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Immunology and Infection

Visualization of Macrophage Lytic Cell Death During Mycobacterial Infection in Zebrafish Embryos via Intravital Microscopy

Published: January 9, 2019 doi: 10.3791/60698
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1Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, Fudan University, 2School of Life Sciences, Bengbu Medical College

Summary

This protocol describes a technique for visualizing macrophage behavior and death in embryonic zebrafish during Mycobacterium marinum infection. Steps for the preparation of bacteria, infection of the embryos, and intravital microscopy are included. This technique may be applied to the observation of cellular behavior and death in similar scenarios involving infection or sterile inflammation.

Abstract

Zebrafish is an excellent model organism for studying innate immune cell behavior due to its transparent nature and reliance solely on its innate immune system during early development. The Zebrafish Mycobacterium marinum (M. marinum) infection model has been well-established in studying host immune response against mycobacterial infection. It has been suggested that different macrophage cell death types will lead to the diverse outcomes of mycobacterial infection. Here we describe a protocol using intravital microscopy to observe macrophage cell death in zebrafish embryos following M. marinum infection. Zebrafish transgenic lines that specifically label macrophages and neutrophils are infected via intramuscular microinjection of fluorescently labeled M. marinum in either the midbrain or the trunk. Infected zebrafish embryos are subsequently mounted on low melting agarose and observed by confocal microscopy in X-Y-Z-T dimensions. Because long-term live imaging requires using low laser power to avoid photobleaching and phototoxicity, a strongly expressing transgenic is highly recommended. This protocol facilitates the visualization of the dynamic processes in vivo, including immune cell migration, host pathogen interaction, and cell death.

Introduction

Mycobacterial infection has been demonstrated to cause host immune cell death1. For example, an attenuated strain will trigger apoptosis in macrophages and contain the infection. However, a virulent strain will trigger lytic cell death, causing bacterial dissemination1,2. Considering the impact these different types of cell death have on host anti-mycobacterial response, a detailed observation of macrophage cell death during mycobacterial infection in vivo is needed.

The conventional methods for measuring cell death are to use dead cell stains, such as Annnexin V, TUNEL, or acridine orange/propidium iodide staining3,4,5. However, these methods are unable to shed light on the dynamic process of cell death in vivo. The observation of cell death in vitro has already been facilitated by live imaging6. However, whether the results accurately mimic physiological conditions remains unclear.

Zebrafish have been an excellent model for studying host anti-mycobacterium responses. It has a highly conserved immune system similar to that of humans, an easily manipulated genome, and the early embryos are transparent, which allows for live imaging7,8,9. After infection with M. marinum, adult zebrafish form typical mature granuloma structures, and embryonic zebrafish form early granuloma like structures9,10. The dynamic process of innate immune cell-bacteria interaction has been explored previously in the zebrafish M. marinum infection model11,12. However, due to high spatial-temporal resolution requirement, the details surrounding the death of the innate immune cells remain largely undefined.

Here we describe how to visualize the process of macrophage lytic cell death triggered by mycobacterial infection in vivo. This protocol may also be applied to visualizing cellular behavior in vivo during development and inflammation.

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Protocol

Zebrafish were raised under standard conditions in compliance with laboratory animal guidelines for ethical review of animal welfare (GB/T 35823-2018). All zebrafish experiments in this study were approved (2019-A016-01) and conducted at Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, Fudan University.

