Two subtypes of endothelin receptors and endothelin peptides are expressed in differential cell types of the rat placenta: in vitro receptor autoradiographic and in situ hybridization studies.

Immunostaining of adult human skin shows that the small dermatan sulphate proteoglycan decorin is abundant in the whole dermal layer but absent from the epidermis. In the papillary layer adjacent to the dermal-epidermal border, more decorin was detected than in the reticular layer of the dermis. Expression of decorin mRNA by cells in the papillary dermis could also be shown by in situ hybridization. In contrast, biglycan, another small chondroitin sulphate/dermatan sulphate proteoglycan, is found only at the dermal-epidermal border. Therefore the biosynthesis of these two proteoglycans by papillary and reticular fibroblasts from two different donors was compared in tissue culture. Papillary fibroblasts secrete up to 5.9 times more decorin than reticular fibroblasts, while the amounts of cell-associated decorin in both cell types are similar. By Northern blot analysis as well as by in situ hybridization it was shown that papillary fibroblasts contain more mRNA coding for decorin than do reticular cells. In addition, no mosaic pattern of decorin expression was found in the cultured cells. The expression and synthesis of biglycan compared with decorin was about 10 times lower and did not show any significant differences for the two cells types. The kinetics of secretion and the rate of endocytosis of decorin were similar for both types of fibroblasts. These results were found with fibroblasts between the 9th and 15th passage from a newborn subject as well as from a 78-year-old donor, indicating that the pattern of decorin synthesis is not age-dependent in the range investigated. These results further show that fibroblasts from different layers of the dermis have a specific pattern of synthesis of small chondroitin sulphate/dermatan sulphate proteoglycans, and they also maintain these patterns in cell culture.

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Characterization of an Intermediate Filament Protein from the Platyhelminth, Dugesia japonica

Protein and Peptide Letters ◽

10.2174/0929866526666191025102902 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 27 (5) ◽

pp. 432-446

Author(s):

Akiko Yamamoto ◽

Ken-ichiro Matsunaga ◽

Toyoaki Anai ◽

Hitoshi Kawano ◽

Toshihisa Ueda ◽

...

Keyword(s):

In Situ Hybridization ◽

Immunohistochemical Analysis ◽

Protein Characterization ◽

Intermediate Filament Protein ◽

Tail Domain ◽

Animal Cells ◽

Dugesia Japonica ◽

Function Relationship

Background: Intermediate Filaments (IFs) are major constituents of the cytoskeletal systems in animal cells. Objective: To gain insights into the structure-function relationship of invertebrate cytoplasmic IF proteins, we characterized an IF protein from the platyhelminth, Dugesia japonica, termed Dif-1. Method: cDNA cloning, in situ hybridization, immunohistochemical analysis, and IF assembly experiments in vitro using recombinant Dif-1, were performed for protein characterization. Results: The structure deduced from the cDNA sequence showed that Djf-1 comprises 568 amino acids and has a tripartite domain structure (N-terminal head, central rod, and C-terminal tail) that is characteristic of IF proteins. Similar to nuclear IF lamins, Djf-1 contains an extra 42 residues in the coil 1b subdomain of the rod domain that is absent from vertebrate cytoplasmic IF proteins and a nuclear lamin-homology segment of approximately 105 residues in the tail domain; however, it contains no nuclear localization signal. In situ hybridization analysis showed that Djf-1 mRNA is specifically expressed in cells located within the marginal region encircling the worm body. Immunohistochemical analysis showed that Djf-1 protein forms cytoplasmic IFs located close to the microvilli of the cells. In vitro IF assembly experiments using recombinant proteins showed that Djf-1 alone polymerizes into IFs. Deletion of the extra 42 residues in the coil 1b subdomain resulted in the failure of IF formation. Conclusions: Together with data from other histological studies, our results suggest that Djf- 1 is expressed specifically in anchor cells within the glandular adhesive organs of the worm and that Djf-1 IFs may play a role in protecting the cells from mechanical stress.

