Name: studying wnt signaling during patterning of conducting airways
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Nós reconhecemos a assistência de Mike Muntifering e Matt Kofron com imagem confocal e Gail Macke com os procedimentos histológicos. Este trabalho foi parcialmente financiado pelo National Institutes of Health-NHLBI (K01HL115447 para DS).

Os animais foram alojados em condições sem agentes patogénicos. Os ratos foram tratados de acordo com os protocolos aprovados pela CCHMC Institutional Animal Care e Use Committee (Cincinnati, OH EUA). Os ratinhos utilizados ao longo destes estudos foram mantidas num fundo misto. 1. Montagem Total X-galactosidase Coloração <ol><li> Eutanásia fêmea grávida em E11.5 a E14.5, por inalação de CO 2. Coloque animais em CO 2 câmara, carregar a câmara com CO 2...

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Eventos subjacentes a morfogénese do tracto respiratório não são completamente compreendidos, em particular os processos necessários para a modelação das vias aéreas condutoras. Estudos anteriores têm utilizado técnicas ex vivo, em que explantes em desenvolvimento são cultivadas na interfase ar-líquido ou embebido em matrigel 21,22. Estes estudos têm mostrado como factores de crescimento influenciam o padrão da traqueia desenvolvimento e a formação de cartilagem traqueal. Uma limitaç...

Desenvolvimento das vias respiratórias é iniciada por dia embrionário 9 (E9) com a aparência de células positivas Nkx2.1 no intestino anterior ventral endodérmica 1,2. Separação tubo esofágico-traqueal irá resolver por E11.5 quando os tubos podem ser distinguidos como entidades distintas, cada um rodeado por tecido mesenquimal 3. Sinalização Wnt desempenha um papel chave na especificação do tracto respiratório como supressão de WNT2 e Wnt2b, expressa pelo mesênquima esplânenico e eliminação de β-catenina do epitélio respiratório endodérmica irá resultar em agenesia pulmonar 4,5. Os nossos estudos anteriores determinaram que a eliminação do WLS, um receptor de mediar a secreção de carga de todos os ligandos de Wnt, a partir dos resultados do tracto respiratório em endoderme hipoplasia pulmonar, defeitos no desenvolvimento vascular pulmonar e mis-padronização do mesênquima traqueal 6,7. Estes dados sustentam a importância da cro epitelial-mesenquimalSS falar na diferenciação celular e especificações, como também foi demonstrado em outros estudos 8,9. O estudo dos estágios iniciais do desenvolvimento do pulmão depende genética, in vitro e técnicas ex vivo que nos permitiram compreender melhor os mecanismos de condução identidade respiratória 10-16. Culturas de explantes de pulmão inteiro na interfase líquido de ar têm sido amplamente utilizados para estudar os efeitos de fatores de crescimento nos estágios iniciais de pulmonar ramificação morfogênese 10,17,18. Enquanto este método é utilizado como leitura de alterações morfológicas, tais como ramificação morfogénese, e modulação da expressão do gene, que se limita ao estudo de fases iniciais do processo de desenvolvimento, como a cultura em si não suporta o desenvolvimento da vasculatura 17. Desenvolvimento da cartilagem traqueal requer tempos de incubação mais longos que podem ser não é compatível com esta técnica de cultura. para analyze o papel da sinalização de Wnt durante a formação do trato respiratório, que se adaptaram técnicas padrão para atender as necessidades de nossos estudos embrionárias. Nós modificamos volumes, tempos de coloração, ciclismo de processamento para inclusão em parafina e tempo para o esclarecimento de tecido traqueal-pulmão. O principal objetivo de otimizar as técnicas descritas no presente estudo foi analisar os primeiros estágios de desenvolvimento traqueal em ratos que ocorrem a partir de E11 a E14.5. Usando os ratos repórter linha Axin2LacZ nós sites de determinada com precisão de atividade / β-catenina Wnt no mesênquima traqueal em desenvolvimento. Nós também se adaptaram procedimento de coloração lectina para o tecido traqueal montagem todo. Assim, fomos capazes de visualizar condensações mesenquimais e prever locais onde chondrogenesis terão lugar. Coloração de toda montagem e seções de tecido embrionário obtidas a partir de ratos WlsShhCre, juntamente com técnicas avançadas de microscopia, permitiu-nos a desvendar o papel de ligantes Wnt produzidos pelo traepitélio traqueal no padrão traqueal.

