Bimodal endocytic probe for three-dimensional correlative light and electron microscopy

Job Fermie, Leanne de Jager, Helen E Foster, Tineke Veenendaal, Cecilia de Heus, Suzanne van Dijk, Corlinda Ten Brink, Viola Oorschot, Lin Yang, Wei Li, Wally H Müller, Stuart Howes, Andrew P Carter, Friedrich Förster, George Posthuma, Hans C Gerritsen, Judith Klumperman, Nalan Liv

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Abstract

We present a bimodal endocytic tracer, fluorescent BSA-gold (fBSA-Au), as a fiducial marker for 2D and 3D correlative light and electron microscopy (CLEM) applications. fBSA-Au consists of colloidal gold (Au) particles stabilized with fluorescent BSA. The conjugate is efficiently endocytosed and distributed throughout the 3D endolysosomal network of cells and has an excellent visibility in both fluorescence microscopy (FM) and electron microscopy (EM). We demonstrate that fBSA-Au facilitates rapid registration in several 2D and 3D CLEM applications using Tokuyasu cryosections, resin-embedded material, and cryoelectron microscopy (cryo-EM). Endocytosed fBSA-Au benefits from a homogeneous 3D distribution throughout the endosomal system within the cell, does not obscure any cellular ultrastructure, and enables accurate (50-150 nm) correlation of fluorescence to EM data. The broad applicability and visibility in both modalities makes fBSA-Au an excellent endocytic fiducial marker for 2D and 3D (cryo)CLEM applications.

Original languageEnglish
Article number100220
Pages (from-to)1-22
JournalCell reports methods
Volume2
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 23 May 2022

Keywords

  • correlative light and electron microscopy
  • cryoelectron microscopy
  • electron tomography
  • endolysosomal system
  • nanogold fiducials
  • volume-electron microscopy

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