A live-imaging protocol to track cell movement in the Xenopus embryo

Summary: Tracking individual cell movement during development is challenging, particularly in tissues subjected to major remodeling. Currently, most live imaging techniques in Xenopus are limited to tissue explants and/or to superficial cells. We describe here a protocol to track immature multicilia...

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Main Authors: Alexandre Chuyen, Fabrice Daian, Andrea Pasini, Laurent Kodjabachian
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Elsevier 2021
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/502d4d7a2c6e4366ba618e1de906eded
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Summary:Summary: Tracking individual cell movement during development is challenging, particularly in tissues subjected to major remodeling. Currently, most live imaging techniques in Xenopus are limited to tissue explants and/or to superficial cells. We describe here a protocol to track immature multiciliated cells (MCCs) moving within the inner epidermal layer of a whole embryo. In addition, we present a data processing protocol to uncouple the movements of individual cells from the coplanar drifts of the tissue in which they are embedded.For complete details on the use and execution of this protocol, please refer to Chuyen et al. (2021).