Journal: STAR Protocols
Article Title: Protocol for generating and analyzing organ-on-chip using human and mouse intestinal organoids
doi: 10.1016/j.xpro.2024.103037
Figure Lengend Snippet: Staining of human OoC (A) 3D reconstruction of human colon OoC showing intact barrier at the cell-Collagen I interface. (B) Images show the epithelial barrier formed at the cell-Collagen I interface (arrow) from different angles. The main image shows the XY orientation. The lower panel shows the XZ and the right panel the YZ view. The yellow crosshairs show the location of the optical cut. Scale bar 500 μm. (C) Graphical representation of the crypt-villus structure present in vivo . Brightfield and confocal microscopy image showing the crypt-villus structure formed at the cell-Collagen I interface in the OoC. Scale bar 200 μm and 100 μm respectively. Optical cross-section showing of invaginations of the cell monolayer and the presence of ZO-1 marking the apical surface. The main image shows the XY orientation. The lower panel shows the XZ and the right panel the YZ view, the yellow crosshairs the location of the optical cut. Scale bar 20 μm. (D) Orthogonal cross section of a z-stack showing the polarization of the cells with stress fibers (left image) as sign for cell attachment, nuclei within the cells (middle image) and microvilli structures towards the apical side (right image). XZ and YZ projections depict the basal and apical (∗) polarization of the cells with shedding cells on the apical side marked by arrow heads. The plot shows the mean intensity (actin) of each z-stack. Scale bar 25 μm. (E) The basal side (b) containing stress fibers shows a trend towards lower actin intensity while the apical side (a) shows an enrichment of actin which is caused by dense microvilli coverage. In all images actin in shown in magenta and nuclei in cyan. The right image in panel C shows tight junction protein ZO-1 in gray.
Article Snippet: Bovine collagen I (TeloCol-6 bovine type I collagen solution, 6 mg/mL) , Advanced Biomatrix , Cat#5225.
Techniques: Staining, In Vivo, Confocal Microscopy, Cell Attachment Assay