Name: preparation and observation of thick biological samples by scanning transmission electron tomography
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This work was funded by two ANR grants (ANR-11-BSV8-016 and ANR-10-IDEX-0001-02). We also acknowledge the PICT-IBiSA for providing access to chemical imaging equipment.

注意:使用前请咨询各种试剂的材料安全数据表（MSDS）。几个样品制备过程中使用的化学品是有毒的，致癌，致突变，和/或生殖毒性。在处理样品使用个人防护装备（手套，实验室外套，全长裤，封闭趾鞋）和工作在通风橱内。切片与超微样本涉及使用锋利的仪器，并谨慎使用这些工具是强制性的。在下面描述的步骤中，作者认为样品是细胞培养物的样品。该协议可能需要根据样品类型，尤其是离心步骤进行修改。 1.缓冲器和混合物的制备<ol><li>制备磷酸盐缓冲盐水（PBS）溶液（137毫摩尔NaCl，2.7毫米氯化钾，10毫的 Na 2 HPO 4，和1.76毫摩尔KH 2 PO 4）。 </li><li>制备含有30％，50％，70％等的解决方案hanol在PBS样品脱水。通过逐步培养在增加乙醇浓度样品进行样品脱水。 </li><li>通过混合双酚A-（表氯醇）（20毫升），十二碳烯基琥珀酸酐（9毫升），甲基-5-降冰片烯-2,3-二羧酸（11毫升）和2,4,6-三制备环氧树脂（二甲基氨基甲基）苯酚（0.7毫升）;其它混合比率可根据树脂的所需的硬度使用。 </li><li>制备含有30％，50％，和70％的环氧树脂在乙醇中样本嵌入的解决方案。逐渐培养随着树脂浓度的样品进行树脂嵌入。 注:制备的溶液的体积取决于所研究的样品的类型。所需的组织比细胞培养更多的解决方案。 </li></ol> 2.固定与染色样品<ol><li>离心细胞培养5分钟，在5000×g的。执行所有使用相同的条件下离心的。</li><li>弃去上清液，并通过与4％多聚甲醛和2％戊二醛再悬浮它于PBS（1mL）中固定细胞沉淀。在室温下30分钟（ 图1A）孵育它。可替代地，固定于4℃将细胞过夜或过周末。 </li><li>离心后，除去上清，用PBS（1mL）中洗涤沉淀3次，以完全除去固定液剂。 </li><li>用1％OSO 4于PBS（1mL）中，在室温下30分钟后的固定样品。 </li><li>离心后，除去上清，用PBS（1mL）中洗涤沉淀3次，以完全除去OSO 4。停用OSO 4石油和丢弃。 </li><li>于PBS（1mL）中添加2％醋酸双氧铀作为造影剂和孵化的样品在室温下（ 图1B）30分钟。 </li><li>离心后，除去上清，用PBS（1mL）中洗涤沉淀3次以去除未结合的双氧铀的交流etate;醋酸铀中含有放射性元素，并应致力于放射性废物箱进行处理。 注:孵育时间可根据样品的大小进行修改。例如，固定和较厚的样品，如组织样品染色，需要较长的温育时间。较长的孵育时间还可以是用于脱水和嵌入步骤更好。醋酸铀可以通过包含钆盐一"铀少"的解决方案来代替。 </li></ol> 3.样品脱水<ol><li>离心后，弃去上清，在含有30％乙醇4℃在PBS（1mL）中（ 图1C）孵育样品30分钟。 </li><li>重复步骤3.1采用的解决方案与逐渐增加的乙醇浓度（50％，70％，和最多100％）。在这些脱水步骤中，保持在4℃样品保存目的样品。 </li><li>离心后，弃去supernat蚂蚁和悬浮在纯乙醇（1mL）中的小球;在4℃孵育过夜。 </li></ol> 4.树脂嵌入<ol><li>离心后，弃去上清，重悬，用30％的环氧树脂（1毫升）在乙醇中沉淀，在室温（ 图1D）30分钟。 </li><li>重复步骤4.1采用的解决方案与逐渐增加的环氧树脂浓度（50％，70％，和最多100％）。 </li><li>离心后，弃去上清，重悬在纯环氧树脂（1mL）中的小球;在室温孵育过夜。硬化DMP-30可能引发树脂的聚合的存在;如果发生这种情况，准备环氧树脂两批，其中一个和一个没有DMP-30。 </li><li>离心后，悬浮在纯环氧树脂的200微升（含硬化剂）在塑料胶囊中的小球;样品应在塑料胶囊的底部。 </li></ol> 5.树脂聚合<ol><li>一世ncubate含有48小时设定为60℃的培养箱样品塑料胶囊;其他种类的树脂可能会使用不同的设置聚合。 </li><li>从孵化器中取出胶囊并验证树脂聚合;如果按压硬表面的树脂要硬。 </li><li>加在包含样品的聚合树脂的顶（含硬化剂）纯的环氧树脂;树脂的这种额外的层将使它更容易切割样品。孵育在60℃的胶囊48小时。 </li></ol> 6.样品切片<ol><li>安装在试样保持器样品倒置，使样品朝向顶部并修复它的超薄切片的修剪块上。紧紧锁定杆修剪块固定在超薄。 </li><li>用刀片或类似的锋利切割器械，切出的塑料胶囊将其从聚合树脂分离。切割树脂，使所述样品是包含版在树脂在金字塔的大致形状。没有必要删除整个塑料胶囊;只能去除覆盖在聚合样品的部分。 </li><li>取的胶囊和试样保持关闭修剪块的和对超微的移动臂安装它们。 </li><li>刀块上安装一个修边刀，准确地修剪金字塔的面孔。使用双筒望远镜的建议给完美的体形金字塔;金字塔越好，越好的章节会。 </li><li>脱下修边刀并用，可用于切割是厚度大于0.5微米的部分组织学刀替换它。 </li><li>填充所述组织学刀与水的正确量的反应杯后，使刀的切割边缘到样品的表面上，并使用望远镜来调整胶囊型桨距角，使得刀将垂直切片的金字塔。 </li><li>根据所希望的调整切割速度截面厚度恢复均匀部分。 </li><li>让部浮在水中，并用一个循环鱼它。 </li><li>走向已放置在滤纸的顶部的电子显微镜铜网环路。 注意:网格应该已经处理以前，以增加其亲水性。这可以用一个网格涂布笔来执行。 </li><li>由于通过滤纸吸水率，让部分粘到电网。让它将其插入到电子显微镜前干燥几分钟。 </li></ol> 7.通过焦点倾斜系列的设计<ol><li>聚集在持续关注的时间间隔，通过焦图像。 注:通过焦点倾斜系列由一组通过焦图像被在倾斜系列的每个倾斜角度收集。整焦点振幅应足以覆盖整个样品厚度。 </li><li>确定聚焦间隔的值。如果该间隔等于对dEPTH的场，收集在焦点整个样本;这个设置代表了最高采样可能。如果该间隔比场深度的更大，样品的某些部分将不会在焦点获取，这意味着样品的某些部分将不会在焦点被收集。 </li><li>计算深度的领域，从电子的波长的电子束和电子束的会聚半角的。而电子的波长直接相关的加速电压，可使用通过电子显微镜的制造商提供的收敛半角度或从已知试样16的衍射图案实验确定它。因为电子在波长λ加速击中α的会聚半角样品中的电子显微镜，可使用以下公式来确定深度的领域（DOF）: <img alt="方程" src="/files/ftp_upload/55215/55215eq1.jpg" /></li><li>设计焦点系列，使整个焦点振幅将覆盖在其最大表观厚度的样品（即在其最高的倾斜）。 注:0.75微米厚的样品将具有2.19微米的表观厚度在70°倾斜，所以重点振幅应该大于2.19微米。对于此示例，如果上述确定的焦点间隔等于50纳米，这将需要44图（2.19微米/ 50纳米）以覆盖在其最大表观厚度的样品。整焦点幅度等于焦点时间间隔乘以焦步骤的数目的值。在最高倾斜（θ），将样品表观厚度被定义为以下: <img alt="方程" src="/files/ftp_upload/55215/55215eq2.jpg" /></li></ol> 8.样品成像注:这已经超出了协议的范围来描述如何设置在STEM模式电子显微镜;大部分信息都可以找到我n中的参考手册由电子显微镜的制造商提供的。然而，注意以下几点:i）该点尺寸应根据所希望的倍率进行选择; ii）该Ronchigram必须很好对齐;和iii）中的BF模式下，相机长度必须被调节以选择未散射电子，同时保持检测器的良好的照明。沉积在电子显微镜铜网上树脂切片应该图像采集前被点亮，以防止收缩。树脂收缩和充电的影响可能会在图像采集过程羞愧。发生充电效果时，使用一个客观的镜头光圈可以改善样品的稳定性。然而，在STEM设置的特定情况下，目标孔不与HAADF成像模式兼容，和非常小的目标孔是不与高炉成像模式兼容。 <ol><li>使用低倍率（约20000倍在STEM），浏览通过样品和定位感兴趣的区域。 </li><li>调整Ť他eucentric高度（Z轴），从而使在旋转样品的感兴趣的区域不漂移距离。 </li><li>验证感兴趣的对象将在整个倾斜范围仍然可见。 </li><li>因为通过焦倾斜系列中获取的图像的大量的，使用自动收集软件。无论是使用商业解决方案，或者如果需要设计一个自定义的数据采集软件。确保软件程序能够执行以下三个步骤: <ol><li>跟踪和集中在一个标准的倾斜系列采集方案。 </li><li>确保通过焦点的图像与样品的Z位置重叠。 </li><li>自动获取在每个倾斜角一系列通过焦图像。 </li></ol></li><li>给软件程序的通过焦点倾斜系列的主要参数（ 即，焦间隔，焦步骤，最小倾斜角度，最大倾斜角，倾斜步骤，和扫描速度）。 </li><li>开始图像采集处理，并等待软件程序来完成。 </li></ol> 9.图像处理注意:在这个协议中，使用ImageJ插件17进行通焦倾斜的一系列处理。补充数据1示出了用于对准步骤（Turboreg）和用于为通过焦点倾斜系列设计有三个焦点值合并的聚焦信息（扩展景深）的ImageJ的宏。 <ol><li>对齐在同一倾斜角（ 即，通焦图像）中收集的图像。由于图像不具有相同的对焦信息，他们不怀有对准相同的特性;通过调整相邻图像两两执行校准（ 即下一个金字塔形的层次结构，与最接近的焦点值第一）使用Turboreg 18，一个ImageJ的插件。 </li><li>在每个倾斜角度一致验证通过焦点的图像的对准。堆栈对齐通过焦点影像以改善目视检查。 注:只有该区域是焦点，而应该通过堆栈浏览移动。准确的定位是最重要的事情，因为下面的步骤包括的是将重点从不同的图像信息的恢复。 </li><li>合并使用字段19，ImageJ的插件扩展深度是焦点中的信息;这将最终生成的图像的堆叠的单个图像。数设置可以深度的场的恢复过程中被使用，但使用最高设置保存的图像信息。 注意:倾斜系列现由每倾斜角的单个图像的，从通焦图像中回收含在焦信息的每个图像。 </li><li>处理数据。 注意:用于对齐和重建标准工具可以使用，因为数据现在已经被减少到一个标准的倾斜系列。在这个协议中，TomoJ是我们ED数据比对和数据重建20,21。可以在原始出版物22中找到有关如何使用TomoJ更多细节。 </li><li>执行倾斜系列精细对准。 注意:一个好的策略是用黄金珠基准标记准确地跟踪图像之间变化。也可以使用局部极小如果金珠不能被添加到样品中。 </li><li>执行对齐数据的三维重建;几种算法可供在实空间或傅立叶空间中，每个与优点和局限性进行重建。 </li><li>如果倾斜系列的最后对准差，通过优化的初始步骤做一些改进。重申对准步骤，如果最终的三维重建显示模糊或变形;在实践中，收集的焦平面的数量越多，对比度和三维重建的细节就越好。 注:硒veral软件程序可以用来处理通过焦点倾斜系列。因为然而，在该协议中使用的工具被选择，根据我们的经验，他们表现最好。 Turboreg 18在调整图像时的焦点梯度存在方面表现较好。更多信息可在专用网站23上找到。现场插件19的扩展深度收回来自不同的图像对焦信息方面表现非常出色，而其他工具造成可见像素修改。更多的信息，尤其是关于剧本创作，可以在这个专用网站24上找到。 </li></ol>

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在这篇文章中，我们提出了一个常规的样品制备协议与一步一步的指导使用STEM通过焦点断层扫描厚的生物样品进行三维分析一起。生物标本的树脂嵌入已使用了几十年26，和适于不同种类的样品替代协议可以在整个文献27中找到。与此相反，成像厚的样品在STEM使用通过焦方法是一种新的任务，并当它变得更普遍的方法将最有可能得到改善。 <p class="jove_content"...

自从70年代初，断层扫描透射电子显微镜（TEM）已被广泛地用于生物标本1，2，3的结构表征方法。透射电子断层扫描的吸引力是，它可用于在纳米尺度，研究了广泛的生物结构的，从细胞的结构和细胞器的大分子复合物和蛋白质的结构的超微结构。然而，透射电子断层扫描不能用来研究非常厚的样品（大于0.5微米）。的确，厚的样品产生太多的散射电子，产生低信噪比（SNR）的图像。另外，断层摄影涉及倾斜标本的图像的集合，将样品与倾斜角度增加的表观厚度。即使非弹性散射可以被过滤出用能过滤器，需要的高信噪比图像电子的临界量在TEM是勉强达到。因此，厚的生物标本只用了4切片研究。 有些样品不能被切片:它们被切割时一些可能会降低，和其他需要的全部进行研究，以了解它们的复杂性。另一种方法是在扫描模式5，6，7，8使用的TEM。在扫描透射电子显微镜（STEM），电子的光路是与在常规的TEM不同。流过试样而不散射电子可以与亮场（BF）检测器9的光轴被收集，而那些弹性散射可以在从与暗场（DF）检测器的光轴以一定角度被收集。干的另一优点是，聚焦的电子束在所述样品的表面扫描，从而使该像素由像素集合的图像。即使通过样品10，而电子束变宽，这种特殊的收集方案是非弹性散射电子的比常规的TEM不太敏感。此外，不存在后透镜试样在STEM，从而避免可能发生在TEM色差。相机长度可以调整，以使高炉检测器主要检测未散射电子。使用DF探测器研究厚的样品不建议，因为多次散射，从而产生不准确的图像。取而代之的是，高炉检测器可以用来11。而干可以产生高信噪比的图像，其具有因为相比TEM相对高的电子束会聚的相对低的深度的领域中，降低，可以从厚要回收的的深入信息量标本。在像差校正STEM显微镜，其中该会聚角可高达30兆拉德的情况下，使得即在焦点中的信息，从只有几纳米的焦平面起源的深度的领域可以是足够低。设置在并行模式下的电子束增强了深度的领域的电子束的决议12的损害。然而，这种设置并不总是可能的。 每当有必要使用一个会聚电子束，人们必须使用学习厚样品时，可增强深度的领域的电子束的技术。最近的研究已经报道了采集在不同焦平面多个图像的整个样品回收的在焦信息13，14的最大量。两项研究描述不同的方式来处理来自不同的焦平面的信息。 Hovden 等。结合在傅立叶空间中被收集在不同的焦平面的图像，并且直接从3D逆傅立叶获得的最终重建变换13。与此相反，达门等。开发出会聚光束重建引擎在现实空间重构来自各种焦平面14中的3D体积。我们的实验室还开发了厚成像生物标本的方法。我们的策略是从在上述两种方法的不同，我们合并是在聚焦在各焦平面中的信息，并使用平行光束投影15重构了最终的3D体积在现实空间。我们的目的是开发，可以很容易在任何电子显微镜实验室中进行的方法。为此，我们的目的是收集焦点图像的时间也是有限的，与常规断层实验的时间框架。此外，我们提出的方法C乌尔德适于与不同类型的对齐和重建软件的使用。 在本刊从2015年15的背景下，我们想可视化和表征景深-的恢复，所以我们用25毫弧度大收敛半的角度。在这里，我们提出了一个一步一步的协议根据我们的实验室在2015年15开发的方法在STEM通过焦成像表现，以及我们提出从2015年数据是如何处理。这种方法恢复整个厚（750 nm）的生物样品中，重点从几个焦点平面信息，使高品质的3D重建。如果相关的，在这种方法与其他团体使用的方法的差异还提出。

<table><tbody><tr><td>Phosphate Buffered Saline</td><td>Sigma-Aldrich</td><td>P4417</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Ethanol</td><td>Sigma-Aldrich</td><td>2860</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Epoxy resin</td><td>EMS</td><td>14120</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Paraformaldehyde</td><td>Sigma-Aldrich</td><td>P6148</td><td>Add paraformaldehyde powder to PBS heated at approximately 60 &amp;deg;C.&lt;br/&gt; Increase pH by adding 1 N NaOH until no PFA powder is visible.</td></tr><tr><td>Glutaraldehyde</td><td>Sigma-Aldrich</td><td>G5882&amp;nbsp;</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Osmium Tetroxyde</td><td>EMS</td><td>19150</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Uranyl Acetate</td><td>Sigma-Aldrich</td><td>73943</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Gelatin Capsule</td><td>EMS</td><td>70110</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Triming and Histo knives</td><td>LFG Distribution</td><td>Diatome diamond knives</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Electron Microscopy copper grid</td><td>LFG Distribution</td><td>G200-Cu</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Grid Coating Pen</td><td>LFG Distribution</td><td>70624</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Specimen Holder</td><td>JEOL</td><td>EM-21311 HTR</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Electron Microscope</td><td>JEOL</td><td>JEM-2200FS</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

preparation and observation of thick biological samples by scanning transmission electron tomography

This report describes a protocol for preparing thick biological specimens for further observation using a scanning transmission electron microscope. It also describes an imaging method for studying the 3D structure of thick biological specimens by scanning transmission electron tomography. The sample preparation protocol is based on conventional methods in which the sample is fixed using chemical agents, treated with a heavy atom salt contrasting agent, dehydrated in a series of ethanol baths, and embedded in resin. The specific imaging conditions for observing thick samples by scanning transmission electron microscopy are then described. Sections of the sample are observed using a through-focus method involving the collection of several images at various focal planes. This enables the recovery of in-focus information at various heights throughout the sample. This particular collection pattern is performed at each tilt angle during tomography data collection. A single image is then generated, merging the in-focus information from all the different focal planes. A classic tilt-series dataset is then generated. The advantage of the method is that the tilt-series alignment and reconstruction can be performed using standard tools. The collection of through-focal images allows the reconstruction of a 3D volume that contains all of the structural details of the sample in focus.

