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Hess MW, Vogel GF, Yordanov TE, Witting B, Gutleben K, Ebner HL, de Araujo MEG, Filipek PA, Huber LA. Combining high-pressure freezing with pre-embedding immunogold electron microscopy and tomography. Traffic 2018; 19:639-649. [PMID: 29673018 DOI: 10.1111/tra.12575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2017] [Revised: 04/13/2018] [Accepted: 04/13/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
Immunogold labeling of permeabilized whole-mount cells or thin-sectioned material is widely used for the subcellular localization of biomolecules at the high spatial resolution of electron microscopy (EM). Those approaches are well compatible with either 3-dimensional (3D) reconstruction of organelle morphology and antigen distribution or with rapid cryofixation-but not easily with both at once. We describe here a specimen preparation and labeling protocol for animal cell cultures, which represents a novel blend of specifically adapted versions of established techniques. It combines the virtues of reliably preserved organelle ultrastructure, as trapped by rapid freezing within milliseconds followed by freeze-substitution and specimen rehydration, with the advantages of robust labeling of intracellular constituents in 3D through means of pre-embedding NANOGOLD-silver immunocytochemistry. So obtained thin and semi-thick epoxy resin sections are suitable for transmission EM imaging, as well as tomographic reconstruction and modeling of labeling patterns in the 3D cellular context.
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Affiliation(s)
- Michael W Hess
- Division of Histology and Embryology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
| | - Georg F Vogel
- Division of Histology and Embryology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.,Division of Cell Biology, Biocenter, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.,Department of Pediatrics I, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
| | - Teodor E Yordanov
- Division of Cell Biology, Biocenter, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
| | - Barbara Witting
- Division of Histology and Embryology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
| | - Karin Gutleben
- Division of Histology and Embryology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
| | - Hannes L Ebner
- Division of Histology and Embryology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
| | - Mariana E G de Araujo
- Division of Cell Biology, Biocenter, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
| | - Przemyslaw A Filipek
- Division of Cell Biology, Biocenter, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
| | - Lukas A Huber
- Division of Cell Biology, Biocenter, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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