1. M. marinum Single Cell Inoculum Preparation (Figure 1)

  1. Thaw Cerulean-fluorescent M. marinum glycerol stock from -80 °C and inoculate a 7H10 agar plate with 10% (v/v) OADC, 0.25% glycerol and 50 μg/mL hygromycin. Incubate the plate at 32 °C for around 10 days.
  2. Select a colony expressing positive fluorescence and inoculate 3 mL of 7H9 medium with 10% OADC, 0.5% glycerol, and 50 μg/mL hygromycin.
    1. Incubate the inoculation at 32 °C and 100 revolutions per minute (rpm) for 4–6 days until the culture reaches logarithmic phase (OD600 = 0.6–1.0).
    2. Subculture (1:100) in 30 mL of fresh 7H9 medium with 10% OADC, 0.5% glycerol, 0.05% Tween-80, and 50 μg/mL until the OD600 reaches ~1.0.
      NOTE: For the highest culture quality, a subculture step is recommended at this point. In our experience, adding the clone directly to a large volume of medium will lead to the formation of bacterial clumps.
  3. Collect M. marinum cells as described below.
    1. Centrifuge at 3,000 x g for 10 min to collect the M. marinum as a pellet. Discard all but 300 μL of the supernatant and use it for resuspending the pellet.
    2. Add 3 mL of 7H9 medium with 10% glycerol to further resuspend the pellet, then sonicate the suspension in a water bath at 100 W at 15 s ON, 15 s OFF for a total 2 min.
      NOTE: The purpose of sonication is to achieve a single cell homogenate for the inoculum, which will prevent blockage of the microinjection needle.
  4. Transfer the bacterial suspension to a 10 mL syringe, then pass through a 5 μm filter to remove any bacterial clumps.
  5. Measure the optical density (OD) of the suspension using a spectrophotometer and dilute it to OD600 = 1.0 with 7H9 media containing 10% glycerol. Divide the suspension into 10 μL aliquots and store at -80 °C freezer for future use.
  6. Confirm the bacterial concentration of the inoculum (cfu/mL) by serial dilution and plating of the bacterial stock on a 7H10 agar plate containing 10% (v/v) of OADC, 0.5% of glycerol, and 50 μg/mL of hygromycin.

2. Zebrafish Embryo Preparation

  1. One the day before spawning, set up zebrafish breeding pairs in the breeding chamber.
    NOTE: Add only one pair to each breeding chamber.
  2. Collect embryos the next morning within 1 h post fertilization (hpf). Carefully wash the embryos with distilled water and transfer up to 100 embryos into a 100 mm Petri dish containing 30 mL of E3 medium. Incubate at 28.5 °C.
  3. After 12 h, observe under a microscope and discard nonfertilized or damaged eggs.
  4. At 24 hpf, change the medium to fresh E3 medium with N-phenylthiourea (PTU, 0.2 nM final concentration) to prevent the development of pigment. Incubate the embryos at 28.5 °C until the embryos are ready for microinjection.

3. Infection via Bacterial Microinjection

  1. Prepare borosilicate glass microcapillary injection needles as previously described in reference13.
  2. Zebrafish embryos mounting for infection
    1. Microwave 100 mL of 1% (w/v) and 100 mL of 0.5% (w/v) low melting agarose in an autoclaved E3 medium until the agarose is completely melted. Divide into 1 mL aliquot tubes and store at 4 °C for future use.
    2. Before use, heat the agarose in a 95 °C heating block until it is completely melted. Maintain the agarose in liquid form by placing it in a 45 °C heating block (Figure 2).
    3. Mounting for intramuscular infection in the trunk region
      1. Create the bottom agarose layer by pouring 0.5 mL of 1% (w/v) agarose evenly onto a glass slide. Place on an ice box or cold surface for 3 min to solidify.
      2. Anesthetize the zebrafish embryos (48–72 hpf) in egg water with tricaine (200 µg/mL) and PTU for 5 min prior to mounting. Place up to 60 zebrafish embryos on the bottom agarose layer and lay them out carefully into two rows (Figure 2B).
      3. Remove any remaining water on the bottom agarose layer with tissue paper before adding 0.3 mL of 0.5% (w/v) agarose to create the upper layer. Ensure that the embryos are completely embedded in the agarose. Return the glass slide to the ice box again to solidify the agarose and prevent dehydration.
      4. Keep the top layer of agarose moist by covering the surface with extra E3 egg water.
    4. Mounting for midbrain infection
      1. Cover the groove of a single concavity glass microscopy slide with 1% (w/v) agarose, and then transfer the 4–6 tricaine-anesthetized embryos into the agarose.
      2. Position the head of each embryo upwards carefully with a 10 G needle (Figure 2C).
      3. Once all embryos' positions are fixed, transfer the glass slide to an ice box or cold surface to let the agarose solidify.
        NOTE: Avoid dilution of low melting agarose by minimizing the volume of egg water transfer with the embryos.
  3. Bacteria preparation for infection
    1. Add 1 μL of sterile-filtered phenol red (10x) to a 10 μL aliquot of bacterial stock (made in step 1) and mix by vortexing briefly.
      NOTE: The final concentration can be adjusted using sterile PBS.
    2. Sonicate the preparation using 100 W at 10 s ON, 10 s OFF for 1 min to break up any clumps that may have formed14.
  4. Infection via microinjection
    1. Adjust the microinjector and micromanipulator to the proper position and setting for microinjection as previously reported13.
    2. Transfer 3 µL of the bacterial preparation using a micro loader into the prepared needle (see step 3.1). Pipette slowly and carefully to avoid forming air bubbles.
    3. For the trunk region infection, inject 100 cfu into the trunk region (Figure 3A). Avoid injecting bacteria into the notochord.
      NOTE: The cfu for injection is estimated by the formula cfu = bacterial stock concentration x dilution factor x injection droplet volume. The actual cfu is confirmed by plating one drop of bacterial inoculum on a 7H10 agar plate containing 10% (v/v) of OADC, 0.5% of glycerol, and 50 μg/mL of hygromycin.
    4. For the midbrain infection, inject about 500 cfu into the midbrain region (Figure 3B).
    5. After microinjection, carefully flush the zebrafish embryos into fresh egg water with a plastic pipette.
      NOTE: Mount embryos in the glass bottom dish as soon as possible to cover the observation of the very early innate immune cell response.

