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Narida A, Tsai S, Huang CY, Wen ZH, Lin C. The Effects of Cryopreservation on the Cell Ultrastructure in Aquatic Organisms. Biopreserv Biobank 2023; 21:23-30. [PMID: 35482293 DOI: 10.1089/bio.2021.0132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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This review provides an update on the current state of cryopreservation studies coupled with ultrastructural observation. Research in these fields has evolved and advanced since its inception in the 1950s. Different techniques have different advantages, but the researcher's technical proficiency is also necessary to derive a sound conclusion. Sperm samples are the most widely studied specimen because they are less sensitive to freezing and have high fluidity in the membrane and low water content. Some studies have also investigated oocytes, embryos, larvae, and algae from aquatic species. Cryopreservation studies have formulated a method applicable to every species of interest to preserve their biodiversity and prevent extinction. However, the avoidance of cryoinjury because of intracellular ice formation is a species-specific challenge. More comprehensive studies on ultrastructural observation can assist in understanding the underlying mechanisms of failed cellular responses to cryopreservation. Thus, optimizing protocols and increasing the survival rates of thawed samples can improve current cryopreservation techniques. Nevertheless, investigations into the effects of freezing on organisms' ultrastructure remain limited, especially regarding aquatic organisms.
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- Arah Narida
- Department of Marine Biotechnology and Resources, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Department of Planning and Research, National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium, Checheng, Taiwan
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- Department of Post Modern Agriculture, Mingdao University, Peetow, Taiwan
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- Department of Aquaculture, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, Taiwan
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- Department of Marine Biotechnology and Resources, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of Planning and Research, National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium, Checheng, Taiwan
- Graduate Institute of Marine Biology, Institute of Marine Biology, National Dong Hwa University, Hualien, Taiwan
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Yang JE, Larson MR, Sibert BS, Shrum S, Wright ER. CorRelator: Interactive software for real-time high precision cryo-correlative light and electron microscopy. J Struct Biol 2021; 213:107709. [PMID: 33610654 PMCID: PMC8601405 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2021.107709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2020] [Revised: 01/06/2021] [Accepted: 02/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Cryo-correlative light and electron microscopy (CLEM) is a technique that uses the spatiotemporal cues from fluorescence light microscopy (FLM) to investigate the high-resolution ultrastructure of biological samples by cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM). Cryo-CLEM provides advantages for identifying and distinguishing fluorescently labeled proteins, macromolecular complexes, and organelles from the cellular environment. Challenges remain on how correlation workflows and software tools are implemented on different microscope platforms to support automated cryo-EM data acquisition. Here, we present CorRelator: an open-source desktop application that bridges between cryo-FLM and real-time cryo-EM/ET automated data collection. CorRelator implements a pixel-coordinate-to-stage-position transformation for flexible, high accuracy on-the-fly and post-acquisition correlation. CorRelator can be integrated into cryo-CLEM workflows and easily adapted to standard fluorescence and transmission electron microscope (TEM) system configurations. CorRelator was benchmarked under live-cell and cryogenic conditions using several FLM and TEM instruments, demonstrating that CorRelator reliably supports real-time, automated correlative cryo-EM/ET acquisition, through a combination of software-aided and interactive alignment. CorRelator is a cross-platform software package featuring an intuitive Graphical User Interface (GUI) that guides the user through the correlation process. CorRelator source code is available at: https://github.com/wright-cemrc-projects/corr.
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- Jie E Yang
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, United States; Cryo-Electron Microscopy Research Center, Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, United States; Midwest Center for Cryo-Electron Tomography, Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, United States; Cryo-Electron Microscopy Research Center, Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, United States; Midwest Center for Cryo-Electron Tomography, Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, United States; Cryo-Electron Microscopy Research Center, Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, United States; Midwest Center for Cryo-Electron Tomography, Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, United States
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- Biophysics Graduate Program, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, United States; Cryo-Electron Microscopy Research Center, Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, United States; Biophysics Graduate Program, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, United States; Morgridge Institute for Research, Madison, WI, 53715, United States; Midwest Center for Cryo-Electron Tomography, Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, United States.
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BK Ca ( Slo) Channel Regulates Mitochondrial Function and Lifespan in Drosophila melanogaster. Cells 2019; 8:cells8090945. [PMID: 31438578 PMCID: PMC6770356 DOI: 10.3390/cells8090945] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2019] [Revised: 08/13/2019] [Accepted: 08/20/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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BKCa channels, originally discovered in Drosophila melanogaster as slowpoke (slo), are recognized for their roles in cellular and organ physiology. Pharmacological approaches implicated BKCa channels in cellular and organ protection possibly for their ability to modulate mitochondrial function. However, the direct role of BKCa channels in regulating mitochondrial structure and function is not deciphered. Here, we demonstrate that BKCa channels are present in fly mitochondria, and slo mutants show structural and functional defects in mitochondria. slo mutants display an increase in reactive oxygen species and the modulation of ROS affected their survival. We also found that the absence of BKCa channels reduced the lifespan of Drosophila, and overexpression of human BKCa channels in flies extends life span in males. Our study establishes the presence of BKCa channels in mitochondria of Drosophila and ascertains its novel physiological role in regulating mitochondrial structural and functional integrity, and lifespan.
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Bumpus TW, Baskin JM. Greasing the Wheels of Lipid Biology with Chemical Tools. Trends Biochem Sci 2018; 43:970-983. [PMID: 30472989 DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2018.09.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2018] [Revised: 08/31/2018] [Accepted: 09/19/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Biological lipids are a structurally diverse and historically vexing group of hydrophobic metabolites. Here, we review recent advances in chemical imaging techniques that reveal changes in lipid biosynthesis, metabolism, dynamics, and interactions. We highlight tools for tagging many lipid classes via metabolic incorporation of bioorthogonally functionalized precursors, detectable via click chemistry, and photocaged, photoswitchable, and photocrosslinkable variants of different lipids. Certain lipid probes can supplant traditional protein-based markers of organelle membranes in super-resolution microscopy, and emerging vibrational imaging methods, such as stimulated Raman spectroscopy (SRS), enable simultaneous imaging of more than a dozen different types of target molecule, including lipids. Collectively, these chemical imaging techniques will illuminate, in living color, previously hidden aspects of lipid biology.
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- Timothy W Bumpus
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology and Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology and Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
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Carter SD, Mageswaran SK, Farino ZJ, Mamede JI, Oikonomou CM, Hope TJ, Freyberg Z, Jensen GJ. Distinguishing signal from autofluorescence in cryogenic correlated light and electron microscopy of mammalian cells. J Struct Biol 2017; 201:15-25. [PMID: 29078993 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2017.10.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2017] [Revised: 10/21/2017] [Accepted: 10/23/2017] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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In cryogenic correlated light and electron microscopy (cryo-CLEM), frozen targets of interest are identified and located on EM grids by fluorescence microscopy and then imaged at higher resolution by cryo-EM. Whilst working with these methods, we discovered that a variety of mammalian cells exhibit strong punctate autofluorescence when imaged under cryogenic conditions (80 K). Autofluorescence originated from multilamellar bodies (MLBs) and secretory granules. Here we describe a method to distinguish fluorescent protein tags from these autofluorescent sources based on the narrower emission spectrum of the former. The method is first tested on mitochondria and then applied to examine the ultrastructural variability of secretory granules within insulin-secreting pancreatic beta-cell-derived INS-1E cells.
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- Stephen D Carter
- Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
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- Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA; Department of Cell Biology, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
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- Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA.
