PMID- 33892814 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20211203 LR - 20221013 IS - 2051-5960 (Electronic) IS - 2051-5960 (Linking) VI - 9 IP - 1 DP - 2021 Apr 23 TI - Enhanced detection of expanded repeat mRNA foci with hybridization chain reaction. PG - 73 LID - 10.1186/s40478-021-01169-8 [doi] LID - 73 AB - Transcribed nucleotide repeat expansions form detectable RNA foci in patient cells that contribute to disease pathogenesis. The most widely used method for detecting RNA foci, fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), is powerful but can suffer from issues related to signal above background. Here we developed a repeat-specific form of hybridization chain reaction (R-HCR) as an alternative method for detection of repeat RNA foci in two neurodegenerative disorders: C9orf72 associated ALS and frontotemporal dementia (C9 ALS/FTD) and Fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome. R-HCR to both G(4)C(2) and CGG repeats exhibited comparable specificity but > 40 x sensitivity compared to FISH, with better detection of both nuclear and cytoplasmic foci in human C9 ALS/FTD fibroblasts, patient iPSC derived neurons, and patient brain samples. Using R-HCR, we observed that integrated stress response (ISR) activation significantly increased the number of endogenous G(4)C(2) repeat RNA foci and triggered their selective nuclear accumulation without evidence of stress granule co-localization in patient fibroblasts and patient derived neurons. These data suggest that R-HCR can be a useful tool for tracking the behavior of repeat expansion mRNA in C9 ALS/FTD and other repeat expansion disorders. FAU - Glineburg, M Rebecca AU - Glineburg MR AD - Department of Neurology, University of Michigan, 109 Zina Pitcher Place, Ann Arbor, MI, 4005 BSRB48109-2200, USA. FAU - Zhang, Yuan AU - Zhang Y AD - Department of Neurology, University of Michigan, 109 Zina Pitcher Place, Ann Arbor, MI, 4005 BSRB48109-2200, USA. AD - Department of Respiratory Medicine, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410008, China. FAU - Krans, Amy AU - Krans A AD - Department of Neurology, University of Michigan, 109 Zina Pitcher Place, Ann Arbor, MI, 4005 BSRB48109-2200, USA. AD - Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. FAU - Tank, Elizabeth M AU - Tank EM AD - Department of Neurology, University of Michigan, 109 Zina Pitcher Place, Ann Arbor, MI, 4005 BSRB48109-2200, USA. FAU - Barmada, Sami J AU - Barmada SJ AD - Department of Neurology, University of Michigan, 109 Zina Pitcher Place, Ann Arbor, MI, 4005 BSRB48109-2200, USA. FAU - Todd, Peter K AU - Todd PK AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-4781-6376 AD - Department of Neurology, University of Michigan, 109 Zina Pitcher Place, Ann Arbor, MI, 4005 BSRB48109-2200, USA. Petertod@umich.edu. AD - Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. Petertod@umich.edu. LA - eng GR - R01 NS097542/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States GR - P50 HD104463/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States GR - T32NS00722237/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States GR - P50HD104463/National Institute of Child Health and Human Development/ GR - R01NS086810/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 NS099280/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 NS113943/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States GR - BLRD BX004842/U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs/ GR - R01 NS086810/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States GR - R01NS099280/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States GR - I01 BX004842/BX/BLRD VA/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. DEP - 20210423 PL - England TA - Acta Neuropathol Commun JT - Acta neuropathologica communications JID - 101610673 RN - 0 (C9orf72 Protein) RN - 0 (C9orf72 protein, human) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) SB - IM MH - Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis/*genetics/metabolism/pathology MH - C9orf72 Protein/*genetics/metabolism MH - Cells, Cultured MH - DNA Repeat Expansion/physiology MH - Fibroblasts/metabolism/pathology MH - Frontotemporal Dementia/*genetics/metabolism/pathology MH - Humans MH - In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence/*methods MH - RNA, Messenger/*genetics/metabolism PMC - PMC8063431 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis OT - C9orf72 OT - FXTAS OT - Fragile X OT - G3BP OT - RNA Gelation OT - RNA foci OT - Repeat-associated non-AUG (RAN) translation OT - Stress granules EDAT- 2021/04/25 06:00 MHDA- 2021/12/15 06:00 PMCR- 2021/04/23 CRDT- 2021/04/24 05:29 PHST- 2021/01/20 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/03/27 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/04/24 05:29 [entrez] PHST- 2021/04/25 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/12/15 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/04/23 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1186/s40478-021-01169-8 [pii] AID - 1169 [pii] AID - 10.1186/s40478-021-01169-8 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Acta Neuropathol Commun. 2021 Apr 23;9(1):73. doi: 10.1186/s40478-021-01169-8.