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Huang Y, Li S, Bhethanabotla V. Combining plasmon-enhanced fluorescence with Rayleigh surface acoustic waves to quantify Carcinoembryonic Antigen from human plasma. Biosens Bioelectron 2023; 219:114822. [PMID: 36279823 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2022.114822] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2022] [Revised: 08/01/2022] [Accepted: 10/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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To improve the direct quantification of Carcinoembryonic Antigen (CEA) from body fluids by immunofluorescence, a surface acoustic wave (SAW) based biosensor was developed combined with an optimized silver nanostructure at the sensing region. Fluorescence signal amplification is achieved by patterning silver nanostructures using the rapid thermal annealing (RTA) method. In addition, the problem of background noise interference from nonspecific binding in human plasma is addressed by Rayleigh wave streaming at the immunoassay region, which shows a reduction in the limit of detection. The results show that the silver nanostructures significantly increase the sensor sensitivity by 49.99-fold and lower the limit of detection of CEA in phosphate buffered saline (PBS) solution to 101.94 pg/mL. The limit of detection of CEA biomarker in human plasma was successfully brought down to 11.81 ng/mL by reducing background noise using Rayleigh SAW streaming. This allows for a point-of-need sensor system to be realized in various clinical biosensing applications.
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- Yuqi Huang
- Department of Chemical, Biological, and Materials Engineering, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, 33620, USA
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- Department of Chemical, Biological, and Materials Engineering, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, 33620, USA
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- Department of Chemical, Biological, and Materials Engineering, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, 33620, USA.
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Menguy S, Prochazkova-Carlotti M, Azzi-Martin L, Ferté T, Bresson-Bepoldin L, Rey C, Vergier B, Merlio JP, Beylot-Barry M, Pham-Ledard A. Proliferative Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes' Abundance within the Microenvironment Impacts Clinical Outcome in Cutaneous B-Cell Lymphomas. J Invest Dermatol 2023; 143:124-133.e3. [PMID: 35970476 DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2022.06.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2021] [Revised: 05/29/2022] [Accepted: 06/15/2022] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
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Primary cutaneous large B-cell lymphoma, leg-type (PCLBCL-LT) is the most aggressive primary cutaneous B-cell lymphoma (PCBCL). Tumor microenvironment has a crucial role in tumor development, and tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) can be targeted by immunotherapies. We characterized TILs in 20 PCBCLs to identify the tumor microenvironment features associated with clinical outcomes. We developed a seven‒multiplex immunofluorescence panel using Opal staining and image analysis using HALO software. In PCLBCL-LT, TILs were sparsely intermingled within tumor infiltrate in contrast to those in indolent PCBCL where TILs were scattered around tumor nodule edges with variable tumor infiltration. In PCLBCL-LT, TILs were composed of CD8 and CD4, whereas CD4 was predominant in indolent PCBCL. Proliferative TILs (CD3+Ki-67+ cells) were more abundant in PCLBCL-LT (P = 0.0036) than in indolent PCBCL. In PCLBCL-LT, proliferative TILs' abundance tended to be associated with better progression-free survival. These data were confirmed in a second independent cohort of 23 cases showing that proliferative TILs were more abundant in PCLBCL-LT (P = 0.0205) and that in PCLBCL-LT, high CD3+Ki-67+ cell density was associated with better progression-free survival (P = 0.002). These distinct TILs composition and distribution among PCBCL suggest that proliferative T lymphocytes represent a good prognostic factor in PCLBCL-LT and that stimulating their functions may represent a therapeutic approach.
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- Sarah Menguy
- INSERM U1312, Bordeaux Institute of Oncology, Translational Research on Oncodermatology and Rare Skin Diseases, Bordeaux University, Bordeaux, France; Pathology Department, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- INSERM U1312, Bordeaux Institute of Oncology, Translational Research on Oncodermatology and Rare Skin Diseases, Bordeaux University, Bordeaux, France
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- INSERM U1312, Bordeaux Institute of Oncology, Translational Research on Oncodermatology and Rare Skin Diseases, Bordeaux University, Bordeaux, France
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- Department of Public Health, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- INSERM U1312, Bordeaux Institute of Oncology, Translational Research on Oncodermatology and Rare Skin Diseases, Bordeaux University, Bordeaux, France
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- INSERM U1312, Bordeaux Institute of Oncology, Translational Research on Oncodermatology and Rare Skin Diseases, Bordeaux University, Bordeaux, France; Pathology Department, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- INSERM U1312, Bordeaux Institute of Oncology, Translational Research on Oncodermatology and Rare Skin Diseases, Bordeaux University, Bordeaux, France; Tumor Biology and Tumor Bank Department, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- INSERM U1312, Bordeaux Institute of Oncology, Translational Research on Oncodermatology and Rare Skin Diseases, Bordeaux University, Bordeaux, France; Dermatology Department, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- INSERM U1312, Bordeaux Institute of Oncology, Translational Research on Oncodermatology and Rare Skin Diseases, Bordeaux University, Bordeaux, France; Dermatology Department, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France.
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Fluorochromized tyramide-glucose oxidase as a multiplex fluorescent tyramide signal amplification system for histochemical analysis. Sci Rep 2022; 12:14807. [PMID: 36097273 PMCID: PMC9468149 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-19085-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2022] [Accepted: 08/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Tyramide signal amplification (TSA) is a highly sensitive method for histochemical analysis. Previously, we reported a TSA system, biotinyl tyramine-glucose oxidase (BT-GO), for bright-filed imaging. Here, we develop fluorochromized tyramide-glucose oxidase (FT-GO) as a multiplex fluorescent TSA system. FT-GO involves peroxidase-catalyzed deposition of fluorochromized tyramide (FT) with hydrogen peroxide produced by enzymatic reaction between glucose and glucose oxidase. We showed that FT-GO enhanced immunofluorescence signals while maintaining low background signals. Compared with indirect immunofluorescence detections, FT-GO demonstrated a more widespread distribution of monoaminergic projection systems in mouse and marmoset brains. For multiplex labeling with FT-GO, we quenched antibody-conjugated peroxidase using sodium azide. We applied FT-GO to multiplex fluorescent in situ hybridization, and succeeded in labeling neocortical interneuron subtypes by coupling with immunofluorescence. FT-GO immunofluorescence further increased the detectability of an adeno-associated virus tracer. Given its simplicity and a staining with a high signal-to-noise ratio, FT-GO would provide a versatile platform for histochemical analysis.
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Oh J, Wilson M, Hill K, Leftley N, Hodgman C, Bennett MJ, Swarup R. Arabidopsis antibody resources for functional studies in plants. Sci Rep 2020; 10:21945. [PMID: 33319797 PMCID: PMC7738516 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-78689-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2020] [Accepted: 11/20/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Here we report creation of a unique and a very valuable resource for Plant Scientific community worldwide. In this era of post-genomics and modelling of multi-cellular systems using an integrative systems biology approach, better understanding of protein localization at sub-cellular, cellular and tissue levels is likely to result in better understanding of their function and role in cell and tissue dynamics, protein–protein interactions and protein regulatory networks. We have raised 94 antibodies against key Arabidopsis root proteins, using either small peptides or recombinant proteins. The success rate with the peptide antibodies was very low. We show that affinity purification of antibodies massively improved the detection rate. Of 70 protein antibodies, 38 (55%) antibodies could detect a signal with high confidence and 22 of these antibodies are of immunocytochemistry grade. The targets include key proteins involved in hormone synthesis, transport and perception, membrane trafficking related proteins and several sub cellular marker proteins. These antibodies are available from the Nottingham Arabidopsis Stock Centre.
