PUBLICATION

In vivo Analysis of White Adipose Tissue in Zebrafish

Authors
Minchin, J.E., and Rawls, J.F.
ID
ZDB-PUB-111012-7
Date
2011
Source
Methods in cell biology   105: 63-86 (Chapter)
Registered Authors
Minchin, James, Rawls, John F.
Keywords
adipocyte, adipose, cellularity, fluorescent, imaging, postembryonic
MeSH Terms
  • Adipocytes/cytology
  • Adipocytes/metabolism*
  • Adipogenesis*
  • Adipose Tissue, White/chemistry
  • Adipose Tissue, White/embryology
  • Adipose Tissue, White/metabolism*
  • Animals
  • Developmental Biology/methods*
  • Embryo, Nonmammalian/anatomy & histology
  • Embryo, Nonmammalian/metabolism*
  • Energy Metabolism
  • Female
  • Fixatives/chemistry
  • Fluorescent Dyes/analysis
  • Larva/anatomy & histology
  • Larva/growth & development
  • Larva/metabolism*
  • Lipids/analysis
  • Male
  • Microscopy, Fluorescence
  • Molecular Imaging/methods*
  • Staining and Labeling/methods*
  • Zebrafish/embryology*
  • Zebrafish/physiology
PubMed
21951526 Full text @ Meth. Cell. Biol.
Abstract
White adipose tissue (WAT) is the major site of energy storage in bony vertebrates, and also serves central roles in the endocrine regulation of energy balance. The cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying WAT development and physiology are not well understood. This is due in part to difficulties associated with imaging adipose tissues in mammalian model systems, especially during early life stages. The zebrafish (Danio rerio) has recently emerged as a new model system for adipose tissue research, in which WAT can be imaged in a transparent living vertebrate at all life stages. Here we present detailed methods for labeling adipocytes in live zebrafish using fluorescent lipophilic dyes, and for in vivo microscopy of zebrafish WAT.
Genes / Markers
Figures
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Antibodies
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping