OPTIMIZATION OF CRNA PROBE INSITU HYBRIDIZATION METHODOLOGY FOR LOCALIZATION OF GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR MESSENGER-RNA IN RAT-BRAIN - A DETAILED PROTOCOL

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作者
WHITFIELD, HJ
BRADY, LS
SMITH, MA
MAMALAKI, E
FOX, RJ
HERKENHAM, M
机构
[1] Unit on Functional Neuroanatomy, Clinical Neuroendocrinology Branch, NIMH, Bethesda, 20892, Maryland, Building 36
关键词
complementary RNA (cRNA) probe; densitometry; glucocorticoid receptor (rGR) mRNA; hippocampus; locus ceruleus; mineralocorticoid receptor (rMR) mRNA; ribonucleotide probe in situ hybridization;
D O I
10.1007/BF00733641
中图分类号
Q2 [细胞生物学];
学科分类号
071009 ; 090102 ;
摘要
1. We have described a general ribonucleotide probe in situ hybridization methodology for localization of mRNA in frozen, unfixed tissue sections of brain. 2. The most important steps in obtaining consistent and reproducible autoradiographs with ribonucleotide probes were tissue acetylation and application of the radiolabeled probe to tissue sections under unsealed, glass coverslips. 3. Variability of the hybridization signal in tissue sections has been minimized to achieve a high degree of reproducibility within a given experiment as determined by densitometric analysis of rat glucocorticoid and mineralocorticoid receptor mRNA hybridization autoradiographs. 4. Tissue quality has been optimized for high-resolution anatomical localization of mRNA species by nuclear track emulsion. 5. The protocol is amenable to rapid, batchwise processing of tissue samples. © 1990 Plenum Publishing Corporation.
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页码:145 / 157
页数:13
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