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- Jaesung Oh
- School of Biosciences and Centre for Plant Integrative Biology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.,Plasma Technology Research Center, National Fusion Research Institute, Gunsan, Jeollabuk-do, 573-540, Republic of Korea
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- School of Biosciences and Centre for Plant Integrative Biology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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- School of Biosciences and Centre for Plant Integrative Biology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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- School of Biosciences and Centre for Plant Integrative Biology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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- School of Biosciences and Centre for Plant Integrative Biology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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- School of Biosciences and Centre for Plant Integrative Biology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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- School of Biosciences and Centre for Plant Integrative Biology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.
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Ehrenberg AJ, Morales DO, Piergies AMH, Li SH, Tejedor JS, Mladinov M, Mulder J, Grinberg LT. A manual multiplex immunofluorescence method for investigating neurodegenerative diseases. J Neurosci Methods 2020; 339:108708. [PMID: 32243897 PMCID: PMC7269157 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2020.108708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2019] [Revised: 03/19/2020] [Accepted: 03/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Neurodegenerative diseases feature stereotypical deposits of protein aggregates that selectively accumulate in vulnerable cells. The ability to simultaneously localize multiple targets in situ is critical to facilitate discovery and validation of pathogenic molecular pathways. Immunostaining methods enable in situ detection of specific targets. Effective stripping of antibodies, allowing successive rounds of staining while maintaining tissue adhesion and antigen integrity, is the main roadblock for enabling multiplex immunostaining in standard labs. Furthermore, stripping techniques require antibody-specific optimization, validation, and quality control steps. NEW METHOD Aiming to create protocols for multiplex localization of neurodegenerative-related processes, without the need for specialized equipment, we evaluated several antibody stripping techniques. We also recommend quality control steps to validate stripping efficacy and ameliorate concerns of cross-reactivity and false positives based on extensive testing. RESULTS A protocol using β-mercaptoethanol and SDS consistently enables reliable antibody stripping across multiple rounds of staining and minimizes the odds of cross-reactivity while preserving tissue adhesion and antigen integrity in human postmortem tissue. COMPARISON WITH EXISTING METHODS Our proposed method is optimal for standard lab settings and shows consistent efficacy despite the intricacies of suboptimal human postmortem tissue and the need to strip markers bound to highly aggregated proteins. Additionally, it incorporates quality control steps to validate antibody stripping. CONCLUSIONS Multiplex immunofluorescence methods for studying neurodegenerative diseases in human postmortem tissue are feasible even in standard laboratories. Nevertheless, evaluation of stripping parameters during optimization and validation phases of experiments is prudent.
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- Alexander J Ehrenberg
- University of California, San Francisco, Memory and Aging Center, Weill Institute for Neurosciences; San Francisco, CA, USA; University of California, Berkeley, Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute; Berkeley, CA, USA; University of California, Berkeley, Dept. of Integrative Biology; Berkeley, CA, USA
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- University of California, San Francisco, Memory and Aging Center, Weill Institute for Neurosciences; San Francisco, CA, USA
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- University of California, San Francisco, Memory and Aging Center, Weill Institute for Neurosciences; San Francisco, CA, USA
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- University of California, San Francisco, Memory and Aging Center, Weill Institute for Neurosciences; San Francisco, CA, USA
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- University of California, San Francisco, Memory and Aging Center, Weill Institute for Neurosciences; San Francisco, CA, USA; Karolinska Instituet, Department of Neuroscience, Stockholm, Sweden
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- University of California, San Francisco, Memory and Aging Center, Weill Institute for Neurosciences; San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Karolinska Instituet, Department of Neuroscience, Stockholm, Sweden
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- University of California, San Francisco, Memory and Aging Center, Weill Institute for Neurosciences; San Francisco, CA, USA; University of São Paulo School of Medicine, São Paulo, Brazil; University of California, San Francisco, Global Brain Health Institute; San Francisco, CA, USA.
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Multiplex immunofluorescence staining and image analysis assay for diffuse large B cell lymphoma. J Immunol Methods 2020; 478:112714. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jim.2019.112714] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2019] [Revised: 10/23/2019] [Accepted: 11/25/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Mori T, Katayama Y. Signal amplification in flow cytometry for cell surface antigen analysis. J Biochem 2019; 166:205-212. [PMID: 31251348 DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvz052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2019] [Accepted: 06/25/2019] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Signal enhancing systems have been introduced to enable detection of cell surface antigens by flow cytometry. Cell surface antigens are important targets that describe the function and lineage of cells. Although flow cytometry is an effective tool for analysing cell surface antigens, this technique has poor sensitivity, which prohibits the detection of many important antigens on cell membranes. Thus, signal amplification is essential for developing practical tools for evaluating cell surface antigens by flow cytometry. Using a bright fluorophore or fluorescent polymer incorporated into antibodies is a straightforward strategy to improve flow cytometry sensitivity but may affect the functional characteristics of the labelled antibody. In contrast, enzymatic signal amplification is a more practical and efficient strategy to improve sensitivity that should not affect antibody activity. Although enzymatic signal amplification still has a number of drawbacks, this approach is a promising strategy to analyse cell surface antigens.
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- Takeshi Mori
- Faculty of Engineering, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Kyushu University, 744 Moto-oka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Faculty of Engineering, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Kyushu University, 744 Moto-oka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, Japan
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Salyer ACD, David SA. Transcriptomal signatures of vaccine adjuvants and accessory immunostimulation of sentinel cells by toll-like receptor 2/6 agonists. Hum Vaccin Immunother 2018; 14:1686-1696. [PMID: 29852079 PMCID: PMC6067887 DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2018.1480284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2017] [Revised: 05/09/2018] [Accepted: 05/21/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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An important component of vaccine development is the identification of safe and effective adjuvants. We sought to identify transcriptomal signatures of innate immune stimulating molecules using next-generation RNA sequencing with the goal of being able to utilize such signatures in identifying novel immunostimulatory compounds with adjuvant activity. The CC family of chemokines, particularly CC chemokines 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 17, 18, 20, and 23, were broadly upregulated by most Toll-like receptor (TLR) and nucleotide-binding domain and leucine-rich repeat-containing receptors (NLR) stimuli. Extracellular receptors such as TLR2, TLR4 and TLR5 induced the transcription of CXC chemokines including CXCL5, CXCL6 and CXCL8, whereas intracellular receptors such as TLR7 and TLR8 upregulated CXC chemokines 11 and 12. Both TLR1/2 and TLR2/6 agonists induced strong chemokine production in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells. Human skeletal muscle cells and fibroblasts respond with chemokine production only to TLR2/6 agonists, but not TLR1/2 agonists, consistent with strong expression of TLR2 and TLR6, but not of TLR1, in fibroblasts. TLR2/6 stimulated fibroblasts demonstrated functional chemotactic responses to human T cell and natural killer cells subsets. The activation of non-hematopoietic, adventitial cells such as fibroblasts and myocytes may contribute.
