RRC ID 11173
著者 Engelhardt P, Meriläinen J, Zhao F, Uchiyama S, Fukui K, Lehto VP.
タイトル Whole-mount immunoelectron tomography of chromosomes and cells.
ジャーナル Methods Mol Biol
Abstract Standard immunogold-labeling methods in transmission electron microscopy (TEM) are unable to locate immunogold particles in the depth direction. This inability does not only concern bulky whole mounts, but also sections. A partial solution to the problem is stereo inspection. However, three-dimensional reconstruction of immunogold-labeled structures, that is, immuno-electron tomography (IET), is a correct solution for this inconsistency. Striking improvement in resolution is achieved: the 1.4-nm immunogold particles are shown in IET that are not detected in the original tilt series. IET is not restricted to laboratories with advanced medium- or high-voltage TEM and super-computing facilities; the methods we have developed for whole-mounted chromosomes and also for whole-mounted cytoskeleton of fibroblasts work remarkably well with ordinary 80-kV TEMs equipped with a goniometer to collect tilt series for IET on film. In addition, free programs are available to produce three-dimensional reconstructions even without high-performance computers. These improvements make it possible to many laboratories without modern facilities to perform IET reconstruction with standard TEM apparatus.
巻・号 369
ページ 387-405
公開日 2007-1-1
DOI 10.1007/978-1-59745-294-6_19
PII 1-59745-294-7:387
PMID 17656761
MeSH Animals Cell Line Cells / ultrastructure Chick Embryo Chromosomes / ultrastructure* Chromosomes, Human / ultrastructure Gold Colloid HeLa Cells Humans Imaging, Three-Dimensional / methods* Microscopy, Immunoelectron / methods* Tomography / methods
リソース情報
ヒト・動物細胞 HeLa(RCB0007) HeLa.S3(RCB0191) K562(RCB0027) BALL-1(RCB0256)