Project/Area Number |
06557094
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Developmental Scientific Research (B)
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Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
Research Field |
Morphological basic dentistry
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Research Institution | Osaka University |
Principal Investigator |
KURISU Kojiro Osaka University, Faculty of Dentistry, Professor, 歯学部, 教授 (50028346)
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Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
TAKESHITA Sawako Seikagaku Kougyou Co.Ltd., Researcher, 研究員
TABATA Makoto Osaka University, Faculty of Dentistry, Assistant., 歯学部, 助手 (20243248)
KATO Jouji Osaka University, Faculty of Dentistry, Assistant., 歯学部, 助手 (90243245)
IWAMOTO Masahiro Osaka University, Faculty of Dentistry, Instructor, 歯学部, 講師 (30223431)
WAKISAKA Satoshi Osaka University, Faculty of Dentistry, Associate Professor, 歯学部, 助教授 (40158598)
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Project Period (FY) |
1994 – 1995
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Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 1995)
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Budget Amount *help |
¥6,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥6,100,000)
Fiscal Year 1995: ¥700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000)
Fiscal Year 1994: ¥5,400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,400,000)
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Keywords | Gene expression / mRNA / PCR method / Nitrocellulose memnrane / Cryosection / RNA probe / Digoxygenin / in situ hybridization / 冷凍切片 / in situ ハイブリダイゼーション / ヒトロセルロース膜 / in sutu ハイブルダイゼーション |
Research Abstract |
In situ hybridization (ISH) is an useful technique to localize gene expression in a tissue section. Its time consuming and complex procedure requires great skill of researchers. In the present study, we developed simpler and sensitive ISH method by mean of freeze transfer technique. Limbs and heads, obtained from 14-day embryonic mouse, were frozen and embedded in OCT compound. Frozen sections (8mum thick) were mounted directly onto the surface of nitrocellulose membrane and were quickly dried by hair drier. Membranes were then treated with 10mug/ml protenase K for 10-40- min, refixed with 4% PFA,and hybridized with digoxigenin-labelled type I,II,X collagen, and qggrecan riboprobes. In a parallel experiment, conventional ISH were carried out with same tissue sections and probes. In all experiments, we obtained higher signal and lower back-ground by our new ISH.This technique was superior to a conventional ISH in following points. Once the tissue section were mounted on the membrane, tissue sections were not peeled off from the membrane even after 70゚C hybridization and 70゚C wash. We could omit acetylation and RNase treatment step which is usually necessary to reduce back-ground. In addition, our new ISH required only 1/10-1/100 of probe amount which was used in a conventional ISH.Therefore our new ISH is technically simpler and more sensitive than conventional ISH.
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