scholarly journals Postoperative differentiation between unilateral adrenal adenoma and bilateral adrenal hyperplasia in primary aldosteronism by mRNA expression of the gene CYP11B2

2004 ◽  
pp. 73-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
U Enberg ◽  
C Volpe ◽  
A Hoog ◽  
A Wedell ◽  
LO Farnebo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
In Situ Hybridization ◽  
Mrna Expression ◽  
Clinical Data ◽  
Primary Aldosteronism ◽  
Zona Glomerulosa ◽  
Hybridization Technique ◽  
Steroidogenic Enzyme ◽  
Aldosterone Production

OBJECTIVE: Primary aldosteronism (PA) is characterized by hypertension, hypokalemia and suppressed renin-angiotensin system caused by autonomous aldosterone production. The aim of this study was to localize mRNA expression of the genes coding for steroidogenic enzymes in adrenals from a group of patients with PA and relate this to clinical work-up, histopathology and outcome of adrenalectomy. DESIGN: This was a retrospective study of 27 patients subjected to adrenalectomy for PA. METHODS: Clinical data were collected and follow-up of all patients was performed. Paraffin-embedded specimens were analyzed by the in situ hybridization technique, with oligonucleotide probes coding for the steroidogenic enzyme genes. RESULTS: The resected adrenals had the histopathologic diagnosis of adenoma (11), adenoma and/or hyperplasia (15) or hyperplasia (1). CYP11B2 expression (indicating aldosterone production) was found in a dominant adrenal nodule from 22 patients. Fourteen of these had additional CYP11B2 expression in the zona glomerulosa. All 22 patients were cured of PA by adrenalectomy. One of these patients, who had additional high expression of CYP11B2 in the zona glomerulosa, was initially cured, but the condition had recurred at follow-up. Two patients had a mass shown on computed tomography without CYP11B2 but with CYP11B1 and CYP17 expression (indicating cortisol production). Instead their adrenals contained small nodules with CYP11B2 expression. These patients were not cured. CONCLUSIONS: Clinical data, endocrinologic evaluation and histopathology in combination with mRNA in situ hybridization of steroidogenic enzyme genes provide improved opportunities for correct subclassification postoperatively of patients with primary aldosteronism. At present, the in situ hybridization method is of special value for analysis of cases not cured by adrenalectomy.

scholarly journals Using a Multiplex Nucleic Acid in situ Hybridization Technique to Determine HCN4 mRNA Expression in the Adult Rodent Brain

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia Oyrer ◽  
Lauren E. Bleakley ◽  
Kay L. Richards ◽  
Snezana Maljevic ◽  
A. Marie Phillips ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
In Situ Hybridization ◽  
Nucleic Acid ◽  
Mrna Expression ◽  
Hybridization Technique ◽  
Rodent Brain

scholarly journals Analysis of mRNA expression for steroidogenic enzymes in the remaining adrenal cortices attached to adrenocortical adenomas.

2008 ◽  
Vol 158 (6) ◽  
pp. 867-878 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kazuto Shigematsu ◽  
Takehiro Nakagaki ◽  
Naohiro Yamaguchi ◽  
Kioko Kawai ◽  
Hideki Sakai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mrna Expression ◽  
Zona Fasciculata ◽  
Steroidogenic Enzymes ◽  
Steroidogenic Enzyme ◽  
Adrenocortical Adenomas ◽  
Aldosterone Production ◽  
Aldosterone Producing Adenoma ◽  
Cortical Nodules ◽  
Design And Methods

Design and methodsWe have recently demonstrated that the adrenal cortices attached to aldosterone-producing adenoma (APA) contained microscopic subcapsular micronodules suggestive of active aldosterone production. In this study, we used in situ hybridization to investigate the mRNA expression of steroidogenic enzymes in the adrenal cortices attached to cortisol-producing adenoma (CPA) and clinically silent adenoma (non-functioning adenoma; NFA), in addition to APA.ResultsMicroscopic subcapsular micronodules, which were several hundreds of micrometers in size and spheroid in shape, were observed in the cortices attached to CPA and NFA, as well as APA, at high frequency. Most of the cortical nodules in zona fasciculata to zona reticularis showed a suppressed steroidogenesis in the cortices attached to adenoma, but some expressed intensely all necessary steroidogenic enzyme mRNAs for cortisol synthesis.ConclusionsIt is thus necessary to keep in mind, on the occasion of subtotal adrenalectomy, that lesions with the potential to later develop into functional adrenocortical nodules may be present in other parts of the ipsilateral or contralateral adrenal cortices.

Peptide-regulated guanylate cyclase pathways in rat colon: in situ localization of GCA, GCC, and guanylin mRNA

1993 ◽  
Vol 265 (2) ◽  
pp. G394-G402 ◽  
Author(s):  
Z. Li ◽  
M. F. Goy
Keyword(s):  
In Situ Hybridization ◽  
Mrna Expression ◽  
Natriuretic Peptide ◽  
Proximal Colon ◽  
Bacterial Toxin ◽  
Surface Epithelium ◽  
Rat Colon ◽  
Hybridization Technique ◽  
In Cells

