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An Introduction to Autopsy Technique is intended to be used in conjunction with other publications from the College of American Pathologists, in particular, Autopsy Performance & Reporting, which contains information on many aspects of autopsy work (where appropriate, its chapters are referenced in this manual). After developing familiarity with the techniques presented in this manual, pathologists will have the ability to perform autopsies in an appropriate fashion to fulfill the requirements of specific cases.
Living cells, the basic building blocks of life, are an integrated and collaborative network of genes, proteins and innumerable metabolic reactions that give rise to functions that are essential for life. Conversely, dysfunctions in these same vital networks give rise to a host of diverse diseases and disorders. Although much less complex than in vivo models or complete organisms, cells possess the systemic complexity needed to study the interactions between different elements of the network and the responses of the network to external stimulations. Therefore more and more physiologically relevant cellular models are being used to validate targets or to evaluate drug efficacy and to predict potential adverse side-effects. Furthermore, advancements in cell isolation, cell line generation and cell differentiation technologies have led to more scalable and affordable cellular models, which in turn facilitate screening using more physiologically relevant cellular models. Due to its information-rich nature, high-content screening (HCS) has become the choice for many scientists to examine the complex effects of compounds or other reagents in physiologically relevant cellular models, not only against their intended targets, but also against other cellular targets and pathways (25-29).
Primary cells are valuable because they retain properties beyond what cell lines can provide. All cell lines have significant genetic and regulatory alterations. The price for a steady supply of cells is that many cell type-specific properties are greatly diminished or lost entirely. Loss of CDK inhibitors and teleomerase, frequent activation of p53 and at least some chromosomal changes result in the degradation of cell type-specific functions; indeed many cell types are terminally differentiated, and this post-mitotic state is essential for physiology and morphology of the cell. Primary cells have a greater capacity to retain these properties, but they are affected by culture conditions, and therefore establishing proper culture conditions is essential to leveraging the benefits of using primary cells. For most cell models there is a strong primary literature history that describes the critical properties of the cell type in question and the culture conditions necessary to maintain them, although exceptions exist and some scholarship researching the models under consideration is important. Typically, conditions that need to be specified include media and supplements or the need for supporting feeder cells to produce native growth factors. Supplements in media for primary cells are typically titrated carefully to support growth but to avoid being higher than necessary. As such, the media may expire more rapidly than standard media preparations. In general, it is better to avoid proprietary media or supplement formulations because it is not possible to specify the experimental conditions and inter-lot variability can lead to failed assays. Therefore, some reverse engineering may be required to adapt the cell culture system to one that is appropriate for the assay being developed. As a quick example, primary human hepatocyte culture has been optimized for toxicological studies using commercial ITS (insulin-transferrin-selenium) formulations, but the level of insulin is far higher than normal, and precludes any insulin sensitivity of the hepatocytes. To adapt the hepatocyte culture system to one that can be used for the study of glucose regulation, the commercial ITS solution needs to be replaced with individual component stock solutions that can be independently varied. For proprietary formulations, manufacturers are typically reluctant to fully describe their composition, although they will often confirm whether specific materials or growth factors are present when asked as a specific question. Nevertheless, a lack of complete understanding of the culture conditions may lead to surprises later on.
As with other antibody based staining methods, blocking with serum from the same animal species as the primary antibody is best; an alternative is to use at least 3% w/w bovine serum albumin (BSA). As a general rule, use the recommended dilution by the supplier of the antibody or if not stated start at 1:50 dilution and dilute by 2-fold. If no signal is observed, increase the antibody concentration. Use 50 µL per well for cells seeded in 96-well plate and dilute as necessary for other plate types; confirm the cell monolayers are completely covered with antibody solution. For example, if the supplier of the antibody suggests 1:100, use a titration scheme outlined in Table 5.
Not all probes are fixable and must be analyzed using live cell imaging techniques; proper design of live cell experiments with time dependent kinetics is absolutely critical to successful outcome. When planning a live cell experiment with untested bioprobes it is important to account for the time required for an HCS imaging device to acquire cells, fields or wells on a plate. For example, if a mitochondria probe requires 30 minutes to properly load in cells and fluorescence begins to decay or results in toxicity in 2 hours, then it is absolutely necessary the image acquisition is completed within this time period.
Not all live cell imaging assays need to be performed with an environmental controlled chamber; however, in screening operations it is important to know the challenges and difficulty to control the work flow if disrupted by automation mishaps or other failures. If the sequence of processing plates is interrupted, this typically will result in variable in the assay data. To determine if your assay is amenable to live cell imaging conditions with or without environmental control in screening operations, you should perform a time-course study on the HCS instrument following assay treatment or in environmental-controlled conditions such as in an incubator. For example, once a bioprobe indicator completes recommended incubation time for detection, acquire images on the HCS device at time zero (t=0), then in subsequent time points over a 60 minute period, capturing images at 5 or 10 minutes intervals. There are several conditions that need to be considered when performing this operation including the image acquisition time per well or per plate and the exposure time per fluorescent probe. Photobleaching and phototoxicity are possible and may affect the results. When appropriate, use more than one plate and analyze multiple wells to measure the overall variability. If the time required to capture every well or selected wells on a plate does not exceed the degradation of the fluorescent probe measured then the assay, it can be used in screening operations as long as each plate has appropriate control wells for normalization.
The primary goal of image processing is to distinguish the signal from the background. Once the background has been corrected, a threshold is typically set which cuts off the pixels which are too dim (in a fluorescent image) or too bright (in a brightfield image) and are thus ignored as background. Setting the threshold can be simple if images are taken with consistent exposures and with a very stable dye (Hoechst or DAPI for example). In these cases it is often possible to have a manual or fixed threshold which works across an entire plate. In other cases, more sophisticated approaches must be taken that account for changes in signal intensity with time or position.
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