Visualizing Collagen Fibrils in the Cochlea's Tectorial and Basilar Membranes Using a Fluorescently Labeled Collagen-Binding Protein Fragment.

Autor: de Sousa Lobo Ferreira Querido R; Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA., Ji X; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.; Department of Chemistry, Barnard College, New York, NY, USA., Lakha R; Department of Chemistry, Barnard College, New York, NY, USA., Goodyear RJ; Sussex Neuroscience, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK., Richardson GP; Sussex Neuroscience, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK., Vizcarra CL; Department of Chemistry, Barnard College, New York, NY, USA., Olson ES; Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA. eao2004@columbia.edu.; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA. eao2004@columbia.edu.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology : JARO [J Assoc Res Otolaryngol] 2023 Apr; Vol. 24 (2), pp. 147-157. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Feb 01.
DOI: 10.1007/s10162-023-00889-z
Abstrakt: Purpose: A probe that binds to unfixed collagen fibrils was used to image the shapes and fibrous properties of the TM and BM. The probe (CNA35) is derived from the bacterial adhesion protein CNA. We present confocal images of hydrated gerbil TM, BM, and other cochlear structures stained with fluorescently labeled CNA35. A primary purpose of this article is to describe the use of the CNA35 collagen probe in the cochlea.
Methods: Recombinant poly-histidine-tagged CNA35 was expressed in Escherichia coli, purified by cobalt-affinity chromatography, fluorescence labeled, and further purified by gel filtration chromatography. Cochleae from freshly harvested gerbil bullae were irrigated with and then incubated in CNA35 for periods ranging from 2 h - overnight. The cochleae were fixed, decalcified, and dissected. Isolated cochlear turns were imaged by confocal microscopy.
Results: The CNA35 probe stained the BM and TM, and volumetric imaging revealed the shape of these structures and the collagen fibrils within them. The limbal zone of the TM stained intensely. In samples from the cochlear base, intense staining was detected on the side of the TM that faces hair cells. In the BM pectinate zone, staining was intense at the upper and lower boundaries. The BM arcuate zone was characterized by a prominent longitudinal collagenous structure. The spiral ligament, limbus and lamina stained for collagen, and within the spiral limbus the habenula perforata were outlined with intense staining.
Conclusion: The CNA35 probe provides a unique and useful view of collagenous structures in the cochlea.
(© 2023. The Author(s) under exclusive licence to Association for Research in Otolaryngology.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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