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Microscopic Description of Platelet Aggregates Induced by Escherichia coli Strains. Cells 2022; 11:cells11213495. [PMID: 36359892 PMCID: PMC9659130 DOI: 10.3390/cells11213495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2022] [Revised: 10/27/2022] [Accepted: 11/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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In addition to their role in haemostasis, platelets are also involved in the inflammatory and antimicrobial process. Interactions between pathogens and platelets, mediated by receptors can lead to platelet activation, which may be responsible for a granular secretion process or even aggregation, depending on the bacterial species. Granular secretion releases peptides with bactericidal activity as well as aggregating factors. To our knowledge, these interactions have been poorly studied for Escherichia coli (E. coli). Few studies have characterised the cellular organization of platelet-E. coli aggregates. The objective of our study was to investigate the structure of platelet aggregates induced by different E. coli strains as well as the ultrastructure of platelet-E. coli mixtures using a scanning and transmission electron microscopy (SEM and TEM) approach. Our results show that the appearance of platelet aggregates is mainly dependent on the strain used. SEM images illustrate the platelet activation and aggregation and their colocalisation with bacteria. Some E. coli strains induce platelet activation and aggregation, and the bacteria are trapped in the platelet magma. However, some strains do not induce significant platelet activation and are found in close proximity to the platelets. The structure of the E. coli strains might explain the results obtained.
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Hannachi N, Ogé-Ganaye E, Baudoin JP, Fontanini A, Bernot D, Habib G, Camoin-Jau L. Antiplatelet Agents Have a Distinct Efficacy on Platelet Aggregation Induced by Infectious Bacteria. Front Pharmacol 2020; 11:863. [PMID: 32581813 PMCID: PMC7291881 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2020.00863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2020] [Accepted: 05/26/2020] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Platelets are the cornerstone of hemostasis. However, their exaggerated aggregation induces deleterious consequences. In several diseases, such as infectious endocarditis and sepsis, the interaction between platelets and bacteria leads to platelet aggregation. Despite platelet involvement, no antiplatelet therapy is currently recommended in these infectious diseases. We aimed here, to evaluate, in vitro, the effect of antiplatelet drugs on platelet aggregation induced by two of the bacterial pathogens most involved in infectious endocarditis, Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus sanguinis. Blood samples were collected from healthy donors (n = 43). Treated platelet rich plasmas were incubated with three bacterial strains of each species tested. Platelet aggregation was evaluated by Light Transmission Aggregometry. CD62P surface exposure was evaluated by flow cytometry. Aggregate organizations were analyzed by scanning electron microscopy. All the strains tested induced a strong platelet aggregation. Antiplatelet drugs showed distinct effects depending on the bacterial species involved with different magnitude between strains of the same species. Ticagrelor exhibited the highest inhibitory effect on platelet activation (p <0.001) and aggregation (p <0.01) induced by S. aureus. In the case of S. sanguinis, platelet activation and aggregation were better inhibited using the combination of both aspirin and ticagrelor (p <0.05 and p <0.001 respectively). Aggregates ultrastructure and effect of antiplatelet drugs observed by scanning electron microscopy depended on the species involved. Our results highlighted that the effect of antiplatelet drugs depended on the bacterial species involved. We might recommend therefore to consider the germ involved before introduction of an optimal antiplatelet therapy.
