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Choijookhuu N, Shibata Y, Ishizuka T, Xu Y, Koji T, Hishikawa Y. An Advanced Detection System for In Situ Hybridization Using a Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer-based Molecular Beacon Probe. Acta Histochem Cytochem 2022; 55:119-128. [PMID: 36405552 PMCID: PMC9631986 DOI: 10.1267/ahc.22-00075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2022] [Accepted: 08/21/2022] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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In situ hybridization (ISH) is a powerful method for detecting specific RNAs at the cellular level. Although conventional ISH using hapten-labeled probes are useful for detecting multiple RNAs, the detection procedures are still complex and required longer time. Therefore, we introduced a new application of fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET)-based molecular beacon (MB) probes for ISH. MCF-7 cells and C57BL/6J mouse uterus were used for ISH. MB probes for ERα mRNA and 28S rRNA were labeled with Cy3/BHQ-2 and 6-FAM/DABCYL, and conventional probes were labeled with digoxigenin. Fluorescence measurements revealed that of more-rapid hybridization kinetics compared to conventional probes. In MCF-7 cells, 28S rRNA was detected in nucleolus and cytoplasm of all cells, whereas ERα mRNA was detected in some nucleolus. In the uterus, 28S rRNA was clearly detected using complementary MB probe, but there were no signals in control slides. Moreover, 28S rRNA was detected in all cells, whereas ERα mRNA was detected mainly in the epithelium. Fluorescence intensity of 28S rRNA was decreased significantly in 1 or 2 base-mismatched sequences, that indicates highly specific detection of target RNAs. In conclusion, the FRET-based MB probes are very useful for ISH, providing rapid hybridization, high sensitivity and specificity.
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- Narantsog Choijookhuu
- Department of Anatomy, Histochemistry and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, 5200 Kihara, Kiyotake, Miyazaki 889–1692, Japan
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- Department of Histology and Cell Biology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1–12–4 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852–8523, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy, Histochemistry and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, 5200 Kihara, Kiyotake, Miyazaki 889–1692, Japan
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- Division of Chemistry, Department of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, 5200 Kihara, Kiyotake, Miyazaki 889–1692, Japan
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- Department of Histology and Cell Biology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1–12–4 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852–8523, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy, Histochemistry and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, 5200 Kihara, Kiyotake, Miyazaki 889–1692, Japan,Frontier Science Research Center, University of Miyazaki, 5200 Kihara, Kiyotake, Miyazaki 889–1692, Japan
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Zheng S, Xie W, Fei L, Zhu N. Research on the Relationship Between Schizophrenia and Excitatory Amino Acid Transporter 1 Gene Based on Nanogold Amplification Technology. JOURNAL OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY 2021; 21:1278-1285. [PMID: 33183473 DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2021.18659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Schizophrenia is one of the most common central nervous system diseases, which is caused by abnormal discharge of neurons in the brain. Its occurrence and development are affected by both genetic and environmental factors. The variation of gene level can affect the development of schizophrenia and the treatment of prognosis by affecting the susceptibility, clinical phenotype and drug response. At present, the research results of susceptibility genes screened by candidate gene association research are not consistent. The method of gene recognition on DNA was studied by QCM and nano gold composite. By using this method, the enantioselective recognition of cysteine on cyclodextrin self-assembled membrane was studied. In this study, EAAT1 gene, which is highly expressed in astrocytes, was used as a candidate gene to analyze the relationship between polymorphism and schizophrenia. The experimental results show that the introduction of nano gold can significantly improve the sensing signal, detection sensitivity and gene differentiation. In addition, this study suggested that EAAT1 gene might be a susceptibility gene of schizophrenia in the population. The results showed that a common SNP allele rs1030239-g was the risk factor (83.8% vs. 79.2%, P = 0.00067, or = 1.35, 95% CI = 1.08-1.69). The results showed that A-T-G increased the risk of schizophrenia.