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Combination of Direct Viable Count and Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization (DVC-FISH) as a Potential Method for Identifying Viable Vibrio parahaemolyticus in Oysters and Mussels

Foods ◽

10.3390/foods10071502 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (7) ◽

pp. 1502

Author(s):

Jorge García-Hernández ◽

Manuel Hernández ◽

Yolanda Moreno

Keyword(s):

In Situ Hybridization ◽

Vibrio Parahaemolyticus ◽

Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization ◽

Potential Method ◽

Viable Count ◽

Hybridization Technique ◽

Fish Technique ◽

Viable Cells

Vibrio parahaemolyticus is a human food-borne pathogen with the ability to enter the food chain. It is able to acquire a viable, non-cultivable state (VBNC), which is not detected by traditional methods. The combination of the direct viable count method and a fluorescent in situ hybridization technique (DVC-FISH) makes it possible to detect microorganisms that can present VBNC forms in complex samples The optimization of the in vitro DVC-FISH technique for V. parahaemolyticus was carried out. The selected antibiotic was ciprofloxacin at a concentration of 0.75 μg/mL with an incubation time in DVC broth of 5 h. The DVC-FISH technique and the traditional plate culture were applied to detect and quantify the viable cells of the affected pathogen in artificially contaminated food matrices at different temperatures. The results obtained showed that low temperatures produced an important logarithmic decrease of V. parahaemolyticus, while at 22 °C, it proliferated rapidly. The DVC-FISH technique proved to be a useful tool for the detection and quantification of V. parahaemolyticus in the two seafood matrices of oysters and mussels. This is the first study in which this technique has been developed to detect viable cells for this microorganism.

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Pituitary adenoma producing growth hormone and adrenocorticotropin: a histological, immunocytochemical, electron microscopic, and in situ hybridization study

Journal of Neurosurgery ◽

10.3171/jns.1998.88.6.1111 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 88 (6) ◽

pp. 1111-1115 ◽

Cited By ~ 27

Author(s):

Kalman Kovacs ◽

Eva Horvath ◽

Lucia Stefaneanu ◽

Juan Bilbao ◽

William Singer ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Growth Hormone ◽

In Situ Hybridization ◽

Pituitary Adenoma ◽

Immunoelectron Microscopy ◽

Secretory Granules ◽

Cell Types ◽

Content Type ◽

Separate Cell ◽

Fine Print

✓ The authors report on the morphological features of a pituitary adenoma that produced growth hormone (GH) and adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH). This hormone combination produced by a single adenoma is extremely rare; a review of the available literature showed that only one previous case has been published. The tumor, which was removed from a 62-year-old man with acromegaly, was studied by histological and immunocytochemical analyses, transmission electron microscopy, immunoelectron microscopy, and in situ hybridization. When the authors used light microscopy, the tumor appeared to be a bimorphous mixed pituitary adenoma composed of two separate cell types: one cell population synthesized GH and the other ACTH. The cytogenesis of pituitary adenomas that produce more than one hormone is obscure. It may be that two separate cells—one somatotroph and one corticotroph—transformed into neoplastic cells, or that the adenoma arose in a common stem cell that differentiated into two separate cell types. In this case immunoelectron microscopy conclusively demonstrated ACTH in the secretory granules of several somatotrophs. This was associated with a change in the morphological characteristics of secretory granules. Thus it is possible that the tumor was originally a somatotropic adenoma that began to produce ACTH as a result of mutations that occurred during tumor progression.

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Human neutrophilic and eosinophilic granulocytes display different levels of c-fos proto-oncogene expression: an in situ hybridization study.

Journal of Histochemistry & Cytochemistry ◽

10.1177/35.8.3298425 ◽

1987 ◽

Vol 35 (8) ◽

pp. 837-842 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

H Kreipe ◽

H J Radzun ◽

K Heidorn ◽

C Mäder ◽

M R Parwaresch

Keyword(s):

In Situ Hybridization ◽

Neutrophilic Granulocytes ◽

Blood Monocytes ◽

In Vitro Differentiation ◽

Monocytic Differentiation ◽

Eosinophilic Granulocytes ◽

Fos Expression ◽

High Level

The cellular homologue of the retroviral oncogene v-fos has been shown to be involved in cell differentiation of hematopoietic cells. By use of the human promyelocyte cell line HL-60, several in vitro differentiation studies suggested a selective activation of c-fos during monocytic differentiation of myeloid precursor cells. In contrast to these observations, we found high levels of c-fos mRNA in purified normal human granulocytes, whereas c-fos was only faintly expressed in blood monocytes. In situ hybridization revealed that the high level of c-fos expression is restricted to neutrophilic granulocytes, whereas c-fos transcription is not detectable in eosinophilic granulocytes. These results indicate that in vitro differentiation systems can be misleading and may not reflect the in vivo situation. The high level of c-fos expression in neutrophilic granulocytes may be caused by superinduction due to the reduced capacity for protein synthesis in these cells.