在我们的研究中，电子被加速到在所述场发射枪透射电镜200千伏。图像用一个20微秒的停留时间收集在STEM BF模式。关于通过焦点倾斜系列的设计中，我们发现的150焦点间隔处产生令人满意的结果的750纳米厚的生物，即使样品虽然电子束的深度的领域只是超微结构的研究3纳米，因为我们使用了25毫弧度非常大的收敛半的角度。 ?...

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Preparation and Observation of Thick Biological Samples by Scanning Transmission Electron Tomography

This report describes a sample preparation protocol and specific imaging conditions for performing scanning transmission electron tomography of thick biological specimens.

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Sample Preparation Method of Scanning and Transmission Electron Microscope for the Appendages of Woodboring Beetle

This report described sample preparation methods that scanning and transmission electron microscope observations, demonstrated by preparing appendages of the woodboring beetle, Chlorophorus caragana Xie &#38; Wang (2012), for both types of electron microscopy. The scanning electron microscopy (SEM) sample preparation protocol was based on sample chemical fixation, dehydration in a series of ethanol baths, drying, and sputter-coating. By adding Tween 20 (Polyoxyethylene sorbitan laurate) to the fixative and the wash solution, the insect body surface of woodboring beetle was washed more cleanly in SEM. This study&#39;s transmission electron microscopy (TEM) sample preparation involved a series of steps including fixation, ethanol dehydration, embedding in resin, positioning using fluorescence microscopy, sectioning, and staining. Fixative with Tween 20 enabled penetrate the insect body wall of woodboring beetle more easily than it would had been without Tween 20, and subsequently better fixed tissues and organs in the body, thus yielded clear transmission electron microscope observations of insect sensilla ultrastructures. The next step of this preparation was determining the positions of insect sensilla in the sample embedded in the resin block by using fluorescence microscopy to increase the precision of target sensilla positioning. This improved slicing accuracy.

In order to observe ultrastructure of insect sensilla, scanning and transmission electron microscopy (SEM and TEM, respectively) sample preparation protocol were presented in the study. Tween 20 was added into the fixative to avoid sample deformation in SEM. Fluorescence microscopy was helpful for improving slicing accuracy in TEM.

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A Method for Obtaining Serial Ultrathin Sections of Microorganisms in Transmission Electron Microscopy

Observing cells and cell components in three dimensions at high magnification in transmission electron microscopy requires preparing serial ultrathin sections of the specimen. Although preparing serial ultrathin sections is considered to be very difficult, it is rather easy if the proper method is used. In this paper, we show a step-by-step procedure for safely obtaining serial ultrathin sections of microorganisms. The key points of this method are: 1) to use the large part of the specimen and adjust the specimen surface and knife edge so that they are parallel to each other; 2) to cut serial sections in groups and avoid difficulty in separating sections using a pair of hair strands when retrieving a group of serial sections onto the slit grids; 3) to use a 'Section-holding loop' and avoid mixing up the order of the section groups; 4) to use a 'Water-surface-raising loop' and make sure the sections are positioned on the apex of the water and that they touch the grid first, in order to place them in the desired position on the grids; 5) to use the support film on an aluminum rack and make it easier to recover the sections on the grids and to avoid wrinkling of the support film; and 6) to use a staining tube and avoid accidentally breaking the support films with tweezers. This new method enables obtaining serial ultrathin sections without difficulty. The method makes it possible to analyze cell structures of microorganisms at high resolution in 3D, which cannot be achieved by using the automatic tape-collecting ultramicrotome method and serial block-face or focused ion beam scanning electron microscopy.

This study presents reliable and easy procedures for obtaining serial ultrathin sections of a microorganism without expensive equipment in transmission electron microscopy.