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- Nadji Hannachi
- Aix Marseille Univ, IRD, APHM, MEPHI, IHU Méditerranée infection, Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Univ, IRD, APHM, MEPHI, IHU Méditerranée infection, Marseille, France
- Laboratoire d’Hématologie, Hôpital de la Timone, APHM, Boulevard Jean-Moulin, Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Univ, IRD, APHM, MEPHI, IHU Méditerranée infection, Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Univ, IRD, APHM, MEPHI, IHU Méditerranée infection, Marseille, France
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- Laboratoire d’Hématologie, Hôpital de la Timone, APHM, Boulevard Jean-Moulin, Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Univ, IRD, APHM, MEPHI, IHU Méditerranée infection, Marseille, France
- Département de cardiologie, Hôpital de la Timone, AP-HM, Boulevard Jean-Moulin, Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Univ, IRD, APHM, MEPHI, IHU Méditerranée infection, Marseille, France
- Laboratoire d’Hématologie, Hôpital de la Timone, APHM, Boulevard Jean-Moulin, Marseille, France
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Hannachi N, Baudoin JP, Prasanth A, Habib G, Camoin-Jau L. The distinct effects of aspirin on platelet aggregation induced by infectious bacteria. Platelets 2019; 31:1028-1038. [PMID: 31856631 DOI: 10.1080/09537104.2019.1704717] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Bacteria induce platelet aggregation triggered by several mechanisms. The goal of this work was to characterize platelet aggregates induced by different bacterial strains and to quantify the effect of aspirin treatment using aggregation tests, as well as a novel approach based on confocal analysis. Blood samples were obtained from either healthy donors (n = 27) or patients treated with long-term aspirin (n = 15). The bacterial species included were Staphylococcus aureus, Enterococcus faecalis, and Streptococcus sanguinis. The different aggregate's ultrastructures depending on the bacterial strain were analyzed using Scanning electron microscopy. Quantification of the size of the platelet aggregates, their mean number as well as the bacterial impregnation within the aggregates was performed using confocal laser scanning light microscopy. Light Transmission Aggregometry was also performed. Our results reported distinct characteristics of platelet aggregates depending on the bacterial strain. Using confocal analysis, we have shown that aspirin significantly reduced platelet aggregation induced by S. aureus (p = .003) and E. faecalis (p = .006) with no effect in the case of S. sanguinis (p = .529). The results of the aggregometry were concordant with those of the confocal technique in the case of S. aureus and S. sanguinis. Interestingly, aggregation induced by E. faecalis was detected only with confocal analysis. In conclusion, our confocal scanning microscopy allowed a detailed study of the platelet aggregation induced by bacteria. We showed that aspirin acts on bacterial-induced platelet aggregation depending on the species. These results are in favor of the use of aspirin considering the species and the bacterial strain involved.
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- Nadji Hannachi
- Département d'infectiologie, MEPHI, IHU Méditerranée infection, Aix Marseille Univ, IRD, AP-HM , Marseille, France
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- Département d'infectiologie, MEPHI, IHU Méditerranée infection, Aix Marseille Univ, IRD, AP-HM , Marseille, France
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- Département d'infectiologie, MEPHI, IHU Méditerranée infection, Aix Marseille Univ, IRD, AP-HM , Marseille, France
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- Département d'infectiologie, MEPHI, IHU Méditerranée infection, Aix Marseille Univ, IRD, AP-HM , Marseille, France.,Département de cardiologie, la Timone Hospital, AP-HM , Marseille, France
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- Département d'infectiologie, MEPHI, IHU Méditerranée infection, Aix Marseille Univ, IRD, AP-HM , Marseille, France.,Laboratoire d'Hématologie, La Timone Hospital, APHM , Marseille, France
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Prozorov T, Almeida TP, Kovács A, Dunin-Borkowski RE. Off-axis electron holography of bacterial cells and magnetic nanoparticles in liquid. J R Soc Interface 2018; 14:rsif.2017.0464. [PMID: 29021160 DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2017.0464] [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: 06/23/2017] [Accepted: 09/18/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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The mapping of electrostatic potentials and magnetic fields in liquids using electron holography has been considered to be unrealistic. Here, we show that hydrated cells of Magnetospirillum magneticum strain AMB-1 and assemblies of magnetic nanoparticles can be studied using off-axis electron holography in a fluid cell specimen holder within the transmission electron microscope. Considering that the holographic object and reference wave both pass through liquid, the recorded electron holograms show sufficient interference fringe contrast to permit reconstruction of the phase shift of the electron wave and mapping of the magnetic induction from bacterial magnetite nanocrystals. We assess the challenges of performing in situ magnetization reversal experiments using a fluid cell specimen holder, discuss approaches for improving spatial resolution and specimen stability, and outline future perspectives for studying scientific phenomena, ranging from interparticle interactions in liquids and electrical double layers at solid-liquid interfaces to biomineralization and the mapping of electrostatic potentials associated with protein aggregation and folding.
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- Tanya Prozorov
- Division of Materials Sciences and Engineering, Ames Laboratory, Ames, IA 50011, USA
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- Department of Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Ernst Ruska-Centre for Microscopy and Spectroscopy with Electrons and Peter Grünberg Institute, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Ernst Ruska-Centre for Microscopy and Spectroscopy with Electrons and Peter Grünberg Institute, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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Srivastava R. Interaction of Cysteine with Au
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- Ruby Srivastava
- Center for Molecular Modelling; CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology; Hyderabad- 50060 India
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Chen D, Monteiro-Riviere NA, Zhang LW. Intracellular imaging of quantum dots, gold, and iron oxide nanoparticles with associated endocytic pathways. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-NANOMEDICINE AND NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY 2016; 9. [PMID: 27418010 DOI: 10.1002/wnan.1419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2016] [Revised: 06/08/2016] [Accepted: 06/24/2016] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Metallic nanoparticles (NP) have been used for biomedical applications especially for imaging. Compared to nonmetallic NP, metallic NP provide high contrast images because of their optical light scattering, magnetic resonance, X-ray absorption, or other physicochemical properties. In this review, a series of in vitro imaging techniques for metallic NP will be introduced, meanwhile their strengths and weaknesses will be discussed. By utilizing these imaging methods, the cellular uptake of metallic NP can be easily visualized to better understand the endocytic mechanisms of NP intracellular delivery. Several types of metallic NP that are used for imaging or as contrast agents such as quantum dots, gold, iron oxide, and other metallic NP will be presented. Cellular uptake of metallic NP and associated endocytic mechanisms highly depends upon the NP size, charge, surface coating, shape, or other factors such as cell type, cell differentiation status, cell surface status, external forces, protein binding, temperature, and the biological milieu. Classical endocytic routes such as lipid raft-mediated pathways, clathrin or caveolae-mediated pathways, macropinocytosis, and phagocytosis have been investigated, yet there is still a demand to determine other endocytic pathways. Knowing the different methodologies used to determine the endocytic pathways will increase the understanding of NP toxicity, cancer cell targeting, and imaging, so that surface coatings can be created for efficient cell uptake of metallic NP with minimal cytotoxicity WIREs Nanomed Nanobiotechnol 2017, 9:e1419. doi: 10.1002/wnan.1419 For further resources related to this article, please visit the WIREs website.
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- Dandan Chen
- School for Radiological and Interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X), Soochow University and Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Suzhou, China
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- Nanotechnology Innovation Center of Kansas State, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, United States
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- School for Radiological and Interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X), Soochow University and Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Suzhou, China
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Liv N, van Oosten Slingeland DSB, Baudoin JP, Kruit P, Piston DW, Hoogenboom JP. Electron Microscopy of Living Cells During in Situ Fluorescence Microscopy. ACS NANO 2016; 10:265-73. [PMID: 26580231 PMCID: PMC4729641 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b03970] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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We present an approach toward dynamic nanoimaging: live fluorescence of cells encapsulated in a bionanoreactor is complemented with in situ scanning electron microscopy (SEM) on an integrated microscope. This allows us to take SEM snapshots on-demand, that is, at a specific location in time, at a desired region of interest, guided by the dynamic fluorescence imaging. We show that this approach enables direct visualization, with EM resolution, of the distribution of bioconjugated quantum dots on cellular extensions during uptake and internalization.
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- Nalan Liv
- Department of Imaging Physics, Delft University of Technology, Lorentzweg 1, 2628 CJ Delft, The Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University, 747 Light Hall, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0615, United States
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- Department of Imaging Physics, Delft University of Technology, Lorentzweg 1, 2628 CJ Delft, The Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University, 747 Light Hall, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0615, United States
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- Department of Imaging Physics, Delft University of Technology, Lorentzweg 1, 2628 CJ Delft, The Netherlands
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Dahmen T, Kohr H, de Jonge N, Slusallek P. Matched Backprojection Operator for Combined Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy Tilt- and Focal Series. MICROSCOPY AND MICROANALYSIS : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF MICROSCOPY SOCIETY OF AMERICA, MICROBEAM ANALYSIS SOCIETY, MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 2015; 21:725-738. [PMID: 26046398 DOI: 10.1017/s1431927615000525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Combined tilt- and focal series scanning transmission electron microscopy is a recently developed method to obtain nanoscale three-dimensional (3D) information of thin specimens. In this study, we formulate the forward projection in this acquisition scheme as a linear operator and prove that it is a generalization of the Ray transform for parallel illumination. We analytically derive the corresponding backprojection operator as the adjoint of the forward projection. We further demonstrate that the matched backprojection operator drastically improves the convergence rate of iterative 3D reconstruction compared to the case where a backprojection based on heuristic weighting is used. In addition, we show that the 3D reconstruction is of better quality.
