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Wang Z, Havasi A, Beeler AA, Borkan SC. Mechanisms of nucleophosmin (NPM)-mediated regulated cell death elucidated by Hsp70 during renal ischemia. Apoptosis 2022; 27:22-33. [PMID: 34762220 DOI: 10.1007/s10495-021-01696-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Nucleophosmin (NPM), a nucleolar-based protein chaperone, promotes Bax-mediated mitochondrial injury and regulates cell death during acute kidney injury. However, the steps that transform NPM from an essential to a toxic protein during stress are unknown. To localize NPM-mediated events causing regulated cell death during ischemia, wild type (WT) and Hsp70 mutant proteins with characterized intracellular trafficking defects that restrict movement to either the nucleolar region (M45) or cytosol (985A) were expressed in primary murine proximal tubule epithelial cells (PTEC) harvested from Hsp70 null mice. After ischemia in vitro, PTEC survival was significantly improved and apoptosis reduced in rank order by selectively overexpressing WT > M45 > 985A Hsp70 proteins. Only Hsp70 with nuclear access (WT and M45) inhibited T95 NPM phosphorylation responsible for NPM translocation and also reduced cytosolic NPM accumulation. In contrast, WT or 985A > M45 significantly improved survival in Hsp70 null PTEC that expressed a cytosol-restricted NPM mutant, more effectively bound NPM, and also reduced NPM-Bax complex formation required for mitochondrial injury and cell death. Hsp70 knockout prevented the cytoprotective effect of suppressing NPM in ischemic PTEC and also increased cytosolic NPM accumulation after acute renal ischemia in vivo, emphasizing the inhibitory effect of Hsp70 on NPM-mediated toxicity. Distinct cytoprotective mechanisms by wild type and mutant Hsp70 proteins identify dual nuclear and cytosolic events that mediate NPM toxicity during stress-induced apoptosis and are rational targets for therapeutic AKI interventions. Antagonizing these early events in regulated cell death promotes renal cell survival during experimental AKI.
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- Zhiyong Wang
- Section of Nephrology, Boston Medical Center, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
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- Section of Nephrology, Boston Medical Center, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
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- Section of Nephrology, Boston Medical Center, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA.
- Evans Biomedical Research Center, Rm 546, 650 Albany St, Boston, MA, 02118-2518, USA.
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Lee AR, Pechenino AS, Dong H, Hammock BD, Knowlton AA. Aging, estrogen loss and epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs). PLoS One 2013; 8:e70719. [PMID: 23967089 PMCID: PMC3742755 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0070719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2012] [Accepted: 06/26/2013] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Inflammation is a key element in many cardiovascular diseases. Both estrogen loss, caused by menopause, and aging have inflammatory consequences. Epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs) are anti-inflammatory molecules synthesized by various cytochrome P450 (Cyp) enzymes from arachidonic acid. EETs are in the third (Cytochrome P450) pathway of arachindonic acid metabolism, others being cyclooxygenases and lipoxygenases. We hypothesized that aging and estrogen loss would reduce levels of anti-inflammatory EETs. Adult (6 mo) and aged (22 mo) ovariectomized rats with (OP) and without (Ovx) 17-∃-estradiol replacement were used in this study. Mass spectrometry was used to measure levels of EETs and their metabolites, dihydroxyeicosatrienoic acids (DHETs). Levels of Cyp2C2, Cyp2C6, and Cyp2J2, the principal Cyps responsible for EETs synthesis, as well as soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH), which metabolizes EETS to DHETs, were determined via western blot. Overall Cyp levels decreased with age, though Cyp2C6 increased in the liver. sEH was increased in the kidney with estrogen replacement. Despite protein changes, no differences were measured in plasma or aortic tissue levels of EETs. However, plasma 14,15 DHET was increased in aged Ovx, and 5,6 DHET in adult OP. In conclusion neither aging nor estrogen loss decreased the anti-inflammatory EETs in the cardiovascular system.