Guanylate cyclases play a role in both physiological and pathological secretion in the mammalian intestine. Agents that raise guanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cGMP) levels, such as atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP), guanylin (an endogenous intestinal peptide), or Escherichia coli heat-stable enterotoxin type a (STa; a bacterial toxin), enhance electrolyte secretion and the accumulation of luminal fluid. Although secretion in all parts of intestine is sensitive to changes in cGMP metabolism, an increasing body of evidence suggests that these responses are particularly important in proximal colon. To date, three peptide-sensitive membrane-bound guanylate cyclases [types A, B, and C (GCA, GCB, and GCC, respectively)] have been cloned from mammalian tissues. GCA responds to ANP, GCB to C-type natriuretic peptide, and GCC to guanylin and STa. Expression of these receptor/cyclase genes has not previously been investigated at the cellular level in the colon. Nucleotide probes specific for GCA, GCB, GCC, and guanylin were generated by polymerase chain reaction. These probes were used to evaluate colonic cyclase and guanylin mRNA expression in the rat. GCB mRNA is not detectable in this tissue either by in situ hybridization or by Northern blot analysis. In contrast, GCA, GCC, and guanylin mRNAs are all conspicuously expressed. With the in situ hybridization technique, GCA mRNA expression is seen in cells in the lamina propria. GCC mRNA expression is seen in epithelial cells throughout colonic crypts, and also, although at a slightly lower level, in cells of the surface epithelium.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

scholarly journals 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 ◽  
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.

Expression of transforming growth factor alpha during development

1988 ◽  
Vol 66 (8) ◽  
pp. 1113-1121 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. K. M. Han ◽  
A. J. D'Ercole ◽  
D. C. Lee
Keyword(s):  
In Situ Hybridization ◽  
Growth Factor ◽  
Mrna Expression ◽  
Transforming Growth Factor ◽  
Transforming Growth Factor Alpha ◽  
Egf Receptors ◽  
Hybridization Histochemistry ◽  
In Situ Hybridization Histochemistry ◽  
Factor Alpha

Transforming growth factors (TGFs) are polypeptides that are produced by transformed and tumour cells, and that can confer phenotypic properties associated with transformation on normal cells in culture. One of these growth-regulating molecules, transforming growth factor alpha (TGF-α), is a 50 amino acid polypeptide that is related to epidermal growth factor (EGF) and binds to the EGF receptor. Previous studies have shown that TGF-α is expressed during rodent embryogenesis between 7 and 14 days gestation. To investigate the cellular sites of TGF-α mRNA expression during development, we have performed Northern analyses and in situ hybridization histochemistry on the conceptus and maternal tissues at various gestational ages. Contrary to previous reports, both Northern analyses and in situ hybridization histochemistry indicate that TGF-α mRNA is predominantly expressed in the maternal decidua and not in the embryo. Decidual expression is induced following implantation, peaks at day 8, and declines through day 15 when the decidua is being resorbed. In situ hybridization revealed that expression of TGF-α mRNA is highest in the region of decidua adjacent to the embryo and is low or nondetectable in the uterus, placenta, and embryo. In addition, we could not detect TGF-α mRNA expression in other maternal tissues, indicating that the induction of TGF-α transcripts in the decidua is tissue specific, and not a pleiotropic response to changes in hormonal milieu that occur during pregnancy. The developmentally regulated expression of TGF-α mRNA in the decidua, together with the presence of EGF receptors in this tissue, suggests that this peptide may stimulate mitosis and angiogenesis locally by an autocrine mechanism. Because EGF receptors are also present in the embryo and placenta, TGF-α may act on these tissues by a paracrine or endocrine mechanism.

Microbial ecology of sulfate-reducing bacteria in wastewater biofilms analyzed by microelectrodes and fish (fluorescent in situ hybridization) technique

1999 ◽  
Vol 39 (7) ◽  
pp. 41-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Satoshi Okabe ◽  
Hisashi Satoh ◽  
Tsukasa Itoh ◽  
Yoshimasa Watanabe
Keyword(s):  
In Situ Hybridization ◽  
Sulfate Reduction ◽  
Sulfate Reducing Bacteria ◽  
Hybridization Technique ◽  
Concentration Profiles ◽  
Reduction Zone ◽  
Sulfate Reducing ◽  
Reducing Bacteria ◽  
Culture Dependent

The vertical distribution of sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) in microaerophilic wastewater biofilms grown on fully submerged rotating disk reactors (RDR) was determined by the conventional culture-dependent MPN method and in situ hybridization of fluorescently-labelled 16S rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide probes for SRB in parallel. Chemical concentration profiles within the biofilm were also measured using microelectrodes for O2, S2-, NO3- and pH. In situ hybridization revealed that the SRB probe-stained cells were distributed throughout the biofilm even in the oxic surface zone in all states from single scattered cells to clustered cells. The higher fluorescence intensity and abundance of SRB probe-stained cells were found in the middle part of the biofilm. This result corresponded well with O2 and H2S concentration profiles measured by microelectrodes, showing sulfate reduction was restricted to a narrow anaerobic zone located about 500 μm below the biofilm surface. Results of the MPN and potential sulfate reducing activity (culture-dependent approaches) indicated a similar distribution of cultivable SRB in the biofilm. The majority of the general SRB probe-stained cells were hybridized with SRB 660 probe, suggesting that one important member of the SRB in the wastewater biofilm could be the genus Desulfobulbus. An addition of nitrate forced the sulfate reduction zone deeper in the biofilm and reduced the specific sulfate reduction rate as well. The sulfate reduction zone was consequently separated from O2 and NO3- respiration zones. Anaerobic H2S oxidation with NO3- was also induced by addition of nitrate to the medium.

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