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Schwarzkopf M, Liu MC, Schulte SJ, Ives R, Husain N, Choi HMT, Pierce NA. Hybridization chain reaction enables a unified approach to multiplexed, quantitative, high-resolution immunohistochemistry and in situ hybridization. Development 2021; 148:dev199847. [PMID: 35020875 PMCID: PMC8645210 DOI: 10.1242/dev.199847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2021] [Accepted: 10/12/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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RNA in situ hybridization based on the mechanism of the hybridization chain reaction (HCR) enables multiplexed, quantitative, high-resolution RNA imaging in highly autofluorescent samples, including whole-mount vertebrate embryos, thick brain slices and formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue sections. Here, we extend the benefits of one-step, multiplexed, quantitative, isothermal, enzyme-free HCR signal amplification to immunohistochemistry, enabling accurate and precise protein relative quantitation with subcellular resolution in an anatomical context. Moreover, we provide a unified framework for simultaneous quantitative protein and RNA imaging with one-step HCR signal amplification performed for all target proteins and RNAs simultaneously.
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- Maayan Schwarzkopf
- Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
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- Molecular Instruments, Los Angeles, CA 90041, USA
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- Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
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- Molecular Instruments, Los Angeles, CA 90041, USA
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- Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
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- Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
- Division of Engineering & Applied Science, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
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Ranjan AK, Joglekar MV, Atre AN, Patole M, Bhonde RR, Hardikar A. Simultaneous imaging of microRNA or mRNA territories with protein territory in mammalian cells at single cell resolution. RNA Biol 2014; 9:949-53. [DOI: 10.4161/rna.20484] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Waller HA, Savage AK. Analysis of Gene Transcription In Situ: Methodological Considerations and Application. J Histotechnol 2013. [DOI: 10.1179/his.1994.17.3.203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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Salmassi A, Acil Y, Schmutzler AG, Koch K, Jonat W, Mettler L. Differential interleukin-6 messenger ribonucleic acid expression and its distribution pattern in eutopic and ectopic endometrium. Fertil Steril 2008; 89:1578-84. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.06.060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2007] [Revised: 06/16/2007] [Accepted: 06/16/2007] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Bagasra O. In Situ Polymerase Chain Reaction and Hybridization to Detect Low‐Abundance Nucleic Acid Targets. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008; Chapter 14:Unit 14.8. [DOI: 10.1002/0471142727.mb1408s82] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Omar Bagasra
- South Carolina Center for Biotechnology, Claflin University Orangeburg South Carolina
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Podányi B, Kiss A, Kaposi-Novák P, Lengyel G, Horányi M, Schaff ZS, Horváth A. Hepatitis C virus RNA in the cutaneous eruption but not in the symptom-free skin from patient with prurigo simplex and chronic C hepatitis. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2005; 19:520-2. [PMID: 15987318 DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2005.01192.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Müller M, Berger J, Gersdorff N, Cecconi F, Herken R, Quondamatteo F. Localization of Apaf1 gene expression in the early development of the mouse by means of in situ reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction. Dev Dyn 2005; 234:215-21. [PMID: 16086359 DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.20534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Apoptosis is an essential ubiquitous process that controls the duration of the life span of cells, thus playing a crucial role in morphogenetic, histogenetic, and phylogenetic developmental processes. Apaf1 (apoptosis protease activating factor 1) is one of the central mediators of the intrinsic apoptotic pathway and a part of the apoptosome, which activates procaspase-3 and promotes cell death. Gene knockout of Apaf1 in mice leads to late embryonic lethality with malformations such as the persistence of interdigital webs and hyperplasia of brain and retina. Therefore, Apaf1 is generally believed to play a crucial role in developmental apoptosis and have a widespread expression. However, its pattern of expression in early development remains unknown. To specify whether Apaf1 indeed plays this key role, we investigated the pattern of gene expression for Apaf1 in mouse embryos on day 7, 9, and 12 of development. Our results show, that gene expression for Apaf1 first occurs within the embryo between day 7 and 9 of development, becoming more widespread toward day 12 and then includes structures, such as yolk sac, mesenchyme, cartilage, heart anlage, otic vesicle, peridermis, and anlagen of the spinal ganglia and vertebral bodies. Our results also show that gene expression for Apaf1 is not ubiquitous in early mouse development. This finding indicates that cell death processes are independent of or less dependent on Apaf1 during this time. Of interest, an active gene expression for Apaf1 is also present in organ anlagen such as heart or intestine, in which no obvious phenotype is seen after Apaf1 deletion. This finding suggests a possible role for Apaf1 in such anlagen as a putative alternative compensatory pathway, which could be switched on in the case of defects in the mediators that are normally involved in such organs.
