journal of medical genetics volume 32 issue 9 1995 [doi 10.1136%2fjmg.32.9.759] harris, a. -- cell...

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Book reviews BOOK REVIEWS I f you wish to order or require further in- fornation regarding t h e titles reviewed here please write t o or telephone th e B MJ Book- shop, P O Box 295, London WC1H 9JR. T e l 0171 3 83 6244. 0171 3 8 3 6662. ar e supplied post free in t h e UK a n d f o r BFPO addresses. Overseas customers should a d d 1 5 f o r postage a n d packing. Payment c a n b e made bycheque i n sterling drawn on a UK bank or b y credit card  Mastercard, Visa or American Express) stating card num ber expiry date a n d full name T h e price a n d availability ar e occasionally subject t o revision b y t h e Publishers. Cell Biology: a Laboratory Handbook. Editor J E Celis.  Pp 1116; £80.00.) S an Diego: Academic Press. 1995. ISBN 0121647145. There i s no doubt when looking a t this hand- book that i t i s inspired b y t h e popular three volume tome on molecular cloning com monly referred t o as t h e molecular biologists bible. I wanted this t o b e a good book as cell biology often appears to b e t h e poor relation o f molecular biology a t least i n terms ofthe availability o f techniques books. The handbook i s divided into three vol- umes Volume 1 starts with chapters on tissue culture a nd associated techniques with an introduction on general methods, and d e- tection o f contamination in cell cultures. T h e next section addresses primary cultures from embryonic tissue followed by a substantial one on specific cell culture types including keratinocytes hepatocytes, type I I pulmonary epithelial cells fibroblasts CNS stem cells endothelial cells a n d haemopoetic cells t o name b u t a few. Though there ar e un doubtedly many excellent contributions i n this section there appears t o be quite an amount o f variation i n t h e depth o f coverage provided b y each author. However, th e gen- eral layout works well with  n introduction t o th e origin o f t h e cells detailed methods o f isolation a n d culture followed b y a section on pitfalls o f that particular cell culture system. A l l sections have useful toxicity information on t h e particular chemicals being used. Th e next topic addresses cell separation tech- niques, particular flow cytometry and im - munomagnetic bead methods. A subsequent small section on model systems t o study differentiation a n d different lineages spe- cifically neuronal a n d epithelial cells h as very little background information and one very much gets t h e impression that i t i s merely skimming th e surface o f a very important area. Immortalisation o f cells i s covered next; however, there ar e major omissions as t h e chapters only address transgenics using SV40, a n d SV40T antigen as a transforming agent. There i s no mention o f Epstein Barr virus retroviruses oncogenes etc. There i s quite a useful series o f chapters on cell cycle analysis using flow cytometry or centrifugation and discussion o f cell synchronisation methods. This i s followed b y important information on cytotoxicity assays. The last section o f this volume addresses senescence t h e means t o cause it and t h e morphological criteria on which cells ar e said t o b e senescent. However, this i s a very strange mixture of topics that seem t o have been tagged on as an after- thought. A t this point this volume seems t o lose direction; there i s a section on elec- trophysiology  patch clamping) then on three dimensional histiocultures a n d i t becomes really difficult to se e t h e framework o f or- ganisation. T h e next section o f th e volume addresses other cell types, i n other words non-mammalian ones. There ar e chapters on Drosophila cell culture nematode a n d pro- tozoan culture a n d then an extraordinarily long chapter 40 pages) compared t o t h e others on Dictyostelium with a very detailed i n depth presentation of the molecular bio- logical tools used to study this system. I n contrast Physarum i s covered i n three pages a n d plant cells culture i n tw o chapters tot- alling 1 2 pages. A t this point one begins t o wonder a t t h e editorial policy f o r these volumes. There i s no doubt that there ar e many excellent contributions from authors a t t h e forefronts o f their fields; however, i t appears that t h e brief given t o each o f them may have been interpreted somewhat differ- ently in that the chapters have very different formats and level o f i n depth investigation. Part 2 of volume 1 deals with culture o f viruses propagation o f SV40, polyoma, a d - enovirus vectors, papilloma virus in stratified epithelia and murine leukaemia virus. I n a sense t h e adenovirus vector chapter i s some what ou t o f place i n that i t i s t h e only one with an extended molecular analysis section. Th e final part o f volume 1 deals with t h e isolation o f specific organelles from different species: golgi stacks clathrin coated vesicles RER from yeast, mitochondria,peroxisomes, secretory granules, a n d synaptic vesicles from a mammalian brain. This part o f t he book i s very informative a n d gives plenty o f ideas to tr y f o r a n y particular system under analysis. There ar e t w o chapters that appear somewhat ou t o f place here i n that they jump from organelle to protein isolation. Subsequent chapters address the isolation o f