Whole mouse body histology using standard IgG antibodies

Autor: Hongcheng Mai, Jie Luo, Luciano Hoeher, Rami Al-Maskari, Izabela Horvath, Johannes C. Paetzold, Mihail Todorov, Farida Hellal, Ali Ertürk
Rok vydání: 2023
DOI: 10.1101/2023.02.17.528921
Popis: Most diseases involve multiple interconnected physiological systems, but histological evaluation of their pathology is currently limited to small tissue samples. Here, we present wildDISCO, a technology that uses cholesterol extraction to enable deep tissue penetration of standard 150 kDa IgG antibodies in chemically fixed whole mice. Combining wildDISCO with whole mouse clearing, we generate whole-body maps of the nervous, immune, and lymphatic systems and show their close interactions throughout the mouse body.Graphical AbstractHighlightsWildDISCO uses new tissue chemistry based on β-cyclodextrin to enable histology in whole mouse bodies using full-size antibodiesWildDISCO generates the first whole mouse body atlases for neurons, immune cells, blood and lymph vesselsThe whole mouse atlases are available online to study the biological systems in health and diseaseVirtual Reality (VR) exploration of these atlases disentangles complex anatomical structures between organs and biological systemsSupplementary Videos can be seen athttp://discotechnologies.org/wildDISCO/
Databáze: OpenAIRE