PMID- 36989663 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20230417 LR - 20230417 IS - 1873-4235 (Electronic) IS - 0956-5663 (Linking) VI - 230 DP - 2023 Jun 15 TI - Sequence-specific DNA labelling for fluorescence microscopy. PG - 115256 LID - S0956-5663(23)00198-7 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.bios.2023.115256 [doi] AB - The preservation of nucleus structure during microscopy imaging is a top priority for understanding chromatin organization, genome dynamics, and gene expression regulation. In this review, we summarize the sequence-specific DNA labelling methods that can be used for imaging in fixed and/or living cells without harsh treatment and DNA denaturation: (i) hairpin polyamides, (ii) triplex-forming oligonucleotides, (iii) dCas9 proteins, (iv) transcription activator-like effectors (TALEs) and (v) DNA methyltransferases (MTases). All these techniques are capable of identifying repetitive DNA loci and robust probes are available for telomeres and centromeres, but visualizing single-copy sequences is still challenging. In our futuristic vision, we see gradual replacement of the historically important fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) by less invasive and non-destructive methods compatible with live cell imaging. Combined with super-resolution fluorescence microscopy, these methods will open the possibility to look into unperturbed structure and dynamics of chromatin in living cells, tissues and whole organisms. CI - Copyright (c) 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Pradhan, Shalini AU - Pradhan S AD - Chromatin Labelling and Imaging Group, Department of NanoBiophotonics, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Am Fassberg 11, 37077, Gottingen, Germany. FAU - Apaydin, Sinem AU - Apaydin S AD - Chromatin Labelling and Imaging Group, Department of NanoBiophotonics, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Am Fassberg 11, 37077, Gottingen, Germany. FAU - Bucevicius, Jonas AU - Bucevicius J AD - Chromatin Labelling and Imaging Group, Department of NanoBiophotonics, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Am Fassberg 11, 37077, Gottingen, Germany. FAU - Gerasimaite, Ruta AU - Gerasimaite R AD - Chromatin Labelling and Imaging Group, Department of NanoBiophotonics, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Am Fassberg 11, 37077, Gottingen, Germany. FAU - Kostiuk, Georgij AU - Kostiuk G AD - Chromatin Labelling and Imaging Group, Department of NanoBiophotonics, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Am Fassberg 11, 37077, Gottingen, Germany. FAU - Lukinavicius, Grazvydas AU - Lukinavicius G AD - Chromatin Labelling and Imaging Group, Department of NanoBiophotonics, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Am Fassberg 11, 37077, Gottingen, Germany. Electronic address: grazvydas.lukinavicius@mpinat.mpg.de. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20230321 PL - England TA - Biosens Bioelectron JT - Biosensors & bioelectronics JID - 9001289 RN - 9007-49-2 (DNA) RN - 0 (Chromatin) SB - IM MH - In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence/methods MH - *Biosensing Techniques MH - DNA/chemistry MH - Chromatin/genetics MH - Microscopy, Fluorescence/methods OTO - NOTNLM OT - Chromatin imaging OT - DNA methyltransferases OT - Polyamides OT - Transcription activator-like effectors OT - Triplex forming oligonucleotides OT - dCas9 COIS- Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper. EDAT- 2023/03/30 06:00 MHDA- 2023/04/17 06:41 CRDT- 2023/03/29 18:04 PHST- 2022/12/09 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/03/04 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2023/03/21 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/04/17 06:41 [medline] PHST- 2023/03/30 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/03/29 18:04 [entrez] AID - S0956-5663(23)00198-7 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.bios.2023.115256 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Biosens Bioelectron. 2023 Jun 15;230:115256. doi: 10.1016/j.bios.2023.115256. Epub 2023 Mar 21.