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Kluger R, Mühlberger H, Hoffmann O, Berger CE, Engel A, Pavlova BG. Osteoprogenitor cells and osteoblasts are targets for hepatitis C virus. Clin Orthop Relat Res 2005:251-7. [PMID: 15805965 DOI: 10.1097/01.blo.0000150561.86138.c8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The goal of this study was to determine whether human osteoblasts might harbor the hepatitis C virus. We tested for positive-strand and negative-strand (replicative) hepatitis C virus RNA by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction, by in situ reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction for intracellular localization of the hepatitis C virus, and by amplicon sequencing in in vitro differentiated mature osteoblasts from STRO-1+ osteoprogenitor cells from patients with chronic hepatitis C and from healthy individuals. We only detected the hepatitis C virus genome in STRO-1+ cells and mature osteoblasts from carriers with chronic hepatitis C, and we found hepatitis C virus negative strands expressed sporadically in these patients. Using in situ hepatitis C virus reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction, we determined that the percentage of infected carrier osteoblasts ranged from 8.0-15.3%. These data provide evidence of hepatitis C virus presence and replication in human osteoprogenitors and osteoblasts, which may have important implications for bone allograft processing.
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- Rainer Kluger
- Department of Orthopaedics, SMZO Donauspital, Langobardenstrasse 122, A-1220 Vienna, Austria.
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Hanaki KI, Ohka S, Yamamoto K, Nomoto A, Yoshikura H. Oligo(dA-dT)-dependent signal amplification for the detection of proteins in cells. Biotechniques 2004; 36:856-60, 862-3. [PMID: 15152606 DOI: 10.2144/04365pt01] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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An ultrasensitive protein detection system in situ named the ImmunoAT-tailing method was developed. It consists of three elementary processes: (i) detection of a protein by a primary antibody and a biotinylated secondary antibody; (ii) linking of biotinylated 15-base oligo(dA-dT) to the biotinylated immunocomplex via streptavidin; and (iii) self-priming elongation of oligo(dA-dT) by the Klenow fragment, 3' to 5' exo-. After the elongation reaction in the presence of dATP, dTTP, and dye-labeled dUTP, the protein was labeled with a large number of the dye molecules. The poly(dA-dT) elongated without the labeled nucleotides was detected by 4',6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI) staining. By combining the different labelings, double staining was possible. This ImmunoAT-tailing method has a specificity and sensitivity higher than that of tyramide signal amplification.
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- Ken-ichi Hanaki
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
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Mettler L, Schmutzler AG, Koch K, Schollmeyer T, Salmassi A. Identification of the M-CSF Receptor in Endometriosis by Immunohistochemistry and RT-PCR. Am J Reprod Immunol 2004; 52:298-305. [PMID: 15550065 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2004.00228.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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PROBLEM The aim of this paper is to provide further evidence that the dystopic proliferation of endometriotic epithelia is caused by the stimulation of peritoneal macrophages. It is essential to show that endometriotic epithelial cells express the macrophage colony-stimulating factor receptor (M-CSFR) which binds the M-CSF produced by the peritoneal macrophages. METHOD OF STUDY For the detection of M-CSFR, samples of ectopic endometrium (n = 79) and eutopic endometrium (n = 18) were compared. The specimens were gained at operative laparoscopy in the proliferative phase of the cycle. Cryostat sections were used for immunohistochemical detection. For in vitro reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) tests, the tissue was immediately shock frozen on paraffin sections. For the in situ RT-PCR technique the specimens were placed in a para-formaldehyde solution, embedded in paraffin and later processed. The Gene Amp 1000 in situ PCR system (Perkin Elmer) was used as the thermal cycler. RESULTS M-CSF and the M-CSF receptor are present in eutopic and ectopic endometrium. Qualitatively, with both PCR techniques we found the M-CSF receptor to be present in all samples examined. Using the histochemical detection technique, the M-CSF receptor was found in nearly 70% of endometriosis patients compared with a statistically significant lower percentage in normal endometrium. CONCLUSIONS The in situ RT-PCR technique and immunohistochemistry elaborated the need to trace the cellular sources of the M-CSF receptor. The identification of the M-CSF receptor in endometriotic tissue and in endometrium is apt to open a new experimental field in endometriosis research.
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- Liselotte Mettler
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospitals Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany.
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RT In Situ PCR: Protocols and Applications. METHODS IN MICROBIOLOGY 2004. [DOI: 10.1016/s0580-9517(04)34009-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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Sanno N, Tahara S, Kurotani R, Matsuno A, Teramoto A, Osamura RY. Cytochemical and molecular biological aspects of the pituitary and pituitary adenomas--cell differentiation and transcription factors. PROGRESS IN HISTOCHEMISTRY AND CYTOCHEMISTRY 2002; 36:263-99. [PMID: 11822191 DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6336(00)80003-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The anterior pituitary is composed of several cell types, each responsible for the production of specific hormones. Each hormone secreting cells is defined by the activation of its respective hormone genes in a temporally and spatially regulated manner. Recent development in cytochemistry and molecular biology have provided various aspects of human pituitary adenomas, i.e., functional differentiation and classification. The molecular factors that determine hormone production have now been identified as transcription factors. Many novel transcription factors that play a role in anterior pituitary development are implicated. In this review, we focus on the transcriptional factors roles on functional differentiation of the pituitary cells and adenomas and the contribution of cytochemistry and recent development in molecular biological techniques.
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- N Sanno
- Department of Neurosurgery, Nippon Medical School, Sendagi 1-1-5, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8603, Japan
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In situ amplification permits the histological localization of low-copy DNA and RNA targets. However, in many instances it would be useful to know the specific phenotype of the target-containing cell or to ascertain the distribution of a different nucleic acid sequence in the same tissue section. This review describes a methodology that allows co-in situ localization of two nucleic acid targets or a DNA/RNA sequence and a protein in paraffin-embedded, formalin-fixed tissue. The key variable for detection of low-copy RNA targets by RT in situ PCR is optimal protease digestion to permit cDNA target-specific incorporation of the reporter nucleotide. This is achieved via inactivation of nonspecific DNA synthesis by overnight DNase digestion. The key variable for immunohistochemical localization of proteins is to determine the effect of protease digestion on the antigen-based signal intensity. Background for DNA targets by in situ hybridization or, for targets present in 1-10 copies per cell, PCR ISH is dependent primarily on probe concentration and the stringency of the post-hybridization wash. Radioactive 3H-labeled nucleotides permit an excellent distinction with colorimetric signals for co-localization, although two distinct chromogens can in many instances allow successful localization of two different targets.
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- G J Nuovo
- Department of Pathology, Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA.
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In situ hybridization has been used for localization of specific nucleic acid sequences at the cellular level despite providing relatively low-detection sensitivity. In situ reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reactions (RT-PCR) enhance sensitivity and thus enable localization of low-abundance mRNA in a cell. However, the available methods are fraught with problems of nonspecific amplifications as a result of mispriming and/or amplification from partially digested residual genomic DNA in tissue. Herein, we demonstrate that nonspecific background amplification can be eliminated by pretreatment of samples with restriction enzymes before DNase I digestion. Primers tagged with a far-red shifted fluorescent dye such as Cy5 in PCR reactions allow identification of target mRNA by fluorescence microscopy. These novel modifications lead to increased specificity and rapid in situ detection of cellular mRNA and thus may be used for pathological diagnosis.
