This work was supported by funds from the Research Grants Council Hong Kong, Health and Medical Research Fund (Hong Kong), CUHK direct grant scheme, the United College endowment fund and the TUYF Charitable Trust.

All procedures followed were in accordance with the ethical standards of the animal experimentation ethics committee of the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
1. Preparation of Coverslips
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	<li>Place a sterile 18 mm circular coverslip into each well of a 12-well tissue culture plate.</li>
	<li>Coat the coverslip with 5 &#181;g/mL poly-D-lysine solution in a humidified 37 &#176;C incubator for at least 1 h.</li>
	<li>Aspirate the poly-D-lysine solution from the tissue culture plate and rins...

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As stated before, PC12 and its subclones are widely employed for studying neurite extension because they have excellent transfection efficiency2,3. In contrast, primary neurons have a low transfection rate, which is a major obstacle for studying neurite outgrowth regulators by transfection7. Here, we describe a convenient protocol for quantifying neurite outgrowth in primary neurons. Despite the low overall transfection efficiency, more th...

Neurites, including both axons and dendrites, are the projections from neurons involved in the establishment of the neural networks. The dynamic outgrowth of neurites is essential for neurodevelopment. However, the underlying regulatory mechanisms underneath remain unclear. In particular, neurite damage is often observed in various neurodegenerative diseases and after brain injuries1. Therefore, investigation of the roles of putative molecules in various neurite outgrowth regulatory pathways would improve our understanding of the process. Moreover, it may reveal novel therapeutic targets for various neurological disorders. Neuronal cell lines are valuable models for studying neuronal processes including neurite outgrowth as they are easy to manipulate and transfect2,3. However, genetic drift has been reported to occur in some commonly used cell lines, which could lead to variations in their physiological responses4. Moreover, differential protein expression has been shown between neuronal cell lines and primary neurons. For instance, PC12, a neuronal cell line derived from rat adrenal gland that is widely used for studying neurite outgrowth2,3, does not express NMDA receptors5. Furthermore, it has been proposed that the reduced responsiveness of the mouse neuroblastoma line neuro-2a to neurotoxins in comparison to primary neurons is due to the lack of expression of certain membrane receptors and ion channels6. Therefore, primary neurons are a more desirable and representative model for the investigation of neurite outgrowth. However, the use of primary neurons is hindered by their low transfection efficiency7.
Here, we describe a method that involves the co-transfection of the protein of interest (POI) and EGFP to primary rat cortical neurons. The EGFP acts as a morphological marker for the identification of successfully transfected neurons and permits the measurement of neurites. We validated this method by using compounds/molecules that have been reported to modulate neurite outgrowth. Moreover, FE65, a neuronal adaptor protein that has been shown to stimulate neurite outgrowth, was used to illustrate this approach8,9. This protocol involves (1) the isolation of primary cortical neurons from embryonic day 18 (E18) rat embryos, (2) the co-transfection of neurons with EGFP and the POI (FE65 in this study) and (3) the imaging and analysis of the neurons by using the image processing software ImageJ with the NeuronJ plugin10,11.