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			<td>Anti Sox9 ab.</td>
			<td>Millipore</td>
			<td>AB5535</td>
			<td>1:400 , rabbit</td>
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			<td>Anti Sox9 ab.</td>
			<td>Santa Cruz</td>
			<td>Sc-20095</td>
			<td>1:50, rabbit</td>
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			<td>Anti Smooth Muscle Actin ab.</td>
			<td>Sigma</td>
			<td>A5228</td>
			<td>1:2k, mouse</td>
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			<td>Anti NKX2.1 ab.</td>
			<td>Seven Hills</td>
			<td>n/a</td>
			<td>1:100, guinea pig</td>
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			<td>Anti NKX2.1 ab.</td>
			<td>Seven Hills</td>
			<td>n/a</td>
			<td>1:400, mouse</td>
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			<td>Anti Brdu ab.</td>
			<td>Abcam</td>
			<td>AB1893</td>
			<td>1:200, sheep</td>
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			<td>Anti Brdu ab.</td>
			<td>Santa Cruz</td>
			<td>Sc-32323</td>
			<td>1:4k, mouse</td>
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			<td>PNA Lectin</td>
			<td>Sigma</td>
			<td>L 7381</td>
			<td></td>
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			<td>Secondary antibodies</td>
			<td>Life technologies</td>
			<td></td>
			<td>Alexa fluor Molecular probes</td>
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		<tr>
			<td>K3Fe(CN)6</td>
			<td>Sigma</td>
			<td>P8131</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>K4Fe(CN)6</td>
			<td>Sigma-Aldrich</td>
			<td>P3289</td>
			<td></td>
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			<td>MgCl2</td>
			<td>Sigma-Aldrich</td>
			<td>M9272</td>
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			<td>NaDOC</td>
			<td>Life Technologies</td>
			<td>89905</td>
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			<td>NP4O</td>
			<td>Life Technologies</td>
			<td>85124</td>
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			<td>Alcian Blue 8GX</td>
			<td>Sigma</td>
			<td>A-3157</td>
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			<td>Fisher brand super-frost plus</td>
			<td>Fisher</td>
			<td>12-550-15</td>
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			<td>PFA (16%)</td>
			<td>EMS</td>
			<td>15710</td>
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			<td>PBS</td>
			<td>Gibco</td>
			<td>70011-044</td>
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			<td>Fetal Calf Serum</td>
			<td>Sigma</td>
			<td>11K413</td>
			<td></td>
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			<td>Blocking reagent</td>
			<td>Invitrogen</td>
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			<td>Component of TSA kit #2&#160;&#160;&#160; ( T20932)</td>
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			<td>BrDu</td>
			<td>Sigma</td>
			<td>B5002-5g</td>
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			<td>Vectashield mounting medium</td>
			<td>Vector labs</td>
			<td>H-1000</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
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			<td>Permount</td>
			<td>Fisher</td>
			<td>SP15-500</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Tissue-loc cassettes Histoscreen</td>
			<td>Fisher</td>
			<td>C-0250-GR</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Biopsy cassettes</td>
			<td>Premiere</td>
			<td>BC0109</td>
			<td>Available in different colors</td>
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			<td>Nuclear fast red&#160; Kernechtrot 0.1%</td>
			<td>Sigma</td>
			<td>N3020</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Citric acid</td>
			<td>Sigma</td>
			<td>C1909-500G</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Sodium citrate tribasic dihydrate</td>
			<td>Sigma</td>
			<td>S4641-1Kg</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Trizma hydrochloride</td>
			<td>Sigma</td>
			<td>T5941-500G</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Xylene</td>
			<td>Pharmco-AAPER</td>
			<td>399000000</td>
			<td></td>
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			<td>Ethanol</td>
			<td>Pharmco-AAPER</td>
			<td>111000200</td>
			<td></td>
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			<td>Micro knives</td>
			<td>FST</td>
			<td>10318-14</td>
			<td></td>
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			<td>Dumont #5 ceramic coated</td>
			<td>FST</td>
			<td>11252-50</td>
			<td></td>
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			<td>Dumont #5CO</td>
			<td>FST</td>
			<td>11295-20</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
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			<td>Dumont # 5</td>
			<td>FST</td>
			<td>91150-20</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
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			<td>Thermo/Shandon Excelsior ES</td>
			<td>Thermo Fisher</td>
			<td></td>
			<td></td>
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			<td>Microtome</td>
			<td>Leica</td>
			<td>RM2135</td>
			<td></td>
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			<td>Nikon i90</td>
			<td>Nikon</td>
			<td></td>
			<td>Wide field microscope</td>
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			<td>NikonA1Rsi</td>
			<td>Nikon</td>
			<td></td>
			<td>Confocal microscopy. Settings:NikonA1 plus camera, scanner: Galvano, detector:DU4. Optics Plan Apo lambda 10x. Modality: Widefield fluorescence laser confocal.&#160;</td>
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			<td>Leica MS 16 FA</td>
			<td>Leica</td>
			<td></td>
			<td>Fluorescence Dissecting microscope</td>
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			<td>Zeiss</td>
			<td>Zeiss</td>
			<td></td>
			<td>Automated fluorescence microscope</td>
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			<td>Leica Application suite</td>
			<td>Leica</td>
			<td></td>
			<td>Leica imaging software</td>
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			<td>NIS</td>
			<td>Nikon</td>
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studying wnt signaling during patterning of conducting airways