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- R Kher
- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Richard Roudebusch Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, USA
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Bagasra O, Seshamma T, Pomerantz R, Hanson J. In situ Polymerase Chain Reaction and Hybridization to Detect Low‐Abundance Nucleic Acid Targets. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2001; Chapter 14:Unit 14.8. [DOI: 10.1002/0471142727.mb1408s34] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Omar Bagasra
- Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia Pennsylvania
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Largo R, Gómez-Garre D, Soto K, Marrón B, Blanco J, Gazapo RM, Plaza JJ, Egido J. Angiotensin-converting enzyme is upregulated in the proximal tubules of rats with intense proteinuria. Hypertension 1999; 33:732-9. [PMID: 10024337 DOI: 10.1161/01.hyp.33.2.732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Persistent proteinuria is considered a deleterious prognostic factor in most progressive renal diseases. However, the mechanisms by which proteinuria induces renal damage remain undetermined. Since proximal tubular cells possess all the machinery to generate angiotensin II (Ang II), we approached the hypothesis that proteinuria could elicit the renal activation of the renin-angiotensin system in a model of intense proteinuria and interstitial nephritis induced by protein overload. After uninephrectomy (UNX), Wistar-Kyoto rats received daily injections of 1 g BSA or saline for 8 days. The mean peak of proteinuria was observed at the fourth day (538+/-89 versus 3+/-1 mg/24 h in UNX controls; n=12; P<0.05) and was increased during the whole study period (at the eighth day: 438+/-49 mg/24 h; n=12; P=NS). Morphological examination of the kidneys at the end of the study showed marked tubular lesions (atrophy, vacuolization, dilation, and casts), interstitial infiltration of mononuclear cells, and mesangial expansion. In relation to UNX control rats, renal cortex of BSA-overloaded rats showed an increment in the gene expression of angiotensinogen (2.4-fold) and angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) (2.1-fold), as well as a diminution in renin gene expression. No changes were observed in angiotensin type 1 (AT1) receptor mRNA expression in both groups of rats. By in situ reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction and immunohistochemistry, ACE expression (gene and protein) was mainly localized in proximal and distal tubules and in the glomeruli. By immunohistochemistry, angiotensinogen was localized only in proximal tubules, and AT1 receptor was localized mainly in proximal and distal tubules. In the tubular brush border, an increase in ACE activity was also seen (5. 5+/-0.5 versus 3.1+/-0.7 U/mg protein x10(-4) in UNX control; n=7; P<0.05). Our results show that in the kidney of rats with intense proteinuria, ACE and angiotensinogen were upregulated, while gene expression of renin was inhibited and AT1 was unmodified. On the whole, these data suggest an increase in Ang II intrarenal generation. Since Ang II can elicit renal cell growth and matrix production through the activation of AT1 receptor, this peptide may be responsible for the tubulointerstitial lesions occurring in this model. These results suggest a novel mechanism by which proteinuria may participate in the progression of renal diseases.
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- R Largo
- Renal and Vascular Research Laboratory, Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Universidad Autónoma, Madrid, Spain
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Fragulidis GP, Cirocco RE, Weppler D, Berho M, Gillian G, Markou M, Viciana A, Esquenazi V, Nery JR, Miller J, Reddy KR, Tzakis AG. In situ enzymatic oligonucleotide amplification of hepatitis C virus-RNA in liver biopsy specimens (reverse transcriptase in situ polymerase chain reaction) after orthotopic liver transplantation for hepatitis C-related liver disease. Transplantation 1998; 66:1472-6. [PMID: 9869088 DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199812150-00010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Hepatitis C infection recurs after orthotopic liver transplantation for hepatitis C virus (HCV)-related end-stage liver disease. Overlapping histopathologic features may present difficulties in differentiating recurrent HCV in the allograft from other conditions, especially rejection. METHODS In this study, we evaluated the presence of HCV-RNA by reverse transcriptase in situ polymerase chain reaction (RT in situ RCR) in hepatic tissue, after orthotopic liver transplantation for HCV-related liver disease. Further, detection of HCV-RNA was correlated with the serum HCV-RNA levels, histopathology, and clinical outcome. RESULTS Twenty-five patients were part of this study. Seventeen patients were transplanted for HCV cirrhosis and eight for an underlying disease other than HCV. None of the patients in the non-HCV group had in situ RT-PCR detection of HCV-RNA. Positive RT in situ PCR for HCV was found in 9 of 17 HCV patients, and the patients had a clinical course consistent with recurrent hepatitis C disease. Four of these nine patients had an initial histologic diagnosis of rejection. The other eight patients in the HCV group had negative RT in situ PCR, and none of them had a course compatible with recurrent HCV disease, although four patients were histologically diagnosed as having chronic C hepatitis. The mean HCV-RNA level (log/mL) in the patients who had in situ detection of HCV-RNA was 7.01+/-0.26. Although RT-PCR was negative in 8 of 17 HCV patients, the patients were serologically viremic and the mean HCV-RNA level was 6.05+/-0.33 (P=0.03). CONCLUSIONS Our findings indicate that the HCV in situ RT-PCR assay may be helpful in the differentiation of recurrent hepatitis C disease from rejection. This may further help in the adjustment of immunosuppression.
