Targeted Neuronal Ablation Using Two-Photon Microscopy in a Zebrafish Larava

Abstract

Source: Muto, A., et al. Ablation of a Neuronal Population Using a Two-photon Laser and Its Assessment Using Calcium Imaging and Behavioral Recording in Zebrafish Larvae. J. Vis. Exp. (2018)

In this video, a two-photon laser ablation procedure is demonstrated, enabling the selective destruction of fluorescent neurons in agarose-immobilized zebrafish larvae. High-resolution imaging before and after the procedure confirms efficient neuronal damage, as observed by the absence of fluorescence.

Protocol

1. Ablation of a Subpopulation of Neurons Using a Two-photon Laser Microscope

1. Begin by sett....

Results

Materials

List of materials used in this article

Name	Company	Catalog Number	Comments
NuSieve GTG Agarose	Lonza	Cat.#50080	low-melting temperature agarose
6 cm petri dish	FALCON	Product#:351007
dissecting needle	AS ONE Corporation	Cat. No. 2-013-01	https://keystone-lab.com/en/item/detail/404142
LSM7MP	Carl Zeiss		two-photon laser scanning microscope
W Plan-Apochromat 63x/1.0	Carl Zeiss		63X objective lens
Imager.Z1	Carl Zeiss		an epi-fluorescence microscope
ZEN	Carl Zeiss		Image acquisition software for confocal microscopes
Secure-Seal Hybridization Chamber Gasket, 8 chambers, 9 mm diameter x 0.8 mm depth	Molecular Probes	Catalogue # S-24732	Used as a recording chamber in Ca imaging
Imageing Chambers	Grace Bio-Labs	CoverWell Imaging Chambers PCI-A-2.5	Used as a behavioral recording chamber
Surgical knife	MANI	Ophthalmic knife MST15
ORCA-Flash4.0	Hamamatsu Photonics	model:C11440-22CU	a scientific CMOS camera
HCImage	Hamamatsu Photonics		image acuisition software
Hard Disk Recording module	Hamamatsu Photonics		An software module that enables saving the movie files onto a hard disc drive in a short time
SZX7	Olympus		stereoscope
DF PL 0.5X	Olympus		objective lens for SZX7
Point Grey Grasshopper3 4.1 MP Mono USB3 Visio	FLIR Systems, Inc.	Product No. GS3-U3-41C6NIR-C	CMOS camera
XIMEA xiQ camera	XIMEA	Product No. MQ042RG-CM	CMOS camera
A ring LED light	CCS	Model: LDR2-100SW2-LA	White LED
Nylon mesh 32µm	Tokyo Screen	N-No.380T	http://www.tokyo-screen.com/cms/sta20347/
Nylon mesh 13µm	Tokyo Screen	N-No. 508T-K	http://www.tokyo-screen.com/cms/sta20347/
Metal seive 150 micron aperture	Tokyo Screen		http://www.tokyo-screen.com/cms/sta20341/#ami
Metal seive 75 micron aperture	Tokyo Screen		http://www.tokyo-screen.com/cms/sta20341/#ami
EBIOS	Asahi Food & Healthcare, Co. Ltd.		dry beer yeast
LabVIEW	National Instruments		an integrated development environment for programming
Mai-Tai HP	Spectra Physics		two-photon laser