3 ul of 20 mg/ul) to 1 ml.

*Very viscous so use a cut p200 filter tip

Extraction method

Extraction

Add 20 ul WLB (including proK) to each well of 96-well PCR plate.

Freeze -70 degC 10 min.

Incubate at 65degC overnight.

Boil for 10 min.

Stored at -20 degC.

Dilution & PCR

Prepare a new 20x dilution plate: add 1 ul xtr to 20 ul AR H2O.

Take 1 ul for 10 ul PCR. The final PCR contains 1/200 of the lysed worm.

Store at -20 degC.