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- G P Fragulidis
- Department of Surgery, University of Miami School of Medicine, Florida 33136, USA
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Combining the high sensitivity of PCR with the cell localizing ability of in situ hybridization allows for the reproducible detection of low copy targets in intact cells. This article describes several key variables that include fixation, protease digestion, the hot start maneuver, stringency, and, for RNA analysis, DNase digestion that are important to successful in situ PCR. Also stressed is the importance of performing and interpreting controls with each experiment. Important controls include omission of key components, use of samples known either to contain or lack the target of interest and, most importantly, the in-built controls invariably present in the heterogeneous component of any given tissue type.
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- G J Nuovo
- MGN Medical Consultants, Inc., Setauket, NY 11733, USA.
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Sagawa M, Jones JE, Ebina M, Jensen S, Linnoila RI. Detection of K-ras point mutation by in situ PCR in cell suspensions: comparison of the indirect and direct methods. Lung Cancer 1997; 17:181-95. [PMID: 9237154 DOI: 10.1016/s0169-5002(97)00027-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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In situ PCR is a new technique for the localization of low copy number sequences. We report here a method for the in situ visualization of a point mutation in K-ras codon 12 by indirect in situ PCR. Twenty-five primers were examined to select mutant-specific primers. Harvested cell lines were fixed and suspended in PCR mixture. Forty cycles of PCR in cell suspension was performed in a thermal cycler using a hot start method. Cells were cytocentrifuged onto slides, and post-fixation was performed. The specimens on the slides were then hybridized with a digoxigenin-labeled probe, followed by color reaction. Both Calu-1 (mutated: TGT) and NCI-H460 (wild type: GGT) cells had strong hybridization signals in the nuclei with general primers. But with mutant-specific primers, only Calu-1 cells had hybridization signals. No signal was observed without primers or Taq DNA polymerase. Southern blotting of the same preparation confirmed desired amplification. We also applied direct in situ PCR, but this method failed to detect the point mutation. We conclude that our indirect in situ PCR method shows the feasibility of in situ identification of single cells carrying point mutations.
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- M Sagawa
- Biomarkers and Prevention Research Branch, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
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Li PX, Cheng L, Wen DR, Wissmann PB, Cheng J, Grody WW, Cochran AJ. Demonstration of cytoplasmic tyrosinase mRNA in tissue-cultured cells by reverse transcription (RT) in situ polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and RT PCR in situ hybridization. DIAGNOSTIC MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY : THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SURGICAL PATHOLOGY, PART B 1997; 6:26-33. [PMID: 9028734 DOI: 10.1097/00019606-199702000-00005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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To evaluate the specificity and applicability to the study of human tumor cells of the reverse transcription (RT) in situ PCR and RT polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in situ hybridization techniques, we examined five melanoma cell lines and five nonmelanoma lines for tyrosinase mRNA using primers specific for tyrosinase. Each procedural step was optimized and minutely controlled, and results from the in situ techniques and solution-phase RT-PCR were compared. All melanoma lines showed a specific pattern of perinuclear cytoplasmic reaction not seen in nonmelanoma lines. There was exact agreement between the results from the RT in situ PCR and RT-PCR in situ hybridization techniques and those from solution-phase RT-PCR. Ribonuclease digestion abolished cytoplasmic staining, as did omission of the reverse transcriptase step. Nuclear staining was seen in melanoma and nonmelanoma lines, apparently as a result of DNA synthesis from repair-replication and mispriming or nonspecific amplification. Neither high concentrations of deoxyribonuclease nor long incubation periods abolished this effect completely. Demonstration of cytoplasmic mRNA by RT in situ PCR and RT-PCR in situ hybridization specifically identifies cells of melanocytic lineage.
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- P X Li
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA
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Galanakis D, Nuovo G, Spitzer S, Kaplan C, Scharrer I. Fibrinogen mRNA and antigen co-present in human trophoblasts in situ: possible implications. Thromb Res 1996; 81:263-9. [PMID: 8822141 DOI: 10.1016/0049-3848(95)00243-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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- D Galanakis
- Department of Pathology, SUNY, Stony Brook, USA
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Nuovo GJ. Detection of viral infections by in situ PCR: theoretical considerations and possible value in diagnostic pathology. J Clin Lab Anal 1996; 10:335-49. [PMID: 8951600 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2825(1996)10:6<335::aid-jcla5>3.0.co;2-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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The technique that allows for in situ detection of PCR-amplified DNA and cDNA has improved remarkably quickly over the past 5 years. As of this writing, one can expect good results after a relatively quick "learning curve." The technique demands some skill in working with glass slides and cells/tissues. Thus, I recommend that one without experience in tissue analysis spend a few weeks working with either standard in situ hybridization or immunohistochemistry to be comfortable in that regard. Commercially available kits for in situ hybridization are good and readily available (e.g., Enzo Diagnostics, NY). When ready to begin in situ PCR, the most user-friendly system now available is from Perkin Elmer. I cannot overstate the importance of performing the needed controls with each and every run, of the crucial relationship between protease digestion time and success with RT in situ PCR, and the need to use relatively high (4.5 mM) MgCl2 and to include bovine serum albumin (or increased Taq polymerase). Given these improvements and the important information available from in situ PCR that cannot be provided by standard in situ hybridization or solution-phase PCR, one would anticipate that in situ PCR will someday enter the field of molecular diagnostics. This need not be restricted to the field of infectious diseases. A recent study using RT in situ PCR showed that determination of the metalloprotease to tissue inhibitor of metalloprotease expression in cancers was strongly correlated with the clinical behavior of the tumor (30).