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- Alex C. D. Salyer
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
- Center for Immunology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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Sato S, Tsushima M, Nakamura H. Target-protein-selective inactivation and labelling using an oxidative catalyst. Org Biomol Chem 2018; 16:6168-6179. [DOI: 10.1039/c8ob01484a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Reactive oxygen species (ROS) and radical species generated by oxidative single-electron transfer (SET) catalysts induce local environmental oxidative reactions, resulting in protein inactivation and labelling in proximity to the catalysts.
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- Shinichi Sato
- Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science
- Institute of Innovative Research
- Tokyo Institute of Technology
- Yokohama
- Japan
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- Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science
- Institute of Innovative Research
- Tokyo Institute of Technology
- Yokohama
- Japan
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- Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science
- Institute of Innovative Research
- Tokyo Institute of Technology
- Yokohama
- Japan
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Sokabe T, Chen HC, Luo J, Montell C. A Switch in Thermal Preference in Drosophila Larvae Depends on Multiple Rhodopsins. Cell Rep 2017; 17:336-344. [PMID: 27705783 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2016.09.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2015] [Revised: 07/18/2016] [Accepted: 09/08/2016] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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Drosophila third-instar larvae exhibit changes in their behavioral responses to gravity and food as they transition from feeding to wandering stages. Using a thermal gradient encompassing the comfortable range (18°C to 28°C), we found that third-instar larvae exhibit a dramatic shift in thermal preference. Early third-instar larvae prefer 24°C, which switches to increasingly stronger biases for 18°C-19°C in mid- and late-third-instar larvae. Mutations eliminating either of two rhodopsins, Rh5 and Rh6, wiped out these age-dependent changes in thermal preference. In larvae, Rh5 and Rh6 are thought to function exclusively in the light-sensing Bolwig organ. However, the Bolwig organ was dispensable for the thermal preference. Rather, Rh5 and Rh6 were required in trpA1-expressing neurons in the brain, ventral nerve cord, and body wall. Because Rh1 contributes to thermal selection in the comfortable range during the early to mid-third-instar stage, fine thermal discrimination depends on multiple rhodopsins.
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- Takaaki Sokabe
- Neuroscience Research Institute and Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
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- Neuroscience Research Institute and Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
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- Neuroscience Research Institute and Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA; Department of Biological Chemistry, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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- Neuroscience Research Institute and Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA.
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Haley NJ, Richt JA. Evolution of Diagnostic Tests for Chronic Wasting Disease, a Naturally Occurring Prion Disease of Cervids. Pathogens 2017; 6:pathogens6030035. [PMID: 28783058 PMCID: PMC5617992 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens6030035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2017] [Revised: 07/29/2017] [Accepted: 08/01/2017] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Since chronic wasting disease (CWD) was first identified nearly 50 years ago in a captive mule deer herd in the Rocky Mountains of the United States, it has slowly spread across North America through the natural and anthropogenic movement of cervids and their carcasses. As the endemic areas have expanded, so has the need for rapid, sensitive, and cost effective diagnostic tests—especially those which take advantage of samples collected antemortem. Over the past two decades, strategies have evolved from the recognition of microscopic spongiform pathology and associated immunohistochemical staining of the misfolded prion protein to enzyme-linked immunoassays capable of detecting the abnormal prion conformer in postmortem samples. In a history that parallels the diagnosis of more conventional infectious agents, both qualitative and real-time amplification assays have recently been developed to detect minute quantities of misfolded prions in a range of biological and environmental samples. With these more sensitive and semi-quantitative approaches has come a greater understanding of the pathogenesis and epidemiology of this disease in the native host. Because the molecular pathogenesis of prion protein misfolding is broadly analogous to the misfolding of other pathogenic proteins, including Aβ and α-synuclein, efforts are currently underway to apply these in vitro amplification techniques towards the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, and other proteinopathies. Chronic wasting disease—once a rare disease of Colorado mule deer—now represents one of the most prevalent prion diseases, and should serve as a model for the continued development and implementation of novel diagnostic strategies for protein misfolding disorders in the natural host.
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- Nicholas J Haley
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine, Midwestern University, Glendale, AZ 85308, USA.
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University (KSU), Manhattan, KS 66506, USA.
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Newly developed tissue clearing techniques can be used to render intact tissues transparent. When combined with fluorescent labeling technologies and optical sectioning microscopy, this allows visualization of fine structure in three dimensions. Gene-transfection techniques have proved very useful in visualizing cellular structures in animal models, but they are not applicable to human brain tissue. Here, we discuss the characteristics of an ideal chemical fluorescent probe for use in brain and other cleared tissues, and offer a comprehensive overview of currently available chemical probes. We describe their working principles and compare their performance with the goal of simplifying probe selection for neuropathologists and stimulating probe development by chemists. We propose several approaches for the development of innovative chemical labeling methods which, when combined with tissue clearing, have the potential to revolutionize how we study the structure and function of the human brain.
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- Hei Ming Lai
- School of Biomedical Sciences, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, China; Neuropathology Unit, Division of Brain Sciences, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London W12 0NN, UK.
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- Chemistry Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3TA, UK
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- Neuropathology Unit, Division of Brain Sciences, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London W12 0NN, UK.
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, China; State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, China; Research Center of Reproduction, Development and Growth, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, China; Joint Laboratory of Jinan University and The University of Hong Kong, GHM Institute of CNS Regeneration, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China.
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Covalently deposited dyes: a new chromogen paradigm that facilitates analysis of multiple biomarkers in situ. J Transl Med 2017; 97:104-113. [PMID: 27869794 DOI: 10.1038/labinvest.2016.115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2016] [Revised: 09/06/2016] [Accepted: 10/03/2016] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Multiplexed analysis of multiple biomarkers in a tissue sample requires use of reporter dyes with specific spectral properties that enable discrimination of signals. Conventional chromogens with broad absorbance spectra, widely used in immunohistochemistry (IHC), offer limited utility for multiplexed detection. Many dyes with narrow absorbance spectra, eg rhodamines, fluoresceins, and cyanines, potentially useful for multiplexed detection are well-characterized; however, generation of a chromogenic reagent useful for IHC analysis has not been demonstrated. Studies reported herein demonstrate utility of tyramine-chemistry for synthesis of a wide variety of new chromogenic dye conjugates useful for multiplexed in situ analysis using conventional light microscopes. The dyes, useful individually or in blends to generate new colors, provide signal sensitivity and dynamic range similar to conventional DAB chromogen, while enabling analysis of co-localized biomarkers. It is anticipated that this new paradigm will enable generation of a wide variety of new chromogens, useful for both research and clinical biomarker analysis that will benefit clinicians and patients.
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Mansfield JR. Phenotyping Multiple Subsets of Immune Cells In Situ in FFPE Tissue Sections: An Overview of Methodologies. Methods Mol Biol 2017; 1546:75-99. [PMID: 27896758 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-6730-8_5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The recent clinical success of new cancer immunotherapy agents and methods is driving the need to understand the role of immune cells in solid tissues, especially tumors. Immune cell phenotyping via flow cytometry, while a cornerstone of immunology, is not spatially resolved and cannot analyze immune cell subsets in situ in clinical biopsy sections or to determine their interrelationships. To address this problem, a number of methodologies have been developed in attempts to phenotype immune and other cells in images acquired from tissue sections and to assess their organization in the tumor and its microenvironment. This chapter review the staining and multiplex image analysis methods that have been developed for phenotyping immune and other cells in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue sections.
