Bestman, Jennifer; Cline, Holly (2022). CIL:37086, Xenopus laevis, CNS neuron (sensu Vertebrata). In Cell Image Library. UC San Diego Library Digital Collections. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.6075/J06H4H7B

This is IMAGE #5 (hour 6) of a developing neuron from the optic tectum of an albino Xenopus laevis tadpole CNS, stage 47.
The cell was imaged at a 2 hour intervals over 8 hours and shows the development and morphological plasticity of the dendritic arbor and axon over time. This image is the second at this timepoint and is part of an image group.


The cell was transfected with in vivo electroporation of plasmid DNA encoding eGFP ~24 hours before the image was acquired. The intact, living tadpole was anesthetized, positioned under a glass coverslip and this image was taken directly through its transparent skin using a custom built two-photon microscope.

• 2022

• Bestman, Jennifer
• Cline, Holly

Specifications of the custom built two-photon microscope, including the laser sources, signal amplification, PMT specifications, and YFP filter sets are described in:
Ruthazer ES, Li J, Cline HT. 2006. Stabilization of axon branch dynamics by synaptic maturation. J Neurosci 26(13):3594-3603.

The methods of cell transfection with electroporation can be found here:
Bestman JE, Ewald RC, Chiu S-L, Cline HT. 2006. In vivo single-cell electroporation for transfer of DNA and macromolecules. Nat Protocols 1(3):1267-1272.

Further explanation can be found here:
Bestman JE, Cline HT. 2008. The RNA binding protein CPEB regulates dendrite morphogenesis and neuronal circuit assembly in vivo. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 105(51):20494-20499.

Bestman JE, Cline HT. 2009. The Relationship between Dendritic Branch Dynamics and CPEB-Labeled RNP Granules Captured in Vivo. Front Neural Circuits 3:10.

Preparation: living tissue
Relation to intact cell: whole mounted tissue
Item type: recorded image
Imaging mode: multi-photon microscopy
Parameter imaged: fluorescence emission
Source of contrast: distribution of a specific protein
Visualization methods: EGFP
Processing history: unprocessed raw data
Data qualification: Raw;spatialmeasurements;intensitiesquantitation

• Cell Image Library Group ID: 9272

• Xenopus laevis

• Axon
• CNS neuron (sensu Vertebrata)
• Cytoplasm
• Dendrite
• Neuronal cell body

• Morphogenesis of a branching structure
• Neuron development

• data
• image

• No linguistic content; Not applicable

Samplenumber: 37086

Source data

• Source Record in the Cell Image Library: https://doi.org/10.7295/W9CIL37086

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