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- Alison R. Lee
- Molecular & Cellular Cardiology, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
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- Molecular & Cellular Cardiology, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
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- Department of Entymology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
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- Department of Entymology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
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- Molecular & Cellular Cardiology, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
- Department of Pharmacology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
- The Department of Veteran's Affairs, Northern California VA, Sacramento, California, United States of America
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Zhou Y, Mao H, Li S, Cao S, Li Z, Zhuang S, Fan J, Dong X, Borkan SC, Wang Y, Yu X. HSP72 inhibits Smad3 activation and nuclear translocation in renal epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition. J Am Soc Nephrol 2010; 21:598-609. [PMID: 20133478 DOI: 10.1681/asn.2009050552] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Although heat shock protein 72 (HSP72) ameliorates renal tubulointerstitial fibrosis by inhibiting epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT), the underlying mechanism is unknown. Because Smad proteins transduce TGF-beta signaling from the cytosol to the nucleus and HSP72 assists in protein folding and facilitates nuclear translocation, we investigated whether HSP72 inhibits TGF-beta-induced EMT by modulating Smad expression, activation, and nuclear translocation. To evaluate the roles of distinct HSP72 structural domains in these processes, we constructed vectors that expressed wild-type HSP72 or mutants lacking either the peptide-binding domain (HSP72-DeltaPBD), which is responsible for substrate binding and refolding, or the nuclear localization signal (HSP72-DeltaNLS). Overexpression of wild-type HSP72 or HSP72-DeltaNLS inhibited TGF-beta1-induced EMT, but HSP72-DeltaPBD did not, suggesting a critical role for the PBD in this inhibition. HSP72 overexpression inhibited TGF-beta1-induced phosphorylation and nuclear translocation of Smad3 and p-Smad3, but not Smad2; these inhibitory effects required the PBD but not the NLS. Coimmunoprecipitation assays suggested a physical interaction between Smad3 and the PBD. siRNA knockdown of endogenous HSP72 enhanced both TGF-beta1-induced Smad3 phosphorylation and EMT and confirmed the interaction of HSP72 with both Smad3 and p-Smad3. In vivo, induction of HSP72 by geranylgeranylacetone suppressed Smad3 phosphorylation in renal tubular cells after unilateral ureteral obstruction. In conclusion, HSP72 inhibits EMT in renal epithelial cells primarily by exerting domain-specific effects on Smad3 activation and nuclear translocation.
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- Yi Zhou
- Department of Nephrology, First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China, 510080
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Wang Y, Chen L, Hagiwara N, Knowlton AA. Regulation of heat shock protein 60 and 72 expression in the failing heart. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2009; 48:360-6. [PMID: 19945465 DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2009.11.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2009] [Accepted: 11/18/2009] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Heart failure, a progressive, fatal disease of the heart muscle, is a state of chronic inflammation and injury. Heat shock protein (HSP) 72, a ubiquitous protective protein that is well-established as cardioprotective, is not increased in heart failure. In contrast, HSP60 levels are doubled in the failing heart. We hypothesized that HSF-1 is not activated in heart failure and that the increased expression of HSP60 was driven by NFkappaB activation. To test this hypothesis, we measured levels of heat shock factor (HSF) -1 and -2, the transcription factors controlling HSP expression, which were increased in heart failure. There was no increased phosphorylation of serine 230 or serine 303/307 in HSF-1, which are thought to regulate its activity; EMSA showed no increase in HSF binding activity with heart failure. Nonetheless, mRNA was increased for HSP60, but not HSP72. In contrast to HSF, NFkappaB activity was increased in heart failure. HSP60, but not HSP72, contained NFkappaB binding elements. ChIP assay demonstrated increased binding of NFkappaB to both of the NFkappaB binding elements in the heart failure HSP60 gene. TNFalpha treatment was used to test the role of NFkappaB activation in HSP60 expression in a cardiac cell line. TNFalpha increased HSP60 expression, and this could be prevented by pretreatment with siRNA inhibiting p65 expression. In conclusion, HSP72 is not increased in heart failure because HSF activity is not changed; increased expression of HSP60 may be driven by NFkappaB activation.
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- Y Wang
- Cardiovascular Division, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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AIMS Mitochondrial fusion and fission are essential processes for preservation of normal mitochondrial function. We hypothesized that fusion proteins would be decreased in heart failure (HF), as the mitochondria in HF have been reported to be small and dysfunctional. METHODS AND RESULTS Expression of optic atrophy 1 (OPA1), a mitochondrial fusion protein, was decreased in both human and rat HF, as observed by western blotting. OPA1 is important for maintaining normal cristae structure and function, for preserving the inner membrane structure and for protecting cells from apoptosis. Confocal and electron microscopy studies demonstrated that the mitochondria in the failing hearts were small and fragmented, consistent with decreased fusion. OPA1 mRNA levels did not differ between failing and normal hearts, suggesting post-transcriptional control. Simulated ischaemia in the cardiac myogenic cell line H9c2 cells reduced OPA protein levels. Reduction of OPA1 expression with shRNA resulted in increased apoptosis and fragmentation of the mitochondria. Overexpression of OPA1 increased mitochondrial tubularity, but did not protect against simulated ischaemia-induced apoptosis. Cytochrome c release from the mitochondria was increased both with reduction in OPA1 and with overexpression of OPA1. CONCLUSION This is the first report, to our knowledge, of changes in mitochondrial fusion/fission proteins in cardiovascular disease. These changes have implications for mitochondrial function and apoptosis, contributing to the cell loss which is part of the downward progression of the failing heart.
