INSITU HYBRIDIZATION OF IMMUNOGLOBULIN-SPECIFIC RNA IN SINGLE CELLS OF THE LYMPHOCYTE-B LINEAGE WITH RADIOLABELED DNA PROBES
INSITU HYBRIDIZATION OF IMMUNOGLOBULIN-SPECIFIC RNA IN SINGLE CELLS OF THE LYMPHOCYTE-B LINEAGE WITH RADIOLABELED DNA PROBES
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DOI:
10.1002/j.1460-2075.1986.tb04181.x
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发表时间:
1986-01-01
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影响因子:
11.4
通讯作者:
BERGER, CN
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作者:
BERGER, CN
A method for in situ hybridization has been developed which detects immunoglobulin-specific mRNA transcripts in single murine B lymphocytes with radiolabelled, immunoglobulin gene-specific single-stranded DNA probes. The method has been applied to myeloma and hybridoma cells and to B lymphocytes at various stages of their muturation from small, resting B cells to Ig-secreting plasma cells. A critical step in the procedure is the treatment of the cells with pronase. The various cell types have been found to be differently susceptible to this treatment. Single-stranded DNA probes of different lengths, i.e., between 26 and 1000 bp, have been employed in the hybridization. The number of silver grains over a cell increase proportionally with the length of the probe and with its concentration in the hybridization reaction. The kinetics of the increase of .mu.-heavy chain-specific RNA molecules in single cells and the appearance of ''switched'', .gamma.-heavy chain-expressing cells are shown after stimulation of murine B cells with lipopolysaccharide.