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Parham DM. Immunohistochemical Markers of Soft Tissue Tumors: Pathologic Diagnosis, Genetic Contributions, and Therapeutic Options. ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY INSIGHTS 2015; 10:1-10. [PMID: 26549970 PMCID: PMC4627416 DOI: 10.4137/aci.s32730] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2015] [Accepted: 09/16/2015] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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After ~30 years of widespread usage, immunohistochemistry (IHC) has become a standard method of diagnosis for surgical pathology. Because of the plethora of diagnoses and often subtle nature of diagnostic criteria, IHC finds particular utility in soft tissue tumors. The use of progressively small amounts of tissue for diagnosis highlights the importance of this method. The sensitivity and crispness of IHC stains have progressively improved with the advent of new techniques. Traditionally, IHC detects cell-typic markers that characterize cell phenotypes, such as chromogranin for neuroectodermal tissue, myogenin for skeletal muscle, and cytokeratin for epithelium. However, the advent of genetic discoveries have led to IHC testing for detection of fusion gene products or overexpressed oncogenes associated with deletions and mutations. Proliferation-based markers such as Ki-67 can also be used for prognosis and grading, but more standardization is needed. Development of monoclonal antibody-based pharmaceuticals, such as imatinib or crizotinib, holds the promise of tailored anticancer therapy. IHC thus has assumed importance not only for diagnosis but also for guidance of personalized medicine.
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- David M Parham
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA. ; Department of Pathology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Lučič V, Rigort A, Baumeister W. Cryo-electron tomography: the challenge of doing structural biology in situ. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013; 202:407-19. [PMID: 23918936 PMCID: PMC3734081 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201304193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 247] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Electron microscopy played a key role in establishing cell biology as a discipline, by producing fundamental insights into cellular organization and ultrastructure. Many seminal discoveries were made possible by the development of new sample preparation methods and imaging modalities. Recent technical advances include sample vitrification that faithfully preserves molecular structures, three-dimensional imaging by electron tomography, and improved image-processing methods. These new techniques have enabled the extraction of high fidelity structural information and are beginning to reveal the macromolecular organization of unperturbed cellular environments.
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- Vladan Lučič
- Max-Planck-Institute of Biochemistry, Am Klopferspitz 18, 82152 Martinsried, Germany
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Nagaraj R, Gururaja-Rao S, Jones KT, Slattery M, Negre N, Braas D, Christofk H, White KP, Mann R, Banerjee U. Control of mitochondrial structure and function by the Yorkie/YAP oncogenic pathway. Genes Dev 2012; 26:2027-37. [PMID: 22925885 DOI: 10.1101/gad.183061.111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Mitochondrial structure and function are highly dynamic, but the potential roles for cell signaling pathways in influencing these properties are not fully understood. Reduced mitochondrial function has been shown to cause cell cycle arrest, and a direct role of signaling pathways in controlling mitochondrial function during development and disease is an active area of investigation. Here, we show that the conserved Yorkie/YAP signaling pathway implicated in the control of organ size also functions in the regulation of mitochondria in Drosophila as well as human cells. In Drosophila, activation of Yorkie causes direct transcriptional up-regulation of genes that regulate mitochondrial fusion, such as opa1-like (opa1) and mitochondria assembly regulatory factor (Marf), and results in fused mitochondria with dramatic reduction in reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels. When mitochondrial fusion is genetically attenuated, the Yorkie-induced cell proliferation and tissue overgrowth are significantly suppressed. The function of Yorkie is conserved across evolution, as activation of YAP2 in human cell lines causes increased mitochondrial fusion. Thus, mitochondrial fusion is an essential and direct target of the Yorkie/YAP pathway in the regulation of organ size control during development and could play a similar role in the genesis of cancer.
