A robust protocol is presented here for isolating neuromelanin granules from human post-mortem substantia nigra pars compacta tissue via laser microdissection. This revised and optimized protocol massively minimizes the required time for sample collection, reduces the required sample amount, and enhances the identification and quantification of proteins by LC-MS/MS analysis.
Wulf, M., Barkovits-Boeddinghaus, K., Sommer, P., Schork, K., Eisenacher, M., Riederer, P., Gerlach, M., Kösters, S., Eggers, B., Marcus, K. Laser Microdissection-Based Protocol for the LC-MS/MS Analysis of the Proteomic Profile of Neuromelanin Granules. J. Vis. Exp. (178), e63289, doi:10.3791/63289 (2021).