Name: in vivo photolabeling of cells in the colon to assess migratory potential of hematopoietic cells in neonatal mice
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Nitya Jain was supported by an NIH/NIAID Career Transition Award 1K22AI116661-01.

All animal procedures were performed with the approval of and in compliance with the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) at Massachusetts General Hospital.
CAUTION: This protocol involves the use of a class 3b laser (LG3). LG3 laser safety goggles must always be used when operating this laser. Appropriate training and safety guidelines must be followed to avoid the risk of injury.
1. Design and Assembly of Laser
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The identification and characterization of cells that interact with and are influenced by the microbiota in the colon are important and should facilitate understanding of how information from the mucosal microenvironment is relayed to the rest of the body. One method for studying gut-related cell migration requires the isolation of gut-associated cells followed by an adoptive transfer into recipient mice to determine their tissue-homing patterns and function12,13...

The mammalian gastrointestinal tract harbors hundreds of species of bacteria that exist in a symbiotic relationship with the host1. The immune cells present in the local milieu enforce a peaceful coexistence with these microbes and establish a protective barrier against pathogen invasions. Thus, bi-directional interactions between the immune cells and the microbiota are critical to establish a commensal community that educates the host immune system and sets the threshold for immune reactivity to pathogens. Changes in the microbial composition, or dysbiosis, can disturb the immune homeostasis and perturb regulatory circuits that restrain intestinal inflammations leading to immune-mediated diseases such as Type 1 Diabetes and IBD2,3.
The period immediately after birth is a unique developmental window during which the intestinal microbial communities begin to establish at the same time the immune system matures4. The postnatal microbiota is not stable, with shifts in the community composition occurring naturally and frequently5. The immune cells that interact with the microbiota reside in two distinct anatomical locations in the intestine - the lamina propria and the intestinal epithelium6. Numerous types of immune cells are present in the intestine, including lymphocytes (such as T cells, B cells, and innate lymphoid cells) as well as myeloid cells (which include dendritic cells, monocytes, and macrophages). These cells, also known as hematopoietic cells, perform a multitude of functions that preserve the intestinal barrier and maintain homeostasis.
In addition to their regulatory functions at intestinal sites, immune cells of the mucosa may also carry microbial messages to the extra-intestinal sites to regulate systemic immunity7,8,9. This is an area of growing research interest and highlights the need for methods to identify immune cells that migrate out of intestinal tissues in order to probe their function. The protocol reported here utilizes a commercially available mouse model in which a photoconvertible fluorescent protein is exploited to label cells. PhAMexcised mice ubiquitously express a green fluorescent Dendra2 protein that is irreversibly switched to red fluorescence upon activation by ultraviolet (UV) light10. Using a fiber optic cannula to deliver 405 nm light into the colon of newborn mice, we demonstrate that photoconverted hematopoietic cells, which have originated in or transited through the colon can be found in the spleen.

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in vivo photolabeling of cells in the colon to assess migratory potential of hematopoietic cells in neonatal mice

Enteric bacterial communities are established early in life and influence immune cell development and function. The neonatal microbiota is susceptible to numerous external influences including antibiotics use and diet, which impacts susceptibility to autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. Disorders such as Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) are characterized by a massive influx of immune cells to the intestines. However, immune cells conditioned by the microbiota may additionally emigrate out of the intestines to influence immune responses at extra-intestinal sites. Thus, there is a need to identify and characterize cells that may carry microbial messages from the intestines to distal sites. Here, we describe a method to label cells in the colon of newborn mice in vivo that enables their identification at extra-intestinal sites after migration.

A fiber-optic cable was used to deliver 405 nm light into the colons of 2-day old PhAMexcised mice. In previous experiments, a 30 s exposure was determined to give a maximal photoconversion of colon cells with minimal cytotoxicity (Figure 1A). Therefore, sequential 30 s exposures of different segments of the colon were carried out as described in the protocol. Following the laser exposure, the mice were immediately euthanized, and ...

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In Vivo Photolabeling of Cells in the Colon to Assess Migratory Potential of Hematopoietic Cells in Neonatal Mice

The protocol described here utilizes a photolabeling approach in newborn mice to specifically identify immune cells that emigrate from the colon to extra-intestinal sites. This strategy will be useful to study host-microbiome interactions in early life.

In Vivo Photolabeling of Cells in the Colon to Assess Migratory Potential of Hematopoietic Cells in Neonatal Mice

Enteric bacterial communities are established early in life and influence immune cell development and function. The neonatal microbiota is susceptible to ...

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