4. Live Imaging of the Infection

  1. Fish mounting for live imaging
    1. Transfer up to 10 tricaine-anesthetized embryos to the middle of a glass bottom 35 mm dish. Discard extra E3 medium.
    2. Cover the dish with 1% low melting point agarose and orient the zebrafish embryos carefully using a 10 G needle. Incubate the glass bottom dish on ice for 10 s to solidify the agarose.
      NOTE: For midbrain injection, embryos should be mounted in the agarose with the head directed upwards (Figure 4A). For the trunk region intramuscular infection, embryos should be mounted laterally in the agarose (Figure 4B).
    3. Once it has completely solidified, cover the agarose with a layer of egg water (plus 1 x tricaine and PTU).
  2. Three-color high-resolution time lapse confocal microscopy
    NOTE: The following steps are operated on a confocal microscopy equipped with a 63.0x 1.40 oil UV objective lens.
    1. Set the temperature of the environmental chamber to 28.5 °C. Place some wet tissue paper inside the chamber to provide humidity and prevent evaporation of the egg water (Supplemental Figure 1).
    2. Place the 35 mm glass bottom dish with the zebrafish in the environmental chamber.
    3. Open the confocal software and initialize the stage. Switch to the 63.0 x 1.40 oil UV objective, and locate the zebrafish using the bright field channel with a differential interference contrast (DIC) filter.
    4. Open the 405 Diode, Argon (20% power), and DPSS 561 nm laser. Set up the appropriate laser power and spectrum settings.
      NOTE: The following are the spectrum settings for Cerulean (excitation = 405 nm; emission = ~456–499 nm), eGFP (excitation = 488 nm; emission = ~500–550 nm), DsRed2 (excitation = 561 nm; emission = ~575–645 nm) (Supplemental Figure 2B).
    5. Choose the "XYZ" "Sequential Scan" acquisition mode and set images format to "512 x 512 pixels" (Supplemental Figure 2A).
    6. Switch to "Live Data Mode". Target the position of the first zebrafish and mark the "Begin" and "End" Z position. Repeat this process for each of the remaining embryos. A "Pause" can be added at the end of the program (Supplemental Figure 2C).
    7. Define the loop and cycle of the program.
    8. Save the file.

5. Single Cell UV Irradiation to Induce Apoptosis and Live Imaging

  1. Mount fish as described in step 4.1.
  2. Imaging the midbrain region of 3 days post fertilization (dpf) macrophage specific transgenic Tg(mfap4-eGFP) embryo15
  3. Select the region of interest of one single fluorescently labeled macrophage and scan at 400 Hz speed and 6% UV laser power for 50 s.
    NOTE: Scanning speed and time should be optimized based on the individual microscope. Scanning time should be optimized to cause the extensive DNA damage that will subsequently cause target cell apoptosis, but not photobleach the entire cell.
  4. Repeat the above step to irradiate more target cells.
  5. Perform time lapse imaging of the midbrain region as described in section 4.

6. Image Processing

  1. Perform "Maximum Projection" for the acquired images.
  2. Find and mark the XY position and time of the target cells under the "Maximum Projection" view.
  3. Go back to the standard view to find and mark the Z position of the target cells.
  4. Crop the single layer image of the target cells.
  5. Export the overlay channel and bright field as videos in AVI format.
  6. Crop the area of interest of the overlay channel and bright field in ImageJ.
  7. Combine the two videos in the last step vertically and save as one AVI format video in ImageJ.