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- Shuang Zheng
- Department of Depression Disorders, Affiliated Psychological Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230000, Anhui Province, China
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- Department of Depression Disorders, Affiliated Psychological Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230000, Anhui Province, China
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- Department of Depression Disorders, Affiliated Psychological Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230000, Anhui Province, China
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- Department of Depression Disorders, Affiliated Psychological Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230000, Anhui Province, China
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Lee SW, Lee SE, Ko SH, Hong EK, Nam KI, Nakamura KI, Imayama S, Park YJ, Ahn KY, Bae CS, Kim BY, Park SS. Introduction of Tyramide Signal Amplification (TSA) to Pre-embedding Nanogold-Silver Staining at the Electron Microscopic Level. J Histochem Cytochem 2016; 53:249-52. [PMID: 15684338 DOI: 10.1369/jhc.3b6194.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The tyramide signal amplification (TSA) technique has been shown to detect scarce tissue antigens in light and electron microscopy. In this study we applied the TSA technique at the electron microscopic level to pre-embedding immunocytochemistry. This protocol was compared to the non-amplified protocol. With the TSA protocol, the labeling of GM130, a cis-Golgi matrix protein, was tested in a cell line and found to be highly sensitive and more enhanced than that with the simple protocol. Moreover, the gold particles were well localized to the cis-side of the Golgi apparatus in both the TSA and the simple protocol.
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- Seung-won Lee
- Department of Anatomy, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea.
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Follicular T helper (Tfh) cells are a critical population of CD4 T helper cells that are primarily localized in the germinal centers (GCs) to help B cell maturation and antibody production. Tfh cells can be identified in tissue sections based on the expression of a panel of classical Tfh surface makers, transcription marker(s), and effector-function cytokines, as well as by their unique anatomic proximity to other GC cells, including follicular dendritic cells (FDC) and GC B cells. Here, we describe an immunofluorescence staining method for visualization of GC Tfh cells in frozen spleen tissue sections of the autoimmune BXD2 mouse using a confocal imaging strategy. Tfh cells were characterized based on the expression of CD4, CXCR5, Bcl6, IL-21, and IL-17.
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- Yanna Ding
- University of Alabama at Birmingham, SHEL 337, 1825 University Blvd, Birmingham, AL, 35294, USA
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Chieco P, Jonker A, De Boer BA, Ruijter JM, Van Noorden CJ. Image Cytometry: Protocols for 2D and 3D Quantification in Microscopic Images. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013; 47:211-333. [DOI: 10.1016/j.proghi.2012.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Ginawi IAM, Mahgoub EA, Ahmed HG. Immunophenotyping of HPV Types 16 and 18 among Sudanese Patients with Oral Lesions. Oman Med J 2012; 27:201-6. [PMID: 22811767 PMCID: PMC3394353 DOI: 10.5001/omj.2012.45] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2011] [Accepted: 03/19/2012] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to screen patients with oral lesions for the presence of Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) types 16 and 18. METHODS Sixty patients aged between 11-80 years with a mean age of 46 years were examined using immunohistological techniques. All samples were retrieved from RICK during the period from August 2009 to August 2010. Out of 60 patients, 50 had Oral Squamous Cell Carcinomas (OSCCs) and the remaining ten had benign oral lesions, included as internal control. RESULTS Of the 50 patients with OSCCs, 10 (20%) showed positive immunohistochemical results for HPV types 16 and 18 of which 50% were detected among males and 50% were demonstrated among females. The ten positive findings were Immunophenotyped as follows: five were positive with HPV type 16, four with type 18 and one was positive for HPV types 16 and18. All patients with benign oral lesions were negative for HPV immunohistochemistry. CONCLUSION The study suggests the role of HPV 16 and 18 in the etiology of oral cancers in different parts of Sudan. However, the use of molecular techniques such as PCR are needed to confirm the results of immunohistochemistry in the role of the HPV in developing of OSCC in Sudan.
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- Department of Histopathology and Cytology, FMLs, University of Khartoum
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Van Noorden CJF. Imaging enzymes at work: metabolic mapping by enzyme histochemistry. J Histochem Cytochem 2010; 58:481-97. [PMID: 20124092 DOI: 10.1369/jhc.2010.955518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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For the understanding of functions of proteins in biological and pathological processes, reporter molecules such as fluorescent proteins have become indispensable tools for visualizing the location of these proteins in intact animals, tissues, and cells. For enzymes, imaging their activity also provides information on their function or functions, which does not necessarily correlate with their location. Metabolic mapping enables imaging of activity of enzymes. The enzyme under study forms a reaction product that is fluorescent or colored by conversion of either a fluorogenic or chromogenic substrate or a fluorescent substrate with different spectral characteristics. Most chromogenic staining methods were developed in the latter half of the twentieth century but still find new applications in modern cell biology and pathology. Fluorescence methods have rapidly evolved during the last decade. This review critically evaluates the methods that are available at present for metabolic mapping in living animals, unfixed cryostat sections of tissues, and living cells, and refers to protocols of the methods of choice.
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- Cornelis J F Van Noorden
- Department of Cell Biology and Histology, Academic Medical Center, Meibergdreef 15, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Saha D, Acharya D, Roy D, Dhar TK. Filtration-based tyramide amplification technique—a new simple approach for rapid detection of aflatoxin B1. Anal Bioanal Chem 2006; 387:1121-30. [PMID: 17151856 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-006-0943-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2006] [Revised: 10/11/2006] [Accepted: 10/12/2006] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The catalyzed reporter deposition (CARD) method of signal amplification, also called "tyramide signal amplification", has been used in immunoassays not only to increase sensitivity but also to reduce assay time. The current approach to tyramide amplification in immunoassays involves slow incubation with agitation. In this paper we describe new filtration-based tyramide amplification and substrate visualization techniques. Compared with the standard method, this new approach greatly enhances spot intensities in membrane immunoassay and reduces biotinylated tyramide (B-T) and substrate consumption approximately fiftyfold, without loss of specificity. An improved test device and a cost-effective method for preparation of membranes for Super-CARD amplification have also been developed. The techniques have been used for rapid detection of aflatoxin B(1) (AFB(1)) in a variety of foodstuffs with a detection limit of 12.5 microg kg(-1). The assay procedure involves sequential addition of standards or sample, AFB(1)-horseradish peroxidase (HRP) conjugate, B-T, avidin-HRP, and substrate solution over anti-AFB(1) antibody-spotted zones of the membrane surface. The method saves time, improves reproducibility, eliminates many washing steps and avoids manipulation of the membranes between the different steps, while maintaining the sensitivity of the standard method. Average recoveries from different non-infected food samples spiked with AFB(1) at concentrations from 25 to 100 mg kg(-1) were between 95 and 105%. AFB(1) results obtained on different days for Aspergillus parasiticus infection of corn and groundnut samples correlated well with estimates obtained by HPLC.
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- Debjani Saha
- Drug Development, Diagnostics and Biotechnology Division, Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, 4, Raja S. C. Mullick Road, Jadavpur, Calcutta, 700 032, India
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Bencsik AA, Coleman AW, Debeer SOS, Perron H, Moussa A. Amplified Immunohistochemical Detection of PrPsc in Animal Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies Using Streptomycin. J Histochem Cytochem 2006; 54:849-53. [PMID: 16549507 DOI: 10.1369/jhc.5c6895.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Due to its sensitivity, immunohistochemistry (IHC) of abnormal prion protein (PrPsc) is used to study experimental and natural cases of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) such as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans or scrapie and bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in animals. The limits of detection are particularly critical when PrPsc IHC is used for diagnostic purposes. In this article, we describe for the first time the use of streptomycin sulfate in IHC, providing a novel original and easy way to amplify specifically PrPsc immunohistochemical detection in natural cases of BSE and scrapie, as well as in experimental TSEs in mice models using two different PrP antibodies. (J Histochem Cytochem 54:849-853, 2006)
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- Anna A Bencsik
- Agence Française de Sécurité Sanitaire des Aliments, Laboratoire d'Etudes et de Recherches en Pathologie Bovine et Hygiène des Viandes, Unité ATNC, Lyon, Cedex 07-France.
