In Vitro Neurotoxicology

Methods and Protocols
Herausgegeben:Costa, Lucio G.; Giordano, Gennaro; Guizzetti, Marina

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In recent years, the need to develop acceptable alternatives to conventional animal testing for neurotoxicity and developmental neurotoxicity has been increasingly recognized, and much effort is being directed toward the development of alternative models, utilizing mostly mammalian cells in culture but also non-mammalian model systems. In Vitro Neurotoxicology: Methods and Protocols presents a series of cellular, biochemical, and molecular methodological protocols in the area of in vitro neurotoxicology, with an emphasis on mammalian cell culture systems. Opening with a section on methodologies for preparing several cellular systems of variable complexity, amenable for in vitro neurotoxicological studies, the thorough volume continues with coverage of methods to measure cellular death and major mechanisms, methods for assessing mechanisms of nervous system cell toxicity related to impairment of cell signaling, while a final section illustrates additional methods for assessing important nervous system processes such as cell proliferation, neuritogenesis, and synaptogenesis. Written in the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology(TM) series format, chapters include introductions to their respective subjects, lists of the necessary materials and reagents, step-by-step, readily reproducible laboratory protocols, and tips on troubleshooting and avoiding known pitfalls.

Comprehensive and cutting-edge, In Vitro Neurotoxicology: Methods and Protocols serves researchers with an interest in assessing or characterizing the potential neurotoxicity of environmental contaminants, drugs, or other chemicals.

Produktdetails

• Methods in Molecular Biology 758
• Verlag: Humana / Humana Press / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 12725946, 978-1-61779-169-7
• 2011
• Seitenzahl: 456
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Juli 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 1004g
• ISBN-13: 9781617791697
• ISBN-10: 1617791695
• Artikelnr.: 33073391

Inhaltsangabe

In Vitro Neurotoxicology: An Introduction.- Primary Neurons in Culture and Neuronal Cell Lines for In Vitro Neurotoxicological Studies.- Determination of Metal Interactions with the Chaperone Hspa5 in Human Astrocytoma Cells and Rat Astrocyte Primary Cultures.- Microglia Cell Culture: A Primer for the Novice.- Neural Stem Cells for Developmental Neurotoxicity Studies.- Preparation, Maintenance, and Use of Serum-Free Aggregating Brain Cell Cultures.- Neurospheres as a Model for Developmental Neurotoxicity Testing.- Acute Hippocampal Slice Preparation and Hippocampal Slice Cultures.- Glia-Neuron Sandwich Co-Cultures: An In Vitro Approach to Evaluate Cell-to-Cell Communication in Neuroinflammation and Neurotoxicity.- In Vitro Models to Study the Blood Brain Barrier.- Measurements of Cell Death in Neuronal and Glial Cells.- Measurements of Neuronal Apoptosis.- Measurement of Isoprostanes as Markers of Oxidative Stress.- Assessment of Glutathione Homeostasis.- Assessing Neuronal Bioenergetic Status.- Fluorescent Assessment of Intracellular Calcium in Individual Cells.- Homeostatic Regulation of Glutamate Neurotransmission in Primary Neuronal Cultures.- Detection of Nitric Oxide Formation in Primary Neural Cells and Tissues.- JNK3-Mediated Apoptotic Cell Death in Primary Dopaminergic Neurons.- Measurement of Proteasomal Dysfunction in Cell Models of Dopaminergic Degeneration.- Cell Signaling and Neurotoxicity: Protein Kinase C In Vitro and In Vivo.- Cell Signaling and Neurotoxicity: ³H-Arachidonic Acid Release (Phospholipase A₂) in Cerebellar Granule Neurons.- Quantitative Assessment of Neurite Outgrowth in PC12 Cells.- Measurements of Astrocyte Proliferation.- Quantification of Synaptic Structure Formation in Co-Cultures ofAstrocytes and Hippocampal Neurons.- Volume Measurements in Cultured Primary Astrocytes.- Assessment of Cholesterol Homeostasis in Astrocytes and Neurons.- Dose-Response or Dose-Effect Curves in In Vitro Experiments and Their Use to Study Combined Effects of Neurotoxicants.

Rezensionen

From the reviews: "This volume ... is a concise review of cellular, biochemical, and molecular methodological protocols for diverse areas of in vitro neurotoxicity studies. ... This collection will be useful to those who are interested in studying the neurotoxicity of environmental contaminants, drugs, or other chemicals. Specifically, it will be of value to graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and faculty in academia. ... The book also provides useful methodological guidelines and examples that will be helpful to researchers who are relatively new to this field." (Bao Ting Zhu, Doody's Book Reviews, December, 2011)

From the book reviews:

"The variety of fresh and effective laboratory techniques makes this attractive book a necessary companion for researchers, teachers and students in this field. The editors ought to be commended for bringing together into a single, easy-access volume information on so abstruse a topic as in vitro neurotoxicology. The lay-out of the book as well as the clear and high resolution diagrams and plates are some of the most attractive attributes ... ." (Jolocam Mbabazi, International Journal of Environmental Studies, Vol. 69 (6), 2012)

"This volume ... is a concise review of cellular, biochemical, and molecular methodological protocols for diverse areas of in vitro neurotoxicity studies. ... This collection will be useful to those who are interested in studying the neurotoxicity of environmental contaminants, drugs, or other chemicals. Specifically, it will be of value to graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and faculty in academia. ... The book also provides useful methodological guidelines and examples that will be helpful to researchers who are relatively new to this field." (Bao Ting Zhu, Doody's Book Reviews, December, 2011)