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Yan J, Liu H, Wu Y, Niu B, Deng X, Zhang L, Dang Q, Wang Y, Lu X, Zhang B, Sun W. Recent progress of self-immobilizing and self-precipitating molecular fluorescent probes for higher-spatial-resolution imaging. Biomaterials 2023; 301:122281. [PMID: 37643487 DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2023.122281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2023] [Revised: 08/12/2023] [Accepted: 08/15/2023] [Indexed: 08/31/2023]
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Flourished in the past two decades, fluorescent probe technology provides researchers with accurate and efficient tools for in situ imaging of biomarkers in living cells and tissues and may play a significant role in clinical diagnosis and treatment such as biomarker detection, fluorescence imaging-guided surgery, and photothermal/photodynamic therapy. In situ imaging of biomarkers depends on the spatial resolution of molecular probes. Nevertheless, the majority of currently available molecular fluorescent probes suffer from the drawback of diffusing from the target region. This leads to a rapid attenuation of the fluorescent signal over time and a reduction in spatial resolution. Consequently, the diffused fluorescent signal cannot accurately reflect the in situ information of the target. Self-immobilizing and self-precipitating molecular fluorescent probes can be used to overcome this problem. These probes ensure that the fluorescent signal remains at the location where the signal is generated for a long time. In this review, we introduce the development history of the two types of probes and classify them in detail according to different design strategies. In addition, we compare their advantages and disadvantages, summarize some representative studies conducted in recent years, and propose prospects for this field.
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- Jiawei Yan
- College of Medical Laboratory, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, 116044, China
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- School of Mechanical and Power Engineering, Dalian Ocean University, Dalian, 116023, China
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- College of Medical Laboratory, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, 116044, China
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- College of Medical Laboratory, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, 116044, China
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- College of Medical Laboratory, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, 116044, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Frontiers Science Center for Smart Materials Oriented Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, China
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- College of Medical Laboratory, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, 116044, China
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- College of Medical Laboratory, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, 116044, China
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- College of Medical Laboratory, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, 116044, China
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- College of Medical Laboratory, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, 116044, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Frontiers Science Center for Smart Materials Oriented Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, China.
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Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) is by definition a biosensor. However, not all immuno-biosensors involve the use of enzymes, while other biosensors incorporate ELISA as a key signaling component. In this chapter, we review the role of ELISA in signal amplification, integration with microfluidic systems, digital labeling, and electrochemical detection.
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Wang LJ, Liu H, Zou X, Xu Q, Zhang CY. 3'-Terminal Repair-Powered Dendritic Nanoassembly of Polyadenine Molecular Beacons for One-Step Quantification of Alkaline Phosphatase in Human Serum. Anal Chem 2021; 93:10704-10711. [PMID: 34292701 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.1c02285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Alkaline phosphatase (ALP) is an important hydrolase with crucial roles in biological processes, and the dysregulation of ALP may cause various human diseases. The conventional ALP assays usually involve cumbersome procedures with poor sensitivity. Herein, taking advantage of intrinsic superiorities of molecular beacons (MBs) and unique features of terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase (TdT), we demonstrate for the first time the 3'-terminal repair-powered dendritic nanoassembly of polyadenine (A) MBs for one-step quantification of ALP in human serum. When ALP is present, it catalyzes 3'-terminal dephosphorylation of poly-A MBs to induce TdT-mediated template-free polymerization, generating long chains of polythymidine (T) sequences. The long poly-T chains can function as the anchoring templates to hybridize with many poly-A MBs, leading to the unfolding of loop structures and the dissociation of FAM/BHQ1 pairs (the 1st amplification stage). Subsequently, all 3'-hydroxylated poly-A MBs can be extended with the assistance of TdT to generate the branched long poly-T chains, leading to the hybridization of more poly-A MBs and the dissociation of more FAM/BHQ1 pairs (the 2nd amplification stage). Through multiple rounds of extension, assembly, and activation of poly-A MBs, dendritic DNA nanostructures are automatically formed, resulting in the dissociation of abundant fluorophores from the FAM/BHQ1 pairs to generate an exponentially amplified fluorescence signal (the nth amplification stage). This strategy possesses high sensitivity and excellent specificity, and the detection limit can reach 1 cell. Moreover, it can evaluate kinetic parameters, screen inhibitors, estimate cellular inhibition effects, and measure ALP in human serums.
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- Li-Juan Wang
- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes, Ministry of Education, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Clean Production of Fine Chemicals, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, China.,School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes, Ministry of Education, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Clean Production of Fine Chemicals, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes, Ministry of Education, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Clean Production of Fine Chemicals, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, China
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- School of Food and Biological Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an 710021, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes, Ministry of Education, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Clean Production of Fine Chemicals, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, China
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DIY enzyme labelled fluorescence alcohol (ELFA) standard production protocol to quantify single-cell phosphatase activity (SCPA) of microplankton. Heliyon 2020; 6:e05582. [PMID: 33294708 PMCID: PMC7701348 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e05582] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2020] [Revised: 09/19/2020] [Accepted: 11/19/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Extracellular enzyme activities (EEA) are crucial components of microbial food web interactions and biogeochemical cycles in aquatic ecosystems. They also represent relevant biological traits in the ecophysiology of phytoplankton and other components of microbial plankton. To assess species-specific and (sub-)population-level characteristics of phytoplankton EEA at the single-cell level and close-to-in-situ conditions solely the enzyme labelled fluorescence (ELF)-based substrates have been used, because they become fluorescent and precipitate around the enzyme activity location upon enzymatic cleavage. However, the enzyme-labelled fluorescence alcohol (ELFA) standard is no longer commercially available, hence standard curves cannot be run anymore and single-cell phosphatase activity (SCPA) is no longer quantifiable. Therefore, we introduce a simple protocol for an ELFA standard do it yourself (DIY) production to enable quantifying microplankton SCPA again. This protocol is based on fluorescence measurements easily available to environmental enzyme activity laboratories, and it circumvents any need for chemical synthesis equipment and knowledge. The method is based on a controlled reaction of the ELF-phosphate (ELFP) substrate with commercially available alkaline phosphatase, which efficiently turns all the substrate into ELFA product. The ELFA product was dried out and dissolved again in dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) for storage. The ELFA concentration of that standard-to-be ELFA solution in DMSO was determined by linear regression between a low concentration dilution series of ELFA solution measured fluorimetrically and parallel measurements of a series of phosphatase-catalysed reactions at an overlapping ELFP concentration range. Finally, the fluorescence- and concentration-stable ELFA solution in DMSO with a known concentration constitutes the ELFA standard that is necessary to quantify bulk (fluorimeter) and single-cell (microscope and flow cytometer) phosphatase activity in microplankton.
