PUBLICATION

Spinning disk confocal imaging of neutrophil migration in zebrafish

Authors
Lam, P.Y., Fischer, R.S., Shin, W.D., Waterman, C.M., and Huttenlocher, A.
ID
ZDB-PUB-140415-31
Date
2014
Source
Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)   1124: 219-233 (Chapter)
Registered Authors
Huttenlocher, Anna, Lam, Pui Ying
Keywords
none
MeSH Terms
  • Animals
  • Gene Expression
  • Immune System Diseases/immunology*
  • Immune System Diseases/metabolism
  • Leukocyte Disorders/immunology*
  • Leukocyte Disorders/metabolism
  • Microscopy, Confocal/methods*
  • Organ Specificity/genetics
  • Transgenes
  • Zebrafish
PubMed
24504955 Full text @ Meth. Mol. Biol.
Abstract

Live-cell imaging techniques have been substantially improved due to advances in confocal microscopy instrumentation coupled with ultrasensitive detectors. The spinning disk confocal system is capable of generating images of fluorescent live samples with broad dynamic range and high temporal and spatial resolution. The ability to acquire fluorescent images of living cells in vivo on a millisecond timescale allows the dissection of biological processes that have not previously been visualized in a physiologically relevant context. In vivo imaging of rapidly moving cells such as neutrophils can be technically challenging. In this chapter, we describe the practical aspects of imaging neutrophils in zebrafish embryos using spinning disk confocal microscopy. Similar setups can also be applied to image other motile cell types and signaling processes in translucent animals or tissues.

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Expression
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Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Antibodies
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping