title: An effective manual deboning method to prepare intact mouse nasal tissue with preserved anatomical organization.
abstract: The mammalian nose is a multi-functional organ with intricate internal structures. The nasal cavity is lined with various epithelia such as olfactory, respiratory, and squamous epithelia which differ markedly in anatomical locations, morphology, and functions. In adult mice, the nose is covered with various skull bones, limiting experimental access to internal structures, especially those in the posterior such as the main olfactory epithelium (MOE). Here we describe an effective method for obtaining almost the entire and intact nasal tissues with preserved anatomical organization. Using surgical tools under a dissecting microscope, we sequentially remove the skull bones surrounding the nasal tissue. This procedure can be performed on both paraformaldehyde-fixed and freshly dissected, skinned mouse heads. The entire deboning procedure takes about 20-30 min, which is significantly shorter than the experimental time required for conventional chemical-based decalcification. In addition, we present an easy method to remove air bubbles trapped between turbinates, which is critical for obtaining intact thin horizontal or coronal or sagittal sections from the nasal tissue preparation. Nasal tissue prepared using our method can be used for whole mount observation of the entire epithelia, as well as morphological, immunocytochemical, RNA in situ hybridization, and physiological studies, especially in studies where region-specific examination and comparison are of interest.
authors: Biological Sciences, University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA.
authors: David
authors: D
authors: Dunston
authors: Sarah
authors: S
authors: Ashby
authors: Kurt
authors: K
authors: Krosnowski
authors: Tatsuya
authors: T
authors: Ogura
authors: Weihong
authors: W
authors: Lin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004210:Dissection; D005004:Ethmoid Bone / Q000601:surgery; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D009295:Nasal Bone / Q000601:surgery; D009296:Nasal Cavity / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000601:surgery*; D009830:Olfactory Bulb / Q000601:surgery; D012886:Skull / Q000601:surgery*; D055172:Vomer / Q000601:surgery
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