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Did you choose appropriate tracer for retrograde tracing of retinal ganglion cells? The differences between cholera toxin subunit B and Fluorogold
Cholera toxin subunit B (CTB) and Fluorogold(FG) are two widely utilized retrograde tracers to assess the number and function of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs). However, the relative advantages and disadvantages of these tracers remain unclear, which may lead to their inappropriate application. In th...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6173421/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30289890 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0205133 |
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author | Yao, Fei Zhang, Endong Gao, Zhaolin Ji, Hongpei Marmouri, Mahmoud Xia, Xiaobo |
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description | Cholera toxin subunit B (CTB) and Fluorogold(FG) are two widely utilized retrograde tracers to assess the number and function of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs). However, the relative advantages and disadvantages of these tracers remain unclear, which may lead to their inappropriate application. In this study, we compared these tracers by separately injecting the tracer into the superior Colliculi (SC) in rats, one or 2 weeks later, the rats were sacrificed, and their retinas, brains, and optic nerves were collected. From the first to second week, FG displayed a greater number of labeled RGCs and a larger diffusion area in the SC than CTB; The number of CTB labeled RGCs and the diffusion area of CTB in the SC increased significantly, but there was no distinction between FG; Furthermore, CTB exhibited more labeled RGC neurites and longer neurites than FG, but no difference was evident between the same trace; The optic nerves labeled using CTB were much clearer than those labeled using FG. In conclusion, both CTB and FG can be used for the retrograde labeling of RGCs in rats at 1 or 2 weeks. FG achieves retrograde labeling of a greater number of RGCs than CTB, whereas CTB better delineates the morphology of RGCs. Furthermore, CTB seems more suitable for retrograde labeling of some small, non-image forming nuclei in the brain to which certain RGC subtypes project their axons. |
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spelling | pubmed-61734212018-10-19 Did you choose appropriate tracer for retrograde tracing of retinal ganglion cells? The differences between cholera toxin subunit B and Fluorogold Yao, Fei Zhang, Endong Gao, Zhaolin Ji, Hongpei Marmouri, Mahmoud Xia, Xiaobo PLoS One Research Article Cholera toxin subunit B (CTB) and Fluorogold(FG) are two widely utilized retrograde tracers to assess the number and function of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs). However, the relative advantages and disadvantages of these tracers remain unclear, which may lead to their inappropriate application. In this study, we compared these tracers by separately injecting the tracer into the superior Colliculi (SC) in rats, one or 2 weeks later, the rats were sacrificed, and their retinas, brains, and optic nerves were collected. From the first to second week, FG displayed a greater number of labeled RGCs and a larger diffusion area in the SC than CTB; The number of CTB labeled RGCs and the diffusion area of CTB in the SC increased significantly, but there was no distinction between FG; Furthermore, CTB exhibited more labeled RGC neurites and longer neurites than FG, but no difference was evident between the same trace; The optic nerves labeled using CTB were much clearer than those labeled using FG. In conclusion, both CTB and FG can be used for the retrograde labeling of RGCs in rats at 1 or 2 weeks. FG achieves retrograde labeling of a greater number of RGCs than CTB, whereas CTB better delineates the morphology of RGCs. Furthermore, CTB seems more suitable for retrograde labeling of some small, non-image forming nuclei in the brain to which certain RGC subtypes project their axons. Public Library of Science 2018-10-05 /pmc/articles/PMC6173421/ /pubmed/30289890 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0205133 Text en © 2018 Yao et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Yao, Fei Zhang, Endong Gao, Zhaolin Ji, Hongpei Marmouri, Mahmoud Xia, Xiaobo Did you choose appropriate tracer for retrograde tracing of retinal ganglion cells? The differences between cholera toxin subunit B and Fluorogold |
title | Did you choose appropriate tracer for retrograde tracing of retinal ganglion cells? The differences between cholera toxin subunit B and Fluorogold |
title_full | Did you choose appropriate tracer for retrograde tracing of retinal ganglion cells? The differences between cholera toxin subunit B and Fluorogold |
title_fullStr | Did you choose appropriate tracer for retrograde tracing of retinal ganglion cells? The differences between cholera toxin subunit B and Fluorogold |
title_full_unstemmed | Did you choose appropriate tracer for retrograde tracing of retinal ganglion cells? The differences between cholera toxin subunit B and Fluorogold |
title_short | Did you choose appropriate tracer for retrograde tracing of retinal ganglion cells? The differences between cholera toxin subunit B and Fluorogold |
title_sort | did you choose appropriate tracer for retrograde tracing of retinal ganglion cells? the differences between cholera toxin subunit b and fluorogold |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6173421/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30289890 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0205133 |
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