Farquharson M A, Harvie R, Kennedy A, McNicol A M
University Department of Pathology, Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, Scotland.
J Clin Pathol. 1992 Nov;45(11):999-1002. doi: 10.1136/jcp.45.11.999.
To assess whether a reduction in intensity of signal observed using an alkaline phosphatase labelled oligodeoxynucleotide probe could be explained on the basis of procedural steps rather than reduced sensitivity.
Signal intensity was assessed on in situ hybridisation for pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) mRNA in rat pituitary and for somatostatin mRNA in human pancreas and in northern blot analysis for POMC mRNA in the presence and absence of formamide. The direct effects of formamide on the alkaline phosphatase detection step were assessed using histochemical enzyme detection in rat kidney.
All signals were reduced in systems containing formamide.
In the absence of formamide clear, strong signals for specific mRNAs can be obtained by in situ hybridisation and northern blot analysis using oligodeoxynucleotide probes directly labelled with alkaline phosphatase. Formamide seems to inhibit the activity of alkaline phosphatase.
评估使用碱性磷酸酶标记的寡脱氧核苷酸探针观察到的信号强度降低是否可以基于操作步骤而非灵敏度降低来解释。
在大鼠垂体中对促阿片黑素皮质激素原(POMC)mRNA进行原位杂交,在人胰腺中对生长抑素mRNA进行原位杂交,并在有或没有甲酰胺存在的情况下对POMC mRNA进行Northern印迹分析,以此评估信号强度。使用大鼠肾脏的组织化学酶检测来评估甲酰胺对碱性磷酸酶检测步骤的直接影响。
在含有甲酰胺的系统中所有信号均降低。
在没有甲酰胺的情况下,使用直接用碱性磷酸酶标记的寡脱氧核苷酸探针通过原位杂交和Northern印迹分析可以获得清晰、强烈的特定mRNA信号。甲酰胺似乎会抑制碱性磷酸酶的活性。