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ArticleJournal of neuroinflammation2019

Visualizing neuroinflammation with fluorescence and luminescent lanthanide-based in situ hybridization.

Lindsay M Parker, Nima Sayyadi, Vasiliki Staikopoulos, Ashish Shrestha, Mark R Hutchinson, Nicolle H Packer

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Article in Journal of neuroinflammation, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Lindsay M ParkerDepartment of Molecular Sciences and ARC Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale Biophotonics, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW, 2109, Australia. lindsay.parker@mq.edu.au.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4545-8811
Nima SayyadiDepartment of Molecular Sciences and ARC Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale Biophotonics, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW, 2109, Australia.
Vasiliki StaikopoulosARC Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale Biophotonics, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Ashish ShresthaDepartment of Molecular Sciences and ARC Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale Biophotonics, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW, 2109, Australia.
Mark R HutchinsonARC Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale Biophotonics, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Nicolle H PackerDepartment of Molecular Sciences and ARC Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale Biophotonics, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW, 2109, Australia.
Macquarie University · AUThe University of Adelaide · AUGriffith University · AU

Funding

Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Research Award DE180100206Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale Biophotonics, Australian Research Council CE140100003
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundNeurokine signaling via the release of neurally active cytokines arises from glial reactivity and is mechanistically implicated in central nervous system (CNS) pathologies such as chronic pain, trauma, neurodegenerative diseases, and complex psychiatric illnesses. Despite significant advancements in the methodologies used to conjugate, incorporate, and visualize fluorescent molecules, imaging of rare yet high potency events within the CNS is restricted by the low signal to noise ratio experienced within the CNS. The brain and spinal cord have high cellular autofluorescence, making the imaging of critical neurokine signaling and permissive transcriptional cellular events unreliable and difficult in many cases.

methodsIn this manuscript, we developed a method for background-free imaging of the transcriptional events that precede neurokine signaling using targeted mRNA transcripts labeled with luminescent lanthanide chelates and imaged via time-gated microscopy. To provide examples of the usefulness this method can offer to the field, the mRNA expression of toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) was visualized with traditional fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) or luminescent lanthanide chelate-based in situ hybridization (LISH) in mouse BV2 microglia or J774 macrophage phenotype cells following lipopolysaccharide stimulation. TLR4 mRNA staining using LISH- and FISH-based methods was also visualized in fixed spinal cord tissues from BALB/c mice with a chronic constriction model of neuropathic pain or a surgical sham model in order to demonstrate the application of this new methodology in CNS tissue samples.

resultsSignificant increases in TLR4 mRNA expression and autofluorescence were visualized over time in mouse BV2 microglia or mouse J774 macrophage phenotype cells following lipopolysaccharide (LPS) stimulation. When imaged in a background-free environment with LISH-based detection and time-gated microscopy, increased TLR4 mRNA was observed in BV2 microglia cells 4 h following LPS stimulation, which returned to near baseline levels by 24 h. Background-free imaging of mouse spinal cord tissues with LISH-based detection and time-gated microscopy demonstrated a high degree of regional TLR4 mRNA expression in BALB/c mice with a chronic constriction model of neuropathic pain compared to the surgical sham model.

conclusionsAdvantages offered by adopting this novel methodology for visualizing neurokine signaling with time-gated microscopy compared to traditional fluorescent microscopy are provided.

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AnimalsCell Line, TransformedChronic PainDisease Models, AnimalFluorescenceGene Expression RegulationGlial Fibrillary Acidic ProteinIn Situ HybridizationIn Vitro TechniquesLanthanoid Series ElementsLipopolysaccharidesLuminescenceMacrophagesMaleMiceMice, Inbred BALB CGlial Fibrillary Acidic ProteinLanthanoid Series ElementsLipopolysaccharidesRNA, MessengerToll-Like Receptor 4Chronic painMacrophagesMicrogliaNeuroinflammationNeurokineTime-gating microscopy

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PMID30898121
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