Live imaging of nuclear RNPs in mammalian complex tissue with ECHO-liveFISH

Dan Ohtan Wang

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Abstract

Multiplex RNA detection with fluorescence microscopy offers high spatial and temporal resolution required for addressing complex behaviors of RNA in living cells. Using chemically engineered linear oligonucleotide probes that emit fluorescence upon hybridization to target RNA, we have devised an imaging method suitable for studies of the dynamic regulation of nuclear RNPs, an important and yet poorly understood cellular pathway of gene expression. This new method labels specific sequences of RNA components in RNPs and thus avoids overexpression of fluorescent marker proteins that may result in entangled experimental results. Using this method, we observe in living brain tissue spatially constrained nuclear RNA foci under dynamic regulation in response to cellular transcriptional activity with individual cell heterogeneity.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationMethods in Molecular Biology
PublisherHumana Press Inc.
Pages259-272
Number of pages14
DOIs
StatePublished - 2018

Publication series

NameMethods in Molecular Biology
Volume1649
ISSN (Print)1064-3745

Keywords

  • Exciton
  • Fluorescence microscopy
  • In vivo electroporation
  • RNA labeling
  • Thiazole orange

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Molecular Biology
  • Genetics

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