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In Situ Hybridization

In Situ Hybridization. Localizing Genes and Gene Products in Tissues. Krista Todd Dept. of Biology, Neurobiology. Monitoring Nucleic Acids. DNA RNA Protein. Determine the chromosomal location of a gene FISH (Fluorescence in situ hybridization).

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In Situ Hybridization

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  1. In Situ Hybridization Localizing Genes and Gene Products in Tissues Krista Todd Dept. of Biology, Neurobiology

  2. Monitoring Nucleic Acids DNA RNA Protein • Determine the chromosomal location of a gene • FISH (Fluorescence in situ hybridization)

  3. F I S HFluorescence In Situ Hybridization S. Mewborn, U Chicago

  4. Monitoring Nucleic Acids DNA RNA Protein • Determine the chromosomal location of a gene • FISH (Fluorescence in situ hybridization) • Monitor amount an identity of currently translated RNAs • qRT-PCR, TRAP (translating ribosome affinity purification)

  5. T R A P(translating ribosome affinity purification) Cell November 2008

  6. Monitoring Nucleic Acids DNA RNA Protein • Determine the chromosomal location of a gene • FISH (Fluorescence in situ hybridization) • Monitor amount of currently translated RNAs • qRT-PCR, TRAP (translating ribosome affinity purification • Monitor mRNA amount, location and experimentally-induced changes/kinetics • Laser-capture micro-dissection/microscopy • Whole mount In situ hybridization

  7. In situ Hybridization Method of localizing, either mRNA within the cytoplasm or DNA within the chromosomes, by hybridizing the sequence of interest to a complimentary strand of a nucleotide probe. Creative Biolabs

  8. When/Why do in situ hybridizations • Distribution of protein and RNA are different • Protein transport, extracellular/secreted proteins • Different temporal changes in protein and RNA • Analysis of whole tissue might not be sensitive enough • Single cell sensitivity • RNA is not uniformly distributed in a cell • e.g. neurons: axon vs. soma vs. dendrite • No antibody available

  9. In situ Hybridization:Applications • Quantitative methods and Qualitative methods • in situ hybridization to metaphase chromosome spreads • RNA detection by in situ hybridization • Whole mount hybridization • In situ hybridization in electron microscopy • Valuable control for RNAi experiments

  10. Quantitative RNA analysis

  11. In situ Hybridization:Applications • Quantitative methods and Qualitative methods • in situ hybridization to metaphase chromosome spreads • RNA detection by in situ hybridization • Whole mount hybridization • In situ hybridization in electron microscopy • Valuable control for RNAi experiments

  12. Principle Methods:In Situ Hybridization for microscopy • Probes • Types • Labeling • Tissue Preparation • Probe Detection

  13. Probes • Oligonucleotides: • single stranded DNA (RNase resistant) • Short 20-50 bases (good tissue penetration) • Cover only part of the mRNA, but potentially highly specific • Single stranded DNA (200-600 bases) • Produced by Reverse transcription of RNA or primer amplified • Double stranded DNA • denaturation necessary • only one strand is specific • Less sensitive due to self hybridization • RNA • RNA-RNA hybrids are very stable and RNase resistant • Post hybridization digestion with RNase possible Hybrid Bond Strength RNA-RNA > RNA-DNA > DNA-DNA

  14. Probe Labeling • Non-radioactive • Biotin • Digoxigenin • Fluorophore

  15. Labeled nucleotides • Digoxigenin • Biotin • Fluorophore

  16. Probe Labeling • Non-radioactive • Biotin • Digoxigenin • Fluorophore • Radioactive Advantage: sensitivity Disadvantage: hazard, long exposure times S35; P33; P32;H3

  17. Comparison of Labels

  18. Probe labeling • Biochemical Synthesis with labeled nucleotides • Terminal Labeling: 3’ and 5’ ends • Nick translation • Random primed labeling • PCR • In vitro transcription