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Ruan C, Zeng K, Varghese OK, Grimes CA. A staphylococcal enterotoxin B magnetoelastic immunosensor. Biosens Bioelectron 2005; 20:585-91. [PMID: 15494243 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2004.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2004] [Revised: 02/27/2004] [Accepted: 03/04/2004] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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A magnetoelastic immunosensor for detection of staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB) is described. The magnetoelastic sensor is a newly developed mass/elasticity-based transducer of high sensitivity having a material cost of approximately $0.001/sensor. Affinity-purified rabbit anti-SEB antibody was covalently immobilized on magnetoelastic sensors, of dimensions 6 mm x 2 mm x 28 microm. The affinity reaction of biotin-avidin and biocatalytic precipitation are used to amplify antigen-antibody binding events on the sensor surface. Horseradish peroxidase (HRP) and alkaline phosphatase were examined as the labeled enzymes to induce biocatalytic precipitation. The alkaline phosphatase substrate, 5-bromo-4-chloro-3-indolyl phosphate (BCIP) produces a dimer, which binds tightly to the sensor surface, inducing a change in sensor resonance frequency. The biosensor demonstrates a linear shift in resonance frequency with staphylococcal enterotoxin B concentration between 0.5 and 5 ng/ml, with a detection limit of 0.5 ng/ml.
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- Chuanmin Ruan
- Department of Electrical Engineering, 217 Materials Research Laboratory, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
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Schmitt O, Preusse S, Haas SJP. Comparison of contrast, sensitivity and efficiency of signal amplified and nonamplified immunohistochemical reactions suitable for videomicroscopy-based quantification and neuroimaging. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004; 12:157-71. [PMID: 15013467 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresprot.2003.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/24/2003] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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In recent years, many different technical modifications of immunohistochemical methods have been developed. The selection of a suitable technique for quantitative purposes such as mapping studies can be quite difficult. Various features of a certain method must be considered such as the sensitivity, costs, duration and practicability with respect to serial sectioned specimens. Background and foreground difference or contrast and the influence of artifacts are major problems of quantitative immunohistochemistry. It is not known which of the different modifications of immunohistochemical signal amplifications and non-amplifications gives optimal results in respect to image analytical-based quantification. However, for image analysis, it is important to analyze sections which offer a sufficient contrast between foreground and background. The sensitivity of a system is crucial when quantitative immunohistochemistry should be applied to scarce material with longer postmortem and storage times which occur often by processing human brains. In addition, the enzyme-substrate reactions have an obvious influence on this criterion; therefore, different substrates were also tested. The contrast may be as well effected by the quality and specificity of the primary antibody, the type of tissue and naturally by preparative (fixation, postmortem delay, storage) and individual factors (age, circadian effects, diseases, sex). Because all of these factors may yield to different results by combining them with different neuronal structures, we used three different antigen expressions for a specific analysis: fibrillary, granulary and perikaryal antigen distributions in brains from Wistar rats. Principally, the sensitivity of the modifications of immunohistochemical amplifications is revealed more strongly than without enhancement steps; however, the contrast between foreground and background structures does not necessary increase by applying a certain amplification technique. The lowest contrast (15%) was detected after applying the labelled streptavidin-biotin technique. All other methods offer comparable contrasts in between 30% and 40%. The catalyzed signal amplification reaction has been found to give optimal results (40% contrast) for image analysis. However, from the technical point of view and variability of protein expression, storage and postmortem delay, it was necessary to adapt the commercial CSA Kit from Dako (K1500). The modified technique, called C2 method, offers better results with respect to sensitivity, total costs, duration and contrast (60%) and variability of contrast.
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- Oliver Schmitt
- Institute of Anatomy, University of Rostock, Gertrudenstr. 9, D-18055 Rostock, Germany.
