Abstract
ABSTRACT Live cell imaging is a standard technique in experimental biology that enables the observation of isolated cells and tissue slices in real time and the testing of cellular responses to changes in buffer composition. However, most live cell imaging devices require the use of dedicated microscopes and/or specialised stage adaptors, and come at a reasonably high cost. We employed 3D printing technology to create a low-cost imaging chamber with side ports to exchange fluids, to be used on upright microscopes. The chamber increased the functionality of a standard upright epifluorescent microscope to allow dynamic, real-time calcium imaging of cultured hypothalamic astrocytes from mice, and to test the effects of ATP stimulation upon calcium signalling. It was also used on slices obtained from the mouse brain using a brain matrix slicer. The advantages of this chamber include a very simple design that can be used with upright epifluorescence microscopes, does not require any special stage adaptor, and includes ports to permit fluid exchange during imaging. This chamber is ideal for educational settings with undergraduate laboratories that do not have access to dedicated inverted fluorescent microscopes for tissue culture experiments.
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