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Description: Learn a non-invasive infrared thermometer method for measuring mouse body temperature during passive systemic anaphylaxis and food allergy studies. This technique reduces stress and eliminates anesthesia while enabling accurate phenotypic analysis.

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Research in the Kawakami lab was supported by NIH grants: R01 AR064418-01A1, R01 HL124283-01, R21 AI 115534-01, and R41AI124734-01.

All animal experiments were approved by the Animal Care and Use Committee of the La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology.
1. Mouse Body Temperature Measurement During Anesthetization
<ol>
	<li>Place the mouse in an anesthesia induction box. Anesthetize by using 1 L/min flow of oxygen with 5% isoflurane. 
	NOTE: Anesthetization is confirmed when the mouse ceases voluntary movement and has been immobile for over 30 s. Alternatively, monitor respiratory rate, and once mice are breathing at 1 breath per every 2 s or longer, anesthetization is confirmed.</li>
	<li>Hold the mouse by the nape of the neck with an index finger and thumb and hold the tail with a pinky finger in order to expose the lower abdomen.</li>
	<li>Place the infrared thermometer sensor below the lower abdomen while holding the mouse with its body parallel to the ground. 
	NOTE: The outer flat surface of the thermometer (not the surface of the sensor) should be approximately 2&#8211;5 mm away from the surface of the abdomen. This replicate results of temperatures measured while mice are not anesthetized (described in section 2). It is important to determine the target site of the abdomen. Aiming between two upper nipples allows for consistent results.</li>
	<li>Hold the trigger to measure the temperature. Ensure the stable holding of the mouse and thermometer.</li>
</ol>
2. Mouse Body Temperature Measurement Without Anesthetic
<ol>
	<li>Pick up the mouse by the middle of the tail.</li>
	<li>Expose the abdomen of the mouse.
	<ol>
		<li>Allow the mouse to hold on to a straight-edge surface, such as the lip of an open cage or cage-top with its forepaws. 
		NOTE: This allows the mouse to stretch its upper body and expose the abdomen.</li>
		<li>Alternatively, allow the mouse to hold on to the upper straight-edge of the thermometer, and make the mouse sit on the outer flat surface of the thermometer with its abdomen just over the infrared sensor. 
		NOTE: Any time the hind paws are resting on the surface of the thermometer, ensure that the feet are not obstructing the sensor from the abdominal surface. Thermometers with foot obstruction will measure a temperature lower than that of the abdomen.</li>
	</ol>
	</li>
	<li>Hold the trigger to measure the temperature. 
	NOTE: Mice tend to move; take care in measuring the same location of the body consistently by taking temperature measurements when mice are relatively less mobile.</li>
</ol>
3. Passive Systemic Anaphylaxis7
<ol>
	<li>Day 0: Sensitize with immunoglobulin E (IgE).
	<ol>
		<li>Prepare 200 &#181;L (per mouse) of anti-dinitrophenyl (DNP) IgE at a concentration of 100 &#181;g/mL in PBS.</li>
		<li>Intraperitoneally inject 200 &#181;L of anti-dinitrophenyl (DNP) IgE prepared in step 3.1.1 or PBS only (PBS-only is the negative control). Use a 26 G needle for injection. Perform the injections just lateral to the midline, approximately between the two most inferior nipples.</li>
	</ol>
	</li>
	<li>Day 1: Induce anaphylaxis with DNP-HSA.
	<ol>
		<li>Prepare 100 &#181;L (per mouse) of DNP-HSA at a concentration of 10 mg/mL in 0.9% NaCl.</li>
		<li>Anesthetize the mice as described in step 1.1.</li>
		<li>Measure the body temperature using the technique described in step 1.</li>