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Gong Y, Marriott G. Bead-Based Immunocomplex Entrapment Assays for Rapid, Sensitive, and Multiplexed Detection of Disease Biomarkers with Minimal User Intervention. ACS Sens 2020; 5:180-190. [PMID: 31867951 DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.9b01970] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Current interest in at-home diagnostic devices derives from their potential to disrupt expensive and time-consuming hospital-based diagnostic practices. Conventional immunoassays are often touted for use in at-home diagnostic devices, although in practice they are slow, labor-intensive and require expensive equipment. Here, we introduce bead-based sensors as alternative biomarker detection platforms for at-home diagnostic devices. The immunocomplex entrapment assay (ICEA), and the related enzyme-linked ICEA (ELICEA) offer enhancements over conventional immunoassays in terms of their speed, and minimal requirements for user intervention and instrumentation. In particular, we designed bead-based sensors to entrap large molecular weight complexes between target molecules and signal-generating immunoconjugates while allowing any unbound conjugates to escape from the bead. Confocal fluorescence microscopy was used to demonstrate the sensitivity, robustness, and reproducibility of the ICEA and ELICEA platforms. For example, we showed the intensity of signals generated by entrapped immunoconjugate complexes correlate linearly with the concentration of target molecule in the sample. We employed ICEA, and ELICEA platforms to detect human forms of immunoglobulins, albumin, and κ light chain (KLC). For example, we used ICEA to detect KLC at 5 μg·mL-1 in urine, which would allow for earlier diagnosis of Bence-Jones disease compared to conventional assays. In addition, we showed bead-entrapped phosphatases (AP) in immunocomplexes generate insoluble, blue-colored dyes from AP-substrates that accumulate in beads and allow for visual and cellphone camera-based detection of IgG to 10 ng·mL-1 within 20 min. Finally, we described ICEA and ELICEA platforms to analyze multiple target proteins within individual beads.
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- Yuhui Gong
- Department of Bioengineering, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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Salva ML, Temiz Y, Rocca M, Arango YC, Niemeyer CM, Delamarche E. Programmable hydraulic resistor for microfluidic chips using electrogate arrays. Sci Rep 2019; 9:17242. [PMID: 31754240 PMCID: PMC6872553 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-53885-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2019] [Accepted: 10/27/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Flow rates play an important role in microfluidic devices because they affect the transport of chemicals and determine where and when (bio)chemical reactions occur in these devices. Flow rates can conveniently be determined using external peripherals in active microfluidics. However, setting specific flow rates in passive microfluidics is a significant challenge because they are encoded on a design and fabrication level, leaving little freedom to users for adjusting flow rates for specific applications. Here, we present a programmable hydraulic resistor where an array of "electrogates" routes an incoming liquid through a set of resistors to modulate flow rates in microfluidic chips post-fabrication. This approach combines a battery-powered peripheral device with passive capillary-driven microfluidic chips for advanced flow rate control and measurement. We specifically show a programmable hydraulic resistor composed of 7 parallel resistors and 14 electrogates. A peripheral and smartphone application allow a user to activate selected electrogates and resistors, providing 127 (27-1) flow resistance combinations with values spanning on a 500 fold range. The electrogates feature a capillary pinning site (i.e. trench across the flow path) to stop a solution and an electrode, which can be activated in a few ms using a 3 V bias to resume flow based on electrowetting. The hydraulic resistor and microfluidic chip shown here enable flow rates from ~0.09 nL.s-1 up to ~5.66 nL.s-1 with the resistor occupying a footprint of only 15.8 mm2 on a 1 × 2 cm2 microfluidic chip fabricated in silicon. We illustrate how a programmable hydraulic resistor can be used to set flow rate conditions for laminar co-flow of 2 liquids and the enzymatic conversion of a substrate by stationary enzymes (alkaline phosphatase) downstream of the programmable hydraulic resistor.
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- Marie L Salva
- IBM Research - Zurich, Säumerstrasse 4, 8803, Rüschlikon, Switzerland
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) - Institute for Biological Interfaces (IBG-1), Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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- IBM Research - Zurich, Säumerstrasse 4, 8803, Rüschlikon, Switzerland
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) - Institute for Biological Interfaces (IBG-1), Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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- IBM Research - Zurich, Säumerstrasse 4, 8803, Rüschlikon, Switzerland
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) - Institute for Biological Interfaces (IBG-1), Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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Singh H, Tiwari K, Tiwari R, Pramanik SK, Das A. Small Molecule as Fluorescent Probes for Monitoring Intracellular Enzymatic Transformations. Chem Rev 2019; 119:11718-11760. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.9b00379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 162] [Impact Index Per Article: 32.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Harwinder Singh
- CSIR-Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute, Gijubhai Badheka Marg, Bhavnagar, Gujarat 364002, India
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- CSIR-Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute, Gijubhai Badheka Marg, Bhavnagar, Gujarat 364002, India
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- CSIR-Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute, Gijubhai Badheka Marg, Bhavnagar, Gujarat 364002, India
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- CSIR-Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute, Gijubhai Badheka Marg, Bhavnagar, Gujarat 364002, India
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- CSIR-Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute, Gijubhai Badheka Marg, Bhavnagar, Gujarat 364002, India
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Wisuthiphaet N, Yang X, Young GM, Nitin N. Rapid detection of Escherichia coli in beverages using genetically engineered bacteriophage T7. AMB Express 2019; 9:55. [PMID: 31004244 PMCID: PMC6474890 DOI: 10.1186/s13568-019-0776-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2019] [Accepted: 04/09/2019] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Foodborne illness due to bacterial contamination is a significant issue impacting public health that demands new technology which is practical to implement by food industry. Detection of bacteria in food products and production facilities is a crucial strategy supporting food safety assessments. Bacteriophages were investigated as a tool for bacterial detection due to their ability to infect specific strain of host bacteria in order to improve sensitivity, specificity, and rapidity of bacterial detection. The results of this investigation reveal a novel method for rapid detection. The method employs a genetically engineered bacteriophage, phage T7-ALP, which expresses alkaline phosphatase. Upon infection of Escherichia coli, overexpression of alkaline phosphatase provides an opportunity for rapid sensitive detection of a signal indicative of bacterial presence in model beverage samples as low as 100 bacteria per gram. The method employs a fluorescent precipitated substrate, ELF-97, as a substrate for alkaline phosphatase activity coupled with fluorescence imaging and image analysis allowing single-cell imaging results in high detection sensitivity. The method is easily completed within less than 6 h enabling it to be deployed within most large industrial food processing facilities that have routine 8-h operational shifts.
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- Department of Food Science and Technology, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Food Science and Technology, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Food Science and Technology, University of California, Davis, CA, USA.
- Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University of California, Davis, CA, USA.
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Anzola M, Winssinger N. Turn On of a Ruthenium(II) Photocatalyst by DNA-Templated Ligation. Chemistry 2018; 25:334-342. [PMID: 30451338 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201804283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2018] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Here, the synthesis of a RuII photocatalyst by light-directed oligonucleotide-templated ligation reaction is described. The photocatalyst was found to have tremendous potential for signal amplification with >15000 turnovers measured in 9 hours. A templated reaction was used to turn on the activity of this ruthenium(II) photocatalyst in response to a specific DNA sequence. The photocatalysis of the ruthenium(II) complex was harnessed to uncage a new precipitating dye that is highly fluorescent and photostable in the solid state. This reaction was used to discriminate between different DNA analytes based on localization of the precipitate as well as for in cellulo miRNA detection. Finally, a bipyridine ligand functionalized with two different peptide nucleic acid (PNA) sequences was shown to enable template-mediated ligation (turn on of the ruthenium(II) photocatalysis) and recruitment of substrate for templated photocatalysis.
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- Marcello Anzola
- Department of Organic Chemistry, NCCR Chemical Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Geneva, 30 Quai Ernest-Ansermet, 1205, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, NCCR Chemical Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Geneva, 30 Quai Ernest-Ansermet, 1205, Geneva, Switzerland
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Wang LJ, Wang ZY, Zhang CY. Primer dephosphorylation-initiated circular exponential amplification for ultrasensitive detection of alkaline phosphatase. Analyst 2018; 143:4606-4613. [PMID: 30191935 DOI: 10.1039/c8an01647j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Alkaline phosphatase (ALP) is an important diagnostic indicator for various human diseases including bone diseases, liver dysfunction, diabetes, breast and prostatic cancers. However, the conventional methods for ALP assay are usually cumbersome and time-consuming with low sensitivity. Here, we develop a new fluorescent method for ultrasensitive detection of ALP activity on the basis of primer dephosphorylation-initiated isothermal circular exponential amplification. We design two dual-functional hairpin probes (HP1 and HP2), which function as both the templates for exponential amplification reaction (EXPAR) and the generators for signal output. In the presence of ALP, the 3'-phosphorylated primer is dephosphorylated and subsequently hybridizes with the 3' protruding end of HP1 to initiate the first strand displacement amplification (SDA), producing trigger 1 and fluorescence signal. The released trigger 1 is complementary to the 3' protruding end of HP2 for the initiation of the second SDA, producing trigger 2 and fluorescence signal. Notably, trigger 2 is complementary to the 3' protruding end of HP1 and may subsequently initiate two consecutive SDAs, enabling circular EXPAR to generate an amplified fluorescence signal. This method exhibits high sensitivity with a detection limit of 2.0 × 10-10 U μL-1 and a large dynamic range of 5 orders of magnitude from 1.0 × 10-9 to 1.0 × 10-4 U μL-1, and it can measure ALP at the single-cell level. Importantly, this method can be applied for the measurement of kinetic parameters and the screening of potential inhibitors, providing a powerful tool for ALP-related biomedical research and clinical diagnosis.
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- Li-Juan Wang
- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes, Ministry of Education, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Clean Production of Fine Chemicals, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, China.
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes, Ministry of Education, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Clean Production of Fine Chemicals, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, China.
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes, Ministry of Education, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Clean Production of Fine Chemicals, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, China.
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Li K, Hu XX, Liu HW, Xu S, Huan SY, Li JB, Deng TG, Zhang XB. In Situ Imaging of Furin Activity with a Highly Stable Probe by Releasing of Precipitating Fluorochrome. Anal Chem 2018; 90:11680-11687. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.8b03335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Ke Li
- Molecular Science and Biomedicine Laboratory (MBL), State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, College of Life Sciences, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
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- Molecular Science and Biomedicine Laboratory (MBL), State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, College of Life Sciences, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
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- Molecular Science and Biomedicine Laboratory (MBL), State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, College of Life Sciences, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
- Key Laboratory of Environmentally Friendly Chemistry and Applications of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan 411105, P. R. China
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- Molecular Science and Biomedicine Laboratory (MBL), State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, College of Life Sciences, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
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- Molecular Science and Biomedicine Laboratory (MBL), State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, College of Life Sciences, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
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- Molecular Science and Biomedicine Laboratory (MBL), State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, College of Life Sciences, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
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- Molecular Science and Biomedicine Laboratory (MBL), State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, College of Life Sciences, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
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- Molecular Science and Biomedicine Laboratory (MBL), State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, College of Life Sciences, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
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Song P, Liu Q, Zhang Y, Liu W, Meng M, Yin Y, Xi R. The chemical redox modulated switch-on fluorescence of carbon dots for probing alkaline phosphatase and its application in an immunoassay. RSC Adv 2018. [DOI: 10.1039/c7ra11784a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The chemical redox modulated switch-on fluorescence of carbon dots for detecting ALP and human IgG.
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- Pei Song
- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology
- College of Pharmacy
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Drug Research
- Nankai University
- Tianjin 300353
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology
- College of Pharmacy
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Drug Research
- Nankai University
- Tianjin 300353
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology
- College of Pharmacy
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Drug Research
- Nankai University
- Tianjin 300353
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology
- College of Pharmacy
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Drug Research
- Nankai University
- Tianjin 300353
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology
- College of Pharmacy
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Drug Research
- Nankai University
- Tianjin 300353
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology
- College of Pharmacy
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Drug Research
- Nankai University
- Tianjin 300353
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology
- College of Pharmacy
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Drug Research
- Nankai University
- Tianjin 300353
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Liu HW, Li K, Hu XX, Zhu L, Rong Q, Liu Y, Zhang XB, Hasserodt J, Qu FL, Tan W. In Situ Localization of Enzyme Activity in Live Cells by a Molecular Probe Releasing a Precipitating Fluorochrome. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017; 56:11788-11792. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201705747] [Citation(s) in RCA: 136] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2017] [Revised: 07/07/2017] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Hong-Wen Liu
- Molecular Science and Biomedicine Laboratory(MBL); State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics; College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; College of Biology; Hunan University; Changsha 410082 P. R. China
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- Molecular Science and Biomedicine Laboratory(MBL); State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics; College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; College of Biology; Hunan University; Changsha 410082 P. R. China
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- Molecular Science and Biomedicine Laboratory(MBL); State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics; College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; College of Biology; Hunan University; Changsha 410082 P. R. China
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- Molecular Science and Biomedicine Laboratory(MBL); State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics; College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; College of Biology; Hunan University; Changsha 410082 P. R. China
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- Molecular Science and Biomedicine Laboratory(MBL); State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics; College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; College of Biology; Hunan University; Changsha 410082 P. R. China
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- Molecular Science and Biomedicine Laboratory(MBL); State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics; College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; College of Biology; Hunan University; Changsha 410082 P. R. China
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- Molecular Science and Biomedicine Laboratory(MBL); State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics; College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; College of Biology; Hunan University; Changsha 410082 P. R. China
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- Laboratoire de Chimie; UCBL; CNRS; University of Lyon; Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon; 46 allee d'Italie 69364 Lyon Cedex 07 France
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- The Key Laboratory of Life-Organic Analysis; College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Qufu Normal University; Qufu Shandong 273165 P. R. China
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- Molecular Science and Biomedicine Laboratory(MBL); State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics; College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; College of Biology; Hunan University; Changsha 410082 P. R. China
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Liu HW, Li K, Hu XX, Zhu L, Rong Q, Liu Y, Zhang XB, Hasserodt J, Qu FL, Tan W. In Situ Localization of Enzyme Activity in Live Cells by a Molecular Probe Releasing a Precipitating Fluorochrome. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201705747] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- Hong-Wen Liu
- Molecular Science and Biomedicine Laboratory(MBL); State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics; College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; College of Biology; Hunan University; Changsha 410082 P. R. China
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- Molecular Science and Biomedicine Laboratory(MBL); State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics; College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; College of Biology; Hunan University; Changsha 410082 P. R. China
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- Molecular Science and Biomedicine Laboratory(MBL); State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics; College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; College of Biology; Hunan University; Changsha 410082 P. R. China
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- Molecular Science and Biomedicine Laboratory(MBL); State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics; College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; College of Biology; Hunan University; Changsha 410082 P. R. China
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- Molecular Science and Biomedicine Laboratory(MBL); State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics; College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; College of Biology; Hunan University; Changsha 410082 P. R. China
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- Molecular Science and Biomedicine Laboratory(MBL); State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics; College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; College of Biology; Hunan University; Changsha 410082 P. R. China
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- Molecular Science and Biomedicine Laboratory(MBL); State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics; College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; College of Biology; Hunan University; Changsha 410082 P. R. China
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- Laboratoire de Chimie; UCBL; CNRS; University of Lyon; Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon; 46 allee d'Italie 69364 Lyon Cedex 07 France
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- The Key Laboratory of Life-Organic Analysis; College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Qufu Normal University; Qufu Shandong 273165 P. R. China
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- Molecular Science and Biomedicine Laboratory(MBL); State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics; College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; College of Biology; Hunan University; Changsha 410082 P. R. China
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van Gijtenbeek LA, Kok J. Illuminating Messengers: An Update and Outlook on RNA Visualization in Bacteria. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:1161. [PMID: 28690601 PMCID: PMC5479882 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.01161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2017] [Accepted: 06/07/2017] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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To be able to visualize the abundance and spatiotemporal features of RNAs in bacterial cells would permit obtaining a pivotal understanding of many mechanisms underlying bacterial cell biology. The first methods that allowed observing single mRNA molecules in individual cells were introduced by Bertrand et al. (1998) and Femino et al. (1998). Since then, a plethora of techniques to image RNA molecules with the aid of fluorescence microscopy has emerged. Many of these approaches are useful for the large eukaryotic cells but their adaptation to study RNA, specifically mRNA molecules, in bacterial cells progressed relatively slow. Here, an overview will be given of fluorescent techniques that can be used to reveal specific RNA molecules inside fixed and living single bacterial cells. It includes a critical evaluation of their caveats as well as potential solutions.
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- Lieke A van Gijtenbeek
- Department of Molecular Genetics, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of GroningenGroningen, Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of GroningenGroningen, Netherlands
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Xia Y, Zhang R, Wang Z, Tian J, Chen X. Recent advances in high-performance fluorescent and bioluminescent RNA imaging probes. Chem Soc Rev 2017; 46:2824-2843. [PMID: 28345687 PMCID: PMC5472208 DOI: 10.1039/c6cs00675b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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RNA plays an important role in life processes. Imaging of messenger RNAs (mRNAs) and micro-RNAs (miRNAs) not only allows us to learn the formation and transcription of mRNAs and the biogenesis of miRNAs involved in various life processes, but also helps in detecting cancer. High-performance RNA imaging probes greatly expand our view of life processes and enhance the cancer detection accuracy. In this review, we summarize the state-of-the-art high-performance RNA imaging probes, including exogenous probes that can image RNA sequences with special modification and endogeneous probes that can directly image endogenous RNAs without special treatment. For each probe, we review its structure and imaging principle in detail. Finally, we summarize the application of mRNA and miRNA imaging probes in studying life processes as well as in detecting cancer. By correlating the structures and principles of various probes with their practical uses, we compare different RNA imaging probes and offer guidance for better utilization of the current imaging probes and the future design of higher-performance RNA imaging probes.
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- Yuqiong Xia
- Engineering Research Center of Molecular-imaging and Neuro-imaging of Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, Xidian University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710126, China.
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Liu W, Liu SJ, Kuang YQ, Luo FY, Jiang JH. Developing Activity Localization Fluorescence Peptide Probe Using Thiol-Ene Click Reaction for Spatially Resolved Imaging of Caspase-8 in Live Cells. Anal Chem 2016; 88:7867-72. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.6b02174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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- Wei Liu
- Institute of Chemical Biology & Nanomedicine, State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing & Chemometrics, College of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
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- Guangxi Collaborative Innovation Center for Biomedicine & School of Preclinical Medicine, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning 530021, China
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- Institute of Chemical Biology & Nanomedicine, State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing & Chemometrics, College of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
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- Institute of Chemical Biology & Nanomedicine, State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing & Chemometrics, College of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
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- Institute of Chemical Biology & Nanomedicine, State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing & Chemometrics, College of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
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Switchable fluorescence of gold nanoclusters for probing the activity of alkaline phosphatase and its application in immunoassay. Biosens Bioelectron 2016; 77:666-72. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2015.10.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2015] [Revised: 09/25/2015] [Accepted: 10/14/2015] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Detection and signal amplification in zebrafish RNA FISH. Methods 2016; 98:50-59. [PMID: 26821229 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2016.01.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2015] [Revised: 01/18/2016] [Accepted: 01/25/2016] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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In situ hybridization (ISH) has become an invaluable tool for the detection of RNA in cells, tissues and organisms. Due to improvements in target and signal amplification and in probe design remarkable progress has been made concerning sensitivity, specificity and resolution of chromogenic and fluorescent ISH (FISH). These advancements allow for exquisite cellular and sub-cellular resolution and for detecting multiple RNA species at a time by multiplexing. In zebrafish (F)ISH non-enzymatic and enzymatic amplification systems have been employed to obtain enhanced signal intensities and signal-to-noise ratios. These amplification strategies include branched DNA-based RNAscope and in situ hybridization chain reaction (HCR) techniques, as well as alkaline phosphatase (AP)- and horseradish peroxidase (PO)-based immunoassays. For practical application, we provide proven multiplex FISH protocols for AP- and PO-based visualization of mRNAs at high resolution. The protocols take advantage of optimized tyramide signal amplification (TSA) conditions of the PO assay and long-lasting high signal-to-noise ratio of the AP reaction, thereby enabling detection of less abundant transcripts.
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miRNA in situ hybridization in circulating tumor cells--MishCTC. Sci Rep 2015; 5:9207. [PMID: 25777797 PMCID: PMC4361864 DOI: 10.1038/srep09207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2014] [Accepted: 02/09/2015] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) must be phenotypically and genetically characterized before they can be utilized in clinical applications. Here, we present the first protocol for the detection of miRNAs in CTCs using in situ hybridization (ISH) combined with immunomagnetic selection based on cytokeratin (CK) expression and immunocytochemistry. Locked-Nucleic Acid (LNA) probes associated with an enzyme-labeled fluorescence (ELF) signal amplification approach were used to detect miRNA-21 in CTCs. This protocol was optimized using both epithelial tumor (MDA-MB468) and epithelial non-tumor (MCF-10A) cell lines, and miRNA-21 was selected as the target miRNA because of its known role as an onco-miRNA. Hematopoietic cells do not express miRNA-21; thus, miRNA-21 is an ideal marker for detecting CTCs. Peripheral blood samples were taken from 25 cancer patients and these samples were analyzed using our developed protocol. Of the 25 samples, 11 contained CTCs. For all 11 CTC-positive samples, the isolated CTCs expressed both CK and miRNA-21. Finally, the protocol was applied to monitor miRNA-21 expression in epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT)-induced MCF-7 cells, an epithelial tumor cell line. CK expression was lost in these cells, whereas miRNA-21 was still expressed, suggesting that miRNA-21 might be a good marker for detecting CTCs with an EMT phenotype.
