直接逆转录原位PCR检测实验性汉坦病毒感染乳鼠脑组织中病毒RNA及其与原位分子杂交的比较

出生后２～３ｄ的昆明种乳鼠,经腹腔接种１００个半数致死量的陈株汉坦病毒,每只０．０５ｍｌ,于接种后１、２、４、６、８、１０、１２、１４ｄ处死动物,每个时间点３～６只不等,取其脑组织固定于４％的多聚甲醛中,石蜡包埋制备５μｍ的连续组织切片,每时间点取１～２例组织切片,用逆转录原位ＰＣＲ（ＲＴ－ＩＳＰＣＲ）方法检测组织中病毒Ｓ片段ＲＮＡ,组织脱蜡后,经ＤＮａｓｅ、蛋白酶Ｋ、消化等予处理,用汉坦病毒ＲＮＡＳ片段特异的一对引物,在组织切片上进行病毒ＲＮＡ的逆转录和ＰＣＲ过程,直接将ｄｉｇｏｘｉｇｅｎｉｎ－１１－ｄＵＴＰ掺入到扩增产物中,经过３０个ＰＣＲ循环后,用碱性磷酸酶标记的抗ｄｉｇｏｘｉｇｅｎｉｎ抗体免疫组化检测扩增产物,连续组织切片用ｄｉｇｏｘｉｇｅｎｉｎ标记的汉坦病毒Ｍ片段Ｇ２编码区ＲＴ－ＰＣＲ扩增产物的和Ｓ片段特异性探针进行原位分子杂交并与ＲＴ－ＩＳＰＣＲ结果进行比较,另外应用免疫组化检测该基因表达产物病毒核抗原（ＮＰ）,结果,ＲＴ－ＩＳＰＣＲ在病毒感染１ｄ的乳鼠脑组织中检测到病毒ＲＮＡ扩增产物,扩增产物定位于神经细胞胞浆内,而原位分子杂交和免疫组化检测阴性。在病毒感染２ｄ及２ｄ以后的乳鼠脑组织中ＲＴ－Ｉ     

Two DNA sequences specific for the canine Y chromosome

Data are presented on the characterization of two nucleotide sequences found exclusively in the DNA of male dogs. In polymerase chain reactions (PCRs) of canine genomic DNA with a decanucleotide primer of arbitrary sequence (OP-W17), two nucleotide segments (650 and 990 bp) were amplified only from male samples, whereas a number of other fragments between 400 and 2500 bp in size were amplified from both male and female samples. The two male-specific segments were cloned and sequenced, and terminal 24mer oligonucleotide primer pairs were synthesized. PCR with these specific primer pairs resulted in amplification of the two male-specific sequences only from DNA samples of 34 male dogs; no product was amplified from 42 samples of females. A segment of the SRY gene previously localized on the Y chromosome could be amplified in DNA samples that had the two new sequences. Eco RI digested genomic male DNA when hybridized with the 650 bp or the 990 bp sequences, resulted in a single band for each on Southern analysis; DNA from females did not yield any bands. Comparisons between the two new sequences and the SRY gene segment revealed no homologies. We concluded that the two new sequences are specific for the canine Y chromosome and do not contain the short characterized segment of the SRY gene.     

Fluorescence in situ hybridization using an old world monkey Y chromosome specific probe combined with immunofluorescence staining on rhesus monkey tissues.

To date, there is no commercially available Y chromosome probe that can be used for fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) for the male rhesus monkey. We have recently generated a probe for FISH with high specificity to the short arm of the rhesus monkey Y chromosome. In this study, we further describe a method that keeps the integrity of tissue-specific antigenic structures for immunofluorescence staining subsequent to FISH on paraffin-embedded rhesus monkey tissues. We have examined this technique in combination with an epithelial cell-specific marker, cytokeratin 8/18 (CK8/18), on various tissues, including jejunum, liver, kidney, and pancreas. CK8/18 and Y chromosome signals were distinctly seen simultaneously on epithelial cells from the same tissue section from male but not female monkeys. These studies indicate that our FISH immunofluorescence technique can be reliably used to identify and phenotype male cells in paraffin-embedded rhesus monkey tissues.     

Amplification of Nucleic Acids by Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) and Other Methods and their Applications

Abstract

The in vitro replication of DNA, principally using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR), permits the amplification of defined sequences of DNA. By exponentially amplifying a target sequence, PCR significantly enhances the probability of detecting target gene sequences in complex mixtures of DNA. It also facilitates the cloning and sequencing of genes. Amplification of DNA by PCR and other newly developed methods has been applied in many areas of biological research, including molecular biology, biotechnology, and medicine, permitting studies that were not possible before. Nucleic acid amplification has added a new and revolutionary dimension to molecular biology. This review examines PCR and other in vitro nucleic acid amplification methodologies—examining the critical parameters and variations and their widespread applications—giving the strengths and limitations of these methodologies.     