		<li>Intravenously inject 100 &#181;L of DNP-HSA prepared in step 3.2.1. Use a 30 G needle for injection. Perform the injections on the retroorbital venous sinus. Insert the needle on the medial side of the eye at a shallow angle, aiming behind the eye.</li>
		<li>After injection, place the mice in individual cages. Ensure that the mice recover from anesthesia. Observe that they awaken and become voluntarily mobile.</li>
		<li>Measure body temperatures using the infrared thermometer and observe their activity every 10 min for 70 min.</li>
	</ol>
	</li>
</ol>
4. Mouse Model of Food Allergy8,9
NOTE: The schematic is shown in Figure 2.
<ol>
	<li>Day 0: Sensitize the mice with OVA/alum.
	<ol>
		<li>Prepare 100 &#181;L (per mouse) of OVA (0.5 mg/mL) and alum (10 mg/mL) together in PBS. Vortex on the low setting for 30 min.</li>
		<li>Anesthetize the mice as described in step 1.1.</li>
		<li>Using a 26 G needle, intraperitoneally inject each mouse with 100 &#181;L of the OVA/alum mixture prepared in step 4.1.1. 
		&#8203;NOTE: Vortex the OVA/alum mixture again, briefly prior to each injection, to best ensure a homogenized mixture. See step 3.1.3 for details on the injection site.</li>
		<li>After injection, place mice back in their original cages. Ensure that the mice recover from anesthesia. Observe that they awaken and become voluntarily mobile.</li>
	</ol>
	</li>
	<li>Day 14: Perform a second sensitization with OVA/alum.
	<ol>
		<li>Repeat steps 4.1.1, 4.1.2, and 4.1.3.</li>
	</ol>
	</li>
	<li>Days 28-46: Challenge the mice with OVA every other day.
	<ol>
		<li>Prepare 100 &#181;L (per mouse) of OVA at a concentration of 250 mg/mL in PBS. 
		&#8203;NOTE: The mixture should be made by gently rocking back and forth by hand rather than with a vortex to minimize bubble formation.
		<ol>
			<li>If using food allergy inhibitors, prepare the inhibitors9. Prepare 100 &#181;L (per mouse) of inhibitor at a concentration of 1 mg/mL in PBS. This allows a delivery of 100 &#181;g of inhibitor for each mouse. 
			&#8203;NOTE: Do not exceed 100 &#181;L of inhibitor per mouse, as the mice are only able to handle 200 &#181;L of total gavage volume during one challenge day. As 100 &#181;L are necessary for the OVA challenge as well, 100 &#181;L is the maximum recommended volume for inhibitor usage.</li>
		</ol>
		</li>
		<li>Anesthetize the mice as described in step 1.1.</li>
		<li>Orally gavage each mouse with 100 &#181;L of the OVA solution (25 mg of OVA in 100 &#181;L of PBS gavaged per mouse) that was prepared in step 4.3.1.
		<ol>
			<li>If using inhibitors, utilize the same techniques described in the following steps for the gavage of inhibitor (or PBS control) prepared in step 4.3.1.1 30 minutes prior to the OVA challenge. After 30 min, move on to the next step.</li>
			<li>Use a gavage needle with a 1 mL syringe. Take up 100 &#181;L of OVA into the syringe.</li>
			<li>Insert the needle into the mouth; then, pointing the needle toward the left or right side of the throat, gently slide the needle through the esophagus. Inject 100 &#181;L of OVA. 
			NOTE: To ensure that the needle is not in the trachea, observe active breathing before injecting the OVA. The insertion of the needle will also be resisted early if it has entered the trachea rather than the esophagus.</li>
		</ol>
		</li>
		<li>Place the mice into their individual cages. For easy observation of stool quality, use cages without bedding.</li>
		<li>Ensure recovery from anesthesia. Observe that the mice awaken and become voluntarily mobile.</li>
		<li>Measure body temperatures of the mice at timepoints 10, 20, 40, and 60 min using the technique described in section 2.</li>
	</ol>
	</li>
</ol>

