This invention relates to a medaka
hatching enzyme, its preparation method, and its application. The preparation method of the medaka
hatching enzyme includes the following steps: 1) collecting fertilized medaka eggs; 2) incubating the fertilized medaka eggs with
embryo culture medium in a 26℃
incubator for 6 days, and collecting mature embryos; 3) adding NaCl solution and
Tris-HCl buffer (pH=8.0) to the mature embryos,
grinding them, collecting the filtrate, and allowing it to stand overnight at 4℃; 4) centrifuging the filtrate at 15000 rpm for 15 minutes, and extracting the supernatant to obtain the medaka
hatching enzyme solution. The preparation method is simple to operate, and the obtained medaka hatching enzyme has
high activity, which can help to quickly remove the medaka
eggshell artificially. The naked medaka embryos obtained by this method can be directly used for
in vivo imaging and in-situ quantitative analysis, and
embryo model construction, providing support for subsequent genetic, developmental biological, and toxicological studies of medaka embryos.