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microRNA-146 up-regulation predicts the prognosis of non-small cell lung cancer by miRNA in situ hybridization. Exp Mol Pathol 2014; 96:195-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.yexmp.2013.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2013] [Revised: 11/01/2013] [Accepted: 11/12/2013] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Li J, Li X, Li Y, Yang H, Wang L, Qin Y, Liu H, Fu L, Guan XY. Cell-specific detection of miR-375 downregulation for predicting the prognosis of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma by miRNA in situ hybridization. PLoS One 2013; 8:e53582. [PMID: 23301089 PMCID: PMC3536738 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053582] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2012] [Accepted: 11/30/2012] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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MicroRNAs (miRNAs) play important roles in the regulation of genes associated with cancer development and progression. By the more deeply characterization of miRNAs’ effect in cancer development, it requires a useful tool to investigate expression and distribution of a miRNA in cancer cells and tissues. To fulfill this application demand, we developed a miRNA in situ hybridization (MISH) approach using the 2′-Fluoro modified miRNA probe in combination with enzyme-labeled fluorescence (ELF) signal amplification approach. MISH was used to study expression of miR-375 in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) cell lines and tissues using a tissue microarray (TMA) containing 300 cases. The results showed that our MISH approach is a practical way to detect expression and distribution of a tested miRNA in both cultured cells and archive tissue sections. MISH results also showed that miR-375 was frequently downregulated in ESCCs, which was significantly associated with advanced clinical stage (p = 0.003) tumor metastasis (p = 0.04) and poor outcome (p = 0.04) of ESCC. Moreover, the accuracy of MISH results could be confirmed by QRT-PCR. Our results demonstrated that MISH is a useful and reliable tool to study miRNA expression in solid tumors. Downregulation of miR-375 can be used as a biomarker to predict the outcome of ESCC.
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- Jiangchao Li
- State Key Laboratory of Oncology in Southern China, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
- Vascular Biology Research Institute, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oncology in Southern China, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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- Vascular Biology Research Institute, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oncology in Southern China, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Clinical Oncology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oncology in Southern China, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
- Department of Clinical Oncology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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The chemistry of small-molecule fluorogenic probes. PROGRESS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE 2013; 113:1-34. [PMID: 23244787 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-386932-6.00001-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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Chemical fluorophores find wide use in biology to detect and visualize different phenomena. A key advantage of small-molecule dyes is the ability to construct compounds where fluorescence is activated by chemical or biochemical processes. Fluorogenic molecules, in which fluorescence is activated by enzymatic activity, light, or environmental changes, enable advanced bioassays and sophisticated imaging experiments. Here, we detail the collection of fluorophores and highlight both general strategies and unique approaches that are employed to control fluorescence using chemistry.
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Alkaline phosphatase assay using a near-infrared fluorescent substrate merocyanine 700 phosphate. Talanta 2011; 84:941-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2011.02.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2011] [Revised: 02/17/2011] [Accepted: 02/21/2011] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Examination of spatial and temporal gene expression pattern is a key step towards understanding gene function. Therefore, in situ hybridization of mRNA is one of the most powerful and widely used -techniques in biology. Recent advances allow the reliable and simultaneous detection of mRNA transcripts, or combinations of mRNA and protein, in zebrafish embryos.Here we describe a standard protocol for visualizing the precise expression pattern of a single transcript or multiple gene products. The procedure employs fixation and permeabilization of embryos, followed by hybridization with tagged antisense riboprobes. Excess probes are then washed and hybrids are detected by enzyme-mediated immunohistochemistry utilizing either chromogenic or fluorescent substrates.
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- Yossy Machluf
- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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Lu J, Tsourkas A. Quantification of miRNA abundance in single cells using locked nucleic acid-FISH and enzyme-labeled fluorescence. Methods Mol Biol 2011; 680:77-88. [PMID: 21153374 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60761-901-7_5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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The ability to quantify miRNA abundance at the single-cell level and image its spatial distribution could lead to unique insight into the biological roles of miRNAs and miRNA-associated gene regulatory networks. This protocol describes a method for quantitatively imaging miRNAs in single cells using fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). The method combines the unique miRNA recognition properties of locked nucleic acid (LNA) with the signal amplification technology known as enzyme-labeled fluorescence (ELF). Although both approaches have previously been shown to increase detection specificity and/or sensitivity in FISH, combining these techniques into one protocol allows for single molecule detection. Specifically, individual miRNAs are identified as bright, photostable fluorescent spots. The dynamic range was found to span over three orders of magnitude and the average miRNA copy number per cell was within 17.5% of measurements acquired by quantitative RT-PCR.
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- Jing Lu
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
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Van Noorden CJF. Imaging enzymes at work: metabolic mapping by enzyme histochemistry. J Histochem Cytochem 2010; 58:481-97. [PMID: 20124092 DOI: 10.1369/jhc.2010.955518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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For the understanding of functions of proteins in biological and pathological processes, reporter molecules such as fluorescent proteins have become indispensable tools for visualizing the location of these proteins in intact animals, tissues, and cells. For enzymes, imaging their activity also provides information on their function or functions, which does not necessarily correlate with their location. Metabolic mapping enables imaging of activity of enzymes. The enzyme under study forms a reaction product that is fluorescent or colored by conversion of either a fluorogenic or chromogenic substrate or a fluorescent substrate with different spectral characteristics. Most chromogenic staining methods were developed in the latter half of the twentieth century but still find new applications in modern cell biology and pathology. Fluorescence methods have rapidly evolved during the last decade. This review critically evaluates the methods that are available at present for metabolic mapping in living animals, unfixed cryostat sections of tissues, and living cells, and refers to protocols of the methods of choice.
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- Cornelis J F Van Noorden
- Department of Cell Biology and Histology, Academic Medical Center, Meibergdreef 15, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Lu J, Tsourkas A. Imaging individual microRNAs in single mammalian cells in situ. Nucleic Acids Res 2009; 37:e100. [PMID: 19515934 PMCID: PMC2724290 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkp482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 125] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are potent negative regulators of gene expression that have been implicated in most major cellular processes. Despite rapid advances in our understanding of miRNA biogenesis and mechanism, many fundamental questions still remain regarding miRNA function and their influence on cell cycle control. Considering recent reports on the impact of cell-to-cell fluctuations in gene expression on phenotypic diversity, it is likely that looking at the average miRNA expression of cell populations could result in the loss of important information connecting miRNA expression and cell function. Currently, however, there are no efficient techniques to quantify miRNA expression at the single-cell level. Here, a method is described for the detection of individual miRNA molecules in cancer cells using fluorescence in situ hybridization. The method combines the unique recognition properties of locked nucleic acid probes with enzyme-labeled fluorescence. Using this approach, individual miRNAs are identified as bright, photostable fluorescent spots. In this study, miR-15a was quantified in MDA-MB-231 and HeLa cells, while miR-155 was quantified in MCF-7 cells. The dynamic range was found to span over three orders of magnitude and the average miRNA copy number per cell was within 17.5% of measurements acquired by quantitative RT-PCR.
