Exploring Adipose Tissue Structure by Methylsalicylate Clearing and 3D ImagingJérôme Gilleron 1, Cindy Meziat 1, André Sulen 2, Stoyan Ivanov 3, Jennifer Jager 1, David Estève 4, Catherine Muller 4, Jean-Francois Tanti 1, Mireille Cormont 1
1Université Côte d'Azur, Inserm UMR1065, C3M, Team "Cellular and Molecular Pathophysiology of Obesity", Nice, France, 2Integrated Cardio Metabolic Center, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, 3Université Côte d'Azur, Inserm UMR1065, C3M, Team "Haematometabolism in Diseases", Nice, France, 4Institut de Pharmacologie et de Biologie Structurale (IPBS), Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, Toulouse, France
Here, we describe a simple, inexpensive and fast clearing method to resolve the 3D structure of both mouse and human white adipose tissue using a combination of markers to visualize vasculature, nuclei, immune cells, neurons, and lipid-droplet coat proteins by fluorescent imaging.