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Title | Serialized on-grid lift-in sectioning for tomography (SOLIST) enables a biopsy at the nanoscale. |
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Journal, issue, pages | Nat Methods, Vol. 21, Issue 9, Page 1693-1701, Year 2024 |
Publish date | Sep 13, 2024 |
Authors | Ho Thuy Dung Nguyen / Gaia Perone / Nikolai Klena / Roberta Vazzana / Flaminia Kaluthantrige Don / Malan Silva / Simona Sorrentino / Paolo Swuec / Frederic Leroux / Nereo Kalebic / Francesca Coscia / Philipp S Erdmann / |
PubMed Abstract | Cryo-focused ion beam milling has substantially advanced our understanding of molecular processes by opening windows into cells. However, applying this technique to complex samples, such as tissues, ...Cryo-focused ion beam milling has substantially advanced our understanding of molecular processes by opening windows into cells. However, applying this technique to complex samples, such as tissues, has presented considerable technical challenges. Here we introduce an innovative adaptation of the cryo-lift-out technique, serialized on-grid lift-in sectioning for tomography (SOLIST), addressing these limitations. SOLIST enhances throughput, minimizes ice contamination and improves sample stability for cryo-electron tomography. It thereby facilitates the high-resolution imaging of a wide range of specimens. We illustrate these advantages on reconstituted liquid-liquid phase-separated droplets, brain organoids and native tissues from the mouse brain, liver and heart. With SOLIST, cellular processes can now be investigated at molecular resolution directly in native tissue. Furthermore, our method has a throughput high enough to render cryo-lift-out a competitive tool for structural biology. This opens new avenues for unprecedented insights into cellular function and structure in health and disease, a 'biopsy at the nanoscale'. |
External links | Nat Methods / PubMed:39271806 / PubMed Central |
Methods | EM (tomography) / EM (subtomogram averaging) |
Resolution | 7.3 - 20.0 Å |
Structure data | EMDB-50580: SOLIST cryo-tomogram of native left ventricle mouse heart muscle #1 EMDB-50582: SOLIST native mouse heart muscle tomogram #2 EMDB-50592: SOLIST native mouse heart muscle tomogram #3 EMDB-50603: SOLIST cryo-tomogram of native mouse corpus callosum #1 EMDB-50604: SOLIST cryo-tomogram of native mouse corpus callosum #2 EMDB-50605: native mouse liver solist tomogram #1 EMDB-50606: native mouse liver solist tomogram #2 EMDB-50607: SOLIST cryo-tomogram of human brain organoid #1 EMDB-50608: SOLIST cryo-tomogram of human brain organoid #2 EMDB-50620: S. cerevisiae ribosome from SOLIST lamellas EMDB-50630: mus musculus ribosome from SOLIST lamellas EMDB-50646: mus musculus heart thin filament from SOLIST lamellas EMDB-50655: mus musculus heart thin filament with myosin heads from SOLIST lamellas |
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