PUBLICATION
In vivo imaging of membrane-associated glycans in developing zebrafish
- Authors
- Laughlin, S.T., Baskin, J.M., Amacher, S.L., and Bertozzi, C.R.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-080506-6
- Date
- 2008
- Source
- Science (New York, N.Y.) 320(5876): 664-667 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Amacher, Sharon
- Keywords
- none
- MeSH Terms
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- Fluorescent Dyes/chemistry
- Animals
- Polysaccharides/analysis*
- Polysaccharides/biosynthesis
- Cell Membrane/chemistry*
- Affinity Labels
- Cell Line
- Acetylgalactosamine/chemistry
- Zebrafish*/embryology
- PubMed
- 18451302 Full text @ Science
Citation
Laughlin, S.T., Baskin, J.M., Amacher, S.L., and Bertozzi, C.R. (2008) In vivo imaging of membrane-associated glycans in developing zebrafish. Science (New York, N.Y.). 320(5876):664-667.
Abstract
Glycans are attractive targets for molecular imaging but have been inaccessible because of their incompatibility with genetically encoded reporters. We demonstrated the noninvasive imaging of glycans in live developing zebrafish, using a chemical reporter strategy. Zebrafish embryos were treated with an unnatural sugar to metabolically label their cell-surface glycans with azides. Subsequently, the embryos were reacted with fluorophore conjugates by means of copper-free click chemistry, enabling the visualization of glycans in vivo at subcellular resolution during development. At 60 hours after fertilization, we observed an increase in de novo glycan biosynthesis in the jaw region, pectoral fins, and olfactory organs. Using a multicolor detection strategy, we performed a spatiotemporal analysis of glycan expression and trafficking and identified patterns that would be undetectable with conventional molecular imaging approaches.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping