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Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
Erscheinungsjahr
2022
Light sheet fluorescence microscopy for the investigation of blood-sucking arthropods dyed via artificial membrane feeding
Light sheet fluorescence microscopy for the investigation of blood-sucking arthropods dyed via artificial membrane feeding
Autor:innen
Bosch, Lars ten
Candeo, Alessia
Bassi, Andrea
Valentini, Gianluca
Gerhard, Christoph
Herausgeber
Quelle
Parasites & Vectors
15 (2022)
15 (2022)
Schlagwörter
Blut, In-Vivo
Zitation
BOSCH, Lars ten, Alessia CANDEO, Andrea BASSI, Gianluca VALENTINI, Birgit HABEDANK und Christoph GERHARD, 2022. Light sheet fluorescence microscopy for the investigation of blood-sucking arthropods dyed via artificial membrane feeding. Parasites & Vectors [online]. 2022. Bd. 15 (2022). DOI 10.60810/openumwelt-1959. Verfügbar unter: https://openumwelt.de/handle/123456789/2798
Zusammenfassung englisch
Physical methods to control pest arthropods are increasing in importance, but detailed knowledge of the effects of some of these methods on the target organisms is lacking. The aim of this study was to use light sheet fluorescence microscopy (LSFM) in anatomical studies of blood-sucking arthropods in vivo to assess the suitability of this method to investigate the morphological structures of arthropods and changes in these structures over time, using the human louse Pediculus humanus (Phthiraptera: Pediculidae) as sample organism. Plasma treatment was used as an example of a procedure employed to control arthropods. The lice were prepared using an artificial membrane feeding method involving the ingestion of human blood alone and human blood with an added fluorescent dye in vitro. It was shown that such staining leads to a notable enhancement of the imaging contrast with respect to unstained whole lice and internal organs that can normally not be viewed by transmission microscopy but which become visible by this approach. Some lice were subjected to plasma treatment to inflict damage to the organisms, which were then compared to untreated lice. Using LSFM, a change in morphology due to plasma treatment was observed. These results demonstrate that fluorescence staining coupled with LSFM represents a powerful and straightforward method enabling the investigation of the morphology - including anatomy - of blood-sucking lice and other arthropods. © The Author(s) 2022.