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Kim MI, Kim MS, Woo MA, Ye Y, Kang KS, Lee J, Park HG. Highly efficient colorimetric detection of target cancer cells utilizing superior catalytic activity of graphene oxide-magnetic-platinum nanohybrids. NANOSCALE 2014; 6:1529-1536. [PMID: 24322602 DOI: 10.1039/c3nr05539f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs) have most widely been applied in immunoassays for several decades. However, several unavoidable limitations (e.g., instability caused by structural unfolding) of natural enzymes have hindered their widespread applications. Here, we describe a new nanohybrid consisting of Fe₃O₄ magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) and platinum nanoparticles (Pt NPs), simultaneously immobilized on the surface of graphene oxide (GO). By synergistically integrating highly catalytically active Pt NPs and MNPs on GO whose frameworks possess high substrate affinity, the nanohybrid is able to achieve up to a 30-fold higher maximal reaction velocity (V(max)) compared to that of free GO for the colorimetric reaction of the peroxidase substrate, 3,3',5,5'-tetramethylbenzidine (TMB), and enable rapid detection of target cancer cells. Specifically, using this new assay system, clinically important breast cancer cells are detected in a 5 min time period at room temperature with high specificity and sensitivity. The remarkably high capability to catalyze oxidation reactions could allow the nanohybrid to replace conventional peroxidase-based immunoassay systems as part of new, rapid, robust and convenient assay systems which can be widely utilized for the identification of important target molecules.
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- Moon Il Kim
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (BK21+ Program), KAIST, Daejeon, 305-701, Republic of Korea.
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Zhao C, Eisinger B, Gammie SC. Characterization of GABAergic neurons in the mouse lateral septum: a double fluorescence in situ hybridization and immunohistochemical study using tyramide signal amplification. PLoS One 2013; 8:e73750. [PMID: 23967349 PMCID: PMC3742568 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0073750] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2013] [Accepted: 07/26/2013] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) neurotransmission in the lateral septum (LS) is implicated in modulating various behavioral processes, including emotional reactivity and maternal behavior. However, identifying the phenotype of GABAergic neurons in the CNS has been hampered by the longstanding inability to reliably detect somal immunoreactivity for GABA or glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD), the enzyme that produces GABA. In this study, we designed unique probes for both GAD65 (GAD2) and GAD67 (GAD1), and used fluorescence in Situ hybridization (FISH) with tyramide signal amplification (TSA) to achieve unequivocal detection of cell bodies of GABAergic neurons by GAD mRNAs. We quantitatively characterized the expression and chemical phenotype of GABAergic neurons across each subdivision of LS and in cingulate cortex (Cg) and medial preoptic area (MPOA) in female mice. Across LS, almost all GAD65 mRNA-expressing neurons were found to contain GAD67 mRNA (approximately 95-98%), while a small proportion of GAD67 mRNA-containing neurons did not express GAD65 mRNA (5-14%). Using the neuronal marker NeuN, almost every neuron in LS (> 90%) was also found to be GABA-positive. Interneuron markers using calcium-binding proteins showed that LS GABAergic neurons displayed immunoreactivity for calbindin (CB) or calretinin (CR), but not parvalbumin (PV); almost all CB- or CR-immunoreactive neurons (98-100%) were GABAergic. The proportion of GABAergic neurons immunoreactive for CB or CR varied depending on the subdivisions examined, with the highest percentage of colocalization in the caudal intermediate LS (LSI) (approximately 58% for CB and 35% for CR). These findings suggest that the vast majority of GABAergic neurons within the LS have the potential for synthesizing GABA via the dual enzyme systems GAD65 and GAD67, and each subtype of GABAergic neurons identified by distinct calcium-binding proteins may exert unique roles in the physiological function and neuronal circuitry of the LS.
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- Changjiu Zhao
- Department of Zoology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
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Woo MA, Kim MI, Jung JH, Park KS, Seo TS, Park HG. A novel colorimetric immunoassay utilizing the peroxidase mimicking activity of magnetic nanoparticles. Int J Mol Sci 2013; 14:9999-10014. [PMID: 23665902 PMCID: PMC3676825 DOI: 10.3390/ijms14059999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2013] [Revised: 04/28/2013] [Accepted: 05/06/2013] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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A simple colorimetric immunoassay system, based on the peroxidase mimicking activity of Fe3O4 magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs), has been developed to detect clinically important antigenic molecules. MNPs with ca. 10 nm in diameter were synthesized and conjugated with specific antibodies against target molecules, such as rotaviruses and breast cancer cells. Conjugation of the MNPs with antibodies (MNP-Abs) enabled specific recognition of the corresponding target antigenic molecules through the generation of color signals arising from the colorimetric reaction between the selected peroxidase substrate, 3,3',5,5'-tetramethylbenzidine (TMB) and H2O2. Based on the MNP-promoted colorimetric reaction, the target molecules were detected and quantified by measuring absorbance intensities corresponding to the oxidized form of TMB. Owing to the higher stabilities and economic feasibilities of MNPs as compared to horseradish peroxidase (HRP), the new colorimetric system employing MNP-Abs has the potential of serving as a potent immunoassay that should substitute for conventional HRP-based immunoassays. The strategy employed to develop the new methodology has the potential of being extended to the construction of simple diagnostic systems for a variety of biomolecules related to human cancers and infectious diseases, particularly in the realm of point-of-care applications.
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- Min-Ah Woo
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (BK21 Program), KAIST, 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-701, Korea.
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Lavrov SA, Shatskikh AS, Kibanov MV, Gvozdev VA. Correlation between cellular level of gene transcriptional silencing and heterochromatin compartment dragging in case of PEV-producing eu-heterochromatin rearrangement in Drosophila melanogaster. Mol Biol 2013. [DOI: 10.1134/s0026893313020088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Developmental genetics of secretory vesicle acidification during Caenorhabditis elegans spermatogenesis. Genetics 2012; 191:477-91. [PMID: 22446317 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.112.139618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Secretory vesicles are used during spermatogenesis to deliver proteins to the cell surface. In Caenorhabditis elegans, secretory membranous organelles (MO) fuse with the plasma membrane to transform spermatids into fertilization-competent spermatozoa. We show that, like the acrosomal vesicle of mammalian sperm, MOs undergo acidification during development. Treatment of spermatids with the V-ATPase inhibitor bafilomycin blocks both MO acidification and formation of functional spermatozoa. There are several spermatogenesis-defective mutants that cause defects in MO morphogenesis, including spe-5. We determined that spe-5, which is on chromosome I, encodes one of two V-ATPase B paralogous subunits. The spe-5 null mutant is viable but sterile because it forms arrested, multi-nucleate spermatocytes. Immunofluorescence with a SPE-5-specific monoclonal antibody shows that SPE-5 expression begins in spermatocytes and is found in all subsequent stages of spermatogenesis. Most SPE-5 is discarded into the residual body during spermatid budding, but a small amount remains in budded spermatids where it localizes to MOs as a discrete dot. The other V-ATPase B subunit is encoded by vha-12, which is located on the X chromosome. Usually, spe-5 mutants are self-sterile in a wild-type vha-12 background. However, an extrachromosomal transgene containing wild-type vha-12 driven by its own promoter allows spe-5 mutant hermaphrodites to produce progeny, indicating that VHA-12 can at least partially substitute for SPE-5. Others have shown that the X chromosome is transcriptionally silent in the male germline, so expression of the autosomally located spe-5 gene ensures that a V-ATPase B subunit is present during spermatogenesis.
