PUBLICATION
Visualization and Tools for Analysis of Zebrafish Lymphatic Development
- Authors
- Okuda, K.S., Baek, S., Hogan, B.M.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-180923-7
- Date
- 2018
- Source
- Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) 1846: 55-70 (Chapter)
- Registered Authors
- Hogan, Ben M., Okuda, Kazuhide Shaun
- Keywords
- Erk, Immunofluorescence, Live imaging, Lymphangiogenesis, Lymphatic, Prox1, Zebrafish
- MeSH Terms
-
- Angiography*/methods
- Animals
- Animals, Genetically Modified
- Endothelial Cells/metabolism
- Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases/metabolism
- Fluorescent Antibody Technique
- Genes, Reporter
- Homeodomain Proteins/metabolism
- Lymphangiogenesis*
- Lymphatic Vessels/embryology*
- Molecular Imaging*/methods
- Phosphorylation
- Tumor Suppressor Proteins/metabolism
- Zebrafish/embryology*
- PubMed
- 30242752 Full text @ Meth. Mol. Biol.
Citation
Okuda, K.S., Baek, S., Hogan, B.M. (2018) Visualization and Tools for Analysis of Zebrafish Lymphatic Development. Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.). 1846:55-70.
Abstract
The accessibility and optical transparency of the zebrafish embryo offers a unique platform for live-imaging of developmental lymphangiogenesis. Transgenic lines labelling lymphatic progenitors and vessels enable researchers to visualize cellular processes and ask how they contribute to lymphatic development in genetic models. Furthermore, validated immunofluorescence staining for key signaling and cell fate markers (phosphorylated Erk and Prox1) allow single cell resolution studies of lymphatic differentiation. Here, we describe in detail how zebrafish embryos and larvae can be mounted for high resolution, staged imaging of lymphatic networks, how lymphangiogenesis can be reliably quantified and how immunofluorescence can reveal lymphatic signaling and differentiation. These methods offer researchers the opportunity to experimentally dissect developmental lymphangiogenesis with outstanding resolution.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping