期刊
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
卷 23, 期 12, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijms23126826
关键词
deep brain tissue; tissue clearing; refractive index matching solution; molecular imaging; low viscosity; simple immersion; light sheet fluorescence microscopy
资金
- KBRI research program through Korea Brain Research Institute - Ministry of Science, ICT & Future Planning [22-BR-03-02]
- Korea Health Technology R&D Project through the Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI) - Ministry of Health and Welfare, South Korea [H I14C1135]
- Technological innovation RD program [S3102652]
- Korean Government (MSIP) through the National Research Foundation of Korea [NRF-2020R1F1A1058459]
Recent advances in optical clearing techniques have improved deep tissue imaging by reducing light scattering and absorption. However, current methods have limitations and are complex. Researchers have developed a one-step tissue clearing solution called AICI that can rapidly clear and match refractive index, allowing for imaging without additional processing. AICI has low viscosity and remains fluid for extended periods of time, making it useful for various optical imaging applications.
Recent advances in optical clearing techniques have dramatically improved deep tissue imaging by reducing the obscuring effects of light scattering and absorption. However, these optical clearing methods require specialized equipment or a lengthy undertaking with complex protocols that can lead to sample volume changes and distortion. In addition, the imaging of cleared tissues has limitations, such as fluorescence bleaching, harmful and foul-smelling solutions, and the difficulty of handling samples in high-viscosity refractive index (RI) matching solutions. To address the various limitations of thick tissue imaging, we developed an Aqueous high refractive Index matching and tissue Clearing solution for Imaging (termed AICI) with a one-step tissue clearing protocol that was easily made at a reasonable price in our own laboratory without any equipment. AICI can rapidly clear a 1 mm thick brain slice within 90 min with simultaneous RI matching, low viscosity, and a high refractive index (RI = 1.466), allowing the imaging of the sample without additional processing. We compared AICI with commercially available RI matching solutions, including optical clear agents (OCAs), for tissue clearing. The viscosity of AICI is closer to that of water compared with other RI matching solutions, and there was a less than 2.3% expansion in the tissue linear morphology during 24 h exposure to AICI. Moreover, AICI remained fluid over 30 days of air exposure, and the EGFP fluorescence signal was only reduced to similar to 65% after 10 days. AICI showed a limited clearing of brain tissue >3 mm thick. However, fine neuronal structures, such as dendritic spines and axonal boutons, could still be imaged in thick brain slices treated with AICI. Therefore, AICI is useful not only for the three-dimensional (3D) high-resolution identification of neuronal structures, but also for the examination of multiple structural imaging by neuronal distribution, projection, and gene expression in deep brain tissue. AICI is applicable beyond the imaging of fluorescent antibodies and dyes, and can clear a variety of tissue types, making it broadly useful to researchers for optical imaging applications.
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