State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases and National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Department of Comprehensive Dentistry, Texas A&M University College of Dentistry, Dallas, Texas, USA.
Methods Mol Biol. 2021;2319:1-13. doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-1480-8_1.
Tissue clearing techniques turn tissue transparent through a series of chemical and physical treatments. They have provided a useful tool for three-dimensional (3-D) imaging to study tissue spatial organization and interactions. Many tissue clearing methods have been developed in recent years. Each method has its own application range depending on the purposes of the study. Three criteria for selecting an appropriate clearing method include clearing transparency, fluorescence preservation, and broad tissue applicability. PEG-associated solvent system (PEGASOS) emerged recently as a solvent-based tissue clearing method capable of rendering diverse tissues highly transparent while preserving fluorescence. Combined with vascular labeling techniques, PEGASOS method enables 3-D visualization of vasculature in whole tissues at subcellular resolution. Here, we describe the standard PEGASOS passive immersion protocol and several compatible vascular labeling techniques. Methods of 3-D imaging, data processing, and annotations are also briefly introduced.
组织透明化技术通过一系列化学和物理处理将组织变为透明。它们为研究组织空间结构和相互作用的三维(3-D)成像提供了有用的工具。近年来已经开发了许多组织透明化方法。每种方法都有自己的应用范围,具体取决于研究的目的。选择合适的透明化方法的三个标准包括透明化程度、荧光保存和广泛的组织适用性。PEG 相关溶剂系统(PEGASOS)最近作为一种基于溶剂的组织透明化方法出现,能够使多种组织高度透明,同时保留荧光。与血管标记技术结合使用时,PEGASOS 方法能够以亚细胞分辨率对整个组织中的血管进行 3-D 可视化。在这里,我们描述了标准的 PEGASOS 被动浸泡方案和几种兼容的血管标记技术。还简要介绍了 3-D 成像、数据处理和注释的方法。