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We thank Dr. Ricardo Dolmetsch (Stanford University School of Medicine; present affiliation: Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research) for helping to develop this analysis and Dr. Matthew Wood, Takuma Aihara, and Dongsook Kim for their critical reading of the manuscript.

All animal procedures were performed with the approval of the University of Tsukuba Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC).
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This protocol introduces the procedure for quantifying vesicle motility. In primary neurons, endosomes and lysosomes tend to show high motility in younger neurons (4-6 DIV). Given that neurons must deliver some components to the leading edges to elongate neural processes, membrane trafficking should occur dynamically during this stage. Thus, it is important to use younger neurons to observe dynamic motility in neuronal dendrites. In addition, larger vesicles do not tend to exhibit high motility, even in younger neurons. ...

Precise control of endosome-lysosome trafficking is indispensable for regulating neuronal function. Notably, the dynamic movements of these vesicles are a key factor underlying the regulation of neuronal morphology, development, and survival. Defects in this system cause severe neuronal disorders1,2. The molecular mechanisms that link vesicle trafficking to neuronal diseases are considered complicated, and several groups have sought to examine this relevance. For instance, it has been reported that perturbed late endosome motility is significantly associated with Niemann-Pick C disease3, an inherited neurodegenerative disorder caused by lysosome defects. Another example is a mutation in a lysosomal Ca2+ channel, trpml1, which impairs lysosomal motility, resulting in lysosomal storage diseases4,5,6. Our group has reported that dysregulation of PtdIns(3,5)P2 turnover suppresses endosome and lysosome motility in neurons, leading to an increase in vulnerability to the stress response7,8. The metabolic regulation of PtdIns(3,5)P2, which mostly localizes on late endosomes and lysosomes, plays an important role in a wide variety of cellular functions, including vesicle trafficking and fusion-fission processes9,10. Since impaired PtdIns(3,5)P2 turnover causes severe neurodegeneration11,12, the aberrant regulation of endosome-lysosome motility could be a key factor for understanding the pathogenesis of neurodegeneration. An investigation of the molecular mechanisms that underlie vesicle motility may thus provide promising clues that can deepen our understanding of several neuronal disorders.
In this paper, we introduce a valuable method to quantify vesicle motility in neurons using a free software package called Manual Tracking. The aim was to develop a fast quantification method to analyze vesicle motility. This quantification is directed through a standard approach of clicking on a reference point in each frame of a time-lapse movie. The use of the Manual Tracking software makes this approach quite simple and of broad utility, unlike other applications. Furthermore, this approach is also applicable to other cells, such as glial cells. Although this method is primitive, it can be applied to various analyses, including of cellular motility and morphological change. For instance, after defining a reference point across a sequence of images, information on the positions of the reference points and the time at each position can be extracted from sequential images using data analysis and image-processing software. Taken together, this method is simple but powerful and contributes to the development of improved efficiency in studies based on membrane trafficking, such as those examining endosome-lysosome function.

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quantification of endosome and lysosome motilities in cultured neurons using fluorescent probes

In the brain, membrane trafficking systems play important roles in regulating neuronal functions, such as neuronal morphology, synaptic plasticity, survival, and glial communications. To date, numerous studies have reported that defects in these systems cause various neuronal diseases. Thus, understanding the mechanisms underlying vesicle dynamics may provide influential clues that could aid in the treatment of several neuronal disorders. Here, we describe a method for quantifying vesicle motilities, such as motility distance and rate of movement, using a software plug-in for the ImageJ platform. To obtain images for quantification, we labeled neuronal endosome-lysosome structures with EGFP-tagged vesicle marker proteins and observed the movement of vesicles using a time-lapse microscopy. This method is highly useful and simplify measuring vesicle motility in neurites, such as axons and dendrites, as well as in the soma of both neurons and glial cells. Furthermore, this method can be applied to other cell lines, such as fibroblasts and endothelial cells. This approach could provide a valuable advancement of our understanding of membrane trafficking.

This assay was designed to measure vesicle dynamics in in vitro culture. This assay was utilized to determine the vesicle motility associated with neuronal morphology and survival. Figure 1A and B display representative data showing lysosome motility in neurons. Cortical neurons were transfected with the lysosome marker, LAMP-EGFP, and observed using a standard fluorescence microscope. It has been previously reported that specific endosome-lysoso...

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Quantification of Endosome and Lysosome Motilities in Cultured Neurons Using Fluorescent Probes

The investigation of membrane trafficking is crucial for understanding neuronal functions. Here, we introduce a method for quantifying vesicle motility in neurons. This is a convenient method that can be adapted to the quantification of membrane trafficking in the nervous system.

In the brain, membrane trafficking systems play important roles in regulating neuronal functions, such as neuronal morphology, synaptic plasticity, ...

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