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ArticleScientific reports2018

Direct imaging of uncoated biological samples enables correlation of super-resolution and electron microscopy data.

José María Mateos, Gery Barmettler, Jana Doehner, Andres Kaech, Urs Ziegler

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Article in Scientific reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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5 authors.

José María MateosCenter for Microscopy and Image Analysis, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. mateos@zmb.uzh.ch.ORCID 0000-0002-3675-6198
Gery BarmettlerCenter for Microscopy and Image Analysis, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Jana DoehnerCenter for Microscopy and Image Analysis, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Andres KaechCenter for Microscopy and Image Analysis, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Urs ZieglerCenter for Microscopy and Image Analysis, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A simple method for imaging biological tissue samples by electron microscopy and its correlation with super-resolution light microscopy is presented. This room temperature protocol, based on protecting thin biological specimens with methylcellulose and imaging with low voltage scanning electron microscopy, circumvents complex classical electron microscopy sample preparation steps requiring dehydration, resin embedding and use of contrast agents. This technique facilitates visualization of subcellular structures e.g. synaptic clefts and synaptic vesicles in mouse brain tissue and the organization of mitochondrial cristae in the zebrafish retina. Application of immunogold protocols to these samples can determine the precise localization of synaptic proteins and, in combination with super-resolution light microscopy methods clearly pinpoints the subcellular distribution of several proteins in the tissue. The simplicity of the method, including section collection on a silicon wafer, reduces artefacts and correlates protein location with sample morphology.

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PMCPMC6072772

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