Effect of tissue processing on the ability to recover nucleic acid from specific renal tissue compartments by laser capture microdissection

Experimental Nephrology
N TanjiVivette D D'Agati

Abstract

The anatomic heterogeneity of the nephron poses obstacles to microdissection of individual renal compartments for analysis of gene expression. We have systematically analyzed the effects of fixation time and nuclear staining on the ability to recover nucleic acid from individual renal compartments by laser capture microdissection (LCM). Formalin-fixed kidney sections from Wistar rats and archival human renal biopsies were used for DNA analysis. From 1 to 10 individual glomeruli and from 1 to 10 individual proximal tubules were captured sequentially onto polymer films. DNA for beta-globin could be amplified by PCR from even a single glomerulus or tubule. Optimal conditions for DNA amplification were brief (1- or 2-day) formalin fixation. Use of nuclear counterstains, including Weigert's hematoxylin, Harris's hematoxylin, Mayer's hematoxylin, or methyl green, did not adversely affect the ability to extract and amplify DNA. For RNA extraction, glomeruli and tubules were microdissected from renal cryostat sections stored for up to 6 months. By RT-PCR, mRNA expression of the glomerulus-specific gene, Wilms' tumor-1, was identified in as few as 5 microdissected glomeruli and of the tubule-specific gene, aminopeptidase N, in as few as...Continue Reading

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