IntraVitalPub Date : 2013-01-01DOI: 10.4161/intv.23889
A. Sorvina, D. Brooks, Y. Ng, C. Bader, R. Weigert, T. Shandala
{"title":"Bacterial challenge initiates endosome-lysosome response in Drosophila immune tissues","authors":"A. Sorvina, D. Brooks, Y. Ng, C. Bader, R. Weigert, T. Shandala","doi":"10.4161/intv.23889","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4161/intv.23889","url":null,"abstract":"An effective innate immune response is critical for the protection of an organism against pathogen and environmental challenge. There is emerging evidence that an effective immune response depends heavily on the traffic and function of endosomes and lysosomes. However, there is very little understanding of the dynamics of an innate immune response, especially in vivo. Toward this aim, we have used two-photon microscopy to visualize the response to bacterial infection of the endosome-lysosome system in immune response tissues using intact Drosophila larvae. First, we set up the conditions to image intact larva in vivo and more specifically GFP-labeled endosomes-lysosomes in the fat body, and compared their distribution and size with those in tissue explanted ex vivo. Notably, we observed significant expansion of both Rab5 and Rab7 endosomal compartments upon both tissue isolation and minor aseptic wounding, indicating significant differences between live and explanted tissue. We also observed changes in endosome-lysosome vesicles within internal immune response tissues following in vivo bacterial infection by the oral route (to avoid a wounding response). We conclude that there are significant changes to the architecture of endosomes and lysosomes during an innate immune response, setting the scene for mechanistic studies to identify the signaling pathways that orchestrate this process.","PeriodicalId":14512,"journal":{"name":"IntraVital","volume":"30 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83368740","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
IntraVitalPub Date : 2013-01-01Epub Date: 2013-04-01DOI: 10.4161/intv.25805
Keefe T Chan, Stephen W Jones, Hailey E Brighton, Tao Bo, Shelly D Cochran, Norman E Sharpless, James E Bear
{"title":"Intravital imaging of a spheroid-based orthotopic model of melanoma in the mouse ear skin.","authors":"Keefe T Chan, Stephen W Jones, Hailey E Brighton, Tao Bo, Shelly D Cochran, Norman E Sharpless, James E Bear","doi":"10.4161/intv.25805","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4161/intv.25805","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Multiphoton microscopy is a powerful tool that enables the visualization of fluorescently tagged tumor cells and their stromal interactions within tissues in vivo. We have developed an orthotopic model of implanting multicellular melanoma tumor spheroids into the dermis of the mouse ear skin without the requirement for invasive surgery. Here, we demonstrate the utility of this approach to observe the primary tumor, single cell actin dynamics, and tumor-associated vasculature. These methods can be broadly applied to investigate an array of biological questions regarding tumor cell behavior in vivo.</p>","PeriodicalId":14512,"journal":{"name":"IntraVital","volume":"2 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.4161/intv.25805","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"35201934","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
IntraVitalPub Date : 2013-01-01DOI: 10.4161/intv.24790
C. Manning, Robert P. Jenkins, S. Hooper, H. Gerhardt, R. Marais, Susanne Adams, R. Adams, J. van Rheenen, E. Sahai
{"title":"Intravital imaging reveals conversion between distinct tumor vascular morphologies and localized vascular response to Sunitinib","authors":"C. Manning, Robert P. Jenkins, S. Hooper, H. Gerhardt, R. Marais, Susanne Adams, R. Adams, J. van Rheenen, E. Sahai","doi":"10.4161/intv.24790","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4161/intv.24790","url":null,"abstract":"Tumour vasculature is abnormal and heterogeneous. However, tumor vessel development and dynamics are not well understood. Here we use intravital imaging to study intra-tumoral heterogeneity in endothelial cell dynamics, vascular network growth and morphology and response to Sunitinib anti-angiogenic therapy. We show three main categories of vascular network organization: relatively well organized vessels within the tumor, sprouting networks at the tumor margin with dynamic filopodial