Journal: Nat Methods / Year: 2024 Title: Serialized on-grid lift-in sectioning for tomography (SOLIST) enables a biopsy at the nanoscale. 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 ...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 / 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'.
Organism: Mus musculus (house mouse) / Strain: C57BL/6 N
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Experimental details
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Structure determination
Processing
subtomogram averaging
Aggregation state
cell
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Sample preparation
Buffer
pH: 7.5
Grid
Model: UltrAuFoil R2/2 / Material: GOLD / Mesh: 200 / Pretreatment - Type: GLOW DISCHARGE Details: glow-discharged at 30 mA for 30 s (GloQube Plus Glow discharge system, Quorum Technologies)
Details
SOLIST lamella preparation of mouse liver from HPF.
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Electron microscopy
Microscope
TFS KRIOS
Specialist optics
Energy filter - Name: TFS Selectris X / Energy filter - Slit width: 10 eV
Image recording
Film or detector model: TFS FALCON 4i (4k x 4k) / Digitization - Dimensions - Width: 4096 pixel / Digitization - Dimensions - Height: 4096 pixel / Average electron dose: 3.0 e/Å2
Electron beam
Acceleration voltage: 300 kV / Electron source: FIELD EMISSION GUN
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