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Immobilization of Live <em>Caenorhabditis elegans</em> Individuals Using an Ultra-thin Polydimethylsiloxane Microfluidic Chip with Water Retention

Radiation is widely used for biological applications and for ion-beam breeding, and among these methods, microbeam irradiation represents a powerful means ...

National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology (QST-Takasaki)

Microglia remove apoptotic cells by phagocytosis when the central nervous system is injured in vertebrates. Ionizing irradiation (IR) induces apoptosis and microglial activation in embryonic midbrain of medaka (), where apolipoprotein E (ApoE) is upregulated in the later phase of activation of microglia In this study, we found that another microglial marker, l-plastin (lymphocyte cytosolic protein 1), was upregulated at the initial phase of the IR-induced phagocytosis when activated microglia changed their morphology and increased motility to migrate. We further conducted targeted irradiation to the embryonic midbrain using a collimated microbeam of carbon ions (250 μm diameter) and found that the l-plastin upregulation was induced only in the microglia located in the irradiated area. Then, the activated microglia might migrate outside of the irradiated area and spread through over the embryonic brain, expressing ApoE and with activated morphology, for longer than 3 days after the irradiation. These findings suggest that l-plastin and ApoE can be the biomarkers of the activated microglia in the initial and later phase, respectively, in the medaka embryonic brain and that the abscopal and persisted activation of microglia by IR irradiation could be a cause of the abscopal and/or adverse effects following irradiation.

Abscopal Activation of Microglia in Embryonic Fish Brain Following Targeted Irradiation with Heavy-Ion Microbeam.

Targeted microbeam irradiation of Caenorhabditis elegans allows the effective knockdown of specific regions, thus helping to identify their roles in processes such as locomotion. We previously employed on-chip immobilization of individuals without anesthesia; however, this method was limited by the thickness of the chip, which prevented the detection of ions passing through the animal, and by dehydration of the animals after prolonged immobilization.

Development of ultra-thin chips for immobilization of Caenorhabditis elegans in microfluidic channels during irradiation and selection of buffer solution to prevent dehydration.

Michiyo Suzuki

Department of Radiation-Applied Biology Research,
Takasaki Advanced Radiation Research Institute,
Department of Radiation-Applied Biology Research, Takasaki Advanced Radiation Research Institute

National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology (QST-Takasaki)

Immobilization of Live Caenorhabditis elegans Individuals Using an Ultra-thin Polydimethylsiloxane Microfluidic Chip with Water Retention

Michiyo Suzuki

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National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology (QST-Takasaki)

Immobilization of Live Caenorhabditis elegans Individuals Using an Ultra-thin Polydimethylsiloxane Microfluidic Chip with Water Retention

Department of Radiation-Applied Biology Research,
Takasaki Advanced Radiation Research Institute,
Department of Radiation-Applied Biology Research, Takasaki Advanced Radiation Research Institute