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- Tim Dahmen
- 1German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence GmbH (DFKI),66123 Saarbrücken,Germany
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- 2Department of Mathematics,KTH Royal Institute of Technology,Lindstedtsvägen 25,Stockholm,SE 100 44,Sweden
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- 3INM Leibniz Institute for New Materials,66123 Saarbrücken,Germany
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- 1German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence GmbH (DFKI),66123 Saarbrücken,Germany
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Hermannsdörfer J, de Jonge N, Verch A. Electron beam induced chemistry of gold nanoparticles in saline solution. Chem Commun (Camb) 2015; 51:16393-6. [DOI: 10.1039/c5cc06812f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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The influence of parameters such as the pH and the concentration of salt on the stability of Au nanoparticles in liquid electron microscopy experiments was studied.
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- INM – Leibniz Institute for New Materials
- 66123 Saarbrücken
- Germany
- Department of Physics
- Saarland University
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- INM – Leibniz Institute for New Materials
- 66123 Saarbrücken
- Germany
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Dahmen T, Baudoin JP, Lupini AR, Kübel C, Slusallek P, de Jonge N. Combined scanning transmission electron microscopy tilt- and focal series. MICROSCOPY AND MICROANALYSIS : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF MICROSCOPY SOCIETY OF AMERICA, MICROBEAM ANALYSIS SOCIETY, MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 2014; 20:548-560. [PMID: 24548618 DOI: 10.1017/s1431927614000075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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In this study, a combined tilt- and focal series is proposed as a new recording scheme for high-angle annular dark-field scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) tomography. Three-dimensional (3D) data were acquired by mechanically tilting the specimen, and recording a through-focal series at each tilt direction. The sample was a whole-mount macrophage cell with embedded gold nanoparticles. The tilt-focal algebraic reconstruction technique (TF-ART) is introduced as a new algorithm to reconstruct tomograms from such combined tilt- and focal series. The feasibility of TF-ART was demonstrated by 3D reconstruction of the experimental 3D data. The results were compared with a conventional STEM tilt series of a similar sample. The combined tilt- and focal series led to smaller "missing wedge" artifacts, and a higher axial resolution than obtained for the STEM tilt series, thus improving on one of the main issues of tilt series-based electron tomography.
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- Tim Dahmen
- 1 German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence GmbH (DFKI), 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany
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- 2 Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232-0615, USA
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- 4 Karlsruhe Institute for Technology (KIT), 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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- 4 Karlsruhe Institute for Technology (KIT), 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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- 1 German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence GmbH (DFKI), 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany
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- 2 Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232-0615, USA
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Peckys DB, de Jonge N. Gold nanoparticle uptake in whole cells in liquid examined by environmental scanning electron microscopy. MICROSCOPY AND MICROANALYSIS : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF MICROSCOPY SOCIETY OF AMERICA, MICROBEAM ANALYSIS SOCIETY, MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 2014; 20:189-197. [PMID: 24444043 DOI: 10.1017/s1431927613013986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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The size of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) can influence various aspects of their cellular uptake. Light microscopy is not capable of resolving most AuNPs, while electron microscopy (EM) is not practically capable of acquiring the necessary statistical data from many cells and the results may suffer from various artifacts. Here, we demonstrate the use of a fast EM method for obtaining high-resolution data from a much larger population of cells than is usually feasible with conventional EM. A549 (human lung carcinoma) cells were subjected to uptake protocols with 10, 15, or 30 nm diameter AuNPs with adsorbed serum proteins. After 20 min, 24 h, or 45 h, the cells were fixed and imaged in whole in a thin layer of liquid water with environmental scanning electron microscopy equipped with a scanning transmission electron microscopy detector. The fast preparation and imaging of 145 whole cells in liquid allowed collection of nanoscale data within an exceptionally small amount of time of ~80 h. Analysis of 1,041 AuNP-filled vesicles showed that the long-term AuNP storing lysosomes increased their average size by 80 nm when AuNPs with 30 nm diameter were uptaken, compared to lysosomes of cells incubated with AuNPs of 10 and 15 nm diameter.
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- Diana B Peckys
- Innovative Electron Microscopy Group, INM-Leibniz Institute for New Materials, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany
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- Innovative Electron Microscopy Group, INM-Leibniz Institute for New Materials, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany
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Dukes MJ, Gilmore BL, Tanner JR, McDonald SM, Kelly DF. In situ TEM of biological assemblies in liquid. J Vis Exp 2013:50936. [PMID: 24429390 DOI: 10.3791/50936] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022] Open
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Researchers regularly use Transmission Electron Microscopes (TEMs) to examine biological entities and to assess new materials. Here, we describe an additional application for these instruments- viewing viral assemblies in a liquid environment. This exciting and novel method of visualizing biological structures utilizes a recently developed microfluidic-based specimen holder. Our video article demonstrates how to assemble and use a microfluidic holder to image liquid specimens within a TEM. In particular, we use simian rotavirus double-layered particles (DLPs) as our model system. We also describe steps to coat the surface of the liquid chamber with affinity biofilms that tether DLPs to the viewing window. This permits us to image assemblies in a manner that is suitable for 3D structure determination. Thus, we present a first glimpse of subviral particles in a native liquid environment.
