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ArticleeLife2019

Primed Track, high-fidelity lineage tracing in mouse pre-implantation embryos using primed conversion of photoconvertible proteins.

Maaike Welling, Manuel Alexander Mohr, Aaron Ponti, Lluc Rullan Sabater, Andrea Boni, Yumiko K Kawamura, Prisca Liberali, Antoine Hfm Peters, Pawel Pelczar, Periklis Pantazis

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Article in eLife, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 42% of its field
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What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Maaike Welling *Department for Biosystems Science and Engineering (D-BSSE), ETH Zurich, Basel, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-3253-3410
Manuel Alexander Mohr *Department for Biosystems Science and Engineering (D-BSSE), ETH Zurich, Basel, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-5189-541X
Aaron PontiDepartment for Biosystems Science and Engineering (D-BSSE), ETH Zurich, Basel, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-4406-3508
Lluc Rullan SabaterDepartment for Biosystems Science and Engineering (D-BSSE), ETH Zurich, Basel, Switzerland.
Andrea BoniFriedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research (FMI), Basel, Switzerland.
Yumiko K KawamuraFriedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research (FMI), Basel, Switzerland.
Prisca LiberaliFriedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research (FMI), Basel, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-0695-6081
Antoine Hfm PetersFriedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research (FMI), Basel, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-0311-1887
Pawel PelczarCenter for Transgenic Models (CTM), University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Periklis PantazisDepartment for Biosystems Science and Engineering (D-BSSE), ETH Zurich, Basel, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-8367-9332
ETH Zurich · CHFriedrich Miescher Institute · CHUniversity of Basel · CHHoward Hughes Medical Institute · US

Funding

European Research Council ERC-AdG-695288European Research Council ERC-StG-758617European Union Seventh Framework Programme CIG-334552-SIEAVDRoyal Society Wolfson Research Merit AwardSwiss National Science Foundation 31003A_144048Swiss National Science Foundation POOP3_157531
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Accurate lineage reconstruction of mammalian pre-implantation development is essential for inferring the earliest cell fate decisions. Lineage tracing using global fluorescence labeling techniques is complicated by increasing cell density and rapid embryo rotation, which hampers automatic alignment and accurate cell tracking of obtained four-dimensional imaging data sets. Here, we exploit the advantageous properties of primed convertible fluorescent proteins (pr-pcFPs) to simultaneously visualize the global green and the photoconverted red population in order to minimize tracking uncertainties over prolonged time windows. Confined primed conversion of H2B-pr-mEosFP-labeled nuclei combined with light-sheet imaging greatly facilitates segmentation, classification, and tracking of individual nuclei from the 4-cell stage up to the blastocyst. Using green and red labels as fiducial markers, we computationally correct for rotational and translational drift, reduce overall data size, and accomplish high-fidelity lineage tracing even for increased imaging time intervals - addressing major concerns in the field of volumetric embryo imaging.

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BlastocystLightAnimalsCell LineageEmbryonic DevelopmentFluorescenceMicedevelopmental biologyembryolineage tracingmousepre-implantationprimed conversionvolumetric imaging

Identifiers

PMID30663981
PMCPMC6340703
OpenAlexW2910995323

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