On the position of nucleolus organizer regions (NORs) in interphase nuclei. Studies with a new, non-autoradiographic in situ hybridization method

Experimental Cell Research
F WachtlerH G Schwarzacher

Abstract

The distribution of 18S and 28S ribosomal RNA (rRNA), i.e. the chromosomal nucleolus organizer regions (NORs) was visualized in interphases and metaphases of non-stimulated and phytohemagglutinin (PHA)-stimulated human lymphocytes with a recently developed non-autoradiographic in situ hybridization method. This procedure involves mercurated RNA as a probe and a sulfhydryl-trinitrophenyl-mercury binding ligand and FITC-labelled antibodies as detection system. Silver staining was used to visualize nucleoli in interphase. In the secondary constriction of all ten acrocentric chromosomes, varying amounts of rDNA were detected. In the interphase nuclei of most of the non-stimulated human lymphocytes, only one small nucleolus could be seen. The in situ hybridization, however, revealed several agglomerations of rDNA scattered over the whole nuclear area, clearly outnumbering the number of nucleoli in these cells. This means that not all of the NORs are transcriptionally active in non-stimulated lymphocytes and that these inactive NORs lie at a distinct distance from the active ones. With PHA stimulation (transforming the small lymphocytes from peripheral blood into large, lymphoblast-like cells) the number of nucleoli increased slightl...Continue Reading

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