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ArticleFrontiers in cell and developmental biology2023

A chromEM-staining protocol optimized for cardiac tissue.

Elettra Musolino, Christina Pagiatakis, Federica Pierin, Daniele Sabatino, Giovanna Finzi, Rosalba Gornati, Giovanni Bernardini, Roberto Papait

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Article in Frontiers in cell and developmental biology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Elettra MusolinoDepartment of Biotechnology and Life Sciences, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy.
Christina PagiatakisDepartment of Biotechnology and Life Sciences, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy.
Federica PierinDepartment of Biotechnology and Life Sciences, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy.
Daniele SabatinoDepartment of Pathology, ASST Sette Laghi, Varese, Italy.
Giovanna FinziDepartment of Pathology, ASST Sette Laghi, Varese, Italy.
Rosalba GornatiDepartment of Biotechnology and Life Sciences, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy.
Giovanni BernardiniDepartment of Biotechnology and Life Sciences, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy.
Roberto PapaitDepartment of Biotechnology and Life Sciences, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy.
University of Insubria · ITAziende Socio Sanitarie Territoriale dei Sette Laghi

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Three-dimensional (3D) chromatin organization has a key role in defining the transcription program of cells during development. Its alteration is the cause of gene expression changes responsible for several diseases. Thus, we need new tools to study this aspect of gene expression regulation. To this end, ChromEM was recently developed: this is an electron-microscopy staining technique that selectively marks nuclear DNA without altering its structure and, thus, allows better visualization of 3D chromatin conformation. However, despite increasingly frequent application of this staining technique on cells, it has not yet been applied to visualize chromatin ultrastructure in tissues. Here, we provide a protocol to carry out ChromEM on myocardial tissue harvested from the left ventricles of C57BL/6J mice and use this in combination with transmission electron microscopy (TEM) to measure some morphological parameters of peripheral heterochromatin in cardiomyocytes. This protocol could also be used, in combination with electron tomography, to study 3D chromatin organization in cardiomyocytes in different aspects of heart pathobiology (e.g., heart development, cardiac aging, and heart failure) as well as help to set-up ChromEM in other tissues.

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agingcardiac tissuechromatin structurechromEMheterochromatin

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PMID37476155
PMCPMC10354428
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