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Liehr T. Molecular Cytogenetics in the Era of Chromosomics and Cytogenomic Approaches. Front Genet 2021; 12:720507. [PMID: 34721522 PMCID: PMC8548727 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2021.720507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2021] [Accepted: 09/22/2021] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Here the role of molecular cytogenetics in the context of yet available all other cytogenomic approaches is discussed. A short introduction how cytogenetics and molecular cytogenetics were established is followed by technical aspects of fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). The latter contains the methodology itself, the types of probe- and target-DNA, as well as probe sets. The main part deals with examples of modern FISH-applications, highlighting unique possibilities of the approach, like the possibility to study individual cells and even individual chromosomes. Different variants of FISH can be used to retrieve information on genomes from (almost) base pair to whole genomic level, as besides only second and third generation sequencing approaches can do. Here especially highlighted variations of FISH are molecular combing, chromosome orientation-FISH (CO-FISH), telomere-FISH, parental origin determination FISH (POD-FISH), FISH to resolve the nuclear architecture, multicolor-FISH (mFISH) approaches, among other applied in chromoanagenesis studies, Comet-FISH, and CRISPR-mediated FISH-applications. Overall, molecular cytogenetics is far from being outdated and actively involved in up-to-date diagnostics and research.
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- Thomas Liehr
- Jena University Hospital, Institute of Human Genetics, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany
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Kalitsis P, Griffiths B, Choo KHA. Mouse telocentric sequences reveal a high rate of homogenization and possible role in Robertsonian translocation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006; 103:8786-91. [PMID: 16731628 PMCID: PMC1482656 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0600250103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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The telomere and centromere are two specialized structures of eukaryotic chromosomes that are essential for chromosome stability and segregation. These structures are usually characterized by large tracts of tandemly repeated DNA. In mouse, the two structures are often located in close proximity to form telocentric chromosomes. To date, no detailed sequence information is available across the mouse telocentric regions. The antagonistic mechanisms for the stable maintenance of the mouse telocentric karyotype and the occurrence of whole-arm Robertsonian translocations remain enigmatic. We have identified large-insert fosmid clones that span the telomere and centromere of several mouse chromosome ends. Sequence analysis shows that the distance between the telomeric T2AG3 and centromeric minor satellite repeats range from 1.8 to 11 kb. The telocentric regions of different mouse chromosomes comprise a contiguous linear order of T2AG3 repeats, a highly conserved truncated long interspersed nucleotide element 1 repeat, and varying amounts of a recently discovered telocentric tandem repeat that shares considerable identity with, and is inverted relative to, the centromeric minor satellite DNA. The telocentric domain as a whole exhibits the same polarity and a high sequence identity of >99% between nonhomologous chromosomes. This organization reflects a mechanism of frequent recombinational exchange between nonhomologous chromosomes that should promote the stable evolutionary maintenance of a telocentric karyotype. It also provides a possible mechanism for occasional inverted mispairing and recombination between the oppositely oriented TLC and minor satellite repeats to result in Robertsonian translocations.
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- Paul Kalitsis
- *Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria 3052, Australia; and
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Melbourne, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria 3052, Australia
- To whom correspondence may be addressed. E-mail:
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- *Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria 3052, Australia; and
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Melbourne, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria 3052, Australia
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- *Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria 3052, Australia; and
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Melbourne, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria 3052, Australia
- To whom correspondence may be addressed. E-mail:
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Trifonov V, Karst C, Claussen U, Mrasek K, Michel S, Avner P, Liehr T. Microdissection-derived murine mcb probes from somatic cell hybrids. J Histochem Cytochem 2005; 53:791-2. [PMID: 15928329 DOI: 10.1369/jhc.4b6598.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The multicolor-banding (mcb) technique is a fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH)-banding approach, which is based on region-specific microdissection libraries producing changing fluorescence intensity ratios along the chromosomes. The latter are used to assign different pseudocolors to specific chromosomal regions. Here we present the first three available mcb-probe sets for the Mus musculus chromosomes 3, 6, and 18. In the present work, the creation of the microdissection libraries was done for the first time on mouse/human somatic cell hybrids. During creation of the mcb-probes, the latter enabled an unambiguous identification of the, otherwise in GTG-banding, hardly distinguishable murine chromosomes.