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Combined Microautoradiography–16S rRNA Probe Technique for Determination of Radioisotope Uptake by Specific Microbial Cell Types In Situ

Applied and Environmental Microbiology ◽

10.1128/aem.65.4.1746-1752.1999 ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 65 (4) ◽

pp. 1746-1752 ◽

Cited By ~ 237

Author(s):

Cleber C. Ouverney ◽

Jed A. Fuhrman

Keyword(s):

In Situ Hybridization ◽

16S Rrna ◽

Microbial Communities ◽

Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization ◽

Amino Acid Uptake ◽

Cell Types ◽

Black Box ◽

Acid Uptake ◽

Substrate Uptake

ABSTRACT We propose a novel method for studying the function of specific microbial groups in situ. Since natural microbial communities are dynamic both in composition and in activities, we argue that the microbial “black box” should not be regarded as homogeneous. Our technique breaks down this black box with group-specific fluorescent 16S rRNA probes and simultaneously determines 3H-substrate uptake by each of the subgroups present via microautoradiography (MAR). Total direct counting, fluorescent in situ hybridization, and MAR are combined on a single slide to determine (i) the percentages of different subgroups in a community, (ii) the percentage of total cells in a community that take up a radioactively labeled substance, and (iii) the distribution of uptake within each subgroup. The method was verified with pure cultures. In addition, in situ uptake by members of the α subdivision of the class Proteobacteria(α-Proteobacteria) and of the Cytophaga-Flavobacteriumgroup obtained off the California coast and labeled with fluorescent oligonucleotide probes for these subgroups showed that not only do these organisms account for a large portion of the picoplankton community in the sample examined (∼60% of the universal probe-labeled cells and ∼50% of the total direct counts), but they also are significant in the uptake of dissolved amino acids in situ. Nearly 90% of the total cells and 80% of the cells belonging to the α-Proteobacteria and Cytophaga-Flavobacterium groups were detectable as active organisms in amino acid uptake tests. We suggest a name for our triple-labeling technique, substrate-tracking autoradiographic fluorescent in situ hybridization (STARFISH), which should aid in the “dissection” of microbial communities by type and function.

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Use of cross-species in-situ hybridization (ZOO-FISH) to assess chromosome abnormalities in day-6 in-vivo- or in-vitro-produced sheep embryos

Chromosome Research ◽

10.1007/s10577-007-1125-2 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 15 (3) ◽

pp. 399-408 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Gianfranco Coppola ◽

Basil Alexander ◽

Dino Di Berardino ◽

Elizabeth St John ◽

Parvathi K. Basrur ◽

...

Keyword(s):

In Situ Hybridization ◽

Chromosome Abnormalities

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Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection of Early Passage Cervical Epithelial Cultures

International Journal of STD & AIDS ◽

10.1177/095646249300400608 ◽

1993 ◽

Vol 4 (6) ◽

pp. 342-345 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

S L Patrick ◽

T C Wright ◽

H E Fox ◽

H S Ginsberg

Keyword(s):

In Situ Hybridization ◽

Epithelial Cells ◽

Female Genital Tract ◽

Virus Production ◽

Heterosexual Transmission ◽

Early Passage ◽

Epithelial Cultures ◽

Cervical Epithelial Cells

Women are infected with HIV in increasing numbers; the predominant mode of spread is through heterosexual transmission. Little is known regarding the mechanism of HIV transit through the female genital tract. We investigated whether early passaage cervical epithelial cells could be directly infected with HIV-1LAI*. Virus production was measured using the reverse transcriptase (RT) assay and direct assay for syncytia-forming units. In-situ hybridization was performed on infected cervical cell cultures. Immunostaining was carried out using a monoclonal antibody to leukocyte common antigen (LCA). Virus was recovered in the supernatants of all infected cervical cultures. Localization of HIV infection using in-situ hybridization identified rare cells in the population which gave a strong signal. These infected cells had a lymphoid morphology and were also detected using immunostaining for LAC. Cervical epithelial cells were uninfected in this in vitro model; cells in this population which supported viral replication were most likely of the macrophage/monocyte lineage.

