Revisiting PFA-mediated tissue fixation chemistry: FixEL enables trapping of small molecules in the brain to visualize their distribution dynamics
biorxiv(2021)
摘要
Various small molecules have been used as functional probes for tissue imaging in medical diagnosis and pharmaceutical drugs for disease treatment. The spatial distribution, target selectivity, and diffusion/extrusion kinetics of small molecules in structurally complicated specimens are critical for function. However, robust methods for precisely evaluating these parameters in the brain have been limited. Herein we report a new method termed “ Fix ation-driven chemical crosslinking of e xogenous l igands ( FixEL )” which traps and images exogenously administered molecules-of-interest (MOI) in complex tissues. This method relies on proteins-MOI interactions, and chemical crosslinking of amine-tethered MOI with paraformaldehyde used for perfusion fixation. FixEL is used to obtain images of the distribution of the small molecules and their dynamics, which addresses selective/nonselective binding to proteins, time-dependent localization changes, and diffusion/retention kinetics of MOI such as PET tracer derivatives or drug-like small molecules. Clear imaging of a nanobody distributed in the whole brain was also achieved with high spatial resolution using 2D/3D mode.
### Competing Interest Statement
The authors (K.A., S. K. and I.H.) have filed a patent application (WO2019/168125).
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