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Takahashi H, Ruiz P, Ricordi C, Delacruz V, Miki A, Mita A, Misawa R, Barker S, Burke GW, Tzakis AG, Ichii H. Quantitative in situ analysis of FoxP3+ T regulatory cells on transplant tissue using laser scanning cytometry. Cell Transplant 2011; 21:113-25. [PMID: 21929847 DOI: 10.3727/096368911x586747] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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There is abundant evidence that immune cells infiltrating into a transplanted organ play a critical role for destructive inflammatory or regulatory immune reactions. Quantitative in situ analysis (i.e., in tissue sections) of immune cells remains challenging due to a lack of objective methodology. Laser scanning cytometry (LSC) is an imaging-based methodology that performs quantitative measurements on fluorescently and/ or chromatically stained tissue or cellular specimens at a single-cell level. In this study, we have developed a novel objective method for analysis of immune cells, including Foxp3(+) T regulatory cells (Tregs), on formalin-fixed /paraffin-embedded (FFPE) transplant biopsy sections using iCys® Research Imaging Cytometer. The development of multiple immunofluorescent staining was established using FFPE human tonsil sample. The CD4/CD8 ratio and the population of Tregs among CD4(+) cells were analyzed using iCys and compared with the results from conventional flow cytometry analysis (FCM). Our multiple immunofluorescent staining techniques allow obtaining clear staining on FFPE sections. The CD4/CD8 ratio analyzed by iCys was concordant with those obtained by FCM. This method was also applicable for liver, small intestine, kidney, pancreas, and heart transplant biopsy sections and provide an objective quantification of Tregs within the grafts.
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- Hidenori Takahashi
- Miami Transplant Institute, University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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Wilhelm S, Rosenau F, Kolmar H, Jaeger KE. Autotransporters with GDSL Passenger Domains: Molecular Physiology and Biotechnological Applications. Chembiochem 2011; 12:1476-85. [DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201100013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2011] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Clutter MR, Heffner GC, Krutzik PO, Sachen KL, Nolan GP. Tyramide signal amplification for analysis of kinase activity by intracellular flow cytometry. Cytometry A 2011; 77:1020-31. [PMID: 20824632 DOI: 10.1002/cyto.a.20970] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Intracellular flow cytometry permits quantitation of diverse molecular targets at the single-cell level. However, limitations in detection sensitivity inherently restrict the method, sometimes resulting in the inability to measure proteins of very low abundance or to differentiate cells expressing subtly different protein concentrations. To improve these measurements, an enzymatic amplification approach called tyramide signal amplification (TSA) was optimized for assessment of intracellular kinase cascades. First, Pacific Blue, Pacific Orange, and Alexa Fluor 488 tyramide reporters were shown to exhibit low nonspecific binding in permeabilized cells. Next, the effects of antibody concentration, tyramide concentration, and reaction time on assay resolution were characterized. Use of optimized TSA resulted in a 10-fold or greater improvement in measurement resolution of endogenous Erk and Stat cell signaling pathways relative to standard, nonamplified detection. TSA also enhanced assay sensitivity and, in conjunction with fluorescent cell barcoding, improved assay performance according to a metric used to evaluate high-throughput drug screens. TSA was used to profile Stat1 phosphorylation in primary immune system cells, which revealed heterogeneity in various populations, including CD4+ FoxP3+ regulatory T cells. We anticipate the approach will be broadly applicable to intracellular flow cytometry assays with low signal-to-noise ratios.
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- Matthew R Clutter
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Baxter Laboratory for Stem Cell Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
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Kwan DH, Chen H, Ratananikom K, Hancock SM, Watanabe Y, Kongsaeree PT, Samuels AL, Withers SG. Self‐Immobilizing Fluorogenic Imaging Agents of Enzyme Activity. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2010. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201005705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- David H. Kwan
- Departments of Chemistry and Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z1 (Canada), Fax: (+1) 604‐822‐8869
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- Departments of Chemistry and Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z1 (Canada), Fax: (+1) 604‐822‐8869
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- Departments of Chemistry and Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z1 (Canada), Fax: (+1) 604‐822‐8869
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- Departments of Chemistry and Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z1 (Canada), Fax: (+1) 604‐822‐8869
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- Departments of Chemistry and Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z1 (Canada), Fax: (+1) 604‐822‐8869
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- Departments of Chemistry and Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z1 (Canada), Fax: (+1) 604‐822‐8869
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Kwan DH, Chen H, Ratananikom K, Hancock SM, Watanabe Y, Kongsaeree PT, Samuels AL, Withers SG. Self‐Immobilizing Fluorogenic Imaging Agents of Enzyme Activity. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2010; 50:300-3. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201005705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- David H. Kwan
- Departments of Chemistry and Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z1 (Canada), Fax: (+1) 604‐822‐8869
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- Departments of Chemistry and Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z1 (Canada), Fax: (+1) 604‐822‐8869
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- Departments of Chemistry and Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z1 (Canada), Fax: (+1) 604‐822‐8869
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- Departments of Chemistry and Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z1 (Canada), Fax: (+1) 604‐822‐8869
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- Departments of Chemistry and Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z1 (Canada), Fax: (+1) 604‐822‐8869
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- Departments of Chemistry and Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z1 (Canada), Fax: (+1) 604‐822‐8869
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Wu S, Jin L, Vence L, Radvanyi LG. Development and application of 'phosphoflow' as a tool for immunomonitoring. Expert Rev Vaccines 2010; 9:631-43. [PMID: 20518718 DOI: 10.1586/erv.10.59] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Flow cytometry has revolutionized our ability to monitor immune responses by allowing us to simultaneously track a variety of cell surface and intracellular markers in discrete cell subsets in a highly sensitive and reproducible manner. This is especially critical in this new era of vaccinology trying to tackle the growing problems of chronic viral infections and cancer that not only evade host immune responses, but can negatively manipulate vaccine-induced immune responses. Thus, understanding how lymphocyte signaling is altered under normal and pathological conditions has become more critical. Over the last decade, a new flow cytometry technology called 'phosphoflow' (also sometimes called 'phosflow'), is rapidly developing for tracking multiple intracellular signaling molecules in the immune system at a single-cell level. Antibodies and reagents for tracking both tyrosine-phosphorylated and serine/threonine-phosphorylated signaling intermediaries in key immune signaling pathways have been developed, and phosphoflow is now starting to be applied to a wide variety of both preclinical and clinical studies on lymphocyte responses, as well as the functioning of cancer cells and virally infected cells. Here, we review the development of phosphoflow technology, its modern applications in the field of immunomonitoring and its current limitations. We then provide a perspective on the future of phosphoflow and a vision of how it can be applied to emerging critical questions in human vaccinology and public health.
