Informative three-dimensional survey of cell/tissue architectures in thick paraffin sections by simple low-vacuum scanning electron microscopy
| Autor: | Atsushi Yamashita, Kaori Ichikawa, Yujiro Asada, Akira Sawaguchi, Takeshi Kamimura, Nobuyasu Takahashi, Fimiyo Aoyama |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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0301 basic medicine
Male Materials science Vacuum Scanning electron microscope Science Mice Nude Article law.invention 03 medical and health sciences Mice Imaging Three-Dimensional law Microscopy medicine Glomerulus Tumor Cells Cultured Animals Humans Thrombus Rats Wistar Mice Inbred BALB C Multidisciplinary Histological Techniques Microtomy medicine.disease Epithelium Rats 030104 developmental biology medicine.anatomical_structure Seminiferous tubule Paraffin Microscopy Electron Scanning Heterografts Medicine Rabbits Stem cell Electron microscope Neoplasm Transplantation Biomedical engineering |
| Zdroj: | Scientific Reports, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2018) Scientific Reports |
| ISSN: | 2045-2322 |
| Popis: | Recent advances in bio-medical research, such as the production of regenerative organs from stem cells, require three-dimensional analysis of cell/tissue architectures. High-resolution imaging by electron microscopy is the best way to elucidate complex cell/tissue architectures, but the conventional method requires a skillful and time-consuming preparation. The present study developed a three-dimensional survey method for assessing cell/tissue architectures in 30-µm-thick paraffin sections by taking advantage of backscattered electron imaging in a low-vacuum scanning electron microscope. As a result, in the kidney, the podocytes and their processes were clearly observed to cover the glomerulus. The 30 µm thickness facilitated an investigation on face-side (instead of sectioned) images of the epithelium and endothelium, which are rarely seen within conventional thin sections. In the testis, differentiated spermatozoa were three-dimensionally assembled in the middle of the seminiferous tubule. Further application to vascular-injury thrombus formation revealed the distinctive networks of fibrin fibres and platelets, capturing the erythrocytes into the thrombus. The four-segmented BSE detector provided topographic bird’s-eye images that allowed a three-dimensional understanding of the cell/tissue architectures at the electron-microscopic level. Here, we describe the precise procedures of this imaging method and provide representative electron micrographs of normal rat organs, experimental thrombus formation, and three-dimensionally cultured tumour cells. |
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