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- Raghavendra Nagaraj
- Department of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, Broad Stem Cell Research Center, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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Fisch C, Dupuis-Williams P. [The rebirth of the ultrastructure of cilia and flagella]. Biol Aujourdhui 2012; 205:245-67. [PMID: 22251859 DOI: 10.1051/jbio/2011023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2011] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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The sensory and motility functions of eukaryotic cilia and flagella are essential for cell survival in protozoans and for cell differentiation and homoeostasis in metazoans. Ciliary biology has benefited early on from the input of electron microscopy. Over the last decade, the visualization of cellular structures has greatly progressed, thus it becomes timely to review the ultrastructure of cilia and flagella. Briefly touching upon the typical features of a 9+2 axoneme, we dwell extensively on the transition zone, the singlet zone, the ciliary necklace, cap and crown. The relation of the singlet zone to sensory and/or motile function, the link of the ciliary cap to microtubule dynamics and to ciliary beat, the involvement of the ciliary crown in ovocyte and mucosal propulsion, and the role of the transition zone/the ciliary necklace in axonemal stabilization, autotomy and as a diffusion barrier will all be discussed.
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- Cathy Fisch
- ATIGE Centriole et Pathologies Associées, INSERM/UEVE U829, 91000 Évry, France.
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Eukaryotic cilia and flagella perform motility and sensory functions which are essential for cell survival in protozoans, and to organism development and homoeostasis in metazoans. Their ultrastructure has been studied from the early beginnings of electron microscopy, and these studies continue to contribute to much of our understanding about ciliary biology. In the light of the progress made in the visualization of cellular structures over the last decade, we revisit the ultrastructure of cilia and flagella. We briefly describe the typical features of a 9+2 axoneme before focusing extensively on the transition zone, the ciliary necklace, the singlet zone, the ciliary cap and the ciliary crown. We discuss how the singlet zone is linked to sensory and/or motile function, the contribution of the ciliary crown to ovocyte and mucosal propulsion, and the relationship between the ciliary cap and microtubule growth and shortening, and its relation to ciliary beat. We further examine the involvement of the transition zone/the ciliary necklace in axonemal stabilization, autotomy and as a diffusion barrier.
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Martens G, Humphrey EC, Harrison LG, Silva-Moreno B, Ausió J, Kasinsky HE. High-pressure freezing of spermiogenic nuclei supports a dynamic chromatin model for the histone-to-protamine transition. J Cell Biochem 2009; 108:1399-409. [DOI: 10.1002/jcb.22373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Graf C, Meinke M, Gao Q, Hadam S, Raabe J, Sterry W, Blume-Peytavi U, Lademann J, Rühl E, Vogt A. Qualitative detection of single submicron and nanoparticles in human skin by scanning transmission x-ray microscopy. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS 2009; 14:021015. [PMID: 19405728 DOI: 10.1117/1.3078811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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First results on single particle detection in human skin samples by x-ray microscopy are reported. 94+/-6 and 161+/-13 nm gold core particles with silica shells and 298+/-11 nm silica particles coated with a gold shell on ultramicrotome sections of human skin were determined. The particles were applied on fresh intact skin samples, which were sectioned prior to imaging. After screening the sections by conventional microscopy techniques, defined areas of interest were qualitatively investigated by scanning transmission x-ray microscopy at the Swiss Light Source. In studies on the percutaneous penetration of 161+/-13 nm particles on human skin samples, x-ray microscopy yielded high-resolution images of single particles spreading on the superficial layer of the stratum corneum and on the epithelium in superficial parts of hair follicles. No deeper penetration was observed. The present work using x-ray microscopy provides the unique opportunity to study qualitative penetration processes and membrane-particle interactions on the level of single particles. This goes beyond present approaches using optical microscopy. Further improvement of this approach will allow one to study particles with different physicochemical properties and surface modifications, including responses of the exposed tissue.
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- Christina Graf
- Freie Universitat Berlin, Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Takustr. 3, 14195 Berlin, Germany.
