PMID- 35379945 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220512 LR - 20230823 IS - 1750-2799 (Electronic) IS - 1750-2799 (Linking) VI - 17 IP - 5 DP - 2022 May TI - RASER-FISH: non-denaturing fluorescence in situ hybridization for preservation of three-dimensional interphase chromatin structure. PG - 1306-1331 LID - 10.1038/s41596-022-00685-8 [doi] AB - DNA fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) has been a central technique in advancing our understanding of how chromatin is organized within the nucleus. With the increasing resolution offered by super-resolution microscopy, the optimal maintenance of chromatin structure within the nucleus is essential for accuracy in measurements and interpretation of data. However, standard 3D-FISH requires potentially destructive heat denaturation in the presence of chaotropic agents such as formamide to allow access to the DNA strands for labeled FISH probes. To avoid the need to heat-denature, we developed Resolution After Single-strand Exonuclease Resection (RASER)-FISH, which uses exonuclease digestion to generate single-stranded target DNA for efficient probe binding over a 2 d process. Furthermore, RASER-FISH is easily combined with immunostaining of nuclear proteins or the detection of RNAs. Here, we provide detailed procedures for RASER-FISH in mammalian cultured cells to detect single loci, chromatin tracks and topologically associating domains with conventional and super-resolution 3D structured illumination microscopy. Moreover, we provide a validation and characterization of our method, demonstrating excellent preservation of chromatin structure and nuclear integrity, together with improved hybridization efficiency, compared with classic 3D-FISH protocols. CI - (c) 2022. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited. FAU - Brown, Jill M AU - Brown JM AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-8884-2047 AD - MRC Molecular Haematology Unit, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Oxford University, Oxford, UK. FAU - De Ornellas, Sara AU - De Ornellas S AD - MRC Molecular Haematology Unit, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Oxford University, Oxford, UK. FAU - Parisi, Eva AU - Parisi E AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-7567-9845 AD - MRC Molecular Haematology Unit, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Oxford University, Oxford, UK. AD - School of Clinical Medicine, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK. FAU - Schermelleh, Lothar AU - Schermelleh L AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-1612-9699 AD - Micron Oxford Advanced Bioimaging Unit, Department of Biochemistry, Oxford University, Oxford, UK. FAU - Buckle, Veronica J AU - Buckle VJ AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1195-2608 AD - MRC Molecular Haematology Unit, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Oxford University, Oxford, UK. veronica.buckle@imm.ox.ac.uk. LA - eng SI - figshare/10.6084/m9.figshare.16778899 SI - figshare/10.6084/m9.figshare.16778902 SI - figshare/10.6084/m9.figshare.16755394 GR - MC_UU_00016/1/MRC_/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom GR - MR/N00969X/1/MRC_/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom GR - MR/K015777X/1/MRC_/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom GR - BB/L01811X/BB_/Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council/United Kingdom GR - 104924/Z/14/Z/WT_/Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom GR - 091911/WT_/Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom GR - 107457/Z/15/Z/WT_/Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Review DEP - 20220404 PL - England TA - Nat Protoc JT - Nature protocols JID - 101284307 RN - 0 (Chromatin) RN - 9007-49-2 (DNA) RN - EC 3.1.- (Exonucleases) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - *Cell Nucleus/genetics/metabolism MH - *Chromatin/metabolism MH - DNA/genetics/metabolism MH - Exonucleases/metabolism MH - In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence/methods MH - Interphase MH - Mammals EDAT- 2022/04/06 06:00 MHDA- 2022/05/14 06:00 CRDT- 2022/04/05 05:32 PHST- 2021/08/03 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/01/10 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/04/06 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/05/14 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/04/05 05:32 [entrez] AID - 10.1038/s41596-022-00685-8 [pii] AID - 10.1038/s41596-022-00685-8 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Nat Protoc. 2022 May;17(5):1306-1331. doi: 10.1038/s41596-022-00685-8. Epub 2022 Apr 4.