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- Le Chen
- Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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Stice JP, Eiserich JP, Knowlton AA. Role of aging versus the loss of estrogens in the reduction in vascular function in female rats. Endocrinology 2009; 150:212-9. [PMID: 18787021 PMCID: PMC2630896 DOI: 10.1210/en.2008-0640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Although aging is known to lead to increased vascular stiffness, the role of estrogens in the prevention of age-related changes in the vasculature remains to be elucidated. To address this, we measured vascular function in the thoracic aorta in adult and old ovariectomized (ovx) rats with and without immediate 17beta-estradiol (E2) replacement. In addition, aortic mRNA and protein were analyzed for proteins known to be involved in vasorelaxation. Aging in combination with the loss of estrogens led to decreased vasorelaxation in response to acetylcholine and sodium nitroprusside, indicating either smooth muscle dysfunction and/or increased fibrosis. Loss of estrogens led to increased vascular tension in response to phenylephrine, which could be partially restored by E2 replacement. Levels of endothelial nitric oxide synthase and inducible nitric oxide synthase did not differ among the groups, nor did total nitrite plus nitrate levels. Old ovx exhibited decreased expression of both the alpha and beta-subunits of soluble guanylyl cyclase (sGC) and had impaired nitric oxide signaling in the vascular smooth muscle. Immediate E2 replacement in the aged ovx prevented both the impairment in vasorelaxation, and the decreased sGC receptor expression and abnormal sGC signaling within the vascular smooth muscle.
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- James P Stice
- Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, USA
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Contaldo C, Harder Y, Plock J, Banic A, Jakob SM, Erni D. The influence of local and systemic preconditioning on oxygenation, metabolism and survival in critically ischaemic skin flaps in pigs. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg 2007; 60:1182-92. [PMID: 17428750 DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2007.02.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2006] [Accepted: 02/20/2007] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Stress proteins represent a group of highly conserved intracellular proteins that provide adaptation against cellular stress. The present study aims to elucidate the stress protein-mediated effects of local hyperthermia and systemic administration of monophosphoryl lipid A (MPL) on oxygenation, metabolism and survival in bilateral porcine random pattern buttock flaps. Preconditioning was achieved 24h prior to surgery by applying a heating blanket on the operative site (n = 5), by intravenous administration of MPL at a dosage of 35 microg/kg body weight (n = 5) or by combining the two (n = 5). The flaps were monitored with laser Doppler flowmetry, polarographic microprobes and microdialysis until 5h postoperatively. Semiquantitative immunohistochemistry was performed for heat shock protein 70 (HSP70), heat shock protein 32 (also termed haem oxygenase-1, HO-1), and inducible nitrc oxide synthase (iNOS). The administration of MPL increased the impaired microcirculatory blood flow in the proximal part of the flap and partial oxygen tension in the the distal part by approximately 100% each (both P<0.05), whereas both variables remained virtually unaffected by local heat preconditioning. Lactate/pyruvate (L/P) ratio and glycerol concentration (representing cell membrane disintegration) in the distal part of the flap gradually increased to values of approximately 500 mmol/l and approximately 350 micromol/l, respectively (both P<0.01), which was substantially attenuated by heat application (P<0.01 for L/P ratio and P<0.05 for glycerol) and combined preconditioning (P<0.01 for both variables), whereas the effect of MPL was less marked (not significant). Flap survival was increased from 56% (untreated animals) to 65% after MPL (not significant), 71% after heat application (P<0.05) and 78% after both methods of preconditioning (P<0.01). iNOS and HO-1 were upregulated after each method of preconditioning (P<0.05), whereas augmented HSP70 staining was only observed after heat application (P<0.05). We conclude that local hyperthermia is more effective in preventing flap necrosis than systemic MPL administration because of enhancing the cellular tolerance to hypoxic stress, which is possibly mediated by HSP70, whereas some benefit may be obtained with MPL due to iNOS and HO-1-mediated improvement in tissue oxygenation.
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- C Contaldo
- Department of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgery, Inselspital University Hospital, CH 3010 Berne, Switzerland.