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Processing Embryo, Eggshell, and Fungal Culture for Scanning Electron Microscopy

Although scanning electron microscopy (SEM) is being widely used for the ultra-structural analysis of various biological and non-biological samples, methods involved in processing different biological samples involve unique practices. All conventional practices described in the literature for processing samples still find useful applications, but subtle changes in the sample preparation can alter image quality, as well as, introduce artifacts. Hence, using a unique sample preparation technique specific to the type of tissue analyzed is required to obtain a good quality image with ultrastructural resolution. The focus of this study is to provide the optimal sample preparation protocols for imaging embryos, rigid eggshells, and fungal cultures using SEM. The following optimizations were recommended to yield good results for the three different delicate biological samples studied. Use of milder fixatives like 4% paraformaldehyde or 3% glutaraldehyde followed by dehydration with ethanol series is mandatory. Fungal mycelium on agar blocks obtained by slide cultures yields a better ultrastructural integrity compared to cultures taken directly from agar plates. Chemical drying of embryos with HMDS provides drying without introducing surface tension artifacts compared to critical point drying. HMDS prevents cracking caused by shrinkage as samples are less brittle during drying. However, for fungal culture, critical point drying provides acceptable image quality compared to chemical drying. Eggshells can be imaged with no special preparation steps except for thorough washing and air drying prior to mounting. Preparation methodologies were standardized based on acceptable image quality obtained with each trial.&#160;

Here, we present detailed processing protocols for imaging delicate tissue samples using scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Three different processing methods, namely, hexamethyl disilazana (HMDS) chemical drying, simple air drying, and critical point drying are described for preparing rigid eggshells, embryos at early developmental stages, and fungal cultures respectively.

用于扫描电子显微镜的胚胎、蛋壳和真菌培养

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Using Tomoauto: A Protocol for High-throughput Automated Cryo-electron Tomography

Cryo-electron tomography (Cryo-ET) is a powerful three-dimensional (3-D) imaging technique for visualizing macromolecular complexes in their native context at a molecular level. The technique involves initially preserving the sample in its native state by rapidly freezing the specimen in vitreous ice, then collecting a series of micrographs from different angles at high magnification, and finally computationally reconstructing a 3-D density map. The frozen-hydrated specimen is extremely sensitive to the electron beam and so micrographs are collected at very low electron doses to limit the radiation damage. As a result, the raw cryo-tomogram has a very low signal to noise ratio characterized by an intrinsically noisy image. To better visualize subjects of interest, conventional imaging analysis and sub-tomogram averaging in which sub-tomograms of the subject are extracted from the initial tomogram and aligned and averaged are utilized to improve both contrast and resolution. Large datasets of tilt-series are essential to understanding and resolving the complexes at different states, conditions, or mutations as well as obtaining a large enough collection of sub-tomograms for averaging and classification. Collecting and processing this data can be a major obstacle preventing further analysis. Here we describe a high-throughput cryo-ET protocol based on a computer-controlled 300kV cryo-electron microscope, a direct detection device (DDD) camera and a highly effective, semi-automated image-processing pipeline software wrapper library tomoauto developed in-house. This protocol has been effectively utilized to visualize the intact type III secretion system (T3SS) in Shigella flexneri minicells. It can be applicable to any project suitable for cryo-ET.

We present a protocol on how to utilize high-throughput cryo-electron tomography to determine high resolution in situ structures of molecular machines. The protocol permits large amounts of data to be processed, avoids common bottlenecks and reduces resource downtime, allowing the user to focus on important biological questions.

使用Tomoauto:一个协议，用于高通量自动化低温电子断层扫描

Cryo-electron tomography (Cryo-ET) is a powerful three-dimensional (3-D) imaging technique for visualizing macromolecular complexes in their native ...

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Miniaturized Sample Preparation for Transmission Electron Microscopy

Due to recent technological progress, cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) is rapidly becoming a standard method for the structural analysis of protein complexes to atomic resolution. However, protein isolation techniques and sample preparation methods for EM remain a bottleneck. A relatively small number (100,000 to a few million) of individual protein particles need to be imaged for the high-resolution analysis of proteins by the single particle EM approach, making miniaturized sample handling techniques and microfluidic principles feasible.
A miniaturized, paper-blotting-free EM grid preparation method for sample pre-conditioning, EM grid priming and post processing that only consumes nanoliter-volumes of sample is presented. The method uses a dispensing system with sub-nanoliter precision to control liquid uptake and EM grid priming, a platform to control the grid temperature thereby determining the relative humidity above the EM grid, and a pick-and-plunge-mechanism for sample vitrification. For cryo-EM, an EM grid is placed on the temperature-controlled stage and the sample is aspirated into a capillary. The capillary tip is positioned in proximity to the grid surface, the grid is loaded with the sample and excess is re-aspirated into the microcapillary. Subsequently, the sample film is stabilized and slightly thinned by controlled water evaporation regulated by the offset of the platform temperature relative to the dew-point. At a given point the pick-and-plunge mechanism is triggered, rapidly transferring the primed EM grid into liquid ethane for sample vitrification. Alternatively, sample-conditioning methods are available to prepare nanoliter-sized sample volumes for negative stain (NS) EM.
The methodologies greatly reduce sample consumption and avoid approaches potentially harmful to proteins, such as the filter paper blotting used in conventional methods. Furthermore, the minuscule amount of sample required allows novel experimental strategies, such as fast sample conditioning, combination with single-cell lysis for &#34;visual proteomics,&#34; or &#34;lossless&#34; total sample preparation for quantitative analysis of complex samples.

