title: Ex vivo method for high resolution imaging of cilia motility in rodent airway epithelia.
abstract: An ex vivo technique for imaging mouse airway epithelia for quantitative analysis of motile cilia function important for insight into mucociliary clearance function has been established. Freshly harvested mouse trachea is cut longitudinally through the trachealis muscle and mounted in a shallow walled chamber on a glass-bottomed dish. The trachea sample is positioned along its long axis to take advantage of the trachealis muscle to curl longitudinally. This allows imaging of ciliary motion in the profile view along the entire tracheal length. Videos at 200 frames/sec are obtained using differential interference contrast microscopy and a high speed digital camera to allow quantitative analysis of cilia beat frequency and ciliary waveform. With the addition of fluorescent beads during imaging, cilia generated fluid flow also can be determined. The protocol time spans approximately 30 min, with 5 min for chamber preparation, 5-10 min for sample mounting, and 10-15 min for videomicroscopy.
authors: Department of Developmental Biology, University of Pittsburgh, USA.
authors: Richard
authors: R
authors: Francis
authors: Cecilia
authors: C
authors: Lo
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002923:Cilia / Q000502:physiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D051379:Mice; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence / Q000379:methods; D018715:Microscopy, Video / Q000379:methods*; D020545:Respiratory Mucosa / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D014132:Trachea / Q000502:physiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure
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