A fluorescent in situ hybridization method in flow cytometry to detect HIV-1 specific RNA. 1996

R M Borzì, and A Piacentini, and M C Monaco, and G Lisignoli, and A Degrassi, and L Cattini, and S Santi, and A Facchini
Laboratorio di Immunologia e Genetica, Istituto di Ricerca Codivilla Putti, I.O.R., Bologna, Italy.

In HIV+ patients, the presence of HIV-RNA in plasma and circulating cells has been reported to be a marker of progression but the percentage of transcriptionally active infected cells remains unclear. We have developed a reliable fluorescent in situ hybridization method for the detection of HIV specific RNA by flow cytometry. The procedure was applied to a panel of chronically infected cell lines and to an acutely infected cell line mimicking normal peripheral blood lymphocytes in susceptibility to HIV-1. The cells were fixed in suspension and hybridized by means of an HIV-1 genomic probe labeled with digoxigenin-11-dUTP. An FITC-labeled anti-digoxigenin antiserum was then applied and the resulting fluorescence signals were analyzed both by flow cytometry and confocal microscopy. Different procedures for double staining HIV-RNA together with virus induced proteins or surface markers were also developed. Flow cytometric detection of in situ hybridization offers the possibility of analyzing thousands of cells in a few seconds and of collecting multiparametric information at the single cell level, thus providing a potential tool for detecting the rare HIV-RNA expressing cells in peripheral blood samples.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D002460 Cell Line Established cell cultures that have the potential to propagate indefinitely. Cell Lines,Line, Cell,Lines, Cell
D005404 Fixatives Agents employed in the preparation of histologic or pathologic specimens for the purpose of maintaining the existing form and structure of all of the constituent elements. Great numbers of different agents are used; some are also decalcifying and hardening agents. They must quickly kill and coagulate living tissue. Fixative,Pickling Agents,Agents, Pickling
D005434 Flow Cytometry Technique using an instrument system for making, processing, and displaying one or more measurements on individual cells obtained from a cell suspension. Cells are usually stained with one or more fluorescent dyes specific to cell components of interest, e.g., DNA, and fluorescence of each cell is measured as it rapidly transverses the excitation beam (laser or mercury arc lamp). Fluorescence provides a quantitative measure of various biochemical and biophysical properties of the cell, as well as a basis for cell sorting. Other measurable optical parameters include light absorption and light scattering, the latter being applicable to the measurement of cell size, shape, density, granularity, and stain uptake. Cytofluorometry, Flow,Cytometry, Flow,Flow Microfluorimetry,Fluorescence-Activated Cell Sorting,Microfluorometry, Flow,Cell Sorting, Fluorescence-Activated,Cell Sortings, Fluorescence-Activated,Cytofluorometries, Flow,Cytometries, Flow,Flow Cytofluorometries,Flow Cytofluorometry,Flow Cytometries,Flow Microfluorometries,Flow Microfluorometry,Fluorescence Activated Cell Sorting,Fluorescence-Activated Cell Sortings,Microfluorimetry, Flow,Microfluorometries, Flow,Sorting, Fluorescence-Activated Cell,Sortings, Fluorescence-Activated Cell
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012367 RNA, Viral Ribonucleic acid that makes up the genetic material of viruses. Viral RNA
D015497 HIV-1 The type species of LENTIVIRUS and the etiologic agent of AIDS. It is characterized by its cytopathic effect and affinity for the T4-lymphocyte. Human immunodeficiency virus 1,HIV-I,Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1,Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1, Human
D015703 Antigens, CD Differentiation antigens residing on mammalian leukocytes. CD stands for cluster of differentiation, which refers to groups of monoclonal antibodies that show similar reactivity with certain subpopulations of antigens of a particular lineage or differentiation stage. The subpopulations of antigens are also known by the same CD designation. CD Antigen,Cluster of Differentiation Antigen,Cluster of Differentiation Marker,Differentiation Antigens, Leukocyte, Human,Leukocyte Differentiation Antigens, Human,Cluster of Differentiation Antigens,Cluster of Differentiation Markers,Antigen Cluster, Differentiation,Antigen, CD,CD Antigens,Differentiation Antigen Cluster,Differentiation Marker Cluster,Marker Cluster, Differentiation
D016655 HIV Core Protein p24 A major core protein of the human immunodeficiency virus encoded by the HIV gag gene. HIV-seropositive individuals mount a significant immune response to p24 and thus detection of antibodies to p24 is one basis for determining HIV infection by ELISA and Western blot assays. The protein is also being investigated as a potential HIV immunogen in vaccines. HIV Major Core Protein p24,HIV gag Gene Product p24,HIV p24 Antigen,gag Protein p24, HIV,p24(HIV),HIV Protein p24,HTLV-III p24,p24 protein, Human Immunodeficiency Virus,HTLV III p24,p24 Antigen, HIV,p24, HIV Protein,p24, HTLV-III
D017404 In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence A type of IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION in which target sequences are stained with fluorescent dye so their location and size can be determined using fluorescence microscopy. This staining is sufficiently distinct that the hybridization signal can be seen both in metaphase spreads and in interphase nuclei. FISH Technique,Fluorescent in Situ Hybridization,Hybridization in Situ, Fluorescence,FISH Technic,Hybridization in Situ, Fluorescent,In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescent,FISH Technics,FISH Techniques,Technic, FISH,Technics, FISH,Technique, FISH,Techniques, FISH

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