Two-photon imaging of t-cell motility in lymph nodes: In vivo and ex vivo approaches




Akira Takeda, Masayuki Miyasaka, Eiji Umemoto

Ishii M.

PublisherHumana Press Inc.

2018

Intravital Imaging of Dynamic Bone and Immune Systems

Methods in Molecular Biology

1763

43

52

10

978-1-4939-7761-1

978-1-4939-7762-8

1064-3745

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-7762-8_5



T-cell motility is essential for the T cells’ ability to scan antigens within lymph nodes and initiate contact with antigen-presenting cells. While T-cell migration has been extensively studied using in vitro migration assays, accumulating evidence indicates that the T-cell migration within lymph nodes is modulated by the surrounding cells and extracellular matrix, which form the confined architecture of the lymph nodes. Therefore, to understand the mechanisms of T-cell motility in vivo, their cell migration must be analyzed under physiological conditions. To this end, two-photon microscopy is extremely useful; this technique enables the tracking of fluorescently labeled cells in vivo and ex vivo, with high spatial and temporal resolutions. Here we describe the experimental procedures for applying two-photon microscopy to the in vivo and ex vivo imaging of T-cell migration in mouse lymph nodes. These approaches provide physiological insight into the mechanisms of T-cell behavior at a single-cell level in the three-dimensional lymph node environment.



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