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Virtual histology of transgenic mouse embryos for high-throughput phenotyping.


ABSTRACT: A bold new effort to disrupt every gene in the mouse genome necessitates systematic, interdisciplinary approaches to analyzing patterning defects in the mouse embryo. We present a novel, rapid, and inexpensive method for obtaining high-resolution virtual histology for phenotypic assessment of mouse embryos. Using osmium tetroxide to differentially stain tissues followed by volumetric X-ray computed tomography to image whole embryos, isometric resolutions of 27 mum or 8 mum were achieved with scan times of 2 h or 12 h, respectively, using mid-gestation E9.5-E12.5 embryos. The datasets generated by this method are immediately amenable to state-of-the-art computational methods of organ patterning analysis. This technique to assess embryo anatomy represents a significant improvement in resolution, time, and expense for the quantitative, three-dimensional analysis of developmental patterning defects attributed to genetically engineered mutations and chemically induced embryotoxicity.

SUBMITTER: Johnson JT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1449902 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Virtual histology of transgenic mouse embryos for high-throughput phenotyping.

Johnson John T JT   Hansen Mark S MS   Wu Isabel I   Healy Lindsey J LJ   Johnson Christopher R CR   Jones Greg M GM   Capecchi Mario R MR   Keller Charles C  

PLoS genetics 20060428 4


A bold new effort to disrupt every gene in the mouse genome necessitates systematic, interdisciplinary approaches to analyzing patterning defects in the mouse embryo. We present a novel, rapid, and inexpensive method for obtaining high-resolution virtual histology for phenotypic assessment of mouse embryos. Using osmium tetroxide to differentially stain tissues followed by volumetric X-ray computed tomography to image whole embryos, isometric resolutions of 27 mum or 8 mum were achieved with sca  ...[more]

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