INTRO

I was asked to isolate RNA from a list of samples (GitHub Issue) from a number of Crassostrea gigas (Pacific oyster) spat, seed, and adults that had been collected as part of the project-gigas-carryover (GitHub repo). The full list of all samples needing processing is here:

20240508_rna_extractions.csv

I processed the following eight samples:

Note

Couldn’t find sample 197.

MATERIALS & METHODS

Oysters had been previously preserved in RNAlater (Ambion), supernatant removed, and then frozen @ -80^oC. All samples were treated in the following fashion:

RNA Isolation

Samples were thawed and residual RNAlater (Ambion) was removed.

RNA isolations were conducted using the Directzol RNA Miniprep Kit (ZymoResearch). All centrifugation steps were performed at 16,000g in an Eppendorf 5425 microfuge at room temperature, unless noted otherwise.

Added 500uL of TriReagent (ZymoResearch) to existing 1.5mL tubes containing the sample.
Homogenized using disposble pestles.
Transferred to a 15mL conical.
Adjusted volume in 0.5mL incremements until TrReagent was no longer cloudy.
Pellted insoluble material 10,000g for 5mins in SL50T rotor (Sorval) in Super T21 table top centrifuge (Sorval) at room temp.
Transferred supe to new 15mL conical containing equal volume of 100% ethanol and vortexed.
Transferred mixture to spin columns in 700uL volumes.
Followed kit protocol, including DNase step.
Eluted in 50uL of H₂O.

Samples were temporarily stored on ice for quantification. DNAsed RNA tubes were subsequently transferred to the same box in the -80^oC from which they were taken.