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Baudoin JP, Jinschek JR, Boothroyd CB, Dunin-Borkowski RE, de Jonge N. Chromatic aberration-corrected tilt series transmission electron microscopy of nanoparticles in a whole mount macrophage cell. MICROSCOPY AND MICROANALYSIS : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF MICROSCOPY SOCIETY OF AMERICA, MICROBEAM ANALYSIS SOCIETY, MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 2013; 19:814-820. [PMID: 23659678 DOI: 10.1017/s1431927613001475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) in combination with electron tomography is widely used to obtain nanometer scale three-dimensional (3D) structural information about biological samples. However, studies of whole eukaryotic cells are limited in resolution and/or contrast on account of the effect of chromatic aberration of the TEM objective lens on electrons that have been scattered inelastically in the specimen. As a result, 3D information is usually obtained from sections and not from whole cells. Here, we use chromatic aberration-corrected TEM to record bright-field TEM images of nanoparticles in a whole mount macrophage cell. Tilt series of images are used to generate electron tomograms, which are analyzed to assess the spatial resolution that can be achieved for different vertical positions in the specimen. The uptake of gold nanoparticles coated with low-density lipoprotein (LDL) is studied. The LDL is found to assemble in clusters. The clusters contain nanoparticles taken up on different days, which are joined without mixing their nanoparticle cargo.
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- Jean-Pierre Baudoin
- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232-0615, USA
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Ramachandra R, Demers H, de Jonge N. The influence of the sample thickness on the lateral and axial resolution of aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy. MICROSCOPY AND MICROANALYSIS : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF MICROSCOPY SOCIETY OF AMERICA, MICROBEAM ANALYSIS SOCIETY, MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 2013; 19:93-101. [PMID: 23290505 DOI: 10.1017/s143192761201392x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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The lateral and axial resolution of three-dimensional (3D) focal series aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy was studied for samples of different thicknesses. The samples consisted of gold nanoparticles placed on the top and at the bottom of silicon nitride membranes of thickness between 50 and 500 nm. Atomic resolution was obtained for nanoparticles on top of 50-, 100-, and 200-nm-thick membranes with respect to the electron beam traveling downward. Atomic resolution was also achieved for nanoparticles placed below 50-, 100-, and 200-nm-thick membranes but with a lower contrast at the larger thicknesses. Beam broadening led to a reduced resolution for a 500-nm-thick membrane. The influence of the beam broadening on the axial resolution was also studied using Monte Carlo simulations with a 3D sample geometry.
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- Ranjan Ramachandra
- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232-0615, USA
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Baudoin JP, Jerome WG, Kübel C, de Jonge N. Whole-cell analysis of low-density lipoprotein uptake by macrophages using STEM tomography. PLoS One 2013; 8:e55022. [PMID: 23383042 PMCID: PMC3561407 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0055022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2012] [Accepted: 12/18/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Nanoparticles of heavy materials such as gold can be used as markers in quantitative electron microscopic studies of protein distributions in cells with nanometer spatial resolution. Studying nanoparticles within the context of cells is also relevant for nanotoxicological research. Here, we report a method to quantify the locations and the number of nanoparticles, and of clusters of nanoparticles inside whole eukaryotic cells in three dimensions using scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) tomography. Whole-mount fixed cellular samples were prepared, avoiding sectioning or slicing. The level of membrane staining was kept much lower than is common practice in transmission electron microscopy (TEM), such that the nanoparticles could be detected throughout the entire cellular thickness. Tilt-series were recorded with a limited tilt-range of 80° thereby preventing excessive beam broadening occurring at higher tilt angles. The 3D locations of the nanoparticles were nevertheless determined with high precision using computation. The obtained information differed from that obtained with conventional TEM tomography data since the nanoparticles were highlighted while only faint contrast was obtained on the cellular material. Similar as in fluorescence microscopy, a particular set of labels can be studied. This method was applied to study the fate of sequentially up-taken low-density lipoprotein (LDL) conjugated to gold nanoparticles in macrophages. Analysis of a 3D reconstruction revealed that newly up-taken LDL-gold was delivered to lysosomes containing previously up-taken LDL-gold thereby forming onion-like clusters.