An instrument and methods for the preparation of nanoliter-sized sample volumes for transmission electron microscopy is presented. No paper-blotting steps are required, thus avoiding the detrimental consequences this can have for proteins, significantly reducing sample loss and enabling the analysis of single cell lysate for visual proteomics.

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Due to recent technological progress, cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) is rapidly becoming a standard method for the structural analysis of protein ...

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Array Tomography Workflow for the Targeted Acquisition of Volume Information using Scanning Electron Microscopy

Electron microscopy is applied in biology and medicine for imaging of cellular and structural details at nanometer resolution. Historically, Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) provided insight into cell ultrastructure, but in the recent decade, the development of modern Scanning Electron Microscopes (SEM) has changed the way of looking inside the cells. Even though the resolution of TEM is superior when protein-level structural details are needed, SEM-resolution is sufficient for the majority of the organelle-level cell biology-related questions. The advancement in technology enabled automatic volume acquisition solutions such as Serial block-face imaging (SBF-SEM) and Focused ion beam SEM (FIB-SEM). Nevertheless, to this day, these methods remain inefficient when the identification and navigation to areas of interest are crucial. Without the means for precise localization of target areas before imaging, operators need to acquire much more data than they need (in SBF-SEM), or, even worse, prepare many grids and image them all (in TEM). We propose the strategy of "lateral screening" using Array Tomography in SEM, which facilitates the localization of areas of interest, followed by automated imaging of the relevant fraction of the total sample volume. Array tomography samples are conserved during imaging, and they can be arranged into section libraries ready for repeated imaging. Several examples are shown in which lateral screening enables us to analyze structural details that are incredibly challenging to access with any other method.

We describe the preparation of ribbons of serial sections and their collection on large transfer support for use as Array Tomography samples, along with automated imaging procedures in a scanning electron microscope. The protocol allows screening, retrieval, and targeted imaging of local, rare events, and the acquisition of large data volumes.

阵列断层扫描工作流程，用于使用扫描电子显微镜有针对性地采集体积信息

Electron microscopy is applied in biology and medicine for imaging of cellular and structural details at nanometer resolution. Historically, Transmission ...

A 3D Cartographic Description of the Cell by Cryo Soft X-ray Tomography

Imaging techniques are fundamental in order to understand cell organization and machinery in biological research and the related fields. Among these techniques, cryo soft X-ray tomography (SXT) allows imaging whole cryo-preserved cells in the water window X-ray energy range (284-543 eV), in which carbon structures have intrinsically higher absorption than water, allowing the 3D reconstruction of the linear absorption coefficient of the material contained in each voxel. Quantitative structural information at the level of whole cells up to 10 &#181;m thick is then achievable this way, with high throughput and spatial resolution down to 25-30 nm half-pitch. Cryo-SXT has proven itself relevant to current biomedical research, providing 3D information on cellular infection processes (virus, bacteria, or parasites), morphological changes due to diseases (such as recessive genetic diseases) and helping us understand drug action at the cellular level, or locating specific structures in the 3D cellular environment. In addition, by taking advantage of the tunable wavelength at synchrotron facilities, spectro-microscopy or its 3D counterpart, spectro-tomography, can also be used to image and quantify specific elements in the cell, such as calcium in biomineralization processes. Cryo-SXT provides complementary information to other biological imaging techniques such as electron microscopy, X-ray fluorescence or visible light fluorescence, and is generally used as a partner method for 2D or 3D correlative imaging at cryogenic conditions in order to link function, location, and morphology.

Here, a protocol describing the sample preparation and data collection steps required in cryo soft X-ray tomography (SXT) to image the ultrastructure of whole cryo-preserved cells at a resolution of 25 nm half pitch, is presented.

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Imaging techniques are fundamental in order to understand cell organization and machinery in biological research and the related fields. Among these ...