centromeres yeast spindle poles nuclei a n d nuclear mem brane associated proteins. These ar e followed by chapters on isolation o f cytoplasts nuclear matrix, snRNPs, hnRNPs ribosomes a n d r i - bosomal proteins proteasomes a n d nuclear extracts. Th e final t w o chapters seemingly tagged on t h e end ar e a method o f making DNA a nd one f o r making RNA. However, i t would have seemed much more appropriate t o include several different methods s o re- searchers could choose t h e most appropriate one f or t h e system they were analysing. A major criticism o f this series i s that there i s no specific volume index a n d one h a s t o wait until t h e e n d o f volume 3 to have a ny index a t all Volume 2 provides technical backup f o r general cell biological experiments. T h e first sectiondeals with microscopy: phase contrast, Nomarski, dark field a n d interference micro- scopy. There then follow sections on fluor- escence microscopy and confocal microscopy with a good section on t h e theory a n d differ- ences i n resolution o f confocal relative t o conventional fluorescence microscopy. After this point there i s again some apparent loss o f direction i n t h e organisation o f this volume with chapters on video enhanced microscopy being followed b y another section on confocal microscopy i n living versus fixed cells. The next major topic i s that o f electron microscopy with methods f o r fixing samples, embedding, staining a n d then more specialised ap - plications such as shadowing, freeze fracture an d freeze etching ultra-thin immuno- electron microscopy an d scanning EM . There then follow major sections on microdissection techniques, micromanipulation o f chro- mosomes using laser microsurgery, f or ex - ample, in microcloning. On e h a s t o wonder h ow many o f these techniques could b e acquired from reading a chapter n a book such a s this and h ow many o f them would actually b e dependent on  hands on teach- ing. There i s a n adequate histochemistry sec- tion and presentation o f t he us e o f specific stains fo r t h e detection o f particular enzymes. Th e next section o f volume 2 i s possibly t h e one that i s least useful particularly given t h e availability o f t h e excellent laboratory manual o n antibodies b y Harlow a nd Lane. Th e anti- body section in this volume addresses h ow t o generate rabbit polyclonals a nd mouse mono- clonals among other techniques. Then methods f o r purifying IgGs a n d fluorescent tagging o f antibodies determination of their specificity b y western blotting a n d i m - munoprecipitation, ECL ELISA, and methods f or establishing epitope specificity. This i s followed b y a chapter o n immuno- cytochemistry a n d vital staining. Th e next major section o f this volume i s devoted t o intracellular measurements; however, it i s n o t a t a l l clear w h y t h e topics have been chosen a n d w h y only these were considered worthy o f inclusion. Th e final section i s on cytogenetics a n d i n situ hybridisation. Though i t m a y b e technically adequate i t i s historically in- accurate, t r ar e chapters on cell hybrids microcells chromosome painting FISH, RNA and DNA i n situ hybridisation. Again t h e lack o f an index i n this volume i s a great omission. Volume 3 starts with a section o n transfer o f micromolecules covering techniques o f m i - croinjection o f DNA a n d RNA into somatic cells an d oocytes, electroporation Sendai virus mediated gene transfer a n d finally liposomes. T h e next sectiondeals with cloning o f em - bryos transgenics a n d gene targeting and homologous recombination in ES cells. Es - sentially i t i s n o t possible t o d o this effectively i n o n e chapter f or each topic a n d t he inclusion o f this section is questionable. Cell free e x - tracts permeabilised cell systems, a n d e x - pression systems form t h e topics t o b e addressed i n t h e next section. This includes baculovirus a nd vaccinia virus expression sys- tems. However, it i s generally a n ill assorted collection o f chapters. Th e final 3 0 0 pages o f volume 3 i s o n analysis o f proteins covering determination, preparation o f tagged pro- teins cell surface labelling a n d then a major section on protein electrophoresis covering a l l types a n d dimensions: one a n d t w o di- mensional isolation o f proteins overlay as- says staining methods, modification o f cellular proteins a n d zymography. Th e final section addresses the u s e o f lectins m i - crosequencing, mass spectometry, a n d amino acid analysis. Th e remainder of this volume i s taken u p b y a list o f suppliers and th e long awaited index. I n conclusion though this series o f volumes does make some useful contributions as a whole i t s organisation i s not very easy t o follow a n d on e wonders whether it would have been more effective i f i t h a d chosen t o concentrate on t h e cell biology e n d o f t h e spectrum rather than attempting t o include a l l related techniques. A final matter that should b e addressed b y t h e publishers i s that i n order t o b e an effective laboratory manual, volumes such as this have t o b e robust. Th e paper i n this series of volumes i s exceptionally thin and i s likely to have a very shorthalf life in t h e normal wear a nd tear o f a laboratory. ANN HARRIS 7 5 9 group.bmj.com on April 21, 2015 - Published by http://jmg.bmj.com/ Downloaded from 

