PUBLICATION
High-Sensitivity and High-Resolution In Situ Hybridization of Coding and Long Non-coding RNAs in Vertebrate Ovaries and Testes
- Authors
- Takei, N., Nakamura, T., Kawamura, S., Takada, Y., Satoh, Y., Kimura, A.P., Kotani, T.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-180307-2
- Date
- 2018
- Source
- Biological procedures online 20: 6 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Kotani, Tomoya
- Keywords
- Germ cell, Organ, Post-transcriptional regulation, RNA localization, Tissue
- MeSH Terms
- none
- PubMed
- 29507535 Full text @ Biol Proced Online
Citation
Takei, N., Nakamura, T., Kawamura, S., Takada, Y., Satoh, Y., Kimura, A.P., Kotani, T. (2018) High-Sensitivity and High-Resolution In Situ Hybridization of Coding and Long Non-coding RNAs in Vertebrate Ovaries and Testes. Biological procedures online. 20:6.
Abstract
Background Subcellular localization of coding and non-coding RNAs has emerged as major regulatory mechanisms of gene expression in various cell types and many organisms. However, techniques that enable detection of the subcellular distribution of these RNAs with high sensitivity and high resolution remain limited, particularly in vertebrate adult tissues and organs. In this study, we examined the expression and localization of mRNAs encoding Pou5f1/Oct4, Mos, Cyclin B1 and Deleted in Azoospermia-like (Dazl) in zebrafish and mouse ovaries by combining tyramide signal amplification (TSA)-based in situ hybridization with paraffin sections which can preserve cell morphology of tissues and organs at subcellular levels. In addition, the distribution of a long non-coding RNA (lncRNA), lncRNA-HSVIII, in mouse testes was examined by the same method.
Results The mRNAs encoding Mos, Cyclin B1 and Dazl were found to assemble into distinct granules that were distributed in different subcellular regions of zebrafish and mouse oocytes, suggesting conserved and specific regulations of these mRNAs. The lncRNA-HSVIII was first detected in the nucleus of spermatocytes at prophase I of the meiotic cell cycle and was then found in the cytoplasm of round spermatids, revealing expression patterns of lncRNA during germ cell development. Collectively, the in situ hybridization method demonstrated in this study achieved the detection and comparison of precise distribution patterns of coding and non-coding RNAs at subcellular levels in single cells of adult tissues and organs.
Conclusions This high-sensitivity and high-resolution in situ hybridization is applicable to many vertebrate species and to various tissues and organs and will be useful for studies on the subcellular regulation of gene expression at the level of RNA localization.
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