连续块面扫描电子显微镜 (SBEM) 应用于图像和分析穆林海马体中的树突状脊柱。
三维电子显微镜(3D EM)提供了分析具有纳米级分辨率的树突脊柱形态参数的可能性。此外,树突状脊柱的某些特征,如脊柱体积和突触后密度 (PSD) (表示突触的突触后部分)、突触前终端的存在以及光滑的内质视网膜或非典型形式的 PSD(例如多内侧脊柱),只能使用 3D EM 进行观察。通过使用串行块面扫描电子显微镜 (SBEM),可以比执行传统串行分割时更容易、更可重复的方式获得 3D EM 数据。在这里,我们展示如何准备小鼠海马样本进行SBEM分析,以及如何将此协议与树突状脊柱的免疫荧光研究相结合。轻度固定灌注使我们能够在大脑的一半进行轻度显微镜免疫荧光研究,而另一半则为SBEM做好准备。这种方法减少了用于研究的动物数量。
中枢神经系统中的大部分兴奋突触位于树突状脊柱上 – 神经元膜的小突起。这些突起形成密闭生化隔间,控制细胞内信号转导。树突状脊柱和突触的结构可塑性与突触功效的功能变化密切相关,突触功效的变化是学习和记忆1、2等重要过程的基础。需要注意的是,电子显微镜 (EM) 是唯一能够确定树突状脊柱是否有突触前输入的技术。EM 分辨率还需要研究超结构细节,如后合成密度 (PSD) 的形状,代表突触的后合成部分,或树突脊柱的尺寸,以及轴突的大小和形状。此外,通过 EM,可以可视化突触及其周围环境。
由于成像和计算技术的进步,可以重建整个神经回路。体积电子显微镜技术,如串行节传输电子显微镜(sSTEM)、串行块面扫描电子显微镜(SBEM)和聚焦离子束扫描电子显微镜(FIB-SEM)等,常用于神经元电路重建3。
在我们的研究中,SBEM方法成功地用于研究小鼠海马和有机性脑切片4,5的样本中树突状脊柱和PSD的结构可塑性。SBEM基于扫描电子显微镜室6、7、8、9内安装微型超微缩微切除器。对样品块顶部进行成像,然后由超微切除器在指定深度切割样品,露出新的块面,再次成像,然后重复过程 8。因此,仅留下块面图像,而已切割的切片则丢失为碎屑。这就是为什么SBEM被称为破坏性技术,这意味着它不可能再次映像同一个地方。但是,破坏性块上方法的优点是它们不会遭受扭曲问题和部分丢失,这些问题和部分损失会显著影响数据质量和数据分析3。此外,SBEM还提供了在高分辨率3下成像一个相对较大的视场(>0.5毫米×0.5毫米)的可能性。
要使用 SBEM,由于用于获取图像的背散射电子探测器,因此必须按照专用的、高度对比的协议准备样品。我们在这里展示如何根据Dierinck10(国家显微镜和成像研究中心(NCMIR)方法开发的程序,使用20世纪80年代8、11年代开发的减少的硫化硫化物(rOTO)污渍来进行样品制备。此外,我们引入了两步固定方法,采用温和的固定灌注,允许使用相同的大脑进行轻显微镜和SBEM的免疫荧光研究。
在协议中,小鼠大脑主要用温和的固定剂固定,然后切成两半,一个半球固定后,准备免疫荧光(IF),而另一个半球用于EM研究(图1)。
图1。树突脊柱工作流程的示意图,为 SBEM 分析做准备。 老鼠被牺牲,并灌注了温和的原发性固定剂。大脑被切成两半,一个半球被免疫荧光(IF)专用固定,冷冻保护,使用低温统计器切片,并处理IF研究,而另一个半球被固定后与EM固定,切片与振动器和准备EM研究。用于SBEM研究的大脑切片进行了对比,平嵌在树脂中,然后海马的CA1区域被安装到针脚上,并用SBEM成像(图1)。视频中展示了黄色框中突出显示的协议部分。 请单击此处查看此图的较大版本。
2010年10月,迪林克描述的主要NCMIR方法有许多变化。基本原则保持不变,但根据所研究的材料类型,将实施轻微更改。以前曾描述过,不同的树脂可用于嵌入标本的SBEM,例如在植物的情况下,Spurr的树脂是首选的,因为它的低粘度,允许更好地渗透通过细胞壁22,23。此外,各种缓冲可用于固定(例如,可可二甲酸酯缓冲液、HEPES 或磷?…
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SBEM成像、光显微镜成像和电子显微镜样品制备是利用作为Nencki实验生物学研究所成像核心设施的成像组织和功能实验室的设备进行的。
为了准备图1,使用了鼠标(Souris_02)和 https://smart.servier.com/ 小瓶的图像。
这项工作得到了国家科学中心(波兰)授予KR的赠款Opus(UMO-2018/31/B/NZ4/01603)的支持。
Anesthetic: | |||
Ketamine/xylazine mixture (Ketamina/Sedazin) | Biowet Pulawy, Pulawy, Poland | ||
Sodium pentobarbital (Morbital) | Biowet Pulawy, Pulawy, Poland | ||
Fixatives: | |||
Glutaraldehyde (GA) | Sigma-Aldrich,St. Louis, MI, USA | G5882 | Grade I, 25% in H2O, specially purified for use as an electron microscopy fixative |
Hydrochloric acid (HCl) | POCH, Gliwice, Poland | 575283115 | pure p.a. |
Paraformaldehyde (PFA) | Sigma-Aldrich,St. Louis, MI, USA | 441244 | prilled, 95% |
Phosphate buffered saline (PBS), pH 7.4 | Sigma-Aldrich,St. Louis, MI, USA | P4417-50TAB | tablets |
Sodium hydroxide (NaOH) | Sigma-Aldrich,St. Louis, MI, USA | S5881 | reagent grade, 98%, pellets (anhydrous) |
Sodium phosphate dibasic (Na2HPO4) | Sigma-Aldrich,St. Louis, MI, USA | S3264 | |
Sodium phosphate monobasic (NaH2PO4) | Sigma-Aldrich,St. Louis, MI, USA | S3139 | |
Perfusion: | |||
Large blunt/blunt curved scissors (~14.5 cm) | Fine Science Tools, Foster City, CA, USA | 14519-14 | |
Micro-spatula (double 2" flat ends, one rounded, one tapered to 1/8") | Fine Science Tools, Foster City, CA, USA | 10091-12 | |
Needle tip, 15 GA, blunt (perfusion needle) | KD Medical GmbH Hospital Products, Berlin, Germany | KD-FINE 900413 | 1.80 x 40 mm |