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Visualizing cells at the nanoscale. Trends Biochem Sci 2008; 34:60-70. [PMID: 19101147 DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2008.10.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 196] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2008] [Revised: 10/29/2008] [Accepted: 10/29/2008] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Cryogenic electron tomography (cryo- ET) enables the 3D visualization of biological material at a previously unseeable scale. Carefully controlled cryogenic specimen preparation avoids the artefacts that are notorious to conventional electron microscopy specimen preparation. To date, studies employing cryo- ET have mostly been restricted to isolated macromolecular assemblies, small prokaryotic cells or thin regions of eukaryotic cells owing to the limited penetration depth of electrons through ice-embedded preparations. Recent progress in cryosectioning makes it possible to acquire tomograms from many kinds of vitrified cells and tissues. The systematic and comprehensive interpretation of such tomograms will provide unprecedented insight into the molecular organization of cellular landscapes.
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Gruska M, Medalia O, Baumeister W, Leis A. Electron tomography of vitreous sections from cultured mammalian cells. J Struct Biol 2008; 161:384-92. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2007.10.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2007] [Revised: 10/08/2007] [Accepted: 10/09/2007] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Sartori A, Gatz R, Beck F, Rigort A, Baumeister W, Plitzko JM. Correlative microscopy: Bridging the gap between fluorescence light microscopy and cryo-electron tomography. J Struct Biol 2007; 160:135-45. [PMID: 17884579 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2007.07.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 253] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2007] [Revised: 07/19/2007] [Accepted: 07/25/2007] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Cryo-electron tomography of frozen-hydrated biological samples offers a means of studying large and complex cellular structures in three-dimensions and with nanometer-scale resolution. The low contrast of unstained biological material embedded in amorphous ice and the need to minimise the exposure of these radiation-sensitive samples to the electron beam result in a poor signal-to-noise ratio. This poses problems not only in the visualisation and interpretation of such tomograms, it is also a problem in surveying the sample and in finding regions which contain the features of interest and which are suitable for recording tomograms. To address this problem, we have developed a correlative fluorescence light microscopy-electron microscopy approach, which guides the search for the structures of interest and allows electron microscopy to zoom in on them. With our approach, the total dose spent on locating regions of interest is negligible. A newly designed cryo-holder allows imaging of fluorescently labelled samples after vitrification. The absolute coordinates of structures identified and located by cryo-light microscopy are transferred to the electron microscope via a Matlab-based user interface. We have successfully tested the experimental setup and the whole procedure with two types of adherent fluorescently labelled cells, a neuronal cell line and keratinocytes, both grown directly on EM grids.
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- Anna Sartori
- Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Department of Molecular Structural Biology, Am Klopferspitz 18, 82152 Martinsried, Germany.
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Braet F, Wisse E, Bomans P, Frederik P, Geerts W, Koster A, Soon L, Ringer S. Contribution of high-resolution correlative imaging techniques in the study of the liver sieve in three-dimensions. Microsc Res Tech 2007; 70:230-42. [PMID: 17279510 DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Correlative microscopy has become increasingly important for the analysis of the structure, function, and dynamics of cells. This is largely due to the result of recent advances in light-, probe-, laser- and various electron microscopy techniques that facilitate three-dimensional studies. Furthermore, the improved understanding in the past decade of imaging cell compartments in the third dimension has resulted largely from the availability of powerful computers, fast high-resolution CCD cameras, specifically developed imaging analysis software, and various probes designed for labeling living and or fixed cells. In this paper, we review different correlative high-resolution imaging methodologies and how these microscopy techniques facilitated the accumulation of new insights in the morpho-functional and structural organization of the hepatic sieve. Various aspects of hepatic endothelial fenestrae regarding their structure, origin, dynamics, and formation will be explored throughout this paper by comparing the results of confocal laser scanning-, correlative fluorescence and scanning electron-, atomic force-, and whole-mount electron microscopy. Furthermore, the recent advances of vitrifying cells with the vitrobot in combination with the glove box for the preparation of cells for cryo-electron microscopic investigation will be discussed. Finally, the first transmission electron tomography data of the liver sieve in three-dimensions are presented. The obtained data unambiguously show the involvement of special domains in the de novo formation and disappearance of hepatic fenestrae, and focuses future research into the (supra)molecular structure of the fenestrae-forming center, defenestration center and fenestrae-, and sieve plate cytoskeleton ring by using advanced cryo-electron tomography.