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- Jean-Pierre Baudoin
- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Institute of Nanotechnology (INT) and Karlsruhe Nano Micro Facility (KNMF), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Eggenstein-Leopoldshaffen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
- INM – Leibniz Institute for New Materials, Saarbrücken, Germany
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Zhao Y, Zhou F, Zhou H, Su H. The structural and bonding evolution in cysteine–gold cluster complexes. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2013; 15:1690-8. [DOI: 10.1039/c2cp42830j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Ramachandra R, de Jonge N. Optimized deconvolution for maximum axial resolution in three-dimensional aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy. MICROSCOPY AND MICROANALYSIS : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF MICROSCOPY SOCIETY OF AMERICA, MICROBEAM ANALYSIS SOCIETY, MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 2012; 18:218-228. [PMID: 22152090 PMCID: PMC3387366 DOI: 10.1017/s1431927611012347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Three-dimensional (3D) datasets were recorded of gold nanoparticles placed on both sides of silicon nitride membranes using focal series aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM). Deconvolution of the 3D datasets was applied to obtain the highest possible axial resolution. The deconvolution involved two different point spread functions, each calculated iteratively via blind deconvolution. Supporting membranes of different thicknesses were tested to study the effect of beam broadening on the deconvolution. It was found that several iterations of deconvolution was efficient in reducing the imaging noise. With an increasing number of iterations, the axial resolution was increased, and most of the structural information was preserved. Additional iterations improved the axial resolution by maximal a factor of 4 to 6, depending on the particular dataset, and up to 8 nm maximal, but also led to a reduction of the lateral size of the nanoparticles in the image. Thus, the deconvolution procedure optimized for the highest axial resolution is best suited for applications where one is interested in the 3D locations of nanoparticles only.
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- Ranjan Ramachandra
- Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, TN, Nashville, 37232-0615, USA
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- Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, TN, Nashville, 37232-0615, USA
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Lupini AR, de Jonge N. The three-dimensional point spread function of aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy. MICROSCOPY AND MICROANALYSIS : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF MICROSCOPY SOCIETY OF AMERICA, MICROBEAM ANALYSIS SOCIETY, MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 2011; 17:817-26. [PMID: 21878149 PMCID: PMC3390684 DOI: 10.1017/s1431927611011913] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Aberration correction reduces the depth of field in scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) and thus allows three-dimensional (3D) imaging by depth sectioning. This imaging mode offers the potential for sub-Ångstrom lateral resolution and nanometer-scale depth sensitivity. For biological samples, which may be many microns across and where high lateral resolution may not always be needed, optimizing the depth resolution even at the expense of lateral resolution may be desired, aiming to image through thick specimens. Although there has been extensive work examining and optimizing the probe formation in two dimensions, there is less known about the probe shape along the optical axis. Here the probe shape is examined in three dimensions in an attempt to better understand the depth resolution in this mode. Examples are presented of how aberrations change the probe shape in three dimensions, and it is found that off-axial aberrations may need to be considered for focal series of large areas. It is shown that oversized or annular apertures theoretically improve the vertical resolution for 3D imaging of nanoparticles. When imaging nanoparticles of several nanometer size, regular STEM can thereby be optimized such that the vertical full-width at half-maximum approaches that of the aberration-corrected STEM with a standard aperture.
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- Andrew R Lupini
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6064, USA
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Ring EA, Peckys DB, Dukes MJ, Baudoin JP, de Jonge N. Silicon nitride windows for electron microscopy of whole cells. J Microsc 2011; 243:273-83. [PMID: 21770941 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2011.03501.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Silicon microchips with thin, electron transparent silicon nitride windows provide a sample support that accommodates both light-, and electron microscopy of whole eukaryotic cells in vacuum or liquid, with minimum sample preparation steps. The windows are robust enough that cellular samples can be cultured directly onto them, with no addition of a supporting film, and there is no need to embed or section the sample, as is typically required in electron microscopy. By combining two microchips, a microfluidic chamber can be constructed for the imaging of samples in liquid in the electron microscope. We provide microchip design specifications, a fabrication outline, instructions on how to prepare the microchips for biological samples, and examples of images obtained using different light and electron microscopy modalities. The use of these microchips is particularly advantageous for correlative light and electron microscopy.
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- E A Ring
- Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, USA
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