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标题：Sensitive label-free imaging of brain samples using FxClear-based tissue clearing technique
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作者：Boram Lee ; Eunsoo Lee ; June Hoan Kim 等
期刊名称：iScience
印刷版ISSN：2589-0042
出版年度：2021
卷号：24
期号：4
页码：1-28
DOI：10.1016/j.isci.2021.102267
语种：English
出版社：Elsevier
摘要：SummaryOptical clearing has emerged as a powerful tool for volume imaging. Although volume imaging with immunostaining have been successful in many protocols, yet obtaining homogeneously stained thick samples remains challenging. Here, we propose a method for label-free imaging of brain slices by enhancing the regional heterogeneity of the optical properties using the tissue clearing principle. We used FxClear, a method for delipidation of brain tissue, to retain a larger proportion of lipids at the white matter (WM). Furthermore, the embedding media affected the contrasts for the lipid-rich or extracellular matrix-rich areas, depending on their chemical properties. Thus, we tailored clearing conditions for the enhancement of the refractive indices (RIs) differences between gray and WM, or several pathological features. RI differences can be imaged using conventional light microscopy or optical coherence tomography. We propose that our protocol is simple, reliable, and flexible for label-free imaging, easily implementable to routine histology laboratory.Graphical abstractDisplay OmittedHighlights•Label-free imaging via enhancing RI differences in optically cleared brain•Recognition of lipid- or ECM-rich regions using tailored protocols•Easy and affordable protocols using conventional opticsPhysiology; Techniques in Neuroscience; Biology Experimental Methods