In vivo imaging of spinal cord in contusion injury model mice by multi-photon microscopy

Y. Oshima; H. Horiuchi; T. Ogata; A. Hikita; H. Miura; T. Imamura

doi:10.1117/12.2041042

4 March 2014 In vivo imaging of spinal cord in contusion injury model mice by multi-photon microscopy

Y. Oshima, H. Horiuchi, T. Ogata, A. Hikita, H. Miura, T. Imamura

Proceedings Volume 8947, Imaging, Manipulation, and Analysis of Biomolecules, Cells, and Tissues XII; 894708 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2041042
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2014, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Fluorescent imaging technique is a promising method and has been developed for in vivo applications in cellular biology. In particular, nonlinear optical imaging technique, multi-photon microscopy has make it possible to analyze deep portion of tissues in living animals such as axons of spinal code. Traumatic spinal cord injuries (SCIs) are usually caused by contusion damages. Therefore, observation of spinal cord tissue after the contusion injury is necessary for understanding cellular dynamics in response to traumatic SCI and development of the treatment for traumatic SCI. Our goal is elucidation of mechanism for degeneration of axons after contusion injuries by establishing SCI model and chronic observation of injured axons in the living animals. Firstly we generated and observed acute SCI model by contusion injury. By using a multi-photon microscope, axons in dorsal cord were visualized approximately 140 micron in depth from the surface. Immediately after injury, minimal morphological change of spinal cord was observed. At 3 days after injury, spinal cord was swelling and the axons seem to be fragmented. At 7 days after injury, increased degradation of axons could be observed, although the image was blurred due to accumulation of the connective tissue. In the present study, we successfully observed axon degeneration after the contusion SCI in a living animal in vivo. Our final goal is to understand molecular mechanisms and cellular dynamics in response to traumatic SCIs in acute and chronic stage.

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Y. Oshima, H. Horiuchi, T. Ogata, A. Hikita, H. Miura, and T. Imamura "In vivo imaging of spinal cord in contusion injury model mice by multi-photon microscopy", Proc. SPIE 8947, Imaging, Manipulation, and Analysis of Biomolecules, Cells, and Tissues XII, 894708 (4 March 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2041042

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Injuries

Spinal cord

Axons

Microscopy

In vivo imaging

Multiphoton microscopy

Luminescence

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