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The Invitrogen CytoVista Clearing Reagents are recommended when imaging thick tissues (up to 10 mm) and 3D cell cultures of various thickness, including organoids and spheroids. The CytoVista reagents are optimized for clearing and mounting these challenging samples in order to enable optimal clarity for sharp, bright fluorescent images. The reagents are provided in kitted and standalone formats to meet your experimental needs.
The imaging of organoids, spheroids and thick tissue presents new challenges inherent in the samples themselves. Because of the opaqueness of tissue and the opaqueness of 3D cell cultures, it is harder to obtain sharp images with great clarity using standard imaging reagents and techniques. A fluorescently labeled thick specimen must be “cleared” so that the sample is more transparent for easier 3D imaging. The Invitrogen CytoVista Clearing Reagents are optimized for tissue up to 10 mm thick, and spheroids and organoids of varying thickness.
When staining adherent cells, all that is required is the addition of a simple staining buffer, but a fluorescently labeled thick specimen must be optically “cleared” to make it more transparent for easier three-dimensional imaging. Ideally clearing reagents should have minimum effect on a sample’s morphology or reagent fluorescent sensitivity. The CytoVista reagents for 3D imaging provide both optical clearing and mounting functions to meet these needs.
CytoVista 3D Cell Culture Clearing / Staining Kit | CytoVista Tissue Clearing / Staining Kit | |
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Use | Ready-to-use, fixed-cell soft-setting imaging reagent for immediate imaging | |
Sample type | Organoids and spheroids up to 1 mm thick | Tissue samples up to 10 mm thick |
Refractive index | 1.48 | 1.53 |
Kit contents |
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Cat. No. | V11325 | V11324 |
*Shipped and stored at multiple temperatures. Store according to product labeling
Reagent | Sample type | Refractive index | Cat. No. | Size |
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3D Cell Culture Clearing Reagent | Organoids Spheroids up to 1 mm thick | 1.48 | V11326 | 10mL |
V11315 | 30 mL | |||
V11316 | 100 mL | |||
Tissue Clearing Reagent | Tissue samples up to 1 mm thick | 1.50 | V11300 | 30 mL |
V11301 | 100 mL | |||
Tissue Clearing Enhancer | Tissue samples up to 10 mm thick | 1.53 | V11302 | 30 mL |
V11303 | 100 mL | |||
Tissue Clearing Reagent & Enhancer | Tissue samples up to 10 mm thick | 1.53 | V11304 | 10 mL of each |
V11322 | 30 mL of each | |||
V11323 | 100 mL of each |
Figure 1. CytoVista 3D Cell Culture Clearing/Staining Kit reduces light scattering and improves the number of cells that can be counted, especially at the core of the spheroid. Montage of slices from confocal image z-stack, nuclei stained with SYTOX Green dye; (A) Non-cleared microtissue; (B) Cleared microtissue; Z-projections are outlined in white; z-projections mask difficulty of imaging non-cleared microtissues since z-projections hide the eclipsing that occurs in imaging. Cleared microtissues show no eclipsing, and interior cells are visible.
Figure 2. Obtain clearer images of spheroids with CytoVista 3D Cell Culture Clearing Reagent. The CytoVista 3D Cell Culture Clearing Reagent cleared HepG2 spheroids to minimize light scattering, resulting in a sharper image and a more comprehensive cell count. By accurately counting dead cells at the core of the spheroid, more viable cells can be analyzed. Confocal z-slices of (A) uncleared and (B) cleared HepG2 spheroids. Blue = DAPI; Green = LIVE/DEAD Fixable Green Dead Cell Stain.
Figure 3. Analyze more cells for proliferation markers when the spheroid is cleared CytoVista 3D Cell Culture Clearing Reagent. Ki-67 and Click-iT EdU Cell Proliferation Kit for Imaging Alexa Fluor 488 dye were used as markers for proliferation. More cells were analyzed in the cleared samples as compared to the uncleared sample due to the effect of light scattering from uncleared samples. HeLa spheroids were labeled with Hoechst 34580 (in blue), Click-iT EdU Cell Proliferation Kit for Imaging Alexa Fluor 488 dye (in green), and Ki-67 MAb, Alexa Fluor 647 conjugate. Cells were imaged using a Thermo Scientific high-content confocal imaging system.
Video 1. Prepare detailed, 3D composite videos using CytoVista 3D Cell Culture Clearing/Staining Kit. A Stemonix 3D MicroBrain model, derived from iPSC-derived neural progenitor cells, was imaged used a Thermo Scientific CellInsight CX7 LZR High-Content Analysis Platform. The tissue was cleared, mounted and imaged in CytoVista 3D Cell Culture Clearing/Staining Kit. Invitrogen NeuroTrace Green Fluorescent Nissl Stain was used with a GFAP primary antibody, and a Goat Anti-Rabbit IgG Alexa Fluor Plus 647 secondary antibody. ImageJ was used to generate the .avi files.
Video 2. See clear & sharp 3D fluorescent videos images with CytoVista Tissue Clearing/Staining Kit. A 7.0 mm x 5.0 mm X 0.612 mm piece of human lung tissue was labeled with α-SMA, CD31, and DAPI (DAPI=Blue, SMA=Red, CD31=Green) nuclear stain with primary + secondary antibody steps. After labeling, the tissue was cleared and mounted using CytoVista Tissue Clearing/Staining Kit, and imaged with the Thermo Scientific CellInsight CX7 LZR High-Content Analysis Platform. The video shows a sweep through one of fields taken through this tissue using a 10X objective on a CellInsight CX7 LZR confocal system. The human lung tissue was imaged using a 1.53 um Z-step size to achieve cubic voxels.
Video 3. Get beautiful three-dimensional view of tissue with CytoVista Tissue Clearing/Staining Kit. Three-dimensional high content confocal microscopic image showing the anterior view of murine prostate lobe cleared and mounted with CytoVista Tissue Clearing/Staining Kit. Tissue was labeled with E-cadherin (red), Beta-3 tubulin (green) CD31 (white) along with a murine urethra labeled with E-cadherin (red) and CD31 (white) to evaluate.
Figure 4. Easily image thick tissue samples using the CytoVista 3D Cell Culture Clearing Reagent. (A) A rat brain sample, 1 mm thick, was labeled with an anti-parvalbumin antibody. Captured with 10x air objective on an upright confocal microscope. (B) A mammary tumor sample, 1 mm thick obtained from a PyMT-transfected mouse, was labeled with an anti-Ki-67 FITC conjugated monoclonal antibody to study cell proliferation labeling. Captured with 10x air objective on an upright confocal microscope.
Figure 5. Obtain clear, sharp images from whole mouse brain samples using the CytoVista Tissue Clearing / Staining Kit.
(A) Parvalbumin-tdTomato transgenic whole mouse brain, captured with light sheet microscope. (B) Whole mouse brain cleared with CytoVista Tissue Clearing / Staining Kit and imaged with light sheet microscope.
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