Name: culture of adult transgenic zebrafish retinal explants for live-cell imaging by multiphoton microscopy
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We appreciate the support provided by William Archer and the Notre Dame Integrated Imaging Facility. Special thanks are directed to the Freimann Life Sciences technicians for their continuous help and their care and husbandry of the zebrafish. This study was supported by grants from the National Eye Institute of NIH to DRH (R01-EY018417, R01-EY024519) and the Center for Zebrafish Research, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN.

Note: Zebrafish were raised and maintained in the Notre Dame Zebrafish facility in the Freimann Life Sciences Center. The methods described in this manuscript are approved by the University of Notre Dame Animal Care and Use Committee and are in compliance with the statement for the use of animals in vision research by the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology.
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Studies investigating the mechanisms governing regeneration of the damaged adult zebrafish retina predominantly used immunocytochemical methods5,25,26,27,28,29,30. Establishing conditions to culture retinal explants and to perform live-cell imaging on phenomena, such as INM, provide us a tec...

Unlike humans, zebrafish (Danio rerio) exhibit a robust regeneration response upon cell death of retinal neurons1,2,3,4. Tumor necrosis factor &#945;, a signaling molecule that is released from dying retinal neurons induces M&#252;ller glia residing in the basal Inner Nuclear Layer (INL) of the retina, to proliferate5 and produce neuronal progenitor cells that continue to proliferate before differentiating into the neuronal cell types that died2,3,4. During the proliferative phase of the regeneration response, the nuclei of M&#252;ller glia and their derived neuronal progenitor cells undergo a repetitive migratory pattern in phase with the cell cycle (Interkinetic Nuclear Migration, INM)6,7. Nuclei positioned in the basal INL replicate their DNA before migrating to the Outer Nuclear Layer (ONL) where they divide before the arising nuclei return basally to the INL. This process was first described during neuroepithelial development using histological methods, while live-cell imaging approaches later confirmed the interpretation by Sauer8,9,10,11,12. Both histochemical and live-cell imaging approaches have been used to determine mechanisms underlying INM and its function in developing neuroepithelia including the retina9,11,12,13. However, the mechanisms governing INM in the adult regenerating retina have not been studied in much detail6,7. Live-cell imaging will be an invaluable approach to advance our knowledge of the signaling pathways that control INM in the adult regenerating retina.
Until recently, live-cell imaging of INM in the retina was limited to either live zebrafish embryos or to embryonic chick or postnatal mouse retinal explants9,10,11,12,14,15,16. While retinal explants from adult animals of a variety of species including mouse, rat and zebrafish have been utilized for different cell biological approaches17,18,19,20, live-cell imaging experiments using retinal explants have been restricted to brief periods of time and have not been executed continuously over several hours21,22. Here, we describe a detailed protocol to culture light-damaged adult zebrafish retinas to perform live-cell imaging experiments monitoring INM using multi-photon microscopy6. Live-cell imaging approaches are advantageous over immunohistochemical methods when investigating the mechanisms controlling INM, as the dynamics of INM, e.g., velocities might be affected rather than the location of mitosis, which would potentially not be detected using immunocytochemistry.
In the future, this method has also the potential to be modified to study other dynamic processes during retinal regeneration, such as phagocytosis of dying photoreceptors by M&#252;ller glia or the behavior of microglia.

