Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology (Hans Knoell Institute), Beutenbergstrasse 11a, 07745 Jena, Germany.
Mol Imaging Biol. 2011 Apr;13(2):208-14. doi: 10.1007/s11307-010-0355-4.
The chick embryo in ovo is a well-accessible and economical in vivo model, but its use in molecular imaging has been limited because of motion artifacts on resulting images. The purpose of this study was to develop a method using narcotics to inhibit motility and to perform motion-artifact-free imaging of living chick embryos in ovo.
Chick embryos in ovo were narcotized using three different narcotics: isoflurane, 2,2,2-tribromoethanol, and urethane/α-chloralose. Narcotized embryos were imaged using micro-computed tomography (microCT) at days 10-18 of incubation, and the resulting images were analyzed for reduction of motion artifacts.
All three anesthetics could be used for anesthetizing living chick embryos in ovo thus allowing the acquisition of motion-artifact-free images.
Our experiments revealed that isoflurane is the best-suited narcotic for single and repeated applications to image living chick embryos in ovo.
鸡胚在卵内是一种易于接近且经济的体内模型,但由于图像上存在运动伪影,其在分子成像中的应用受到限制。本研究的目的是开发一种使用麻醉剂抑制运动的方法,并对在卵内的活体鸡胚进行无运动伪影的成像。
使用三种不同的麻醉剂(异氟烷、2,2,2-三溴乙醇和氨基甲酸乙酯/α-氯醛)对在卵内的鸡胚进行麻醉。对孵化第 10-18 天的麻醉胚胎进行微计算机断层扫描(microCT)成像,并对所得图像进行运动伪影减少的分析。
三种麻醉剂均可用于麻醉在卵内的活体鸡胚,从而可以获得无运动伪影的图像。
我们的实验表明,异氟烷最适合单次和重复应用于在卵内成像的活体鸡胚。