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Representative Results

Mycobacterium infection can trigger different host responses based on the routes of infection. In this protocol, zebrafish embryos are infected by intramuscular microinjection of fluorescently labeled bacteria into the midbrain or trunk (Figure 3) and observed by confocal live imaging. Infection via these two routes will locally restrict the infection causing innate immune cell recruitment and subsequent cell death.

Visualizing the details of innate immune cell death is challenging. Lytic cell death occurs over a very short time window and requires high-resolution microscopy to observe. Also, the high motility of innate immune cells allows them to migrate out of the observation area. In this protocol, we solve this issue by observing multiple embryos in parallel. An array of zebrafish embryos can be mounted on a single glass microscope slide for infection, and up to 10 embryos can be mounted on the same 35 mm glass bottom dish for live imaging (Figure 4). By taking advantage of a live data model of confocal microscopy, more than one embryo can be observed simultaneously. This enhances the efficiency of the live imaging and greatly increases the probability of capturing the entire lytic cell death process.

The innate immune system is the first line of defense against mycobacterial infection, and two key components are the macrophage and the neutrophil. Here we utilize previously reported Tg(coro1a:eGFP;lyzDsRed2) and Tg(mpeg1:loxP-DsRedx-loxP-eGFP;lyz:eGFP) to distinguish the macrophages and the neutrophils in vivo16,17,18. A macrophage heavily engorged with bacteria became round and displayed reduced motility, with eventual cytoplasmic swelling, rupturing of the cell membrane, and quick dissemination of the cytoplasmic content. These events are typical morphological changes of lytic cell death as previously reported (Figure 5A)16. UV irradiation has been used to trigger cells to undergo apoptosis in zebrafish20,21. Consistent with this notion, UV irradiated macrophages showed typical apoptotic cell phenotypes, such as cell shrinkage, nuclear fragmentation, and chromatin condensation (Figure 5B)22,23. Combined with the use of Cerulean-fluorescent M. marinum19, three color live imaging of the interaction among macrophage, neutrophil, and M. marinum was achieved in vivo. We also observed that macrophages can actively phagocytose and disseminate M. marinum (Supplemental Figure 3A). However, neutrophils had limited phagocytic capability and quickly underwent lytic cell death without obvious bacterial engorgement (Supplemental Figure 3B). Neutrophils could be triggered by the phagocytosis of only a few dead M. marinum that do not express Cerulean-fluorescence, or simply by phagocytosis of limited dead cell debris.

Figure 1
Figure 1: Schematic diagram of single cell bacteria preparation. Single cell Cerulean-fluorescent M. marinum stocks were generated following the described process. Please click here to view a larger version of this figure.

Figure 2
Figure 2: Diagram of zebrafish embryo mounting for microinjection. (A) Schematic diagram of the mounting process. (B) Zebrafish embryos were mounted laterally for infection of the trunk region. (C) Zebrafish embryos were mounted with their heads directed upwards for infection of the midbrain. Please click here to view a larger version of this figure.

Figure 3
Figure 3: Positioning for microinjection. (A) The red arrow indicates the injection site for infection of the trunk region. (B) The red arrow indicates the injection site for midbrain infection. Please click here to view a larger version of this figure.

Figure 4
Figure 4: Mounting zebrafish embryos for live imaging. (A) For midbrain infection, zebrafish embryos were mounted with their heads directed downwards. (B) For the trunk region infection, zebrafish embryos were mounted laterally with the injection site close to the bottom of the glass bottom dish. Please click here to view a larger version of this figure.

Figure 5
Figure 5: Typical morphological changes in M. marinum infection induced macrophage lytic cell death and UV induced macrophage apoptosis. (A) Time lapse imaging of a macrophage (Mac) undergoing lytic cell death once it is heavily engorged with M. marinum. The midbrain of the 3 dpf Tg(coro1a:eGFP;lyzDsRed2) zebrafish embryo is infected by Cerulean-fluorescent M. marinum (~500 cfu) via microinjection. Images for both the overlay channel (upper panel) and DIC channel (lower panel) are provided. T 00:00 is 5 h 20 min post infection. White dashed lines = outline of the cell membrane; black dashed lines = swelling cytoplasm; black arrows = ruptured cell membrane; red dashed lines = quickly lost cytoplasmic content. (B) Time lapse imaging of UV irradiated macrophage. One GFP+ cell in the midbrain region of 3 dpf Tg(mfap4:eGFP) is irradiated by UV and followed by time lapse imaging. White dashed lines = outline of the cell membrane; black arrows = nuclear fragmentation and chromatin condensation. Scale bar = 15 μm. Please click here to view a larger version of this figure.

