Oct 28, 2022

Calcium imaging in astrocytes

DOI
https://dx.doi.org/10.17504/protocols.io.36wgqj7wyvk5/v1
  • 1Icahn School of Medicine
  • Ahfeldt Lab
gustavo.parfitt Parfitt
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DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.17504/protocols.io.36wgqj7wyvk5/v1
Protocol Citation: gustavo.parfitt Parfitt 2022. Calcium imaging in astrocytes. protocols.io https://dx.doi.org/10.17504/protocols.io.36wgqj7wyvk5/v1
License: This is an open access  protocol  distributed under the terms of the  Creative Commons Attribution License,  which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited
Protocol status: Working
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Created: October 27, 2022
Last Modified: May 31, 2024
Protocol  Integer ID: 71942
Keywords: ASAPCRN, calcium imaging in astrocyte, calcium imaging, astrocyte, calcium, imaging
Abstract
Calcium imaging in astrocytes
Protocol materials
TrypLE™ Select Enzyme (1X), no phenol redThermo FisherCatalog #12563029
Astrocyte MediumScienCellCatalog # #1801
Coat a 10 cm plate with 0.1% gelatin for 00:20:00

20m
From a 80% confluent 10 cm plate of astrocytes obtained from protocol https://www.protocols.io/view/astrocyte-extraction-from-brain-organoids-261ge364wl47/v2
Add 3 mL of TrypLE™ Select Enzyme (1X), no phenol redThermo FisherCatalog #12563029 for 00:05:00

5m
300 rcf, 25°C, 00:03:00

3m
Add pTALV-fUBIGW-GCAMP8SIRES-PURO lentivirus 1/100 in Astrocyte MediumScienCellCatalog # #1801 to the pellet and resuspend the cells

Incubate 00:05:00

5m
Add to a gelatin coated 10 cm plate with a 9 ml Astrocyte MediumScienCellCatalog # #1801 warmed media.

48:00:00 observe fluorescence levels to confirm infection

2d
Wait 168:00:00 for the GCAMPs expression to reach stable levels

1w
Coat a 2 cm plate with 0.1% gelatin for 00:20:00
20m
Plate 50k astrocytes of infected astrocytes
after 48:00:00 change to mature astrocyte media

2d
Before the start of imaging aim for 80% confluency.
Place the plate on a
Equipment
Nikon Eclipse TE2000-U microscope
NAME
Microscope
TYPE
Nikon
BRAND
N/A
SKU
plate holder.
Continuously perfused with ACSF with the following composition (in mM): NaCl 125, KCl 5, D-Glucose 10, HEPES-Na 10, CaCl2 3.1, MgCl2 1.3. using a ValveBank8 II controller.
Using a 10X objective. GCaMP8s was excited using a 480 nm (Mic-LED-480A, Prizmatix), an HQ480/40x excitation filter, a Q505LP dichroic mirror, and an HQ535/50m emission filter (Semrock).
Sample at a rate of 4.7 fps with a frame exposure of 200 ms at 160x120 pixels (4x4 binning).
ROI segmentation of GCaMP8s, raw fluorescence extraction, and background correction can be performed with Nikon Elements software.