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			<td>Regine</td>
			<td>5-COB</td>
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			<td>18 mm Circle Cover Slips</td>
			<td>Thermo Scientific</td>
			<td>CB00180RA</td>
			<td>Sterilize before use.</td>
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			<td>B27 Supplement</td>
			<td>Gibco</td>
			<td>17504044</td>
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			<td>Cytochalasin D</td>
			<td>Invitrogen</td>
			<td>PHZ1063</td>
			<td>Dissolved in DMSO.</td>
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			<td>D-(+)-Glucose</td>
			<td>Sigma-Aldrich</td>
			<td>G8270</td>
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			<td>Dimethyl Sulfoxide</td>
			<td>Sigma-Aldrich</td>
			<td>D2650</td>
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			<td>Dissecting Scissors, 10 cm</td>
			<td>World Precision Instruments</td>
			<td>14393</td>
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			<td>Dissecting Scissors, 12.5 cm</td>
			<td>World Precision Instruments</td>
			<td>15922</td>
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			<td>EndoFree Plasmid Maxi Kit</td>
			<td>QIAGEN</td>
			<td>12362</td>
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			<td>Fluorescence Mounting Medium</td>
			<td>Dako</td>
			<td>S302380</td>
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			<td>Lipofectamine 2000 Transfection Reagent</td>
			<td>Invitrogen</td>
			<td>11668019</td>
			<td></td>
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			<td>Neurobasal Medium</td>
			<td>Gibco</td>
			<td>21103049</td>
			<td></td>
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			<td>NGF 2.5S Native Mouse Protein</td>
			<td>Gibco</td>
			<td>13257019</td>
			<td></td>
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			<td>Nugent Utility Forceps, 10mm, Straight Tip</td>
			<td>World Precision Instruments</td>
			<td>504489</td>
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			<td>Paraformaldehyde</td>
			<td>Sigma-Aldrich</td>
			<td>P6148</td>
			<td></td>
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			<td>pEGFP-C1</td>
			<td>Clontech</td>
			<td>#6084-1</td>
			<td></td>
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			<td>pCI FE65</td>
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			<td>Please see references 8 and 15</td>
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			<td>PBS Tablets</td>
			<td>Gibco</td>
			<td>18912014</td>
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			<td>Penicillin-Streptomycin</td>
			<td>Gibco</td>
			<td>15140122</td>
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			<td>Poly-D-lysine hydrobromide</td>
			<td>Sigma-Aldrich</td>
			<td>P7280</td>
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			<td>Spatula</td>
			<td>Sigma-Aldrich</td>
			<td>S4147</td>
			<td></td>
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			<td>Trypsin-EDTA (0.05%), phenol red</td>
			<td>Gibco</td>
			<td>25300062</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
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			<td>Trypan Blue Solution, 0.4%</td>
			<td>Gibco</td>
			<td>15250061</td>
			<td></td>
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an enhanced green fluorescence protein-based assay for studying neurite outgrowth in primary neurons

Neurite outgrowth is a fundamental event in the formation of the neural circuits during nervous system development. Severe neurite damage and synaptic dysfunction occur in various neurodegenerative diseases and age-related degeneration. Investigation of the mechanisms that regulate neurite outgrowth would not only shed valuable light on brain developmental processes but also on such neurological disorders. Due to the low transfection efficiency, it is currently challenging to study the effect of a specific protein on neurite outgrowth in primary mammalian neurons. Here, we describe a simple method for the investigation of neurite outgrowth by the co-transfection of primary rat cortical neurons with EGFP and a protein of interest (POI). This method allows the identification of POI transfected neurons through the EGFP signal, and thus the effect of the POI on neurite outgrowth can be determined precisely. This EGFP-based assay provides a convenient approach for the investigation of pathways regulating neurite outgrowth.

To test this methodology, we used Cyto D and nerve growth factor NGF, which have been shown to inhibit and stimulate neurite outgrowth respectively14,15,16. The neurite length of neurons transfected with EGFP were measured after treatment with Cyto D or NGF. The transfection efficiency of EGFP to the neurons was 2.7% (1,068 neurons counted). As shown in Figure 1<stro...

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An Enhanced Green Fluorescence Protein-based Assay for Studying Neurite Outgrowth in Primary Neurons

In this report, we describe a simple protocol for studying neurite outgrowth in embryonic rat cortical neurons by co-transfecting with EGFP and the protein of interest.

Neurite outgrowth is a fundamental event in the formation of the neural circuits during nervous system development. Severe neurite damage and synaptic ...