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Koehler A, Alpermann T, Lauritzen B, Van Noorden CJF. Clonal xenobiotic resistance during pollution-induced toxic injury and hepatocellular carcinogenesis in liver of female flounder (Platichthys flesus (L.)). Acta Histochem 2004; 106:155-70. [PMID: 15147637 DOI: 10.1016/j.acthis.2004.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2003] [Revised: 01/22/2004] [Accepted: 02/04/2004] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Juvenile and adult female flounder (Platichthys flesus (L.)) were caught either in the estuary of the most polluted European river, the Elbe, or as controls in a reference site to study pollution-induced xenobiotic resistance in their livers in relation to pathological alterations. In juvenile fish, livers displayed reversible and irreversible degenerative toxipathic lesion types but never showed (pre)neoplastic changes. Tumour frequencies up to 70% were found macroscopically in livers of adult female flounder which had progressed to adenomas and carcinomas in the most polluted site. Because male adult flounder show only up to 50% of livers containing early preneoplastic foci but never malignancies, we focussed our study on female individuals. (Pre)neoplastic changes ranged from early eosinophilic foci to basophilic foci, adenomas and hepatocellular carcinomas. Adenomas were generally eosinophilic whereas carcinomas were mainly basophilic. These phenotypical sequential changes strongly resemble those found in chemically-induced liver carcinogenesis in mammals. Characteristic mutations known from mammalian cancers have not been found so far in these flounder livers. Therefore, we investigated whether epigenetic events had induced a metabolic "resistant phenotype" of (pre)malignant cancer cells during hepatocellular carcinogenesis. With a quantitative immunohistochemical approach, we studied expression of P-glycoprotein (P-gp)-mediated multixenobiotic resistance (MXR), cytochrome P4501A1, glutathione-S-transferase-A which are key proteins in xenobiotic metabolism and elimination. Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PDH) activity, the major source of the reducing power NADPH which is needed for biotransformation, oxyradical scavenging and biosynthesis, was detected as well. We observed upregulation of G6PDH activity already in early preneoplastic eosinophilic foci and subsequent further upregulation in basophilic foci and carcinomas. P-gp started to become overexpressed in basophilic foci and was overexpressed even more strongly in carcinomas and their invasively-growing protrusions (satellites). In carcinomas, P-gp protein was predominantly present in membranes of lysosomes which are the intracellular sites of deposition of xenobiotics. CYP450 was reduced whereas GST-A was increased in these carcinomas. Progression towards malignancy was positively correlated with levels of mitogenic organochlorines in these livers which are "fingerprint contaminants" of the river Elbe. We conclude that (pre)neoplastic hepatocytes in female flounder acquire growth advantages over normal hepatocytes by epigenetic metabolic adaptations during liver carcinogenesis as a result of chronic exposure to (pro)carcinogens in the polluted habitat.
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- Angela Koehler
- Department of Ecotoxicology, Alfred Wegener Institute for Marine and Polar Research, Am Handelshafen 12, Haus C, Bremerhaven 27570, Germany.
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Qian X, Lloyd RV. Recent developments in signal amplification methods for in situ hybridization. DIAGNOSTIC MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY : THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SURGICAL PATHOLOGY, PART B 2003; 12:1-13. [PMID: 12605030 DOI: 10.1097/00019606-200303000-00001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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In situ hybridization (ISH) allows for the histologic and cytologic localization of DNA and RNA targets. However, the application of ISH techniques can be limited by their inability to detect targets with low copies of DNA and RNA. During the last few years, several strategies have been developed to improve the sensitivity of ISH by amplification of either target nucleic acid sequences prior to ISH or signal detection after the hybridization is completed. Current approaches involving target amplification (in situ PCR, primed labeling, self-sustained sequence replication), signal amplification (tyramide signal amplification, branched DNA amplification), and probe amplification (padlock probes and rolling circle amplification) are reviewed with emphasis on their applications to bright field microscopy. More recent developments such as molecular beacons and in situ strand displacement amplification continue to increase the sensitivity of in situ hybridization methods. Application of some of these techniques has extended the utility of ISH in diagnostic pathology and in research because of the ability to detect targets with low copy numbers of DNA and RNA.
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- Xiang Qian
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA
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Van Noorden CJF. Direct comparison of enzyme histochemical and immunohistochemical methods to localize an enzyme. MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2002; 54:575-577. [PMID: 12408620 DOI: 10.1016/s0141-1136(02)00169-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Immunohistochemical localization of enzymes is compared directly with localization of enzyme activity with (catalytic) enzyme histochemical methods. The two approaches demonstrate principally different aspects of an enzyme. The immunohistochemical method localizes the enzyme protein whether it is active or not whereas the catalytic method visualizes the functionally active enzyme only. Furthermore, enzyme histochemical methods appear to be highly sensitive in comparison with immunohistochemical methods. Finally, the catalytic methods are simple and last 5-60 min at room temp, whereas immunohistochemical methods take hours at least. It can be concluded that enzyme histochemical methods are the methods of choice to localize enzymes because they detect the functional activity of an enzyme, they are relatively simple and their sensitivity is high.
