PMID- 36807786 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20230224 LR - 20230305 IS - 1940-6029 (Electronic) IS - 1064-3745 (Linking) VI - 2615 DP - 2023 TI - Visualization of mtDNA Using FISH. PG - 89-98 LID - 10.1007/978-1-0716-2922-2_7 [doi] AB - Proper mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) levels are critical for many cellular biological functions and are associated with aging and many mitochondria disorders. Defects in core subunits of the mtDNA replication machinery lead to decreased mtDNA levels. Other indirect mitochondrial contexts including ATP concentration, lipid composition, and nucleotide composition also contribute to mtDNA maintenance. Furthermore, mtDNA molecules are distributed evenly throughout the mitochondrial network. This uniform distribution pattern is required for oxidative phosphorylation and ATP production and has been linked to many diseases when perturbed. Thus, it is important to visualize mtDNA in the cellular context. Here we provide detailed protocols for cellular visualization of mtDNA using fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). The fluorescent signals are targeted to the mtDNA sequence directly, ensuring both sensitivity and specificity. This mtDNA FISH method can be combined with immunostaining and used for visualizing mtDNA-protein interactions and dynamics. CI - (c) 2023. The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature. FAU - Xie, Xie AU - Xie X AD - Department of Medical Biochemistry and Cell Biology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden. FAU - Zhu, Xuefeng AU - Zhu X AD - Department of Medical Biochemistry and Cell Biology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden. xuefeng.zhu@gu.se. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - United States TA - Methods Mol Biol JT - Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) JID - 9214969 RN - 0 (DNA, Mitochondrial) RN - 8L70Q75FXE (Adenosine Triphosphate) SB - IM MH - *DNA, Mitochondrial/genetics MH - In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence MH - *Mitochondria/genetics MH - DNA Replication MH - Adenosine Triphosphate OTO - NOTNLM OT - FISH OT - Imaging OT - Microscopy OT - Mitochondria OT - Visualization OT - mtDNA EDAT- 2023/02/23 06:00 MHDA- 2023/02/25 06:00 CRDT- 2023/02/22 12:11 PHST- 2023/02/22 12:11 [entrez] PHST- 2023/02/23 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/02/25 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1007/978-1-0716-2922-2_7 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Methods Mol Biol. 2023;2615:89-98. doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2922-2_7.