Low transfection efficiency is a major obstacle to determining how protein reactivates neurite outgrowth in primary neurons. Our protocol overcome this issue by co-transfection of EGFP to identify successfully transfected cells. The high co-transfection rate of EGFP and the proteins of interest ensures the accuracy of the assay.And consequently, immunofluorescence staining is now required. As neurite outgrowth occurs during neural regeneration, this method can be applied to the identification of novel targets for restoring the damaged neuronal network in brain trauma or neurodegenerative diseases. Before beginning the procedure, place a sterile 18 millimeter circular coverslip into each well of a 12 well tissue culture plate and coat each coverslip with five micrograms per millimeter of Poly-D-Lysine solution in a humidified 37 degree Celsius incubator for at least one hour.At the end of the incubation, aspirate the Poly-D-Lysine solution and rinse the coverslips with sterile water. On embryonic day 18, place the uterus harvested from a timed pregnant Sprague Dawley rat into a 10 centimeter Petri dish and use small dissecting scissors to open the uterus and the amniotic sac. Use the scissors to remove the placenta and use forceps to transfer one whole embryo into a new 10 centimeter Petri dish containing chilled PBS glucose.Use the scissors to cut along the sagittal suture of the skull and use a small flat spatula to transfer the embryonic brain into a new 10 centimeter Petri dish containing fresh ice cold PBS glucose. Using two number five tweezers and a dissection microscope, separate the two cerebral hemispheres from the cerebellum and brain stem and remove the meninges. Then isolate the cortex from the cerebral hemispheres and place the cortex in a 15 milliliter tube containing fresh ice cold PBS glucose.For primary cortical neuron culture, in a class II biosafety cabinet, allow the cortex to settle by gravity for five minutes at four degrees Celsius before replacing the PBS glucose with 0.05%trypsin EDTA. Mix with gentle tapping and incubate the tissue in a 37 degree Celsius water bath for 10 minutes with additional gentle tapping every two minutes. At the end of the incubation, stop the digestion with four milliliters of maintenance medium and use a one milliliter pipette to dissociate the tissue with gentle trituration.Sediment the cells by centrifugation and resuspend the pellet in one milliliter of maintenance medium for a second centrifugation. Resuspend the pellet formed after the second centrifugation in one milliliter of fresh maintenance medium for counting and plate the isolated neurons at a 6.5 times 10 to the fourth viable cells per centimeter squared concentration in one milliliter of maintenance medium per well in a 12 well plate. After two days at 37 degrees Celsius and 5%carbon dioxide, dilute EGFP and target protein plasmid DNAs and transfection reagent in two separate 1.5 milliliter tubes and then mix them together.Transfect the cells with EGFP construct by adding the transfection mix to the wells. After 24 hours, wash the cells with 37 degrees Celsius PBS and fix them with 4%paraformaldehyde in PBS for 10 minutes in the dark at room temperature. At the end of the incubation, wash the fixed cells three times with fresh PBS per wash and add a minimal volume of fluorescence mounting medium onto one microscope glass slide per sample.Then carefully transfer the coated coverslips onto the mounting media with the samples facing the glass slides. To image the neurite growth, select the 40X objective on an epifluorescent microscope and click start to capture images from at least 40 intact EGFP positive neurons per transfection. When all of the neurites have been imaged, open the captured images in ImageJ with the NeuronJ plugin and measure the length of the longest neurite of each neuron from the cell body to the tip of the growth cone.Then analyze the data obtained with the software to determine the effect of the targeted proteins on neurite growth. Cytochalasin D suppresses neurite extension in a dose-dependent manner while neurite outgrowth is enhanced in neurons treated with nerve growth factor. In addition, the neuronal growth adaptor protein FE65 significantly stimulates neurite outgrowth two-fold compared to untransfected neurons.Despite a low transfection efficiency, immunofluorescence analysis reveals that over 80%of a two-day cell culture can be successfully co-transfected with EGFP and FE65. EGFP expression is detected at six hours post transfection while FE65 is first detected at hour 12 and both signals are detected for up to seven days post transfection. The transfection of primary rat cortical neurons with different amounts of FE65 plasmid DNA reveals a dose-dependent increase in neurite extension with 0 to 0.5 micrograms of FE65 plasmid.However, no significant difference in growth is observed in neurons transfected with 0.5 or one micrograms of the plasmid. When attempting the protocol, it is important to isolate the appropriate region from the embryonic brain. This technique can also be applied to the study of neural growth in human iPSC-derived neurons which have valuable tools for regenerative medicine.

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5.7K vistas.  The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. La baja eficiencia de la transfección es un obstáculo importante para determinar cómo la proteína reactiva el crecimiento de la neurita en las neuronas primarias. Nuestro protocolo supera este problema mediante la correfección conjunta de EGFP para identificar con éxito las células trans infectadas. La alta tasa de co-transfección de EGFP y las proteínas de interés aseguran la exactitud del ensayo.Y en consecuencia, ahora se requiere tinción de inmunofluorescencia. Como el c...