Wnt signaling pathways play critical roles during development of the respiratory tract. Defining precise mechanisms of differentiation and morphogenesis controlled by Wnt signaling is required to understand how tissues are patterned during normal development. This knowledge is also critical to determine the etiology of birth defects such as lung hypoplasia and tracheobronchomalacia. Analysis of earliest stages of development of respiratory tract imposes challenges, as the limited amount of tissue prevents the performance of standard protocols better suited for postnatal studies. In this paper, we discuss methodologies to study cell differentiation and proliferation in the respiratory tract. We describe techniques such as whole mount staining, processing of the tissue for confocal microscopy and immunofluorescence in paraffin sections applied to developing tracheal lung. We also discuss methodologies for the study of tracheal mesenchyme differentiation, in particular cartilage formation. Approaches and techniques discussed in the current paper circumvent the limitation of material while working with embryonic tissue, allowing for a better understanding of the patterning process of developing conducting airways.

atividade / β-catenina Wnt Whole montagem Lac-Z coloração foi detectado no tecido traqueal-pulmão de embriões isolados de repórter Axin2 Lac-Z ratos 11. Sites de coloração indicar atividade / β-catenina Wnt. Análise de secções de toda a coloração de montagem determinado que a actividade / β-catenina Wnt estava presente no mesênquima da traqueia e no mesênquima de regi?...

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Studying Wnt Signaling During Patterning of Conducting Airways

A utilização de ratinhos repórter acoplado ao conjunto de montagem e a secção de coloração, microscopia e ensaios in vivo facilita a análise dos mecanismos subjacentes à padronização normal do tracto respiratório. Aqui descrevemos a forma como estas técnicas contribuiu para a análise de sinalização Wnt durante o desenvolvimento traqueal.

Estudar Wnt Signaling Durante Padronização de conduzir Airways

Wnt signaling pathways play critical roles during development of the respiratory tract. Defining precise mechanisms of differentiation and morphogenesis ...

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Developmental Biology

Method of Studying Palatal Fusion using Static Organ Culture

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Biologia do Desenvolvimento

Using Confocal Analysis of Xenopus laevis to Investigate Modulators of Wnt and Shh Morphogen Gradients

Using Confocal Analysis of Xenopus laevis to Investigate Modulators of Wnt and Shh Morphogen Gradients

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This protocol describes a method to visualise ligands distributed across a field of cells. The ease of expressing exogenous proteins, together with the ...

The Power of Simplicity: Sea Urchin Embryos as in Vivo Developmental Models for Studying Complex Cell-to-cell Signaling Network Interactions

The Power of Simplicity: Sea Urchin Embryos as in Vivo Developmental Models for Studying Complex Cell-to-cell Signaling Network Interactions

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Stimulation of Notch Signaling in Mouse Osteoclast Precursors

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Notch signaling is a key component of multiple physiological and pathological processes. The nature of Notch signaling, however, makes in vitro ...

In Vitro Ovule Cultivation for Live-cell Imaging of Zygote Polarization and Embryo Patterning in Arabidopsis thaliana

In Vitro Ovule Cultivation for Live-cell Imaging of Zygote Polarization and Embryo Patterning in Arabidopsis thaliana

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Live Cell Imaging of Chromosome Segregation During Mitosis

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Chromosomes must be reliably and uniformly segregated into daughter cells during mitotic cell division. Fidelity of chromosomal segregation is controlled ...

Visualization of the Superior Ocular Sulcus during Danio rerio Embryogenesis

Visualization of the Superior Ocular Sulcus during Danio rerio Embryogenesis

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Genotyping of Sea Anemone during Early Development

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A Layered Mounting Method for Extended Time-Lapse Confocal Microscopy of Whole Zebrafish Embryos

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Dynamics of development can be followed by confocal time-lapse microscopy of live transgenic zebrafish embryos expressing fluorescence in specific tissues ...

Real-time Bioluminescence Imaging of Notch Signaling Dynamics during Murine Neurogenesis

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Notch signaling regulates the maintenance of neural stem/progenitor cells by cell-cell interactions. The components of Notch signaling exhibit dynamic ...