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- Sheng Wu
- Department of Melanoma Medical Oncology, The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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Detection of endogenous and immuno-bound peroxidase — The status Quo in histochemistry. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010; 45:81-139. [DOI: 10.1016/j.proghi.2009.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/10/2009] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Becker S, Michalczyk A, Wilhelm S, Jaeger KE, Kolmar H. Ultrahigh-Throughput Screening to IdentifyE. coli Cells Expressing Functionally Active Enzymes on their Surface. Chembiochem 2007; 8:943-9. [PMID: 17458914 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.200700020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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We show here that E. coli bacteria that display esterases or lipases on their cell surface together with horseradish peroxidase (HRP) are capable of hydrolysing carboxylic acid esters of biotin tyramide. The tyramide radicals generated by the coupled lipase-peroxidase reaction were short-lived and therefore became covalently attached to reactive tyrosine residues that were located in close vicinity on the surface of a bacterial cell that displayed lipase activity. Up to 120 000 biotinylated tyramide derivatives could be covalently coupled through HRP activation to the surface of a single living E. coli cell. Differences in cellular esterase activity were found to correlate with the amount of biotin tyramide deposited on the cell surface. Selective biotin tyramide labelling of cells that had lipase activity allowed their isolation by magnetic cell sorting from a 1:10(6) mixture of control cells. This strategy of covalently attaching a biotin label to esterase-proficient bacteria might open new avenues to ultrahigh-throughput screening of enzyme libraries for hydrolytic enzymes with enhanced activities or enantioselectivities.
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- Stefan Becker
- Department of Biochemistry, Clemens-Schöpf Institute, Darmstadt University of Technology, Petersenstrasse 22, Darmstadt, Germany
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Gleason EJ, Lindsey WC, Kroft TL, Singson AW, L'hernault SW. spe-10 encodes a DHHC-CRD zinc-finger membrane protein required for endoplasmic reticulum/Golgi membrane morphogenesis during Caenorhabditis elegans spermatogenesis. Genetics 2006; 172:145-58. [PMID: 16143610 PMCID: PMC1456142 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.105.047340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2005] [Accepted: 08/17/2005] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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C. elegans spermatogenesis employs lysosome-related fibrous body-membranous organelles (FB-MOs) for transport of many cellular components. Previous work showed that spe-10 mutants contain FB-MOs that prematurely disassemble, resulting in defective transport of FB components into developing spermatids. Consequently, spe-10 spermatids are smaller than wild type and contain defective FB-MO derivatives. In this article, we show that spe-10 encodes a four-pass integral membrane protein that has a DHHC-CRD zinc-finger motif. The DHHC-CRD motif is found in a large, diverse family of proteins that have been implicated in palmitoyl transfer during protein lipidation. Seven spe-10 mutants were analyzed, including missense, nonsense, and deletion mutants. An antiserum to SPE-10 showed significant colocalization with a known marker for the FB-MOs during wild-type spermatogenesis. In contrast, the spe-10(ok1149) deletion mutant lacked detectable SPE-10 staining; this mutant lacks a spe-10 promoter and most coding sequence. The spe-10(eb64) missense mutation, which changes a conserved residue within the DHHC-CRD domain in all homologues, behaves as a null mutant. These results suggest that wild-type SPE-10 is required for the MO to properly deliver the FB to the C. elegans spermatid and the DHHC-CRD domain is essential for this function.
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Pan J, Yeger H, Cutz E. Neuronal developmental marker FORSE-1 identifies a putative progenitor of the pulmonary neuroendocrine cell lineage during lung development. J Histochem Cytochem 2002; 50:1567-78. [PMID: 12486079 DOI: 10.1177/002215540205001201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The FORSE-1 (forebrain-surface-embryonic) monoclonal antibody (MAb) recognizes a carbohydrate cell surface epitope related to the Lewis-X (LeX) and stage-specific embryonic antigens (SSEAs). In the developing CNS, the FORSE-1 epitope is believed to serve as a marker of progenitor cells. We studied the expression of the FORSE-1 epitope in pulmonary neuroendocrine cells (PNECs) and related neuroepithelial bodies (NEBs), cell types implicated in paracrine regulation of lung development. We used dual immunolabeling to identify PNECs/NEBs in tissue sections from developing rabbit fetal lungs and corresponding primary lung cell cultures. During the early stage (E16), the FORSE-1 MAb labeled primitive airway epithelium, whereas serotonin (5HT) immunoreactivity, a marker of PNEC/NEB differentiation, was negative. After E18, FORSE-1 labeling became restricted to PNECs and NEBs, identified by co-expression with 5HT, then decreased coincident with an increase in 5HT. Expression of the FORSE-1 epitope correlated inversely with 5HT expression in PNEC/NEB cells. FORSE-1 immunoreactivity correlated with cell proliferation assessed by BrdU labeling. Downregulation of the FORSE-1 epitope correlated with maturation of PNECs/NEBs. The presence of few FORSE-1/5HT-positive cells in postnatal lung suggests retention of progenitors. The FORSE-1 epitope was associated with a high molecular weight (286 kD) glycoprotein that decreased with increasing gestational age, as demonstrated by immunoblotting. Overall expression of SSEA-1, -3, and -4 antigens was similar to FORSE-1/5HT, although the former was preferentially localized to neurite-like processes. Because the role of the FORSE-1 epitope in the CNS probably involves cell adhesion and differentiation, we propose a similar function in developing lung. The demonstration of LeX/SSEA antigen expression in the PNEC/NEB cell lineage underscores the importance of these cells in developing lung. Furthermore, the FORSE-1 antigen may identify committed progenitors of the PNEC/NEB cell system.
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- Jie Pan
- Department of Paediatric Laboratory Medicine, Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Mayer G, Bendayan M. Amplification methods for the immunolocalization of rare molecules in cells and tissues. PROGRESS IN HISTOCHEMISTRY AND CYTOCHEMISTRY 2001; 36:3-85. [PMID: 11194866 DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6336(01)80002-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The needs to precisely assign macromolecules to specific locations and domains within tissues and cells and to reveal antigens which are present in low or even in trace amounts, led to the elaboration of a wide spectrum of immunocytochemical amplification procedures. These arise from the successive improvements of tissue preparation techniques, of antigen retrieval procedures and of immunological or non-immunological detection systems. Improvement of detection systems may be the most active in the development of amplification techniques. Since the early work of Coons, in which by the introduction of the indirect technique has started amplifying the signal, different systems have succeeded in increasing the sensitivity of antigens detection. Indeed, amplification techniques such as the multiple antibody layers, the multiple bridges, the enzyme complexes, the avidin-biotin, the silver intensification, and the numerous variations and combinations among these have increased the sensitivity for the detection of scarce tissue antigens. However, as shown by the recent progress carried out with new approaches such as the catalyzed reporter deposition (CARD) and the enhanced polymer one-step staining (EPOS), more efficient methods are still needed. In electron microscopy, few techniques have reached the resolution afforded by the post-embedding immunogold approach. In spite of this and in order to further increase its sensitivity, new probes and novel approaches are allowing combination of the gold marker with the amplification capacity of enzymes afforded by the CARD technique. Immunogold amplification strategies, such as the multiple incubations with the primary antibody and the use of an anti-protein A antibody have also led to enhanced signals displaying the advantages in terms of resolution and possibilities of quantification inherent to the colloidal gold marker.
