A quick and laidback way to detect the internal structure of the Drosophila eye: An alternative to cryosectioning.
Reprod Toxicol
; 117: 108361, 2023 04.
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ABSTRACT
Immunofluorescence techniques have been a great tool to chase the structure, localization, and function of many proteins within a cell. Drosophila eye is widely used as a model to answer various questions. However, the complex sample preparation and visualization methods restrict its use only with an expert's hand. Thus, an easy and hassle-free method is in need to broaden the use of this model even with an amateur's hand. The current protocol describes an easy sample preparation method using DMSO to image the adult fly eye. The brief description of sample collection, preparation, dissection, staining, imaging, storage, and handling has been described over here. For readers, the possible problems that might arise during the execution of the experiment have been described with their possible reason and solutions. The overall protocol reduces the use of chemicals and shortens the sample preparation time to only 3 h, which is significantly less in comparison to other protocols.
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