Review of Post-embedding Immunogold Methods for the Study of Neuronal Structures
| Autor: | Ya-Xian Wang, Ronald S. Petralia |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Materials science
Mini Review Neuroscience (miscellaneous) Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry Common method Liquid propane Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience Immunolabeling synapse immunoperoxidase pre-embedding EPON biology Immunoperoxidase Lowicryl QM1-695 Post embedding Immunogold labelling immunolabeling Primary and secondary antibodies Human anatomy biology.protein Biophysics Anatomy Pre embedding post-embedding Neuroscience RC321-571 |
| Zdroj: | Frontiers in Neuroanatomy, Vol 15 (2021) Frontiers in Neuroanatomy |
| ISSN: | 1662-5129 |
| DOI: | 10.3389/fnana.2021.763427 |
| Popis: | The post-embedding immunogold (PI) technique for immunolabeling of neuronal tissues utilizing standard thin-section transmission electron microscopy (TEM) continues to be a prime method for understanding the functional localization of key proteins in neuronal function. Its main advantages over other immunolabeling methods for thin-section TEM are (1) fairly accurate and quantifiable localization of proteins in cells; (2) double-labeling of sections using two gold particle sizes; and (3) the ability to perform multiple labeling for different proteins by using adjacent sections. Here we first review in detail a common method for PI of neuronal tissues. This method has two major parts. First, we describe the freeze-substitution embedding method: cryoprotected tissue is frozen in liquid propane via plunge-freezing, and is placed in a freeze-substitution instrument in which the tissue is embedded in Lowicryl at low temperatures. We highlight important aspects of freeze-substitution embedding. Then we outline how thin sections of embedded tissue on grids are labeled with a primary antibody and a secondary gold particle-conjugated antibody, and the particular problems encountered in TEM of PI-labeled sections. In the Discussion, we compare our method both to earlier PI methods and to more recent PI methods used by other laboratories. We also compare TEM immunolabeling using PI vs. various pre-embedding immunolabeling methods, especially relating to neuronal tissue. |
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