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The authors have nothing to disclose.

The protocol described was established with the goal of measuring body temperature without the use of anesthesia. Despite its relative ease with which temperature readings can be obtained, there are several caveats that accommodate this technique, in addition to the more obvious effects such as handling stress and different ambient temperatures.
First, in order to maintain consistent temperature readings throughout the experiment, the location where the temperature is being measured must be pr...

Measurement of body temperature has been an essential part of monitoring the effects of anaphylactic symptoms in animal models1,2. Temperature differences have been traditionally measured by rectal probe thermometers in mice3,4. With these measurements, investigators have reliably portrayed differences in temperature among variables; however, this method is a time-consuming procedure and causes distress to mice, which can increase the body core temperature. Rectal probing can also cause mucosal tearing and infection3. Moreover, the mice should be anesthetized in order to humanely insert the rectal probe to measure the temperature3. This is a slow process, and it prohibits the measurement of successive temperatures within a short period of time. Furthermore, mice activity phenotypes cannot be observed during this time until the anesthetic is completely worn off, which is another time-consuming process. More recently, other reliable methods to measure body temperature have used subcutaneously implanted passive infrared transponder tags or radio transmitters that include a temperature sensor3,5,6. Although they are accepted as the ideal practice by some researchers, these methods are not widely used because of high initial costs and distress to mice, due to the surgical implantation of a temperature sensor under the skin or another part of the body.
In order to demonstrate that a temperature difference is an accurate reflection of symptoms in a disease model1,2, mice must be awake during the temperature measurement and be able to return to their normal phenotypic activity immediately before and after the measurement. To this end, we sought a method by which this could be achieved.
Our goal was to accurately and inexpensively measure mouse body temperature, without the need for anesthesia and without restrictions on activity, to enable observation of behavioral phenotypes during and after the time of temperature measurement. To achieve this goal, it was apparent that a technique less invasive than the standard rectal temperature probes was required. Infrared thermometers have been used for decades in clinical medicine, especially in pediatrics, to obtain accurate temperature readings. It has been an alternative method that has allowed clinicians to quickly and accurately obtain temperature measurements in infants and fussy children that are actively mobile. We implemented this same technique in mice and have developed a successful method to obtain temperatures without anesthesia. Importantly, we show that this method is capable of replicating the well-established passive systemic anaphylaxis results regarding temperature changes, while also being able to observe the activity of the mouse throughout the measurement. Furthermore, we use the same method to evaluate body temperatures of food-allergic mice, while simultaneously investigating other symptoms, to demonstrate that body temperature is indeed an accurate reflection of the activity level and overall phenotype of the mouse.

<table><tbody><tr><td>Non-contact infrared thermometer</td><td>SinoPie</td><td>DT-8861</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Anti-dinitrophenyl (DNP) IgE</td><td>Sigma Aldrich</td><td>D8406-.2MG</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>PrecisionGlide 30 G needle</td><td>BD</td><td>305128</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>PrecisionGlide 26 G needle&amp;nbsp;</td><td>BD</td><td>305111</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1 mL syringe</td><td>BD</td><td>309659</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Dinitrophenyl - human serum albumin</td><td>Biosearch Technologies</td><td>D-5059-10</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Ovalbumin from chicken egg white</td><td>Sigma Aldrich</td><td>A5503-50G</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Imject Alum</td><td>ThermoFisher Scientific</td><td>77161</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Animal Feeding Needles, disposable</td><td>Fisher Scientific</td><td>01-208-87</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

mouse body temperature measurement using infrared thermometer during passive systemic anaphylaxis and food allergy evaluation

Mouse Body Temperature Measurement Using Infrared Thermometer During Passive Systemic Anaphylaxis and Food Allergy Evaluation

Mouse body temperature measurement is of paramount importance for investigating allergies and anaphylactic symptoms. Rectal probes for temperature readings is common, and they have been proven to be accurate and invaluable in this regard. However, this method of temperature measurement requires the mice to be anesthetized in order to insert the probe without injury to the animal. This limits the ability to observe other phenotypes of the mouse simultaneously. In order to investigate other phenotypes while measuring temperatures, rectal probes are not ideal, and another method is desired. Here, we introduce a noninvasive method of temperature measurement that foregoes the requirement for mouse anesthesia while maintaining equal reliability to rectal probes in measuring body temperature. We use an infrared thermometer that detects body surface temperatures at ranges between 2 and 150 mm. This method of body temperature measurement is successful in reliably replicating temperature change trends during passive system anaphylaxis experiments in mice. We show that body surface temperatures are about 2.0 &#176;C lower than rectal probe measurements, but the degree of temperature drop follows the same trend. Furthermore, we use the same technique to observe mice in a food allergy model to evaluate temperature and activity levels simultaneously.

Passive systemic anaphylaxis: For iv injection, 10 week old female BALB/c mice were anesthetized. Prior to the injection, we measured their body temperatures (Video 1) as described in step 1. Figure 1 shows the temperature trend of both populations after iv injection. The IgE-sensitized mouse showed a maximum temperature drop of 3.0 °C at 20 min, while the PBS control mouse had a maximum drop of 1.1 °C at 20 min7. Furt...

Here we present a new method to accurately measure body temperature differences in passive systemic anaphylaxis (PSA) and food allergy mouse models using an infrared thermometer. This procedure has been accurately duplicated in previous PSA results.

Mouse body temperature measurement is of paramount importance for investigating allergies and anaphylactic symptoms. Rectal probes for temperature ...

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