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Analysis of apoptosis methods recently used in Cancer Research and Cell Death & Disease publications
Live confocal imaging of zebrafish notochord cells under mechanical stress in vivo
The zebrafish is a vertebrate model suited to the exploration of cell biology within a whole organism. Hypotheses in cell mechanics can be tested by using the zebrafish notochord as a manipulable experimental system. Here, the methodologies to prepare, label, and simultaneously induce and image mechanical loading on live zebrafish notochord cells via electrical stimulation are described. This approach investigates membrane mechanics in a live, physiological setting and is thus suited for caveola research where observations within the tissues of an intact organism are increasingly relevant. This chapter also aims to introduce fundamental methodologies for the use of zebrafish in “in vivo cell biology.