PMID- 7981136 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19950105 LR - 20061115 IS - 0921-8912 (Print) IS - 0921-8912 (Linking) VI - 7 IP - 1 DP - 1994 Jul TI - Improvements in visualisation and localisation of human papillomavirus DNA in CaSki cells by fluorescence in situ hybridization, laser scanning confocal microscopy and three-dimensional image reconstruction. PG - 53-61 AB - The visual interpretation and localisation of specific DNA sequences in three dimensions in cell nuclei was investigated by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) and laser scanning confocal microscopy (LSCM) using CaSki cells containing 600 copies per cell of human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA type 16 integrated in cellular DNA. Biotinylated DNA probes were used and DNA-DNA hybrids were revealed by a three-step reaction involving a rabbit anti-biotin antibody, a biotinylated goat anti-rabbit antibody and a streptavidin-fluorescein isothiocyanate complex. The DNA from cell nuclei was counterstained with propidium iodide. With standard fluorescence microscopy, some dense fluorescent spots were seen in the cell nuclei. Similarly, with LSCM, some hybridization spots were observed in the cell nuclei but they were at different levels of the nuclei as shown by successive nuclear sections taken along the z axis. The visualisation of multiple hybridization spots confirmed the presence of multiple integration sites of HPV 16 DNA in CaSki cells. Association of LSCM with three-dimensional reconstructions lead to spatial images of hybridization spots obtained by stacking (x,y) images from consecutive confocal planes. Rotation of the reconstructed cell nuclei around the y axis makes it possible to distinguish closely adjacent spots. The combination of these techniques improves the detection of hybridization spots and may be of interest to further determine whether the HPV DNA is episomal or integrated in infected cells. FAU - Lizard, G AU - Lizard G AD - Centre Commun de Cytometrie en Flux-INSERM U80, Hopital E. Herriot, Lyon, France. FAU - Usson, Y AU - Usson Y FAU - Chignol, M C AU - Chignol MC FAU - Chardonnet, Y AU - Chardonnet Y LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - Netherlands TA - Anal Cell Pathol JT - Analytical cellular pathology : the journal of the European Society for Analytical Cellular Pathology JID - 8911016 RN - 0 (DNA, Viral) SB - IM EIN - Anal Cell Pathol 1995 Jun;8(4):357-8 MH - DNA, Viral/*analysis MH - Humans MH - Image Processing, Computer-Assisted MH - In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence MH - Microscopy, Confocal MH - Papillomaviridae/*isolation & purification MH - Tumor Cells, Cultured/*virology EDAT- 1994/07/01 00:00 MHDA- 1994/07/01 00:01 CRDT- 1994/07/01 00:00 PHST- 1994/07/01 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1994/07/01 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1994/07/01 00:00 [entrez] PST - ppublish SO - Anal Cell Pathol. 1994 Jul;7(1):53-61.