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c o u l d c h o o s e t h e

most

a p p r o p r i a t e

one

f o r

t h e

system

t h e y were a n a l y s i n g .

A

m a j o r

c r i t i c i s m o f t h i s

s e r i e s

i s

t h a t

t h e r e

i s

no

s p e c i f i c

v o l u m e

i n d e x

a n d one

h a s

t o

w a i t

u n t i l

t h e

e n d o f

volume

3

t o h a v e

an y

i n d e x

a t

a l l

Volume 2

p r o v i d e s

t e c h n i c a l

b a c k u p

f o r

g e n e r a l

c e l l

b i o l o g i c a l e x p e r i m e n t s .

The f i r s t

s e c t io n d e a l s

w i t h

m i c r o s c o p y : p h a s e

c o n t r a s t ,

N o m a r s k i ,

d a r k

f i e l d

a n d

i n t e r f e r e n c e

m i c r o -

scopy.

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t h e n

f o l l o w s e ct io n s on f l u o r -

escen ce

m i c r o s c o p y

a n d

c o n f o c a l

m i c r o s c o p y

w i t h a

g o o d

s e c t i o n

on

t h e t h e o r y a n d

d i f f e r -

e nce s

i n r e s o l u t i o n

o f

c o n f o c a l r e l a t i v e t o

c o n v e n ti o n a l f l u or e sc e n ce m i c r o s c o p y . A f t e r

t h i s

p o i n t

t h e r e

i s

a g a i n

some

apparent l o s s

o f d i r e c t i o n

i n t h e

o r g a n i s a t i o n

o f

t h i s

volume

w i t h

c h a p t e r s on

v i d e o

e n h a n c e d

m i c r o s c o p y

b e i n g

f o l l o w e d

b y

a n o t h e r

s e c t i o n on

c o n f o c a l

m i c r o s c o p y

i n

l i v i n g

versus

f i x e d c e l l s . The

next

m a j o r

t o p i c

i s t h a t o f e l e c t r o n m i c r o s c o p y

w i t h

m e t h o d s

f o r

f i x i n g s a m p l e s ,

e m b e d d i n g ,

s t a i n i n g

a n d t h e n

more

s p e c i a l i s e d

ap -

p l i c a t i o n s

s u c h as s h a d o w i n g ,

f r e e z e f r a c t u r e

an d

f r e e z e

e t c h i n g

u l t r a - t h i n immuno-

e l e c t r o n

m i c r o s c o p y

a n d

s c a n n i n g

EM. T h e r e

t h e n f o l l o w

m a j o r

s e c t i o n s

on

m i c r o d i s s e c t i o n

t e c h n i q u e s ,

m i c r o m a n i p u l a t i o n

o f c h r o -

mosomes

u s i n g

l a s e r

m i c r o s u r g e r y ,

f o r ex -

a m p l e ,

i n

m i c r o c l o n i n g . On e h a s

t o

w o n d e r

how

many

o f t h e s e t e c h n i q u e s c o u l d

b e

a c q u i r e d

f r o m r e a d i n g a c h a p t e r i n

a

b o o k

s u c h a s

t h i s

a n d h ow ma ny

o f t h e m

w o u l d

a c t u a l l y

b e d e p e n d e n t

on

  h a n d s o n t e a c h -

i n g .

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i s

