University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine 2 articles published in JoVE Cancer Research Establishment and Characterization of Small Bowel Neuroendocrine Tumor Spheroids Po Hien Ear1, Guiying Li1, Meng Wu2, Ellen Abusada3, Andrew M. Bellizzi3, James R. Howe1 1Department of Surgery, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, 2High Throughput Screening Facility, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, 3Department of Pathology, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine Neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) originate from neuroendocrine cells of the neural crest. They are slow growing and challenging to culture. We present an alternative strategy to grow NETs from the small bowel by culturing them as spheroids. These spheroids have small bowel NET markers and can be used for drug testing. Neuroscience Examination of Synaptic Vesicle Recycling Using FM Dyes During Evoked, Spontaneous, and Miniature Synaptic Activities Sadahiro Iwabuchi1, Yasuhiro Kakazu1, Jin-Young Koh1, Kirsty M. Goodman2, N. Charles Harata1 1Department of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, 2Department of Biology & Biochemistry, University of Bath We describe the use of styryl FM dyes to image synaptic vesicle recycling in functional nerve terminals. This protocol can be applied not only to evoked, but also spontaneous and miniature synaptic activities. The protocol expands the variety of synaptic events that can be effectively evaluated.
