PMID- 32360441 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20211028 LR - 20211028 IS - 1095-9130 (Electronic) IS - 1046-2023 (Linking) VI - 187 DP - 2021 Mar TI - Stimulated emission depletion (STED) super resolution imaging of RNA- and protein-containing domains in fixed cells. PG - 68-76 LID - S1046-2023(19)30323-8 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.ymeth.2020.04.009 [doi] AB - Super resolution microscopy has changed our capability to visualize and understand spatial arrangements of RNA- and protein-containing domains in individual cells. In a previous study, we described a novel lncRNA, Tumor-associated NBL2 transcript (TNBL), which originates from a primate specific macrosatellite repeat. We aimed to describe several aspects of TNBL lncRNA, with one focus being pinpointing its precise location in the nucleus, as well as visualizing its interactions with proteins to deduce its functionality. Using a combination of STimulated Emission Depletion (STED) super resolution microscopy, single molecule RNA (smRNA) FISH against TNBL, and immunofluorescence against SAM68 perinucleolar body, we resolved the spatial complexity of the interaction between TNBL aggregates and SAM68 bodies at the perinucleolar region. Here, we describe protocols for a step-by-step optimized smRNA FISH/IF and STED imaging, detailing parameter settings, and three-dimensional data analysis of spatial positioning of subnuclear structures. These protocols can be employed for single-cell imaging of complex nuclear RNA-protein structures. CI - Copyright (c) 2020. Published by Elsevier Inc. FAU - Dumbovic, Gabrijela AU - Dumbovic G AD - BioFrontiers Institute, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA. Electronic address: gabrijela.dumbovic@gmail.com. FAU - Sanjuan, Xavier AU - Sanjuan X AD - Department of Experimental and Health Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain; Advanced Light Microscopy Unit, Center for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona, Spain. FAU - Perucho, Manuel AU - Perucho M AD - Cancer Genetics and Epigenetics, Program of Predictive and Personalized Medicine of Cancer (PMPPC), Health Science Research Institute Germans Trias i Pujol (IGTP), Badalona, Spain; Tumor Initiation and Maintenance Program, Sanford Burnham Prebys (SBP) Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA. FAU - Forcales, Sonia-V AU - Forcales SV AD - Department of Pathology and Experimental Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Barcelona, L' Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain. Electronic address: sforcales@ub.edu. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20200430 PL - United States TA - Methods JT - Methods (San Diego, Calif.) JID - 9426302 RN - 0 (Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing) RN - 0 (DNA-Binding Proteins) RN - 0 (KHDRBS1 protein, human) RN - 0 (RNA, Long Noncoding) RN - 0 (RNA-Binding Proteins) SB - IM MH - Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing/*genetics MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Cell Nucleus/metabolism MH - DNA-Binding Proteins/*genetics MH - Epigenomics/*methods MH - Humans MH - In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence/methods MH - Microscopy, Fluorescence/methods MH - RNA, Long Noncoding/analysis/*metabolism MH - RNA-Binding Proteins/*genetics MH - Single Molecule Imaging/*methods MH - Spatio-Temporal Analysis OTO - NOTNLM OT - Nuclear architecture OT - Nuclear domains OT - STED OT - Super resolution microscopy OT - lncRNA EDAT- 2020/05/04 06:00 MHDA- 2021/10/29 06:00 CRDT- 2020/05/04 06:00 PHST- 2020/02/05 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/04/25 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2020/04/26 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/05/04 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/10/29 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/05/04 06:00 [entrez] AID - S1046-2023(19)30323-8 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.ymeth.2020.04.009 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Methods. 2021 Mar;187:68-76. doi: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2020.04.009. Epub 2020 Apr 30.