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ArticleCurrent protocols2022

Hybridization Chain Reaction for mRNA Localization in Single Cells from Mouse and Human Cryosections.

Aaron A May-Zhang, Joseph T Benthal, E Michelle Southard-Smith

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Article in Current protocols, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 53% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Applications and development of in situ nucleic acid visualization techniques.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Aaron A May-ZhangDepartment of Medicine, Division of Genetic Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
Joseph T BenthalDepartment of Medicine, Division of Genetic Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
E Michelle Southard-SmithDepartment of Medicine, Division of Genetic Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center · US

Funding

Overall: Eunice Kennedy Shriver Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center at VanderbiltP50HD103537 · NICHD · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI Lea K Davis · 2020 to 2026
$10.3M
TRAINING IN GASTROENTEROLOGYT32DK007673 · NIDDK · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI RICHARD M. PEEK · 1992 to 2026
$8.4M
Training Program in Stem Cell and Regenerative Developmental BiologyT32HD007502 · NICHD · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI WRIGHT, CHRISTOPHER V · 1997 to 2022
$5.4M
Mechanisms of Enteric Neuron DiversificationR01DK127178 · NIDDK · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI E Michelle SOUTHARD-SMITH · 2021 to 2026
$2.6M
ENSMAP: Molecular and Functional Mapping of the Enteric Nervous SystemOT2OD023850 · OD · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI SOUTHARD-SMITH, E MICHELLE · 2016 to 2019
$2.0M
Atlas of autonomic and neuromodulatory lineages in the developing lower urinary tractU01DK110804 · NIDDK · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI SOUTHARD-SMITH, E MICHELLE · 2016 to 2020
$1.9M
Serotonin signaling in control of the Lower Urinary TractR01DK120025 · NIDDK · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI SOUTHARD-SMITH, E MICHELLE · 2019 to 2022
$1.5M
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In situ hybridization has been a robust method for detection of mRNA expression in whole-mount samples or tissue sections for more than 50 years. Recent technical advances for in situ hybridization have incorporated oligo-based probes that attain greater tissue penetration and signal amplification steps with restricted localization for visualization of specific mRNAs within single cells. One such method is third-generation in situ hybridization chain reaction (V3HCR). Here, we report an optimized protocol for V3HCR detection of gene expression using sectioned frozen tissues from mouse and human on microscope slides. Our methods and modifications for cryosectioning, tissue fixation, and processing over a three-day V3HCR protocol are detailed along with recommendations for aliquoting and storing V3HCR single-stranded DNA probes and hairpin amplifiers. In addition, we describe a method for blocking background signal from lipofuscin, a highly autofluorescent material that is widespread in human neurons and often complicates imaging efforts. After testing multiple strategies for reduction of lipofuscin, we determined that application of a lipofuscin quencher dye is compatible with V3HCR, in contrast to other methods like cupric sulfate quenching or Sudan Black B blocking that cause V3HCR signal loss. This adaptation enables application of V3HCR for in situ detection of gene expression in human neuronal populations that are otherwise problematic due to lipofuscin autofluorescence. © 2022 Wiley Periodicals LLC. Basic Protocol: Mouse and human fresh-frozen tissue in situ hybridization chain reaction on microscope slides Support Protocol: Aliquoting of HCR probes and hairpins.

Indexed as

CryoultramicrotomyLipofuscinAnimalsHumansIn Situ HybridizationMiceRNA, MessengerTissue FixationLipofuscinRNA, MessengerElavl4Pax3RNA in situsingle cellthird-generation hybridization chain reactiontissue sectionsV3HCR

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PMID35612422
PMCPMC9202517
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