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- Vladimir Trifonov
- Institut für Human Genetics and Anthropology, Postfach, D-07740 Jena, Germany
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Benachenhou N, Massy I, Vacher J. Characterization and expression analyses of the mouse Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein (WASP) family member Wave1/Scar. Gene 2002; 290:131-40. [PMID: 12062808 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-1119(02)00560-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Characterization of multiprotein complexes involved in actin remodeling and cytoskeleton reorganization is essential to understand the basic mechanisms of cell motility and migration. To identify proteins implicated in these processes, we have isolated the mouse Wave1/Scar gene, a member of the Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein (WASP) family. The mouse Wave1 gene was physically localized on chromosome 10 and spans over 12 Kb comprising eight exons and seven introns. The mouse Wave1 complementary DNA encodes a predicted 559 amino acid protein, with a SCAR homology domain, a basic domain, a proline-rich region, a WASP homology domain and an acidic domain conserved in the orthologous proteins. The Wave1 transcription initiation site was mapped 210 base pairs upstream of the ATG translational start site. The presumptive proximal promoter contains putative consensus binding sites for E2 basic helix-loop-helix transcription factors, hepatocyte nuclear factor-3beta, S8 homeodomain protein, zinc finger transcription factor MZF-1, and an interferon-stimulated response element. Northern analysis demonstrated a strong expression of a unique approximately 2.6 Kb Wave1 transcript in brain tissue, and in situ hybridization showed restricted expression to Purkinje cells from the cerebellum and pyramidal cells from the hippocampus. Characterization and expression analyses of the murine Wave1 gene provide the basis toward functional studies in mouse models of the role of Wave1 in neuronal cytoskeleton organization.
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- Nadia Benachenhou
- Institut de Recherches Cliniques de Montréal, Faculté de Médecine de l'Université de Montréal, 110 Pine avenue West, Room 5690, Montréal, Québec H2W 1R7, Canada
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Avner P, Bruls T, Poras I, Eley L, Gas S, Ruiz P, Wiles MV, Sousa-Nunes R, Kettleborough R, Rana A, Morissette J, Bentley L, Goldsworthy M, Haynes A, Herbert E, Southam L, Lehrach H, Weissenbach J, Manenti G, Rodriguez-Tome P, Beddington R, Dunwoodie S, Cox RD. A radiation hybrid transcript map of the mouse genome. Nat Genet 2001; 29:194-200. [PMID: 11586301 DOI: 10.1038/ng1001-194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Expressed-sequence tag (EST) maps are an adjunct to sequence-based analytical methods of gene detection and localization for those species for which such data are available, and provide anchors for high-density homology and orthology mapping in species for which large-scale sequencing has yet to be done. Species for which radiation hybrid-based transcript maps have been established include human, rat, mouse, dog, cat and zebrafish. We have established a comprehensive first-generation-placement radiation hybrid map of the mouse consisting of 5,904 mapped markers (3,993 ESTs and 1,911 sequence-tagged sites (STSs)). The mapped ESTs, which often originate from small-EST clusters, are enriched for genes expressed during early mouse embryogenesis and are probably different from those localized in humans. We have confirmed by in situ hybridization that even singleton ESTs, which are usually not retained for mapping studies, may represent bona fide transcribed sequences. Our studies on mouse chromosomes 12 and 14 orthologous to human chromosome 14 show the power of our radiation hybrid map as a predictive tool for orthology mapping in humans.
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- P Avner
- Genoscope, Centre National de Sequençage and CNRS UMR 8030, CP 5706, 91057 Evry Cedex, France.
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Himmelbauer H, Schalkwyk LC, Lehrach H. Interspersed repetitive sequence (IRS)-PCR for typing of whole genome radiation hybrid panels. Nucleic Acids Res 2000; 28:e7. [PMID: 10606675 PMCID: PMC102539 DOI: 10.1093/nar/28.2.e7] [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: 11/12/2022] Open
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The typing of a radiation hybrid (RH) panel is generally achieved using a unique primer pair for each marker. We here describe a complementing approach utilizing IRS-PCR. Advantages of this technology include the use of a single universal primer to specify any locus, the rapid typing of RH lines by hybridization, and the conservative use of hybrid DNA. The technology allows the mapping of a clone without the requirement for STS generation. To test the technique, we have mapped 48 BAC clones derived from mouse chromosome 12 which we mostly identified using complex probes. As mammalian genomes are repeat-rich, the technology can easily be adapted to species other than mouse.
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- H Himmelbauer
- Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Genetics, Ihnestrasse 73, D-14195 Berlin-Dahlem, Germany.
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Blechschmidt K, Schweiger M, Wertz K, Poulson R, Christensen HM, Rosenthal A, Lehrach H, Yaspo ML. The Mouse Aire Gene: Comparative Genomic Sequencing, Gene Organization, and Expression. Genome Res 1999. [DOI: 10.1101/gr.9.2.158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Mutations in the human AIRE gene (hAIRE) result in the development of an autoimmune disease named APECED (autoimmunepolyendocrinopathycandidiasis ectodermaldystrophy; OMIM 240300). Previously, we have cloned hAIRE and shown that it codes for a putative transcription-associated factor. Here we report the cloning and characterization of Aire, the murine ortholog of hAIRE. Comparative genomic sequencing revealed that the structure of the AIRE gene is highly conserved between human and mouse. The conceptual proteins share 73% homology and feature the same typical functional domains in both species. RT–PCR analysis detected three splice variant isoforms in various mouse tissues, and interestingly one isoform was conserved in human, suggesting potential biological relevance of this product. In situ hybridization on mouse and human histological sections showed that AIRE expression pattern was mainly restricted to a few cells in the thymus, calling for a tissue-specific function of the gene product.
