General introduction to in situ hybridization protocol using nonradioactively labeled probes to detect mRNAs on tissue sections

Daehoon Lee, Shan Xiong, Wen Cheng Xiong

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Abstract

In situ hybridization (ISH) is a type of hybridization that uses a labeled complementary DNA or RNA strand (i.e., probe) to localize a specific DNA or RNA sequence in a portion or section of tissue (In Situ) or in the entire tissue (whole mount ISH). Localization of endogenous transcripts is a desirable approach for confirming expression patterns. This is distinct from immunohistochemistry, which usually localizes proteins in tissue sections. DNA ISH can be used to determine the structure of chromosomes. However, RNA ISH (hybridization histochemistry) is used to measure and localize mRNAs and other transcripts within tissue sections or whole mounts. RNA-RNA hybrids approach may offer increased sensitivity, which is more stable than that of DNA-RNA hybrids. Here we describe the efficient ISH protocol for nonradioactive (i.e., in direct methods using digoxigenin (DIG) system) RNA probes, and it can be performed in less than 3 days.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationNeural Development
Subtitle of host publicationMethods and Protocols
PublisherHumana Press Inc.
Pages165-174
Number of pages10
ISBN (Print)9781627034432
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013

Publication series

NameMethods in Molecular Biology
Volume1018
ISSN (Print)1064-3745

Keywords

  • Digoxigenin (DIG) labeling
  • In situ hybridization
  • Nonradioactive probes
  • Tissue section

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Molecular Biology
  • Genetics

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