基于杂交链反应的新一代RNA-FISH技术检测EV-A71 RNA及其与病毒3D聚合酶的相互作用

RNA荧光原位杂交(RNA-fluorescence in situ hybridization, RNA-FISH)技术利用荧光标记的核苷酸探针,通过互补链杂交,对细胞或组织中特定的RNA序列进行检测和定位。由于RNA-FISH产生的阳性信号较弱,需要结合特异性信号放大,提高信噪比。但传统信号放大技术的背景难以消除,无法定量且分辨率低,是RNA-FISH技术应用的巨大障碍。本文基于第3代杂交链反应(hybridization chain reaction version 3.0,HCR v3.0),利用一对分裂式探针消除非特异杂交背景,并引发荧光信号放大反应,建立了针对肠道病毒A71 (enterovirus-A71, EV-A71) RNA的敏感、特异的FISH检测方法,并将该技术与蛋白免疫荧光(immunofluorescence, IF)检测结合,通过高分辨率激光共聚焦成像,成功地在单个细胞水平上检测了EV-A71感染细胞后病毒RNA与其聚合酶3D蛋白的分布变化和相互作用情况,并对细胞中病毒RNA和3D蛋白进行定量。发现相较于传统定量方法,如逆转录定量聚合酶链反应和免疫印迹,新一代RNA-FISH技术在单个细胞水平上病毒RNA和3D聚合酶的表达情况与群体细胞检测的结果在趋势上有明显差异。这说明,基于杂交链反应的新一代RNA-FISH技术,可以克服群体细胞数量增减掩盖病毒组分变化的缺点,从而真实反映病毒在单个细胞中的变化。     

Detection of the protozoan Neospora caninum Using in situ Polymerase Chain Reaction

A new method to detect the protozoan Neospora caninum using indirect in situ polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is described. In situ PCR combines the advantages of the extraordinarily high sensitivity and specificity of PCR and the in situ representation of immunohistochemical methods. We describe an indirect in situ PCR, whereby the amplified products were detected using a primed in situ (PRINS) reaction with hapten-labeled nucleotides and visualized using fluorochrome-labeled antibodies. This technique was carried out in both infected cell cultures and formalin fixed, paraffin embedded tissues. Clear signals were obtained in the N. caninum positive samples using in situ PCR, whereas control slides with Toxoplasma gondii infected tissues always yielded negative results.     

7-Aminobutynyl-8-Aza-7-Deazahypoxanthine as a Quasi-Universal Nucleobase

Several 7-(hydroxy, amino, methylureido, and guanidino)alkynyl-substituted 8-aza-7-deaza- hypoxanthine analogues were investigated as potential universal nucleobases. 7-Aminobutynyl-8-aza-7-deazahypoxanthine was found to be the most promising quasi-universal nucleobase with improved hybridization and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) enhancing properties as compared to commonly used hypoxanthine (the nucleobase of inosine). It demonstrated improved ambiguity for pairing with A, T, and C bases and its base pairing properties can be summarized as follows: X:C～X:A～X:T > X:G. The improvement in PCR performance directly correlated with primer's T_m. Primers containing multiple 7-aminobutynyl-8-aza-7-deazahypoxanthines were successfully used without noticeable inhibition of Taq polymerase activity provided the modifications are positioned more than two bases away from the 3′ end.     

Minchinia mercenariae n. sp. (Haplosporidia) in the Hard Clam Mercenaria mercenaria: Implications of a Rare Parasite in a Commercially Important Host

ABSTRACT. During routine histopathology of 180 juvenile hard clams, Mercenaria mercenaria , from a site in Virginia, USA, in 2007, we discovered a single individual heavily infected with a parasite resembling a haplosporidian, some members of which cause lethal bivalve diseases. Scanning electron microscopy of spores and sequencing of small subunit ribosomal DNA confirmed a new species: Minchinia mercenariae n. sp. Further sampling of clams at the site found prevalences up to 38% using polymerase chain reaction (PCR). No parasites were found in routine histological screening of the same individuals, but re-examination of clams judged positive by in situ hybridization (ISH) revealed very faintly staining plasmodia. No unusual mortalities have occurred among the sampled groups. Analysis of clams from Massachusetts to Florida by PCR failed to detect the parasite, but a haplosporidian found in a clam from New Jersey in 2001 was subsequently identified by ISH as M. mercenariae . No other haplosporidians have been reported in thousands of hard clams from the US east coast examined histologically since the mid-1980s. The discovery underscores critical questions about how to assess the risks associated with parasites in groups known to be lethal, but that themselves are not considered a problem.     

Subtractive Cloning of DNA from Polymyxa graminis– an Obligate Parasitic Plasmodiophorid

A simple subtractive hybridization was applied for cloning of Polymyxa graminis deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). Total DNA preparations from concentrated P. graminis resting spores and from roots of non‐infested (healthy) barley were digested with different restriction enzymes and batch hybridized, followed by cloning in a plasmid vector. Sequencing and blast analysis of coincidentally selected clones enabled construction of polymerase chain reaction primers specific to P. graminis DNA. Four Polymyxa‐specific primers showed different affinities to DNA of type I and type II P. graminis and to DNA of P. betae.     