and bleb-like protrusions and more tortuous vessels further from the tumor. Longitudinal imaging using windows demonstrates that sprouting margin vessels can give rise to either relatively well ordered intra-tumoral vessels or highly tortuous margin vessels. Further vascular response to Sunitinib anti-angiogenic therapy is heterogeneous. Although treatment with Sunitinib reduces overall tumor vascular density and slows tumor growth, Sunitinib has no significant effect on the sprouting behavior of endothelial cells at the tumor margin. Therefore, within tumors that are broadly responsive to Sunitinib, there are pre-existing refractory microenvironments. These microenvironments have increased protease activity and CXCL12, FGF-2, HGF expression. We propose that these micro-environments may account for the partial and heterogeneous response to anti-angiogenic therapy in the clinical setting.","PeriodicalId":14512,"journal":{"name":"IntraVital","volume":"10 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78826466","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
IntraVitalPub Date : 2013-01-01Epub Date: 2013-04-01DOI: 10.4161/intv.25693
Monica Garcia-Alloza, Laura A Borrelli, Diana H Thyssen, Suzanne E Hickman, Joseph El Khoury, Brian J Bacskai
{"title":"Four-dimensional microglia response to anti-Aβ treatment in APP/PS1xCX3CR1/GFP mice.","authors":"Monica Garcia-Alloza, Laura A Borrelli, Diana H Thyssen, Suzanne E Hickman, Joseph El Khoury, Brian J Bacskai","doi":"10.4161/intv.25693","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4161/intv.25693","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Senile plaques, mainly composed of amyloid-β (Aβ), are a major hallmark of Alzheimer disease (AD), and immunotherapy is a leading therapeutic approach for Aβ clearance. Although the ultimate mechanisms for Aβ clearance are not well known, characteristic microglia clusters are observed in the surround of senile plaques, and are implicated both in the elimination of Aβ as well as the deleterious inflammatory effects observed in AD patients after active immunization. Therefore, analyzing the direct effect of immunotherapy on microglia, using longitudinal in vivo multiphoton microscopy can provide important information regarding the role of microglia in immunotherapy. While microglia were observed to surround senile plaques, topical anti-Aβ antibody administration, which led to a reduction in plaque size, directed microglia toward senile plaques, and the overall size of microglia and number of processes were increased. In some cases, we observed clusters of microglia in areas of the brain that did not have detectable amyloid aggregates, but this did not predict the deposition of new plaques in the area within a week of imaging, indicating that microglia react to but do not precipitate amyloid aggregation. The long-term presence of large microglial clusters in the surrounding area of senile plaques suggests that microglia cannot effectively remove Aβ unless anti-Aβ antibody is administered. All together, these data suggest that although there is a role for microglia in Aβ clearance, it requires an intervention like immunotherapy to be effective.</p>","PeriodicalId":14512,"journal":{"name":"IntraVital","volume":"2 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.4161/intv.25693","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"35443790","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
IntraVitalPub Date : 2013-01-01DOI: 10.4161/intv.24334
Fernando F. Migone, R. Cowan, Rebecca M. Williams, W. Zipfel, S. Quirk
{"title":"Multiphoton microscopy as a tool to study ovarian vasculature in vivo","authors":"Fernando F. Migone, R. Cowan, Rebecca M. Williams, W. Zipfel, S. Quirk","doi":"10.4161/intv.24334","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4161/intv.24334","url":null,"abstract":"To better understand the vascular changes that occur in the ovarian follicle around the time of ovulation, we developed a novel procedure to determine blood flow in the follicle-associated microvasculature in vivo using multiphoton microscopy and verified that this procedure is compatible with ovulation. This procedure will be useful to characterize vascular events in ovaries of wild-type mice as well as various strains of genetically altered mice with anovulatory phenotypes. Understanding the mechanism of ovulation is important to treat human infertility, develop contraceptive methods and manage reproductive traits in domestic and endangered wild life species.","PeriodicalId":14512,"journal":{"name":"IntraVital","volume":"31 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81183071","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
