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ArticleDevelopmental cell2023

Light and electron microscopy continuum-resolution imaging of 3D cell cultures.

Edoardo D'Imprima, Marta Garcia Montero, Sylwia Gawrzak, Paolo Ronchi, Ievgeniia Zagoriy, Yannick Schwab, Martin Jechlinger, Julia Mahamid

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Article in Developmental cell, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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23citing papers in PubMed
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Edoardo D'ImprimaStructural and Computational Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany.
Marta Garcia MonteroCell Biology and Biophysics Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany.
Sylwia GawrzakCell Biology and Biophysics Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany.
Paolo RonchiElectron Microscopy Core Facility, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany.
Ievgeniia ZagoriyStructural and Computational Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany.
Yannick SchwabCell Biology and Biophysics Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany; Electron Microscopy Core Facility, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany.
Martin JechlingerCell Biology and Biophysics Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany. Electronic address: martin.jechlinger@molit.eu.
Julia MahamidStructural and Computational Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany; Cell Biology and Biophysics Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany. Electronic address: julia.mahamid@embl.de.
European Molecular Biology Laboratory · DEEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory · DE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

3D cell cultures, in particular organoids, are emerging models in the investigation of healthy or diseased tissues. Understanding the complex cellular sociology in organoids requires integration of imaging modalities across spatial and temporal scales. We present a multi-scale imaging approach that traverses millimeter-scale live-cell light microscopy to nanometer-scale volume electron microscopy by performing 3D cell cultures in a single carrier that is amenable to all imaging steps. This allows for following organoids' growth, probing their morphology with fluorescent markers, identifying areas of interest, and analyzing their 3D ultrastructure. We demonstrate this workflow on mouse and human 3D cultures and use automated image segmentation to annotate and quantitatively analyze subcellular structures in patient-derived colorectal cancer organoids. Our analyses identify local organization of diffraction-limited cell junctions in compact and polarized epithelia. The continuum-resolution imaging pipeline is thus suited to fostering basic and translational organoid research by simultaneously exploiting the advantages of light and electron microscopy.

Indexed as

Cell Culture Techniques, Three DimensionalMicroscopyOrganoidsAnimalsColorectal NeoplasmsHumansMiceMicroscopy, ElectronCLEMcryo-confocal light microscopyDeep-learning image segmentationFIB-SEMhigh-pressure freezingpatient-derived organoidsVolume EM

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PMID36990090
PMCPMC10114294
OpenAlexW4361216823

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