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McKee-Johnson JW, Street VA, Erford SK, Robinson LC, Tempel BL. Physical and genetic maps of the deafwaddler region on distal mouse Chr 6. Genomics 1998; 49:371-7. [PMID: 9615221 DOI: 10.1006/geno.1998.5274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The deafwaddler (dfw) mutation, displaying motor ataxia and profound deafness, arose spontaneously in a C3H/HeJ colony and was mapped previously to distal mouse Chr 6. In this study, a high-resolution genetic map was generated by positioning 10 microsatellite markers and 5 known genes on a 968-meioses intersubspecific backcross segregating for dfw [(CAST/Ei(-)+/+ x C3HeB/ FeJ-dfw/dfw) x C3HeB/FeJ-dfw/dfw], giving the following marker order and sex-averaged distances: D6Mit64-(0.10 + 0.10 cM)-Pang-(1.24 + 0.36 cM)-Itpr1-(0.62 + 0.25 cM)-D6Mit108-(0.52 + 0.23 cM)-D6Mit54-(0.21 + 0.15 cM)-D6Mit23, D6Mit107, D6Mit328-(0.72 + 0.27 cM)-D6Mit11-(0.21 + 0.15 cM)-dfw-(0.93 + 0.31 cM)-Gat4, D6Mit55-(0.10 + 0.10 cM)-D6Mit63-(0.31 + 0.18 cM)-Syn2-(0.62 + 0.25 cM)-D6Mit44 (Rho). Female and male genetic maps are similar immediately surrounding the dfw locus, but show marked differences in other areas. A yeast artificial chromosome-based physical map suggests that the closest markers flanking the dfw locus, D6Mit11 (proximal) and Gat4, D6Mit55 (distal), are contained within 650-950 kb. The human homologues of the flanking loci Itpr1 (proximal) and Syn2 (distal) map to chromosome 3p25-p26, suggesting that the human homologue of the dfw gene is located within this same region.
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- J W McKee-Johnson
- V. M. Bloedel Hearing Research Center, Department of Otolaryngology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle 98195, USA
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Cancilla MR, Graves J, Matesic LE, Reeves RH, Tainton KM, Choo KH, Resnick MA, Larionov VL, Kouprina NY. Rapid cloning of mouse DNA as yeast artificial chromosomes by transformation-associated recombination (TAR). Mamm Genome 1998; 9:157-9. [PMID: 9457679 DOI: 10.1007/s003359900708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- M R Cancilla
- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, USA
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This review is intended to provide an overview of techniques and a source of reagents for physical mapping of the mouse genome. It focuses on those applications, methods, or resources unique to the mouse and on the generation of comparative physical maps. The reference list is not comprehensive; rather, recent reviews on each topic and selected representative examples are given.
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- G E Herman
- Department of Pediatrics, Ohio State University, Columbus, USA
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Langston AA, Mellersh CS, Neal CL, Ray K, Acland GM, Gibbs M, Aguirre GD, Fournier RE, Ostrander EA. Construction of a panel of canine-rodent hybrid cell lines for use in partitioning of the canine genome. Genomics 1997; 46:317-25. [PMID: 9441734 DOI: 10.1006/geno.1997.5009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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We have constructed a collection of canine-rodent microcell hybrid cell lines by fusion of canine fibroblast microcell donors with immortalized rodent recipient cells. Characterization of the hybrid cell lines using a combination of fluorescence in situ hybridization and PCR analysis of canine microsatellite repeat sequences allowed selection of a panel of hybrids in which most canine chromosomes are represented. Approximately 90% of genetic markers and genes that were tested could be assigned to 1 of 31 anonymous canine chromosome groups, based on common patterns of retention in the hybrid set. Many of these putative chromosome groups have now been validated by linkage analysis. This panel of cell lines provides a tool for development of genetic, physical, and comparative maps of the canine genome.
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- A A Langston
- Division of Clinical Research, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington 98104, USA
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Street VA, Tempel BL. Physical mapping of potassium channel gene clusters on mouse chromosomes three and six. Genomics 1997; 44:110-7. [PMID: 9286706 DOI: 10.1006/geno.1997.4799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Mammalian voltage-gated K channel genes have been divided into four subfamilies (Shaker, Shab, Shal, and Shaw) based on their sequence identity and similarity to related genes in Drosophila. Genetic mapping of the voltage-gated K channel genes has shown that similar multigene clusters exist on mouse Chr 3 and 6 and suggests that the clusters may have arisen through chromosomal duplication. In this report, YAC-based physical maps of the clustered mouse Shaker-like K channel genes have been constructed using restriction endonuclease and yeast chromosome fragmentation approaches. These data define the physical spacing as 5'-Kcna3-(60 kb)-Kcna2-(90 kb)-Kcna8-3' on Chr 3, and as 5'-Kcna6-(80 kb)-Kcna1-(110 kb)-Kcna5-3' on Chr 6, with all genes oriented in a head-to-tail manner within their respective clusters. These detailed physical maps of both K channel gene clusters provide additional support for the idea of an ancient genome tetraploidization event.
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- V A Street
- Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle 98195, USA
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