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Application of an optical clearing reagent "Scale" to fish pathology

Research Project

Project/Area Number 25660154
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Aquatic bioproduction science
Research InstitutionTokyo University of Marine Science and Technology

Principal Investigator

ENDO Makoto  東京海洋大学, その他部局等, 教授 (80128355)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) MAITA Masashi  東京海洋大学, 学術研究院, 教授 (60238839)
KATAGIRI Takayuki  東京海洋大学, 学術研究院, 助教 (50361811)
FUTAMI Kunihiko  東京海洋大学, 学術研究院, 助教 (00513459)
Project Period (FY) 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Keywords組織透明化試薬 / 蛍光標識 / 魚類病原細菌 / 病理組織学 / 分子生物学 / 透明化 / CUBIC / Scale / 病理学 / 細菌 / 感染症 / 免疫学 / 蛍光
Outline of Final Research Achievements

Fish diseases are generally diagnosed by histological and/or molecular biological analysis following the observation by eyes. However, it is difficult to examine the whole body and clarify the localization of pathogens. Here, we investigated whether the recently developed transparent techniques such as Scale, SeeDB, ClearT and CUBIC are applicable to diagnosis of fish diseases.
CUBIC, which is modified from Scale was most effectively transparentized the fish body, and applicable to imaging of GFP and immunostaining. Furthermore, Aeromonas hydrophila labeled with DAPI could be visualized under a fluorescent microscope. Although DNAs were preserved in all transparent specimens and applicable to PCR, RNA was degraded by CUBIC due to containing basic aminoalcohols. On the other hand, RNA was highly preserved in organs treated with SeeDB or ClearT. Our results indicate that proper use of transparent techniques enable whole body diagnosis of the infectious disease in fish.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2015 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2014 Research-status Report
  • 2013 Research-status Report

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Published: 2014-07-25   Modified: 2019-07-29  

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