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Temporal changes in the expression of the insulin-like growth factor II gene associated with tissue maturation in the human fetus

Development ◽

10.1242/dev.106.3.543 ◽

1989 ◽

Vol 106 (3) ◽

pp. 543-554 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

A.L. Brice ◽

J.E. Cheetham ◽

V.N. Bolton ◽

N.C. Hill ◽

P.N. Schofield

Keyword(s):

Growth Factor ◽

Cell Types ◽

Specific Cell ◽

Insulin Like Growth Factor ◽

Vitro Fertilization ◽

Age Related ◽

Factor Ii ◽

Metanephric Blastema

The insulin-like growth factors are broadly distributed in the human conceptus and are thought to play a role in the growth and differentiation of tissues during development. Using in situ hybridization we have shown that a wide variety of specific cell types within tissues express the gene for insulin-like growth factor II at times of development from 18 days to 14 weeks of gestation. Examination of blastocysts produced by in vitro fertilization showed no expression, thus bracketing the time of first accumulation of IGF-II mRNA to between 5 and 18 days postfertilization. The pattern of IGF-II expression shows specific age-related differences in different tissues. In the kidney, for example, expression is found in the cells of the metanephric blastema which is dramatically reduced as the blastema differentiates. The reverse is also seen, and we have noted an increase in expression of IGF-II in the cytotrophoblast layer of the placenta with gestational age. The sites of expression do not correlate with areas of either high mitotic activity or specific types of differentiation, but the observed pattern of expression in the kidney, adrenal glands and liver suggests an explanation for the abnormally high IGF-II mRNA expression in developmental tumours such as Wilms' tumour.

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Interleukin-6 and its receptor are expressed by human megakaryocytes: in vitro effects on proliferation and endoreplication

Blood ◽

10.1182/blood.v77.3.461.461 ◽

1991 ◽

Vol 77 (3) ◽

pp. 461-471 ◽

Cited By ~ 72

Author(s):

S Navarro ◽

N Debili ◽

JP Le Couedic ◽

B Klein ◽

J Breton-Gorius ◽

...

Keyword(s):

In Situ Hybridization ◽

Interleukin 6 ◽

Dot Blot ◽

Autocrine Loop ◽

Megakaryocytic Differentiation ◽

Normal Human ◽

In Vitro Effects ◽

A Minor

Abstract Interleukin-6 (IL-6) is a pleiotropic cytokine that plays an important role in the megakaryocytic differentiation. Recently, we have observed that IL-6 is synthesized by several human cell lines with megakaryocytic features. In this study, we have investigated whether a similar phenomenon occurs during normal megakaryocytic differentiation. Human megakaryocytes (MK) were obtained by culturing normal marrow in liquid culture with aplastic plasma (AP). First, an IL-6 secretion in bone marrow culture enriched in MK as well as in purified MK populations was demonstrated by a biologic assay. Second, IL-6 mRNA was detected in a purified population of MK by the polymerase chain reaction and dot blot analysis. IL-6 mRNA and protein were undetectable in platelets. Third, in situ hybridization procedure demonstrated the presence of IL-6 mRNA in individual immature MK. Fourth, IL-6 protein was detected in MK at the unicellular level by an immunoalkaline phosphatase technique using a monoclonal antibody against IL-6. Furthermore, the presence of IL-6 receptor (IL-6-R) on MK was demonstrated by in situ hybridization using an IL-6-R probe and in situ autoradiography after binding with [125I]-labeled recombinant IL-6. The IL-6 endogenously produced in liquid cultures containing normal human plasma or AP was subsequently neutralized. This resulted in a 50% decrease of the MK growth with a minor shift in the ploidy distribution toward lower values. In semisolid cultures the addition of anti-IL-6 antibodies led to a 42% decrease in colony number in cultures stimulated by IL-3 but not in other conditions of culture. These results suggest that normal human megakaryocytopoiesis might be regulated in part by an IL-6 autocrine loop.

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