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- Cornelis J F Van Noorden
- Department of Cell Biology and Histology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Hamblett KJ, Kegley BB, Hamlin DK, Chyan MK, Hyre DE, Press OW, Wilbur DS, Stayton PS. A streptavidin-biotin binding system that minimizes blocking by endogenous biotin. Bioconjug Chem 2002; 13:588-98. [PMID: 12009950 DOI: 10.1021/bc010087t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Pretargeted radioimmunotherapy specifically targets radiation to tumors using antibody-streptavidin conjugates followed by radiolabeled biotin. A potential barrier to this cancer therapy is the presence of endogenous biotin in serum, which can block the biotin-binding sites of the antibody-streptavidin conjugate before the administration of radiolabeled biotin. Serum-derived biotin can also be problematic in clinical diagnostic applications. Due to the extremely slow dissociation of the biotin-streptavidin complex, this endogenous biotin can irreversibly block the biotin-binding sites of streptavidin and reduce therapeutic efficacy, as well as reduce sensitivity in diagnostic assays. We tested a streptavidin mutant (SAv-Y43A), which has a 67-fold lower affinity for biotin than wild type streptavidin, and three bivalent bis-biotin constructs as replacements for wild-type streptavidin and biotin used in pretargeting and clinical diagnostics. Biotin dimers were engineered with certain parameters including water solubility, biotinidase resistance, and linker lengths long enough to span the distance between two biotin-binding sites of streptavidin. The bivalent biotins were compared to biotin in exchange, retention, and off-rate assays. The faster off-rate of SAv-Y43A allowed efficient exchange of prebound biotin by the biotin dimers. In fluorescent competition experiments, the biotin dimer ligands displayed high avidity binding and essentially irreversible retention with SAv-Y43A. The off-rate of a biotinidase-stabilized biotin dimer from SAv-Y43A was 4.36 x 10(-)(6) s(-)(1), over 640 times slower compared to biotin. These findings strongly suggest that employing a mutant streptavidin in concert with a bivalent biotin can mitigate the deleterious impact of endogenous biotin, by allowing exchange of bound biotin and retention of the biotin dimer carriers.
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- Kevin J Hamblett
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle 98195, USA
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Andras SC, Power JB, Cocking EC, Davey MR. Strategies for signal amplification in nucleic acid detection. Mol Biotechnol 2001; 19:29-44. [PMID: 11697219 DOI: 10.1385/mb:19:1:029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Many aspects of molecular genetics necessitate the detection of nucleic acid sequences. Current approaches involving target amplification (in situ PCR, Primed in situ Labeling, Self-Sustained Sequence Replication, Strand Displacement Amplification), probe amplification (Ligase Chain Reaction, Padlock Probes, Rolling Circle Amplification) and signal amplification (Tyramide Signal Amplification, Branched DNA Amplification) are summarized in the present review, together with their advantages and limitations.
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- S C Andras
- Babes-Boylai University, Faculty of Biology and Geology, Ecology and Genetics Department, Str. Clinicilor 5-7, Cluj-Napoca 3400, Romania
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Bleeker FE, Hazen LG, Köhler A, Van Noorden CJ. Direct comparison of the sensitivity of enzyme histochemical and immunohistochemical methods: cathepsin B expression in human colorectal mucosa. Acta Histochem 2000; 102:247-57. [PMID: 10990063 DOI: 10.1078/s0065-1281(04)70033-1] [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: 11/18/2022]
Abstract
Immunohistochemical localization of the proteinase cathepsin B has been compared directly with localization of cathepsin B activity with a catalytic (enzyme) histochemical method. The 2 approaches demonstrate principally different aspects of an enzyme. The immunohistochemical method localizes the enzyme protein whether it is active or not whereas the catalytic method visualizes the functionally active enzyme only. Sensitivity of both approaches to localize low amounts of enzyme protein or activity has never been compared. In the present study, we show that cathepsin B protein has a wider distribution pattern than cathepsin B activity in human colorectal mucosa, which means that inactive cathepsin B protein is present. With respect to sensitivity of the methods, it is shown that cathepsin B protein could only be demonstrated properly when strong signal amplification was applied by using Nanogold with silver enhancement, whereas activity could be demonstrated with a simple and direct fluorogenic histochemical assay. It is concluded that catalytic histochemical methods are relatively simple methods for the localization of activity of enzymes in tissues and cells and that their sensitivity is high in comparison with immunohistochemical methods.
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Affiliation(s)
- F E Bleeker
- Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Department of Cell Biology and Histology, The Netherlands
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