Supraspinal projections are important for pain perception and other behaviors, and serotonergic fibers are one of these fiber systems. The present study focused on the application of the combined CLARITY/CUBIC protocol to the mouse spinal cord in order to investigate the termination of these serotonergic fibers.
omuriliğe uzun inen lifler lokomosyon, ağrının algılanması ve diğer davranışları için çok önemlidir. Bu lif sistemlerinin çoğunluğunun omurilik fiber sonlandırma desen iyice herhangi türde araştırılmamıştır. omurilik proje serotonerjik lifler, histolojik bölümlerde sıçanlar ve opossum incelenmiştir ve fonksiyonel önemi omurilikte kendi fiber sonlandırma desen çıkarılabilir dayanmaktadır. CLARITY ve KÜBİK tekniklerinin gelişmesiyle birlikte, lif sistemi ve serotonerjik supraspinal yolların önceden bilinmeyen özelliklerini ortaya çıkarmak için büyük olasılıkla omurilik dağıtımını, araştırmak mümkündür. Burada, kombine açıklık ve KÜP teknikleri kullanarak fare omurilik serotonerjik lifler görüntüleme için ayrıntılı bir protokol sağlar. yöntem combin ile doku hidrojel solüsyonu ve aydınlatılması ile bir fare perfüzyon gerektirirreaktifler temizleme tirme. Omurilik dokusu hemen altında iki hafta içinde temizlendi ve serotonin karşı sonraki immunofluorescent boyama az on gün içinde tamamlanmıştır. Bir çoklu foton floresan mikroskop ile, doku taranmış ve bir 3D görüntü OsiriX yazılımı kullanılarak yeniden inşa edildi.
Supraspinal projections are responsible for the modulation of diverse behaviors such as pain perception. One of the projections carrying nociceptive information contains serotoninergic fibers, which originate from the hindbrain raphe and adjacent reticular nuclei1,2. Physiological and pharmacological studies have demonstrated an increased release of serotonin in the dorsal horn of the spinal cord after electrical stimulation of the raphe nuclei in the hindbrain3-5. In the rat and opossum, serotonergic raphespinal fibers have dense terminals, not only in the dorsal horn6-8, but also in the intermediate zone7,9,10, the ventral horn7,11, and even lamina 1012,13. There are no similar studies in the mouse. The present study aimed to map the termination pattern of serotonergic fibers arising from the hindbrain raphe nuclei and their adjacent reticular nuclei in the mouse spinal cord using the recently published CLARITY14 method and its modification – CUBIC15.
Conventional fluorescence or peroxidase immunohistochemistry of the spinal cord clearly shows the distribution of serotonergic fibers in the gray matter of the spinal cord in 30-40 µm thick cross-sections. However, this approach does not show the continuity of the serotonergic fiber tracts in the white matter and their collaterals in the gray matter. Although the 3D reconstruction of histological sections has advanced our knowledge of fiber tracts, it remains a challenge for histologists and anatomists to follow a single tract due to small distortions in the tissue caused by cutting. To circumvent this obstacle a number of researchers have developed various protocols for making the whole tissue structure transparent, and collecting an image of unaltered tissue in a single video file17-21. So far, the clear, lipid-exchanged, acrylamide-hybridized rigid, imaging/ immunostaining compatible, tissue hydrogel (CLARITY) technique, developed by Deisseroth’s group14,15, as well as CUBIC, developed by Susaki et al16 are the most successful. Since the publication of the protocols, many researchers have started using these techniques to investigate various aspects of biological tissues, including, not only the brain22-25, but also the heart, kidneys, intestine, and the lungs26,27.
By fixing the mouse spinal cord with the hydrogel solution (CLARITY) and clearing with the CUBIC reagents (which is a much faster method than that described by the original CLARITY protocol14,15), a spinal cord tissue block of 2-3 mm long was cleared within two weeks and immunofluorescence staining for serotonin completed in eight days. With just a combination of chemical agents, conventional immunohistochemistry can be used to create an image of individual fiber tracts in a 3D video file in approximately one month.
protokol kombine CLARITY ve KÜP teknikleri ile fare omurilik görüntü serotonerjik lifleri nasıl gösterir nitelendirdi. Bu Cheung vd. 14 ve TÖMER'ler ve ark., 15 tarafından geliştirilen pasif temizleme protokolüne göre daha hızlı bir temizleme işlemi sunar ve omurilik dokusu de temizleme esnasında hidrojel tarafından desteklenmesi sağlar.
Cheung ve ark., 14 ve Tomer ark. 15 tarafından bildiri…
The authors have nothing to disclose.
This work was supported by the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Integrative Brain Function (ARC Centre Grant CE140100007), an NHMRC project grant (#1086643). Prof. George Paxinos is supported by a Senior Principal Research Fellow NHMRC grant (#1043626).
Photoinitiator VA044 | Wako | va-044/225-02111 | http://www.wako-chem.co.jp/specialty/waterazo/VA-044.htm |
40% acrylamide solution | Bio Rad | 161-0140 | http://www.bio-rad.com/en-au/sku/161-0140-40-acrylamide-solution |
2% Bis Solution | Bio Rad | 161-0142 | http://www.bio-rad.com/en-au/sku/161-0142-2-bis-solution?parentCategoryGUID=5e7a4f31-879c-4d63-ba0b-82556a0ccf1d |
paraformaldehyde | Sigma | 158127 | http://www.sigmaaldrich.com/catalog/product/sial/158127?lang=en®ion=AU |
urea | Merck Millipore | 66612 | http://www.merckmillipore.com/AU/en/product/Urea—CAS-57-13-6—Calbiochem,EMD_BIO-66612 |
N,N,N’,N’-tetrakis (2-hydroxypropyl) ethylenediamine | Merck Millipore | 821940 | http://www.merckmillipore.com/AU/en/product/Ethylenediamine-N,N,N',N'-tetra-2-propanol,MDA_CHEM-821940 |
Triton-X 100 | Merck Millipore | 648462 | http://www.merckmillipore.com/AU/en/product/TRITON®-X-100-Detergent—CAS-9002-93-1—Calbiochem,EMD_BIO-648462 |
sucrose | Sigma | S0389 | http://www.sigmaaldrich.com/catalog/product/sigma/s0389?lang=en®ion=AU |
2,2’,2’’- nitrilotriethanol | Merck Millipore | 137002 | http://www.merckmillipore.com/AU/en/product/Triethanolamine-(Trolamine),MDA_CHEM-137022 |
serotonin antibody | Merck Millipore | AB938 | http://www.merckmillipore.com/AU/en/product/Anti-Serotonin-Antibody,MM_NF-AB938 |
goat anti rabbit IgG (H+L) Secondary Antibody, Alexa Fluor® 594 conjugate | Life Technologies | A-11012 | https://www.lifetechnologies.com/order/genome-database/antibody/Rabbit-IgG-H-L-Secondary-Antibody-Polyclonal/A-11012 |
multi-photon microscope | Leica | Leica TCS SP5 MP STED | http://www.leica-microsystems.com/products/confocal-microscopes/details/product/leica-tcs-sp5-mp/ |