a n a d e q u a t e

h i s t o c h e m i s t r y s e c -

t i o n

a n d

p r e s e n t a t i o n

o f

t h e u s e

o f

s p e c i f i c

s t a i n s f o r t h e

d e t e c t i o n o f

p a r t i c u l a r

e n z y m e s .

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s e c t i o n

o f

v o l u m e 2 i s p o s s i b l y

t h e

o n e t h a t i s

l e a s t

u s e f u l p a r t i c u l a r l y g i v e n

t h e

a v a i l a b i l i t y

o f

t h e

e x c e l l e n t

l a b o r a t o r y

m a n u a l

o n a n t i b o d i e s b y

H a r l o w a n d L a n e . Th e

a n t i -

b o d y

s e c t i o n

i n t h i s v o l u m e a d d r e s s e s

how t o

g e n e r a t e r a b b i t

p o l y c l o n a l s

a n d mouse mono-

c l o n a l s among

o t h e r

t e c h n i q u e s .

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m e t h o d s

f o r p u r i f y i n g

I g G s

a n d

f l u o r e s c e n t

t a g g i n g

o f

a n t i b o d i e s

d e te r mi n a ti o n o f

t h e i r

s p e c i f i c i t y

b y

w e s t e r n

b l o t t i n g

a n d i m -

m u n o p r e c i p i t a t i o n , ECL

E L I S A ,

a n d

m e t h o d s

f o r e s t a b l i s h i n g e p i t o p e s p e c i f i c i t y .

T h i s

i s

f o l l o w e d

b y a

c h a p t e r

o n immuno-

c y t o c h e m i s t r y

a n d

v i t a l s t a i n i n g .

Th e

n e x t

m a j o r s e c t i o n

o f

t h i s

v o l u m e i s

d e v o t e d t o

i n t r a c e l l u l a r

m e a s u r e m e n t s ;

h o w e v e r ,

i t i s n o t

a t

a l l

c l e a r why t h e

t o p i c s

h a v e b e e n c h o s e n

a n d

why

o n l y

t h e s e w e r e c o n si d e re d w o r t h y

o f

i n c l u s i o n . Th e

f i n a l s e c t i o n

i s

on

c y t o g e n e t i c s

a n d

i n

s i t u

h y b r i d i s a t i o n .

T h o u g h

i t

may

b e

t e c h n i c a l l y a d e q u a t e

i t

i s

h i s t o r i c a l l y

i n -

a c c u r a t e ,

t r

a r e

c h a p t e r s

on

c e l l h y b r i d s

m i c r o c e l l s c h r o m o s o m e p a i n t i n g

F I S H ,

RNA

a n d

DNA

i n

s i t u

h y b r i d i s a t i o n .

A g a i n

t h e

l a c k o f a n i n d ex

i n

t h i s

v o l u m e i s a

g r e a t

o m i s s i o n .

V o l u m e 3

s t a r t s

w i t h a s e c t i o n

o n

t r a n s f e r

o f

m i c r o m o l e c u l e s c o v e r i n g

t e c h n i q u e s o f

m i -

c r o i n j e c t i o n

o f

DNA a n d RNA i n t o s o m a t i c

c e l l s

a n d

o o c y t e s , e l e c t r o p o r a t i o n

S e n d a i

v i r u s m e d i a t e d g e n e

t r a n s f e r

a n d

f i n a l l y

l i p o s o m e s .

