Federal University of Sao Paulo (UNIFESP) 3 articles published in JoVE Medicine Acute Kidney Injury Model Induced by Cisplatin in Adult Zebrafish Camila Morales Fénero*1, Barbara Nunes Padovani*1, Mariana Abrantes do Amaral*1,2, Guilherme José Bottura de Barros1, Izabella Karina Xavier de Oliveira1, Meire Ioshie Hiyane1, Niels Olsen Saraiva Camâra1,2 1Department of Immunology, University of São Paulo, 2Department of Medicine, Nephrology Division, Federal University of São Paulo This protocol describes the procedures to induce Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in adult zebrafish using cisplatin as a nephrotoxic agent. We detailed the steps to evaluate the reproducibility of the technique and two techniques to analyze inflammation and cell death in the renal tissue, flow cytometry and TUNEL, respectively. Immunology and Infection Concomitant Isolation of Primary Astrocytes and Microglia for Protozoa Parasite Infection Aline de Oliveira Lima Pacheco*1, Marcelo Pires Amaral*1, Ingrid Sancho de Farias1, Luiza Zainotti Miguel Fahur Bottino1, Karina Ramalho Bortoluci2 1Centro de Terapia Celular e Molecular (CTCMol), Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), 2Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Centro de Terapia Celular e Molecular (CTCMol), Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP) The overall goal of this protocol is to instruct how to extract, maintain, and dissociate murine astrocyte and microglia cells from the central nervous system, followed by infection with protozoa parasites. Biochemistry Dissection of Human Retina and RPE-Choroid for Proteomic Analysis Thiago Cabral*1,2,7,8, Marcus A. Toral*3,4, Gabriel Velez3,4, James E. DiCarlo1,2, Anuradha M. Gore3, MaryAnn Mahajan3, Stephen H. Tsang1,2, Alexander G. Bassuk5,6, Vinit B. Mahajan3,9 1Barbara & Donald Jonas Stem Cell Laboratory, and Bernard & Shirlee Brown Glaucoma Laboratory, Department of Pathology & Cell Biology, Institute of Human Nutrition, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, 2Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, 3Omics Laboratory, Byers Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, Stanford University, 4Medical Scientist Training Program, University of Iowa, 5Department of Pediatrics, University of Iowa, 6Department of Neurology, University of Iowa, 7Department of Ophthalmology, Federal University of Sao Paulo (UNIFESP), 8Department of Ophthalmology, Federal University of EspÍrito Santo (UFES), 9Palo Alto Veterans Administration, Palo Alto, CA The human retina is composed of functionally and molecularly distinct regions, including the fovea, macula, and peripheral retina. Here, we describe a method using punch biopsies and manual removal of tissue layers from a human eye to dissect and collect these distinct retinal regions for downstream proteomic analysis.
