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ArticleCell reports2020

A High-Resolution Method for Quantitative Molecular Analysis of Functionally Characterized Individual Synapses.

Noemi Holderith, Judit Heredi, Viktor Kis, Zoltan Nusser

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Article in Cell reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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28 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors.

Noemi HolderithLaboratory of Cellular Neurophysiology, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Budapest 1083, Hungary.
Judit HerediLaboratory of Cellular Neurophysiology, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Budapest 1083, Hungary.
Viktor KisLaboratory of Cellular Neurophysiology, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Budapest 1083, Hungary.
Zoltan NusserLaboratory of Cellular Neurophysiology, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Budapest 1083, Hungary. Electronic address: nusser@koki.hu.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Elucidating the molecular mechanisms underlying the functional diversity of synapses requires a high-resolution, sensitive, diffusion-free, quantitative localization method that allows the determination of many proteins in functionally characterized individual synapses. Array tomography permits the quantitative analysis of single synapses but has limited sensitivity, and its application to functionally characterized synapses is challenging. Here, we aim to overcome these limitations by searching the parameter space of different fixation, resin, embedding, etching, retrieval, and elution conditions. Our optimizations reveal that etching epoxy-resin-embedded ultrathin sections with Na-ethanolate and treating them with SDS dramatically increase the labeling efficiency of synaptic proteins. We also demonstrate that this method is ideal for the molecular characterization of individual synapses following paired recordings, two-photon [Ca

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AnimalsEpoxy ResinsGlutamic AcidHumansImmunohistochemistryMicroscopy, ConfocalSynapsesEpoxy ResinsGlutamic Acidactive zoneconfocal imagingmolecular composition of the synapsemultiplexed immunolabelingSTED imagingsynapse diversity

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PMCPMC7408500

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