Visualization of global RNA synthesis in a human (mini-) organ in situ by click chemistry

RNA synthesis can be detected by 5-ethynyl uridine (EU) incorporation and click chemistry. Despite identifying a fundamental functional process, this technique has yet to be widely applied to complex human tissue systems. By incorporating EU into human hair follicle (HF) organs cultured ex vivo, nas...

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Publié dans:BioTechniques. - 1993. - 65(2018), 2 vom: 01. Aug., Seite 97-100
Auteur principal: Purba, Talveen S (Auteur)
Autres auteurs: Marsh, Jack, Ng'andu, Kayumba, Kurinna, Svitlana, Paus, Ralf
Format: Article en ligne
Langue:English
Publié: 2018
Accès à la collection:BioTechniques
Sujets:Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't 5-ethynyl uridine O-propargyl-puromycin RNA synthesis click chemistry human hair follicle protein synthesis RNA 63231-63-0 plus... Uridine WHI7HQ7H85
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Résumé:RNA synthesis can be detected by 5-ethynyl uridine (EU) incorporation and click chemistry. Despite identifying a fundamental functional process, this technique has yet to be widely applied to complex human tissue systems. By incorporating EU into human hair follicle (HF) organs cultured ex vivo, nascent RNA synthesis was detected in situ. EU differentially incorporated across the HF epithelium. Interestingly, RNA synthesis did not correlate with protein synthesis, proliferation or epithelial progenitor cell marker expression. By treating human HFs with the cytotoxic cell cycle inhibitor (R)-CR8, which inhibits transcriptional regulators CDK7 and CDK9, it was further shown that this technique can be used to sensitively detect changes in global RNA synthesis in situ. Together, this work delineates new insights into nascent RNA synthesis within a human (mini)- organ and describes a novel read-out parameter that will enrich future ex vivo human tissue research studies
Description:Date Completed 30.07.2019
Date Revised 09.01.2021
published: Print
Citation Status MEDLINE
ISSN:1940-9818
DOI:10.2144/btn-2018-0025