应用引物原位标记技术检测21号染色体

应用原位引物标记技术（PRINS）检测了21号染色体着丝粒,在外周血和绒毛细胞的标记效率分别为91％和93％,实验过程可以在2h之内完成,证明这一检测方法是一种快速、灵敏、特异性良好的染色体数目检测方法,有可能用于21号染色体数目异常的快速诊断。     

A New Approach to Enhanced PCR Specificity

A new approach to enhanced specificity and product yield of polymerase chain reaction is proposed. It is based on control of DNA polymerase activity during PCR by changing the magnesium ion concentration, which depends on the temperature of the reaction mixture. A slightly soluble magnesium salt, magnesium oxalate, whose solubility depends on temperature, was used as a source of magnesium ions. During PCR, magnesium oxalate was maintained at saturating concentration by the presence of an insoluble excess of this salt, and the concentration of magnesium ions depended on the salt solubility: binding of magnesium ions at lower temperatures and their release at higher temperatures was shown to affect the DNA polymerase activity and to favor the specific PCR amplification of the target DNA fragment.     

Dual Y chromosome painting and in situ cell-specific immunofluorescence staining in lung tissue: an improved method of identifying donor marrow cells in lung following bone marrow transplantation

Several recent studies have demonstrated localization of donor bone marrow-derived cells in recipient lungs following transplantation from male to female mice or patients. Donor cells are identified by detection of the Y chromosome by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). However, protein digestion pretreatments usually required for tissue FISH significantly limit the ability to detect cell type-specific markers by immunohistochemistry. We have used an alternative protein digest approach that entails heating the slides in 10 mM sodium citrate rather than utilizing a protease digestion. This approach preserves cell proteins following FISH, and allows lung tissue to remain intact for subsequent detection of cell-specific markers by immunohistochemistry. We have examined this technique in mouse lungs using a Y chromosome paint and three cell-specific markers, a pan-cytokeratin for epithelial cells, PECAM-1 for endothelial cells, and CD45 for leukocytes. Excellent visualization of both the Y chromosome and cell-specific surface protein markers was obtained on a single slide. This approach will significantly enhance the ability to detect and identify donor bone marrow cells in recipient mouse lungs following male to female transplantation.     

人头发DNA的提取及其基因扩增

头发是犯罪现场最容易得到的材料之一。本文报道从人的头发中提取DNA的方法以及利用PCR(聚合酶链反应)技术,从少量人发DNA扩增大量拷贝数的基因片段。对基因扩增得到的大量基因片段进行进一步的基因分析,将为法医物证学提供客观证据,具有重要价值。     

Amplification of DNA bound on clay minerals

DNA adsorbs and binds on clay minerals, which provides protection to the DNA against degradation by nucleases but does not eliminate the ability of bound DNA to transform cells. These observations support the concept that 'cryptic genes' can persist in the environment when bound on particles and that the genes could subsequently be expressed if an appropriate host was transformed. The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was used to amplify free and bound DNA from Bacillus subtilis and calf thymus. DNA bound on montmorillonite, but not on kaolinite, was amplified. However, amplification occurred when kaolinite was pretreated with sodium metaphosphate. DNA was not released from the clays during the amplification procedure. The type of clay (e.g. its structure and charges) affected amplification. Because DNA bound on clay is protected against biodegradation, the ability to amplify DNA bound on clay by the PCR has palaeontological, archaeological, and anthropological implications for the detection of 'ancient' DNA, as well as for monitoring the persistence of recombinant DNA introduced to the environment in genetically modified organisms.     

植物染色体原位杂交技术的发展与现状

本文主要介绍植物染色体原位杂交技术的发展历史,评述适用于不同研究目的的各种主要原位杂交技术的基本原理和方法,并介绍该技术在植物细胞遗传学领域的应用和发展。Abstract：In this paper,we briefly introduce the development of in situ hybridization of plant chromosome. The fundamental principle and method of many main kinds of in situ hybridization have been reviewed for different research purposes,and their application and development on plant cytogenetics also been recommended.     

Lock and roll: single-molecule genotyping in situ using padlock probes and rolling-circle amplification

In this review I will describe the development of a technique that enables genotyping of individual DNA molecules in the context of morphologically preserved fixed cells, from the fundamental concept published in 1994 to the present status. The review describes enzyme-assisted histochemistry approaches to achieve highly specific molecular identification reactions coupled to efficient signal amplification. The primary molecular identification is accomplished through circularization of oligonucleotide probes, called padlock probes. The circularization reaction is catalyzed by a DNA ligase, which provides robust distinction between single-nucleotide variants under standard reaction conditions. To generate a detectable signal from individual circularized probe molecules, a DNA polymerase is added that replicates probe circles, generating a long tandem-repeated DNA product, easily visualized using a standard epi-fluorescence microscope. Individual signals are recorded as bright dots, providing digital information about the abundance of specific sequences and opportunities for simultaneous detection of several targets using spectral multiplexing. The importance of strictly target-dependent signal amplification will be discussed.Robert Feulgen Prize 2006 Winner lecture presented at the 48th Symposium of the Society for Histochemistry in Stresa, Lake Maggiore, Italy, 7–10 September 2006.