Journal: Medical Principles and Practice
Article Title: Long-Lasting Suppression of Mechanical Allodynia in Mice by Intrathecal Administration of an Anti-Cell Adhesion Molecule 1 Antibody
doi: 10.1159/000547340
Figure Lengend Snippet: Live imaging of 3E1-injected intrathecally into mice. a Upper panel; X-ray transmission image of a mouse. The contrast agent was injected intrathecally between lumbar vertebrae L1 and L2 (indicated by an arrowhead). The scale on the lower border of the picture indicates the slice number of the CT scan. Lower panel; CT scan image. Three images numbered 64, 68, and 81 are shown. The contrast agent is visible in white. b Chicken-mouse chimeric 3E1 (cm3E1) and control mouse IgG1 (mIgG) labeled with ICG (15 μg each) were administered intrathecally to back-shaved mice at the L5/L6 intervertebral space (indicated by arrowheads in the leftmost panel). ICG fluorescence was detected at the indicated timepoints. d0, the immediately after injection; d1–d7 and d23, days 1 to 7 and 23 (d1 means 24 h after the injection). On d23, the mouse was skinned prior to imaging; the framed area is enlarged in the inset.
Article Snippet: ICG-labeled cm3E1 or control mIgG1 (15 μg, each) was administered intrathecally to the L5/L6 intervertebral space of mice whose backs had been shaved, and ICG fluorescence was detected at the indicated timepoints using the Pearl Trilogy Small Animal Fluorescence Imaging system (LI-COR, Tokyo, Japan).
Techniques: Imaging, Injection, Transmission Assay, Computed Tomography, Control, Labeling, Fluorescence