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- G Mayer
- Département de Pathologie et Biologie Cellulaire, Université de Montréal C.P. 6128, Succ. Centre-ville, Montréal, Quebec H3C 3J7, Canada.
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Schaller J, Glander HJ. Flow cytometric analysis of enzymes in live spermatozoa before and after cryostorage. Andrologia 2000; 32:357-64. [PMID: 11131845 DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0272.2000.00362.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Synthetic fluorogenic substrates, like the CellProbe reagents, can determine enzymes in vital human spermatozoa. These substrates will enter the cells without previous cell permeabilization and exhibit fluorescence after cleavage depending on enzyme activity. They consist of different peptide sequences, specific for the enzymes, and a fluorescein- or rhodamine 110-dye moiety. The number of positive cells and the intensity of the fluorescence can be determined by flow cytometric analysis. We investigated several enzymes (peptidases, proteinases, esterases, elastases and collagenases) in intact spermatozoa before and after cryoprotection. Semen samples with normal spermiogram parameters were cryoprotected using the freezing medium TEST yolk buffer (TYB). Fresh spermatozoa showed a marked fluorescence after incubation with the synthetic substrates for the aminopeptidase M, butyryl esterase, fluorescein diacetate (FDA)-and FDA/sodium fluoride (NAF)-esterase, ala-ala-pro-val (AAPV)-elastase, gly pro-leu-gly pro-(GPLGP)-collagenase, gly gly leu-(GGL)-subtilisin as well as lys-ala-(LA)-dipeptidyl peptidase (DPP) II. After cryopreservation the spermatozoal fluorescence increased applying substrates for butyryl esterase (P<0.05), prolyl-aminopeptidase (P<0.001) and val-lys-(VK)-cathepsin (P<0.001) most probably due to elevated enzyme activities. The activities of FDA-esterase (P<0.05) and FDA/NAF-esterase (P<0.05), AAPV-elastase (P<0.01), GPLGP-collagenase (P<0.05) and GGL-subtilisin (P<0.001) decreased after cryopreservation. The substrates for arg-gly glut-ser-(RGES)-elastase, gly phenyl-gly ala-(GFGA)-collagenase and threo-pro-(TP)-cathepsin were not cleaved before as well as after cryostorage. The substrates for subtilisin an
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- J Schaller
- Department of Dermatology, St. Barbara Hospital, Duisburg, Germany
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Bhattacharya R, Bhattacharya D, Dhar TK. A novel signal amplification technology based on catalyzed reporter deposition and its application in a Dot-ELISA with ultra high sensitivity. J Immunol Methods 1999; 227:31-9. [PMID: 10485252 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-1759(99)00067-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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A novel strategy to improve significantly antigen detection sensitivity of Dot-ELISA by catalyzed reporter deposition (CARD) method of signal amplification has been developed. The method, termed Super-CARD, utilizes synthesized electron rich proteins having multiple binding sites as blocking agents. After completion of conventional Dot-ELISA, the solid phase bound horseradish peroxidase (HRP) oxidises the added labeled substrate, which deposits onto the solid phase. This deposition is markedly increased in the presence of immobilized electron rich proteins, which not only amplifies the signal but also increases the sensitivity. The high specificity of the amplification reaction avoids the generation of any false positive signal. The extremely high sensitivity of Super-CARD technology permits visual detection of as few as 800 rabbit IgG molecules (1.33 x 10(-21) mol). The method is approximately 10(5)-fold more sensitive than conventional Dot-ELISA. Direct comparison with existing CARD methods demonstrates approximately 1.6 x 10(4)-fold enhancement in detection sensitivity which is much higher than that of any other existing methods. The Super-CARD technology is specific, flexible and may be applied to clinical diagnostics.
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- R Bhattacharya
- Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Jadavpur, Calcutta
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Yang H, Wanner IB, Roper SD, Chaudhari N. An optimized method for in situ hybridization with signal amplification that allows the detection of rare mRNAs. J Histochem Cytochem 1999; 47:431-46. [PMID: 10082745 DOI: 10.1177/002215549904700402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 133] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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In situ hybridization (ISH) using nonradioactive probes enables mRNAs to be detected with improved cell resolution but compromised sensitivity compared to ISH with radiolabeled probes. To detect rare mRNAs, we optimized several parameters for ISH using digoxygenin (DIG)-labeled probes, and adapted tyramide signal amplification (TSA) in combination with alkaline phosphatase (AP)-based visualization. This method, which we term TSA-AP, achieves the high sensitivity normally associated with radioactive probes but with the cell resolution of chromogenic ISH. Unlike published protocols, long RNA probes (up to 2.61 kb) readily permeated cryosections and yielded stronger hybridization signals than hydrolyzed probes of equivalent complexity. RNase digestion after hybridization was unnecessary and led to a substantial loss of signal intensity without significantly reducing nonspecific background. Probe concentration was also a key parameter for improving signal-to-noise ratio in ISH. Using these optimized methods on rat taste tissue, we detected mRNA for mGluR4, a receptor, and transducin, a G-protein, both of which are expressed at very low abundance and are believed to be involved in chemosensory transduction. Because the effect of the tested parameters was similar for ISH on sections of brain and tongue, we believe that these methodological improvements for detecting rare mRNAs may be broadly applicable to other tissues. (J Histochem Cytochem 47:431-445, 1999)
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- H Yang
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida 33101, USA
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Speel EJ, Hopman AH, Komminoth P. Amplification methods to increase the sensitivity of in situ hybridization: play card(s). J Histochem Cytochem 1999; 47:281-8. [PMID: 10026231 DOI: 10.1177/002215549904700302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 142] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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In situ hybridization (ISH) has proved to be an invaluable molecular tool in research and diagnosis to visualize nucleic acids in their cellular environment. However, its applicability can be limited by its restricted detection sensitivity. During the past 10 years, several strategies have been developed to improve the threshold levels of nucleic acid detection in situ by amplification of either target nucleic acid sequences before ISH (e.g., in situ PCR) or the detection signals after the hybridization procedures. Here we outline the principles of tyramide signal amplification using the catalyzed reporter deposition (CARD) technique, present practical suggestions to efficiently enhance the sensitivity of ISH with CARD, and discuss some applications and possible future directions of in situ nucleic acid detection using such an amplification strategy.
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- E J Speel
- Department of Pathology, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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Hopman AH, Ramaekers FC, Speel EJ. Rapid synthesis of biotin-, digoxigenin-, trinitrophenyl-, and fluorochrome-labeled tyramides and their application for In situ hybridization using CARD amplification. J Histochem Cytochem 1998; 46:771-7. [PMID: 9603790 DOI: 10.1177/002215549804600611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 175] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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A one-step procedure for the synthesis of different tyramide conjugates, which can be utilized in the catalyzed reporter deposition (CARD) amplification system, is described. Succinimidyl esters of biotin, digoxigenin, and of the fluorochromes fluorescein, rhodamine, aminomethylcoumarine acetic acid, and Cy3 were coupled to tyramine in dimethylformamide (DMF) adjusted to a pH of 7.0-8.0 with triethylamine (TEA). The coupling reaction can be performed within 2 hr and the reaction mixture can be applied without further purification steps. Furthermore, trinitrophenyl (TNP)-tyramide was prepared by adding 2,4,6,-trinitrobenzenesulfonic acid to tyramine dissolved in either MilliQ/DMF basified with TEA or in an NaHCO3 (pH 9.5) buffer. A subsequent precipitation of the TNP-tyramide resulted in a high-yield isolation of this conjugate. The synthesized tyramide conjugates were applied successfully in single- and multiple-target in situ hybridization (ISH) procedures to detect both repetitive and single-copy DNA target sequences in cell preparations with high efficiency. The described approach provides an easy and fast method to prepare a variety of tyramide conjugates in bulk amounts at relatively low cost.