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- Filip Braet
- Australian Key Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis, The University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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Anderson MG, Haraszti T, Petersen GE, Wirick S, Jacobsen C, John SWM, Grunze M. Scanning transmission X-ray microscopic analysis of purified melanosomes of the mouse iris. Micron 2006; 37:689-98. [PMID: 16723235 DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2006.03.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2006] [Revised: 03/14/2006] [Accepted: 03/15/2006] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Melanosomes are specialized intracellular membrane bound organelles that produce and store melanin pigment. The composition of melanin and distribution of melanosomes determine the color of many mammalian tissues, including the hair, skin, and iris. However, the presence of melanosomes within a tissue carries potentially detrimental risks related to the cytotoxic indole-quinone intermediates produced during melanin synthesis. In order to study melanosomal molecules, including melanin and melanin-related intermediates, we have refined methods allowing spectromicroscopic analysis of purified melanosomes using scanning transmission X-ray microscopy. Here, we present for the first time absorption data for melanosomes at the carbon absorption edge ranging from 284 to 290 eV. High-resolution images of melanosomes at discrete energies demonstrate that fully melanized mature melanosomes are internally non-homogeneous, suggesting the presence of an organized internal sub-structure. Spectra of purified melanosomes are complex, partially described by a predominating absorption band at 288.4 eV with additional contributions from several minor bands. Differences in these spectra were detectable between samples from two strains of inbred mice known to harbor genetically determined melanosomal differences, DBA/2J and C57BL/6J, and are likely to represent signatures arising from biologically relevant and tractable phenomena.
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- Michael G Anderson
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, United States.
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Cryo-electron tomography is an emerging imaging technique that has unique potential for molecular cell biology. At the present resolution of 4-5 nm, large supramolecular structures can be studied in unperturbed cellular environments and, in the future, it will become possible to map molecular landscapes inside cells in a more comprehensive manner. 'Visual proteomics' aims to complement and extend mass-spectrometry-based inventories, and to provide a quantitative description of the macromolecular interactions that underlie cellular functions.
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- Stephan Nickell
- Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry, Department of Structural Biology, Am Klopferspitz 18, D-82152 Martinsried, Germany
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Drobne D, Milani M, Zrimec A, Leser V, Berden Zrimec M. Electron and ion imaging of gland cells using the FIB/SEM system. J Microsc 2005; 219:29-35. [PMID: 15998363 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2005.01490.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
The FIB/SEM system was satisfactorily used for scanning ion (SIM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) of gland epithelial cells of a terrestrial isopod Porcellio scaber (Isopoda, Crustacea). The interior of cells was exposed by site-specific in situ focused ion beam (FIB) milling. Scanning ion (SI) imaging was an adequate substitution for scanning electron (SE) imaging when charging rendered SE imaging impossible. No significant differences in resolution between the SI and SE images were observed. The contrast on both the SI and SE images is a topographic. The consequences of SI imaging are, among others, introduction of Ga(+) ions on/into the samples and destruction of the imaged surface. These two characteristics of SI imaging can be used advantageously. Introduction of Ga(+) ions onto the specimen neutralizes the charge effect in the subsequent SE imaging. In addition, the destructive nature of SI imaging can be used as a tool for the gradual removal of the exposed layer of the imaged surface, uncovering the structures lying beneath. Alternative SEM and SIM in combination with site-specific in situ FIB sample sectioning made it possible to image the submicrometre structures of gland epithelium cells with reproducibility, repeatability and in the same range of magnifications as in transmission electron microscopy (TEM). At the present state of technology, ultrastructural elements imaged by the FIB/SEM system cannot be directly identified by comparison with TEM images.
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Affiliation(s)
- D Drobne
- Department of Biology, University of Ljubljana, Vecna pot 111, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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