Name: two-photon intravital imaging of leukocytes during the immune response in lipopolysaccharide-treated mouse liver
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This study was supported by a grant from the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Korea government (MSIP; grant no. 2016R1A2B4008199 to Y-M. H.), and the Ministry of Health &amp; Welfare, Republic of Korea (grant number: HI14C1324).

All procedures were conducted in accordance with the guidelines of the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee of Yonsei University College of Medicine, Korea. LysM-green fluorescent protein (GFP; gfp/+) mice8 and CX3Cr1-GFP (gfp/+)9 mice at 8-12 weeks of age were used for intravital imaging.&#160;All surgical tools were autoclaved and disinfected with 70 % alcohol.
1. Custom-designed mouse liver imaging chamber with supporting tools
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The liver has been actively studied by many groups3,10, due to importance of its function. For instance, Heymann et al. suggested a delicate method using agarose. Although this method was found to be highly precise, the agarose setting takes time. However, with our methodology, all procedures could be carried out within 30 min, minimizing other confounding factors. Second, stabilizing the liver is extremely important because the heartbeat can disturb the video. T...

The liver is the major metabolic organ in mammals; it acts as a control tower for energy, hormones, and detoxification1. Due to its importance, researchers have conducted many in vitro and in vivo experiments to elucidate the changes in the liver during inflammation. Intravital microscopy has been used to capture live images from the liver2 . Indeed, various liver imaging methods have been introduced2,3,4,5,6. However, in order to develop a more simplified surgical approach and achieve stabilization of the target organ and the immune cells, we designed a simple protocol that can guide researchers to minimize their effort for intravital imaging.
In this study, we introduced a stable and novel imaging chamber and surgical technique that could be used to minimize bleeding and possible infections. We confirmed that the liver remained intact for more than 2 h. With this method, we successfully identified morphologies of LCMs7 and neutrophils under septic condition. Since this method minimizes physical and biological confounding factors such as trembling and unexpected inflammation during surgical procedure, we anticipate that this method could be used to observe acute reactions of immune cells in the liver in response to reagents like LPS.

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two-photon intravital imaging of leukocytes during the immune response in lipopolysaccharide-treated mouse liver

Sepsis is a type of severe infection that can cause organ failure and tissue damage. Although the mortality and morbidity rates associated with sepsis are extremely high, no direct treatment or organ-related mechanism has been examined in detail in real time. The liver is the key organ that manages toxins and infections in the human body. Herein, we aimed to perform intravital imaging of mouse liver after induction of endotoxemia in order to track the motility of immune cells, such as neutrophils and liver capsular macrophages (LCMs). Accordingly, we designed a novel surgical method for exposure of the liver with minimally invasive surgery. Mice were intraperitoneally injected with lipopolysaccharide (LPS), a common endotoxin. Using our novel surgical approach for exposure and intravital imaging of the mouse liver, we found that neutrophil recruitment in LPS-treated LysM-green fluorescent protein (GFP) mouse liver was increased compared with that in phosphate-buffered saline-treated liver. After LPS treatment, the number of neutrophils increased significantly with time. Additionally, using CX3Cr1-GFP mice, we successfully visualized liver resident macrophages called LCMs. Therefore, to investigate the efficacy of new reagents to control immune mobility in vivo, determining the motility and morphology of neutrophils and LCMs in the liver may allow us to identify therapeutic effect in organ failure and tissue damage caused by leukocytes activation in sepsis.

A simple and very stable imaging chamber was devised. The bottom of chamber was covered with silicone, which prevented slipping of the mouse body and organs. Additionally, because silicon has the proper amount of elasticity, it could prevent expected damage induced by the pressure of the cover slide (Figure 1A, C). Second, tissue-safe glue (Vet bond) was applied in order to fix the extracted liver on the circle-shaped silicone bed. This metho...

Watch this Scientific Journal Video about Two-photon Intravital Imaging of Leukocytes During the Immune Response in Lipopolysaccharide-treated Mouse Liver at JoVE.com

Two-photon Intravital Imaging of Leukocytes During the Immune Response in Lipopolysaccharide-treated Mouse Liver

We established a novel surgical protocol for two-photon imaging of live mice liver with minimal invasion. With this technique, we identified the detailed structure of the liver during lipopolysaccharide-induced endotoxemia. We anticipate that this method may be utilized to determine the effectiveness of various reagents treatment to hepatic leukocyte migration.

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