Journal: The Journal of comparative neurology
Article Title: Using tissue clearing and light sheet fluorescence microscopy for the three-dimensional analysis of sensory and sympathetic nerve endings that innervate bone and dental tissue of mice.
doi: 10.1002/cne.25582
Figure Lengend Snippet: FIGURE 5 Whole-tissue immunolabeling and three-dimensional (3D) fluorescence imaging to visualize protein gene product 9.5 (PGP9.5)-labeled nerve fibers and their endings in the mouse mandible and surrounding tissues. (a) A simplified schematic representation of the neuronal distribution in the mouse mandible. (b) An 800 μm maximum intensity z-projection showing the distribution of inferior alveolar nerve branches through the mandible (scale bar, 500 μm). (c) A 3D-reconstructed image of the dental pulp after surface rendering (scale bar, 500 μm). (d) Schematic representation indicating the location from which e-j were sampled and viewed. (e) A 400 μm z-projection showing a bundle of nerve fibers that entered the molar through the apical foramen (arrows) and an accessory canal (arrowhead) (scale bar, 100 μm). (f) A 150 μm z-projection showing nerve fibers running through the mandibular alveolar bone, including the marrow, and nerve terminal endings in the periodontal ligament (arrowheads). Arrows indicate PGP9.5-labeled cells in the alveolar bone (scale bar, 100 μm). (g) An 80 μm z-projection showing nerve fibers running through the mandibular alveolar bone, including the marrow, and complex Ruffini-like endings in the periodontal ligament (open arrow)
Article Snippet: Primary antibody Immunogen Manufacturing details Specificity/Characterization Dilution Calcitonin gene–related peptide (CGRP) Synthetic CGRP (rat) conjugated to KLH Sigma-Aldrich; rabbit polyclonal; Cat C8198, RRID: AB_259091 Lorenzo et al. (2008), Yen et al. (2006) 1:1000 Protein gene product 9.5 (PGP9.5) 15 amino synthetic peptide located near the C-terminus of human PGP9.5 (UCHL1) Cedarlane Laboratories; rabbit polyclonal; Cat CL7756AP, RRID: AB_2792979 Doran et al. (1983) 1:500 Tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) Denatured TH from rat pheochromocytoma Millipore; rabbit polyclonal; Cat AB152, RRID: AB_390204 Brown et al. (2011) 1:1000 Secondary antibody Manufacturing details Dilution Donkey anti-Rabbit Alexa Flour 647 Invitrogen; Cat A31573 1:1000 Abbreviation: KLH, keyhole limpet hemocyanin. antibodieswere replacedwithpreimmune serum fromthe samesource species, no staining was observed (Lorenzo et al., 2008; Yen et al., 2006).
Techniques: Immunolabeling, Fluorescence, Imaging, Labeling