期刊
JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGICAL METHODS
卷 302, 期 1-2, 页码 90-98出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jim.2005.04.018
关键词
laser capture microdissection; single cell RT-PCR; plasma cells; subacute sclerosing panencephalitis; IgG
资金
- NINDS NIH HHS [NS32623, P01 NS032623, R01 NS041549-04, R01 NS041549, NS41549] Funding Source: Medline
Chronic infectious diseases of the central nervous system (CNS) are characterized by intrathecal synthesis of increased amounts of immunoglobulin G (IgG) directed against the agent that causes disease. In other inflammatory CNS diseases such as multiple sclerosis and CNS sarcoid, the targets of the humoral immune response are uncertain. To identify the IgGs expressed by individual CD38+ plasma cells seen in human brain sections, we merged the techniques of laser capture microdissection (LCM) and single-cell RT-PCR. Frozen brain sections from a patient who died of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE), were rapidly immunostained and examined by LCM to dissect individual CD38+ cells. After cell lysis, we developed two techniques for reverse-transcription (RT) of unpurified total RNA in the cell lysates. The first method performed repeated and rapid freeze-thawing, followed by centrifugation of the cell lysate into tubes for subsequent RT. The second, more successful method performed RT in situ on detergent-solubilized cells directly on the cap surface; subsequent nested PCR identified heavy and light chain sequences expressed by two-thirds of individually isolated plasma cells. These techniques will streamline the identification of gene expression products in single cells from complex tissues and have the potential to identify IgGs expressed in the CNS of inflammatory diseases of unknown etiology.
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