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Tupling AR, Bombardier E, Stewart RD, Vigna C, Aqui AE. Muscle fiber type-specific response of Hsp70 expression in human quadriceps following acute isometric exercise. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2007; 103:2105-11. [PMID: 17916670 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00771.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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To investigate the time course of fiber type-specific heat shock protein 70 (Hsp70) expression in human skeletal muscle after acute exercise, 10 untrained male volunteers performed single-legged isometric knee extensor exercise at 60% of their maximal voluntary contraction (MVC) with a 50% duty cycle (5-s contraction and 5-s relaxation) for 30 min. Muscle biopsies were collected from the vastus lateralis before (Pre) exercise in the rested control leg (C) and immediately after exercise (Post) in the exercised leg (E) only and on recovery days 1 (R1), 2 (R2), 3 (R3), and 6 (R6) from both legs. As demonstrated by Western blot analysis, whole muscle Hsp70 content was unchanged (P > 0.05) immediately after exercise (Pre vs. Post), was increased (P < 0.05) by approximately 43% at R1, and remained elevated throughout the entire recovery period in E only. Hsp70 expression was also assessed in individual muscle fiber types I, IIA, and IIAX/IIX by immunohistochemistry. There were no fiber type differences (P > 0.05) in basal Hsp70 expression. Immediately after exercise, Hsp70 expression was increased (P < 0.05) in type I fibers by approximately 87% but was unchanged (P > 0.05) in type II fibers (Pre vs. Post). At R1 and throughout recovery, Hsp70 content in E was increased above basal levels (P < 0.05) in all fiber types, but Hsp70 expression was always highest (P < 0.05) in type I fibers. Hsp70 content in C was not different from Pre at any time throughout recovery. Glycogen depletion was observed at Post in all type II, but not type I, fibers, suggesting that the fiber type differences in exercise-induced Hsp70 expression were not related to glycogen availability. These results demonstrate that the time course of exercise-induced Hsp70 expression in human skeletal muscle is fiber type specific.
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- A R Tupling
- Department of Kinesiology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
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Tang D, Kang R, Xiao W, Jiang L, Liu M, Shi Y, Wang K, Wang H, Xiao X. Nuclear heat shock protein 72 as a negative regulator of oxidative stress (hydrogen peroxide)-induced HMGB1 cytoplasmic translocation and release. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2007; 178:7376-84. [PMID: 17513788 PMCID: PMC1976272 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.178.11.7376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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In response to inflammatory stimuli (e.g., endotoxin, proinflammatory cytokines) or oxidative stress, macrophages actively release a ubiquitous nuclear protein, high-mobility group box 1 (HMGB1), to sustain an inflammatory response to infection or injury. In this study, we demonstrated mild heat shock (e.g., 42.5 degrees C, 1 h), or enhanced expression of heat shock protein (Hsp) 72 (by gene transfection) similarly rendered macrophages resistant to oxidative stress-induced HMGB1 cytoplasmic translocation and release. In response to oxidative stress, cytoplasmic Hsp72 translocated to the nucleus, where it interacted with nuclear proteins including HMGB1. Genetic deletion of the nuclear localization sequence (NLS) or the peptide binding domain (PBD) from Hsp72 abolished oxidative stress-induced nuclear translocation of Hsp72-DeltaNLS (but not Hsp72-DeltaPBD), and prevented oxidative stress-induced Hsp72-DeltaPBD-HMGB1 interaction in the nucleus. Furthermore, impairment of Hsp72-DeltaNLS nuclear translocation, or Hsp72-DeltaPBD-HMGB1 interaction in the nucleus, abrogated Hsp72-mediated suppression of HMGB1 cytoplasmic translocation and release. Taken together, these experimental data support a novel role for nuclear Hsp72 as a negative regulator of oxidative stress-induced HMGB1 cytoplasmic translocation and release.
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- Daolin Tang
- Laboratory of Shock, Department of Pathophysiology, Xiangya School of Medicine, Changsha, Hunan, People's Republic of China
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Li Q, Kim Y, Namm J, Kulkarni A, Rosania GR, Ahn YH, Chang YT. RNA-selective, live cell imaging probes for studying nuclear structure and function. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 13:615-23. [PMID: 16793519 DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2006.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 139] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2006] [Revised: 03/24/2006] [Accepted: 04/17/2006] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The higher-order structural organization of the cell nucleus reflects the underlying genome-wide transcriptional activity and macromolecular transport processes. To study the microscopic organization of RNA distribution within the nucleus, a combinatorial library of fluorescent styryl molecules was synthesized and screened for an in vitro RNA response and live cell nuclear imaging. Four different cell lines (HeLa, A549, 3T3, and 3T3-L1) were analyzed in terms of higher-order nuclear organization. We identified RNA-selective dyes with better imaging properties relative to commercially available SYTORNASelect dye; the selected dyes were also cell permeant, photostable, and well tolerated by the cells. Our dyes also had very good counterstain compatibility with Hoechst and DAPI, which could help to image the DNA distribution in relation to RNA distribution in live cells and therefore reveal different patterns of RNA-DNA colocalization.
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- Qian Li
- Department of Chemistry, New York University, New York, New York 10003, USA
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