Baker Vivian, Budinger Dimitri, Riechers Sean-Patrick, Heneka Michael T
Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine, University of Luxembourg, 6 Avenue du Swing, 4367 Esch-Belval, Luxembourg.
Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine, University of Luxembourg, 6 Avenue du Swing, 4367 Esch-Belval, Luxembourg.
STAR Protoc. 2025 Apr 3;6(2):103723. doi: 10.1016/j.xpro.2025.103723.
Microglia and neurons can connect via tunneling nanotubes (TNTs), facilitating the transfer of organelles, vesicles, and proteins. Here, we present a protocol for visualizing murine TNT formation and material transfer between neurons and microglia in both fixed samples and samples for live-cell imaging, as well as for flow cytometry. We describe steps for identifying and measuring TNTs and quantifying the transport of aggregated proteins, such as α-synuclein or tau, between these cells. For complete details on the use and execution of this protocol, please refer to Scheiblich et al..
小胶质细胞和神经元可通过隧道纳米管(TNTs)相连,促进细胞器、囊泡和蛋白质的转移。在此,我们提供了一种方法,用于在固定样本以及活细胞成像样本和流式细胞术样本中观察小鼠TNTs的形成以及神经元与小胶质细胞之间的物质转移。我们描述了识别和测量TNTs以及量化这些细胞之间聚集蛋白(如α-突触核蛋白或tau蛋白)转运的步骤。有关该方法的使用和执行的完整详细信息,请参考Scheiblich等人的研究。