Live Cell Imaging of Chemotactic Dendritic Cell Migration in Explanted Mouse Ear Preparations

Weber M, Sixt MK. 2013.Live Cell Imaging of Chemotactic Dendritic Cell Migration in Explanted Mouse Ear Preparations. In: Chemokines. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol. 1013, 215–226.

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Cardona, Astrid; Ubogu, Eroboghene
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Methods in Molecular Biology
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Leukocyte migration through the interstitial space is crucial for the maintenance of tolerance and immunity. The main cues for leukocyte trafficking are chemokines thought to directionally guide these cells towards their targets. However, model systems that facilitate quantification of chemokine-guided leukocyte migration in vivo are uncommon. Here we describe an ex vivo crawl-in assay using explanted mouse ears that allows the visualization of chemokine-dependent dendritic cell (DC) motility in the dermal interstitium in real time. We present methods for the preparation of mouse ear sheets and their use in multidimensional confocal imaging experiments to monitor and analyze the directional migration of fluorescently labelled DCs through the dermis and into afferent lymphatic vessels. The assay provides a more physiological approach to study leukocyte migration than in vitro three-dimensional (3D) or 2-dimensional (2D) migration assays such as collagen gels and transwell assays.
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2013-04-03
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Chemokines
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Humana Press
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We would like to thank Alexander Eichner and Ingrid de Vries for discussion and critical reading of the manuscript, and Mary Frank for assistance with the recording of videos and images in Fig. 1. M.S. is supported through funding from the German Research Foundation (DFG). M.W. acknowledges the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation for funding.
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1013
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215-226
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Weber M, Sixt MK. Live Cell Imaging of Chemotactic Dendritic Cell Migration in Explanted Mouse Ear Preparations. In: Cardona A, Ubogu E, eds. Chemokines. Vol 1013. MIMB. Totowa, NJ: Humana Press; 2013:215-226. doi:10.1007/978-1-62703-426-5_14
Weber, M., & Sixt, M. K. (2013). Live Cell Imaging of Chemotactic Dendritic Cell Migration in Explanted Mouse Ear Preparations. In A. Cardona & E. Ubogu (Eds.), Chemokines (Vol. 1013, pp. 215–226). Totowa, NJ: Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-62703-426-5_14
Weber, Michele, and Michael K Sixt. “Live Cell Imaging of Chemotactic Dendritic Cell Migration in Explanted Mouse Ear Preparations.” In Chemokines, edited by Astrid Cardona and Eroboghene Ubogu, 1013:215–26. MIMB. Totowa, NJ: Humana Press, 2013. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-62703-426-5_14.
M. Weber and M. K. Sixt, “Live Cell Imaging of Chemotactic Dendritic Cell Migration in Explanted Mouse Ear Preparations,” in Chemokines, vol. 1013, A. Cardona and E. Ubogu, Eds. Totowa, NJ: Humana Press, 2013, pp. 215–226.
Weber M, Sixt MK. 2013.Live Cell Imaging of Chemotactic Dendritic Cell Migration in Explanted Mouse Ear Preparations. In: Chemokines. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol. 1013, 215–226.
Weber, Michele, and Michael K. Sixt. “Live Cell Imaging of Chemotactic Dendritic Cell Migration in Explanted Mouse Ear Preparations.” Chemokines, edited by Astrid Cardona and Eroboghene Ubogu, vol. 1013, Humana Press, 2013, pp. 215–26, doi:10.1007/978-1-62703-426-5_14.

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