Cuticle Disruption: A Method to Collect Hemolymph from Drosophila Larvae
Published: April 30, 2023
Abstract
Source: Reimels, T. A. and Pfleger, C. M. Methods to Examine the Lymph Gland and Hemocytes in Drosophila Larvae. J. Vis. Exp. (2016).
The Drosophila hemolymph serves as both blood and interstitial fluid, circulating throughout the body during the larva and adult stages. This video describes a protocol to collect larval hemolymph in order to quantify the circulating cells.
Protocol
This protocol is an excerpt from Reimels and Pfleger, Methods to Examine the Lymph Gland and Hemocytes in Drosophila Larvae, J. Vis. Exp. (2016). 1. Circulating Hemocyte Concentration To obtain larvae of roughly the same developmental stage for this assay, restrict egg collection by allowing females to lay eggs for a fixed time period of 2 – 6 hr. Collect larvae in dissecting dish wells filled with 1x phosphate buffered saline (P…
Materials
| PBS tablets | MP Biomedicals | 2810305 | |
| dissecting dish | Corning | 7220-85 | |
| microcentrifuge tube | Denville | C2170 | |
| silicone dissecting pad, made from Sylgard 184 kit | Krayden (distributed through Fisher) | NC9644388 (Fisher catalog number) | Made in petri dish by mixing components of Sylgard elastomer kit according to manufacturer instructions. |
| stereomicroscope | Morrell Instruments (Nikon distributor) | mna42000, mma36300 | Nikon models SMZ1000 and SMZ645 |
| tissue wipe | VWR | 82003-820 | |
| forceps | Electron Microscopy Sciences | 72700-DZ | |
| p200 pipette | Eppendorf | 3120000054 | |
| Countess Automated Cell Counter | Invitrogen | C10227 | |
| Countess cell counting chamber slides | Invitrogen | C10283 | |
| hemocytometer | Hausser Scientific | 3200 | |
| trypan blue stain | Life Technologies | T10282 |
Cite This Article
Cuticle Disruption: A Method to Collect Hemolymph from Drosophila Larvae. J. Vis. Exp. (Pending Publication), e20126, doi: (2023).