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- Jing Lu
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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Duhamel S, Gregori G, Van Wambeke F, Mauriac R, Nedoma J. A method for analysing phosphatase activity in aquatic bacteria at the single cell level using flow cytometry. J Microbiol Methods 2008; 75:269-78. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2008.06.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2008] [Revised: 06/13/2008] [Accepted: 06/18/2008] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Ambretti S, Venturoli S, Mirasoli M, La Placa M, Bonvicini F, Cricca M, Zerbini M, Roda A, Musiani M. Assessment of the presence of mucosal human papillomaviruses in malignant melanomas using combined fluorescent in situ hybridization and chemiluminescent immunohistochemistry. Br J Dermatol 2007; 156:38-44. [PMID: 17199564 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2006.07541.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND The vast majority of studies aimed at detecting human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA in skin cancer have used sensitive polymerase chain reaction (PCR) methods but the PCR technique, despite its high sensitivity, is not suitable to ascertain whether (i) the presence of HPV can be related only to few cells harbouring the virus, (ii) the presence of HPV is due to a tumour surface contamination and (iii) the presence of HPV is localized in cancer cells, rather than in normal keratinocytes present in the tumour biopsy. In a recent work we have found mucosal high-risk (HR) HPV genotypes in primary melanoma by PCR. OBJECTIVES To localize mucosal HR-HPV nucleic acids and tumoural melanocytic marker in the same sections of primary melanoma samples in order to understand the relationship between HPVs and melanoma cells. METHODS We have developed a very sensitive method that combines an enzyme-amplified fluorescent in situ hybridization (ISH) for the detection of HPV nucleic acids (types 16 and 18) with a chemiluminescent immunohistochemistry (IHC) method for the detection of the tumoural melanocytic marker HMB-45 sequentially in the same section. Digital images of fluorescent ISH and chemiluminescent IHC were separately recorded, assigned different colours and merged using specific software for image analysis. RESULTS The combined fluorescent ISH and chemiluminescent IHC demonstrated a sharp colocalization (in the range 60-80%) of HPV nucleic acids and melanoma marker inside the same sections of melanoma biopsies, with a strong specificity and sensitivity. CONCLUSIONS The strong colocalization of mucosal HR-HPV nucleic acids and HMB-45 melanocytic marker emphasized that viral nucleic acids were specifically present in melanoma cells and supported a possible active role of HPV in malignant melanoma.
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- S Ambretti
- Section of Microbiology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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Roda A, Guardigli M, Ziessel R, Mirasoli M, Michelini E, Musiani M. Molecular luminescence imaging. Microchem J 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2006.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Denkers N, García-Villalba P, Rodesch CK, Nielson KR, Mauch TJ. FISHing for chick genes: Triple-label whole-mount fluorescence in situ hybridization detects simultaneous and overlapping gene expression in avian embryos. Dev Dyn 2004; 229:651-7. [PMID: 14991720 DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.20005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Multi-color whole-mount in situ hybridization is a powerful technique for comparing the spatial expression patterns of two or more genes in developing embryos. We have developed an amplified triple-label whole-mount fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) protocol that permits detection of three different mRNAs in a single embryo. Our protocol uses simultaneous in situ hybridization to haptenylated riboprobes, followed by sequential antibody detection using anti-hapten antibodies conjugated to horseradish peroxidase, and the tyramide signal amplification (TSA) fluorescence detection system. Conventional fluorescence microscopy identifies areas of overlapping gene expression at the tissue level, whereas confocal fluorescence microscopy permits single-cell resolution and differentiates specialized cell types within a given tissue. This protocol will provide researchers engaged in the use of FISH with a solid starting point for adapting their own in situ hybridization protocols, either alone or in combination with immunohistochemistry or green fluorescence protein colocalization.
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- Nathaniel Denkers
- Pediatric Nephrology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah 84132-2204, USA
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Nedoma J, Strojsová A, Vrba J, Komárková J, Simek K. Extracellular phosphatase activity of natural plankton studied with ELF97 phosphate: fluorescence quantification and labelling kinetics. Environ Microbiol 2003; 5:462-72. [PMID: 12755713 DOI: 10.1046/j.1462-2920.2003.00431.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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ELF(R)97 phosphate (ELFP) is a phosphatase substrate which produces ELF(R)97 alcohol (ELFA), a fluorescent water-insoluble product, upon hydrolysis. We studied the kinetics of ELFA precipitation in freshwater samples at levels of total plankton and single phytoplankton cells, and tested the suitability of ELFP for measurement of surface-bound algal extracellular phosphatases. Samples from acidic Plesné Lake (pH approximately 5; high phosphatase activity) and eutrophic Rímov reservoir (pH approximately 7-10; moderate phosphatase activity) were incubated with ELFP for 5-300 min, fixed with HgCl2 and filtered through polycarbonate filters. Relative fluorescence of filter-retained ELFA precipitates was quantified with image analysis. Time-courses of ELFA formation exhibited lag periods followed by finite periods of linear increase. In Plesné Lake, lag-times were shorter (1-18 min) and rates of increase in ELFA fluorescence higher (by approximately 2 orders of magnitude) than in Rímov reservoir (lag-times 30-200 min). Similar patterns of ELFA formation kinetics were also observed in Plesné Lake samples in cuvette spectrofluorometer measurements (which failed in Rímov reservoir). Linear regression of seasonal data on rates of increase in ELFA fluorescence from image cytometry and spectrofluorometry (r2 = 0.65, n = 10) allowed for calibration of image cytometry in terms of amount of cell-associated ELFA. Preliminary measurements of extracellular phosphatase activities of several algae resulted in rates (10-2260 fmol cell-1 h-1) which are comparable to data reported in the literature for algal cultures.
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- Jirí Nedoma
- Hydrobiological Institute, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Na sádkách 7, CZ-370 05 Ceské Budejovice, Czech Republic.