IntraVitalPub Date : 2012-12-01DOI: 10.4161/intv.22214
Mario Merlini, Dimitrios Davalos, Katerina Akassoglou
{"title":"In vivo imaging of the neurovascular unit in CNS disease.","authors":"Mario Merlini, Dimitrios Davalos, Katerina Akassoglou","doi":"10.4161/intv.22214","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4161/intv.22214","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The neurovascular unit-comprised of glia, pericytes, neurons and cerebrovasculature-is a dynamic interface that ensures physiological central nervous system (CNS) functioning. In disease dynamic remodeling of the neurovascular interface triggers a cascade of responses that determine the extent of CNS degeneration and repair. The dynamics of these processes can be adequately captured by imaging in vivo, which allows the study of cellular responses to environmental stimuli and cell-cell interactions in the living brain in real time. This perspective focuses on intravital imaging studies of the neurovascular unit in stroke, multiple sclerosis (MS) and Alzheimer disease (AD) models and discusses their potential for identifying novel therapeutic targets.</p>","PeriodicalId":14512,"journal":{"name":"IntraVital","volume":"1 2","pages":"87-94"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.4161/intv.22214","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"32648376","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
IntraVitalPub Date : 2012-10-01DOI: 10.4161/intv.23561
C. Alt, J. Runnels, G. S. Teo, Charles P. Lin
{"title":"In vivo tracking of hematopoietic cells in the retina of chimeric mice with a scanning laser ophthalmoscope","authors":"C. Alt, J. Runnels, G. S. Teo, Charles P. Lin","doi":"10.4161/intv.23561","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4161/intv.23561","url":null,"abstract":"We examine the effect of bone marrow transplantation (BMT) on retinal cell turnover by performing simultaneous cell tracking of native microglia and engrafting donor bone marrow-derived cell (BMDC) populations in the retinae of live mice using a custom-built multi-color confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscope (SLO) specifically developed for murine retinal imaging. CX3CR1GFP/+ mice whose retinal microglia express the green fluorescent protein (GFP) were exposed to a lethal dose of gamma radiation and subsequently rescued with bone marrow cells from universal DsRed donor mice. Over a time course of four months after the irradiation and BMT, progressive loss of GFP+ microglia was accompanied by delayed engraftment of DsRed+ BMDC. Morphologic examination revealed that the remaining GFP+ microglia were ramified, while engrafting DsRed+ cells exhibited both ramification and dendriform shape. Leukocyte endothelial interaction, normally absent in healthy retinal vasculature, was observed even after three months, indicating sustained inflammation long after the radiation exposure. Fluorescein angiography demonstrated that the blood-retina barrier is compromised early after irradiation. In vivo imaging provides a powerful means to study dynamic cellular processes over a broad range of timescales from seconds to months that have previously not been accessible by ex vivo analysis.","PeriodicalId":14512,"journal":{"name":"IntraVital","volume":"29 1","pages":"132 - 140"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88644595","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
IntraVitalPub Date : 2012-10-01DOI: 10.4161/intv.23423
Mynthia Cabrera, U. Frevert
{"title":"Novel in vivo imaging techniques for the liver microvasculature","authors":"Mynthia Cabrera, U. Frevert","doi":"10.4161/intv.23423","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4161/intv.23423","url":null,"abstract":"Intravital microscopy is a valuable tool in studying the liver, a complex organ with a unique sinusoidal microcirculation and both metabolic and immune functions. The liver is also subject to a large variety of diseases including viral, bacterial and parasitic infections. We developed novel recording techniques to visualize dynamic events in the hepatic microvasculature without the need of fluorescent markers. In combination with cellular and molecular probes, reporter mice and Plasmodium as a hepatotropic model microorganism, we demonstrate the power of these techniques in monitoring the development of the malaria parasite and the response of the hepatic microenvironment to infection.","PeriodicalId":14512,"journal":{"name":"IntraVital","volume":"37 1","pages":"107 - 114"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90698170","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
