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ArticleFrontiers in neuroanatomy2016

A Simple and Efficient In Vivo Non-viral RNA Transfection Method for Labeling the Whole Axonal Tree of Individual Adult Long-Range Projection Neurons.

César Porrero, Javier Rodríguez-Moreno, José I Quetglas, Cristian Smerdou, Takahiro Furuta, Francisco Clascá

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Article in Frontiers in neuroanatomy, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

César PorreroDepartment of Anatomy and Neuroscience, School of Medicine, Autónoma University Madrid, Spain.
Javier Rodríguez-MorenoDepartment of Anatomy and Neuroscience, School of Medicine, Autónoma University Madrid, Spain.
José I QuetglasLaboratorio de Vectores, Centro de Investigación Médica AplicadaPamplona, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Navarra, Navarra Institute for Health ResearchPamplona, Spain.
Cristian SmerdouLaboratorio de Vectores, Centro de Investigación Médica AplicadaPamplona, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Navarra, Navarra Institute for Health ResearchPamplona, Spain.
Takahiro FurutaDepartment of Morphological Brain Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University Kyoto, Japan.
Francisco ClascáDepartment of Anatomy and Neuroscience, School of Medicine, Autónoma University Madrid, Spain.
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid · ESNavarre Institute of Health Research · ESKyoto University · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We report a highly efficient, simple, and non-infective method for labeling individual long-range projection neurons (LRPNs) in a specific location with enough sparseness and intensity to allow complete and unambiguous reconstructions of their entire axonal tree. The method is based on the "in vivo" transfection of a large RNA construct that drives the massive expression of green fluorescent protein. The method combines two components: injection of a small volume of a hyperosmolar NaCl solution containing the Pal-eGFP-Sindbis RNA construct (Furuta et al., 2001), followed by the application of high-frequency electric current pulses through the micropipette tip. We show that, although each component alone increases transfection efficacy, compared to simple volume injections of standard RNA solution, the highest efficacy (85.7%) is achieved by the combination of both components. In contrast with the infective viral Sindbis vector, RNA transfection occurs exclusively at the position of the injection micropipette tip. This method simplifies consistently labeling one or a few isolated neurons per brain, a strategy that allows unambiguously resolving and quantifying the brain-wide and often multi-branched monosynaptic circuits created by LRPNs.

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axon tracingconnectomicselectroporationnon-viral RNA transfectionSindbis

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PMCPMC4796015
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