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ArticleCell and tissue research2018

A RNAscope whole mount approach that can be combined with immunofluorescence to quantify differential distribution of mRNA.

Jennifer Kersigo, Ning Pan, Joseph D Lederman, Snehajyoti Chatterjee, Ted Abel, Gabriela Pavlinkova, Immaculada Silos-Santiago, Bernd Fritzsch

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Article in Cell and tissue research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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33citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

33 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 46 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Jennifer KersigoDepartment of Biology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242, USA.
Ning PanDecibel Therapeutics, Boston, MA, USA.
Joseph D LedermanIowa Neuroscience Institute, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA.
Snehajyoti ChatterjeeIowa Neuroscience Institute, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA.
Ted AbelIowa Neuroscience Institute, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA.
Gabriela PavlinkovaInstitute of Biotechnology CAS, Vestec, Czechia.
Immaculada Silos-SantiagoDecibel Therapeutics, Boston, MA, USA.
Bernd FritzschDepartment of Biology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242, USA. bernd-fritzsch@uiowa.edu.
University of Iowa · USDecImmune Therapeutics (United States) · USCzech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Biotechnology · CZ

Funding

Epigenetic Mechanisms of Memory StorageR01MH087463 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI ABEL, EDWIN TED G. · 2010 to 2025
$7.8M
DISSECTING THE EAR NEUROSENSORY DEVELOPMENT.R01DC005590 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI FRITZSCH, BERND · 2002 to 2010
$3.3M
NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC005590NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH087463
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

RNAscope® technology provided by Advanced Cell Diagnostics (ACD) allows the detection and evaluation of coinciding mRNA expression profiles in the same or adjacent cells in unprecedented quantitative detail using multicolor fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH). While already extensively used in thinly sectioned material of various pathological tissues and, to a lesser extent, in some whole mounts, we provide here a detailed approach to use the fluorescent RNAscope method in the mouse inner ear and thick brain sections by modifying and adapting existing techniques of whole mount fluorescent in situ hybridization (WH-FISH). We show that RNAscope WH-FISH can be used to quantify local variation in overlaying mRNA expression intensity, such as neurotrophin receptors along the length of the mouse cochlea. We also show how RNAscope WH-FISH can be combined with immunofluorescence (IF) of some epitopes that remain after proteinase digestion and, to some extent, with fluorescent protein markers such as tdTomato. Our WH-FISH technique provides an approach to detect cell-specific quantitative differences in developing and mature adjacent cells, an emerging issue revealed by improved cellular expression profiling. Further, the presented technique may be useful in validating single-cell RNAseq data on expression profiles in a range of tissue known or suspected to have locally variable mRNA expression levels.

Indexed as

AnimalsCochleaFluorescent Antibody TechniqueGene Expression RegulationImaging, Three-DimensionalIn Situ Hybridization, FluorescenceMice, Inbred BALB CMice, Inbred C57BLNeurotrophin 3Receptor, trkBReceptor, trkCRNA, MessengerNeurotrophin 3Receptor, trkBReceptor, trkCRNA, MessengerFluorescent proteinsImmunofluorescenceIn situ hybridizationRNA quantificationRNAscopeWhole mount FISH

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PMID29974252
PMCPMC6878655
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