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Cell-cycle-dependent gene expression studied by two-colour fluorescent detection of a mRNA and histone mRNA

Cell-cycle-dependent gene expression studied by two-colour fluorescent detection of a mRNA and... We investigated whether a probe specific for histone H3 mRNA could be used as a marker to study cell-cycle dependency of gene expression by double-fluorescent RNA in situ hybridization (FISH). First, we showed that all S-phase cells in cell cultures having incorporated BrdU revealed histone H3 mRNA expression by RNA FISH, indicating that histone H3 expression is a reliable marker for S-phase cells. Second, we analysed whether the expression of human cytomegalovirus immediate early genes in rat 9G cells, which are known to be induced in an S-phase dependent way by cycloheximide, correlated with the expression of histone H3 mRNA. Double-hybridization experiments with a digoxigenin-labelled probe for IE mRNA and a fluoresceinated probe for histone H3 mRNA revealed that cells expressing IE mRNA also expressed histone H3 mRNA. Third, we examined the cell-cycle dependency of luciferase gene expression in X1 cells. Luciferase mRNA is heterogeneously expressed in X1 cell cultures, but cells expressing luciferase did not necessarily express histone H3 mRNA. This indicates that luciferase gene expression in X1 cells is not induced during S-phase. The results of our study show that histone H3 mRNA expression can be successfully used as a marker to establish cell-cycle dependency of gene expression by double-RNA FISH. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Histochemistry and Cell Biology Springer Journals

Cell-cycle-dependent gene expression studied by two-colour fluorescent detection of a mRNA and histone mRNA

Dirks, Roeland; Raap, Anton
Histochemistry and Cell Biology , Volume 104 (5) – Mar 28, 2005
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Springer Journals
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Copyright © 1995 by Springer-Verlag
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Biomedicine; Biomedicine, general; Cell Biology; Biochemistry, general; Developmental Biology
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0948-6143
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10.1007/BF01458133
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We investigated whether a probe specific for histone H3 mRNA could be used as a marker to study cell-cycle dependency of gene expression by double-fluorescent RNA in situ hybridization (FISH). First, we showed that all S-phase cells in cell cultures having incorporated BrdU revealed histone H3 mRNA expression by RNA FISH, indicating that histone H3 expression is a reliable marker for S-phase cells. Second, we analysed whether the expression of human cytomegalovirus immediate early genes in rat 9G cells, which are known to be induced in an S-phase dependent way by cycloheximide, correlated with the expression of histone H3 mRNA. Double-hybridization experiments with a digoxigenin-labelled probe for IE mRNA and a fluoresceinated probe for histone H3 mRNA revealed that cells expressing IE mRNA also expressed histone H3 mRNA. Third, we examined the cell-cycle dependency of luciferase gene expression in X1 cells. Luciferase mRNA is heterogeneously expressed in X1 cell cultures, but cells expressing luciferase did not necessarily express histone H3 mRNA. This indicates that luciferase gene expression in X1 cells is not induced during S-phase. The results of our study show that histone H3 mRNA expression can be successfully used as a marker to establish cell-cycle dependency of gene expression by double-RNA FISH.

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Published: Mar 28, 2005

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