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			<td height="21" style="height:21px;width:491px;">Dumont forceps size #5</td>
			<td style="width:201px;">World precision instruments</td>
			<td align="right" style="width:113px;">14098</td>
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			<td height="21" style="height:21px;">Dumont forceps size #5, 45&#176; angle</td>
			<td>World precision instruments</td>
			<td align="right">14101</td>
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			<td height="21" style="height:21px;">McPherson-Vannas scissors</td>
			<td>World precision instruments</td>
			<td align="right">501233</td>
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			<td height="21" style="height:21px;">Fluordishes</td>
			<td>World precision instruments</td>
			<td>FD35-100</td>
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			<td height="21" style="height:21px;">Stereomicroscope</td>
			<td>Nikon&#160;</td>
			<td>SMZ-1B</td>
			<td>similar type of dissection stereomicroscope will work</td>
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			<td height="21" style="height:21px;">Biological Safety Cabinet class type A2</td>
			<td>Labconco</td>
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			<td>equivalent type will work</td>
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			<td height="21" style="height:21px;">tissue culture incubator</td>
			<td>Thermoscientific</td>
			<td>HEPA-class 100</td>
			<td>equivalent type will work</td>
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			<td height="21" style="height:21px;">Sylvania fluorescent lamps OSFP5835HOECO</td>
			<td>Bulbtronics</td>
			<td align="right">31850</td>
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			<td height="21" style="height:21px;">0.2 &#181;m pore-size Acrodisc syringe filter</td>
			<td>VWR</td>
			<td align="right">4192</td>
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			<td height="21" style="height:21px;">10 ml Luer-lok syringe</td>
			<td>VWR</td>
			<td>BD309604</td>
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			<td height="21" style="height:21px;">60 ml Luer-lok syringe</td>
			<td>VWR</td>
			<td>BD309653</td>
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			<td height="25" style="height:25px;">NaHCO3</td>
			<td>FischerScientific</td>
			<td>S233-500</td>
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			<td height="25" style="height:25px;">CaCl2</td>
			<td>ThermoScientific</td>
			<td>C79-500</td>
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			<td height="25" style="height:25px;">MgCl2</td>
			<td>EMD Millipore</td>
			<td align="right">5980</td>
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			<td height="24" style="height:24px;">HBSS w/o Ca2+/Mg2+, w/o phenol red, Gibco</td>
			<td>ThermoScientific</td>
			<td>14175-095</td>
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			<td height="21" style="height:21px;">MEM w/o phenol red, Gibco</td>
			<td>ThermoScientific</td>
			<td>5100-038</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
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			<td height="21" style="height:21px;">Horse serum, heat-inactivated</td>
			<td>ThermoScientific</td>
			<td>26050-070</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
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			<td height="21" style="height:21px;">penicillin/streptomycin</td>
			<td>VWR</td>
			<td>16777-164</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
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			<td height="21" style="height:21px;">Ultrapure low melting point agarose</td>
			<td>ThermoScientific</td>
			<td>16520-100</td>
			<td></td>
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			<td height="21" style="height:21px;">ethanol, absolute</td>
			<td>ThermoScientific</td>
			<td>BP2818-4</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
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			<td height="21" style="height:21px;">2-phenoxyethanol</td>
			<td>Sigma</td>
			<td align="right">77699</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="21">
			<td height="21" style="height:21px;">Corning Cell-Tak cell and tissue adhesive&#160;</td>
			<td>VWR</td>
			<td align="right">354240</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
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			<td height="21" style="height:21px;">refractive index liquid&#160;</td>
			<td>Cargille Lab</td>
			<td>1803Y</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
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			<td height="21" style="height:21px;">Nikon A1 multiphoton microscope equipped with a MaiTai infrared laser</td>
			<td>Nikon</td>
			<td></td>
			<td>equivalent system will work</td>
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			<td height="21" style="height:21px;">40x Apo long-distance water immersion objective (N.A. 1.15)</td>
			<td></td>
			<td></td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="21">
			<td height="21" style="height:21px;">environmental chamber equipped with insert for 35 mm petridishes</td>
			<td>Okolab</td>
			<td></td>
			<td>equivalent system will work</td>
		</tr>
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			<td height="21" style="height:21px;">NIS analysis software</td>
			<td>Nikon</td>
			<td></td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
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culture of adult transgenic zebrafish retinal explants for live-cell imaging by multiphoton microscopy

An endogenous regeneration program is initiated by M&#252;ller glia in the adult zebrafish (Danio rerio) retina following neuronal damage and death. The M&#252;ller glia re-enter the cell cycle and produce neuronal progenitor cells that undergo subsequent rounds of cell divisions and differentiate into the lost neuronal cell types. Both M&#252;ller glia and neuronal progenitor cell nuclei replicate their DNA and undergo mitosis in distinct locations of the retina, i.e. they migrate between the basal Inner Nuclear Layer (INL) and the Outer Nuclear Layer (ONL), respectively, in a process described as Interkinetic Nuclear Migration (INM). INM has predominantly been studied in the developing retina. To examine the dynamics of INM in the adult regenerating zebrafish retina in detail, live-cell imaging of fluorescently-labeled M&#252;ller glia/neuronal progenitor cells is required. Here, we provide the conditions to isolate and culture dorsal retinas from Tg[gfap:nGFP]mi2004 zebrafish that were exposed to constant intense light for 35 h. We also show that these retinal cultures are viable to perform live-cell imaging experiments, continuously acquiring z-stack images throughout the thickness of the retinal explant for up to 8 h using multiphoton microscopy to monitor the migratory behavior of gfap:nGFP-positive cells. In addition, we describe the details to perform post-imaging analysis to determine the velocity of apical and basal INM. To summarize, we established conditions to study the dynamics of INM in an adult model of neuronal regeneration. This will advance our understanding of this crucial cellular process and allow us to determine the mechanisms that control INM.

The isolation of the retina according to the procedure outlined in the schematic in Figure 1 allows the culturing of a flattened dorsal retina from light-damaged adult Tg[gfap:nGFP]mi2004 zebrafish over a period of at least 24 h in a 5% CO2/air environment. These flat-mounted retinal explants can be used to image focal planes at deep tissue levels. An example is M&#252;ller glia/neuronal progenitor cell nuclei labeled with GFP from the M&#25...

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Culture of Adult Transgenic Zebrafish Retinal Explants for Live-cell Imaging by Multiphoton Microscopy

Zebrafish retinal regeneration has mostly been studied using fixed retinas. However, dynamic processes such as interkinetic nuclear migration occur during the regenerative response and require live-cell imaging to investigate the underlying mechanisms. Here, we describe culture and imaging conditions to monitor Interkinetic Nuclear Migration (INM) in real-time using multiphoton microscopy.

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