PMID- 21240280 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20110309 LR - 20211020 IS - 1548-7105 (Electronic) IS - 1548-7091 (Print) IS - 1548-7091 (Linking) VI - 8 IP - 2 DP - 2011 Feb TI - A transgenic mouse for in vivo detection of endogenous labeled mRNA. PG - 165-70 LID - 10.1038/nmeth.1551 [doi] AB - Live-cell single mRNA imaging is a powerful tool but has been restricted in higher eukaryotes to artificial cell lines and reporter genes. We describe an approach that enables live-cell imaging of single endogenous labeled mRNA molecules transcribed in primary mammalian cells and tissue. We generated a knock-in mouse line with an MS2 binding site (MBS) cassette targeted to the 3' untranslated region of the essential beta-actin gene. As beta-actin-MBS was ubiquitously expressed, we could uniquely address endogenous mRNA regulation in any tissue or cell type. We simultaneously followed transcription from the beta-actin alleles in real time and observed transcriptional bursting in response to serum stimulation with precise temporal resolution. We tracked single endogenous labeled mRNA particles being transported in primary hippocampal neurons. The MBS cassette also enabled high-sensitivity fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), allowing detection and localization of single beta-actin mRNA molecules in various mouse tissues. FAU - Lionnet, Timothee AU - Lionnet T AD - Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA. FAU - Czaplinski, Kevin AU - Czaplinski K FAU - Darzacq, Xavier AU - Darzacq X FAU - Shav-Tal, Yaron AU - Shav-Tal Y FAU - Wells, Amber L AU - Wells AL FAU - Chao, Jeffrey A AU - Chao JA FAU - Park, Hye Yoon AU - Park HY FAU - de Turris, Valeria AU - de Turris V FAU - Lopez-Jones, Melissa AU - Lopez-Jones M FAU - Singer, Robert H AU - Singer RH LA - eng GR - F32 GM087122/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 EB002060-25/EB/NIBIB NIH HHS/United States GR - F32-GM087122/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 GM086217-04/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 GM084364-18/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - GM84364/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 GM086217/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - EB2060/EB/NIBIB NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 GM084364/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - GM86217/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 EB002060/EB/NIBIB NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20110116 PL - United States TA - Nat Methods JT - Nature methods JID - 101215604 RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cell Survival MH - Cells, Cultured MH - In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence/*methods MH - Mice MH - Mice, Transgenic/*genetics MH - RNA, Messenger/*analysis/genetics MH - Transcription, Genetic PMC - PMC3076588 MID - NIHMS257921 EDAT- 2011/01/18 06:00 MHDA- 2011/03/10 06:00 PMCR- 2011/08/01 CRDT- 2011/01/18 06:00 PHST- 2010/09/23 00:00 [received] PHST- 2010/12/10 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2011/01/18 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2011/01/18 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2011/03/10 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2011/08/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - nmeth.1551 [pii] AID - 10.1038/nmeth.1551 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Nat Methods. 2011 Feb;8(2):165-70. doi: 10.1038/nmeth.1551. Epub 2011 Jan 16.