  19. 32P 5’OH 32P 5’OH DNA Terminal Labeling • 3’ terminals: tailing Deoxynucleotidyltransferase catalyzes repetitive addition of mononucleotides from a dNTP to the terminal 3’OH • 5’ terminals: T-4 polynucleotide kinase transfers the gamma-phosphate residue to the terminal 5’ phosphate group of a DNA molecule g32P-ATP & POLYNUCLEOTIDE KINASE

  20. DNA Probe Labeling • Nick translation: • DNaseI + DNA-polymerase + labeled dNTP 3’ 5’ 5’ 3’ 5’ 3’ 5’ 3’ 5’ 3’ 5’ 3’

  21. In vitro Transcription of RNA probe Antisense: Cut with EcoRI Use T-3 polymerase EcoRI T7 BamHI T3 Sense: Cut with BamHI Use T-7 polymerase

  22. Post-synthesis labeling Psoralen biotin

  23. Advantages of RNA probes: • RNA-RNA hybrids are very stable • Tissue can be digested with RNase (dsRNA is not digested) after the hybridization reducing the background • Higher specific activity compared to oligonucleotides • Strand-specific compared to dsDNA probes • Advantages of oligonucleotide probes: • Better tissue penetration • Multiple oligos can be mixed to enhance signal

  24. Tissue Procedures • Tissue Fixation • Permeabilization • Pre-Hybridization • Hybridization • Development and Visualization

  25. Tissue Preparation • Detergents: Triton, SDS (permeabilization) • Proteinase K (permeabilization) • Enzyme neutralization: H2O2 for peroxidase, levamisole for alkaline phosphatase • Acetylation: 0.25 % acetic anhydride in triethanolamine(neutralization of positive charges) • HCl (protein extraction and denaturation of target sequence)

  26. Effect of Fixation and Proteinase Digestion 4% paraformaldehyde 2.5 % glutaraldehyde 0.05% 0.02% 0.005% 0.002% Proteinase K Spinal Cord; probe PLP mRNA

  27. Standard hybridization buffer • Buffer: Tris or phosphate • 2xSSC: NaCl/sodium citrate: monovalent cations • Formamide: reduces thermal stability/TM • EDTA (1mM) chelator to remove divalent cations, which strongly stabilize DNA/RNA hybrids • Yeast tRNA (500 µg/ml): blocking agent • Dextran sulfate (10%) reduce free volume and therefore probe concentration

  28. Factors Influencing Hybridization • Temperature • Salt concentrations: Na+ • Organic solvents: e.g. formamide • Probe length • G/C content (<55-60%) • Volume (dextran sulfate)

  29. Melting Temperature of Nucleic Acids • TM = 81.5˚C+16.6(logM)+0.41(%GC)-500/n M = salt molarity / n=length of probe • Probe: • G/C content • Length of probe • Higher Stringency of washes: • Higher temperature • Lower salt concentration • Higher formamide concentration

  30. Signal Visualization • Radioactive: film/emulsion • Fluorescence • Enzymatic reaction: AP, HRP • Signal Amplification

  31. Multiplex mRNA detectionDave Kosman (Ethan Bier and Bill McGinnis labs, UC San Diego) http://superfly.ucsd.edu/%7Edavek/images/quad.html

  32. Non-radioactive Hybridization

  33. Tyramide Signal Amplification (TSA) Up to 100x signal amplification

  34. RNAscope amplification

  35. RNAscope amplification

  36. Controls • Specificity of probe • Sequence analysis • Testing by Northern blot • Negative controls: • RNase treatment pre-hybridization • Addition of an excess of unlabeled probe • Hybridization with sense probe • Tissue known not to express the gene of interest • Positive Controls: • Comparison with protein product • Comparison to probes hybridizing to different part of the same mRNA • Tissue known to express the gene of interest • Poly dT probe or housekeeping gene to check RNA integrity

  37. Quantification • Measurement of relative RNA amounts: • Assumption: signal intensity is proportional to the amount of cellular RNA, labeling is within the linear range of the emulsion and quantification system • Difficulties: • Comparison of different probes • Comparison of different runs • Influences of storage, temperature, probe concentration, tissue thickness, emulsion thickness, development times • Cellular Level: • Density measurements • Count silver grains • Tissue Level:densitometry on x-ray film

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