Pair of fine (Graefe) tweezers | Fine Science Tools, Foster City, CA, USA | 11050-10 | |
Perfusion pump | Lead Fluid | BQ80S | |
Plastic vials | Profilab, Warsaw, Poland | 534.02 | plastic vials with blue cap for tissue storage, 20 ml, 31 x 48 mm |
Straight iris scissors (~9 cm) | Fine Science Tools, Foster City, CA, USA | 14058-11 | |
Brain slices preparation for EM: | |||
12-well plate | NEST, Rahway, NJ, USA | 712001 | |
Cyanoacrylic glue | Fenedur, Montevideo, Uruguay | ||
Glass vials | Electron Microscopy Sciences, Hatfield, PA, USA | 72632 | 20 ml Scintillation Vial, a pack of 100 |
Pasteur pipette | VWR, Radnor, PA, USA | 612-4545 | LDPE, disposable, 7.5 ml |
Razor blade | Wilkinson Sword, London, UK | Classic double edge safety razor blades | |
Scalpel blade | Swann-Morton, Sheffield, UK | No. 20 | |
Vibratome | Leica Microsystems, Vienna, Austria | Leica VT1000 S | |
Brain slices preparation for IF: | |||
96-well plate | NEST, Rahway, NJ, USA | 701101 | |
Criostat | Leica Microsystems, Vienna, Austria | Leica CM 1950 | |
Ethylene glycol | Bioshop, Burlington, Canada | ETH001 | |
Low-profile disposable blade 819 | Leica Biosystems Inc., USA | 14035838925 | |
Scalpel blade | Swann-Morton, Sheffield, UK | No. 20 | |
Sodium azide (NaN3) | POCH, Gliwice, Poland | 792770426 | |
Sucrose | POCH, Gliwice, Poland | 772090110 | |
Tissue freezing medium for cryosectioning, OCT-Compound | Leica Biosystems, Switzerland | 14020108926 | |
Immunostaining: | |||
24-well plate | NEST, Rahway, NJ, USA | 702001 | |
Anti-Post Synaptic Density Protein 95 Antibody | Merck-Millipore, Burlington, MA, USA | MAB1598 | |
Confocal microscope | Zeiss, Göttingen, Germany | Zeiss Spinning Disc microscope (63 × oil objective, NA 1.4, pixel size 0.13 µm × 0.13 µm) | |
Cover slide | Menzel Glaser, Braunschweig, Germany | B-1231 | 24 x 60 mm |
Donkey anti-Mouse IgG (H+L) Highly Cross-Adsorbed Secondary Antibody, Alexa Fluor 555 | Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA, USA | A31570 | |
Fluoromount-G Mounting Medium, with DAPI | Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA, USA | 00-4959-52 | |
Microscope slide | Thermo Scientific, Waltham, MA, USA | AGAA00008 | SuperFrost |
Normal donkey serum (NDS) | Jackson ImmunoResearch Laboratories, West Grove, PA, USA | 017-000-121 | |
Shaker | JWElectronic, Warsaw, Poland | KL-942 | |
TritonT X-100 Reagent Grade | Bioshop, Burlington, Canada | TRX506 | |
Electron microsocpy sample preparation | |||
Potassium hexacyanoferrate(II) trihydrate | POCH, Gliwice, Poland | 746980113 | |
Aclar 33C Film | Electron Microscopy Sciences, Hatfield, PA, USA | 50425 | Fluoropolymer Film embedding sheet |
DMP-30, 2,4,6-Tris(dimethylaminomethyl)phenol | Sigma-Aldrich,St. Louis, MI, USA | T58203 | Epoxy embedding medium accelerator |
Durcupan ACM single component A, M | Sigma-Aldrich,St. Louis, MI, USA | 44611 | Durcupan ACM single component A, M epoxy resin |
Durcupan ACM single component B | Sigma-Aldrich,St. Louis, MI, USA | 44612 | Durcupan ACM single component B, hardener 964 |
Durcupan ACM single component D | Sigma-Aldrich,St. Louis, MI, USA | 44614 | Durcupan ACM single component D , plasticizer |