Strategies for Optimization of Cryogenic Electron Tomography Data Acquisition

Cryogenic electron tomography (cryoET) is a powerful method to study the 3D structure of biological samples in a close-to-native state. Current state-of-the-art cryoET combined with subtomogram averaging analysis enables the high-resolution structural determination of macromolecular complexes that are present in multiple copies within tomographic reconstructions. Tomographic experiments usually require a vast amount of tilt series to be acquired by means of high-end transmission electron microscopes with important operational running-costs. Although the throughput and reliability of automated data acquisition routines have constantly improved over the recent years, the process of selecting regions of interest at which a tilt series will be acquired cannot be easily automated and it still relies on the user's manual input. Therefore, the set-up of a large-scale data collection session is a time-consuming procedure that can considerably reduce the remaining microscope time available for tilt series acquisition. Here, the protocol describes the recently developed implementations based on the SerialEM package and the PyEM software that significantly improve the time-efficiency of grid screening and large-scale tilt series data collection. The presented protocol illustrates how to use SerialEM scripting functionalities to fully automate grid mapping, grid square mapping, and tilt series acquisition. Furthermore, the protocol describes how to use PyEM to select additional acquisition targets in off-line mode after automated data collection is initiated. To illustrate this protocol, its application in the context of high-end data collection of Sars-Cov-2 tilt series is described. The presented pipeline is particularly suited to maximizing the time-efficiency of tomography experiments that require a careful selection of acquisition targets and at the same time a large amount of tilt series to be collected.

The increasing demand for large-scale data collection in cryogenic electron tomography requires high-throughput image acquisition routines. Described here is a protocol that implements the recent developments of advanced acquisition strategies aimed at maximizing the time-efficiency and throughput of tomographic data collection.

优化低温电子断层扫描数据采集策略

Cryogenic electron tomography (cryoET) is a powerful method to study the 3D structure of biological samples in a close-to-native state. Current ...

Cryo-Electron Tomography Remote Data Collection and Subtomogram Averaging

Cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET) has been gaining momentum in recent years, especially since the introduction of direct electron detectors, improved automated acquisition strategies, preparative techniques that expand the possibilities of what the electron microscope can image at high-resolution using cryo-ET and new subtomogram averaging software. Additionally, data acquisition has become increasingly streamlined, making it more accessible to many users. The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has further accelerated remote cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) data collection, especially for single-particle cryo-EM, in many facilities globally, providing uninterrupted user access to state-of-the-art instruments during the pandemic. With the recent advances in Tomo5 (software for 3D electron tomography), remote cryo-ET data collection has become robust and easy to handle from anywhere in the world. This article aims to provide a detailed walk-through, starting from the data collection setup in the tomography software for the process of a (remote) cryo-ET data collection session with detailed troubleshooting. The (remote) data collection protocol is further complemented with the workflow for structure determination at near-atomic resolution by subtomogram averaging with emClarity, using apoferritin as an example.

The present protocol describes high-resolution cryo-electron tomography remote data acquisition using Tomo5 and subsequent data processing and subtomogram averaging using emClarity. Apoferritin is used as an example to illustrate detailed step-by-step processes to achieve a cryo-ET structure at 2.86 &#197; resolution.

冷冻电子断层扫描远程数据收集和断层扫描平均

Cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET) has been gaining momentum in recent years, especially since the introduction of direct electron detectors, improved ...

Visualization of Organelles In Situ by Cryo-STEM Tomography

Cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM) relies on the imaging of biological or organic specimens embedded in their native aqueous medium; water is solidified into a glass (i.e., vitrified) without crystallization. The cryo-EM method is widely used to determine the structure of biological macromolecules recently at a near-atomic resolution. The approach has been extended to the study of organelles and cells using tomography, but the conventional mode of wide-field transmission EM imaging suffers a severe limitation in the specimen thickness. This has led to a practice of milling thin lamellae using a focused ion beam; the high resolution is obtained by subtomogram averaging from the reconstructions, but three-dimensional relations outside the remaining layer are lost. The thickness limitation can be circumvented by scanned probe imaging, similar to the scanning EM or the confocal laser scanning microscope. While scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) in materials science provides atomic resolution in single images, the sensitivity of cryogenic biological specimens to electron irradiation requires special considerations. This protocol presents a setup for cryo-tomography using STEM. The basic topical configuration of the microscope is described for both two- and three-condenser systems, while automation is provided by the non-commercial SerialEM software. Enhancements for batch acquisition and correlative alignment to previously-acquired fluorescence maps are also described. As an example, we show the reconstruction of a mitochondrion, pointing out the inner and outer membrane and calcium phosphate granules, as well as surrounding microtubules, actin filaments, and ribosomes. Cryo-STEM tomography excels in revealing the theater of organelles in the cytoplasm and, in some cases, even the nuclear periphery of adherent cells in culture.

Visualization of Organelles In Situ by Cryo-STEM Tomography

Cryo-STEM tomography provides a means to visualize organelles of intact cells without embedding, sectioning, or other invasive preparations. The 3D resolution obtained is currently in the range of a few nanometers, with a field of view of several micrometers and an accessible thickness in the order of 1 &#181;m.

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