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  • Title: Isolation of germline cells from Drosophila embryos by flow cytometry.
    Author: Shigenobu S, Arita K, Kitadate Y, Noda C, Kobayashi S.
    Journal: Dev Growth Differ; 2006 Jan; 48(1):49-57. PubMed ID: 16466393.
    Abstract:
    Primordial germ cells (PGC) are the earliest identifiable germ cells in the embryo. To understand the molecular basis of germline development, isolation of pure PGC is required. We report here the use of fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) to isolate pure populations of Drosophila pole cells, which are the presumptive primordial germ cells in flies. In order to fluorescently mark pole cells, we used an EGFP-vasa transgenic line that expresses green fluorescent protein (GFP) specifically and continuously in the germ line throughout the life cycle. The purity of FACS-sorted pole cells from embryos was confirmed by microscopic inspection and quantitative polymerase chain reaction. Moreover, by optimizing the sample preparation and the sorting protocol, embryonic gonads could also be isolated. This technique opens the way for genome-wide transcriptome analysis of germline cells. In a pilot experiment, we generated a cDNA library from purified embryonic gonad and identified a novel germline-specific gene, RpL22-like.
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