对完整斑马鱼胚胎进行高分辨率原位杂交。

High-resolution in situ hybridization to whole-mount zebrafish embryos.

作者信息

Thisse Christine, Thisse Bernard

机构信息

Department of Cell Biology, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, PO Box 800732, 1300 Jefferson Park Avenue, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USA.

出版信息

Nat Protoc. 2008;3(1):59-69. doi: 10.1038/nprot.2007.514.

Abstract

The in situ hybridization (ISH) technique allows the sites of expression of particular genes to be detected. This protocol describes ISH of digoxigenin-labeled antisense RNA probes to whole-mount zebrafish embryos. In our method, PCR-amplified sequence of a gene of interest is used as a template for the synthesis of an antisense RNA probe, which is labeled with digoxigenin-linked nucleotides. Embryos are fixed and permeabilized before being soaked in the digoxigenin-labeled probe. We use conditions that favor specific hybridization to complementary mRNA sequences in the tissue(s) expressing the corresponding gene. After washing away excess probe, hybrids are detected by immunohistochemistry using an alkaline phosphatase-conjugated antibody against digoxigenin and a chromogenic substrate. The whole procedure takes only 3 days and, because ISH conditions are the same for each probe tested, allows high throughput analysis of zebrafish gene expression during embryogenesis.

摘要

原位杂交(ISH)技术可用于检测特定基因的表达位点。本方案描述了用地高辛标记的反义RNA探针与斑马鱼整体胚胎进行原位杂交的方法。在我们的方法中,将感兴趣基因的PCR扩增序列用作合成反义RNA探针的模板,该探针用地高辛连接的核苷酸进行标记。在将胚胎浸泡于地高辛标记的探针之前,先对其进行固定和通透处理。我们采用有利于与表达相应基因的组织中的互补mRNA序列进行特异性杂交的条件。洗去多余的探针后,使用抗地高辛的碱性磷酸酶偶联抗体和显色底物通过免疫组织化学检测杂交体。整个过程仅需3天,并且由于对每个测试探针的ISH条件相同,因此可对斑马鱼胚胎发育过程中的基因表达进行高通量分析。

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