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Laser microscopic techniques currently used in morphology and cell biology represent highly sensitive tools for detecting biomolecules within their natural environment. Use of the fluorescence-, reflectance- and transmission modes of confocal laser scanning microscopes (CLSM) equipped with He-Ne- and Ar+-ion lasers for CeIV and DAB based detection of endogenous or immunobound enzymatic activities in tissue sections (vibratome, cryostat, paraffin and semithin plastic sections) opens a wide range of interesting new possibilities in cellular and molecular biology. Increased resolution power, blur-free confocal imaging, higher sensitivity, optical sectioning capability and 3D-image analysis provide a large quantity of valuable information about biological objects specimens. The new infrared multiphoton laser scanning microscopy (NIR-LSM) is increasingly becoming the optical tool of choice for (a) fluorescence imaging of cellular and subcellular components with high spatial and temporal resolution, (b) fluorescence resonance energy transfer between physiologically relevant molecular species involving protein-protein interactions, (c) nanoprocessing within living cells and tissues, with varied applications in (d) photochemistry and (e) medical diagnostics as well. Both, CLSM and NIR-LSM as modern microscopical strategies are indispensable in basic research and will prove to be invaluable for clinical diagnostic studies and therapy in the near future.
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- Karl-Jürgen Halbhuber
- Institute of Anatomy II, Faculty of Medicine, Friedrich Schiller University, Teichgraben 7, D-07743 Jena, Germany.
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Martin K, Hart C, Schulenberg B, Jones L, Patton WF. Simultaneous red/green dual fluorescence detection on electroblots using BODIPY TR-X succinimidyl ester and ELF 39 phosphate. Proteomics 2002; 2:499-512. [PMID: 11987124 DOI: 10.1002/1615-9861(200205)2:5<499::aid-prot499>3.0.co;2-h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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A two-color fluorescence detection method is described based upon covalently coupling the succinimidyl ester of BODIPY TR-X dye to proteins immobilized on polyvinylidene difluoride membranes, followed by detection of target proteins using the fluorogenic, precipitating substrate ELF 39-phosphate in combination with alkaline phosphatase conjugated reporter molecules. This results in all proteins in the profile being visualized as fluorescent red signal while those detected specifically with the alkaline phosphatase conjugate appear as fluorescent green signal. The dichromatic detection system is broadly compatible with ultraviolet epi- or trans-illuminators combined with photographic or charge-coupled device cameras, and xenon-arc sources equipped with appropriate excitation/emission filters. The dichromatic method permits detection of low nanogram amounts of protein and allows for unambiguous identification of target proteins relative to the entire protein profile on a single electroblot, obviating the need to run replicate gels that would otherwise require visualization of total proteins by silver staining and subsequent alignment with chemiluminescent or colorimetric signals generated on electroblots. Combining the detection approach with an Alexa Fluor 350 dye conjugated monoclonal antibody permits simultaneous fluorescence detection of two antigens and the total protein profile on the same electroblot.
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- Karen Martin
- Proteomics Section, Molecular Probes, Inc., Eugene, Oregon 97402, USA
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Boonacker E, Van Noorden CJ. Enzyme cytochemical techniques for metabolic mapping in living cells, with special reference to proteolysis. J Histochem Cytochem 2001; 49:1473-86. [PMID: 11724895 DOI: 10.1177/002215540104901201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Specific enzymes play key roles in many pathophysiological processes and therefore are targets for therapeutic strategies. The activity of most enzymes is largely determined by many factors at the post-translational level. Therefore, it is essential to study the activity of target enzymes in living cells and tissues in a quantitative manner in relation to pathophysiological processes to understand its relevance and the potential impact of its targeting by drugs. Proteases, in particular, are crucial in every aspect of life and death of an organism and are therefore important targets. Enzyme activity in living cells can be studied with various tools. These can be endogenous fluorescent metabolites or synthetic chromogenic or fluorogenic substrates. The use of endogenous metabolites is rather limited and nonspecific because they are involved in many biological processes, but novel chromogenic and fluorogenic substrates have been developed to monitor activity of enzymes, and particularly proteases, in living cells and tissues. This review discusses these substrates and the methods in which they are applied, as well as their advantages and disadvantages for metabolic mapping in living cells.
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- E Boonacker
- Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Department of Cell Biology and Histology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Telford WG, Cox WG, Singer VL. Detection of endogenous and antibody-conjugated alkaline phosphatase with ELF-97 phosphate in multicolor flow cytometry applications. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2001. [DOI: 10.1002/1097-0320(20010201)43:2<117::aid-cyto1026>3.0.co;2-k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Breininger JF, Baskin DG. Fluorescence in situ hybridization of scarce leptin receptor mRNA using the enzyme-labeled fluorescent substrate method and tyramide signal amplification. J Histochem Cytochem 2000; 48:1593-99. [PMID: 11101627 DOI: 10.1177/002215540004801202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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To increase the sensitivity of fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) for detection of low-abundance mRNAs, we performed FISH on cryostat sections of rat hypothalamus with biotin-labeled riboprobes to leptin receptor (ObRb) and amplified the signal by combining tyramide signal amplification (TSA) and Enzyme-Labeled Fluorescent alkaline phosphatase substrate (ELF) methods. First, TSA amplification was done with biotinylated tyramide. Second, streptavidin-alkaline phosphatase was followed by the ELF substrate, producing a bright green fluorescent reaction product. FISH signal for ObRb was undetectable when TSA or ELF methods were used alone, but intense ELF FISH signal was visible in hypothalamic neurons when the ELF protocol was preceded by TSA. The TSA-ELF was combined with FISH for pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) and neuropeptide Y (NPY) mRNAs by hybridizing brain sections in a cocktail containing digoxigenin-labeled riboprobes to NPY or POMC mRNA and biotin-labeled riboprobes to ObRb mRNA. Dioxigenin-labeled NPY or POMC mRNA hybrids were subsequently detected first with IgG-Cy3. Then biotin-labeled leptin receptor hybrids were detected with the TSA-ELF method. Combining the ELF and TSA amplification techniques enabled FISH detection of scarce leptin receptor mRNAs and permitted the identification of leptin receptor mRNA in cells that also express NPY and POMC gene products.
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- J F Breininger
- Division of Endocrinology/Metabolism, Medical Research Service, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, and Departments of Medicine and Biological Structure, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington 98108, USA
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Baskin DG, Breininger JF, Schwartz MW. SOCS-3 expression in leptin-sensitive neurons of the hypothalamus of fed and fasted rats. REGULATORY PEPTIDES 2000; 92:9-15. [PMID: 11024559 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-0115(00)00143-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Treatment of rodents with exogenous leptin increases SOCS-3 mRNA levels in the arcuate nucleus (ARC) and dorsomedial nucleus (DMN) of the hypothalamus. To determine if SOCS-3 gene activity in the hypothalamus could be influenced by changes in physiological levels of circulating leptin, we performed in situ hybridization (ISH) and immunostaining for SOCS-3 expression in fed vs. fasted (48 h) rats. The ARC and DMN were the only regions of the diencephalon that showed SOCS-3 ISH and the autoradiographic ISH signal for SOCS-3 mRNA was visibly less in the ARC and DMN of fasted rats. The ISH signal for SOCS-3 mRNA was decreased 70% in the ARC and 90% in the DMN (to background levels) when animals were fasted (P<0.01), consistent with decreased immunostaining for SOCS-3 protein observed in the fasted rats. Double fluorescence ISH (FISH) analyses showed colocalization of SOCS-3 mRNA with mRNAs for NPY and POMC in the ARC. These findings are consistent with increased leptin signaling to the NPY and POMC neurons in the ARC by physiological levels of circulating leptin during normal feeding. Therefore, changes in SOCS-3 mRNA levels in the ARC and DMN can be viewed as an indicator of relative physiological leptin signaling to the hypothalamus and also identify cells responding directly to leptin signaling through its cognate receptor.