Ethyl alcohol absolute | POCH, Gliwice, Poland | 64-17-5 | Ethyl alcohol absolute 99.8 % pure P.A.-BASIC |
Genlab laboratory oven | Wolflabs, York, UK | Mino/18/SS | Oven Genlab MINO/18/SS 18l volume, no fan circulation, no digital display, standard temperature gradient, standard recovery rate, no timer, 250°C maximum temperature, 240V electrical supply |
L-Aspartic acid | Sigma-Aldrich,St. Louis, MI, USA | A-9256 | reagent grade, 98% (HPLC) |
Lead (II) nitrate | Sigma-Aldrich,St. Louis, MI, USA | 467790 | 99.95% trace metals basis |
Osmium tetroxide | Sigma-Aldrich,St. Louis, MI, USA | 75632 | for electron microscopy, 4% in H2O |
pH meter | Elmetron, Zabrze, Poland | CP-5-5 | |
Rotator | BioSan, Józefów, Poland | Multi Bio RS-24 | rotator Multi Bio RS-24 |
Sodium hydroxide (NaOH) | Sigma-Aldrich,St. Louis, MI, USA | S5881 | reagent grade, 98%, pellets (anhydrous) |
Sunflower mini shaker | Grant bio, Shepreth,UK | PD-3D | |
Syringe filter | Millipore, Burlington, MA, USA | SLGP033NB | 0,22 µm pore size |
Thiocarbohydrazide | Sigma-Aldrich,St. Louis, MI, USA | 88535 | purum p.a., for electron microscopy, 99.0% (N) |
Uranyl acetate | Serva, Heidelberg, Germany | 77870 | Uranyl acetate·2H2O, research grade |
Water bath | WSL, Swietochlowice, Poland | LWT | |
Specimen mounting for SBEM | |||
96-well culture plate | VWR, Radnor, PA, USA | 734-2782 | 96-well plates, round bottom, non treated |
AM Gatan 3View stub handling tweezers | Micro to Nano, Haarlem, Netherlands Netherlands |
50-001521 | |
Binocular | OPTA-TECH, Warsaw, Poland | X2000 | |
Conductive glue | Chemtronics, Georgia, USA | CW2400 | conductive eopxy |
Gatan 3View sample pin stubs | Micro to Nano, Haarlem, Netherlands Netherlands |
10-006003 | |
Parafilm | Sigma-Aldrich,St. Louis, MI, USA | P7793 | roll size 20 in. × 50 ft |
Pelco conductive silver paint | Ted Pella, Redding, CA, USA | 16062-15 | PELCO® Conductive Silver Paint, 15g |
Razor blades double edge | Electron Microscopy Sciences, Hatfield, PA, USA | 72000 | Stainless Steel "PTFE" coated. PERSONNA brand .004" thick, wrapped individually, 250 blades in a box. |
Scanning Electron Microscope | Zeiss, Oberkochen, Germany | Sigma VP with Gatan 3View2 chamber, acceleration voltage 2.5 kV, variable pressure 5 Pa, aperture 20 µm, dwell time 6 µs, slice thickness 60 nm, magnification 15 000 x, image resolution 2048 x 2048 pixels, pixel size 7.3 nm | |
trim 90° diamond knife | Diatome Ltd., Nidau, Switzerland | DTB90 | |
Ultramicrotome | Leica Microsystems, Vienna, Austria | Leica ultracutR | |
Software | webpage | tutorials | |
FijiJ | https://fiji.sc/ | ||
Microscopy Image Browser | http://mib.helsinki.fi/ | http://mib.helsinki.fi/tutorials.html | |
Reconstruct | https://synapseweb.clm.utexas.edu/software-0 | https://synapseweb.clm.utexas.edu/software-0) | |
Animals | |||
Mice | Adult 3-month old and 20±1 month old female Thy1-GFP(M) mice (Thy1-GFP +/-) (Feng et al.,2000) which express GFP in a sparsely distributed population of glutamatergic neurons. Animals were bred as heterozygotes with the C57BL/6J background in the Animal House of the Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology. |