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Whole Mount Labeling of Cilia in the Main Olfactory System of Mice
Authors:Sonja Oberland  Eva Maria Neuhaus
Institution:1.Pharmacology and Toxicology, Universitaetsklinikum Jena;2.Charite-Universitaetsmedizin Berlin
Abstract:The mouse olfactory system comprises 6-10 million olfactory sensory neurons in the epithelium lining the nasal cavity. Olfactory neurons extend a single dendrite to the surface of the epithelium, ending in a structure called dendritic knob. Cilia emanate from this knob into the mucus covering the epithelial surface. The proteins of the olfactory signal transduction cascade are mainly localized in the ciliary membrane, being in direct contact with volatile substances in the environment. For a detailed understanding of olfactory signal transduction, one important aspect is the exact morphological analysis of signaling protein distribution. Using light microscopical approaches in conventional cryosections, protein localization in olfactory cilia is difficult to determine due to the density of ciliary structures. To overcome this problem, we optimized an approach for whole mount labeling of cilia, leading to improved visualization of their morphology and the distribution of signaling proteins. We demonstrate the power of this approach by comparing whole mount and conventional cryosection labeling of Kirrel2. This axon-guidance adhesion molecule is known to localize in a subset of sensory neurons and their axons in an activity-dependent manner. Whole mount cilia labeling revealed an additional and novel picture of the localization of this protein.
Keywords:Neuroscience  Issue 94  Olfactory system  cilia  immunohistochemistry  signal transduction  Kirrel  olfactory receptor  mOR-EG  en face preparation
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