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- D G Baskin
- Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, 98185, Seattle, WA, USA.
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Telford WG, Cox WG, Stiner D, Singer VL, Doty SB. Detection of endogenous alkaline phosphatase activity in intact cells by flow cytometry using the fluorogenic ELF-97 phosphatase substrate. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1999. [DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0320(19991201)37:4<314::aid-cyto9>3.0.co;2-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Cox WG, Singer VL. A high-resolution, fluorescence-based method for localization of endogenous alkaline phosphatase activity. J Histochem Cytochem 1999; 47:1443-56. [PMID: 10544217 DOI: 10.1177/002215549904701110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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We describe a high-resolution, fluorescence-based method for localizing endogenous alkaline phosphatase in tissues and cultured cells. This method utilizes ELF (Enzyme-Labeled Fluorescence)-97 phosphate, which yields an intensely fluorescent yellow-green precipitate at the site of enzymatic activity. We compared zebrafish intestine, ovary, and kidney cryosections stained for endogenous alkaline phosphatase using four histochemical techniques: ELF-97 phosphate, Gomori method, BCIP/NBT, and naphthol AS-MX phosphate coupled with Fast Blue BB (colored) and Fast Red TR (fluorescent) diazonium salts. Each method localized endogenous alkaline phosphatase to the same specific sample regions. However, we found that sections labeled using ELF-97 phosphate exhibited significantly better resolution than the other samples. The enzymatic product remained highly localized to the site of enzymatic activity, whereas signals generated using the other methods diffused. We found that the ELF-97 precipitate was more photostable than the Fast Red TR azo dye adduct. Using ELF-97 phosphate in cultured cells, we detected an intracellular activity that was only weakly labeled with the other methods, but co-localized with an antibody against alkaline phosphatase, suggesting that the ELF-97 phosphate provided greater sensitivity. Finally, we found that detecting endogenous alkaline phosphatase with ELF-97 phosphate was compatible with the use of antibodies and lectins. (J Histochem Cytochem 47:1443-1455, 1999)
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- W G Cox
- Molecular Probes, Inc., Eugene, Oregon 97402, USA
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Dyhrman, Palenik. Phosphate stress in cultures and field populations of the dinoflagellate prorocentrum minimum detected by a single-cell alkaline phosphatase assay. Appl Environ Microbiol 1999; 65:3205-12. [PMID: 10388722 PMCID: PMC91475 DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.7.3205-3212.1999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/1999] [Accepted: 04/19/1999] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Alkaline phosphatase activity is a common marker of phosphate stress in many phytoplankton, but it has been difficult to attribute alkaline phosphatase activity to specific organisms or groups of phytoplankton in the field with traditional biochemical procedures. A new alkaline phosphatase substrate, ELF-97 (enzyme-labeled fluorescence), shows promise in this regard. When a phosphate group is cleaved from the ELF-97 reagent, the remaining molecule precipitates near the site of enzyme activity, thus fluorescently tagging cells with alkaline phosphatase activity. We characterized ELF-97 labeling in axenic cultures of a common dinoflagellate, Prorocentrum minimum, in order to understand ELF-97 labeling dynamics when phosphate nutrition varies. Enzyme activity, as detected by ELF-97 labeling, appears to be induced in late-log- or early-stationary-phase cultures if cells are grown in low-phosphate media and is lost when phosphate-stressed cells are refed with phosphate. ELF-97 appears to label an inducible intracellular alkaline phosphatase in P. minimum based on confocal microscopy studies. This may limit the use of this reagent to organisms that lack high levels of constitutive intracellular phosphatases. After laboratory cultures were characterized, ELF-97 was used to assay field populations of P. minimum in Narragansett Bay during two 1-week periods, and 12 to 100% of the P. minimum cells were labeled. The level of cell labeling was reduced by 3 days of incubation with added inorganic phosphate. Our results indicate that ELF-97 is an excellent new tool for monitoring phytoplankton phosphate stress in the environment when the data are supported by appropriate laboratory studies.
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- Dyhrman
- Marine Biology Research Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0202, USA
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Jourquin G, Kauffmann JM. Fluorimetric determination of theophylline in serum by inhibition of bovine alkaline phosphatase in AOT based water/in oil microemulsion. J Pharm Biomed Anal 1998; 18:585-96. [PMID: 9919959 DOI: 10.1016/s0731-7085(98)00264-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Theophylline is an effective bronchodilatator used in the treatment of asthma which requires frequent control because of its narrow therapeutic index. Over the past decade much attention has been dedicated to the peculiar properties of the inner water pools of AOT (sodium 2-bishexyl-ethyl sulfosuccinate) microemulsions as enzyme microreactors, yet few analytical applications of the latter have been reported. We developed an original assay based on the uncompetitive inhibition by theophylline of the reaction catalyzed by alkaline phosphatase from bovine liver (E.C. 3.1.3.1) of the ELF-97 fluorogenic substrate in borate buffer 20 mM (pH 8.6)/AOT/iso-octane-ethyl acetate (95:5) at a temperature of 37 degrees C. Optimal activity of endogenous plasmatic alkaline phosphatase isoenzymes approximately pH 10.5, interfering activity of the serum are avoided. The assay is multiple point rate, monitoring the appearance of the photostable fluorescence emission of the reaction product (510-530 nm) out of the water pool. The influence of several parameters such as the amount of buffer (W(o)), the amount of alkaline phosphatase, sample volume (10-30 microl) [corrected], optimal run time (1-7 min) and the use of phosphorylating acceptor (2A2MP) are discussed. The method was compared to HPLC UV and TDx methods.
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- G Jourquin
- Pharmaceutical Institute, Free University of Brussels, Belgium.
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Hollinshead M, Sanderson J, Vaux DJ. Vector alkaline phophatase substrate Blue III: one substrate for brightfield histochemistry and high-resolution fluorescence imaging by confocal laser scanning microscopy. THE HISTOCHEMICAL JOURNAL 1998; 30:577-81. [PMID: 9792276 DOI: 10.1023/a:1003227032513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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A number of histochemical chromogenic substrates for alkaline phosphatase are commercially available and give reaction products with a range of colours for brightfield examination. Some of these reaction products are also fluorescent, exhibiting a wide excitation range and a broad emission peak. We report here that one of these substrates, Vector Blue III, yields a stable, strongly fluorescent reaction product with an excitation peak around 500 nm and a large Stokes shift to an emission peak at 680 nm. The reaction product can be excited using a mercury lamp with a fluorescein excitation filter or an argon ion laser at 488 nm or 568 nm, and the emission detected using a long-pass filter designed for Cy-5. Thus, a single substrate is suitable for brightfield imaging of tissue sections and high-resolution analysis of subcellular detail, using a confocal laser scanning microscope, in the same specimen.
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