IntraVitalPub Date : 2012-10-01DOI: 10.4161/intv.23017
Claudio Vinegoni, Sungon Lee, Rostic Gorbatov, Ralph Weissleder
{"title":"Motion compensation using a suctioning stabilizer for intravital microscopy.","authors":"Claudio Vinegoni, Sungon Lee, Rostic Gorbatov, Ralph Weissleder","doi":"10.4161/intv.23017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4161/intv.23017","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Motion artifacts continue to present a major challenge to single cell imaging in cardiothoracic organs such as the beating heart, blood vessels, or lung. In this study, we present a new water-immersion suctioning stabilizer that enables minimally invasive intravital fluorescence microscopy using water-based stick objectives. The stabilizer works by reducing major motion excursions and can be used in conjunction with both prospective or retrospective gating approaches. We show that the new approach offers cellular resolution in the beating murine heart without perturbing normal physiology. In addition, because this technique allows multiple areas to be easily probed, it offers the opportunity for wide area coverage at high resolution.</p>","PeriodicalId":14512,"journal":{"name":"IntraVital","volume":"1 2","pages":"115-121"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.4161/intv.23017","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"31775851","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
IntraVitalPub Date : 2012-10-01DOI: 10.4161/intv.23471
M. Salaün, R. Modzelewski, J. Marie, S. Moreno-Swirc, G. Bourg-Heckly, L. Thiberville
{"title":"In vivo assessment of the pulmonary microcirculation in elastase-induced emphysema using probe-based confocal fluorescence microscopy","authors":"M. Salaün, R. Modzelewski, J. Marie, S. Moreno-Swirc, G. Bourg-Heckly, L. Thiberville","doi":"10.4161/intv.23471","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4161/intv.23471","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: The alveolar capillary bed, which appears essential for the maintenance of alveolar septa, is altered in pulmonary emphysema. Until recently, techniques that allow its analysis in vivo in spontaneously breathing conditions were lacking. Fibered confocal fluorescence microscopy (FCFM) is a new technique that enables distal lung microstructures imaging in vivo. FCFM can be coupled with I.V fluorescein injection to image the pulmonary capillary network. The aim of this study was to assess the lung microcirculation in vivo using FCFM and I.V fluorescein in rats with experimental emphysema. Results: In vivo pulmonary microcirculation imaging was possible in 7/7 elastase animals and in 6/7 controls. Using FCFM, intercapillary distances and alveolar facets diameters were found significantly higher in the elastase group compared with controls (49.5 vs. 41.8 µm p < 0.001, and 118.5 vs. 95.1 µm p < 0.001, respectively). Ex vivo mean interwall distance (MIWD) was correlated with the alveolar facets diameters measured in vivo (rs = 0.65 ; p = 0.016). Methods: 14 Sprague-Dawley rats were assigned to intratracheal instillation of porcine pancreatic elastase (n = 7) or saline (n = 7). The subpleural microcirculation was assessed using FCFM in spontaneously breathing rats, through a 2mm thoracic window using a continuous aspiration system, after I.V. injection of fluorescein-dextran. FCFM sequences were recorded and the image analysis was performed separately by two observers, blindly to the animal group. Fluorescence intensity (FI), maximal intercapillary distances, and alveolar facets diameters measured with FCFM were compared between groups, and to ex vivo lung morphometric measurements (MIWD). Conclusion: FCFM allows the quantitative assessment of the microcirculation alterations due to emphysema in vivo.","PeriodicalId":14512,"journal":{"name":"IntraVital","volume":"50 1","pages":"122 - 131"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91525013","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}