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- G J Nuovo
- MGN Medical Research Laboratory, Setauket, New York 11733, USA
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Wu TC, Ling Y, Kanayama M, Huang A, Kurman R. Localization of Epstein-Barr Virus-Encoded Small RNA-1 by in situ Reverse Transcription: Demonstration of cDNA Generation in Formalin-Fixed Paraffin-Embedded Tissue Sections. J Biomed Sci 1995; 2:249-255. [PMID: 11725061 DOI: 10.1007/bf02253385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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Reverse transcription (RT) followed by polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) has been commonly used to detect viral and cellular transcripts in whole cell extracts. Application of this technique to tissue sections requires the in situ generation of cDNA. In this study, we selected an abundant transcript, Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-encoded small RNA (EBER-1), as a model template to demonstrate cDNA generation in tissue sections. Using both digoxigenin-dUTP and primers which are complementary to EBER-1, we demonstrated specific EBER-1 cDNA generation both in vitro, and in tissue sections taken from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded cell blocks of an EBV-infected cell line, B95-8. Furthermore, we utilized in situ RT in sections of EBV-associated nasopharyngeal carcinomas, and identified EBER-1 cDNA specifically in neoplastic cells, but not in the surrounding nonneoplastic stroma. EBER-1 cDNA was localized to the nucleus of these cells, with relative sparing of the nucleolus and the cytoplasm. No specific signal was evident if the reverse transcriptase was omitted, if 'sense' primers were used, or if RT was preceded by RNase digestion. The specificity of EBER-1 cDNA was further confirmed by in situ hybridization using the sense riboprobe, which has the same polarity as the EBER-1 transcript. Our results provide a successful example of using nonradioactive nucleotide analogue for cDNA generation in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue sections. This approach would provide a visible assay to monitor RT in tissue sections, and allow further optimization of conditions for cDNA generation in tissue sections. Therefore, it potentially can be helpful for the future development of RT-PCR in tissue sections. Copyright 1995 S. Karger AG, Basel
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- T.-C. Wu
- Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Md., USA
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Wilson SE. Growth factor and receptor messenger RNA production in human lacrimal gland tissue. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 1994; 350:197-204. [PMID: 8030477 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-2417-5_35] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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- S E Wilson
- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas 75235
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Nuovo GJ, Gallery F, Hom R, MacConnell P, Bloch W. Importance of different variables for enhancing in situ detection of PCR-amplified DNA. PCR METHODS AND APPLICATIONS 1993; 2:305-12. [PMID: 8324504 DOI: 10.1101/gr.2.4.305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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This study determined the effects of several variables on the in situ signal after PCR amplification in fixed cells. A signal was evident in all human peripheral blood monocytes fixed in buffered formalin using primers for the human proto-oncogene bcl-2 with in situ PCR only after prolonged fixation and protease digestion. A much lower detection rate was noted after ethanol or acetone fixation due to loss of amplified product out of the nucleus into amplifying solution. This observation demonstrates the importance of cross-linking fixatives for retention of amplified DNA at the site of origin. The increased amount of target-specific DNA synthesis evident with the manual hot start modification to in situ PCR was also seen with chemical hot start mediated by the Escherichia coli single-stranded DNA-binding protein. The manual hot start method strongly suppressed in situ unwanted DNA synthesis dictated by nonsense primers; residual nonspecific synthesis was influenced by annealing temperatures and post-fixation protease digestion conditions.
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- G J Nuovo
- Department of Pathology, State University of New York, Stony Brook 11794
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