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ArticleNucleic acids research2024

Multiplexed in situ protein imaging using DNA-barcoded antibodies with extended hybridization chain reactions.

Yu Wang, Xiaoyu Liu, Yitian Zeng, Sinem K Saka, Wenxin Xie, Isabel Goldaracena, Richie E Kohman, Peng Yin, George M Church

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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17 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Yu WangWyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02115, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9764-0546
Xiaoyu LiuKey Laboratory of Quantitative Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China.
Yitian ZengWyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Sinem K SakaWyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Wenxin XieWyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Isabel GoldaracenaWyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Richie E KohmanWyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02115, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7412-671X
Peng YinWyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
George M ChurchWyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02115, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3535-2076

Funding

Center for Genomically Engineered OrgansRM1HG008525 · NHGRI · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI CHURCH, GEORGE M · 2015 to 2019
$10.2M
Molecular Dissection of Active Zone Functions in Neurotransmitter ReleaseR01NS083898 · NINDS · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI Pascal Simon Kaeser · 2014 to 2026
$5.9M
Exploring a Novel Paradigm of Schizophrenia and Bipolar DisorderR01MH113279 · NIMH · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI CHURCH, GEORGE M, YANKNER, BRUCE A · 2016 to 2020
$4.7M
Super-resolution imaging via programmable autonomous blinkingR01EB018659 · NIBIB · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI YIN, PENG · 2013 to 2017
$3.3M
High-Throughput, Highly Multiplexed In Situ Proteomic Imaging of Human TissuesUG3HL145600 · NHLBI · HARVARD UNIVERSITY · PI YIN, PENG · 2018 to 2019
$833k
Chinese Academy of Sciences XDB0480000Fudan UniversityIntelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity MICrONS D16PC0008NHGRI NIH HHS RM1 HG008525NHLBI NIH HHS UG3 HL145600NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB018659NIH HHS RM1HG008525NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH113279NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS083898Tsinghua University
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Antibodies have long served as vital tools in biological and clinical laboratories for the specific detection of proteins. Conventional methods employ fluorophore or horseradish peroxidase-conjugated antibodies to detect signals. More recently, DNA-conjugated antibodies have emerged as a promising technology, capitalizing on the programmability and amplification capabilities of DNA to enable highly multiplexed and ultrasensitive protein detection. However, the nonspecific binding of DNA-conjugated antibodies has impeded the widespread adoption of this approach. Here, we present a novel DNA-conjugated antibody staining protocol that addresses these challenges and demonstrates superior performance in suppressing nonspecific signals compared to previously published protocols. We further extend the utility of DNA-conjugated antibodies for signal-amplified in situ protein imaging through the hybridization chain reaction (HCR) and design a novel HCR DNA pair to expand the HCR hairpin pool from the previously published 5 pairs to 13, allowing for flexible hairpin selection and higher multiplexing. Finally, we demonstrate highly multiplexed in situ protein imaging using these techniques in both cultured cells and tissue sections.

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AntibodiesDNANucleic Acid HybridizationAnimalsHumansMiceProteinsAntibodiesDNAProteins

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PMID38966983
PMCPMC11347153

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