The

n e x t

s e c ti o n d e a l s w i t h

c l o n i n g o f em -

b r y o s t r a n s g e n i c s

a n d

g e n e

t a r g e t i n g

a n d

h o m o l o g o u s

r e c o m b i n a t i o n

i n

ES

c e l l s . E s -

s e n t i a l l y

i t i s n o t p o s s i b l e

t o d o t h i s

e f f e c t i v e l y

i n o n e

c h a p t e r

f o r

e a c h

t o p i c

a n d

t h e

i n c l u s i o n

o f t h i s

s e c t i o n i s q u e s t i o n a b l e .

C e l l

f r e e

e x -

t r a c t s p e r m e a b i l i s e d

c e l l s y s t e m s ,

a n d

e x -

p r e s s i o n

s y s t e m s

f o r m

t h e

t o p i c s

t o b e

a d d r e s s e d i n

t h e

n e x t s e c t i o n . T h i s

i n c l u d e s

b a c u l o v i r u s

a n d

v a c c i n i a v i r u s e x p r e s s i o n s y s -

t e m s .

H o w e v e r , i t i s g e n e r a l l y

a n i l l a s s o r t e d

c o l l e c t i o n o f

c h a p t e r s .

Th e

f i n a l

3 0 0

p a g e s

o f

v o l u m e 3

i s

o n a n a l y s i s

o f

p r o t e i n s

c o v e r i n g

d e te r mi n a ti on , p r e p a r a ti o n

o f

t a g g e d p r o -

t e i n s

c e l l

s u r f a c e

l a b e l l i n g

a n d t h e n a

m a j o r

s e c t i o n

on

p r o t e i n

e l e c t r o p h o r e s i s c o v e r i n g

a l l

t y p e s

a n d

d i m en s io n s: o n e

a n d

t w o

d i -

m e n s i o n a l

i s o l a t i o n o f p r o t e i n s o v e r l a y a s -

s a y s

s t a i n i n g m e t h o d s ,

m o d i f i c a t i o n

o f

c e l l u l a r p r o t e i n s

a n d

z y m o g r a p h y .

Th e f i n a l

s e c t i o n

a d d r e ss es t h e

u s e

o f

l e c t i n s

m i -

c r o s e q u e n c i n g ,

m a s s s p e c t o m e t r y ,

a n d a m i n o

a c i d

a n a l y s i s .

Th e r e ma i n d e r o f t h i s

v o l u m e

i s

t a k e n

u p

b y

a

l i s t o f

s u p p l i e r s

a n d

t h e l o n g

a w a i t e d

i n d e x .

I n

c o n c l u s i o n

t h o u g h

t h i s

s e r i e s o f v o l u m e s

d o e s

make some

u s e f u l

c o n t r i b u t i o n s a s

a

w h o l e

i t s

o r g a n i s a t i o n

i s n o t

v e ry e as y t o

f o l l o w

a n d

o n e

w o n d e r s

w h e t h e r i t w o u l d

h a v e

b e e n more e f f e c t i v e i f

i t

h a d c h o s e n t o

c o n c e n t r a t e on t h e c e l l

b i o l o g y e n d

o f t h e

s p e c t r u m

r a t h e r

t h a n

a t t e m p t i n g

t o i n c l u d e

a l l r e l a t e d

t e c h n i q u e s .

A f i n a l m a t t e r t h a t

s h o u l d b e a d d r e s s e d

b y

t h e

p u b l i s h e r s

i s t h a t

i n o r d e r t o

b e

an

e f f e c t i v e

l a b o r a t o r y m a n u a l ,

v o l u m e s s u c h

a s

t h i s h a v e t o b e r o b u s t .

T h e

p a p e r

i n

t h i s

s e r i e s o f

v o l u m e s i s

e x c e p t i o n a l l y

t h i n a n d i s

l i k e l y

t o h a v e

a

v e r y

s h or t h a l f

l i f e

i n

t h e n o r m a l w e a r a n d t e a r

o f

a

l a b o r a t o r y .

ANN HARRIS

7 5 9

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