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ReviewNature protocols2017

Quantitative 3D structured illumination microscopy of nuclear structures.

Felix Kraus, Ezequiel Miron, Justin Demmerle, Tsotne Chitiashvili, Alexei Budco, Quentin Alle, Atsushi Matsuda, Heinrich Leonhardt, Lothar Schermelleh, Yolanda Markaki

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Review in Nature protocols, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

44 citing papers in PubMed.

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  15. A Transient Mystery: Nucleolar Channel Systems.Results and problems in cell differentiation · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Felix KrausCenter for Integrated Protein Science (CIPSM) and Center for Advanced Light Microscopy (CALM), Department of Biology II, Ludwig Maximilians University (LMU), Martinsried, Germany.
Ezequiel MironMicron Advanced Bioimaging Unit, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Justin DemmerleMicron Advanced Bioimaging Unit, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4005-1705
Tsotne ChitiashviliCenter for Integrated Protein Science (CIPSM) and Center for Advanced Light Microscopy (CALM), Department of Biology II, Ludwig Maximilians University (LMU), Martinsried, Germany.
Alexei BudcoCenter for Integrated Protein Science (CIPSM) and Center for Advanced Light Microscopy (CALM), Department of Biology II, Ludwig Maximilians University (LMU), Martinsried, Germany.
Quentin AlleMicron Advanced Bioimaging Unit, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Atsushi MatsudaAdvanced ICT Research Institute Kobe, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Kobe, Japan.
Heinrich LeonhardtCenter for Integrated Protein Science (CIPSM) and Center for Advanced Light Microscopy (CALM), Department of Biology II, Ludwig Maximilians University (LMU), Martinsried, Germany.
Lothar SchermellehMicron Advanced Bioimaging Unit, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1612-9699
Yolanda MarkakiCenter for Integrated Protein Science (CIPSM) and Center for Advanced Light Microscopy (CALM), Department of Biology II, Ludwig Maximilians University (LMU), Martinsried, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6013-2417

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

3D structured illumination microscopy (3D-SIM) is the super-resolution technique of choice for multicolor volumetric imaging. Here we provide a validated sample preparation protocol for labeling nuclei of cultured mammalian cells, image acquisition and registration practices, and downstream image analysis of nuclear structures and epigenetic marks. Using immunostaining and replication labeling combined with image segmentation, centroid mapping and nearest-neighbor analyses in open-source environments, 3D maps of nuclear structures are analyzed in individual cells and normalized to fluorescence standards on the nanometer scale. This protocol fills an unmet need for the application of 3D-SIM to the technically challenging nuclear environment, and subsequent quantitative analysis of 3D nuclear structures and epigenetic modifications. In addition, it establishes practical guidelines and open-source solutions using ImageJ/Fiji and the TANGO plugin for high-quality and routinely comparable data generation in immunostaining experiments that apply across model systems. From sample preparation through image analysis, the protocol can be executed within one week.

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Cell NucleusLightingAnimalsImaging, Three-DimensionalMicroscopy

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PMID28406495

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