Supplemental Figure 1
Supplemental Figure 1: Environmental chamber set up for live imaging. (A) Set the digital controller to keep the temperature at 28.5 °C. (B) Set wet wipes inside the chamber to provide humidity and prevent the evaporation of egg water. (C) Close the cover of the chamber and wait for at least 30 min for temperature stabilization before beginning live imaging. Please click here to view a larger version of this figure.

Supplemental Figure 2
Supplemental Figure 2: Confocal panel setting for live imaging. (A) Representation of acquisition panel setting. (B) Representation of laser power and spectrum settings. (C) Representation of multiple jobs and loop setting in live data mode. Please click here to view a larger version of this figure.

Supplemental Figure 3
Supplemental Figure 3: Macrophages disseminate infection and neutrophils undergo lytic cell death after M. marinum infection. (A) Macrophage disseminating M. marinum in the trunk of a 2 dpf Tg(coro1a:eGFP;lyz:DsRed2) zebrafish embryo infected by Cerulean-fluorescent M. marinum (~100 cfu). (B) Neutrophil (Neu) undergoing lytic cell death without obvious M. marinum laden in the trunk region of 3 dpf Tg(mpeg1:LRLG;lyz:eGFP) zebrafish embryo infected by Cerulean-fluorescent M. marinum (~100 cfu) via microinjection. Green color is assigned to LRLG and red color is assigned to eGFP for better visualization of the lytic cell death process. Arrows in cyan indicate target cells. Arrows in red point to the cells that are about to release cytoplasm contents in the next frame. Arrows in green point to the dead cells that have just lost their cytoplasm content. Scale bar = 25 μm. Please click here to view a larger version of this figure.

Figure 1
Video 1: A macrophage heavily laden with M. marinum undergoes lytic cell death, related to Figure 5A. Time-lapse imaging (63x objective) for 9 min and 18 s at 3 frames per second (fps) of the midbrain region of a 3 dpf Tg(coro1a:eGFP;lyzDsRed2) zebrafish embryo infected with Cerulean-fluorescent M. marinum. Please click here to view this video (Right click to download).

Figure 1
Video 2: A macrophage undergoes apoptosis after UV irradiation, related to Figure 5B. Time-lapse imaging (63x objective) of 74 min at 6 fps of the midbrain region of a 3 dpf Tg(mfap4:eGFP) zebrafish embryo. One GFP+ cell in the midbrain region of the embryos is irradiated by UV and followed by time lapse imaging. Please click here to view this video (Right click to download).

Figure 1
Video 3: A macrophage disseminates M. marinum, related to Supplemental Figure 3A. Time-lapse imaging (63x objective) of 24 min at 3 fps of the trunk region of 2 dpf Tg(coro1a:eGFP;lyz:DsRed2) zebrafish embryo infected with Cerulean-fluorescent M. marinum. Please click here to view this video (Right click to download).

Figure 1
Video 4: A neutrophil undergoes lytic cell death without obvious M. marinum engorgement, related to Supplemental Figure 3B. Time-lapse imaging (63x objective) of 7 min 30 s at 3 fps of the trunk region of 3 dpf Tg(mpeg1:LRLG;lyz:eGFP) zebrafish embryo infected with Cerulean-fluorescent M. marinum. Please click here to view this video (Right click to download).

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Discussion

This protocol describes the visualization of macrophage death during mycobacterial infection. Based on factors such as the integrity of the cell membrane, infection driven cell death can be divided into apoptosis and lytic cell death24,25. Lytic cell death is more stressful for the organism than apoptosis, because it triggers a strong inflammatory response 24,25. Observation of lytic cell death in vivo is difficult, due to the requirement of high spatial-temporal resolution, proper confocal microscopy settings, and strong transgenic expression.