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- A H Hopman
- Department of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, University Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Plummer TB, Sperry AC, Xu HS, Lloyd RV. In situ hybridization detection of low copy nucleic acid sequences using catalyzed reporter deposition and its usefulness in clinical human papillomavirus typing. DIAGNOSTIC MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY : THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SURGICAL PATHOLOGY, PART B 1998; 7:76-84. [PMID: 9785005 DOI: 10.1097/00019606-199804000-00003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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In situ hybridization (ISH) detection of low copy DNA and RNA sequences using nonisotopic probes has been difficult in the past because of a lack of sensitivity. Several techniques, such as ISH with radioisotopic-labeled probes, in situ polymerase chain reaction, in situ reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction, self-sustained sequence replication, and chemiluminescence, have allowed increased sensitivity but have required specialized and often expensive equipment, lengthy protocols, and in the case of radioactive probes, there has been an associated increased health risk. Catalyzed reporter deposition (CARD) combined with ISH (CARD-ISH) increases the signal-generating potential of labeled hybridized probes and allows the detection of low copy sequences of nucleic acids in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue sections. To determine the sensitivity of CARD-ISH to detect nucleic acids in routinely processed specimens, we analyzed the detection of HPV 16 and 18 infection in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded sections of cultured cell lines, including CaSki cells with 400-600 copies of HPV 16, HeLa 229 cells with 10-50 copies of HPV 18, and SiHa cells with 1-2 copies of HPV 16 using a conventional ISH method and by CARD-ISH. In addition, 20 cases of clinical specimens previously analyzed for HPV 6, 11, 16, 18, 31, 33, and 51 with the Enzo PathoGene kit (Enzo Diagnostics, Inc., Farmingdale, NY, U.S.A.) were reexamined with the CARD-ISH method. The CARD-ISH system detected one to two copies of HPV 16 in the SiHa cells whereas the conventional ISH method did not. Both methods detected HPV 16 and 18 in CaSki and HeLa 229 cells, respectively. Three clinical cases that were previously negative and two weakly positive cases of HPV infection were all strongly positive with the CARD-ISH system, a 25% increase in the detection of positive cases by CARD-ISH. We also showed for the first time that a cocktail of six biotinylated oligonucleotide probes was capable of detecting one to two copies of HPV 16 in SiHa cells. These results show that the CARD-ISH method increases the sensitivity of nonisotopic ISH to the level of detecting one to two copies of HPV DNA in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue sections using biotinylated cDNA or oligonucleotide probes.
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- T B Plummer
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA
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The functional characteristics of fluorescent probes used for imaging and measuring dynamic processes in living cells are reviewed. Initial consideration is given to general design requirements for delivery, targeting, detectability and fluorescence readout, and current technologies for attaining them. Discussion then proceeds to the more application-specific properties of intracellular ion indicators, membrane potential sensors, probes for proteins and lipids, and cell viability markers.
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- I Johnson
- Molecular Probes, Eugene, OR 97402-9165, USA
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Schönhuber W, Fuchs B, Juretschko S, Amann R. Improved sensitivity of whole-cell hybridization by the combination of horseradish peroxidase-labeled oligonucleotides and tyramide signal amplification. Appl Environ Microbiol 1997; 63:3268-73. [PMID: 9251215 PMCID: PMC168626 DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.8.3268-3273.1997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 194] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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The substrate fluorescein-tyramide was combined with oligonucleotide probes directly labeled with horseradish peroxidase to improve the sensitivity of in situ hybridization of whole fixed bacterial cells. Flow cytometry and quantitative microscopy of cells hybridized by this technique showed 10- to 20-fold signal amplifications relative to fluorescein-monolabeled probes. The application of the new technique to the detection of natural bacterial communities resulted in very bright signals; however, the number of detected cells was significantly lower than that detected with fluorescently monolabeled, rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide probes.
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- W Schönhuber
- Max-Planck-Institut für Marine Mikrobiologie, Bremen, Germany
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Schmidt BF, Chao J, Zhu Z, DeBiasio RL, Fisher G. Signal amplification in the detection of single-copy DNA and RNA by enzyme-catalyzed deposition (CARD) of the novel fluorescent reporter substrate Cy3.29-tyramide. J Histochem Cytochem 1997; 45:365-73. [PMID: 9071318 DOI: 10.1177/002215549704500304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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We demonstrate that the CAtalyzed Reporter Deposition method (CARD), utilizing the novel fluorescent reporter Cy3.29-tyramide, is successful in the Fluorescent in Situ Hybridization (FISH) detection of RNA and single-copy DNA. Histone 4 expression is detected in RNA extracts of 5-phase, synchronized HeLa cells by dot-blot analysis. Gene expression of histone 4 in HeLa cells is demonstrated by FISH via CARD, utilizing oligonucleotide probes. Fluorescence intensity measurements on CARD-amplified histone 4 RNA detection showed (a) a 25-fold amplification of the signal brightness by biotinylated oligonucleotide probes and (b) a sixfold amplification of the signal brightness by horseradish peroxidase (HRP)-labeled histone 4 probes vs the directly stained control. The sensitivity of the CARD method is demonstrated by the FISH detection of single-copy DNA on human corneal fibroblast and HeLa S5 interphase nuclei. Chromosomal localization of the single copy DNA is demonstrated on HeLa S3 metaphase chromosome spreads.
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- B F Schmidt
- Center for Light Microscope, Imaging and Biotechnology, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
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van Gijlswijk RP, Zijlmans HJ, Wiegant J, Bobrow MN, Erickson TJ, Adler KE, Tanke HJ, Raap AK. Fluorochrome-labeled tyramides: use in immunocytochemistry and fluorescence in situ hybridization. J Histochem Cytochem 1997; 45:375-82. [PMID: 9071319 DOI: 10.1177/002215549704500305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 139] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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The peroxidase-mediated deposition of hapten- and fluorochrome-labeled tyramides has recently been shown to increase the sensitivity of immunofluorescence and fluorescence in situ hybridization techniques. We have evaluated a number of red, green, and blue fluorescent tyramides for detection of antigens in tissue sections and cytospin preparations and for the detection of hapten- and horseradish peroxidase-labeled probes hybridized in situ to cells and chromosomes. With few exceptions, all fluorescent tyramide-based methods provided a considerable increase in sensitivity compared to conventional immunofluorescence and FISH methods.
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- R P van Gijlswijk
- Department of Cytochemistry and Cytometry, Sylvius Laboratory, Leiden University, The Netherlands
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