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Synthetic oligonucleotide probes can be easily obtained and used, in contrast to cDNA cloning to develop probes, and thus the present study was carried out to determine whether such probes could also be useful for in situ hybridization. A 24-base synthetic oligonucleotide complementary to part of the alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone (alpha-MSH) coding region of proopiomelanocortin (POMC) mRNA was 5'-end-labeled by using [gamma-32P]ATP with T4 polynucleotide kinase or was 3' tailed by using [alpha-32P]dATP or [3H]dCTP with terminal deoxynucleotidyltransferase. Blot analysis of pituitary poly(A)+ RNA showed that the oligonucleotide hybridized to a single species with a molecular size of approximately 1200 nucleotides, consistent with that determined previously for POMC mRNA. The oligonucleotide, regardless of labeling method, hybridized to cells in the pituitary intermediate lobe, but not in the posterior lobe. Only the 3H-labeled probe gave resolution of individual pituitary anterior lobe cells. The specificity of the hybridization was determined by showing that the intermediate lobe signal was blocked by prehybridization of the tissue with unlabeled alpha-MSH oligonucleotide probe. Furthermore, the hybridized probe exhibited a sharp sigmoid curve when melted off. Finally, the oligonucleotide probe detected, in situ, the haloperidol-induced elevation of intermediate lobe POMC mRNA. Thus, the oligonucleotide probe exhibited hybridization in an anatomically and biochemically specific manner, and it detected a tissue-specific change in mRNA levels in situ.
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