Proper microinjection requires several critical steps. The bacterial stock must be thoroughly sonicated to remove all clumps before injection. We improved the zebrafish mounting for microinjection by embedding them on a glass slide between two layers of low melting agarose. After applying the second layer of agarose, the slide is transferred to an ice box or cold surface to accelerate solidification and prevent dehydration of the agarose. If the embryos need to be mounted on different slides, make sure to keep the top layer of agarose moist by adding extra egg water.

For live imaging, a high-resolution objective lens is required to observe the details of cell death. This requirement is always accompanied by short working distance, and thus requires positioning the infection site close to the cover slide. A long working distance water lens is ideal for imaging the deeper tissue and will allow for more room for proper embryo mounting. Extended live imaging using a laser with high intensity will cause tissue damage or the death of the embryo. Thus, it is very important to keep the intensity of the laser as low as possible to avoid photobleaching and toxicity. A strongly expressing transgenic can facilitate the observation using a laser with low intensity. Because GFP expression is stronger in Tg(coro1a:eGFP) than Tg(mpeg1:eGFP), we used Tg(coro1a:eGFP;lyz:DsRed2) instead of Tg(mpeg1:eGFP;lyz:DsRed2) in this study. Setting up a mobile workstation for microinjection close to the confocal machine is best for observing quick responses. Chilling the low melting agarose on ice to accelerate solidification time can also help reduce time between injection and live imaging.

In this protocol, we focus on observing macrophage behavior. However, the detailed study of neutrophil behavior during mycobacterial infection can also be informative. For example, how neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) are involved in killing extracellular mycobacterium remains largely undefined. Combining the imaging technique described in this protocol with a histone protein labeling transgenic will greatly facilitate the visualization of NETs in vivo.

Currently, zebrafish are recognized as a very robust system for studying innate immune cell behavior. Statistical data of phagocytosis and cell death could be achieved using this protocol. Combined with the powerful gene editing tools available today, this protocol can provide an effective platform for further understanding the effect of a variety of factors on host-pathogen interaction in vivo.

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Disclosures

The authors have nothing to disclose.

Acknowledgments

We thank Dr. Zilong Wen for sharing zebrafish strains, Dr. Stefan Oehlers and Dr. David Tobin for sharing M. marinum related resources, Yuepeng He for assistance in figure preparation. This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81801977) (B.Y.), the Outstanding Youth Training Program of Shanghai Municipal Health Commission (2018YQ54) (B.Y.), Shanghai Sailing Program (18YF1420400) (B.Y.), and Open Fund of Shanghai Key Laboratory of Tuberculosis (2018KF02) (B.Y.).

Materials

Name Company Catalog Number Comments
0.05% Tween-80 Sigma P1379
10 mL syringe Solarbio YA0552
10% OADC BD 211886
3-aminobenzoic acid Sigma E10521
5 μm filter Mille X SLSV025LS
50 μl/ml hygromycin Sangon Biotech A600230
7H10 BD 262710
7H9 BD 262310
A glass bottom 35 mm dish In Vitro Scientific D35-10-0-N
Agarose Sangon Biotech A60015
Confocal microscope Leica TCS SP5 II
Enviromental Chamber Pecon temp control 37-2 digital
Eppendorf microloader Eppendorf No.5242956003
Glass microscope slide Bioland Scientific LLC 7105P
Glycerol Sangon Biotech A100854
Incubator Keelrein PH-140(A)
M.marinum ATCC BAA-535
Microinjection needle World Precision Instruments IB100F-4
Microinjector Eppendorf Femtojet
Micromanipulator NARISHIGE MN-151
msp12:cerulean Ref.: PMID 25470057; 27760340
Phenol red Sigma P3532
PTU Sigma P7629
Single concavity glass microscope slide Sail Brand 7103
Sonicator SCICNTZ JY92-IIDN
Spectrophotometer (OD600) Eppendorf AG 22331 Hamburg
Stereo Microscope OLYMPUS SZX10
Tg(mfap4:eGFP) Ref.: PMID 30742890
Tg(coro1a:eGFP;lyzDsRed2) Ref.: PMID 31278008
Tg(mpeg1:LRLG;lyz:eGFP) Ref.: PMID 27424497; 17477879

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Niu, L., Wang, C., Zhang, K., Kang, M., Liang, R., Zhang, X., Yan, B. Visualization of Macrophage Lytic Cell Death During Mycobacterial Infection in Zebrafish Embryos via Intravital Microscopy. J. Vis. Exp. (143), e60698, doi:10.3791/60698 (2019).

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