Light-sheet fluorescence imaging to localize cardiac lineage and protein distribution

Sci Rep. 2017 Feb 6:7:42209. doi: 10.1038/srep42209.

Abstract

Light-sheet fluorescence microscopy (LSFM) serves to advance developmental research and regenerative medicine. Coupled with the paralleled advances in fluorescence-friendly tissue clearing technique, our cardiac LSFM enables dual-sided illumination to rapidly uncover the architecture of murine hearts over 10 by 10 by 10 mm3 in volume; thereby allowing for localizing progenitor differentiation to the cardiomyocyte lineage and AAV9-mediated expression of exogenous transmembrane potassium channels with high contrast and resolution. Without the steps of stitching image columns, pivoting the light-sheet and sectioning the heart mechanically, we establish a holistic strategy for 3-dimentional reconstruction of the "digital murine heart" to assess aberrant cardiac structures as well as the spatial distribution of the cardiac lineages in neonates and ion-channels in adults.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Animals, Newborn
  • Calibration
  • Cell Lineage
  • Fluorescence
  • Green Fluorescent Proteins / metabolism
  • Heart Ventricles / cytology
  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional*
  • Mice
  • Microscopy, Fluorescence
  • Myocardium / cytology*
  • Potassium Channels / metabolism
  • Proteins / metabolism*

Substances

  • Potassium Channels
  • Proteins
  • Green Fluorescent Proteins